We’ve already seen some of what the new Nvidia Ion platform is capable of, and now it appears the company is finally ready to start talking about launch plans for the first systems based on it. Speaking at a press conference in Taiwan today, the company’s mainboard chipset manager Drew Henry confirmed that the first Ion-based system would arrive in the form of a very small and affordable desktop sometime this spring.
He declined to say which company is making the system, or provide any other details for that matter, but was careful to note that Ion will also make its way into netbooks later this year – at least we know Acer is already considering the platform for second half of 2009 products.
Click Here To Read The Full Article @ TechSpot
Nvidia Confirms Ion Platform Launch Details
Thermaltake Element S (VK6000) Case Review
Element S, also known as VK6000, is a high-quality steel mid-tower case from Thermaltake, bringing interesting features such as two 2.5” hard disk drive bays. Let’s take a look on this new case.
Interesting to notice that on the product box there are two versions listed, one with a meshed side panel and a side 230-mm fan (VK60001W2Z) and one with a solid side panel (VK60001N2Z) – which was the model we reviewed –, but on Thermaltake’s website the first version isn’t listed, at least yet.
Amilo SA3650 With Graphics Booster Review
Today we’ll sidetrack a little .. away from the hardcore uber gaming rigs towards … a laptop. But of course in the tradition Guru3D, it has to be gaming related in some way, so how does a laptop with an external graphics card sound ? Aah, so I have grabbed your attention, haven’t I? See, a common problem with a laptop is .. well, they are not really designed for gaming aren’t they ? And sure there are some solutions out there with a more mainstream embedded GPU, yet often that is not completely affordable, let alone upgradeable.
Logitech Comfort Lapdesk Review
Those who use a notebook for extended periods in the home, whether lounging on the sofa, lying on the bed or perched on a chair, may have noticed that things can become quite uncomfortable after a relatively short time.
This may be because of the heat generated by the various components, which will then transfer through to your legs, or because of back and neck strain from squinting down at the screen from an awkward angle.
Click Here To Read The Full Article @ ITReviews
“Crisis Management CrossFireX” Two ATI Radeon HD 4830s Against One ATI Radeon HD 4870 Review
The worldwide economic recession has affected every industry including IT. As you can learn from the last month’s news, every major manufacturer has cut its staff and lost profits. The situation being that serious, not only manufacturers but also end-users like you and me have to cut ones’ costs. In this article I will suggest you a way to save on your graphics card, which is an indispensable component of every computer, and even try to win in terms of performance. Here’s the idea: a Radeon HD 4830 can now be bought in retail for slightly over $100 whereas a Radeon HD 4870 1024MB will cost you about $230 or more. Easy to see, there is a difference of $120 between the retail prices of Radeon HD 4870 and HD 4830.
- Closer Look at Two HIS Radeon HD 4830 512MB Graphics Cards
- Package and Accessories
- PCB Design
- Cooling System
- Performance
- 3DMark 2006
- 3DMark Vantage
- Unigine Tropics Demo
- World In Conflict
- Enemy Territory : Quake Wars
- Call of Duty 4 : Modern Warfare MP
- Unreal Tournament 3
- Devil May Cry 4
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. : Clear Sky
- Crysis WARHEAD
- Far Cry 2
- X3 : Terran Conflict
- Left 4 Dead
- Lost Planet : Colonies
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- Cryostasis : Sleep of Reason
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200S Review & Overclocking
With the economy still chugging along not too many people are thinking about buying a processor above $300, so today we will be looking at the Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 processor. This 45nm processor retails for just $169.99 online, which makes it interesting due to the price point alone. The Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 processor isn’t really anything to laugh at as it operates at 2.33GHz with a 1333MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) and 4MB of L2 cache. The only thing that this processor is really lacking is cache, but how many people really need more than 4MB of L2 cache?
