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MSI advertises the video card as having three different modes: "OC Mode," "Gaming Mode," and "Silent Mode." These modes are controlled via software that is installed with the video card and not by a hardwired switch a la the reference Radeon R9 290X cards. If you do not install the software, then the card will default to "OC Mode" (with the frequencies described above.) In "Gaming Mode," the core clock drops to 980MHz with the boost clock at 1046MHz and in "Silent Mode," the core clock drops to 876MHz and the boost clock to 928MHz (the same as the reference card.) Since the card is configured for maximum performance out-of-box, there is really no need for the other modes to be available to the end user, thus, all of our performance data and comparisons were done in "OC Mode."
The MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti GAMING 3G comes with a 3 year factory warranty and is currently available in etail for $709.99. Assassin’s Creed 4 is also included with the card. Hopefully it will fall again to that price.
The MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti GAMING 3G is packaged in a black box that features the a silver dragon that appears to be in flight. The front of the box highlights the GeForce GTX 780 Ti GPU, the 3GB of GDDR5 memory installed and the OC edition labeling. The back of the box indicates that the card is "Ready for 3DMARK" and describes the advanced thermal design as well as the expected life of the power regulation components. MSI is projecting up to 72 years of useful life out of the power regulation components. Due to the publishing schedule for this evaluation, we were not able to test that assertion in our time with the card.
The front of the MSI GeForce GTX 780 Ti GAMING 3G features a black metallic fan shroud that serves to house the fan and direct airflow away from the GPU. The cooling solution utilizes four heat pipes to pull heat way from the GPU to where it can be cooled by the dual fans. The cooling assembly extends above the top of the PCB by about a half inch, so if you are planning on using this in your next small form factor build, it would be advisable to measure carefully first.
On the I/O panel there are four ports. These include one DP port, one DVI-D port, one DVI-I connector, and one HDMI connector. The power connector is on top of the video card and requires a 8-pin and a 6-pin PCI-e power connection. The video card’s measurements are 10.5 inches in Length, 1.5 inches Wide, and 5 inches in height.
UNION BEACH – Borough Hall is no longer a place reserved solely for municipal business.
For hundreds of borough residents whose lives were turned upside down by Hurricane Sandy, it is now a source of nourishment, comfort and hope.
Every day, a makeshift food pantry that has operated out of the Borough Hall since the historic storm decimated this tiny bayshore community, provides food, water, toiletries and cleaning supplies to more than 500 people.
And from the Borough Hall, hundreds of volunteers head out into the streets and go door to door looking for even more people to help, from cleaning storm debris from properties to helping victims to repair their storm-ravaged homes.
It is a monumental task being undertaken by local volunteers, Good Samaritans from throughout the country and even some of the victims themselves.
But is also a mission that has started to change course, according to organizers.
“While the primary concern is still making sure people are fed and have access to housing, we’ve entered a different phase in terms of donations. Now it’s time to rebuild,” said Carl Williamson, the lead evangelist for the Gateway Church of Christ, who is one of the coordinators of the donation effort.
Williamson said donations of food and supplies continue to come in from corporations, restaurants and private citizens from across the country.
“But now we also have to start getting some of these people back into their homes,” said Williamson, stressing the increasing need for specific construction materials, monetary donations and donated man hours from contractors licensed to work in New Jersey.
Tim Perrola, another volunteer coordinator of the Union Beach donation center, said it makes storm victims feel better when they see the borough’s other storm victims – like Gigi Dorr, owner of Jakeabob’s Bay Restaurant and Bar – helping in the recovery efforts.
Dorr said that “hope” is the reason thousands of volunteers have come out to help every week since the storm hit.
Since the storm, this tiny makeshift donation center has already dispersed enough food for approximately 250,000 meals, Dorr said.
Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden said the county’s donation efforts are making a similar shift.
“There are more than 12,000 homes in Monmouth County that are in need of some kind of attention following Hurricane Sandy. So like Union Beach, we are moving to the next phase in the process, which is getting people back in their homes,” said Golden, adding the storm is projected to be the second-most costly disaster in U.S. history behind Hurricane Katrina.
With Gov. Chris Christie at a Republican function in Nevada on Thursday, Acting Governor Kim Guadagno stopped in to check on Union Beach’s donation drive, thank volunteers and talk to storm victims.
