RV870 1.6 times faster than RV770.

We've heard that ATI's soon to lunch DirectX 11 performance card, something that we know as RV870 and something that AMD calls Evergreen, should be roughly 1.6 times faster than the RV770 chip.

RV770 is the chip behind ATI's Radeon HD 4870 card and it showed quite good performance, so this 1.6 times performance increase can give you a general idea that the new chip should be quite fast.

Of course 1.6 times is the best case scenario and it should be less than that in some cases, but overall this 40nm chip should be a good step forward for ATI.

The big issue is that by late November Nvidia might launch its Geforce GT300 chip, that might end up even faster, but at the same time Nvidia's DirectX 11, 40nm chip will also be bigger and probably hotter as well.

source: fudzilla.com

Swine Influenza and You

Swine Influenza and You

What is swine flu?
Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses that causes regular outbreaks in pigs. People do not normally get swine flu, but human infections can and do happen. Swine flu viruses have been reported to spread from person-to-person, but in the past, this transmission was limited and not sustained beyond three people.

Are there human infections with swine flu in the U.S.?
In late March and early April 2009, cases of human infection with swine influenza A (H1N1) viruses were first reported in Southern California and near San Antonio, Texas. Other U.S. states have reported cases of swine flu infection in humans and cases have been reported internationally as well. An updated case count of confirmed swine flu infections in the United States is kept at http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/investigation.htm CDC and local and state health agencies are working together to investigate this situation.
Is this swine flu virus contagious?
CDC has determined that this swine influenza A (H1N1) virus is contagious and is spreading from human to human. However, at this time, it is not known how easily the virus spreads between people.

What are the signs and symptoms of swine flu in people?
The symptoms of swine flu in people are similar to the symptoms of regular human flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Some people have reported diarrhea and vomiting associated with swine flu. In the past, severe illness (pneumonia and respiratory failure) and deaths have been reported with swine flu infection in people. Like seasonal flu, swine flu may cause a worsening of underlying chronic medical conditions.

How does swine flu spread?
Spread of this swine influenza A (H1N1) virus is thought to be happening in the same way that seasonal flu spreads. Flu viruses are spread mainly from person to person through coughing or sneezing of people with influenza. Sometimes people may become infected by touching something with flu viruses on it and then touching their mouth or nose.

Can I get swine influenza from eating or preparing pork?
No. Swine influenza viruses are not spread by food. You cannot get swine influenza from eating pork or pork products. Eating properly handled and cooked pork products is safe.

How can someone with the flu infect someone else?
Infected people may be able to infect others beginning 1 day before symptoms develop and up to 7 or more days after becoming sick. That means that you may be able to pass on the flu to someone else before you know you are sick, as well as while you are sick.

What should I do to keep from getting the flu?
First and most important: wash your hands. Try to stay in good general health. Get plenty of sleep, be physically active, manage your stress, drink plenty of fluids, and eat nutritious food. Try not touch surfaces that may be contaminated with the flu virus. Avoid close contact with people who are sick.

Are there medicines to treat swine flu?
Yes. CDC recommends the use of oseltamivir or zanamivir for the treatment and/or prevention of infection with these swine influenza viruses. Antiviral drugs are prescription medicines (pills, liquid or an inhaler) that fight against the flu by keeping flu viruses from reproducing in your body. If you get sick, antiviral drugs can make your illness milder and make you feel better faster. They may also prevent serious flu complications. For treatment, antiviral drugs work best if started soon after getting sick (within 2 days of symptoms).

How long can an infected person spread swine flu to others?
People with swine influenza virus infection should be considered potentially contagious as long as they are symptomatic and possible for up to 7 days following illness onset. Children, especially younger children, might potentially be contagious for longer periods.

What surfaces are most likely to be sources of contamination?
Germs can be spread when a person touches something that is contaminated with germs and then touches his or her eyes, nose, or mouth. Droplets from a cough or sneeze of an infected person move through the air. Germs can be spread when a person touches respiratory droplets from another person on a surface like a desk and then touches their own eyes, mouth or nose before washing their hands.

How long can viruses live outside the body?
We know that some viruses and bacteria can live 2 hours or longer on surfaces like cafeteria tables, doorknobs, and desks. Frequent handwashing will help you reduce the chance of getting contamination from these common surfaces.

