“Our customers need rugged, tough machines that can tackle a variety of jobs, just like they do. Whether they are managing large acreage and want a simple, reliable machine for a variety of jobs, or grow crops, like fruits and nuts, and need a durable support tractor, the versatile 3D Series provides a great solution,” said DeMark Cole, product marketing manager. “Customers are demanding a gear-drive transmission in the compact utility tractor market, and our 3D tractors provide just that – a simple, dependable, affordable gear-drive machine.”

Just as important is how the two engines move the Continental GT around. While the V-8′s throttle responds deliberately, with a whiff of delay, to demands kicked through the gas pedal, it reacts like a startled cat compared to the W-12′s locomotive-like behavior. Experiencing the engines back to back is like being tackled by a linebacker wearing beer goggles, and then just being tackled by a linebacker: the W-12 lopes, sustaining its inexorable thrust over a longer stretch, while the V-8 delivers its power sharply, with a crack.

“A majority of states don’t have front license plates now, so this is really just catching up with what other states are doing,” he said.

One of the exhibits in the display area has a life-size model of Albert Einstein sitting behind a desk, pen in hand, paper on desk.

Other safety features such as pedestrian detection, high-beam assist, a surround-view monitor, smart cruise control with stop and go and driver attention warning are available on higher trims.

Salt Lake City: A state commission has agreed to provide a $21.4 million grant to a multicounty coalition for a proposed new 80-mile rail route to haul crude oil from eastern Utah to existing Union Pacific tracks northwest of Price in Carbon County. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the Community Impact Board last week approved the funding for the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition for planning and environmental reviews. Supports say the planned Uinta Basin Railway would help Uintah and Duchesne counties develop their energy-dependent economies and reduce tanker traffic on highways. The coalition has contracted with the investment bank Drexel Hamilton, which will commit between $5 million and $15 million of its own funds, to raise private capital, commercialize the project and secure a partner to operate the rail line.

There are more RGB LEDs up top. Sapphire’s logo lights up under the mirrored isosceles trapezoid to match the backplate. At the far left, close to the slot bracket, a vacant four-pin header constitutes one half of Sapphire’s Turbine-X feature, which allows you to plug in a PWM fan and have its rotational speed controlled by PCB-mounted thermal sensors. The other four-pin connector is on the card’s rear edge. Next to Turbine-X header up top, a slide switch selects between one of two firmware versions. Each UEFI exposes three power profiles through AMD’s Radeon Settings: Power Save, Balanced, and Turbo. Between them, that’s six available options. At the board’s other end, a pair of eight-pin auxiliary connectors are more than ample for the Nitro+ RX Vega 56 8G’s sub-300W power consumption.

This conversation is moderated according to USA TODAY’s community rules. Please read the rules before joining the discussion.

The Akropovič looks and sounds so sexy on the 790. Too bad it didn’t add any power. Perhaps, that’s the price you pay for all the baffling required for 50-state legality.

PC Gamer is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site.

Editor-in-Chief at PC Perspective. Writer of computer stuff, vintage PC nerd, and full-time dad. Still in search of the perfect smartphone. In his nonexistent spare time Sebastian’s hobbies include hi-fi audio, guitars, and road bikes. Currently investigating time travel.

The small plastic stickers for the corner of license plates were eliminated in November 2013, as a “significant cost savings for taxpayers” after a study found the stickers had “no impact on vehicle registration compliance,” according to PennDOT’s website.