Kaspersky Lab Utilizes Tesla GPUs to Speed up Virus Screening |
The famous anti-virus software service provider Kaspersky Lab has recently announced that the company has started to use the high-efficiency NVIDIA Tesla S1070 for enhanced client protection.
AMD Claims Over 800 Thousand of DirectX 11 GPUs Shipped |
ATI said on Monday that it had shipped over 800 thousand of DirectX 11 GPUs, in which over 500 thousand are Radeon HD 5700 series GPUs codenamed Juniper and the remaining 300 thousand units are Cypress chips that power Radeon HD 5800/5900 series graphics cards, reports Xbitlabs.
AMD’s graphics business unit seems to have high chances of shipping around one million of DX11 graphics processors this year, thanks to partly resolved supply issues with 40nm chips.
Leaked GeForce GTX380 / GTX360 Benchmarks Are Fake |
Everyone is anxiously waiting for NVIDIA’s next-generation flagship graphics cards based on Fermi architecture, so the recently leaked performance slides of the GeForce GTX 380 and GTX 360 did cheer us up a lot.
Asus Readies the Radeon HD 5770 CuCore |
Asus is planning to release a custom-cooled Radeon HD 5770 – EAH5770 CuCore/2DI/1GD5 which features 5.8oz Copper Rod (CuCore) heatsink which reportedly keeps the GPU 11% cooler than the stock solution.
Seagate Debuts Thinnest 2.5-inch Momentus Thin HDDs |
Seagate has just officially unveiled the Momentus Thin series of 2.5-inch HDDs. Aimed for mobile use, the drives are just 7mm thick, which means they’re 25% slimmer than regular 2.5-inch spinners.
MSI Big Bang Trinergy Motherboard CrossFire/SLI Benchmarks |
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Back in October MSI unveiled the first motherboard of its high-anticipated Big Bang series – Trinergy, but the board turns out to be using NVIDIA’s nForce 200 SLI chip instead of the Lucid Hydra 200 as most of us expected.
ECS Readies Low-cost H55H-M Motherboard |
With less than a month to go before Intel’s 32nm Clarkdale processors is officially launched, we’re able to get a peek at one ECS motherboard targeting the upcoming chip – H55H-M.
MSI Jumps on the SATA 6Gbps / USB 3.0 Bandwagon with P55-GD85 Mobo |
Since Asus and Gigabyte have both presented their own P55 motherboards with SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0 ports, MSi also decides it’s time to jump on the bandwagon.
GeForce GTX380 and GTX360 Benchmarks Surface |
Although AMD’s DirectX 11 graphics cards have been sold for a while, NVIDIA’s Fermi-based products still seem so far away. Thanks to our friends at Guru3D, we got some leaked slides which reveal NVIDIA’s internal benchmarks of GeForce GTX380 and GTX360 for Far Cry 2, Resident Evil 5 and STALKER Clear Sky.
NVIDIA Expects 1 Billion of Potential Customers in Several Years |
David White, CFO of NVIDIA
NVIDIA said earlier this week that in several years there will be about one billion of gamers worldwide, which means those people will become potential customers of NVIDIA.
HP Slides Leak Information on Radeon HD 5350 and HD 5570 |
The HP website has lately leaked some detailed information about AMD’s upcoming low-end DirectX 11 graphics cards including specs and launch time.
MSI 890FX-GD70 Motherboard Caught on Camera |
AMD is going to debut the Leo desktop platform in Q2 next year as the successor of Dragon, and the Leo is expected to be based on three main parts – two of them are Thuban hexa-core processor and RD890 series chipset. Together with the SB850 southbridge, the R890 will make up the 890FX chipset which powers the MSI motherboard seen below.
Radeon HD 5970: The Undisputed Performance Champ |
AMD announced the Radeon HD 5800 (Cypress) and HD 5700 (Juniper) series back in September and October, becoming the first to market with fully DirectX 11-compatible graphics cards. In order to push its advantage over NVIDIA, the company quickly moved on to launch the dual-GPU flagship accelerator – Radeon HD 5970 on November 18th, targeting the enthusiast sector.
Thermalright Venomous X CPU Heatsink Pictured in All Its Glory |
Just as Thermalright promised, their new flagship CPU heatsink Venomous X is drawing near to replace the award-winning Ultra 120 Extreme. Expreview has managed to grab some exclusive pictures of the fresh cooler which will hopefully become the top performer once again.
Core i3-530 Processor Hits Canadian Retailer Website |
The Canadian retailer A-Power has listed Intel’s Core i3-530 processor for $152.19 CAD which is scheduled for launch early 2010. Although the link is unavailable now, we managed to get some early information about the dual-core chip.