While she was swarmed by people, the Lt. Governor approached the storm victims more as a neighbor than a volunteer.
“Hi, I’m Kim,” she said while extending to shake the hands of people inside the donation center Thursday afternoon.
“We’ve got to get you back to school,” she said to a young volunteer who has been out of school for weeks now, but who has spent some of his free time helping others.
But Guadagno also pledged help to the donation center’s coordinators as they enter the next phase in their recovery effort.
Emergency responders, religious groups and other volunteers have traveled to Union Beach from as far away as California to roll up their sleeves and help in the recovery effort or to simply drop off donations.
Perrola said some of those out-of-state Good Samaritans got their first real taste of life of the Jersey Shore on Thursday morning.
For information on how to donate visit the borough's Web site.
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said in a late night Tweet on Wednesday that he would delay a State of the Union address until the government shutdown was over, responding to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s move to obstruct his plans for the speech.
Representative James Clyburn, the No.3 House Democrat, said Democrats could fulfill Trump’s request for $5.7 billion for border security with technological tools such as drones, X-rays and sensors, as well as more border patrol agents.
Representative Steny Hoyer, the No.2 House Democrat, said Democrats also would discuss “substantial sums of additional money” for border security as part of a possible deal. He did not say if it would amount to the $5.7 billion sought by Trump.
The battle over border security and government funding spilled over into a parallel dispute over the president’s State of the Union address. Trump sent a letter to Pelosi on Wednesday saying he looked forward to delivering it as scheduled next Tuesday in the House chamber. Pelosi previously had asked Trump to consider postponing it because security could not be guaranteed during the shutdown.
McConnell also planned to hold a vote on legislation that would include wall funding and a temporary extension of protections for “Dreamers,” people brought illegally to the United States as children, an offer Trump made on Saturday. Trump’s 2017 plan to rescind protections against deportation for hundreds of thousands of “Dreamers” has been blocked by the courts.
Barclays economists said on Wednesday they reduced their outlook on US economic growth in the first quarter to an annualized rate of 2.5 per cent from an earlier projection of 3 per cent as a result of the shutdown.
Red Bull’s latest documentary is much more than an action adventure film.
Rebecca Rusch had a story to tell. The world-class endurance mountain bike racer and Red Bull athlete is known for her incredible feats of daring and adventure, but this story was about much more than that. It was something personal; so personal that when she approached Red Bull Media House with the idea for a documentary, the studio decided to produce the entire thing in-house – the first time it had ever done that for a feature-length film.
The result is Blood Road, which, on the surface, is an outdoor adventure film not unlike numerous others to which the energy drink company has lent its name. In it, Rusch, along with riding partner Huyen Nguyen, travel the length of the Ho Chi Minh Trail by mountain bike – 1,200 miles in total, through dense jungles and rushing rivers of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. But underneath, Blood Road is about much more than that. It’s about discovery, growth, and personal change.
Some 40 years prior to her setting out on the trail, Rusch’s father, an Air Force pilot in the Vietnam War, was shot down. Many years later, his remains were eventually recovered and identified. Blood Road is the story of Rusch’s search for his crash site, and her search for the father who died before she was old enough to even remember him.
Blood Road is the story of Rebecca Rusch’s search for the father who died before she was old enough to remember him.
This is the reason that Red Bull Media House kept the production under one roof, according to director Nicholas Schrunk. “Because of the nature of this story being so personal to Rebecca and all the intricacies and the detail of what we had to do to pull it off, this was really the first project where it fully made sense for us to do it in-house,” he told Digital Trends.
While the journey itself would last 23 days on the trail, it would take three years to finish the film. Preparing for the project was no easy task, and while the small crew and support staff would need to be able to travel light, Schrunk did not want to sacrifice his desired look for the film. Early on, he had decided to go with anamorphic lenses – a type of lens historically used in Hollywood to achieve a widescreen look that has seen a resurgence in modern digital cinema, thanks to its unique optical properties.
The anamorphic lenses created a warmer, softer look that helped breathe life into skin tones and wasn’t as hyper-sharp and clinical as many modern lenses can be. But it wasn’t just the human characters that needed to be brought to life. One of Schrunk’s secret weapons was a Cooke Anamorphic/i 65mm macro lens, the first one to roll off the production line. It would be used for close-up shots of the maps, which Schrunk says became their own characters in the film.
