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Thermaltake Adds to CPU Cooler Lineup with TMG IA1 |
Thermaltake has now announced TMG IA1 CPU cooler of tower structure which was ever exhibited in Computex Taipei2008.
TMG IA1 features copper base, four 6mm heatpipes, 51 aluminum fins and a 120mm scurve fan with blue LED. It has adopted 3 pin connector, and the fan speed can be controlled between 1300RPM and 2100RPM. It works with 20dBA noise, and 70.28CFM Max. air flow. TMG IA1 measures 140*97.37*160mm, weighting 648g.
GeForce GTX285 Gets Reviewed |
After the paper launch of dual-GPU GeForce GTX295, lots of reviews on it have popped up. Conversely, Nvidia’s another flagship card GeForce GTX285 catches much less attention. As to now, only some specifications of GTX285 are unveiled, while we can hardly find reviews on its performance.
Despite of the NDS limitation, German hardware site ComputerBase has posted a detailed review on the performance of GeForce GTX285. The site has chosen many GeForce and Radeon cards for comparison, and lots of games are also involved.
Just as we reported, the core/shader/memory frequency of GTX285 is 648/1476/1242MHz (2484MHz data rate) respectively. We can see obvious improvements comparing with 602/1296/1107MHz of GTX280.
Rivatuner Updated to v2.22 Version |
Yesterday, Rivatuner was updated to 2.22 version. It has integrated with the support of Forceware 181.XX and Catalyst 8.12, and fixed a lot of bugs. Besides, it is added into new skins design.
The First Review of 55nm GeForce GTX260 |
55nm GTX260 has been really hot recently. We’re lucky enough to get it on hand, so we gave it a detailed review. Let’s figure out what benefits new processing would bring us.
Sparkle Announces Low Profile GeForce 9 Series Cards |
Sparkle announced GeForce 9600GT and GeForce 9800GT Low Profile graphics cards on Christmas Eve. They both feature low profile PCB and native HDMI output support, designed for the users who want build HTPC home theatre. They have adopted 512MB GDDR3 and 256bit memory interface. According to the specification Sparkle releases, GeForce 9600GT features 96 stream processors, which sounds a bit impossible.
AMD Responds to AVIVO Video Converter Feedbacks |
Due to AMD Catalyst 8.12 automatically runs stream acceleration, you can have video converted by AVIVO Video Converter in a quick way. Therefore, with the release of Catalyst 8.12, GPU-accelerated ATI AVIVO Video Converter has aroused lots of attention. Thanks to Hothardware, AMD officially responds to the feedbacks,quoted as below:
Specs of NVIDIA First 40nm GPU GT216 Emerges |
AMD’s first 40nm GPU RV740 has been pretty hot, but its rival NVIDIA seems to be quite low-key on this. According to Beyond3d, NVIDIA is preparing its first 40nm product – GT216.
As we know, GT216 will feature 192-bit memory interface and 768MB capacity. It adopts GDDR3, working at 1.2GHz (2.4GHz data rate). Probably there will be a 384MB version of GT216. No words yet on the number of stream processors.
Intel Starts Shipping 160GB X25-M SSD |
Our source indicates that Intel has started to ship its 160GB X25-M Solid State Drive (SSD).
Intel 2.5″ X25-M SSD employs 10 parallel NAND flash channels equipped with multi-level cell NAND flash memory, featuring maximum read/write speed of 250/70MB per second. Its write speed is far slower than X25-E (170MB/s).
EVGA to Ship New 55nm GTX260 Tomorrow |
Since Inno3D 55nm version of GeForce GTX260 hit Japanese market a couple of days ago, EVGA’s new 55nm GTX260 also pops up in Europe. There will be at least three models of EVGA 55nm GTX 260: the reference clocked, Super Clocked and Super Super Clocked cards.
55nm GeForce GTX260 Hit Japanese Market |
We ever predicted that 55nm GeForce GTX260 would be not on sale until January 2009, but Inno3D GeForce GTX260 based on 55nm processing has managed to hit the Japanese market before Christmas. Read the rest of this entry »
RV740 Quite Likely to Outperform RV770LE |
AMD’s first 40nm GPU RV740 was taped out on Dec 18th, but its specs are still under the cover. According to NordicHardware, RV740’s engineering sample has used GDDR5. We thought GDDR5 is only used in the samples to test its memory bandwidth limitations. But surprisingly, it turns out that the final version products will feature GDDR5 to make up for its poor memory interface.
We thought RV740 is just a successor to RV730, but this is not the case. RV740 is very likely to become the most competitive AMD chip in Q2 2009. Its specifications may convince you of this.
