MSI nForce 980a SLI Motherboard Detailed |
MSI has just unveiled a nForce 980a based motherboard, MSI NF980-G65. The new ATX board features a 4+1 phase power design, four DDR3-2133 memory slots, three PCI-Express x16 slots, supporting AM3 processors with TDP of up to 140W.
NVIDIA 190.62 WHQL Drivers Available |
NVIDIA has recently released the first WHQL-Certified driver with support for DirectCompute, for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs and ION GPUs.
NVIDIA Unveils Power of 3 Platform |
NVIDIA has lately unveiled the Power of 3 platform, referring to the combination of Intel’s P55, Intel’s Lynnfield and a NVIDIA GPU.
Top Core i5 IGP Works at 900MHz |
According to the leaked Intel’s roadmap, the fastest model from Core i5-600 series is Core i5-670 (3.46GHz), but this processor won’t have the fastest IGP, reports Fudzilla.
AMD DirectX 11 Card Poses for the Camera |
AMD demonstrated its Evergreen hardware at QuakeCon 2009, but we could just have a sneak peek then. For those who have been anxiously waiting, here are some early pictures for your eyes.
Early Pictures of Asus’ First TUF Motherboard |
We’ve learned that Asus is preparing a brand-new TUF series of motherboard, and the first model has been pictured as below.
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EVGA’s P55 Motherboard Lineup Revealed |
The fellows at HardwareCanucks has managed to score a couple of pictures of EVGA’s new P55-based motherboards, including models such as the P55 Classified, P55 FTW 200, P55 FTW, P55 SLI, P55 LE and P55 Micro mATX.
Intel to Include Larrabee in Its Upcoming CPUs |
Something new has popped up at Semiaccurate claiming that the Labrrabee will be finally integrated into Intels core Core CPU line.
AMD to Launch Evergreen on USS Hornet Aircraft Carrier |
A recent post at Brightsideofnews reveals that AMD will hold briefings for Evergreen in EMEA and APAC regions prior to the North American event on September 10th, but the North American launch will take place on the historcial USS Hornet Aircraft Carrier.
Asus Maximus III Gene Seen in All Its Might |
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The Taiwan-based motherboard manufacturer Asus is said to be working on a new P55 motherboard, Maximus III Gene, according to Lab501.
Seagate Cheetah 15K.7 Hard Drives Arrive |
Seagate started the shipment of its Cheetah 15K.7 enterprise-class hard drives in July, and the drives can now be found in Japan.
Intel Core i3-540 vs. Core i5-750 Tested |
Core i5-750 vs. Core i3-540 ES
The German site AwardFabrik has just finished the review of Core i3-540 engineering sample, in which they compared it with Core i5-750 and some other chips.
NVIDIA 40nm GeForce 210 to Hit Retail in October |
Thanks to the improved 40nm field at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), NVIDIA’s 40nm GeForce 210 (GT218) GPU-based graphics card will be hopefully available in the retail channel in October.
According to Digitimes, the GeForce 210 graphics cards will feature either DDR2 or DDR3 memory, supporting DirectX 10.1 and Shader Model 4.1.
AsRock P55 Deluxe Bundled with SATA 6Gbps Add-in Card |
As we reported, some of the upcoming P55 motherboards dropped SATA 6.0Gbps support due to the bug found on Marvell chip. But there is a good news from OCWorkbench - AsRock has decided to provide such funtionality, through an add-in card.
EVGA Precision v1.8.0 Released |
EVGA has recently released the latest version of its overclocking utility, Precision 1.8.0, which is optimized for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9 and GTX200 series graphics cards.