What can I do to protect myself from getting sick?
There is no vaccine available right now to protect against swine flu. There are everyday actions that can help prevent the spread of germs that cause respiratory illnesses like influenza. Take these everyday steps to protect your health:
Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread this way.
Try to avoid close contact with sick people.
If you get sick with influenza, CDC recommends that you stay home from work or school and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them.
What is the best way to keep from spreading the virus through coughing or sneezing?
If you are sick, limit your contact with other people as much as possible. Do not go to work or school if ill. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. It may prevent those around you from getting sick. Put your used tissue in the waste basket. Cover your cough or sneeze if you do not have a tissue. Then, clean your hands, and do so every time you cough or sneeze.

What is the best technique for washing my hands to avoid getting the flu?
Washing your hands often will help protect you from germs. Wash with soap and water or clean with alcohol-based hand cleaner. We recommend that when you wash your hands -- with soap and warm water -- that you wash for 15 to 20 seconds. When soap and water are not available, alcohol-based disposable hand wipes or gel sanitizers may be used. You can find them in most supermarkets and drugstores. If using gel, rub your hands until the gel is dry. The gel doesn't need water to work; the alcohol in it kills the germs on your hands.

What should I do if I get sick?
If you live in areas where swine influenza cases have been identified and become ill with influenza-like symptoms, including fever, body aches, runny nose, sore throat, nausea, or vomiting or diarrhea, you may want to contact their health care provider, particularly if you are worried about your symptoms. Your health care provider will determine whether influenza testing or treatment is needed.

If you are sick, you should stay home and avoid contact with other people as much as possible to keep from spreading your illness to others.

If you become ill and experience any of the following warning signs, seek emergency medical care.

In children emergency warning signs that need urgent medical attention include:

Fast breathing or trouble breathing
Bluish skin color
Not drinking enough fluids
Not waking up or not interacting
Being so irritable that the child does not want to be held
Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough
Fever with a rash
In adults, emergency warning signs that need urgent medical attention include:
Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
Pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen
Sudden dizziness
Confusion
Severe or persistent vomiting
How serious is swine flu infection?
Like seasonal flu, swine flu in humans can vary in severity from mild to severe. Between 2005 until January 2009, 12 human cases of swine flu were detected in the U.S. with no deaths occurring. However, swine flu infection can be serious. In September 1988, a previously healthy 32-year-old pregnant woman in Wisconsin was hospitalized for pneumonia after being infected with swine flu and died 8 days later. A swine flu outbreak in Fort Dix, New Jersey occurred in 1976 that caused more than 200 cases with serious illness in several people and one death.

What is CDC doing in response to the outbreak? April 29, 2009, 10:55 PM ET
CDC has implemented its emergency response. The agency’s goals are to reduce transmission and illness severity, and provide information to help health care providers, public health officials and the public address the challenges posed by the new virus. CDC continues to issue new interim guidance for clinicians and public health professionals. In addition, CDC’s Division of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) continues to send antiviral drugs, personal protective equipment, and respiratory protection devices to all 50 states and U.S. territories to help them respond to the outbreak.

What epidemiological investigations are taking place in response to the recent outbreak?
April 29, 2009, 10:55 PM ET
CDC works very closely with state and local officials in areas where human cases of H1N1 (swine flu) infections have been identified. In California and Texas, where EpiAid teams have been deployed, many epidemiological activities are taking place or planned including:

Active surveillance in the counties where infections in humans have been identified;
Studies of health care workers who were exposed to patients infected with the virus to see if they became infected;
Studies of households and other contacts of people who were confirmed to have been infected to see if they became infected;
Study of a public high school where three confirmed human cases of influenza A (H1N1) of swine origin occurred to see if anyone became infected and how much contact they had with a confirmed case; and
Study to see how long a person with the virus infection sheds the virus.
Links to non-federal organizations are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the federal government, and none should be inferred. CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.

