Enermax is readying two new fans in its Twister lineup, high RPM TwisterStorm and pressure-optimized TwisterPressure. Both fans come in 120 x 120 x 25 mm format and have 3 performance modes. As usual, fans use Enermax's patented Twister bearing for long life even at 85℃ temperatures.
ASUS announced a new TUF (The Ultimate Force) series motherboard, the Vanguard B85. Coming in Micro-ATX format, Vanguard features Intel B85 chipset.
NVIDIA posted Call of Duty: Ghosts minimum and recommended PC system requirements on GeForce.com. Even though haters scream about Call of Duty being outdated, never changing franchise, newest iteration will come with some new graphics technologies implemented, such as PhysX, TXAA and DirectX 11 tessellation, and will have quite demanding system requirements.
ASUS launches Radeon R9 280X, R9 270X ad R7 260X graphics cards, all boasting ASUS's signature DirectCU II cooling solution with different variations. DirectCU coolers have direct contact heat pipes, which increases thermal performance.
VTX3D launches AMD Radeon R9/R7 series graphics cards. Four models are being launched - R9 280X, R9 270X X-Edition, R9 250 X-Edition and R9 240 X-Edition.
MSI launches seven Radeon R9/R7 series graphics cards, ranging from entry level R7 240 to high end R9 280X. Currently, one Hawk and three Gaming models are being launched, as well as three standard models.
AMD officially launches first Radeon R9 and R7 200 series graphics cards, high end R9 280X and mid-end R9 270X along with R7 260X. While these three cards don't bring anything new to the table, they offer good price/performance ratio.
During a press event in Sydney, Australia, AMD's AIB partners showed off a large selection of Radeon R9/R7 200 series graphics cards, most of them featuring non-reference designs.
Valve revealed specifications of their prototype gaming computers. Steam Machines will come in multiple configurations, offering a wide selection of specifications, price and performance. Steam Machines are, for now, powered by Intel Haswell processors and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards.
Aerocool introduced DS Dead Silence Micro-ATX cube cases series featuring clean external design and coming in six colors making up a total of 12 variants.
