TEW-692GR Dual Band Wireless N Router

TRENDnet's 450Mbps Concurrent Dual Band Wireless N Router, model TEW-692GR, is the first router to support 450Mbps speeds on both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands at the same time. This router's raw horsepower redefines wireless networking as we know it, to easily stream HD video through the home.
Gigabit Wide Area Network and Local Area Network ports transfer wired data fast. Embedded GREENnet technology reduces port-based power consumption by up to 70%.

 
Advanced Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antenna technology reduces wireless dead spots. Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) connects other WPS supported wireless adapters at the touch of a button. WMM Quality of Service (QoS) technology prioritizes gaming, Internet calls, and video streams. Assign up to four virtual networks on each wireless band and manage access control for IP addresses, website URLs, and data protocols.

• 900Mbps of total wireless throughput!
• Concurrent Dual Band technology generates two separate 450Mbps wireless n networks at the same time
• One touch network connection with Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)
• All Gigabit wired ports
• Energy saving GREENnet technology

Qosmio X770

Performance

Designed for anyone who insists on the best, this laptop is ready to rip with a choice of 2nd Generation Intel dual or quad core processor. Plus, it comes with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M graphics processor with up to 1.5GB of DDR5 discrete graphics memory and NVIDIA Optimus technology, punching up performance when you need it, and pulling it back when you don’t. Graphics-intensive apps? Bring ‘em on.

Truly Brilliant HD Viewing

Don’t just watch movies or play games. Live them! Fire up the spectacularly spacious 17.3” diagonal Full HD TruBrite 3D- ready display and you’ll experience color, depth and clarity you’ve never seen before. Choose a model with stereoscopic 3D viewing powered by NVIDIA 3D Vision Technology and you’ll be spoiled forever, with more in-your-face action and drama than you ever dreamed.

Stand-Out Styling

Just when you thought it couldn’t be done, Toshiba ups the ante with our stunning new Fusion X2 Finish. This two-tone graduated design will turn heads anywhere you take it—or stand out on a desk, at home or the dorm. It’s durable. Plus, its unique texturing resists fingerprints and smudging. Throw in a hyper-cool red LED backlit keyboard, and this laptop will stop the world dead in its tracks.

Superstar Entertainment

No other PC takes fun more seriously than our Qosmio X770 laptop computer. Spin up the optional built-in Blu-ray Disc player, gaze into the dazzling screen, and zoom out with unforgettable movies. Enjoy symphonic soundtracks thanks to harman/kardon stereo speakers and a subwoofer tuned with sound enhancement technologies from Dolby and Waves Audio. And scale up your standard-def viewing with Toshiba Resolution + technology in real time.

Fast Components

Fast? This Qosmio laptop series is all about it, starting with up to 8GB of RAM to speed through the most powerful programs or moments of mad multitasking. Tap into up a massive hard drive, speed-up your boot time and get to your files faster with our Hybrid Drive technology. Or plug into the USB 3.0 port and enjoy faster data transfers with your favorite compatible external gear.

Exciting 3D Extras

Want to add depth to most everything you do? You’ve come to the right place. This laptop offers stunning stereoscopic on-screen 3D viewing, and a 3D webcam to show friends, family and co-workers just how multi-dimensional you can be.

G1 Sniper 2 Z68

“The GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 2 brings our acclaimed no mercy G1-Killer gaming philosophy to Intel’s mainstream Z68 platform”, “From listening closely to the gaming community, it’s clear that this is an eagerly anticipated motherboard, and one that will guarantee the fearlessly uncompromising gaming experience that so many of our customers crave.”

“Intel is pleased to see GIGABYTE extend its G1-Killer series to the high performance Intel Z68 Chipset platform”, said Zane Ball, General Manager of Intel Desktop Platforms. “In combination with our 2nd generation Intel Core processors, the new GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 2 motherboard will offer an incredibly potent platform for today’s hardcore gamers.”