- The Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200S Processor
- The Test System
- Sandra 2009 Memory Bandwidth
- Photodex ProShow Gold 3.2
- Sony Vegas 8.0c
- Microsoft Excel 2007
- Cinebench R9.5
- Cinebench R10
- POV-Ray 3.7 Beta 25
- POV-Ray Real-Time Raytracing
- Futuremark 3DMark06
- Power Consumption
- Intel Q8200 Processor Overclocking
- Final Thoughts and Conclusions
Hitachi Ultravision UT37V702 Review
One of the hottest HDTV trends is slimming down already skinny flat-panel televisions. At CES 2009, there were loads of prototypes of ultra-slim plasma and LCD TVs, shrinking overall thickness from around 4 inches to one or less. Hitachi is in the vanguard of this trend with its much-publicized 1.5-inch-thick series of LCD HDTVs, which are available today. Now, is a supermodel-thin set the way to go, or is an “obese” 4-incher the answer? Hitachi sent us a 37-inch UT37V702 to find out…
Samsung Pixon Review
Samsung is not shy about cramming the pixels into its mobile phones, and the Pixon follows on from the i8510 which packed the same 8-megapixel punch. It bears noting time and time again that pixel count alone is not enough to make a good camera, and if you want superb shots you would be better every time looking at a dedicated digital camera.Still, pixel count does seem to be important for Samsung and others when it comes to mobile phones and the Pixon combines a high count with some nifty additional features. The camera lens is protected by a cover that you slide away to activate the camera software. There is auto focus, a macro mode and a dual LED flash.
Click Here To Read The Full Article @ ITReviews
Zotac 9400 GT GeForce Cards
ZOTAC International, an award-winning manufacturer of graphics cards and motherboards, today expands its product lineup with two new entry-level graphics cards - the new ZOTAC GeForce 9400GT Synergy Edition and GeForce 9400GT DDR2 1GB. Powered by a high-speed GeForce 9400GT graphics processor, the new ZOTAC GeForce 9400GT Synergy Edition and GeForce 9400GT DDR2 1GB deliver DirectX 10, OpenGL 2.1 and NVIDIA CUDA processing power to entry-level users. The new ZOTAC GeForce 9400GT Synergy Edition features a low-profile form factor, but offers performance similar to standard height ZOTAC GeForce 9400GT DDR2 graphics cards. The low profile form factor is ideal for small form factor systems with height limitations that prevent the installation of standard sized graphics cards. The ZOTAC GeForce 9400GT Synergy Edition ships as a standard height graphics card, however, two low-profile brackets are bundled to convert the card for use in low-profile systems.
Click Here To Read The Full Article @ TechPowerUp
Nvidia SLI Tech Comes To Intel X58-Based Mainboards
NVIDIA on Wednesday announced that Intel has licensed and will make SLI graphics technology available on its DX58SO mainboard for Core i7 processor. Combinations of NVIDIA’s GeForce GPUs, including quad SLI, can now be equipped on X58-based mainboards with Core i7 CPUs. At the same time, NVIDIA SLI technology will also be made available for Intel’s Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Duo processors as well as AMD’s Phenom II CPU.The new graphics support will also bring with it NVIDIA’s PhysX tech for accelerated physics in games, 3D gaming support through GeForce 3D Vision technology and support for CUDA architecture that allows the GPU to be used for more mainstream computing tasks such as video transcoding and HD video playback.
Source : Electronista
Intel Releases Eight-Headed Beast
Rik Myslewski has written in its article on TheRegister.co.uk that Intel offered only a few new details about latest processor offerings at the ISSCC (International Solid-State Circuit Conference) today. The mayor announcement was the 45nm eight-core enterprise-level Nehalem-EX Xeon processor with 2.3 billion transistors.
Quote:
“Although Rusu provided no product-ID numbers - or clock rates or ship dates - the new Xeon is almost certain to be in the company’s 74xx line of enterprise-server chips, unless Intel defines it as the beginning of a new line, which is unlikely. The processor’s eight cores will each employ the company’s implementation of simultaneous multithreading (SMT) technology to support two simultaneous threads per core. Managing SMT extracts a performance penalty, but it should be less than 10 per cent, according to Intel’s Rajesh Kumar.
Click Here To Read The Full Article @ InsideHW
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