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Here a roundup of todays review's and articles:

AMD FreeSync Review With the Acer XB270HU Monitor
AMD FreeSync Review: Laying the groundwork for the ideal adaptive sync standard
AMD FreeSync Technology Review
EVGA's Torq X5 and X10 mice reviewed
Hands On: Windows 10 Technical Preview build 10041
How to enable video boost in desktop Opera
Kingston Technologies Data Traveler microDuo 3
LG 34UM67 AMD FreeSync Monitor Review
Microsoft Lumia 535 Review
Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ITX: Watercooling Edition
Startech Universal USB 3.0 Laptop Docking Station w/ Dual DVI Video
TP-Link Archer C9 AC1900 Dual Band Wireless Router (w/AV500 Powerline WiFi Kit) Review



AMD FreeSync Review With the Acer XB270HU Monitor

In this article we will test out AMDs all new hip feature, FreeSync and we do so with the new Acer FreeSync (27” 1440p 144Hz) screen. This puppy is WHQD and will not brake an arm and a leg as it's available for just just 499 EURO. For that money you receive a FreeSync compatible screen that has 1ms GTG speeds up-to 144 Hz. So yeah, following NVIDIAs GSYNC AMD took matters in their own hands and took a different approach, no more screen tearing and sync stuttering during game-play, if you create a gaming setup with the right circumstances. We will walk you through some available models, driver support and supported GPU's after which we'll put the aforementioned ACER screen to the test.

Read full article @ Guru3D

AMD FreeSync Review: Laying the groundwork for the ideal adaptive sync standard

While they may be entering the market second with their version of the technology, AMD has laid the groundwork with FreeSync for the ideal adaptive sync standard going forward. The company has delivered on their promises to create a cheaper, more flexible, open standard for variable refresh. We go through some of the main differences with Nvidia's G-Sync, our impressions gaming on a FreeSync monitor, and OEMs crucial role for FreeSync to reach its full potential.

Read full article @ Techspot

AMD FreeSync Technology Review

Initially demonstrated at CES in January 2014, AMD has been working on hard on making their FreeSync technology a reality for at least the past 14 months. A reaction to the public release of Nvidia’s G-SYNC the previous month, the implementation was obviously in its infancy – the demonstration was performed on a laptop where the engineers had far greater control over the scalar component of the LCD panel. Nevertheless it showed great promise.

AMD then went down the route less taken – attempting to make the standard an open one which could be adopted by monitor manufacturers without expensive licencing arrangements or additional costs to the end-user. Their argument was simple – the VESA V-Blank specification, which defines the refresh rate of a given panel, was too limited to allow true synchronisation but that an implementation would be possible which didn’t place onerous requirements on monitor manufacturers. VESA eventually found that their argument had some merit, despite representations against it by their competitors, christening the new standard Adaptive Sync.

As part of DisplayPort 1.2a Adaptive Sync is a purely optional standard which monitor manufacturers can apply to their DisplayPort 1.2-enabled monitors, free of liscensing. AMD’s graphics hardware can then make use of FreeSync technology to essentially tell the monitor when to grab a new frame from the frame buffer, rather than rely on continuous polling from new and more complicated scaler hardware.

Read full article @ Vortez

EVGA's Torq X5 and X10 mice reviewed

EVGA has long been known for its GPUs, but the company is expanding into gaming peripherals, too. We put the company's Torq X5 and X10 mice to the test to see whether they live up to the company's gaming heritage.

Read full article @ The Tech Report

Hands On: Windows 10 Technical Preview build 10041

After 54 days of waiting Windows Insiders received a new build yesterday to test out and this is the first release under Microsoft’s new goal to use the Windows Insiders Fast Ring to get builds into the hands of testers at a much quicker pace.

Read full article @ WinSupersite

How to enable video boost in desktop Opera

If you are plagued by spinning loading icons and buffering interruptions while watching videos on the Internet, you are not alone. While the viewing experience is fine for many broadband users, even they may experience buffering issues from time to time that reduce the experience.

Read full article @ gHacks

Kingston Technologies Data Traveler microDuo 3

With the plethora of different storage devices out in the market today to choose from for us to connect from one electronic device to another electronic device makes trying to choose one that fits the bill for us quiet difficult, as well as confusing. Especially, when we start adding the multitude of different connectors that each and every device has differs. Meaning, that our computers utilizes a USB blade style connector while our phones/tablets uses a micro-USB blade style connector (or if you are Apple something completely different). Not to forget the different speed ratings of each of these storage devices will have adds even more confusion to our over whelmed minds on trying to figure out what will work and what wont work for us. We here at Bjorn3D.com going to be looking at a storage device that will fit the bill quite nicely, and it has quite a bit of storage space to give us the greater flexibility we need.

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LG 34UM67 AMD FreeSync Monitor Review

Debuting the new AMD technology in an ultrawide form-factor. AMD's FreeSync technology has been in the spotlight for the past year or so, branded by the company as the affordable and open alternative to Nvidia's G-Sync. The wait for FreeSync is finally over as AMD partners are coming to market with FreeSync-supported products from today, March 19th.

Six display vendors are partaking in the first wave of 11 compatible displays - Acer, BenQ, LG, Nixeus, Samsung and Viewsonic. Between them most permutations of display sizes, resolutions and refresh rates are covered. Samsung is the only vendor with UHD '4K' FreeSync monitors while LG is coming to market with a duo of ultrawide, 21:9 aspect ratio, 2,560x1,080 displays.

In for testing today HEXUS has the LG 34UM67, one of the aforementioned ultrawide displays with a 34in panel. LG is squarely targeting gamers with this ultrawide IPS panel that supports AMD FreeSync technology between 48 and 75Hz. A smaller variant, the 29in LG 29UM67, is offered by the company for $449 compared to the 34UM67's $649 price tag.

Read full article @ Hexus

Microsoft Lumia 535 Review

If you've handled one of Nokia's vast array of Windows phones in the past few years twirling the Microsoft Lumia 535 round in your hands will feel instantly familiar.It's a plastic shell, with rounded corners and anonymous black front. Slippy but able to take a few knocks, this screamingly orange device is yet another in a succession of absolutely unsubtle Lumia devices – and it's goshdarned cheap too at £89 (around US$135, AU$164).

Read full article @ Techradar

Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ITX: Watercooling Edition

After my recent review of the Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX I felt that I wasn’t quite done with the review. What good is a case designed for watercooling with all air cooling installed? And aside from that travesty, I felt that in order to properly test Phanteks’ made for watercooling mini-ITX case I should actually do a proper install. With that in mind follow along with this guide as I install a full custom loop in the Enthoo Evolv ITX.

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

Startech Universal USB 3.0 Laptop Docking Station w/ Dual DVI Video

Laptops have for quite some time offered a lot of extra advantages over a stationary computer as they offer good performance while still being mobile.

The docking station we are looking at today is a universal USB3.0 dock that offers both a bunch of extra USB3-ports, a gigabit ethernet port and two DVI-display ports that can be used with a HDMI and a VGA-monitor with adapters.

Read full article @ Bjorn3D

TP-Link Archer C9 AC1900 Dual Band Wireless Router (w/AV500 Powerline WiFi Kit) Review

Today we are going to take a look at one of the latest wireless routers from TP-Link, the AC1900. This particular model is TP-Link’s top-of-the-range Wireless AC router and is priced very competitively.

Read full article @ KitGuru