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How to Convert Video to AVI/MP4//MP3/WMV/3GP for Mac Users

I believe you all have at least one of these Sansa, iPod, iPhone, Walkman, Creative Zen, Apple TV, Nokia, Zune, PSP. Actually these portable devices cannot accept all formats of video, so lots of wonderful video can only be enjoyed on computer and it is so inconvenient.
Here I’d like to introduce a powerful converter to you so that you can enjoy your video better.
Tipard Video Converter for Mac is dedicated to converting AVI, MP4, MPG, MOD, TOD, MOV, MKV, WMV, DivX, XviD, MPEG-1/2, 3GP, 3G2, VOB, MOV, MPV, FLV, and HD videos(HD TS, HD MTS, HD M2TS, HD WMV, etc to what you want one of above on Mac. It is a great program for you to enjoy video on the portable devices.

The step-by-step guide is shown below.

Step 0: Download and install the video converter for Mac (Intel Version) or (Power PC Version). After the action, you will see the following screenshot:



Step 1: Click the "Add Files" button and add the video files you want to convert.

Step 2: Select the video or audio format you want to convert it to. At the same time, you can set the output parameters of the conversion by clicking “Setting” button to open the Setting window as follows:



Step 3: Click “Browse” button to specify a location to save the converted video or audio. If you want to open the output folder, click “Open” button.
Step 4: Click “Start” button.

Now you can have a cup of coffee to wait for the conversion.

This converter also has powerful editing functions besides conversion. Take some examples below:

1: Snapshot
If you like the current image of the video you can use the “Snapshot” option, just click the “Snapshot” button and the image will be saved and then click the “Open” button next to “Snapshot” button to open your picture.
2: Merge
If you want to merge several videos into one file you can choose them at one time and click the “Merge into one file” to do it.
3:Effect
Click “Effect” button you can do these actions: adjusting brightness, contrast and saturation of the video. You can easily adjust the video through two windows in the same interface.



4:Trim
If you just want convert a clip of your video, then you can use the "Trim" icon to set the Start time and End time of the clip or you can directly drag the slide bar to the accurate position.



5:Crop
By using the “Crop” function you can crop the black edge of your video and you can also drag the line around the video image to adjust your video to your Google Phone.



If you completely read this guide, now you could make full use of it and enjoy your video or audio on your portable devices to your content.

Source ipod video converter.

Windows XP SP3 runs browsers 13% faster than Windows 7 RTM

In a set of comprehensive Windows Web browser performance tests conducted by Betanews on August 7 -- our first test of browsers running on the final Windows 7 RTM Build 7600 distributed by Microsoft yesterday -- the five major families of browsers tended to run 13% faster on Windows XP Service Pack 3 than on Windows 7, and 29% faster than on Windows Vista Service Pack 2.

That reflects a decline in the speed gap between XP and Win7 of about 1%, from tests conducted comparing XP-based browsers to those running on Windows 7 Release Candidate Build 7100. Some browsers are faster in Windows 7 RTM, although Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2 ran just a tick slower.

Our latest complete round of tests shows Google Chrome 3 continuing to make phenomenal gains with each iteration, with developer channel build 196.2 posting another record Betanews index score of18.96 in XP, and 16.09 in Win7. In other words, on the XP platform, Chrome 3 performs with the relative horsepower of about 19 Internet Explorer 7 browsers running on Vista SP2. There's good reason to believe Google wants Chrome 3 to run particularly well on the older XP platform, which has enjoyed a huge resurgence as a result of installations on netbooks where Vista would either under-perform or not even fit. Apple's Safari 4 build 530.19 is the next best performer on XP with a 16.16 score.

There are a handful of trends worth pointing out in this latest round:

• Apple Safari is also concentrating on XP, with a big performance gap between its XP score (16.16) and its Windows 7 score (12.58). On Vista, Safari 4 scores a11.77.
• Opera 10 Beta 2 build 1691 is a speed leader in one and only one heat: page load times. For some reason, with Windows 7, Opera 10 blazes past the others, scoring 4.29 relative to IE7 on Vista on the rendering portion of our test suite, which counts toward 25% of the overall score. Safari 4 is second fastest on Win7 with 4.09, followed by Chrome 3 at 3.86. On Vista, the gap is closer with Opera 10 scoring 3.66 on the rendering test, versus 3.29 on Safari 4 and 3.23 on Chrome 3. But in the same test, Opera 10 crashes and burns on XP, scoring only2.60 versus 4.33 and 4.46, respectively.
• Firefox may yet rival Chrome and Opera in the page rendering department, as speed gains that at one time were planned for version 3.5.1 now appear to be slated for version 3.6, whose development track has now been code-named "Namoroka." Were the latest preview build of the 3.6 alpha not loaded with error correction code -- if it performed as well in error tracking as does the current "Shiretoko" beta of 3.5.3 -- the 3.6 alpha would post Firefox's first solid index score over 10.0 on the Windows XP platform; as it stands, the 3.6 score is now9.55 on XP versus 9.94 for the stable 3.5.2, and 9.96 for the beta of 3.5.2.
• The speed gap between Windows 7 and Vista is 17.1%, with Internet Explorer 8 scoring a 2.23 in Win7, reflecting a speed jump that's right in line with our geometrical mean. If you're running IE7 on Vista now, you should see 223% better performance from your browser when you upgrade to IE8 on Win7.

