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QuadCore-Powered Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Gets a Pen Slot

Korean giant electronics company Samsung has reportedly thoroughly redesigned its up-and-coming Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 device, which now comes with a special S pen slot. We were caught by surprise when Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 test scores were briefly revealed earlier this month. The main assumption is that, if t...

23 May 2012
03:43 GMT

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1” to Feature a Higher Clocked Quad Core CPU

It seems that Korean giant Samsung was not quite satisfied with the performance of Android Ice Cream Sandwich on the big screen 10.1” Galaxy Note tablet when using a dual-core Cortex A9 ARM processor. So they reportedly decided to wait until the quad-core ARM CPU becomes available. Samsung’s Exyn...

9 May 2012
08:57 GMT

First Single Slot GeForce GTX 670 Pictured

It appears that Nvidia imposed little design limitations to its partners when it comes to the design of the GeForce GTX 680 and GeForce GTX 670 cards. Galaxy’s custom GeForce GTX 670 reportedly got the digital camera treatment and pictures. The situation is much different with the GeForce GTX 690 dual GPU...

6 May 2012
17:16 GMT

Galaxy GeForce GXT 680 GC Custom Card Officially Launched

Reportedly, Chinese company GalaxyTech has already started shipping its custom designed GeForce GXT 680 GC video card to online shops in the western world. The price is a very nice surprise, as the card comes to US buyers at around 535 USD. That would be almost 405 EUR for the European customers, but we&rs...

26 April 2012
15:19 GMT

Rendition Shows Nearly 100 Billion Planets

NASA has recently released this artist's illustration to showcase just how many planets are believed to exist within our galaxy. According to the latest estimate, more than 100 billion alien worlds revolve in orbit around stars in the Milky Way. A paper detailing the investigation appears in the January 12 issu...

26 April 2012
04:58 GMT

Galaxy Shows Custom GeForce GTX680 Video Card

Chinese company GalaxyTech has recently revealed the custom GeForce GTX680 2GB GC video card, on its official website.The card comes factory overclocked with the GPU working at a 1110 MHz base clock, from the reference 1006 MHz and a 1176 MHz Boost clock, from the reference default boost of 1058 MHz.The heatsink is e...

23 April 2012
04:26 GMT

Galaxy Releases PSUs for Low-Budget Gaming

It looks like Galaxy has finished putting together a new series of power supply units, called Alloy. There are two of them and their exact names are Alloy PG-400 and Alloy PG-350. As one should not have too much trouble guessing, the outputs are of 400W and 350W, respectively. That said, the prices haven't be...

18 April 2012
08:25 GMT

Mass Effect 3 Diary – A Real Sense of Scale

All those who played Mass Effect 3 have done something along these lines: talked to the leaders of at least three alien races while trying to forge a galactic alliance, decided the fate of at least one nomadic civilization and their robotic and rebellious underlings, brought down two entire Reapers. Those who have c...

10 April 2012
10:26 GMT

Mass Effect 3 Diary – An Inconsistent Universe

While playing Mass Effect 3, I sometimes felt that the size of the challenge facing the player (saving the galaxy from the Reapers), the resources he could command (depending on choices: whole fleets, races and unique assets) and the enemies he faced (the Reapers and their various indoctrinated allies) were not align...

28 March 2012
10:28 GMT

First Single-Slot GeForce GTX 680 Spotted

It may be thin, but it’s definitely long so I don’t think SFF fans should be overjoyed with this new toy. The guys at Alexlam have managed to snap some pictures of the single-slot novelty. The card’s cooler is sitting at the back and you can’t really stack three or four of these cards next to...

28 March 2012
02:31 GMT

Galaxy Also Working on GTX 680 Hall of Fame Video Card

We've seen the Galaxy GTX 680 4 GB card, or at least some preview photos of the unfinished product, and now we are looking at another version of the Kepler controller, from the same company. A 4 GB video board is all well and good, but Galaxy doesn't appear to be eager to turn all of its future GTX 680 mo...

26 March 2012
03:45 GMT

[UPDATE]Galaxy Builds 4 GB GeForce GTX 680 Graphics Card

The GeForce GTX 680 video card from NVIDIA is already the strongest single-GPU model out there, but Galaxy wants to shake things up even further. Most of the OEM GTX 680 card versions stick to the reference specifications, but NVIDIA's partners are definitely creating means of differentiating themselves from e...

26 March 2012
03:02 GMT

Samsung Plans Android Cameras, Files "Galaxy Camera" Trademark

The Android operating system has proven to be quite versatile, enough so that Samsung has decided to use it in a series of photo and video cameras. There was no announcement revealing any such product though. However, the fact that Samsung has such designs can be inferred from the latest trademark that the company ...

