August 11, 2008 at 10:54 am
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Intel has been on a roll these past few weeks with future product announcements ranging from Larrabee to System on Chips. They announced today that desktop processors based on the company’s upcoming new micro-architecture, the processor family formerly known as Nehalem, would carry the “Intel Core Processor” nomenclature. Considering the success of the Core series, this does not come as a surprise to us. However, the i7 designation has us wondering what the next series in the Core family will be called since i8 leads to all sorts of phrase variations. Without further adieu, here is the official press release from Intel.
The first products in this new family of processors, including an “Extreme Edition” version, will carry an “i7” identifier and will be formally branded as “Intel® Core™ i7 processor.” This is the first of several new identifiers to come as different products launch over the next year. Read the rest of this entry »
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August 11, 2008 at 10:49 am
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Advanced Micro Devices on Wednesday unveiled its new AMD 790GX core-logic that combines integrated graphics core with rich set of features, overclocking capability and support for multi-GPU technology. The novelty is targeted at a broad range of end-users, however, the question is whether the AMD 790 GX will be perfect for everyone.
“Today’s high definition, multimedia applications demand powerful graphics and multi-core processor performance and only AMD is delivering a truly balanced platform that accelerates these workloads,” said Phil Eisler, corporate vice president and general manager of AMD chipset division.
The AMD 790 GX core-logic supports various AMD processors with HyperTransport bus, contains ATI Radeon HD 3300-series (RV610) DirectX 10-supporting graphics core clocked at 700MHz that has 40 unified shader processors, supports SidePort Memory and also features ATI Avivo HD as well as universal video decoder (UVD) units that decode and post-process high-definition video available on Blu-ray discs and HD DVDs. Read the rest of this entry »
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August 11, 2008 at 10:45 am
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Despite of expectations and promises, the long-awaited phones featuring Google Android operating system (OS) may note emerge on the market until sometime in late Q1 2009 since handset maker High Tech Computer (HTC) has certain software related problems.
According to Trip Chowdhry, an analyst of Global Equities Research, HTC is “having structural problems to incorporate Google’s demanded feature set”. Apparently, HTC is “demanding a guaranteed minimum revenue surety from Google”, from which Mr. Chowdhry concludes that “HTC does not think there will be enough demand for GPhone,” reports Barrons web-site.
The fact that Google demands pre-specified feature-set from the Android-powered phones is definitely positive, as it greatly eases choice for end-users. However, the fact that HTC is unsure about the success of the so-called Gphone is alarming. Read the rest of this entry »
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August 11, 2008 at 10:40 am
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AMD announced
two new professional graphics accelerators Thursday, and with them a new brand for the company, the ATI FirePro V5700 and V3700. The new brand name, ATI FirePro, tries to demonstrate AMD’s continuing commitment to the professional graphics market and its development. Read the rest of this entry »
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August 11, 2008 at 10:31 am
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MSI has just increased its gaming notebooks line with the launch of GX620 and GX720. Both are based on Intel Centrino 2 platform and below you can see the main specs for these new MSI products.
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo
- Chipset: Intel PM45
- Memory: 2 GB DDR2 up to 800 MHz (GX720) / 512 MB or 1 GB DDR2 up to 800 MHz (GX620).
- LCS display: 17” (GX720) / 15.4”(GX620)
- Graphics card: nVidia GeForce 9600M GT (512 MB DDR3)
- HDD: 160 GB/250 GB/320 GB SATA (5,400 RPM)
- Optical Drive: DVD/ Blu-ray
- Webcam: 2 Mpixel
- Card Reader: SD/MMC/MS/MS Pro
- Network: Gigabit Ethernet and wireless 802.11b/g/n
- USB ports: three ports (GX720) and two ports (GX620)
- Other features: one eSATA port, one HDMI output, Bluetooth (optional).
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August 11, 2008 at 10:27 am
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AMD has just launched 790 GX chipset equipped with ATI Radeon HD 3300 graphics engine and supporting Advanced Clock Calibration (ACC), a technology that optimizes overclocking potential of Phenom processors. AMD 790 GX also supports Hybrid CrossFireX and CrossFireX, HyperTransport 3.0, Cool’nQuiet 2.0 and Unified Video Decoder (UVD) technologies. Paired with SB750 south bridge, 790 GX chipset supports 12 USB ports and six SATA-300 (RAID 0,1,5 and 10) ports.
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August 11, 2008 at 10:25 am
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OCZ has just launched 4 GB “P45 Special” DDR2 modules optimized specifically for Intel P45 chipset. Available in 8 GB (2x 4 GB) and 16 GB (4x 4 GB) dual channel kits, this new line of modules support the latest memory-hungry applications and games. The following modules were launched:
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August 11, 2008 at 10:22 am
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Sparkle has launched Calibre Fly (VDT2000), a VGA cooler compatible with several graphics cards from nVidia and AMD/ATI. This cooler has two heat-pipes made of cooper and two 80-mm fans with fan speed of 3,000 rpm. Information about price and availability wasn’t disclosed. Bellow you can see the graphics cards supported by this cooler.
ATI: Radeon
- HD 4850
- HD 3870, 3850
- HD 2900 XT
- X1950 PRO/XT/XTX, X1900 GT/XT/XTX
- X1800 GTO/XL/XT
nVidia: GeForce
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