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Perhaps the best thing about Injustice: Gods Among Us is that it finally picked up the slack of there not being that many great DC-related options out there for gamers. Sure, there's Batman's fantastic Arkham series, but that's really about it. Superman's games over the years have been decidedly less than super while others like the Flash, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern have been off the gaming map for a while. That's changed over the past few years thank to the development of online arcade games, which utilise imagery from superhero lore to add depth and interest. This is evident at gaming hub InterCasino, where all of the aforementioned DC heroes have their own games. And what these titles and Injustice really drive home is the fact that DC may be taking over when it comes to gaming—but that's a story for another day.
Injustice: Gods Among Us and the options offered at InterCasino serve to highlight that there's a clear interest in playing as a number of different superheroes. And when it comes to Marvel, they had been lacking a bit there. Sure, there was the MMORPG Marvel Heroes 2015 for Microsoft Windows and OSX. However, there wasn't a legitimate app gaming option to compete with Injustice: Gods Among Us. That was until December of last year, when Marvel and Kabam released Marvel: Contest Of Champions for iOS and Android devices. With less focus on card collecting and more on simply gathering, upgrading, and battling characters, it seems to have been intended as an action-packed answer to Injustice: Gods Among Us. It was also the first significant Marvel brawler for app players, and you can read on for our thoughts on what it does well and where it falls short.
It's plain to see one of the main areas in which this app excels right off the bat: the graphics and combat mechanics are incredibly impressive even for a modern app. Playing the game side-by-side with Injustice: Gods Among Us, it's quite clear that Marvel's new game is the smoother and more visually satisfying of the two. Characters look sharp, and their outfits, weaponry, and even stances and movements fit beautifully with what comic and film fans alike will expect. Fighting action is swift, easily controlled, and exciting, even if it does become somewhat repetitive.
The number of characters available in Contest Of Champions is also pretty satisfying. Popular villains influence missions (or at least seem to set the stage), a wide range of playable heroes exists, and the game features a never-ending stream of mini-promotions offering new characters (or advanced versions of existing characters) for various achievements. All of this, plus a genuinely challenging mission layout that requires steady improvement of your team, makes for a full, rich gaming experience. And of course, there's a lot of versus action to keep you busy if you become bored with the basic game.
But where Marvel: Contest Of Champions falls short is in the random nature of character collection and the lack of personality in its characters. Unlike Injustice, in which players can essentially target different heroes to acquire, Contest Of Champions forces you to use achievements to purchase "crystals" that unlock heroes at random. This means that it's perfectly common to receive duplicates, or heroes you'd rather avoid. And even when you have a satisfying collection of heroes, there's not much individuality to them when you look beyond basic appearance and attack moves. None of them speaks, and despite varying special attacks, your basic brawling strategy doesn't need to change from hero to hero.
All in all, it's a worthy competitor to Injustice: Gods Among Us. The process of obtaining new heroes and building a team can be tedious and annoying, but it's a big and impressive enough game that the positives outweigh the negatives.]]>
The BL3201PT is a beast of a monitor: 4K resolution, 32 inch diagonal and more ports and features than you can shake a stick at. Last year we loved its 1440p predecessor, the BL3200PT, so surely a 4K version is going to be even better? Let's find out!
The BL3201PT comes neatly packaged in a massive box. Slide out the contents, and you'll find the screen itself held between two thick blocks of styrofoam. As well as the monitor itself, you'll find a DisplayPort to mini Display Port cable, an HDMI cable, a DVI-D cable, a USB 3.0 cable and a 3.5mm audio cable. A power cable is also included.
Cutouts and pockets in the foam hold the stand, controller, cables and literature. You get an impressive amount here, including a mini Display Port to Display Port cable that is your best shot for connecting the monitor at full 4K resolution and 60Hz refresh rate.
At first shake, the BL3201PT looks very similar to its predecessor: a massive 32-inch monitor, supported by a wide stand and replete with ports and features. However, there are a few differences between the two models. Let's take a closer look.
Like its predecessor, the BL3201 is bloody massive. It dwarfs the 27-inch model behind it. Despite the great size, it looks quite elegant.
The metal stand ends in a nice place to keep loose change (or the OSD controller, if you prefer), and the base of the stand has a subtle brushed metal texture.
The bezel of the display is unornamented, apart from some subtle identifiers on the top right and bottom left. In the bottom centre we have the light sensor and a small UHD label.
Finally, on the far right we have the power button (which glows white) and a quintet of square white LEDs which light up as your fingers go close to them; these are the controls for the OSD. It doesn't look like the OSD has been updated for the new resolution; everything looks a bit pixelated!
The right side of the monitor's back housing houses its input ports. We have DVI-D, two HDMI ports, full size Display Port and Mini Display Port. It's a staggering array of inputs, although you'd probably only use Display Port as this unlocks the 60HZ operating mode for 4K (a pair of HDMI cables can also work, but this is limited to 30Hz).
Immediately to the right of the screen we have an SD card reader (invaluable for review photographers like me!), two USB 3.0 ports and a headphone port.
On the bottom of the monitor we have a trio of USB 3.0 ports, a mini USB cable that makes the OSD controller work, and of course passthrough ports for audio and USB.
Like its predecessor, the BL3201 can turn sideways, even if it looks a bit mad doing it.
I used the BL3201PT for a period of two weeks as my main monitor. During this time I edited photographs for reviews, wrote many articles and played quite a few games as well. In addition to my hands-on impressions, you'll also find a section of benchmarks made using the Spyder4Elite monitor testing tool.
4K gaming is the most obvious advantage a modern gaming PC has over a modern games console. With many games running below 1080p on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, running at 4K resolution is a big step forward. As you'd expect, the latest games look absolutely insane at 4K. The level of detail on-screen can distract you from the story and gameplay on hand; I spent a good proportion of my latest Civilization: Beyond Earth campaign just admiring the majesty of the alien landscape laid out before me.
