Weedkend Shortbread

 

Graphics Card:

  • Donanimhaber reports Asus GeForce 9800GT Ultimate
  • MVKTech reviews Palit GeForce GTX 280 1GB Graphics Cooling
  • VR-Zone reports XFX GeForce GTX 280 1GB XXX
  • Nordichardware reports Radeon HD 4870X2 rev2 overclock testing
  • MVKTech reviews ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 Gaming Video Board
  • TCMagazine reports EVGA now offers watercooling-craving GeForce GTX 260
  • HardwareCanucks reviews BFG GeForce GTX 260 896MB Video Card
  • TCMagazine reports Asus readies overclocked GeForce 9800 GT with 725 MHz core
  • Fudzilla reports Sparkle set to launch 10 9800GT cards
  • Fudzilla reports Sparkle going for 15 9500GT cards

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NV shrinks 9600GT to 55nm without changing the name

 

Galaxy 55nm 9600GT sample

Right after 9800GTX+, NVIDIA begin shrinking 9600GT to 55nm. But this time is a bit different,  there will not be another plus mark after 9600GT’s name because NVIDIA want more stealth.

The only change of 55nm version is the mark on die. The mark on a 65nm die is G94-300-A1 and 55nm die is G94-300-B1. The clock keeps 650MHz/1625MHz/900MHz (core/shader/mem) so more overclocking headroom can be leave to customers and vendor partners.

Here is a picture after the jump to compare 55nm die and 65nm die.

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What’s your next pet on desktop? ET web cam is a good idea

 

You must be long bothering by your old webcam which is nothing but an eye inside a ball. The Fyynn-Product-Design introduces another design now. The gadget borrows ideas from sci-fi movies that have three legs trying to destroy the world. Fortunately, the flowery apperance is utilitarian. Thanks to the ball and socket joint, the small gadget offers flexibility in camera angles.

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Dell releases fix for NVIDIA’s faulty mobile GPU

 

As we know, NVIDIA committed some of their mobile GPUs are faulty, but no mentioned where the problem lies in. Some people guess that the faulty ASIC design causes the “cool-hot-cool” process destorying the chip, and reflash a modified BIOS will help alleviate the problem.

As might be excepted, Dell releases several BIOSs to alleviate the problem now.In the official Blog Direct2Dell, BIOSs are listed as the following:

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