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Latest NEWSMonday, 06. September 2010 Sunday, 05. September 2010 23:46 - IFA 2010: Creative Power14:09 - IFA 2010: ViewSonic TabletsSaturday, 04. September 2010 21:10 - Chrome 6 releasedFriday, 03. September 2010 23:39 - IFA 2010: LG’s OLED TVs15:13 - IFA 2010: The Showstoppers EventThursday, 02. September 2010 20:56 - IFA 2010: Samsung Galaxy TabLatest WebReviewsOverclocked: Palit GeForce GTX 465 non-reference
Like its older siblings, the GeForce GTX 470 and the current NVIDIA flagship GeForce GTX 480, the GeForce GTX 465 is based on the Fermi architecture. We will not touch on the Fermi architecture itself, but instead cut straight to the point and take a quick look at the Palit GeForce GTX 465. The Palit GeForce GTX 465 will be up against ATI's Radeon HD 5850, both of which fall under the same price category. Corsair H70 CPU Cooler
We showed you the new Corsair H70 CPU cooler a couple of days ago and finally today we had the opportunity to place it inside our Quiet Fermi Build replacing the Corsair H50 we had in the system. Come along to see our install and what our preliminary temperatures look like. ASUS ENGTX460-TOP DirectCU Video Card
Our tests have concluded that both the 768MB and 1GB version can offer great gaming performance, and outstanding overclock headroom. Combined into a SLI set, two stock GeForce GTX 460's compete with the Radeon HD 5870. In this article, Benchmark Reviews takes the highly overclocked ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU TOP/2DI/1GD5 video card and compares it against a field of DirectX-11 graphics solutions. If you're after a new video card, this 1GB GeForce GTX 460 could be the best $230 ever spent. AMD ATI RADEON HD 5670 1GB GDDR5 Video Card
The RADEON HD 5670 from AMD represents a very nice addition to the 5xxx series, features DirectX11 support and does not need an extra power connector to function. The card was aimed from the beginning against the GT 240 from Nvidia, let's find out if it stands a chance! 7200-RPM terabytes from Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, and WD face off
Solid-state disks are easily one of the most exciting new technologies to grace the PC in recent years. The first examples didn't have the capacity or performance to measure up to their exorbitant price tags, but great strides have been made with subsequent generations. These days, you can pick up a 128GB SSD that will easily trounce a mechanical hard drive for round about $350. That's still a princely sum, although the value proposition isn't as questionable as one might suspect. MSI N480GTX M2D15 GeForce GTX 480
It seems all of the latest news surrounding NVIDIA and its partners these days pertains to the GTX 460 launch. While this is a pretty impressive product for its price point, we have seen interest of course shift away from the high end NVIDIA products. Now that the GTX 480 has been out for four months, I figured it was time to take a second, closer look at the product, the software environment that surrounds it, and what has been done to potentially rectify some of the issues that have surrounded this sometimes contentious product. Gigabyte GA-880GMA-UD2H and AMD X3 445 CPU
It is not every day I get a chance to check out a new CPU. And this week, I got a chance to look at not one, but two new CPU types. One of these new CPU’s I played with was an AMD TRI Core CPU called the AM3 445 CPU.When we get new CPU’s we also have to have the latest motherboard to support our brand spanking new CPU. The motherboard we at Bjorn3D.com are going to be including is Gigabyte’s 880GMA-UD2H micro ATX motherboard. G.SKILL Phoenix Pro 240 GB SSD
G.SKILL has been a major player in the DRAM and flash memory business for a long time. Recently they have added an SSD lineup to their portfolio. With Sandforce's controller being the latest rage on the SSD market it is no surprise that G.SKILL offers drives with that controller too. They sent us their 240 GB Phoenix Pro which comes with a special version of the Sandforce SF-1222 controller that enables a higher number of up to 50,000 IOPS.
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Do you remember the times when CPUs were chosen based on whether you were assembling a gaming PC, in which case you'd opt for cheaper Celerons and Durons, or a heavy workload PC, in which case you'd buy the more expensive Pentiums and Athlons? It came to our mind on multiple occasions during this test. Those days of single-core CPUs, when Megahertz were the only relevant thing, and the difference between home and professional models consisted in the difference in the quantity of cache memory, only served to underline the problems that modern-day users are facing when assembling a new PC. Is a tri-core CPU enough for current games, or should one go for a quad-core? Will the L3 cache play any role in game performance, or is an ordinary Athlon II enough? A weaker Core i7 and a cheaper P55/H55 motherboard, or a stronger one and an expensive X58 mobo? Who gives more bang for buck, Intel or AMD? Questions are many, responses come down to less-than-clear PC forum experts, and the buyer often feels underachieving, as if it were only a question of a few additional euros to build a significantly better PC. It came to a point where we considered indispensable to try and find everything we possibly could in the CPU department from dealers and retailers, and make them cross swords in the most common PC tasks.
AMD's Southern Islands-based Radeon family of graphics cards is closing reasonably fast so it comes to no surprise that we're starting to see leaks claiming to be the real deal of what we'll be seeing in stores in Q4. One such leak is of the alleged Cayman XT-powered card which could be named Radeon HD 6870 or HD 6970. According to the leaked photo, the flagship single-GPU model in the new Radeon line has a dual-slot, single-fan cooler, two PCIe power connectors, two CrossFireX connectors enabling Quad CrossFireX, and two DVI, one HDMI and two mini-DisplayPort output - meaning up to five monitors are supported. The specifications of the Cayman XT GPU are still unknown, the only certain thing about it being its manufacturing process - 40nm.
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VIA, which is now the smallest company with an x86 license, is not giving up the microprocessor fight despite taking a $1.44 billion net loss in the first half of this year. According to some reports, the Taiwanese company is moving ahead with its manufacturing transitions and is working on new chips for 2011.
Sony took quick action to shut down PS3 modders with legal action against PS Jailbreak, but the tool has been reworked to be usable through smartphones. After having been open-sourced as PSGroove, PSJailbreak is now available through code (PSFreedom) that runs from an attached Nokia N900, Palm Pre and even the Dingoo. In most cases, the technique works by catching the Sony console on startup and inserting an exploit of a memory heap overflow hole that defeats the blocks placed on what apps can run. Other hobbyists have added that an Android version is in development, but that the initial version will likely be limited to phones with Qualcomm MSM processors, like the HTC Desire and Nexus One.