Source http://www.betanews.com/article/Windows-XP-SP3-runs-browsers-13-faster-than-Windows-7-RTM/1249687071

How to put any DVD and video on walkman

Are you a walkman user? Do you want to enjoy your walkman more easily?
If it is “yes”, this article will be helpful for you.

It includes two parts:
Part 1: How to put any DVD on walkman with 4Easysoft DVD to Walkman Converter
Part 2: How to convert any video for walkman with 4Easysoft Walkman Video Converter

Part 1: How to put any DVD on walkman
Preparation: Down load and install 4Easysoft DVD to Walkman Converter
Step 1:Run this software and click “Load DVD” button to load your DVDs
This converter can support all commercial DVDs, including DVD with the restriction of CSS, Region, RCE, Sony ARccOS. And just“Load DVD” button, you can load your DVD from DVD drive, DVD folder in your PC or IFO file.
Step 2: Set the output settings
You can also choose the audio track and subtitle you need.
From the profile drop-down list, you can choose the output video format you need.
And you can click “Settings” button to set the Video Encoder, Resolution, Frame Rate, Video Bitrate, etc
Click “Browse” button, you can select the output path or you can choose the default path of the program.
Step 3: Start the conversion.
Click “Start” button to begin the conversion. It will be finished with high output quality and converting speed.



Editing Tips:
Tip 1.Efeect video.
Click “Effect” button and a dialogue-box pops up, and you can you set the video Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and check Deinterlacing allows you to optimize the video effect.



Tip 2.Trim video.
Click the “Trim” button, you can set the Start Time and End Time or just drag the slide bar to the position you want and then click “OK” to get any clip you want.



Tip 3.Crop video.
Clik “Crop” button and a dialogue-box pops up, you can crop your videos by selecting a crop mode; setting the crop values; dragging the frame.



Tip 4. Preferences
Click the “Preference” button you can select the output destination, the Snapshot foler, the format of the snapshot image,etc.
Tip 5. Snapshot
If you like the current image when preview video, just click the "Snapshot" button the image will be saved and you can click the "Open" button next to "Snapshot" button to open your picture.
Tip 6. Merge
If you want to merge several files into one file you can choose them and click the "Merge into one file" to do it.

Part 2: How to convert any video for walkman
Preparation:Download and intall 4Easysoft Walkman Video Converter
Step 1:Run this software and click “Add File” button to import your files.
Step 2:Select the output format.
You can choose the ourput format from the profile drop-down list.
Click the “setting” button, you can set the Encoder, Resolution, Bitrate, etc.
Step 3:Choose the output fold.
You can click “Browse” to choose the output destination, or the default destination is D:\My Documents\4Easysoft Studio\Output
Step 4:Click “Start” button to begin the conversion.



Now you can enjoy any video on your walkman!
More useful tools:
4Easysoft AVC Converter
4Easysoft Total Video Converter
AVI Converter

4Easysoft HD Converter is simple, easy-to-navigate HD file/video Converter to convert HD DV, HD TS, MTS, M2TS, HD MOV, HD H.264, HD RM and other HD videos to standard definition (SD) video, to HD video without the complexity. This HD Converter also assists you to convert among general videos or SD videos, like AVI, WMV, 3GP, MP4, FLV, SWF, ASF, etc.