Additional lenses used included a 32mm, 50mm, and 100mm – all from the Cooke Anamorphic/i-series. Schrunk decided on Cooke lenses because they could hold up to the extreme temperature and moisture changes in the jungle, where older or cheaper alternatives would have failed. In a setting with no room for redundancy and no time to send lenses in for service, the crew needed gear that they could rely on 100 percent.
But in this type of production, those lenses came with one significant drawback: they were very large and heavy. On the single-track trail, the six-person film crew would be traveling by way of dirt bike. That meant all of the gear had to be packed into backpacks, and as they wouldn’t be returning to a home base at the end of each day, they had to be able to carry absolutely everything with them – not just production gear, but also food, water, clothing, and first aid equipment.
With the Cooke lenses locked in, the crew had to save space elsewhere, starting with the cameras. They elected to use the carbon fiber version of the Red Dragon 6K, which may be large compared to a consumer camcorder, but significantly smaller than other professional cinema cameras from the likes of Sony and Arri. The team also coordinated with local drivers who could transport larger pieces of equipment in trucks, meeting up with them every few days as the trail allowed.
Another critical component of the film’s visuals was the aerial photography, which does much more than give the film that “epic” look that drone enthusiasts lust after. In this case, letting the audience look down from the sky was integral to telling the story.
In order to improve the quality of the GoPros, the stock lenses were stripped out and replaced.
The crew relied on two different drones to achieve these shots: two DJI Phantom II (which was new at the time) and a massive Freefly CineStar that could support the weight of a Red Dragon, Cooke Anamorphic/i lens, and a Movi gimbal. The CineStar was too large to travel by motorbike on the trail, but the team would use it whenever they could link up with the transport vehicles.
The Phantom IIs, on the other hand, were great because they could travel in a backpack and get airborne within seconds when needed. The problem is that the GoPro Hero4 cameras they were outfitted with didn’t match the look of the rest of the film. Or at least, not by default.
In order to improve the quality of the GoPros, the stock lenses were stripped out and replaced with custom lenses with narrower angles of view and anamorphic elements. Snake River Prototyping, a company specializing in custom GoPro and drone accessories, then made bespoke neutral density (ND) filters for those lenses, which would allow the GoPros to shoot at slower shutter speeds, bringing the look of the footage in line with that of the Red digital cinema cameras.
During a pick-up shoot, the crew was able to use a DJI Inspire 1 RAW with a Micro Four Thirds (MFT) mount. Even then, the consumer MFT lens they used was first shipped off to Duclos Lenses to have its coatings stripped in order to get it to flare more and look closer the anamorphic lenses.
In the end, every detail of production was about conveying the feeling of the film. What started as an intense journey and a struggle against the elements became a much deeper, more profound experience. After spending 23 days together on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, Schrunk and the crew weren’t just outside observers to the story, they were living it. This allowed them to connect on an individual level to Rusch’s story, which aided their ability to document it. This is something that Schrunk hopes comes across to the audience.
Blood Road is currently screening around the country and will be available for purchase on June 20. For a screening schedule and more information, head to the film’s official website.
Toyota is the most profitable car company in the world. In his first interview since taking over the top post at Volkswagen, CEO Martin Winterkorn has announced "Volkswagen will be better than Toyota." In an exclusive interview published in the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Winterkorn outlines his strategy. How does Winterkorn aim to achieve this goal?
VW once led the pack with the introduction of the Lupo 3L TDI, which entered the Guinness Book of World Records after Austrian economy driving expert Gerhard Plattner made the trip from Oslo to the Hague with an average fuel efficiency of 2.78L/100km (101.6 mpg). In 2002, VW announced the development of a 1-L car. But the lesson learned was: superlight and eco-efficient technology costs too much to make a profit. Sales of the 3L Lupo never hit the 30,000 mark and the car was resigned to its place in the museums of automotive history; the development of the 1-L protoype was mothballed. Recent years have seen a reversal in the strategy as VW has focused on bigger and faster.