Of course, running a game at 4K requires four times the horsepower of 1080p. Even if you're making the jump from 1440p, you'll still find that games will run appreciably slower at the higher 3840 x 2160 resolution. In order to achieve strong frame-rates, you'll need to invest in quality hardware, particularly your video card and processor. I was using a top-of-the-line GTX980 video card (review coming soon), and still found that recent games needed to have lower quality settings to run smoothly. Another option was to run at 1080p, which is exactly half the vertical and horizontal resolution of 4K, and therefore looked alright even on the 32-inch screen.
For older games though, the move to 4K was awesome. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, StarCraft II and Wasteland II all looked brilliant at the new resolution. However, the greater resolution also meant that these games' interfaces were relatively smaller than before. Many games do allow you to adjust the size of the interface to compensate for unusually large or small displays, and that ability was quite critical here. For games that don't – like Civilization: Beyond Earth – you'll have to get used to squinting and moving your mouse a great deal.
The BL3201PT is designed for work, so it makes sense to look at its performance here too. The first thing you'll notice when using the monitor in Windows is how crazy-small everything is. At default 100% scaling, you'll find that everything from the taskbar to common programs have tiny words, tiny control, tiny everything. You can bump up the scaling in the Display settings in Windows, but that makes stuff blurry, which kinda sucks. I found it better to sit closer and keep the scaling at 100%, which kept everything sharp. In Chrome, I compensated for tiny web pages by viewing most at 150% or even 200% scale, which worked well enough.
This scaling issue aside, the BL3201PT was awesome for getting work done. The unparalleled amount of screen real estate made it easy to have four or more windows on-screen at once; I could write a review like this, refer back to specifications, control my music and chat on Skype without feeling cramped anywhere. Working on 1080p or 1440p graphics was also easy, with plenty of space for controls around your full-screen video or photo. It's (almost) enough to make you go back to using a single display.
In other areas, the monitor impressed as much as its predecessor. There are a wide range of ports here, with many located on an easy-to-reach side panel. The inclusion of audio and USB passthroughs was also appreciated. There are enough here that you could legitimately connect everything (mouse, keyboard, USB storage) through the monitor, leaving only a single group of cables to connect to your PC. Finally, having an SD card reader was a welcome alternative to using a dedicated USB card reader.
Adjusting the monitor's settings proved easy thanks to the included OSD controller. It's way faster than pressing buttons on the monitor itself, and it tucks nicely into the monitor's stand (or disappears if you don't need it). The controller makes it easy to swap into modes for certain applications (like 3D modelling or reading), and even making advanced tweaks like adjusting colour is pretty rapid.
All-in-all: a mighty 4K monitor for getting stuff done!
4K TVs are taking off quickly; they're the next big thing after curved TVs and 3D. 4K looks like a more substantial change though, an increase in the base resolution that should allow for dramatically crisper images that's noticeable at a considerable difference. Adopting that same resolution – four times the pixels of 1080p! – should make the BL3201PT equally good for watching 4K content.
And true to form, that's exactly what we find: this is a brilliant way to watch 4K videos. The level of detail is staggering, the colours are rich and accurate, and the wide viewing angles and large size of the display mean you can legitimately show videos to a sofa full of people.
Unfortunately, there's an issue: actually finding 4K content to watch. YouTube has some 4K content available (like this brilliant 4K Star Wars trailer), but even services that promise 4K content (Netflix, Amazon) won't make them available on PCs due to piracy concerns. That policy does seem to be working, too: a quick check of torrent sites reveals very few 4K films aside from some demos from TV makers. Even when 4K content is more widely available, the massive file sizes (think 100GB for a single film) will make it difficult to acquire, legally or illegally.
Watching 1080p content on the monitor looks great, although the difference to 4K content is quite noticeable after you're used to it. Things get worse when you start watching 720p content, which doesn't scale neatly to 4K and is noticeably stretched. If you normally stream or download 720p stuff, you may have to move to 1080p if your internet connection can handle it (and 1080p videos are available).
Still, with this monitor you'll be well set up for the future, even if you can't immediately start watching all of your favourite films and TV in 4K.
Now let's turn towards the synthetic side of the equation: benchmarks. The BL3200PT uses a VA panel, so our expectation is for good contrast scores and worse colour accuracy than we'd find on an IPS panel – but better than that of a TN display. Let's see how these results compare to those expectations.
One thing we see immediately is excellent DeltaE values for 50% grey and decent contrast.
We took a closer look at brightness, black values and contrast in the next test, which tests the monitor at different brightness levels. Contrast ratios are quite bad here due to higher-than-expected black levels. However, I've had reports from readers that the Spyder under-reports contrast, so take these with a pinch of salt. Generally, VA panels like the ones used here should be very good when it comes to contrast.
You can see how these levels change at different presets. sRGB boost brightness considerably, while movie and photo seem to result in higher contrast levels.
Color accuracy is expected to be good, and the BL3201PT definitely delivers here. An average of 2.31 is excellent, and significantly lower than the 3.82 reported for its predecessor. Only the turquoise and yellow colours were significantly off; all others were excellent.
Color uniformity is quite bad here – we can see massive differences between the top of the display and the bottom, particularly the upper left quadrant. The rest of the display is fairly uniform, though, and the problems recede with brightness levels.
When it comes to luminance uniformity, the panel is fairly good. We're looking at a maximum of 19% difference between the centre and the upper right quadrant, which is not ideal but still slightly better than the BL3200PT.
Finally we have the Spyder's monitor rating, which is normally worth including… we can see strong scores for pretty much everything except luminance uniformity, which seems fair enough.
The BL3201PT is 1.5x the price of the average 28-inch 4K monitor, but it offers some big advantages that justify the price – namely the use of a colour-accurate IPS display with wide viewing angles, a comprehensive array of ports and passthroughs, and of course the screen has a 30% greater viewing area. BenQ have done well here to craft a monitor without any major weaknesses, and it's the best choice I've seen if you're looking for a future-proof 4K monitor.