The HD Converter also has powerful editing functions as follows:
]1. Access to video clips
Trim movies by presetting the exact start and end time, or just dragging the slider bar.
2. Set video effect and Deinterlacing
It allows you to set the video Brightness, Contrast, Saturation. Checking Deinterlacing helps you
to convert interlaced video to the progressive video and this function can optimize the video
effect.
3. Merge files into one
It doubles your enjoyment with joining several interesting clips into one.
4. Crop video play region to retain what you want
Crop frame size to remove your unwanted area by using HD Converter like the smart scissors.
5. Smooth picture capture
Take snapshot to capture the image of highlight while previewing movies. It can be saved in
default folder automatically.
6. Customize output settings
Set the Video Encoder, Resolution, Frame Rate, Video Bitrate. You can also directly input your
own resolution as the form of “XXX*XXX”; set the Audio Encoder, Sample Rate, Channels,
Audio Bitrate. You also can save all the output settings as your preference, which is saved in the
user-defined column automatically.
7. Preview both the input and instant output video effect simultaneously
You can preview the original video and the instant output video for your operation at the same
time.

Free download the best HD Converter and have a try!

Absolute Pitch series (AM2+ mobo)

As for the technical side of things, both of the new Absolute Pitch Hi-Fi motherboards are based on AMD's 785G/SB710 chipset with support for AM2 and AM2+ processors. They can take up to 16GB of DDR2-1200(O.C.)/1066/800/667 memory, have a single PCI-Express x16 slot, two PCI-Express x1 slots and a single PCI slot. DVI, HDMI and D-Sub outputs, five SATA and one eSATA port, Firewire and Gigabit LAN are also on board. The interesting fact is that the back panel I/O has no keyboard and mouse PS/2 ports which are replaced with HDMI and optical S/PDIF ports.


These features include DTS Surround Sensation UltraPC, Envy HD and BD192/24.

The Envy HD offers 10-channel HD audio, while the BD 192/24 brings lossless Blu-Ray audio with support for 192kHz/24-bit.

source: fudzilla.com

ThermalTake Level 10 case to ship in October

ThermalTake has shown its futuristic case,Level 10 at CeBIT and Computex early this year,,which is designed in cooperation with BMW Group DesignWorksUSA. The Level 10 Extreme Gaming Station has won the IDEA®2009 Bronze Award. Now ThermalTake is ready to enter mass production.


It measures 614mm x 318mm x 666.3mm and weighs 21.37kg. Its compartmentalized design makes all the components to mount in chambers that rotate outward on hihges.There is a total of nine drive bays.


Users will find a total of nine drive bays. There is a front I/O panel with one audio, one eSATA and four USB 2.0 ports, and four fans.


The new case is expected to hit stores with a price of $690.

Source:[tcmagazine]

nVidia plans GT300 demos

nVidia plans GT300 demos for late September


After hearing from multiple sources spanning on several continents, we can be fairly certain that the samples of nVidia's first DirectX 11 GPU are going to depart from engineering labs. Just like GT200, GT300 spent several months in the Labs while the drivers were being created.

Given that today's GeForce drivers contain more code than Windows XP core, we aren't surprised that nVidia is taking time to get the product ready for market. Just like some media were suggesting that GT200 taped out in March 2008 [while some developers got the GT200 cards as early as three months before that tape out story], GT300 needs time [and human resources] to finish the development. GT300 is the base graphics architecture not just for the standard desktop or notebook graphics, but also as a future graphics base for the Tegra generation of products. And with recent rumors of nVidia implementing ECC feature into the GPU [which is a given, since GDDR5 comes with ECC], Tesla parts should be quite interesting as well.

But now, we have received words that AIBs are getting time frames forthe demonstrations to their own partners and press, with the firstevents happening in September. The dates are obviously planned to bluntthe katana-sharp market attack from ATI's Radeon 5000 series.

On nVidia's annual gathering of add-in-board manufacturers [happened a while ago], a lot of harsh words were spoken due to renaming policies, OEM positioning and more importantly, how to combat resurgent ATI - it was stated that a lot is expected from the NV70 e.g. GT300 generation.

Now, the only question is how long it will take for nVidia's demo team and software vendors to create traditional launch demos. ATI dropped the practice with the Radeon 4000 series, showing raytraced Ruby in its Cinema 2.0 event, but the demo didn't became available to general public. All in all, computer graphics arena is never boring.

