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Yields are under 2% - WTF?
Published: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 | By: DennisOk so I was checking the logs today to see who has been reading Ninjalane today and noticed a new(ish) site linking to our recent Corsair Ice T30 review. Being the good editor I started rooting around and found this article talking about the new GT300.
How many worked out of the (4 x 104) 416 candidates? Try 7. Yes, Northwood was hopelessly optimistic - Nvidia got only 7 chips back. Let me repeat that, out of 416 tries, it got 7 'good' chips back from the fab. Oh how it must yearn for the low estimate of 20%, talk about botched execution. To save you from having to find a calculator, that is (7 / 416 = .01682), rounded up, 1.7% yield.
So you have to ask yourself.
If yields are so bad why would nVidia release that information? Furthermore why is this even news? Everyone knows that when a new chip process is being developed that there are going to be roadblocks and unless these roadblocks continue to be a problem it won't have any impact on anything.
Given that nVision is scheduled to happen in a couple weeks it is our guess that a rival company opted to leak the information in hopes of giving nVida some bad press. in fact it wouldn't be the first time something like this happened. Almost every year AMD hires a plane to fly a banner over the IDF conference just as everyone is headed out for lunch. Ironically enough IDF happens around the same time.
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NL: PC Game Reviews Roundup
Published: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 | By: WillIT looks like the PC gaming season is just starting to really pick up with some very cool and unique games out there.
Section 8 (PC) Review @ Gamingheaven
"TimeGate Studios are a developer well known for their release of the Kohan real time strategy series which was a favourite with the gaming community a few years ago. They tried to push the boundaries of the genre and for the most part it worked well. They were also responsible for the F.E.A.R. Expansions - Extraction Point and Perseus Mandate. Today we review their latest game, a multiplayer focused shooter."
Resident Evil 5 (PC) Review @ Gamingheaven
"Resident Evil 5 was released on the consoles around 6 months ago and it was positively received by both critics and more importantly the public. It brought together some of the franchise's classic characters and combined a few of the best elements of previous releases for the finest release to date. The addition of cooperative mode increased the overall enjoyment and ensured healthy sales. Today we look at the PC version which has been much awaited."
"Darkest Of Days is a type of game that immediately sucks you into the plot, keeps you there, and throws a whole lot of baddies at you. But this game is not like the everyday average FPS, because this time we don't allways have access to the most advanced weaponry known to man kind, instead we have the most advanced weaponry of that time. Then on top of that you fight in some of the most famous battles in history. If you think you gonna just go through this game and be able to just to lay waste the baddies with out a care in the world, well there's another slight twist, you can't kill the guys who have a blue aurora around them, shoot them and it is all over."
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Cooler Master CM Storm Sentinel Advance Gaming Mouse Review @ Bigbruin
Published: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 | By: WillToo many choices in the computer gaming hardware industry can just get to confusing and ugly. The input device area is now getting a total flood of new comers putting there design ideas into the mouse market. Here we get to see what Cooler Master has for everyone to see for this area.
"The Cooler Master CM Storm Sentinel Advance is by far the most feature rich gaming mouse I have seen to date. I would also go as far as saying that any gamer would benefit from the versatility and comfort provided by this mouse. Every aspect of the mouse is at your control to be adjusted and tweaked to fit each game's unique style of use."
I will admit it though that this mouse looks to be pretty cool.
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EVGA P55 Classified 200 LGA1156 Motherboard Preview @ Hardware Canucks
Published: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 | By: WillHere is one super sexy swinging beast of a board right here. The EVGA P55 Classied has all kinds of slots that are beggin to be filled. I would love to try one of these out and see if I could fill all of the slots.
"Even though the Lynnfield processor lineup is still in its infancy, we have seen a massive number of motherboards become available for it in a very short time. These P55-based boards run the gamut of both pricing and features but none have excited us more than the one we will be previewing for you today: the EVGA P55 Classified 200."
