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AMD redesigning Catalyst driver GUI
Graphics | 2010/09/08 20:41 | Andreas Galistel

catalystIn little more than a month AMD will unveil the first card of the Northern Islands family. Even though AMD will remain at the 40nm node the new family is expected to significantly faster than current cards, bringing AMD back on top. We have learned that AMD will drop the ATI naming for the new serie...
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EVGA SR2 system with 9 (!) LN2 pots
Overclocking | 2010/09/08 20:02 | Anton Karmehed

sr26EVGA Classified SR-2 is the only enthusiast motherboard with room for two Intel Xeon processors. In the hands of overclocker Kingpin this was transformed into a scene bordering to pornography. A harem of LN2 pots, all in all 9 cooling processors around the system.
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SuperTalent shipping USB 3.0 memory with RAM cache
Memory | 2010/09/08 19:03 | Anton Karmehed

supersSuperTalent USB 3.0 Express RAM Cache is a new series of USB memories sporting extra 32MB DRAM cache for better transfer rates with small files. The new USB memories that was presented earlier this summer has now started shipping.
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Duke Nukem Forever set for launch in 2011
Software | 2010/09/08 18:35 | Andreas Galistel

dukeDuke Nukem Forever has been in development for soon 15 years. The hard-skinned action hero with the smooth talk has been rejuvenated by game developer Gearbox that during the Penny Arcade Expo announced that the game will launch in 2011.
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Intel Core i5 655K hits 7,3 GHz with liquid nitrogen
Overclocking | 2010/09/08 17:46 | Andreas Galistel

7.3ghzsIntel's new processor arhictecture may not reach as extreme frequencies as previous generations, despite the 32nm node. Asian overclocker "duck" has now shown that Intel's Nehalem architecture is good enough for clock frequencies well above 7.0 GHz.
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Zotac bakes Blu-ray player into ZBOX mini-PC
Systems | 2010/09/08 16:04 | Andreas Galistel

ZBOXHD-ID33_image6Zotac likes the smaller systems. The latest ZBOX Blu-ray mini-PC will be the first of its kind with the minimal measurements of a mini-PC, but the power and possibility to play Blu-ray movies. Thanks to an integrated Blu-ray player and ION 2.
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Corsair overclocks DDR3 to 3078 MHz at CL8
Overclocking | 2010/09/08 14:20 | Andreas Galistel

corsair300Corsair had some help from overclockerMatthias "Mat" Zronek to break new records for its DDR3 memories. Corsairs Dominator GTX6 was run in dual channel at over 3000 MHz with both CL7 and CL8 timings, making the frequencies all the more impressive.
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Logitech shipping its 100 millionth wireless mouse
Peripherals | 2010/09/08 13:50 | Andreas Galistel

logiG700Logitech is without a doubt a giant among peripheral manufacturers and its mice have been living on our desks for soon three decades. The Swiss company has now announced that it has reached a new milestone. Logitech has shipped more than 100 million wireless mice.
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Philips DUAL joins remote and keyboard
Peripherals | 2010/09/08 12:20 | Andreas Galistel

dualPhilips has many years of experience in remote control development. The company has now launched a new remote for multimedia computers. Philips DUAL comes in a regular remote control format, but has a QWERTY keyboard too.
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AMD Barts launches in October as Radeon HD 6800
Graphics | 2010/09/08 09:41 | Andreas Galistel

AMD's next generation mid-range GPU is code-named Barts. As previously revealed Barts will be the first graphics circuit to market in October, but it will be named Radeon HD 6800, while Cayman will be saved for the Radeon HD 6900 series.
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Samsung Orion to take on Tegra 2
CPU / Chipset | 2010/09/08 09:01 | Andreas Galistel

orionSamsung Orion will be one of NVIDIA's toughest competitiors for smartphones. Semiconductor giant Samsung revealed details on the new Cortex A9 processor that not only promises good CPU performance, but even better graphics with a not yet named graphics processor.
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Firefox 4 beta 5 with Direct2D acceleration
Software | 2010/09/08 08:26 | Andreas Galistel