Multiple monitors is the dream of any computer nerd worth her salt. You can play games at ridiculously wide resolutions, you can gain an impressive amount of screen real estate, and it makes your desk look like a NASA control centre. You could have your monitors just sitting next to each other on a desk, but the next level is to pick up a mount so that your monitors sit next to other in the air. It gives you more desk space, more options for adjustability and of course it looks way cooler too.
This desk mount from Element Gaming promises to raise three monitors, each up to 28 inches, without demanding to be clamped onto your desk. Ebuyer were nice enough to send one over, so we'll see how well it achieves that goal.
Element Gaming promise that assembly is a five minute affair, so let's get cracking!
All of the components you'll need come in a flat-packed box, so it's a simple case of removing them all and placing them on a conveniently large work surface. In addition to the components, you also get some seriously heavy-duty Allen (hex) keys in varying sizes so you don't need to have your own tools.
Following the printed instructions (and a rather helpful video), I assembled the mount in about 20 minutes. That's a far cry from the five minutes that were promised, but still quite reasonable given that you'll likely only need to build the unit one time.
The biggest delays to the assembly were caused by the screw that locks the height of the mount on the pole. For whatever reason, screwing in the screw became incredibly difficult about two thirds of the way through, necessitating violent efforts to continue. Eventually though I got it through the rough spot, and it proved no concern on later assembly attempts.
The base of the mount is a relatively thick, heavy steel triangle. On this formidable base, rests the aluminium column that holds the rest of the assembly.
Each steel arm is made from two pieces, which can be freely moved from side to side. The arms can be moved up and down as a unit, but can't be set independently. Each arm ends in a 100×100 VESA mount, which has a small amount of height adjustment via springs, and is fully rotatable to allow for portrait, landscape or mixed orientations. The centre mount can't be moved from side to side, but can still be rotated.
The entire unit is almost frighteningly solid, with a satisfying weight that ensures both a long life and stable positioning. The simple colour scheme – black steel, silver aluminium – should fade into the background, rather than attracting attention.
I don't own three identical monitors to test the Element Gaming Triple, so instead I loaded it up with the three monitors with 100×100 VESA mounts that I had lying around. That included a 27-inch Crossover monitor, a 27-inch iiyama monitor and a 24-inch iiyama. The difference in sizes was well-handled by the adjustable arms, allowing me to keep all three monitors touching. The weight of these monitors combined was substantial, but the solid materials allowed a surprisingly stable platform.
Once installed, I set to making use of my new screen real estate. Gaming is the obvious choice here. You could use your central screen for gaming and the others for guides or secondary information; some games like Supreme Commander even allow you to throw part of the interface onto your secondary display.
That's all useful and good, but a more impressive (albeit less practical) use is to make all three of your screens into a single virtual display. AMD call this Eyefinity and Nvidia call it Nvidia Surround, but regardless of the terminology you'll find that it's pretty astounding. Three monitors is a much better configuration than two for this, as it ensures your centre point (e.g. your crosshair or the track in front of you) is on a single screen, rather than split between two screens as you'd get on a naive dual-screen setup.
Getting all of the monitors in position revealed some flaws in the design. Firstly, actually loading the monitor is quite an operation (if you're using monitors towards the bigger end of the scale). We had to mount them face down, then move the assembly onto the stand all at once.
Adjusting the monitors afterwards is also a bit difficult, compared to a free-floating mount – you can't just push the monitor where you want it, you have to go behind and tug on the arms instead. It also uses a fair bit more desk space than a clamp mount, although the flat base at least ensures you can put stuff on top of it.
The Element Gaming Triple Desk Mount delivers on the majority of its promises. Although assembly took a little longer than five minutes, it was still easy to construct thanks to a sensible design and good documentation. Once built, the high quality materials used in its construction ensured a stable platform for the three monitors we tried it with. Adjustability wasn't quite as good as with some clamp mounts we've used, but was still sufficient to make use of mixed-size and mixed-orientation monitors possible. While the mount has a high asking price, it makes a hell of a finisher for your three monitor setup.
In order to fully evaluate the Samsung T1, we'll testing its performance in both synthetic and real-world tests.
We have a full suite of drive benchmarks to deploy, so let's begin.
CrystalDiskMark has been one of my favourite benchmarks for evaluating storage speeds for a while now, thanks to its varied incompressible workload and extremely readable results. Here's the 3.0.3 x64 version of the benchmark.
Read and write speeds are quite good for larger files, but performance on smaller files (particularly with larger queue depths) are less impressive. Still, for transferring a small number of large files should be incredibly fast on this drive compared to a standard USB drive.
We can see how performance is affected if we plug the Samsung T1 into a USB 3.0 monitor, rather than directly into the motherboard:
Even while connected via the monitor, it's still way faster than a mechanical hard drive:
But of course it's fair bit slower than a SSD connected internally over SATA – in this example, the Samsung 840 Evo:
AS SSD is another benchmarking tool quite similar to CrystalDiskMark, which uses predominantly incompressible data across a range of workloads including sequential tests, random performance and access times.
As before, we can see that the drive works best with sequential transfers. Compared to internal SSDs, sequential speeds are about half; access times are about a third. That indicates we'll see better performance in traditional 'flash drive' roles than as a portable SSD.
ATTO produces rather less comprehensible results than CrystalDiskMark, but still provides a good test of compressible data transfer. It also provides a lot of data points; I've selected six from across the range. Settings were the default: 256MB total length and queue depth of 4, testing from 1KB to 8MB.
|Atto Read
|Samsung 850 Evo
|Corsair Neutron GTX
|Samsung T1
|Atto Write
|Samsung 850 Evo
|Corsair Neutron GTX
|Samsung T1
Atto's results are a little hard to read, so I've put them in a table for you. As you can see, the difference between the T1 and the two internal drives (Neutron GTX and 850 Evo) is most noticeable at smaller transfer sizes. When we move to 1MB and higher, transfer speeds have reached about half that of the internal SSDs.
