Tech News
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Next-gen NVIDIA GeForce Specifications Unveiled @ Dailytech
Published: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 | By: WillWell the summer is just starting to heat up in the video card arena. NVidia is showing it's teeth. Let's see where ATI is at.
"Later this week NVIDIA will enact an embargo on its upcoming next-generation graphics core, codenamed D10U. The launch schedule of this processor, verified by DailyTech, claims the GPU will make its debut as two separate graphics cards, currently named GeForce GTX 280 (D10U-30) and GeForce GTX 260 (D10U-20)."
This does sound like an awesome set of cards in the works.
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Asus P5Q Deluxe P45 Motherboard with DDR2 @ HotHardware
Published: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 | By: WillI cannot wait till these new P45 motherboards hit the scene. The technology is nothing revolutionary, but the smaller 65nm processor over the 90nm is. I can already hear the forums a buzz about the overclocking from these chipsets.
"As many of you are no doubt aware, Intel is planning to officially release a new mainstream chipset in a few weeks, the P45. From a feature standpoint, the new P45 is somewhat similar to last year's P35. The P45, however, will have official support for PCI Express 2.0, with a more flexible lane configuration for multi-GPU graphics, and the chipset itself is being manufactured at 65nm as opposed to 90nm. Using the more advanced process to build the chips should result in lower power consumption and lower operating temperatures as well. The P45 will also be paired up with a new ICH10-series southbridge, which is similar to the ICH9 sans a few legacy features."
I really am diggin' the Express Gate feature of this new board from Asus. It gives you an embedded Linux OS on boot up. This feature allows you to do many things without ever needing to us Windows. This is very cool in my book.
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Triple SLI- AMD or Intel @ t-break
Published: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 | By: WillWell here is a good article for us to read. It really get down to the dirty truth of what NVidia has been beating there drum to. CPU's are not needed as much as more GPU's.
"nVidia been on Intel\'s case by very strongly voicing their opinions on how a better GPU adds more value that a better CPU. This could be true for certain things on a low to medium end setup but for enthusiast gamers, the fastest of the fastest is the only option. We put this theory to test by putting three nVidia 9800GTX cards in Triple SLI mode and running some games on the highest-end Intel and AMD CPUs, the Core 2 Extreme QX9770 and Phenom X4 9850 respectively."
Well I'm not convinced yet NVidia.
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CPU scaling in games with dual & quad core processors @ Guru3D
Published: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 | By: WillWell this looks to be a good read. I know that this is starting to be a huge question on everyones mind anymore. Is quad really better at gaming than dual?
"Each year the topic of CPU scaling comes to mind in relation to gaming. Especially when we see new processors enter the market time after time I ask myself again; how much influence do these new model processors actually have? There have been some dramatic changes over the past couple of years though as processor manufacturers have hit a hard brick wall. That wall being the incremental increase of the clock frequency, or moreover ... the lack of it. Somehow everything stops at 3200 MHz in the processor R&D segment and for years now the fastest clocked processors never have exceeded that magic number. Surely we overclock much higher and new records have been set at 4 and with LN2 sub-zero temperature cooling reaching 5 GHz, for us 'regular' consumers we stick at that 3.2 GHz frequency border."
I think this subject is still going to be debated forever.
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Noctua NH-C12P Heatsink Review @ Frostytech
Published: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 | By: WillIt has been a little while since I have seen a new cooler from Noctua. The cooler using a 140mm fan is something I'm a big fan of. Pun intended. We are having a little discussion on the 140mm fan right in our own forums. So go check it out.
"In this review Frostytech is testing out Noctua's new NH-C12P heatsink. The NH-C12P comes bundled with Noctua's 120mm NF-P12 fan. Tower heatsinks may offer the best performance of any heatsink style, but many computer cases can't accommodate +140mm CPU cooler heights. 'Down exhaust' or 'impingment' heatsinks are so named because the fan blows downward. The overhanging portion of this heatsink has the added advantage of cooling devices adjacent to the CPU socket too. "
I do have to say that I'm still very old school, and love the idea of my heatsink having the fan blow air onto the motherboard.
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XFX 790i 3-Way SLI Motherboard Review @ HardOCP
Published: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 | By: WillNVidia is doing the DDR3 run now for Intel chipsets. Let's see if NVidia gets it right with the XFX 790i Ultra SLI chipset.
"NVIDIA has released their highly anticipated DDR3 chipset, the 790i Ultra SLI and we take a look at this new piece of silicon from the green team in the form of the XFX 790i Ultra SLI."
I'm still very unsure of the Triple SLI theme.
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Seventeam Hurricane 1200W @ JonnyGURU
Published: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 | By: WillI'm once again looking at a Power Supply Review for the fact of not knowing the brand name to well. So I wanted to see this PSU get put through some real testing action.
"In December, we took a look at the flagship of the Seventeam Electronics fleet, the Thundering 1200W. Recently, the folks at Seventeam asked us to take a look at the modular version of this mammoth beast, the Hurricane 1200W. Join me on a tour through our torture park as I find out just what this massive unit is made of and if it performs any differently from its brother. Will the platform earn a recommendation this time around?"
Do you smell the smelly smell of a cooking PSU?
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Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 - Budget Penryn @ TweakTown
Published: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 | By: WillThis is to all of us cheap guys. We want huge bang for very little change. Let's see if the new Core 2 Dou E7000 series makes this happen.
"The original Core 2 Duo based on Conroe architecture had 2MB of shared Level 2 cache. Whole Penryn based CPUs came with 6MB. This is a huge jump in size, but what about a cheaper option? Well, Intel has now come out with its latest addition to the Core 2 line; welcoming the Core 2 Duo E7000 series."
I am very impressed with the whole Core 2 Dou series so far. Intel has gold in this architecture.
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Biostar TF7150U-M7 @ Overclockers Online
Published: Monday, May 19, 2008 | By: WillWell I think Biostar got put on the map for everyone building computer with there first MATX T-Series boards. So lets see what makes this board want to keep us coming back to Biostar.
"The Biostar T-Series has been seen around Overclockers Online and
has always performed well. In this review, we will be looking at one of
the newer members of the T-Series, the TF7150U-M7 which features an
integrated NVIDIA GeForce 7150 video chip on the nForce 630i platform for
Intel LGA775 processors."The board look to be very well laid out with a DVI port also. This has my attention. Lets keep reading to see what they say about it.
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Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6 @ Techgage
Published: Monday, May 19, 2008 | By: WillWell they are starting to get out in the wild. The P45 chipsets from Intel are lining up for launching. So far the review look like the new chipset is going to add lots of new stuff over the last refresh.
"Building a new machine and want DDR3 support? Then the X48T-DQ6 should be up for consideration. It offers great performance, very stable high overclocks (500MHz) and lots of connectivity, including a full eight USB ports at the back. The layout is not ideal, but the board still proves good overall."
Let's hope that prices don't get to crazy high with these new chipsets.
