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  • E3 2013 Wrap-up

    2013 was ABT’s first year at E3.  Electronic Entertainment Expo 2013 just completed its 19th year and it was big in every way this year.  Although E3 lasts for 3 days, we drove to the Los Angeles Convention Center on Tuesday for the opening day and had a very quick whirlwind tour for just a [...]


  • Does the Kingston “Beast” 2133MHz DDR3 live up to its name?

    A few months ago, we received a 16GB kit of Kingston “Beast” 2133MHz DDR3 HyperX memory (KHX21C11T3K2/16X), and we feel we can give our impressions and especially gaming benchmarks of its performance compared with 8GB of Kington 1866MHz DDR3 HyperX Blue. For nearly two years, we have been running 8GB of Kingston Blue HyperX memory [...]



  • The GTX 780 arrives – 25 Games benchmarked!

      Nvidia is announcing its new mainstream flagship replacement for the GTX 680 today; the $649 GeForce GTX 780 based on its GK110 GPU on 28nm Kepler DX11.1 architecture. This new 7.1 billion transistor single-GPU flagship card is the culmination of Nvidia’s Kepler strategy for a mainstream yet exotic card that is aimed at the [...]


  • Nvidia is taking pre-orders for (Project) SHIELD starting today!

      Nvidia’s Project SHIELD is now, officially, SHIELD. ABT readers have been following its progress since it was announced this January at CES 2013.  SHIELD is a hand-held game console with a five-inch display using the fastest available Tegra 4 processor, 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage with further expansion available through microSD.  The price [...]


  • Project Shield Update

    ABT just received a progress update from Nvidia regarding their Project SHIELD. These two images say it all. Here is the mold: We are looking forward to further updates as Nvidia’s Project SHIELD looks to be very disruptive to the gaming industry in a good way! Happy Gaming! Please join us in our Forums Become a [...]




  • Metro: Last Light now available with GeForce GTX 660 And Above.

    Metro: Last Light now available with GeForce GTX 660 And Above.

    SANTA CLARA, Calif.—April 16, 2013—Nvidia today announced that gamers who purchase a Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 or above would also receive a copy of the highly anticipated Metro: Last Light, published by Deep Silver and is the sequel to the multi award winning Metro 2033. Metro: Last Light will be available May 14, 2013 within [...]


  • An Upgraders Guide – from 8800-GTX to GTX 650 Ti BOOST (Pt. 2)

    Last week, Nvidia released its “sweet-spot” $169 GeForce GTX 550 Ti BOOST 2GB based on its “GK106″ 28nm Kepler DX11.1 architecture.  Nvidia’s partners have also begin shipping a $149 1GB GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST to compete on price directly with the 1GB HD 7790. We evaluated the GTX 650 Ti BOOST’s performance in our Preview where [...]