We conclude with HD Tune, a benchmark which produces minimum, maximum and average transfer rates, plus access time, and burst rate.
HD Tune shows good sustained results from the drive, with average speeds that are about half that of Samsung's 850 Evo, and burst rates that are about a quarter of the internal SSD. It's a surprisingly good result for USB 3.0, and shows that using an SSD in this space makes a lot of sense compared to slower flash memory.
In terms of portability, I was very impressed to see just how small and light the T1 was. I was expecting something the size of a 2.5″ SSD, but clearly the T1 is using a much smaller mSATA drive. The styling of the T1 is also quite impressive; this is an SSD that you could definitely use in a business setting without fear. This is slightly undone by the small cable, but it's a reasonable design choice when you want to minimise the size of the unit and provide some distance between the drive and the USB port.
Setup was very straightforward. When you first plug in the drive, you initialise it with a small setup partition, choosing the name and whether to enable password-locked AES encryption or not. With this out of the way, the full size of the drive is made available to you.
We saw similar performance in our real-world copy tests as we did in the benchmarks. A 13GB Blu-ray movie was copied to the drive at 200 MB/s, and then copied back to our PC… at 40MB/s. Performance was excellent initially at 260MB/s, but quickly fell off a cliff after a minute or so. Smaller files (a collection of MP3s) took a slightly smaller 175MB/s, while the copy back took around 120MB/s.
The Samsung T1 Portable SSD is a very fast USB drive, or a very portable SSD. Either way you look at it, it's a winner. While you do pay more per gigabyte than you would going with either a traditional SSD or a USB 3.0 flash drive, it isn't too unreasonable at £140 for the 250GB model. So then – if you're looking for a rapid way to access larger files on the go, the Samsung T1 is an excellent choice.
Today I'm testing Zotac's Nvidia GTX 980 Amp! Extreme Edition, one of the most powerful graphics cards on the market right now. Zotac have a strong history of producing excellent aftermarket graphics cards, so I'm excited to see what this card is capable of. Let's get started!
The Zotac GTX 980 comes in a slick cardboard box, with some shiny metal on the front, the various stats and features, and Zotac's customary orange branding.
On the back, we have more features and a diagram showing the ports available. There's a lot to read here, should you find yourself in a store with this card.
Take off the sleeve, and we have a classy black box with a fine texture.
Open the box, and we have the graphics card nicely wrapped in a static-proof bag and well armoured with plenty of foam.
In addition to the card itself, you get a pair of 8-pin power adapters that let you still power the card even if your PSU doesn't provide 8-pin plugs. You also get a driver CD.
Edit: In checking some other reviews to sanity check benchmark results, it seems a USB cable should have been included to connect to the OC+ module. This wasn't in the box. Whoops.
Now we have our first look of the card itself – and it's a beauty. The top is dominated by a trio of 90mm fans, with the frame clad in a carbon fibre pattern. You can see the transparent lighting area at the very top of the picture.
Closeup of the fan's centre point, which looks to be made of brushed aluminium.
Carbon fibre detailing on all sides, top…
…and bottom.
Here are the ports you're provided with: DVI-D, Display Port, HDMI, then two more Display Ports.
On the bottom of the GU, we see the POWER BOOST capacitors. The card uses a standard PCI Express connector, at the 3.0 standard as we'd expect for a card this new.
Here's an OC+ module. No points for correctly guessing what that stands for. On the right side of the module, a mini USB cable should connect the card to your motherboard… but one wasn't included in my box.
NOT FOR RESALE. Okay then!
So – a very sexy looking card that looks professional, not gamer-garish. There's not much point letting this card sit outside to get rained on, so let's get to testing!
Testing in the graphics card world means benchmarks, so let's get rolling. We'll be scoring this card's performance in a number of game benchmarks, plus a synthetic benchmark.
Here are the specs of our test rig:
Let's get started!
Total War: Rome 2 is the most recent game on our list, offering a decent challenge for graphics cards with its lush and enormous battlefields. The game includes a nice benchmark built into the options menu, which we'll make use of.
The graphics settings are on Ultra, with the only thing varying in each test being the resolution. We'll test all three mainstream gaming resolutions nowadays – 1080p, 1440p and 2160p (aka 4K). As well as the card on its stock overclock, we'll be testing its 3D+ quick boost overclock and the Crossfired AMD 6950s that the 980 replaced.
|2160p (4K)
|980 GTX Amp! Extreme Edition
|115.9 fps
|87.5 fps
|46.4 fps
|980 GTX Amp! Extreme Edition (OC)
|117.5 fps
|88.5 fps
|46.9 fps
|AMD 6950 Crossfire
It's interesting to note how little a difference there is between the two overclock levels. There's always a slight boost, but it's only about 1%… barely a difference at all. Of course, the performance gap to the 6950s in Crossfire is more noticeable.
Metro Last Light is a great, claustrophobic shooter by Ukrainian developers 4A Games. The game has both high system requirements and an excellent benchmark tool, so it's a natural choice for our review. We'll examine performance at a range of resolutions, from 1080p, to 1440p and 2160p (4K). Other settings are: Very High quality, AF 4x, Normal motion blur, Normal DX11 tessellation and Advanced PhysX turned On.
|2160p (4K)
|980 GTX Amp! Extreme Edition
|90 fps
|61 fps
|33 fps
|980 GTX Amp! Extreme Edition (OC)
|91 fps
|62 fps
|33 fps
|Radeon 6950 Crossfire
|77 fps
Even without being overclocked, the 980 was more than capable of besting Metro Last Light, even at nearly its highest settings. 1080p was a doddle, with the card scoring 91 fps here, but even 1440p was above 60 fps. 4K proved more of a challenge (as it pushes four times the pixels of 1080p), but even here reducing the detail settings slightly allows for a result higher than 60 fps.