9 February 2012
09:35 GMT

Galaxy Now Builds SSDs, the Ultra-Thin Razor Poses for the Camera

Galaxy is best known to us for the Nvidia graphics cards it produces, but the company has recently also entered into the SSD market and its now readying its second such drive, dubbed the Razor.Just like its name implies, the Razor was designed to be thinner than the rest of its 2.5-inch competitors, so it ended up be...

22 December 2011
10:31 GMT

Hug-Chan Robot Wants Hugs, Uses Samsung Galaxy Tablet and Smartphone

You'd think the holidays were when people got together and made merry, but Samsung and RT Corp think Christmas is no longer just a human holiday. The two basically got together and built Hug-Chan, a robot that, well, wants hugs! With a Galaxy S II LTE smartphone as the heart piece, a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 LT...

12 December 2011
07:16 GMT

Galaxy Adds Quad-Monitor Support to the Nvidia GTX 550 Ti

Galaxy will soon expand its product portfolio with a new Display4-series GeForce graphics card based on the GTX 550 Ti design that breaks away from Nvidia’s two displays per card limit thanks to some specialized hardware enabling it to support up to four monitors simultaneously.The hardware in question is actua...

25 November 2011
04:10 GMT

Galaxy Works on Quad-Display GTX 580 Graphics Card

Multi-monitor enabled GeForce graphics cards seems to gain ground among Nvidia's partners as Galaxy has just unveiled that it is now working on a new quad-display solution based on the high-performance GTX 580 core.Little is known about the card at this point in time other than what we can make out from a series...

18 November 2011
18:41 GMT

Galaxy Showcases Multi-Monitor Nvidia Graphics Cards

Galaxy has been working on enabling Nvidia graphics cards to support more than two display outputs for quite some time now, and at this year's Computex the company has showcased two special GeForce 210 and GeForce GTX 560 Ti models, which support four and respectively five displays outputs. Galaxy was able to ov...

3 June 2011
07:40 GMT

Galaxy Showcases Multi Display Capable Nvidia GTX 560 Ti and GT 210 Graphics Cards

After making their appearance at various trade shows since the beginning of the year, Galaxy has finally finished the design of its multi-display capable GTX 560 Ti and GT 210 graphics cards, which can drive up to five displays simultaneously. Nvidia's graphics cards are limited to a dual monitor configuratio...

20 April 2011
03:06 GMT

NVIDIA GTX 550 Ti Graphics Card Incoming, Galaxy Makes Its Own

NVIDIA has yet to cover the entire consumer market with its 500 series of video controllers, but it seems it will soon make another step in this direction, aided by its partners, such as Galaxy, which is reported to be working on a new mainstream adapter. With all the tremors caused by the Radeon HD 6990 dual-GPU...

15 March 2011
03:42 GMT

Nvidia GTX 550 Ti Spotted in Retail Store, Priced at $150

Although there are still a few more days to go until March 15 when Nvidia GeForce plans to make the GTX 550 Ti official, some Hong Kong-based retailers have already started selling the card in their stores, as one image that made its way onto the Web seems to prove. The card pictured is built by Galaxy and the sti...

10 March 2011
15:01 GMT

Galaxy to Release Dual-GPU GeForce GTX 460 Graphics Card

After more than two years have passed since Nvidia introduced its last dual-GPU graphics card, the company is determined to make a comeback into this scene with the soon-to-be-released GTX 590, and Galaxy seems eager to capitalize on this trend as it prepares to launch a multi-GPU solution of its own, based on the GT...

10 March 2011
06:11 GMT

Galaxy Is Developing an Nvidia Graphics Card with Six Video Outputs

If, for whatever reason, you are looking for an Nvidia based card that supports more than the standard two display outputs, then Galaxy might just have the thing for you as the company is currently developing a GeForce GTX-based graphics solution that will feature no less than six video outputs. Right now, the pro...

7 March 2011
08:40 GMT

3DMark Vantage World Record Smashed, Kingpin Does It Again

In the overclocking arena records don't hold out for that long, less then two months after managing to achieve the highest score ever in 3DMark Vantage, Kingpin returning to establish a new world record, by using four Galaxy GTX 580 graphics cards in SLI. The system that managed to achieve this feat is extrem...

28 January 2011
07:11 GMT

Galaxy Develops Two Incarnations of the GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Since the official announcement of NVIDIA's latest video card is just around the corner, it is no longer surprising to stumble over information on custom models, like Galaxy's own pair, which were pictured just recently. NVIDIA already has the GeForce GTX 580 and GTX 570 on sale, them being its high-end G...

