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And Here Are Maingear's Ivy Bridge Desktops

There are three desktops in Maingear's product lineup that use Intel's new central processing units, so we may as well cover them here, like we did with Digital Storm's and Velocity Micro's machines. We should have probably mentioned HP's dvt6 and dvt7 workstations, but those things are lap...

30 April 2012
05:59 GMT

MainGear Updates the Shift and F131 Desktops to Feature GTX 590 Graphics Cards

Maingear has just announced that the company has updated its high-performance Shift and F131 desktop systems to feature Nvidia's flagship video card, the GeForce GTX 590, making it one of the first boutique builders to include this dual-GPU card in its machines. The Nvidia GTX 590 was launched officially earl...

24 March 2011
16:31 GMT

Maingear Shift and F131 Desktops Are AMD Radeon HD 6990 CrossFireX Compatible

Just a few hours after the official launch of AMD's Radeon HD 6990 graphics card, Maingear has announced that starting from now their Shift and F131 high-end desktop systems are available with this new dual-GPU solution. Outside of AMD's flagship card, both of these systems can be configured to feature a...

8 March 2011
05:09 GMT

Maingear's Desktop Systems Now Available with Intel Core i7-990X CPUs

Maingear, a well renowned custom PC builder, has just announced that the company has updated its desktop computer line to feature Intel's recently launched Core i7 990X processor, as the CPU is now available in the Shift, F131, Vybe and X-Cube high-performance systems. The Core i7 990X is the fastest processo...

15 February 2011
06:34 GMT

Maingear's SHIFT Gaming Rig Gets New Hardware

Though already one of the most popular gaming systems on the market, Maingear's SHIFT 'personal supercomputer' has now been given a slew of new customizing and hardware options, for both a higher performance and better looks.The SHIFT has been Maingear's enthusiast-grade gaming rig for months now...

28 September 2010
08:20 GMT

Shift Gaming Keyboard from SteelSeries Has Interchangeable Key Sets

Though all keyboards are meant for the same thing, there are quite a few different designs and technologies that give them varying degrees of uniqueness, and SteelSeries took a fairly radical step when it put together the Shift.There are several features that make this product stand out more than others, the extra w...

24 September 2010
03:39 GMT

Driver: San Francisco Detailed, Coming with Licensed Cars

Ubisoft unveiled the new Driver videogame at its E3 presentation yesterday. The company is saying that the fresh title is coming to the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 from Sony, the PC and Mac. Apparently, the developers are also thinking about a Nintendo Wii version, which will be created separately, all...

16 June 2010
07:48 GMT

How Shift Times Influence Alertness, Sleep Patterns

Establishing the most appropriate times for starting shifts is in the best interest of both employees and employers. For the former, working in tune with their body's circadian rhythm ensures the least amount of on-the-job fatigue as possible, whereas, for the latter, it implies higher productivity. This is why ...

8 June 2010
09:35 GMT

Maingear's SHIFT Gets the Six-Core Treatment

Intel's latest high-end consumer processor, the Core i7 980X, also known as the six-core Gulftown central processing unit, was reviewed just a few days ago but PC makers are already hard at work advertising their various product offers that include or are somehow related to the new chip. Of course, this is quite...

16 March 2010
11:41 GMT

Team Racing Coming to Need for Speed: Shift on December 1

Electronic Arts has announced that it will offer those who have bought Need for Speed: Shift a free-to-download DLC pack which will provide even more content to play around with in the racing game. The new piece of content is called The Team Racing Pack and is set to introduce a new mode of play for those interested ...

24 November 2009
13:31 GMT

Maingear's SHIFT Now Runs the Radeon HD 5970

Maingear's SHIFT 'personal supercomputer,' as it called it, was introduced earlier this month and was built as a customizable configuration with one sole purpose: to combine the top performance offered by the latest technological releases at the moment. Naturally, the system wouldn't live up to it...

18 November 2009
04:51 GMT

Maingear Unveils the Shift Personal Supercomputer

Following news of ASUS' supercomputing-focused desktop computer system, it appears that yet another PC vendor has decided to debut its own personal supercomputer. We are talking here about Maingear, a custom PC builder, that has just announced the introduction of its new Shift system. A configurable d...

3 November 2009
07:50 GMT

NFS: Shift Gets a Patch

It hasn't even come out of the box completely and Need for Speed: Shift already gets an update. Released today, the first patch will add two new features to the game. The first, which is a major one, brings an improvement to the multiplayer, with the addition of the Local Area Network support. The second, more a...

23 September 2009
05:12 GMT

Need for Speed PC Demo Arrives

The latest Need for Speed to be added to the all-too-popular series is Shift. Electronic Arts seems to take a bit of a reverse-mentality with this one, in more ways than one. First, the demo that just became available is the PC version, not the console one, as opposite to most of the recent, multiplatform releases. ...

21 September 2009
04:54 GMT

No New NASCAR Game from Electronic Arts

NASCAR is still very popular in the United States but it seems that for the first time in years fans will not be able to get a game in 2010 that uses the franchise to offer some realistic or arcade driving experience. While this might seem like a rather depressing prospect Electronic Arts, which has previously used t...

3 September 2009
06:07 GMT

HTC Shift Available in the United States

HTC just announced the US availability of the HTC Shift. Harnessing the power of Windows Vista and Microsoft Origami Experience 2.0, the HTC Shift blends advanced wireless connectivity with a sleek design that is half the size and a fraction of the weight of a standard notebook. Operating on the Sprint Mobile Broadba...

21 March 2008
04:46 GMT

HTC Debuts The Shift at CTIA

It looks like HTC is preparing another cutting-edge device that is meant to provide all the functionality business users need, known as the Shift. Although not the same thing, judging from the looks of it, the Shift does kind of look like the Advantage. But while the Advantage's QWERTY is detatchable, the Shift ...

27 March 2007
05:20 GMT


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