Bioshock Infinite is a beautiful game, based on the Unreal Engine 3. It also includes a benchmark; we'll be using the 1080p, 1440p and 2160p benchmarks at the 'UltraDX11′ preset. As before, we'll be evaluating the 980 Amp! at stock, then overclocked (at the 3D+ preset) and against the pair of 6950s that previously resided in the rig.
|2160p (4K)
|980 GTX Amp! Extreme Edition
|156 fps
|118 fps
|64 fps
|980 GTX Amp! Extreme Edition (OC)
|158 fps
|118 fps
|65 fps
|AMD 6950 Crossfire
Once again, the 3D+ overclock appears to make little difference – only a frame or two. Regardless, the card is easily able to handle Bioshock Infinite, even with all the bells and whistles and a mighty 4K resolution.
Company of Heroes 2 is a brilliant strategy game with a punishing benchmark… indeed, the benchmark is a worst-case scenario that you'll almost never see in the single-player or multiplayer game. Single-card systems work best here (as CoH 2 doesn't support multiple cards), so let's see what the 980 Amp! Extreme is capable of.
As before, we'll look at the performance with 1080p, 1440p and 2160p (4K) resolutions. The other settings will remain constant: Unit Occlusion On, Image Quality Maximum, Anti Aliasing High, V-Sync Off, Texture Detail Higher, Snow Detail High, Physics High.
|2160p (4K)
|980 GTX Amp! Extreme Edition
|59 fps
|38 fps
|18 fps
|980 GTX Amp! Extreme Edition (OC)
|60 fps
|38 fps
|18 fps
|AMD 6950 Crossfire
Even CoH2 still manages to kick the crap out of the 980 at its highest settings. It is worth noting that the test rig does include a Intel Core i7 2600k, which was good three years ago but is a little behind the times now – and that the benchmark really is pretty demanding, and we've selected the very hardest settings. As with our other benchmarks, there's almost no difference between the two OC settings of the 980.
Our synthetic benchmark of choice is 3DMark, which provides a repeatable and comparable test at a range of workloads and quality settings. The tests go from hardest to easiest. I've listed all of the results so you can download 3DMark and compare them to your system.
I've also included some points of reference that I have access to: namely results from the same test rig with its previous GPU, a pair of AMD Radeon 6950s in Crossfire. I also overclocked the rig using the '3D+' preset to see how the results changed. Finally, I also included results from the P505 laptop I reviewed earlier, which uses the GTX 980M GPU.
|Fire Strike Ultra
|Fire Strike Extreme
|Fire Strike
|Sky Diver
|Cloud Gate
|Ice Storm Extreme
|Ice Storm
|6950 x2
We see very strong results here, proving that this card is capable of 4K gaming and at least the equal of other GTX 980 cards on the market at their stock speeds… although overclocking provides a much milder increase than I would have expected.
In this section, we'll cover everything that isn't a benchmark – installation, real in-game performance, and the Firestorm software provided with the card. Temperatures, noise and light are also covered.
Installation was very straightforward; the card fit easily into my (admittedly roomy) NZXT Phantom. The card is reasonably long at 30cm, but I had no issues navigating it inside. Once it was inside the PCI-express slot, the only thing to remember is to actually hook up the twin 8-pin power connectors (and the OC+ USB cable), and you're golden.
In games, the GTX 980 proved the equal of pretty much everything I threw at it.
More recent and demanding titles didn't all reach that 60 FPS / 4K standard at their highest settings.
It's not quite a single card solution for maxed out 4K gaming, but it's pretty damn close.
The 980 Amp! Extreme Edition uses Zotac's Firestorm overclocking utility. The temperature readout is straightforward, but the overclocking options are confusing compared to other GPU utilities.
For example: Quick Overclock has three settings, labelled "2D", "3D" and "3D+". 2D is stock OC, 3D is a small increase to the OC, and 3D+ is a moderate increase… I think. I can't think of any reason to label these settings this way; it's just confusing.
'Advance' provided custom settings, although as has been reported elsewhere voltage is hamstrung beyond what even the reference 980 design provides. At least the options provided here are quite straightforward and easy to understand.
Gamer is the final option, which is also called S.S.P. once opened. This gives you additional control over the voltage (and fan speed).
It doesn't launch (or indeed do anything) if the USB cable is not connected. Ideally, a message would pop up to inform you that the cable is unplugged.
Temperatures ranged from 24 to 50 degrees (during intense benchmarks and overclocking), but mainly remained at a tolerable 35 degrees. This is a really nice result, and should give you plenty of room to experiment.
The GTX 980 proved very quiet, running noticeably quieter than the pair of 6950s it replaced. Fans usually stayed at about 45% speed, which was audible but eclipsed by pretty much all ambient noise like mechanical keyboard click-clack.
The GTX 980 includes a light which goes green when it's in 2D mode, and red when it's in 3D mode. This is kind of cool to look at, but I wish that you could get it to change colour in response to temperature or frequency instead. That'd be far more practical.
The GTX 980 Amp! Extreme Edition is a strong card right out of the box, capable of offering ridiculous performance for a single card solution at its stock clock speeds. However, it's harder to justify the extra expense of this card for overclockers, given its poorly designed software. Hopefully this will be improved in future updates, but for now I'd recommend an alternative 980 if you're looking to overclock.
Today, I threw my iPhone 6 Plus around my living room. £700 worth of shiny metal and Apple magic, whizzing past the sofa and bouncing off the carpet. Five minutes of careless juggling and a few poor Lebron James impressions later, I was satisfied.
The reason for this madness? I'm looking at the Tech21's latest iPhone case, the Patriot. The case is designed to be the most protective case that Tech21 have ever made. That's achieved through a two-piece design, which locks 'FlexShock' armour around your phone.
Tech21 are confident that the Patriot can protect your phone from drops of up to 13 feet (or four metres, which is an impressive feat for any case. There's even an integrated multi-layer, self-healing screen protector to prevent scratches and port covers to seal out moisture and dust.
Of course, in order to achieve that level of protection you'll be paying a price in size and weight – the case measures 15mm thick and weighs 88 grams. The phone still fit in my (admittedly roomy) jean pockets, and you have the option to use the included heavy-duty holster if you prefer.