24 January 2011
02:42 GMT

Galaxy GeForce GTX 560 Ti Gemini Poses for the Camera

With Nvidia's GTX 560 Ti launch just around the corner, the very first pictures depicting various graphics cards from an wide array of manufacturers has started to make their way onto the web, a recent leak bringing us Galaxy's take on the upcoming GPU. Uncovered by the Expreview website, the image shows...

20 January 2011
02:46 GMT

Galaxy GeForce GTX 460 Hall of Fame Graphics Card Gets Picture Preview

Launched nearly two months ago, Nvidia's GTX 460 GPU proved to be quite a hit among manufacturers and regular users alike, so many companies have started building custom designs based on the GF104 core, a picture preview just detailing the soon to be released Galaxy GeForce GTX 460 HOF (Hall Of Fame). Compare...

27 December 2010
06:32 GMT

Samsung to Adopt Tegra 2 for Future Galaxy Devices

Whether that would be a new tablet PC or a new smartphone, any of the Samsung's future Galaxy devices should pack Nvidia's Tegra 2 chipset inside. It seems that things are not as certain when it comes to the upcoming smartphones from the South Korean mobile phone maker, but that they were already carved in...

14 December 2010
13:51 GMT

GTX 570 Bandwagon also Joined by Galaxy

The GeForce GTX 570 from NVIDIA may have been launched over a day ago already but it seems that the stream of custom cards has not yet abated, with Galaxy having now brought forth its own model.When it comes to most consumers, video cards like the GeForce GTS 450 are usually more than enough for any games.Still, the...

8 December 2010
09:27 GMT

New GTX 460 Card from Galaxy Is a Single-Slot Model

It seems that enough time experimenting with one of NVIDIA's graphics adapters has given Galaxy enough mastery over the board's build to create a version with a more compact cooling module.As consumers may or may not know, the GeForce GTX 460 video card from NVIDIA has been on sale for a while now.Basicall...

8 November 2010
10:46 GMT

Galaxy Clocks the GeForce GTS 450 At 1000MHz

As we have already learned from our previous Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 review, the GF106 graphics core is a beast when it comes down to overclocking, Galaxy pointing this out once again with its latest 1000MHz clocked GTS 450 Hall of Fame custom video card.In order to provide us with this insanely clocked core speed, Ga...

28 October 2010
05:59 GMT

Galaxy GTX 460 WHDI Connects to TVs Wirelessly

Not exactly long ago, it was reported that NVIDIA has its eyes set on wireless display technology, and it seems that, true or not, Galaxy has similar ideas, having even prepared the GeForce GTX 460 WHDI Edition. So-called wireless display technologies are used in order to allow a personal computer to, instead of usi...

30 September 2010
08:56 GMT

The Sun with a Dark Heart

Dr Stephen West from the Department of Physics at Royal Holloway, University of London, launched an interesting theory about what is happening in the center of the sun. He believes that dark matter is somehow trapped at the sun's center and it is cooling down its core.A study carried out by Dr West analyzes the ...

22 July 2010
08:35 GMT

Galaxy Straps a Detachable Fan Onto 810 MHz GTX 460

With NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 460 out in the open, and most of its partners already flooding the market with custom versions, it makes sense that Galaxy would also come out in full force. In fact, the hardware maker based in Hong Kong was actually able to outdo even ECS when it came to overclocking the GF104 graphic...

13 July 2010
04:10 GMT

New Jet-Blowing Black Hole Discovered

A new stellar black hole has been discovered by two CNRS astronomers collaborating with a researcher from London. It is a miniature version of some supermassive black holes from the active nuclei of galaxies and it emits powerful jets of particles 1,000 light years in length. Situated at twelve million light years aw...

10 July 2010
03:57 GMT

7-Inch Samsung Galaxy Tab Android Tablet on Video

Samsung has definitely been active lately, especially on the mobile front, having released the Omnia Pro 4 and Omnia Pro 5, for instance, just yesterday. Still, even though it seems to deal mainly with phones, hard drives and Blu-ray combos, it looks like the company still has more than enough resources to covertly, ...

16 June 2010
05:21 GMT

Vapor Chambers Chill Galaxy's GTX 480

When NVIDIA formally released the DirectX 11-ready GeForce GTX 470 and GTX 480, the latter became the fastest single-GPU card on the planet, reclaiming NVIDIA's performance crown, though the Radeon HD 5970 remained the sole beneficiary of the dual-GPU hype. In spite of this, the past month has not exactly been b...

