Friday Tech News Roundup (4 May 2012)

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Welcome to the Friday Tech Roundup! Contained herein is a weekly dose of some of the best tech news from across the internet, rounded up for your edification and entertainment. Read on for all the details of how the bleeding-edge GTX690 is performing in tests, what the score is with Intel's new IvyBridge, and why Apple and Google are likely to move into directly providing mobile services.

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[PalZer0]

That 1TB SSD looks mighty interesting if it's cheap enough.

I'm staying put on Sandy Bridge for the time being. May get a new graphics card though (either a 7870 or the Nvidia equivalant when it comes out).

[Bek]

Line of sight is a huuuuuuuuugggggeeeee disadvantage, but then again, **** lazers!

[AzzA82]

LOL 1st thought trolling flatmates.
I won't stand in front of the tv talking anymore just in the laser
Could be turned into a cheat device Lag switch* maybe lol


* Never used one purely mentioned for comedic value only

[zakynthos]

Love these tech roundups, great stuff GON.

[Spooler]

Love these tech roundups, great stuff GON.

Same I actually find them quite useful.

[Trixxter]

Lasers, EVERYWHERE.

I haven't seen the GTX690 out at all, is it being sold in Aus yet? (mostly so the other cards drop in price)

as for the OCZ SSD, the 512GB so far costs ~$800, so chances are the 1TB is probably around the ~$1000-1200 mark.

[Spooler]

Lasers, EVERYWHERE.

I haven't seen the GTX690 out at all, is it being sold in Aus yet? (mostly so the other cards drop in price)

as for the OCZ SSD, the 512GB so far costs ~$800, so chances are the 1TB is probably around the ~$1000-1200 mark.

Don't expect other cards to drop in price they are already pretty cheap for what they are.

690 is out in the States on Newegg.com anyway which is normally the cheapest place in the states to get hardware ... price $1,120

[steve_rogers42]

Yep limited availability on the 690, its only being released by Asus and EVGA, and due to the seemingly limited release of the 680, as the 690 uses more specific 'binned' cores it makes it a rarer card altogether. Hopefully we will see them over here by the end of the month, if the release is similar to that of the 590.

[PalZer0]

as for the OCZ SSD, the 512GB so far costs ~$800, so chances are the 1TB is probably around the ~$1000-1200 mark.

Ouch. Will be waiting for prices to come down before I buy one then.

[Matty]

Love these tech roundups, great stuff GON.

[^42alpha^]

wow 1tb ssd, thats pretty sexy.

[PantyRaider]

690 no thanks to pricey, I'll wait for reviews of the 670's before making up my mind on graphics cards.

[PalZer0]

Apparently 690s are going to be $1700 a pop.

Pass.

Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201

[PantyRaider]

The gigabyte oc 670 seems to be the go from what I have read on a few reviews.