“We’re excited to continue our great working relationship with GIGABYTE to give gamers the competitive advantage of Sound Blaster audio on the G1.Sniper 2 Gaming Motherboard,” said Steve Erickson, VP and GM of audio and video at Creative. “When it comes to extreme gaming, dedicated Sound Blaster X-Fi 20K2 onboard processing with EAX 5.0 technology blows away the performance of any integrated chipset with host audio on the market.”

“GIGABYTE continues to push the boundaries of performance and functionality with their new Z68-based G1.Sniper 2 gaming motherboard” said Michael Howse, CEO of Bigfoot Networks. “Designed for online gamers and media junkies, it includes our latest Killer E2100 Gaming Platform for smarter, faster networking. And with our new Advanced Stream Detect technology, GIGABYTE’s new G1.Sniper 2 motherboard provides unparalleled networking performance for online games, streaming media and real-time communications.”

MSI A75MA-G55 A75 FM1 APU Fusion

The technologies behind the AMD A75 FCH (Hudson D3) chipset are still in their infancy, so we did manage to hit a few hiccups along the way. While I'm confident much of it will be addressed in future updates, only time will tell.

Among the hiccups was the Super Speed USB 3.0 performance. With the Sunbeamtech USB 3.0 enclosure that we have been using for our Super Speed USB 3.0 testing we were only seeing speeds of 35-40MB/s read and write speeds with the Crucial C300 SSD. We've used this enclosure to test nearly three dozen motherboards of the past year and not one of the other boards had any issues with this enclosure. The MSI A75MA-G55 takes advantage of the Super Speed USB 3.0 on the AMD A75 FCH (Hudson D3) chipset, while the ASUS F1A75-M Pro that we just recently looked at uses an ASMedia USB 3.0 controller as well as the AMD A75 FCH (Hudson D3) chipset. During our testing of the ASUS F1A75-M Pro we tested the ports controlled by the ASMedia controller. The ASMedia Controller presented us with no issues, though unfortunately we didn't test the AMD A75 FCH (Hudson D3) chipset USB 3.0 ports on the ASUS F1A75-M Pro. We will be setting that APU motherboard board back up in the foreseeable future and we will take a look at that.

Another area that concerned me in my testing was the overclocking potential of the MSI A75MA-G55. Not necessarily because we were only able to hit ~3200MHz on our AMD A8-3850 APU, but we know this particular chip hits a wall at 3300MHz (bclk set to 114MHz) on other boards. The concern that I have is that MSI only is allowing us to increase the frequency on the A75MA-G55 to 131MHz. That will limit any potential overclock to a maximum of 131x29 or 3799MHz on an AMD A8-3850 APU. We have six more A8-3850 APU's coming, so once we cherry pick a good retail chip we'll re-visit overclocking this board and update the overclocking page.
Looking at the numbers with the Themaltake BlacX 5g dock and the OCZ Vertex 3 SSD we can see that the MSI A75MA-G55 Super Speed 3.0 ports work just fine with this setup. In HD Tach we were able to pull out an average read of 211.5MB/s and an average write of 151.9MB/s. These numbers are significantly faster than the ones we saw in testing. With luck we will see an updated set of drivers from AMD that will address this issue.

When it comes down to it, the MSI A75MA-G55 APU Motherboard did just about everything we asked of it. Comparing the performance numbers from the AMD Radeon HD 6550D on board the AMD A8-3850 APU between the A75MA-G55 and the ASUS F1A75-M Pro the MSI A75MA-G55 came out on top more often than not. When we fired the MSI A75MA-G55 APU motherboard up with our XFX Radeon HD 6950 we were pleased with the performance numbers that we saw. The performance of the MSI A75MA-G55 APU system wasn't quite up to the challenge of competing with the ASUS P8Z68-V Pro 'Sandy Bridge' system, though the overall cost of the system wasn't competing, either.