Tech News
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ASUS P7P55 WS SuperComputer (P55 Express) Motherboard
Published: Monday, May 3, 2010 | By: WillI love it that the line between sever chips and enthusiast taste for speed is getting a great mix. I wonder how these new boards for the 1156 Xeons are for overclocking. I guess it is time to read.
"ASUS is known for many things; they make great enthusiast class motherboards and add-in GPUs. But how many people know they also make workstation and server class products? - We have known about this for a while and have finally gotten one in (complete with a socket 1156 Xeon for the CPU) for testing in our lab.
The P7P55 WS SuperComputer is a healthy system that also happens to have the ability to run a ton of GPUs at full x16 speeds thanks to an NF200 chip on the board. It is this multi-GPU capability that gives it the SuperComputer name. After all, if you are pushing four NVIDIA GPUs running CUDA or OpenCL, you have a massive amount of compute power at your fingertips."So many cool things to choose from.
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GeForce GTX 480 3-way SLI review | Scaling tested
Published: Monday, May 3, 2010 | By: WillWhat can I say that will make you interested in this article. "GeForce GTX 480 Triple SLI!"
"Back in January we already heard that SLI performance would be outstanding with this new series and well, that definitely tickled my senses and taste buds. As a results today we'll 'finally' have a look at SLI scaling of that GeForce GTX 480.
We look at single card performance, dual-card performance and also triple (3-way) SLI performance to see how well these puppies will scale. The article will first cover SLI performance among the new GTX 480 in several configurations and games, and then we'll check a little 2-way Multi-GPU gaming in a handsome multi-GPU slaughter-fest article in the ATI versus NVIDIA kind of way to see who and what scales the best."Enough said.
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ASUS P6X58D Premium @ Techgage
Published: Monday, May 3, 2010 | By: WillThe lack of USB 3.0 and SATA 6.0 has not killed the blitz of new X58 chipset motherboards from coming out. Motherboard makers are fixing these lack of technologies issue by adding extra chips to give support for these new technologies.
"Intel may have launched its X58 chipset nearly a year-and-a-half ago, but board vendors continue to come out with new product as technologies improve. This past winter, ASUS released the P6X58D Premium, a high-end offering that boasts support for both SATA 3.0 and USB 3.0, and one that just begs to be pushed hard with overclocking."
Good reason to make new boards.
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Silverstone Fortress Series FT02 @ Bjorn3D
Published: Monday, May 3, 2010 | By: WillHere is one of the best looking cases that has came out here recently. The 90 degree angled motherboard tray is very unique for cooling. Then the watercooling potential if just perfect for this case.
"When it comes to picking computer cases, some computer enthusiasts get very picky at the type of case that will fit their needs. With the latest hardware on the market, there is no doubt a BIG problem with the enormous amounts of heat being produced. There are plenty of ways of fixing this problem. One is by providing enough ventilation through the hardware to dissipate the heat, elongating the life span of your hardware. The second option would be to get an aftermarket cooler on the hardware, but that would still not fix the hot air problem inside the chassis. The next option would be to get low power and heat rated hardware, but this is not always available to us computer enthusiasts, because we always want the best and the fastest. So what else could be done to help with the heat problems? Well, by completely redesigning the way our hardware sit in our computer cases. This is what Silverstone did with their first RAVEN chassis and it has totally revolutionized heat dissipation in the chassis industry. "
Can you tell I like it.
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EKWB FC-5870 GPU Water Block @ PureOverclock
Published: Monday, May 3, 2010 | By: WillEK has become the name for all water cooling enthusiasts and here is a review of the 5870 block. Let's see if there reputation holds true.
"If you are a water cooling user then you have probably heard of EK Water Blocks. EKWB specializes in water cooling products,and just one of their many offerings is the FC-5870, a full coverage block designed for the Radeon 5870 flagship card. Today we have the opportunity to test this GPU water block on the bench and find out how well it performs in keeping the beast cool and quiet."
I love their full coverage GPU blocks.
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Win an EVGA Barebones System - 1 Week Left
Published: Saturday, May 1, 2010 | By: DennisThe EVGA motherboard giveaway is scheduled to end on May 9th, which is just a short week away. Be sure to find the special contest code posted on the EVGA Facebook page and visit the following forum thread for instructions on what you should do with it.
There is a great prize to be won in this contest which includes the following:
EVGA P55 LE Motherboard
Thermaltake Element G Case
Thermaltake Toughpower 775 Power Supply
Thermaltake SpinQ VT HeatsinkTime is running out so be sure to get your entries submitted and activated before the May 9th deadline.
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Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler @ Techgage
Published: Thursday, April 29, 2010 | By: WillNinjalane just published a review on this awesome new heatsink. So it is time to share. So give our review a good reading, and then jump over and check out their review. Then let us know what you think on our forum.
"A huge computer chassis deserves a huge CPU cooler, and when you need one of those, Noctua delivers. With its NH-D14, the company seems to have had the goal of delivering the largest cooler possible that could still fit on most ATX motherboards, but with that size comes extremely good performance even low noise levels."
Enjoy!
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Q&A with Nvidia general manager of MCP business Drew Henry @ Digitimes
Published: Thursday, April 29, 2010 | By: WillHere is some interesting news for the NVidia fans. Looks like NVidia might be holding an ace up there sleeve for when the time is right. Can anyone say GTX 400 512 core beast. Still this is marketing at it's best and we just have to wait and see if it comes true.
With numerous negative rumors surrounding the discrete graphics card market regarding Nvidia's new GeForce 480/470 (Fermi) graphics chip, and facing competition from AMD, Digitimes recently had chance to talk to Drew Henry, Nvidia general manager of MCP business regarding the company's comment about these rumors as well as its strategy for the future.
Q: What are your comments on the rumors that Nvidia has blocked some graphics cores with problems on their GeForce 480/470 chips causing these chips to have less than 512 cores due to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC's) low yields?
A: Nvidia does not comment on unannounced products; however, we have a chance to launch a graphics chip with 512 cores in the future.
TSMC's yields for its 40nm process has met our expectations and market rumors about the yields being lower than 20% are completely untrue. We currently have everything under control.I love the sound of progress.
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NL: GPU Roundup
Published: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 | By: WillOnce again the Inbox is is just bursting with Video Card reviews. So we decided to share them all.
- ASUS Radeon HD EAH5850 DirectCU TOP Video Card Review @ Legit Reviews
- Sapphire HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition Video Card Review @ Motherboard
- PNY GTX-470 @ Bjorn3D
- HIS HD5830 Review @ OC3D
- AMD FirePro V3800 & FirePro V5800 @ Phoronix
- ASUS GeForce GTX 470 ENGTX470 Graphics Card Review @ Legit Reviews
- GeForce GTX 480- Worth upgrading from Radeon HD 5870? @ t-break
- Sapphire Radeon 5870 2GB TOXIC Review @ HardwareHeaven
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 Overclocking with Voltage Adjustment @ TweakTownEnjoy!
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NVIDIA To Unify Desktop and Notebook Drivers @ HotHardware
Published: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 | By: WillThis is great news for notebook people. With NVidia unifing their drivers this will make it easier to keep all machines upto date. This will also take away the guess work on which drivers your notebook needs. Here is a huge kudos to NVidia for helping out all notebook users.
"As you're probably all too aware, historically, notebook users have been at the mercy of the notebook OEM with regard to mobile graphics driver updates, and OEMs have typically lagged way behind the GPU manufacturers. This left many notebook users out in the cold, while desktop users were treated to performance enhancements, new features, and increased compatibility with the latest games."
Now if only ATI can get on the same page.
