Thermalright+DFI: X48-T2R+cooler bundle hits shelf tomorrow! |
DFI will keep the partnership with Thermalright, release a X48-T2R+cooler bundle tomorrow in Taiwan area. IT IS MASSIVE, and will be expensive..let’s just let pics talk:
GeForce 8300 HD video playback ability is decent, but not perfect |
In a previous post some day ago we have reported “the high utilization bar of MPEG2 decoding still shows us this GeForce 8200 is not a 100% decoding solution. We hope it is only a ES issue, they can fix the problem when it finally hits the market.”
And this time we managed to run the same HD video test on GeForce 8300, (or you can call it MCP78U). GeForce 8300 is a upgrade version of GeForce 8200, have a higher Shader clock(up to 1500MHz), and better GeForce Boost performance.
The mobo we ran is another ES, so the final number may differ from retail version. We find out the GeForce 8300 have some improvements of HD video playback, read the pic for details.
3DMark Vantage launch time set on April 28 |
We have been talking about 3DMark Vantage from FutureMark for a long time. The latest word from the company said 3DMark Vantage will be announce in April 28.
The new 3DMark Vantage is a 100% DirectX10 application, works with Vista only. But FYI, at first they scheduled to release the application at GDC this year but failed to launch. Hope this time they can make it.
With the release date, source also mentions the application requirement:
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Phenom X3 8750 reviewed |
Right after AMD officially release the Phenom X3, Korean website BrainBox have posted an review of Phenom X3 8750. Pervious reports from TGDaily said that Phenom X3 is expensive, even few bucks more than a Phenom X4 9750. But in the review (in Korean) X3 8750 performs quite well. Google translation is not good, but you can still reads the numbers from here.
Other reviews:
PCWatch (in Japanese)