firefoxMozilla has released the latest beta of Firefox 4 and in Beta 5 we find several news, including Direct2D hardware acceleration in Windows 7, and a new Firefox icon in Windows Vista and 7. We also find support for the HSTS protocol and Audio Data API.
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Systems | Water cooled gaming rig with built-in Xbox 360 - The Big O
2010/09/07 22:34 | Andreas Galistel

originOrigin PC has launched a new monster PC called The Big O that leaves nothing to chance. The Big O can be had with dual Xeon processors, four GeForce GTX 480 and a RAID configuration with Vertex 2 SSDs. Add to that a built-in Xbox 360 video game console.
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Overclocking | Uncle Ben assist for LN2 isolation
2010/09/07 16:22 | Andreas Galistel

vfpn2AvTyrOverclocking is all about pushing the limits and moving boundaries. It's not rare to see new moves to give the advantages needed to reach the top. Our tame overclocker Jonas "Mean Machine" Klar decided to try the latest in isolation: Uncle Ben's rice.
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CPU / Chipset | AMD speak up on mobile Zacate and Ontario APUs
2010/09/07 13:40 | Andreas Galistel

amd.fusion.die2Zacate and Ontario will be the first two APUs from AMD and by the end of the year they will arrive sporting processor cores, graphics and video video processor in the same silicon. AMD has now confirmed that the information we earlier posted on the power consumption and market segments is correct.
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Graphics | Metro 2033 gets dedicated benchmark
2010/09/07 09:30 | Andreas Galistel

metrosMetro 2033 is one of the more talked about DirectX 11 games of the year and it supports NVIDIA's PhysX effects. With the latest update the developers has enabled users to use a new tool for testing the performance of their system.
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CPU / Chipset | AMD Zacate APU runs StarCraft II on Medium
2010/09/06 20:16 | Andreas Galistel

zacateAMD is expected to slap everything integrated graphics around at the launch of the Fusion architectyre. First up will be the mobile circuits Ontario and Zacate. It seems that the graphics portion of Zacate will be powerful enough to run StarCraft II with Medium settings.
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CPU / Chipset | Intel adding USB 3.0 to Cougar Point chipset
2010/09/06 18:32 | Andreas Galistel

Intel will launch a new mid-range family of processors in the form of Sandy Bridge in January 2011. With them we will see the unveiling of the Intel 6 series chipsets, including the Cougar Point. It now seems there will be a version sporting a USB 3.0 controller.
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Graphics | AMD Radeon HD 6300 "Caicos" sighted
2010/09/06 17:08 | Andreas Galistel

hd6300AMD is getting closer to the final launch of the Radeon HD 6000 series and after we offered you what was said to be a picture of the flagship, Cayman XT, the next picture has appeared. This time it is one of the lower-end versions that has made an appearance; Radeon HD 6300 based on the AMD Caicos G...
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Graphics | Medal of Honor previews with DirectX 11 effects
2010/09/06 13:52 | Andreas Galistel

mohMedal of Honor is expected to be one of the great titles of this year and the action packed game slated for launch on October 12th will appear in bundles with new gaming headsets from Sony. EA has now published several new video previews that shows off some of the DirectX 11 effects in the game, not...
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Graphics | Cayman XT (Radeon HD 6800/6900) pictured
2010/09/06 10:01 | Andreas Galistel

amdcaymanxt1AMD will launch several different series of graphics cards based on the architecture Northern Islands this Fall, and the flagship will be Cayman XT. This circuit will replace Cypress in the high-end segment and we now have pictures that is said to depict Cayman XT.
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CPU / Chipset | VIA working on quad-core CPU and integrated DirectX 11 chipset
2010/09/06 08:55 | Andreas Galistel

viananosVIA have been delivering extremely energy efficient solutions for x86 systems in the shadows of Intel and AMD. Now sources suggests that the circuit maker is working on a quad-core processor to launch in 2011 together with a DirectX 11 chipset.
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