Still, Tech21 have done what they can to make your iPhone still look and feel right. The back of the case is partially transparent to make it clear that there's an iPhone 6 Plus inside somewhere, and the buttons are covered by easy to press caps. There's also a cutout for the cameras, speakers and front-facing sensors. The home button is covered, but TouchID still works fine.
I can't see myself using such a heavy case day-to-day, but it makes a lot of sense for occasions where I'm more likely to drop my phone – while traveling, being active outside or just taking a lot of photos. Even though I don't tend to drop phones often, I appreciate the piece of mind that a good protective case like this provides.
The Tech21 Patriot costs £40, and is available here for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
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The Packr Commuter is a special backpack – along with a couple of main compartments, some smaller pockets and adjustable straps, you'll find something unique. The front of the case is actually a flexible solar panel, and it's hooked up to a small battery inside that'll charge your smartphone or tablet over USB. But does it work – and does this cool inclusion make for a better backpack? Let's find out in the review below.
The first thing you'll notice about this backpack is the solar cell on the front. It's made from a flexible material, allowing it to be bended and absorb hits without breaking. According to the maker's website, an American reviewer* shot it and ran it over with his truck and it still worked. Once the sticker on this is removed, it looks fairly ordinary.
* Standard American testing procedure, I'm happy to confirm…
Inside the bag, you'll see the small bit of circuitry that provides power to your devices. This unit is about the size of a matchbox, with a USB port on the right-hand side protected by a silicone port cover. A micro USB cable is provided.
There are a good range of pockets at useful sizes; the main pocket contains space for a 15-inch laptop and a tablet (or e-reader, or book). There are also two smaller pockets that work well for storing mice or power cables.
The front pocket is also well-equipped, with a single large zipped internal pocket right next to the solar cell that would suit a phone or tablet. Outside of this, there are quite a few places for pens, books, cards and other small items.
Another pocket, accessible from the top of the bag, is about the right size for a phone or MP3 player (although larger phones with 5.5-inch diagonals or greater won't likely fit once the charging cable is plugged in).
The larger compartments and the two smaller pockets have a passthrough, allowing a cable to be routed to the solar charger at the front of the bag.
Finally, we have two side pockets for small water bottles and other items.
The top of the bag has a padded handle, and the usual straps on the back. These have a mesh padding, and can be adjusted in the normal way.
I used the Packr Commuter for a one week period, taking it with me as I commuted to work and traveled for pleasure. I'll be judging the Packr's performance both as a solar charger, and as a backpack.
Sadly, I don't have an American southwest to test the bag in, so it'll have to be wintry Britain I'm afraid.
The solar cell provides at most 0.6A, which is slightly above that provided by USB 2.0 (0.5A). In theory then, anything that charges fine from USB 2.0 will also be charged by the Packr. However, you do need to get sufficient sunlight for this to work. On a typical overcast British day or under artificial lighting, you don't collect enough energy to produce a useful charge. Go outside in the sunshine though, and the bag does work to charge your phone slowly.
There's also no internal battery here, to store the power until it can be used. EnerPlex instead recommend that you use the connection to charge your own portable battery, and then use that to charge your devices after dark.
It's disappointing that the backpack doesn't include its own internal battery or charge at a faster rate, but these seem to be limitations of the technology available rather than any poor design choices from the manufacturer.
As a backpack, the Packr Commuter is quite well designed. I was able to easily carry my standard two-day load (laptop, book, phone, chargers and peripherals, clothes) without issues. The Commuter looks the part, too – it's not particularly stylish, but the giant solar panel doesn't attract too much attention and the bag looks well made.
While the solar charging feature of this backpack failed to meet my (perhaps uninformed) expectations, the feature did work as described and bolsters what is otherwise a well-designed and practical backpack.
StarTech produce a wide range of adapters and other useful PC peripherals. Today, I'm looking at their Mini DisplayPort to DVI Dual Active Adapter. The idea here is to connect a computer with a Mini DisplayPort output to a monitor that doesn't support the advanced (and expensive) DisplayPort standard.
In my case, this was to connect a MacBook Pro (early 2011 model) to a Crossover 27Q 1440p monitor. The Crossover 27Q is a brilliant low-price 1440p monitor, but as a consequence of its low price point it only has a single output: DVI-D. Its high resolution means that a standard mini Display Port to DVI adapter won't work, so we turn to an active adapter that is powered via USB.
Everything comes in a bag, so unboxing is pretty straightforward. You get the cable and some (happily useless) instructions.
The adapter is simple, as expected. A durable plastic housing includes a DVI-D connector on one end, and two cables ending in mini DisplayPort and USB on the other. As you'll be connecting a DVI-D cable to this adapter to stretch between monitor and computer, the cables are of minimal length.
Testing the adapter was extremely straightforward. I simply plugged the adapter into the MacBook Pro using the mini DisplayPort on the left side, and the USB port right next to it. Then, I connected my existing DVI-D cable from my monitor to the adapter.
The Mac immediately noticed the new connection, and showed my desktop on the new display. All told, the operation took ten seconds, with no configuration or hassle whatsoever.
I tried the adapter with my desktop PC running Windows 10, and had a similar experience – plug in the adapter, and the new display was immediately detected.
Once connected, it was impossible to tell that an adapter was being used – there was no lag in updating the display, or any other issues.
You'll be able to use the same adapter with 1080p displays too, although a much less expensive model is available if you only need to connect to 1200p or 1080p displays.
If you need to use a monitor running at a resolution of 2560 x 1440 or 2560 x 1600 with a device that is equipped with a mini DisplayPort, then this is the perfect adapter. Owners of MacBook Pro / Airs and Mac Mini will find this particularly helpful for connecting beautiful 1440p displays, without needing to upgrade their monitors to more expensive DisplayPort models.
The a-Jays Four come in a pretty slick box, which my brother described as "a giant roll-on deodorant stick." The comparison is apt, although the contents slide out instead of sitting under a plastic cap.
