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The latest gaming notebook from MSI, the MSI GT660R, introduced in the US a month ago, is now available in Japan. The 16-incher gaming laptop is powered by a 1.73GHz Intel Core i7-740QM quad-core CPU and sports a 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX285M graphics card, 6GB DDR3 RAM (up to 12GB), up to 1TB of HDD (2HDD in RAID 0), and a Blu-Ray drive. The 16-inch panel boast a resolution of 1366 x 768, the Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n, the Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, the Gigabit LAN, USB 3.0 port (x2), USB2.0 pots, an eSATA/USB Combo port, VGA, and HDMI port. Lastly, the gaming laptop features a 9 cell battery that offer only 3hours of life span, an HD webcamera (720p), and LED Lights on the Laptop’s edge.

The GX660R is quite similar to the GT660R. It comes with a 15.6-inch LED LCD Backlighted screen in WXGA Resolution (1366×768) or WUXGA resolution. It boasts up to 12 GB of DDR3, 500GB of HDD, and an ATI Radeon Mobility HD5870 (1GB of VRAM) GPU. For the rest of the specs, as well as the design, this laptop designed for the gamers are the same. Lastly, the MSI GX660R features a Turbo Drive Engine that should boost the system by simply pressing on a dedicated button, but also a Cooler Boost that increases the fan rotation speed.
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The Xonar DG sound card combines Dolby Headphone 5.1 high definition surround with ASUS’ own GX 2.5 gaming audio engine and an on-board headset amplifier. The result is accurate and deep audio that brings every nuance and sound across fully, making the new Xonar DG an ideal sound card for gamers who want to remain totally aware of their play environments.

The Xonar Advantage for Gaming and Multimedia

The new Xonar DG sound card joins the existing Xonar range, which includes cutting-edge audio products for PCs such as the Xonar Xense and Xonar Essence, all of which have been tailored towards gaming and multimedia sound with built-in dedicated headphone amplifiers. The emphasis with Xonar sound cards has been to ensure truly immersive, precise audio reproduction in games and movies, making interactive and multimedia experiences more enjoyable.

Standard sound cards offer compromised audio when heard through headphones, resulting in muddy and underpowered reproduction. The new Xonar DG resolves this and other issues with headphone-dedicated amplification. The card has been designed from the ground up to cater to PC gamers who prefer to get sound through personal audio.
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Asus has announced that the ROG Rampage III Formula Motherboard will be on the market soon, but unfortunately, they fail to tell reveal a date and the price.

The ROG Rampage III Formula sports three PCI-Express 2.0 x16 expansion slots, 3-way NVIDIA SLI and ATI CrossFireX. The ICH10R southbridge gives out six SATA 3 Gb/s ports while an additional controller provides two SATA 6 Gb/s ports. Connectivity includes ASUS SupremeFX X-Fi audio, dual gigabit Ethernet (including one Intel NIC that provides teaming support), two USB 3.0 ports, Bluetooth, and a number of USB 2.0 ports.

The ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) Rampage III Formula brings together numerous features and advantages demanded by contemporary PC gamers. It uses the Intel X58 chipset, enabling support for some of the fastest processors available, including the i7-980X six-core CPU. Rampage III Formula also ships with ROG Connect hardware overclocking, high definition audio, GameFirst bandwidth optimization for online gaming, and a versatile power management scheme that’s perfect for performance applications.
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Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (AMEX/TSX: MCZ), a leading worldwide third-party interactive entertainment accessory provider, today announced the Cyborg Gaming Keyboard with amBX technology and Cyborg Gaming Lights with amBX technology, which are both for PC and expected to be the first two ‘amBX’ compatible products to be launched under the Company’s Cyborg brand.

amBX (short for “ambient experiences”) technology delivers full ‘sensory surround’ entertainment, enabling gamers to enjoy a more immersive experience through incorporating dynamic real world effects such as light and color. amBX hardware can be used with games, movies and music and virtually all media, and truly comes to life when used with amBX scripted media to deliver a fully interactive sensory environment.