Wooow! Wooow! What are you thinking about? I was talking about with video cards.
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NL: PC Game Reviews Roundup
Published: Monday, September 14, 2009 | By: WillWell time for another roundup of game reviews and I even have one of my favorites in it.
F.E.A.R. 2 Reborn DLC (18) PC - Review @ Gamingheaven
F.E.A.R. 2 was met with a mixed response - some gamers thought it combined strong core gameplay with high octane FPS action while others felt it was just riding on the coat tails of the original game which was a huge seller when it was released. Me? I thought it was entertaining enough, even if it didn't reinvent the wheel.
Lost Planet 2 Preview @ OCModShop
In the previous game (Lost Planet: Extreme Condition), the world was completely covered with snow and ice, which required the use of Thermal Energy to survive. Lost Planet 2 takes place 10 years after the previous installment. The planet has been terraformed, and is now green and has flowing rivers and streams.
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ASUS MARS/2DI/4GD3 Dual GeForce GTX 285 4096 MB @ techPowerUp
Published: Monday, September 14, 2009 | By: WillHere is one of the most powerful cards hitting the market, and it looks real cool as well. Let's take read at this review to see what these guys think about it.
"If any graphics card has been hyped in the past months it's the ASUS MARS Dual GTX 285. It is the first and only graphics card featuring two GTX 285 GPUs with 4 GB VRAM. The card is set out to dominate every other card on the market delivering amazing performance - at a breathtaking price of USD 1200 per card."
Everything is awesome about this card till you get to the price.
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AMD Next Generation ATI Radeon Eyefinity Technology @ HardOCP
Published: Thursday, September 10, 2009 | By: WillIt is cool to see all the new technology coming out. This super high resolution demo looks like the cat's meow here. Still I do have to ask that ultimate question. How much is that setup going to cost me, and is it realistic for this kind of economy now?
"Just a few snapshots to show you some of the capabilities of AMD's next generation Radeon Eyefinity graphics card doing what it looks like it will do best. Muti-monitor gaming is back from the dead...with a vengeance!"
It still looks cool, but I hope this is not ATI big win for the HD 5800 Series cards.
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NL: P55 Chipset Motherboard Roundup
Published: Thursday, September 10, 2009 | By: WillIt is time to gather up the new Socket LGA 1156 P55 chipset motherboard reviews.
- Gigabyte P55-UD6 and P55M-UD4 Motherboard Reviews @ Legit Reviews
- MSI i5 P55-CD53 Motherbard Review @ Motherboard
- Asus P7P55D EVO P55 Motherboard - Performance Revealed @ OC3D
- ECS P55H-A Black Series @ PureOverclock
- ASUS P7P55D motherboard review @ Elite Bastards
- ASUS i5 MAXIMUS III Formula Motherboard Review @ Motherboard
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Overclocking Intel's Core i5-750 & i7-870 @ Techgage
Published: Thursday, September 10, 2009 | By: WillThe new Core i5 & i7 have arrived. So it is time to start overclocking, and taking victims in the name of extreme speed. This is a very good read on how far these new guys are willing to be pushed.
"We found out earlier this week that Intel's Lynnfield-based processors are fast, but who said that cranking the clocks to make them even faster was a bad idea? In this article, we take both the Core i5-750 and i7-870 for an overclocking joyride, and the stable overclocks we were able to achieve is nothing short of impressive."
Long live the overclocking enthusiast!
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Foxconn gives up own-brand graphics card business
Published: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 | By: WillHere is some news to us here at Ninjalane. We are pretty close to Foxconn and we're very surprised we had not heard about this before hand.
"Foxconn Electronics has given up marketing graphics cards under its own brand and has rearranged its Channel Service Division (CSD) shifting the majority of the 9,000 employees, mainly related to production, to its OEM division. Around 500, mainly sales and marketing related, staff remain in CSD, according to Young Liu, special assistant to the CEO."