Inside the box, you get the headphones themselves, and five pairs of silicone sleeves in various sizes. This should allow you to get a tight but comfortable fit no matter the size of your earholes; you could even mix and match sizes if you're a bit uneven.
Like most in-ear headphones, the a-Jays Four have a relatively simple design. From tip to tail, that's a right-angle 3.5mm plug, a flat cable, a three button in-line remote and microphone, more cable and two drivers attached to silicone sleeves. Where the Four shines is in the details.
The 8.6mm drivers used here are custom-built, and designed to offer clear reproduction throughout the range. The sleeves connected to the earpieces are available in a range of sizes, as we mentioned earlier, and are designed to block out ambient noise so that your music or conversations are easier to hear.
The cable is well-designed, with its flattened shape making it look like a strand of ink-black tagliatelle. The flat shape and coating make it pretty difficult to tangle, which is a definite plus for mobile use as you'll be scrunching these up and throwing them in your pocket on the regular.
The in-line remote works with iOS devices like the iPhone. You can adjust the volume using the top and button buttons, while the middle one will play / pause with a single tap, skip forward with two or skip backward with three. The microphone is also found here.
The 3.5mm plug used here ends in a L-shape, which is a little more durable than a straight connection. It's a fairly long L, which ensures that the headphones can still be plugged into an iPhone wearing a case.
In order to give the a-Jays Four a reasonable test, I used them as my go-to headphones at home and on the go for a period of about two weeks. Whether I was playing Counter-Strike at home, listening to K-Pop at work or taking calls while walking, I used the a-Jays if I could.
For music, the a-Jays proved to be one of the best in-ear headphones I've ever used. The sound reproduction, particularly for bassy songs, was impressive. I initially found that my ears hurt after using the a-Jays for an extended period, but I swapped in a smaller set of silicone sleeves and found the problem disappeared.
The a-Jays Four are also good for gaming, although of course you won't get to use the in-line microphone on most computers. Still, you can easily hear people sneaking up behind you in Counter-Strike, and the noise isolation means you can concentrate on the task at hand even working in a noisy café.
I didn't find the need to use the Four for many calls, but I had no issues talking and listening when I did. It's certainly more convenient to just use the headset if you're called while listening to music, rather than unplug everything and use the iPhone's built-in earpiece and microphone.
The a-Jays Four are a top-notch set of in-ear headphones, great for listening to music and with all of the features you'd need: remote, microphone, replaceable sleeves in various sizes. While their price is significant, the difference between these and the standard iPhone headphones is massive, and it's an easy purchase to justify.
Today we'll be looking at one of Turtle Beach's latest gaming headsets, the Ear Force Star Wars headset. As you can probably guess by the name and the picture, this is an official Star Wars headset that should definitely attract fans of the sci-fi series. In our review, we'll see if the headset is worthy of the dark lord emblazoned upon them, or whether Darth Vader will be pushing the designers out of the nearest airlock.
The Star Wars headset comes in a straightforward black box, showing the Star Wars branding prominently and some evil Force Lightning emitting from the headset (hopefully this is just artistic license).
Inside, you'll find the headset with its removable caps and microphone, a two piece cable for mobile or PC use and the usual literature.
The Turtle Beach Ear Force Star Wars headset is a branded version of Turtle Beach's Recon 100 gaming headset. The headset includes Star Wars decals and a black/red colour scheme, as well as replaceable caps emblazoned with Darth Vader.
The cans are driven by 50mm neodymium speakers, fairly average for a stereo PC gaming headset. The Ear Force Star Wars also includes red foam cushions, which are just big enough to go around your ears.
The microphone has a flexible skinny boom, and plugs into the bottom side of the headset's left cup.
Another jack allows the cable to be connected, which comes in two parts.
The first part is for mobile use, and ends in a single 3.5mm plug with four rings. The second part is for the PC, with a longer cable and a pair of 3.5mm plugs for microphone and stereo sound. This section also includes an in-line remote, allowing the microphone to be muted and the volume to be adjusted.
The headset has a slim pad under the headband, providing some relief from the plastic construction.
In order to give the Star Wars headset a fair shake, I'll be using it as my primary headset both at my PC and when I'm on the move. This includes gaming on the PC, plus listening to music both from the PC and on the move from an iPhone and an Android phone.
Turtle Beach are best known as a gaming brand, so it was no surprise that the Official Star Wars headset was marketed primarily as a PC gaming headset. For this purpose Turtle Beach headset proved adequate, providing flat but clear sound in a variety of games.
The microphone also worked well, with teammates reporting that I came in loud and clear once the boom was properly positioned. I appreciated the option to remove the microphone from the headset, which allowed me to use a desktop microphone and keep the headset a little lighter.
In terms of comfort, the Star Wars headset was acceptable too – I've worn heavier headsets for longer, but the soft earpads and adjustable design made even hour-long gaming sessions quite tolerable.
The second use case for this headset is as a mobile headset. The majority of the cable used for computers can be left at home, with a shorter cable ending in a single combined headphone/mic plug. This is a nice solution for a dual use headset, and prevents the annoying situation of having metres of cable stuffed in your pocket.
Unfortunately, the Star Wars headset didn't excel here. The cable seemingly broke on the very first occasion that I took it out, with sound becoming very quiet once plugged in. It appears that the Android phone I was using was receiving a 'volume down' input constantly, making it impossible to use the headset with the phone. Of course, other headsets worked fine with the same mobile.
I tried the headset with an iPhone as well, and faced a different problem. Here, the cable needed to be held in a specific position for any sound to be transmitted; just the act of walking was enough to flex the cable into a position that cut off the music. Again, other headsets worked with the iPhone, so I can only assume that the headset was faulty.
This is a flaw you'd be disappointed to discover after months of use, but to face it on the very first outing was either incredibly bad luck or a sign of a badly constructed headset.
