Windows 7 to Boost Hyper-Threading Technology |
Microsoft has officially announced that the upcoming Windows 7 operating system will offer improved support for hyper-threading technology.
Bill Veghte, Microsoft’s senior VP for Windows development, said that the company has been working closely with Intel to bolster Windows 7′s ability to get the most from hyper-threading, according to Informationweek.
Zotac China Non-Ref GTX260 Souped-up Edition Available |
Zotac China is one of the manufacturers to design non-reference GTX 260, and the company has recently updated GTX260-896D3 for even better performance. The power supply design has been optimized with pricing unchanged as RMB1299. Backed by 3-year warranty, the card will be shipped soon.
Review of Galaxy GeForce 9600GT Low Power Low Profile Edition |
Introduction
As more and more graphics card manufacturers become energy conscious, NVIDIA unveiled GeForce 9600GT Green Edition in January, and then Galaxy pushed out Low Power Low Profile based on Green Edition.
Akasa Unveils Freedom Force VGA Cooler |
Akasa showcased this VGA cooler at CeBIT 2009, and now more details are unveiled by CPUsers.gr.
Corsair Introduces New Cooling Solutions For PC Memory |
Corsair has now announced two high-performance cooling solutions for Dominator and Dominator GT modules.
AsRock ION330 Found at AKIBA |
As the second nettop featuring NVIDIA’s Ion platform, AsRock ION330 has been found selling at AKIBA.
Asus Lauches Xonar DS 7.1 Channel Audio Card |
Asus has recently launched the latest member of the Xonar D Series, Xonar DS 7.1 channel audio card.
AMD Delivers World’s First 1GHz Graphics Processor |
AMD has announced availability of a factory overclocked graphics processor that is the first to break the 1 GHz barrier using standard air-cooling solutions.
ForceWare 185.85 WHQL Tested |
NVIDIA released GeForce/ION 185.85 WHQL last week which claimed to bring lots of improvements. The Forceware 185.xx release introduces a new technology to the NVIDIA Control Panel: Ambient Occlusion, and ForceWare 185.85 WHQL is the first one to introduce Ambient Occlusion. The new driver also supports advanced technologies including PhysX and CUDA 2.2.
Compared with ForceWare 182.50 WHQL, how many improvements does ForceWare 185.85 WHQL bring? Let’s have a check.
Realtek HD Audio Drivers R2.23 Ready |
Realtek has released High Definition Audio Codecs R2.23 for Windows XP/Vista/2003 (32/64-bit) platforms.
Inno3D Shows Off High-End iChill 9800GT |
AMD’s Radeon HD 4770 has made lots of headlines, but due to the 40nm yield issue, this card is still unavailable in mainland China. Inno3D has recently announced high-end iChill 9800GT graphics card to fight with HD 4770, which claims to be the fastest 9800GT around.
Fujitsu Develops World’s Fastest CPU |
Fujitsu Ltd. says that the company has sucessfully developed the world’s fastest central processing unit – a CPU capable of performing 128 billion calculations per second. You know Intel and IBM have been leading developers of CPU, and this CPU codenamed Venus will help Fujitsu to take back the title of the world’s fastest CPU maker for the first time since 1999.
Venus calculates 2.5 times faster than the previous record-holding model which was made by Intel. Fujitsu has taken the advantage of miniaturization technology to double the number of central circuits integrated onto a chip measuring about 2cm from four to eight. Venus also shows great energy efficiency – cutting electricity consumption to about one-third of current levels.
Powercolor HD 4770 AGP is Nothing But A Mistake |
Powercolor’s Radeon HD 4770 AGP listed on Amazon has turned out to be just a typo, as Powercolor confirms that they have no plan for this card.
According to Fudzilla, this is just a simple mistake made by Amazon, and we’ve found that the product description has been updated.
Asus Crosshair III Formula Motherboard Unveiled |
Asus announced Crosshair II Formula Motherboard back in last April, and the Crosshair III Formula is also unveiled now by plaza.fi.
Intel Responds to EU Filing: Intel Will Appeal |
After receiving the ticket of whopping €1.06 billion for anti-competitive practices from European Commission, Intel’s president and CEO has issued official statement, saying “Intel takes strong exception to this decision.”
“We believe the decision is wrong and ignores the reality of a highly competitive microprocessor marketplace characterized by constant innovation, improved product performance and lower prices. There has been absolutely zero harm to consumers. Intel will appeal.”