Included with both the Cyborg Gaming Keyboard with amBX technology and Cyborg Gaming Lights with amBX technology are trial versions of the hit software titles: EverQuestII (SOE) and Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer (Funcom). Both titles feature full amBX compatibility and serve as the perfect introduction to the amBX experience.
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Taiwan’s own Aerocool has revealed a new gamer-focused product, the Strike-X tower case that features a steel structure, a mesh design on the sides, top and front, and an all-black or black/red color scheme. It is built for rough and touch use for the LAN party-animals, and comes in total-black, or with a dash of red. Drive bays included are 9 5.25″ (with internal 3.5″ cages detachable). The ventilation system includes 120 mm fans on the side and rear, and one 140 mm fan on top. The Strike-X costs €59.90 and should already be shipping.

Razer has just launched details of their new Razer BlackWidow mechanical gaming keyboard with an extended lifespan of over 50 million keystrokes.

It is also equipped with five additional macro keys with on-the-fly recording and allows you to instantly swap between up to 10 profiles without going into complex driver menus, to keep you in the game at all times.

The Razer BlackWidow is the first mechanical gaming keyboard designed to pave the way for a whole new feel and accelerated gameplay. A full mechanical key infrastructure delivers distinctive tactile feedback, superior gaming-grade response and unsurpassed actions per minute with an extended lifespan of over 50 million keystrokes. Its five additional macro keys with on-the-fly recording and optimized key matrix allow you to stay in complete control of every frenzied battle as you outmaneuver your adversaries and perform back-to-back assaults.
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Eurocom launches Panther 2.0 – the World’s First Notebook with NVIDIA’s SLI GeForce GTX 480M Fermi and ATi CrossFireX Radeon Mobility HD5870, 6-core Intel i7 980X Extreme and Xeon Processors, 3TB of storage with RAID 0,1,5, 10 for On-the-Go Workstation, Gaming or Server use.

Eurocom, the world’s leading developer of highly personalized, high-performance notebook PCs and energy efficient All-in-One PCs, introduced the EUROCOM Panther 2.0 super notebook for Gaming, Workstation or Server use powered by NVIDIA SLI Fermi GPUs and Intel’s line of 6-core i7-980x and Xeon 5600 series LGA1366 processors.

EUROCOM Panther 2.0 provides workstation and server-calibre capabilities with up to 3TB (Terabytes!) of storage with four internal physical hard drives and RAID 0/1/5/10, super-powerful 3.33 GHz Intel Core i7 Processor Extreme Edition i7-980X; or 3.33 GHz XEON X5680 processors running at 6.4GT/sec bus speed, Gigabit Ethernet port on-board (quad port optional), HDMI in and out ports, eSATA, DVi ports, with a 17.3? Full HD 1920×1080 LED backlit display and full size keyboard.

Featuring workstation-class or server-class Intel Core i7 Extreme or Xeon Processor and up to 24GB of DDR3-1600 memory, the EUROCOM Panther 2.0 also features the largest storage capacity on the market today – a whopping 3 TB with RAID 0/1/5/10 with four physical hard drives – making it the perfect mobile workstation or server laptop for users who demand extra-large capacity storage and reliability for a true portable server / workstation experience.
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Sony is launching two very special gaming headsets into the gaming sector. Each has been designed in response to extensive user research that shows what different gamers want from the ideal headset.

The DR-GA500 combines a Dolby Pro Logic IIx decoder with unique Sony Virtual Phones Technology (VPT) to create convincing 7.1ch 3D surround effects. The signal processing hardware is contained in a compact external unit.

The result is a soundscape rich in precision spatial detail that pinpoints everything from a stealthy footstep to the position of an exploding grenade. This audio environment is perfect for first person shooter (FPS) games where what you can hear is often as important as what you can see.

DR-GA500 brings out the highest gaming performance with its superb sound quality. It is something you can’t forget, if you really want to win the game.

Both the DR-GA500 and GA200 gaming headsets will also appeal to an audience of strategy and online multiplayer games where long stretches of gameplay are the norm. They feature 40mm drive units for outstanding sound quality with resonant, living bass and crisp high frequencies, plus the Sony ‘triple enfolding’ design for the last word in comfortable wear.
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