Samsung S2 External HDD Available with ‘Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT’ |
One month ago Kingston launched the DataTraveler USB Flash drive limited edition which is preloaded with Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT, and Samsung has just revealed the S2 portable external hard drive, pre-loaded with the movie ‘Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT’.
CPU-Z Version 1.53.2 Beta Leaked |
CPU-Z has been quietly updated to version 1.53.2 Beta, but the official site hasn’t provided the downloading yet, and we don’t know either what new features brought with it.
Intel Wants to be the Leader in SSD Market |
As the world’s largest CPU maker, Intel has also made noticeable achievements in some other fields. The chip giant is confident that, with the popularity of SSDs growing, it will become the leading supplier.
NVIDIA Sees Big Opportunity in External Graphics Cards for Notebooks |
ATI announced XGP (eXternal Graphics Platform) technology back in 2008, which brings high-performance graphics to notebooks by connecting high-performance graphics card with specially designed notebooks via external PCI Express 2.0 connector. But the solution has hardly become widespread until now. The only product available now is one notebook model offered by Fujitsu Siemens with built-in Mobility Radeon HD 3870.
EVGA Updates BIOS for Several X58 Motherboards |
EVGA has recently released the latest BIOS for several models of its X58 motherboards which supports Intel’s 32nm Gulftown processors which are set to launch next month.
MSI Trots out Radeon HD 5770 HAWK Graphics Card |
MSI has just unveiled its custom-cooled Radeon HD 5770 HAWK graphics card, which looks exactly the same as the HAWX card that we reported earlier.
AMD Phenom II X6 Processors to Get Dynamic Speed Boost Technology |
According to the sources close to AMD revealed to Xbitlabs, AMD will implements a dymanic performance boost technology into its upcoming six-core processors known as Phenom II X6 “Thuban”.
Catalyst 10.1 Hotfix Takes Care of Grey Screen Issues on Radeon HD 5800 |
Radeon HD 5000 series graphics cards were reported with gray screen and vertical line corruptions issue, and AMD gave a quick response earlier this week saying they’re working on a fix.
LGA775 Processors Account for 77% of Intel Sales |
In spite of the consistent update of CPU socket type, the LGA775 still reigns supreme, according to Fudzilla.
Radeon HD 5830 Delayed Again |
Radeon HD 5830, which was postponed to February 5th (i.e. today) due to circuit issues, is said to be further delayed.
With the approaching of Chinese Spring Festival (Feb 13th – 28th), the factories here in China are closed. Therefore, Radeon HD 5830 should be start shipping after February 20th and you can expect to see them widely available in March.
EVGA SLI Enhancement Patch Version 23 Released |
EVGA has just updated its SLI Enhancement Patch to version 23 which is based on NVIDIA 196.21 driver.
ATI DirectX 11 Ready Radeon HD 5450 Debuts for $49 |
AMD has just released the entry-level Radeon HD 5450 to bring DirectX 11 functionality to more budget users, aiming to replacing Radeon HD 4350 which currently retails for $35-$50.
Sandy Bridge to Replace Core i7-930 in Early 2011 |
According to the details recently leaked around the web, Intel’s Core i7-930 processors should be arriving later in this quarter. The 2.8GHz quad-core CPU is believed to deliver the best performance among Intel’s mainstream processors.
NVIDIA to Re-introduce Hybrid SLI Under Optimus Brand Name |
NVIDIA talked up the Optimus technology last month, and Xbitlabs has learnt that the graphics technology for mobile platform will be revealed on February 9th. However, Optimus is not a particularly new technoloy, but just an improved version of Hybrid SLI and Hybrid Graphics.
Gigabyte Delivers USB 3.0 PCIe Add-in Card |
Gigabyte has just unveiled a USB 3.0 expansion card, GA-USB3.0, which provides two USB 3.0 ports via the NEC USB 3.0 controller.