In other respects, the Star Wars headset was middling at best. I found the headset attracted a lot of attention in public, not all of it positive. Removing the Darth Vader caps made for a less novel and more mature look, but the bright red trim remained to set me apart. The style is perhaps better suited to children and teens.
The Star Wars headset seems well-designed and appropriate for PC gaming, but poor construction and loud branding make it tough to recommend, even for the Sith lord's biggest supporters. We can only hope that the designers managed to escape Vader's wrath.


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Date Reviewed: January 8, 2011
Strengths: Beefy construction, solid, great for upgrading because it's already set up for a 3 piece crank 14 MM axles, threadless headset...exc.
Weaknesses: little heavy, Haven't changed a tire yet but I suspect the rims are single wall as they do flex a bit when you're hard on them but I plan to upgrade them later.
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Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid: $150.00
Purchased At: craigslist
Similar Products Used: About every Redline since 1989. I swear by Redline.
Bike Setup: Pretty much stock except for a Profile LE crank.
Date Reviewed: August 19, 2009
Strengths: tires are durable,very durable bike, good looking it is a very tough and smooth ride
Weaknesses: chain rusts fast It is very heavy and can slow you down at times
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $150.00
Purchased At: my friend
Similar Products Used: redline recon, redline romp, redline 2.1, redline 3.2
Bike Setup: stock frame, cranks, handlebars, front wheel
Date Reviewed: February 27, 2009
Strengths: very durable, good looking, heavy duty tires, overall pretty nice
Weaknesses: heavy, brake clamp location, chain rusts fast, handle bars at bad angle back or close.
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Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid: $400.00
Purchased At: bicycle bob's
Similar Products Used: redline recon, redline romp, redline 2.1, redline 3.2
Bike Setup: stock frame, cranks, handlebars, front wheel,, haro fork, stem, and seat, mutiny grips, eastern 25t sprocket, and 48h 9t back wheel, mechanik half-trac gold chain, welgo pedals, and kenda tires
Date Reviewed: July 11, 2008
Strengths: it is a very tough and smooth ride. would recommend for dirt jumping.
Weaknesses: heavy and off balanced
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Price Paid: $286.00
Purchased At: bicycle wheel
Similar Products Used: i've had one other old redline but this one is the best
Date Reviewed: November 28, 2007
Strengths: Nice looking and very strong although the forks seem to bend or wait mabey thats just my inability to ride :)Good tyres they last for ages and are really grippy although Maxxis Miracles are better for riding park :)
Weaknesses: Forks like i said and the crank arms seem to be a bit week. Back arm where the rear tyre bolts on seems to bend and im forever straighting it out from grinding :(
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Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid: $526.00
Purchased At: Schuberts Cycles and Skates
Similar Products Used: Redline Romp
Bike Setup: Stock frame, bars, headset, rims and tyres. 41 thermal forks, Mongoose Pro crank arms although getting Odyssey Wombolt crank there crazy, Odyssey Jim Cielencki Pedals, Odyssey Gedda 2 Grips (there crazy any1 looking for good durable grips try them)
Date Reviewed: June 16, 2007
Strengths: It took anything I could manage to dish out which quite a bit. really strong frame awesome bars (a little wide though)the crank and drive system is awesome too.
Weaknesses: As most have said it's a little heavy and if you like taking big drops I recommend buying a chromoly fork or a thicker steel fork and a good wheelset and your good to go!
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Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid: $255.00
Purchased At: Scheels Bike Shop
Similar Products Used: Redline RL360
Bike Setup: all stock except wheels, odyssey hazard lite rims and hazard hubs
Date Reviewed: August 30, 2006
Strengths: this bike is a beast,...in a good way
Weaknesses: its heavy
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Purchased At: From my freind
Similar Products Used: Redline slam
Bike Setup: Stock frame with Jalco freestyle rims, redline freaky-x grips,120 psi oddesy tires, oddesy brakes
Date Reviewed: May 21, 2006
Strengths: Good heavy frame, ok fork.
Weaknesses: week seat and crapy grips. Always buying new rims.
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid: $17.00
Purchased At: Goodwill
Similar Products Used: a few other Redline bikes
Bike Setup: stock, except for Alex Supra rims and about a million stickers
Date Reviewed: August 27, 2005
Strengths: Good fork, good front brake, Awsome frame, Awsome rims, awsome peddles
Weaknesses: Back brake snaped and now not sitting in right spot but still works. grip wares out
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Price Paid: $300.00
Purchased At: Neddys
Date Reviewed: February 13, 2004
Strengths: Durabale and heavy, the single X is one of the best Dirt Jumping bikes available at its relativly-low price point. It hasn't broken yet, and looks awesome.
Weaknesses: It is very heavy and can slow you down at times. Although a jumping bike, it may not deliver as much as the Supa X if you are willing to shell out a couple more dollars.
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid: $400.00
Purchased At: Pacific Bicycle
Similar Products Used: Many other red-line bikes.
Bike Setup: Just as sold. Only modification is on the grips, and I fixed the chain and pulled off the gaurd.
Date Reviewed: July 13, 2003
Strengths: Nice looking,sturdy,hasn't really broken on me yet,
Weaknesses: The brakes are a tad on the weak side once they are broken in and used frequently
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Price Paid: $300.00
Purchased At: Frenchy's
Similar Products Used: Redline 440 (1998)
Bike Setup: Stock (besides pegs)
Date Reviewed: February 8, 2003
Strengths: Very Strong, nice looking, a little heavy at first but o.k. once you get used to it, great for any terrain
Weaknesses: The grips tend to tear a bit
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $300.00
Purchased At: Frenchy's Bike Shop
Similar Products Used: Redline 440
Bike Setup: All stock, except I have a pair of Primo pegs on the right side
Date Reviewed: January 29, 2002
Strengths: Very strong and durable very good jumping bike.
Weaknesses: I didnt find any weaknesses
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Price Paid: $200.00
Similar Products Used: RL340
Bike Setup: This bike is a street/dirt jumping bike.
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