Topower announces PowerBird 1100 & 900

 

Taiwan OEM announces PowerBird series for SLI and CrossfireX users. The two power are rate at 1100w and 900w, featuring two 8-pin and two 6-pin PCI-E conectors.Besides, the PowerBird series also provide six 12v connectors with 20A current.

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Monday Shortbread

 

Graphic Card:

  • MKVTeck reviews VisionTek Radeon HD 4850 512MB
  • MKVTeck reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB
  • Techpowerup reports Diamond Releases Radeon HD 4870 XOC Unlocked Black Edition
  • TG Daily report R700 scores in CrossFireX

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Real R700 pics unveiled!

 


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No, it is not a port or a mod…Radeon cards CAN support CUDA, officially.

 

Back to the ComputeX days, my boss talked to the NVIDIA guy Ujesh Desai, general manager of desktop GPU. Mr.Desai said Radeon can fully support CUDA.

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Friday ShortBread

 

Graphics Card:

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MSI Wind PC U100 available in Japan

 

The MSI Wind PC U100 is now available in Japan as mouse LuvBook U100. It seems it’s the first Wind PC available in the world. The LuvBook U100 shares the same features with the MSI Wind PC U100: 10.2 screen, Atom N270(1.6GHz), Intel 945GSE Express, 1GB memory, 80GB HDD and Windows Xp Home Edition Operation System.

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Thursday Shortbread

 

CPU:

  • Nordichardware reports Two 45nm Phenom X4 and cheap ultramobile CPU in Q4
  • Fudzilla reports Three Nehalem sockets in 2009
  • Fudzilla reports Atom shortages until late Q3

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Radeon HD 4870 Availability Check

 
http://www.expreview.com Geizhals.eu Newegg TigerDirect FX Video Card
Diverse Radeon HD 4870 € 229.90 N/A N/A N/A
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 € 216.46 $309.99 $309.99 $349.99
PowerColor Radeon HD 4870 € 269.00 $309.99 N/A N/A
GeCube Radeon HD 4870 € 250.00 N/A N/A N/A
ASUS EAH4870/HTDI € 257.00 N/A N/A N/A
HIS Radeon HD 4870 € 249.00 $309.99 $309.99 N/A
Club 3D Radeon HD 4870 € 229.00 N/A N/A N/A
MSI R4870-T2D512 € 249.90 N/A N/A N/A
Palit Radeon HD 4870 € 279.00 N/A N/A N/A
Gigabyte Radeon HD 4870 € 249.00 N/A N/A N/A
Diamond Radeon 4870 N/A N/A $309.99 N/A
VisionTek Radeon HD 4870 N/A N/A $309.99 $349.99
Average Price € 247.83 $309.99 $309.99 $349.99

Wednesday Shortbread

 

Graphic Card:

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First Review: HD 4870 and HD 4850

 

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Tuesday shortbread

 

Game and software:

  • JOYSTIQ reports Rumor: Retail chains showing December 3 release date for Starcraft II
  • shacknews reports Full Guitar Hero Aerosmith Tracklist
  • Grand Theft Auto 4 Patch Released

Hardware:

  • TC Magazine reports MSI listing its 140W Phenom-supporting motherboards
  • fudzilla reports Radeon 4800 and 3800 cards won’t Crossfire
  • legitreviews reviews ASUS Lion Square CPU Cooler
  • MKVTECH reviews Leadtek WinFast PX9800 GTX 512MB Version
  • nordichardware reports Two 45nm Phenom X4 and cheap ultramobile CPU in Q4
  • nordichardware reports Mtron next generation 260MB/s controller technology
  • engadget previews ASUS Eee Stick hits the FCC, our minds race in wonder
  • fudzilla reports Velocity Mirco first with the GTX 260

Is NVIDIA cheats on 3DMark and UT3?

 

As you know,3DMark Vantage has four major components, two CPU and two GPU. One of the CPU subtests is a physics-based test. The physics test is based on the Ageia PhysX API, a fairly widespread API in use by a large number of games.NVIDIA had transfer the physics test to the GPU totally within the help of ForceWare 177.39.Instead of it running on the CPU or on the PhysX chip, it is running it on the GPU. It owns the GPU and it’s drivers along with the physics API and all those drivers. This is a dangerous situation.

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KONJINSHA launching the first Atom Laptop with GPS module

 

The Black SC3KP06GA

  The laptop, black type for SC3KP06GA and white type for SC3WP06GA,will be on sale on early July, priced at $808.2. The SC3KP06GA and SC3WP06GA feature a 7 inch screen and a GPS module, which is the first one all over the world. The specifications are the following:

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Microsoft launching media keyboard for Vista on July 11th

 

Microsoft is launching the Microsoft Digital Media Keyboard 3000 on July 11th. The 3000 is designed for Vista, the size is 180mm x 446mm x 32mm, featuring 5 groups of hotkeys.


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[Autopsy] ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB 256bit

 

In 25th of this month (some say it will announce in July 8th) the first graphic card with GDDR5 memory module will be announced. The ATI Radeon HD 4870 utilized with 800 shader processors and 512MB GDDR5 memory and 256bit memory interface. When it comes out, the price will be as low as 299USD. Actually it is selling in HK with the price tag 320USD. now let’s see its Autopsy pics.

And, it beats GTX 260, in price and performance. Our review will be out in days, keep tuned.

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