Source : http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news...september.aspx

NVIDIA Plans GT300 Demos in September
It looks like NVIDIA doesn't want AMD to drench the media and consumers with enough hype to ensure a smooth, profitable launch of its "Evergreen" family of DirectX 11 GPUs. The party-crasher this time around is NVIDIA's GT300 graphics processor, which sources claim to be continuing on NVIDIA's design methodology of a powerful, monolithic GPU. AMD's itinerary for September looks fairly clear: press-briefings on and around the 10th (we'll be heading to Munich for ours), a number of previews that follow, and launches towards the end of the month, and market availability soon after, in October.

In essence, AMD ends up with all the limelight for the better part of the quarter, in the run up for the crucial November~December shopping season. Meanwhile, the green camp is reportedly readying its own press-briefings of the GT300 GPU. These will be held in late September. To what scale will the briefings be held, or how ready are they with engineering samples is not known as yet, but possibly enough to gain public attention for its DirectX 11 GPUs.

Soruce http://www.techpowerup.com/102608/NV...September.html

Intel 32nm Sandy Bridge appears in Q4 of 2010

When 45nm Nehalem series is popular,32nm Westmere family has not made a formal debut.Intel nex-gen processor has been listed on the release agenda.According to PC makers,Intel plans to launch 32nm Sandy Bridge microarchitecture in Q4 of 2010.


45nm Nehalem quad-core Lynnfield Core i7/i5 will officially released in early September with 5 series chipset P55.P57,H57 is expected to arrive in Q1 of 2010.


32nm Westmere series is set to mass production in Q4 of 2009.Desktop dual-core Clarkdale(Core i3/Pentium) and notebook Arrandale will ship in Q1 of 2010.Desktop six-core CPU will is to debut on Q2.


As the highest-end desktop processor,Gulftwon CPUs is priced at US$1,499.


45nm Nehalem and 32nm Westmere families will coexist before the release of Sandy Bridge.That is to say,quad-core Westmere CPUs wontt appear.Two families are in charge of quad-core and dual-core fields.


32 nm Sandy Bridge four core mode has been taped out in early June this year.It integrates memory controller,GPU and Northbridge module clocked at 3.0-3.8GHz.Coming with 8MB of L3 cache,it has a TDP of 85W.

Source : inpai.com.cn

AGP HD 4650 Form XFX

The card works at 600MHz for the core, has 320 stream processors, and as previously noted, has 1GB of DDR2 memory clocked at 1000MHz. The cooler is quite plain with a small fan, but a good side of this is that the card still takes up a single slot. It's important to note that due to the fact that AGP port can't supply enough juice to this card it has an extra 4-pin molex connector for additional power.

The card should pop up in retail pretty soon and we guess that it should sell at around €70.

source: fudzilla.com

!!! Intel E6500K (45nm) No Lock Multipler

Intel Pentium E6500K is sold in bundle with Biostar TP45E Combo motherboard for RMB1299 (US$190) together. The motherboard retails RMB799 ($117) separately. According to Intel’s roadmap, the CPU will cost $84.

source http://forums.overclockzone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=535350

PowerColor Radeon HD 4770 On New Sink

PowerColor has now announced a new RV740-powered graphics card, the PCS (Professional Cooling System) HD 4770. Seen below, the card packs 640 Stream Processors, a 128-bit memory interface and 512MB of GDDR5 memory, a dual-slot Arctic Cooling fansink, DirectX 10.1 and CrossFire support, plus two DVI outputs.

The PCS HD 4770 makes use of stock clocks meaning it has its GPU and memory set to 750 and 3200 MHz, respectively, and is expected to become available later this month for under 100 Euro.

source: tcmagazine.com

Information Of Asus Maximus III Formula

We managed to score additional details and two more pictures of Asus' P55 based Maximus III Formula motherboard with a Republic of Gamers label. One of the things that left unexplained was the small button next to the USB port on the backplate as well as some other details.

As you can see from the picture and as it was shown before, the motherboard has a 19-phase design (16-phase CPU + 3 vtt). The motherboard also has three PCI-Express x16 slots, which can work in either single x16, or dual x8, while the third one is a 1.0 limited at x4. It also comes with two PCI-Express x1 and a single plain PCI slot.

