NZXT introduced a new cooler called the HAVIK 120 using a similar design from the larger HAVIK 140. They discribe it as
Compact, high-performance CPU Cooler maximizes CPU efficiency with aggressive heat dissipation and eliminates noise with expertly engineered fan blades
Read the full press release at the link below
This weekend, Nvidia is hosting their GeForce LAN 6 on the USS Hornet in Alameda, California. The event itself runs a straight 48 hours full of gaming, activities, and exhibits. This stage is perfect for the announcement of Nvidia's 3D Vision 2, which was just revealed moments ago. Though more information is sure to be unveiled this weekend, let's take a look at the technology, and how it improves upon the graphic giant's initial pioneering last year.
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NVIDIA’s Russia office recently moved into new digs in Moscow to accommodate our growing R&D team. The team works closely with game developers and so, when it came to decorating the new place, we wanted to imbue it with a strong gamer feel. To that end, uber-talented mural artist and big-time NVIDIA fan Anton Miroshnikov was selected to paint the game-testing room.
Hit the link below to check out the cool time-lapse video (shooting one frame every 45 seconds)!
http://blogs.nvidia.com/2011/
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GIGABYTE Announces “Super Tuner” Contest Winners --
-- Best GPU Overclockers on 3DMark2001 Win a GIGABYTE Z68X-UD3H Motherboard --
City of Industry, California, July, 5th 2011 – GIGABYTE TECHNOLGY Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, today announced the winners of the GIGABYTE Super Tuner contest, hosted on HWBOT.org, a three stage contest based on GPU overclocking ability. Running from May 15th to June 15th, contestants were invited to use any GIGABYTE 6 series motherboard (aka Sandy Bridge) to reach the highest score on 3DMark2001 at each of these three stages:
CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. – Feb. 3, 2011 – MSI Computer Corp., a leading manufacturer of computer hardware products and solutions, today announced that it has stopped shipments in North America of Sandy Bridge products following Intel’s announcement of a design issue in the recently released Intel® 6 Series chipset. The company is quickly responding to this issue by working with retailers, distributors and channel partners to stop all shipments, MSI is also offering end users replacements and upgrades for the affected motherboards and notebooks respectively at its Intel® 6 Series Motherboards and Notebook Support page: http://us.msi.com/snb_replacement
Nvidia provided a press release that documents the "Highlights" of the new 400 mobile series of parts. Apparently, the highlights do not include the TDP of the cards, as these figures were omitted. Apple and HP seem to be abstaining wholly from the 400 series release at this point. Nvidia is claiming the cards should be approximately 40% faster than the 300 series (which was just the 200 series, rebadged). It would be awesome to see the GTX 460/470 in laptops, so long as they can still use the term 'laptop'.
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It's long been rumoured since purchase that graphics cards wearing the ATI moniker were only going to be around so long. With AMD's pipeline rapidly advancing towards Fusion (hybrid GPU/CPU on a chip), AMD decided it was time to drop the ATI moniker. It's certainly debatable for many reasons on whether this was a good call or not. AMD is trying to keep ATI's brand familiarity alive by continuing the product line names, ie Radeon, FirePro, etc.
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Infineon, who makes baseband chips in most major phones created worldwide, as well as the beloved-Ipad, has had one of their divisions acquired by chip maker, and market monopolist Intel. Intel cites its desire to speed up the rollout of 4g/LTE as the main driver behind the acquisition. It is assuring the SEC, and eyebrows everywhere that this subsidiary will continue to operate as a 'standalone business'.
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There really aren't any words that are needed for this one. This is LG's 31-inch OLED prototype display, which is .11" thick, and has 3D support. Expect reader JJSky to have seven by year's end.
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(AMD) ATI's Southern Islands GPUs were slated to release in Q4 of this year, but because of some manufacturing issues, it was rumored they would not be getting a die shrink from the current 40nm process the 5k series was built on. These images, obtained from a Taiwanese forum, might give some details of what's upcoming.
The performance difference over the 5870 seems mild, with an increase in 3dMark still falling a little short of what the 5970 is getting, albeit outperforming every other gpu. There's no gaurantee on whether this is a 6850 or 6870, or even if it's 100% legit, but in a few more weeks, more details should emerge. The Memory Bandwidth is listed at 204.8 GB/s, and for reference, a GTX480 is 177.5.
Although it would be wonderful if something more meaningful than 3dMark was provided, immature drivers might not provide an accurate representation of performance at this point either.
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Taipei, Taiwan, August 24, 2010 - GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards and computing hardware solutions today proudly announced the 3rd annual GO OC (GIGABYTE Open Overclocking Championship) is soon to get underway. Contestants from over 33 countries have competed in the local and then regional finals which were held in Indonesia, China, Mexico, Spain and USA from June to August. The victors of the regional events will meet on the battlefield in Taipei, Taiwan at the Hua-Shan Creative Park (East 3 Hall) on Saturday, September 25th, 2010.
It's long been something of a rumor that Nvidia would be and is developing their own x86 cpu. Rivals Intel and AMD obviously are in both GPU and CPU markets, so why wouldn't Nvidia want a slice of that tasty pie? With markets heading towards CPU+GPU on a single chip, Nvidia would otherwise be left holding an empty bag should that roadmap be obtained by its rivals. Nvidia has long had issues with Intel, regarding licensing, speculation about Larabee, and other general disagreements. With its recent relations problems with Apple as a reuslt of the mobile 8x00 series fiasco, and ATI products being moved into Apple's lineup, it would seem Nvidia has more foes than friends these days.
Charlie Demerjian, a long outspoken critic of Nvidia's practices, claims to have inside sources revealing that Nvidia is planning on achieving its x86 goal with Tegra 5, currently slated for a 2012-13 release. He goes on to report that the cpu will be based off an ARM Eagle core, a setup in similar fasion tried by Transmeta, and explains a whole host of problems Nvidia is possibly facing, ranging from x86 licensing to performance, before ultimately declaring the project just isn't feasible.
Harsh rhetoric or hard reality?
It never fails that after Apple releases a new and "revolutionary" device to the market, everyone else and their mom wants to follow-up and get a piece of that success. With the impending tablet onslaught, one has to wonder exactly how big the market is for tablets. Has everyone who wants one already gotten one? Will a lack of third-party development stifle any competitors from making headway into the market?
LG's Optimus tablet that is better than the iPad is on its way, HP's WebOS based Tablet is slated (see what I did there?) for Q1 2011, and also there's MSI's Wind tablet, Blackberry's BlackPad, Apple's rumored 7-inch iPad.. I could go on all day with many more tablets -- who's going to come away with pockets bulging full of money, and who's going to come away with a cardboard sign and a plastic cup? Will netbooks be ruled irrelevant?
If the past is any indication (Imac all-in-ones, anyone?) we can expect that devices will be released from a myraid of others, with success measured only by teaspoons.
What're you looking forward to, and why?
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