We love anything Steampunk here at geeky gadgets, some of our readers may remember the cool Rusted Steampunk USB drive we featured on the site previously, well here is another cool Steampunk themed USB drive, the Steampunk USB Jump Drive.
The Steampunk USB Jump Drive is handcrafted from copper, and features a vintage clock and watch gearing, as well as some brass gears which finish of the detail.
These cool Steampunk USB Jump Drives come with 2GB of storage, if you want one they are available for $50 each from qacreate’s shop over at Etsy.
Source : Geeky-Gadgets
Steampunk USB Jump Drive
Mio Explora K70 GPS Phone Announced
Mio, the Taiwanese manufacturer of various mobile devices, has recently announced its first 3.5G GPS phone, the Mio Explora K70.
Running on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, the Explora K70 comes with a simple, elegant design and packs a set of pretty nice features.
Mio says the new handset is made “for the best possible GPS positioning” and that it comes with “a highly accurate GPS/AGPS receiver”, plus positioning tools, as well as compatibility with top navigation software.
Click Here To Read The Full Article @ Unwiredview
EVGA Officially Announces The Hydro Copper Water Block For GeForce GTX 285
EVGA is proud to announce the availability of the EVGA Hydro Copper Waterblock for the GTX 285 graphics card. With this product, EVGA continues to show that it cares about its buyers and wants to offer them premium products only. The Hydro Copper design consists of a full cover copper water block with black acetal top that cools the card’s core, memory chips and power regulators. Also included are 3/8-inch and 1/2-inch barbs for maximum compatibility with all water loops.
Click Here To Read The Full Article @ TechPowerUp
Sprint LG Rumor 2 Image Leaked, Looks Ok
When we first heard about the LG Rumor 2, there was no picture of it, and all we knew was that the handset would have a QWERTY keyboard (like the first Rumor).
Now the Rumor 2 has just appeared in a leaked image and, of course, it does indeed have a full sliding QWERTY keyboard. It also looks a bit better than the first Rumor, although its overall design is not changed.
Details about its features are missing for the moment, but we can see the new LG Rumor has a display that doesn’t look bigger than the one the old handset sports.
Click Here To Read The Full Article @ Unwiredview
Radeon HD 4890 (RV790) & HD 4770 (RV740) Launch On Apr 6th
April 6th is gonna be a big day for AMD as they are going to launch a slew of new cards. As we have told you back in February, Radeon HD 4890 (RV790) is slated for April release and the confirmed date is now 6th of April. Interestingly, we also heard RV740 is pulled in from May to early April release so AMD will probably launch the new cards on the same day.
Radeon HD 4890 (RV790) is still 55nm based and is basically a higher clocked version of RV770. The RV790 card comes with 10 layers PCB and is 9.5″ long with a new dual slot cooler. We told you previously, there are 2 versions; standard and OC edition. The OC edition will come later in April. The price for standard 512MB edition is US$199 while the price for 1GB OC edition is US$299.
Click Here To Read The Full Article @ VrZone
Spectrus USB Hub Minimizes Wire Clutter
Inspired by prism light, Russian design studio Art Lebedev has popped up with an innovative USB hub that will connect all required peripherals while working on your system. Hailed as the Spectrus USB Hub, the USB port can connect seven USB inputs simultaneously, keeping all the wires organized around your system. Apart from its functional usage, the USB hub features a glossy design resembling a rainbow. Everything about the prism USB hub seems perfect, apart from the fact that it’s just a concept at the moment, and you will have to wait for some time to get one.
Source : The Design Blog
Crucial Ballistix Tracer Blue PC3-12800 6GB Memory Kit Review
I have to admit that when I originally saw the press release stating that Crucial was launching a new line of memory called the “Ballistix” series, I first thought it said “Ballstix”. While I thought the name was weird, it wouldn’t have surprised me with what some companies have called their products over the years.
With Crucial being a part of the Lexar group, which is part of Micron Technology; one of the leaders in actual chip manufacturing, you feel confident that you’re buying a quality component here. You have to think that while Micron sell to many companies, they’re going to give their own brand of memory some of the best chips on offer.
Today LG Versa Avaiable In Verizon Wireless
We featured the LG’s Versa phone with an impressive attachable QWERTY keypad, today it debuts on the Verizon Wireless sites and stores nationwide. Pricing at $199 a 2-year contract and with a $50 mail-in rebate. A bit expensive? Or buy an iPhone 3G?
Source : LikeCool
MSI Details Well-Specced Gt725 17-Inch Gaming Laptop
Remember that GT725? You know, that behemoth of a gaming laptop announced alongside 43.8 other MSI machines at CES. Anywho, MSI has just come clean with the actual specifications, and gamers in the crowd looking for a portable rig should be pleased. The machine is claiming to be the first ever gaming lappie to include ATI’s 512MB Radeon HD4850 GPU, and that’s complemented by a 17-inch WUXGA (anti-glare) display, a 320GB SATA hard drive, Blu-ray optical drive, 4-in-1 multicard reader, up to 4GB of RAM, a plethora of ports, nine-cell battery, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, gigabit Ethernet and a 2 megapixel webcam. There’s also an ExpressCard slot, four standard speakers plus a “subwoofer” and a Turbo Drive Engine to make overclocking a lesson in simplicity. The 7-pound unit is being billed as MSI’s new flagship laptop, and with a list of internals like that, we can fully understand why.