Other features include ten SATA 3.0 ports, with two of them marked as a "Speeding HDD SATA" ports. Accoring to our info, these two are made for easy RAID setup, while two white ones don't support RAID.

The mystery button is an actual new feature that Asus likes to call ROG Connect, which gives this motherboard an external hardware-based overclocking control. It basically means that you can hook up your notebook/netbook or another PC via USB cable and display or adjust settings at a real time. Other features also include ProbeIt which are v-check points and Voltiminder LEDs.

The audio was also unknown and we managed to find out, as you can see from the picture below, that it will be done by SupremeFX X-Fi 8-channel add-in card with EAX 4.0 support. Other noted features include something that Asus calls GameFirst, which is basically an application that lets you control the priority of applications that are using Gigabit LAN.

We are sure that we will hear a lot more about this motherboard, and this might the one that you will look for once Intel's Core i5 comes to the market.

source: fudzilla.com

Radeon HD 4890 New Sink Form HIS

HIS is preparing yet another HD 4890 card, with a rather interesting looking cooler, the HD 4890 iCooler x4. The card has a dual-slot cooler with a center positioned fan and features 800 stream processors, 1GB of GDDR5 memory, reference clocks and HIS' non-reference blue PCB.

It looks like HIS decided to play safe with this one as it works at reference, 850MHz for the core and 3900MHz for memory, clocks but it should at least be cooler than the reference card. The card comes bundled with HIS' Bumptop 3D desktop environment software and features support for DirectX 10.1, CrossFireX.

The new HD 4890 iCooler x4 card should be available pretty soon, and we guess that it won't have a premium price, so you can expect it to hover around €170.

source: fudzilla.com

Spec i9

Gulftown Seamlessly Compatible with X58 Chipset Platform
Nearly an year away from launch, Intel's 6-core Gulftown processor is creating buzz in the media. The new processor which has already been sampled, and tested, some of its first documentation has been leaked to the media in the form of a slide that lists out some details. To begin with, Gulftown will be the first high-performance processor built on the 32 nm second-generation HKMG process. Intel's first commercial 32 nm based processors are dual-core chips which will sell alongside the much larger 45 nm CPU lineup. Next of-course, is that it has six processing cores with HyperThreading enabling 12 logical CPUs. With TurboBoost, the processor powers down inactive cores and overclocks the active ones, thus boosting performance on single/few-threaded apps while reducing power consumption.

Next up is its integrated memory controller supporting DDR3-1066 memory. The same standard is listed for current Core i7 processors, though they are proven to work at higher memory bus speeds. The part that perhaps matters the most is that the processor is seamlessly compatible with the X58 chipset, is based on socket LGA-1366, and has the same TDP rating as Core i7 900 series processors: 130W. Existing motherboards that handle Core i7 processors are technically capable to handle Gulftown. The processor will only be available in the high-end (enthusiast) category, and according to the latest roadmaps, is slated for Q2 2010.

source : http://www.techpowerup.com/101121/Gu..._Platform.html

5870 / 5850 - Cypress-XT and Cypress-Pro

AMD Lists Out Cypress Technologies, Tentative Branding?
In a release to its AIB partners, AMD listed out the key features of its high performance GPU in the Evergreen family, codenamed "Cypress". While not getting into the GPU specifications, it lists out the key technologies the GPUs support. It comes as no surprise that AMD will name Cypress-XT and Cypress-Pro as Radeon HD 5870 and Radeon HD 5850, a model number scheme that's been running for the past two generations. While product launches, and (p)reviews keep us busy in September, retail availability can be expected only in October, just in time for that of Windows 7.

• 1GB GDDR5 memory
• ATI Eyefinity technology with support for up to three displays
• ATI Stream technology
• Designed for DirectCompute 5.0 and OpenCL
• Accelerated Video Transcoding (AVT)
• Compliant with DirectX 11 and earlier revisions,supports OpenGL 3.1
• ATI CrossFireX multi-GPU support for highly scalable performance
• ATI Avivo HD video and display technology
• Dynamic power management with ATI PowerPlay technology
• 2x DL-DVI, DisplayPort, HDMI
• PCI Express 2.0 interface

SOURCE : http://vr-zone.com/articles/-rumour-....html?doc=7469
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