4 June 2010
06:53 GMT

Galaxy Dual-GPU GTX 480 Has a Dedicated PhysX Processor

Having had the DirectX 11 market to itself for about six months, ATI, business unit of Advanced Micro Devices, sold a significant number of cards. During that time, NVIDIA sales declined, forcing hardware makers to take unusual measures in order to reduce their GT 200 Series inventories, among other things. This did ...

4 June 2010
03:10 GMT

NVIDIA Dual-GTX 470 Demoed at Computex

Before NVIDIA had unveiled its GeForce GTX 470 and GTX 480, it was assumed that the dual-GPU adapter that the Santa Clara company would eventually create would be based on the same GF100 GPU as these high-end offerings. After the launch, however, the high TDPs of them both made it almost completely clear that this w...

2 June 2010
03:47 GMT

Single-Slot GeForce GTX Katana 470 Coming from Galaxy

After the first GeForce GTX 400 cards turned out to be mostly identical to each other, NVIDIA's partners were finally able to start work on actual custom models. Some hardware makers went for water cooling, while others used a different, large fansink to disperse heat. Galaxy's GTX 470 GC plans, for instanc...

17 May 2010
04:59 GMT

Galaxy Hops on Custom GTX 470 Bandwagon

Because of the high thermal design power and operational temperatures of NVIDIA's DirectX 11-capable GeForce GTX 470 and GTX 480, these two cards haven't exactly proven very easy to overclock or equip with a new kind of cooler. Still, this doesn't seem to have discouraged NVIDIA's partners, consid...

6 May 2010
09:46 GMT

Galaxy Also Readies Dual-GTS 250 Card

It seems that Fermi GF100-based graphics adapters aren't the only NVIDIA-based products that will come out soon. Even though graphics card makers are mainly focused on raising the hype of their new, still unreleased DirectX 11 cards, some are also working on making new kinds of products based on older graphics ...

11 March 2010
09:34 GMT

Galaxy Preps GeForce GTX 470

Most news regarding NVIDIA's upcoming GF100-based GeForce GTX 470 and GeForce GTX 480 graphics cards has generally centered around the actual lack of information on the products. Still, the official launch date is finally approaching and it was only a matter of time before some actual information made it through...

11 March 2010
08:52 GMT

We May Never Hear from Aliens

A number of astronomers and astrobiologists believe that our galaxy, the Milky Way, may be home to a large variety of extraterrestrial organisms, inhabiting other planets in other star systems. But they also believe that we may never be able to communicate or identify these creatures, largely because many of the new ...

1 March 2010
03:09 GMT

Galaxy Working on Dual-GPU GTS 250

Most graphics-card news in the past few months has revolved around the DirectX 11-capable cards from AMD and the still-unreleased Fermi-based GF100 video card from NVIDIA. However, an as-of-yet unheard of and rather unexpected development has taken the form of another dual-GPU card, this time NVIDIA-based. Galaxy has...

20 January 2010
06:39 GMT

Samsung Galaxy and Forever A886 to Come to Canada

Canadian mobile phone carriers are currently undergoing through a little battle over what 3G network is better than the other, something that, hopefully, will result in better services and phone offerings for users in the country. Bell and Telus have launched, at the beginning of this month, their 21Mbps HSPA n...

25 November 2009
10:28 GMT

Milky Way Gets New 3D Map

Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is of the massive spiral variety, which means that it features two arms (four by some accounts) filled with stars. Measuring the distance to these stars is something that may seem simple at first, but which is actually very complicated, mostly because of the inherent uncertainties that exis...

25 November 2009
09:59 GMT

Galaxy Starts Working on a Dual-GPU Graphics Card

Although known for its restrictive policies concerning just how much its partners can use from its portfolio, NVIDIA seems to have had a change of heart and may have started allowing them to craft dual-GPU adapters. This is probably due to just how well AMD has been doing lately, with its many recent DirectX-compatib...

19 November 2009
09:51 GMT

Three New GeForce Cards from Galaxy

Those who don't want to skip buying a computer component for Christmas just so they can save some cash for an upcoming Fermi card now have three new video boards to choose from. The adapters are capable of matching and even topping the performance of most of the mid-range cards. They are the GeForce GT 240 D3 51...

17 November 2009
02:54 GMT

Galaxy's GeForce GTX 260+ Packs Single-Slot Cooling

Although most NVIDIA fans are likely waiting for the Santa Clara, California-based chip maker to officially roll out its next-generation line of desktop graphics cards, some of the company's board partners are continuing to roll out new designs based on the current generation of GPUs. Such is the case with Galax...

28 September 2009
05:58 GMT


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