Click Here To Read The Full Article @ Engadget
Asus M4A79T Deluxe Now In Japan
Asus’s M4A79T Deluxe is now available in various shops of Akiba Japan. Coupled by AMD 790FX + SB750 chipset, this board is a ATX board that supports AM3 socket. Akiba Kakaku mentioned that overclocking is also said to be strong point of the SB750 chipset and powerful circuitry to enable a stable power supply circuit using 8 +2 phase. In addition, the cooling mechanism, and between the copper heat pipe chipset to + VRM and heat sink structure contributes to the enhancement of cooling capacity.
Click Here To Read The Full Article @ VrZone
Core i5 Motherboards Sighted From Asus And MSI
While we are still many months away from seeing Lynnfield chips on the shelves, PC Games Hardware managed to get a bunch of pictures of upcomming ASUS boards.
ASUS has two boards with the LGA 1160 socket: the P7U and P7U Pro. The only notable difference between the two appears to be the second PCIe x16 slot on the Pro, while the P7U has a PCIe X1 slot in place of it.
The latch on the LGA 1160 socket has undergone a slight redesign, perhaps to make it a little more secure. It is also a little odd that both of the boards still have the LGA 1160 socket, as Intel removed four pins from the chip back in October to make it LGA 1156
Click Here To Read The Full Article @ Tweak Town
Palit GeForce GTS 250 2048MB Review
The graphics industry certainly works in mysterious ways. Sometimes we see products released as a respin, a product that is altered, a little customized but in essence the same product as before. NVIDIA is a star when it comes to this. Last year they introduced the GeForce 9800 GTX+, an update from the standard 9800 GTX, yet now based on 55nm technology and slightly faster. It was NVIDIA’s answer to ATIs Radeon 4850.
This week we are landing in March, it’s CeBIT (exhibition) time and as such traditionally NVIDIA always releases new products. This year they have GeForce 3D Vision and their ION platform in the lineup, next to that .. a ‘new’ graphics card. Well, redesigned yes, not exactly new though. NVIDIA is respinning the GeForce 9800 GTX+, this card is now rebranded as GeForce GTS 250.
Though the board design itself definitely has changed, in essence the product is feature and performance wise 98% similar to that GeForce 9800 GTX+, even with the same clock speeds and 128 stream processors, the same 55nm G92b graphics processor. Its clock-speeds are 738/1836/1100 MHz (core/shader/memory), on par with reference 9800 GTX+ speeds. The card will have the same 512/1024 MB of GDDR3 memory and the very same 256-bit memory bus.
- Introduction
- Meet the GeForce GTS 250
- Setup | Noise | Power consumption | Heat levels
- Palit GeForce GTS 250 2048MB unboxing
- Photos - Palit GeForce GTS 250 (2048MB)
- Compute Unified Device Architecture
- GeForce PhysX | PureVideo HD
- Test Environment & equipment
- VGA performance: Far Cry 2 (DX10)
- VGA performance: Call of Duty 5: World at War (DX9)
- VGA performance: F.E.A.R. - Perseus Mandate (DX9)
- VGA performance: Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway (DX9)
- VGA performance: Crysis WARHEAD (DX10)
- VGA performance: Mass Effect (DX9)
- VGA performance: Fallout 3 (DX9)
- VGA performance: DeadSpace (DX9)
- VGA performance: Left 4 Dead (DX9)
- VGA performance: 3DMark Vantage (DirectX 10)
- Overclocking & Tweaking
- Final Words & Conclusion
Galaxy GeForce GTS 250 1GB Graphics Card Review
Today we see the release of the GTS 250. Now, we’re not going to sugarcoat it; this card is a 9800 GTX+ which we saw come out around August of last year. The thing about the 9800 GTX+, however, is that it’s nothing more than an overclocked 9800 GTX, which was a card we saw released at the end of March last year.
What you have here is essentially a 12 month old card with some increased clocks. We’re not sure if NVIDIA wanted to celebrate the 9800 GTX birthday by re-releasing, but for whatever reason we have a new name on what is really a 12 month old card.
- Introduction
- The Package
- The Card
- Test System Setup and 3DMark Vantage
- Benchmarks – PT Boats: Knights of the Sea
- Benchmarks – CINEBENCH R10
- Benchmarks - World in Conflict
- Benchmarks – Crysis Warhead
- Benchmarks – Far Cry 2
- Benchmarks – S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Clear Sky
- Benchmarks – Left 4 Dead
- Benchmarks - High Quality AA and AF
- Benchmarks – World in Conflict - XP
- Benchmarks – Far Cry 2 - XP
- Benchmarks – S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Clear Sky - XP
- Temperature and Sound Tests
- Power Consumption Tests
- Final Thoughts
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