So will Winterkorn turn things around? In his words: "Volkswagen must be the pacemaker for the mobility of tomorrow." Winterkorn told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung that immediately upon taking over VW, he launched the development of a small car that can seat four (with luggage) that should be fuel-efficient, and affordable. The car will be launched in Western Europe, but should also do well in the Chinese and Indian markets, where new car buyers are looking for cars priced under €5000. Winterkorn also confided that only a few days ago, he decided that Volkswagen will also pursue hydrid technology for their smaller engines. "There will definitely be a hybrid engine from Volkswagen for the compact classes like Polo and Golf, and that as quickly as possible and without delay," Winterkorn claimed.
Of course, Volkswagen will continue to pursue the development of fuel efficient engines in all sectors, following the tracks of the gas engines with TFSI and the diesels with Clean-Diesel TDI (Think Blue Motion), as well as following their plans to introduce a large hybrid motor, to debut in the Audi Q7. Winterkorn: "Our engineers will put their know-how in environmental technologies into full play." Herr Winterkorn: we are holding you to your word.
Police are searching for the driver of a Mercedes involved in an apparent road rage shooting in the East Bay.
The shooting investigation prompted the California Highway Patrol on Monday afternoon to shut down a section of eastbound Interstate 580 in Oakland. The closure started just before 3 p.m. and lasted for about an hour, according to the CHP. No injuries were reported.
CHP said a Honda had been tailgating a Mercedes when the driver of the Honda attempted to pass the Mercedes unsafely while making a rude gesture.
The driver of the Mercedes then passed the Honda by using the center median and fired multiple shots at the Honda, according to the CHP. The Honda was struck several times, but neither of the two occupants was injured, police said.
The suspect vehicle is described as a black Mercedes four-door sedan. The rear license plate was missing, and the front plate was tucked between the dashboard and the windshield, officers said. The driver is only described as a black man.
Since November, there have been more than two dozen shootings on Bay Area freeways. Most of the freeway shootings are concentrated in the East Bay.
Anyone with additional information is asked to call CHP investigators at (800) 835-5247.
A Queens native living in Israel was fatally stabbed while shopping in a West Bank supermarket by a Palestinian terrorist Sunday morning.
Ari Fuld, 45, who grew up in Hillcrest, Queens, was a staunch supporter of the Israeli government and the Israel Defense Forces.
The father of four was stabbed in the back by Khalil Jabarin, a 17-year-old Palestinian from the village of Yatta, close to Hebron, according to Israeli media.
Fuld, bleeding from his wound, managed to chase his attacker and shoot the fleeing teen, video surveillance from the store close to the Gush Etzion settlement shows.
“He lived a hero and died a hero,” Fuld’s brother Hillel Fuld told the Daily News.
Jabarin was brought to Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus, where he is being treated for multiple gunshot wounds, according to hospital officials. He’s in moderate condition, the hospital staff said.
While living in Queens, Fuld attended S.A.R. Academy, a modern Orthodox yeshiva in Riverdale, the Bronx, where his father was the principal.
Miriam, his wife, vowed to raise their four children.
“We were born less than 24 hours apart and it seems we lived our lives side by side,” she added.
When the Israeli army send their discharge papers to him on his 40th birthday he tore them up.
“Because your biggest honor was to serve in the army,” she said.
In Israel, Fuld, who lived in Efrat, would often deliver care packages of food and other goodies to Israeli soldiers on the front lines.
He was never afraid to confront critics of the Israeli government or Palestinian supporters. His Facebook account was sometimes suspended.
Political officials also hailed Fuld.
Close friends mourned Fuld’s death.
“Ari is the last person you’d think would be attacked as he was always visibly armed and terrorists tend to shy away from armed civilians,” Eddie Dvir posted on Facebook.
Fuld would frequently share information with Dvir about terror attacks.
A GoFundMe page has been created to help raise money for Fuld’s family. The site raised $93,812 within seven hours of its launch.
The Dance of Pagan Recovery: Turn on the Porch Light!
As sober Pagans, we face some unique challenges. In other faiths, there’s no question about which God you’re talking about; there’s only one and everybody knows His name. For us, there are many options, many deities that might be offering themselves into relationship with us in one way or another. Part of our work is to decide whether or how to make that connection.
If we’ve been Pagan longer than we’ve been sober, we probably early on attracted the attention of those spirits who like spirits: Bacchus, Dionysus, Pan. These guys love to party like nobody’s business (though that’s not all they’re good for!). But when we get clean, we’re not sure who’s on our side on the other side.
