Powercolor Liquid Cooled HD4890 Coming Next Week |
ATI Catalyst 9.4 Released Without Support For DX9 Video Cards |
AMD has released ATI Catalyst 9.4 Display Driver for Windows 7/XP/Vista 32/64-bit platforms. The new release has dicontinued support for several old products including X1900 and older, integrated 2100(740G), X1250(690G) and X1200(690V).
A-DATA Intros Intel X25-M Series SSDs |
A-DATA has now announced to launch its new SATA 2.5″ X25-M Series SSD which is co-logo with Intel.
Acer Unleashes First Ion-based Nettop AspireRevo |
Acer’s Hornet was rumored to be the first nettop based on Ion, but now Acer has introduced its first Ion-based nettop, AspireRevo.
Intel Unveils New Chip Logos and Star Rating System |
Intel has rolled out with new chip logos for its Core i7, Core 2, Centrino, Celeron and Pentium processors, and unveiled its Star Rating System with one star denoting the lowest performance and five stars the highest.
Intel: Our Graphics Silicon Is Gaining in Gaming |
According to Jon Peddie Research’s latest report, integrated graphics chip will phase out from the market in 2013, but Intel thinks differently. They believe a brand-new future will come with the advent of their first CPU+GPU chip Clarkdale which is slated to come in Q4.
A senior marketing manager in the Intel Visual Computing Software Development group, Aaron Davies said, “Mercury Research showed that in 2008, for the first time, integrated graphics chipsets outsold discrete (graphics chips), and in 2013, we expect to see integrated graphics chipsets outsell discrete by three to one.”
Powercolor Working on a Non-reference HD 4890 |
A few days ago we reported that Asus non-reference HD 4890 was on its way, and now guys at Fudzilla indicates that PowerColor is also working on a non-reference HD 4890.
Update: RV790 Packs 3 Million More Transistors Than RV770 |
There were rumors that RV790 is a re-taped product, which is really true. RV790 is something more than RV770 overclocking edition, as it has been updated to support higher clock speeds: it’s added Decap Ring around the perimeter of the chip in order to reduce signal noise effectively, which causes minor increase in die area: from 260mm2 to 282mm2. Besides, RV790 chip is re-timed and the ASIC power distribution is also altered.
ECS New Graphics Cards Feature AC L2 Pro Cooler |
ECS has announced two new models of graphics cards: N9600GTE-1GMU-F and N9800GTE-1GMU-F.
Radeon HD 4890 And GeForce GTX 275 Overclocking Benchmarks Roundup |
Overclocking benchmark has been a necessary part of graphics cards’ performance reviews, and we have collected the OC benchmarks from several tech sites for your reference.
Download: NVIDIA BIOS Editor (NiBiTor) V5.0 |
MVKTECH has released the latest NVIDIA BIOS Editor (NiBiTor) v5.0 which enables you to change the sign-on message text & color, GPU & memory clocks, hidden features like SBA (Side Band Addressing) and much more.
Intel D-0 Stepping Core i7-920 Hits AKIBA |
In February Intel indicated that it’s initiating a C-0 to D-0 stepping conversion for the Intel Core i7-920 processor.
Galaxy GeForce GTX275 Offers Amazing Overclocking Ability |
Galaxy’s GeForce GTX 275 Overclocked Edition with digital PWM was unveiled last week, and we took the advantage of the engineering sample at hand to run a quick test.
Albatron Joins in The Red Camp With Radeon HD 4890-1G |
Albatron has now announced its Radeon HD 4890-1G graphics card, which means it officially joins the red camp, after Gainward and XFX.
Zotac China Debuts GeForce GTX275 With AC Xtreme Cooler |
Zotac graphics cards have enjoyed a good reputation with its fine workmanship, first-class cooler and competitive price. Now they’ve come out with their GeForce GTX 275 for China market.