It is possible to continue to work with the Gods of pleasure, ecstasy and inebriation; the trick is to let them know that if they want us free and happy, we need a different road than that of drink or drug. Or we might just lose interest in those kinds of relationships.
There aren’t many deities that are specifically clean and sober. In Orisha traditions, Obatala will only drink water, and his children swear off alcohol for life. In my experience, the Orisha are not offended by sincere and humble expressions of respect and interest. Make a small altar to Obatala and give him gratitude for your clarity when you drink water. Then there is the Greek Sophrosyne, the spirit of moderation and temperance, qualities which are often lacking in the addict-brain. In her honor, spend time considering other ways that your energy is hyperbolic and think about how you can reel it in. Bathe in the beauty of simplicity.
Many spirits might be willing to work with us to keep us on the wagon. Just because they aren’t known for their sobriety doesn’t mean that they can’t help us to keep our own heads on straight.
In my own practice, I am mostly in contact with small gods, the spirits of the San Lorenzo River and the Wild Plum and the Earthworm. And when I am hearing them well, they sing to me of strength and perseverance and great wild joy. I’ve learned to be still and know my place and feel safe through my connections with the land.
For 25 years, I’ve worked and played with Brigid, who requires that I be clear enough to 1) receive her inspirations, 2) handle dangerous tasks carefully, and 3) be ready to serve when I am needed. The tricksy interaction of Fire and Water needs thoughtful attention. Because I choose to be her hands in this world, and her voice, I want to make sure I’m not muddying the messages and the creations with my own compulsions.
Freya is another who’s given me strength to keep my head up and moving forward. She appeared in my life suddenly; in a random (ha!) google search, I found an old image of her. I immediately fell to my knees in great wracking sobs. Her voice in my head said, “My name is tattooed on your bones… do you see it now?” And I did and I was crazy-blessed with an ecstasy of remembering. My substances would have paled in comparison to that moment.
You might be surprised by who you find calling you and how they may offer to help. I wasn’t expecting Oshun or Oya to make themselves known to me at different times in my life. At first, I approached carefully, making a simple altar with 5 yellow roses for Oshun, finding a painted mask for Oya. There were no grand declarations, but simple gestures. Now they’ve each become an important part of my Family, and their gifts of magick and strength have supported me through many crises.
Who is calling your name? Whoever it is, you have to choose to answer. In Feri trad, we say that the first of our Gods is our own Godself, and that is our primary allegiance. It is in the trust of the God that is Us that our destiny is shaped. So first we listen to our own deepest wisdom (pro tip: if it’s telling you to indulge, it’s not your deepest wisdom) to know what is right for us. Then we extend our listening out to who else might be there. Victor Anderson was known to say, “Don’t just open the door! Turn on the porch light and see who’s there!” Know who you’re dealing with.
If we want to work with powerful gods, we have to recognize the power inherent in our choice to step away from our addictions. There’s a big difference between the weakness of “I can’t drink” and the courage of “I choose not to feed the monster.” Our health, safety and sanity is our gift to the gods, to all beings, and to our own sweet selves.
"Beautifully written. Thank you for this. Although I am a Christian (enemy perhaps), I agree ..."
Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham battled the rest of the Fox News Sunday panel over immigration, arguing that immigration reform and current enforcement of immigration laws were weakening the American workforce, even as her fellow panelists countered that reform would bolster the economy.
“You’re the one who’s arguing the AFL-CIO argument,” Will said, noting that the “economic dynamism” aided by immigrants would help sustain the American workforce.
Wallace and Juan Williams then challenged Ingraham with the fact that deportations under the Obama administration were at record highs; she countered that Obama’s executive order to defer action against undocumented young people in the summer of 2012 belied this argument.
Windows XP's Remote Desktop Connection has proved popular among both administrators and users alike. The feature continues in Windows Vista, albeit with a few security refinements. This gallery walks you through the steps required to complete a Windows Vista Remote Desktop Connection.
Before attempting to connect to another system using Windows Vista's Remote Desktop Connection, first check to confirm the recipient system is configured to accept the remote desktop request.
To do so, click Start, right-click Computer, and select Properties.