Crysis 2 Will be Set in New York |
PlayStation: The Official Magazine Editor-in-Chief Gary Steinman has recently posted the cover of its magazine’s March 2010 issue on Twitter, which leaks a little bit information about the upcoming gaming title Crysis 2.
AMD Posts $1.178 Billion Profit in Q4 Thanks to Intel Cash |
AMD has just unveiled its financial report for the fourth quarter of 2009 which shows the company has finally become profitable after operating in the red for a pretty long time.
MSI HD 5870 Lightning in the Nude |
TechPowerUp has picked up several juicy pictures of the MSI’s upcoming overclocking-friendly graphics card – the 15-phase HD 5870 Lightning.
Updated: NVIDIA 196.21 WHQL Driver Disables Users to Overclock |
Update:
NVIDIA has told TomsHardware that the driver’s behavior with overclocking tools is indeed a software bug and they’re working on an updated driver package to fix it.
The folks at EVGA also act quickly by updating their utility to version 1.9.1, and you may click here to download.
Yesterday NVIDIA updated its GeForce/ION driver to 196.21 WHQL version which includes SLI and multi-GPU support for many new gaming titles as well as some bug fixes, but several users have found that after upgrade they’re unable to overclock any more.
Maingear’s F1X Gaming PC to Burn Your Wallet |
Maingear Computers has designed some luxurious rigs for hardcore gamers with deep pockets which go by the name F1X. Currently available through Tiger Direct.com, CircuitCity.com and CompUSA.com, the F1X systems come in three base configurations – F1X 200, F1X 500 and F1X 750. The F1X 200 features P55 platform while the other two are based on X58.
NVIDIA Refutes AMD’s Accusation of PhysX Failure |
AMD execs ever predicted that the “closed and proprietary standards” such as NVIDIA’s PhysX technology would die. And earlier this month, AMD accused NVIDIA again of disabling multi-core CPU support in PhysX API.
Coolink Unveils Corator DS CPU Cooler |
Coolink has just introduced a new CPU cooler – Corator DS. The fresh cooler features the company’s exclusive Gapless Direct Touch (GDT) technology which allows the four 8mm copper heatpipes to make direct contact with the CPU and thus ensures more efficient heat transfer.
ATIC Wants Full Ownership of GlobalFoundries |
GlobalFoundries is currently owned jointly by ATIC and AMD, but the situation is very likely to change soon, according to Reuters. ATIC is obviously discontent with its 65.8% stake of the foundry, and has recently filed an application with Germany’s cartel office to take over GlobalFoundries completely.
Intel Core i7-980X Crushes 3DMark Vantage World Records |
Intel’s first hexa-core processor for desktop market which will be known as Core i7-980X is expected to arrive in March or April, but the overclocker Andre Yang has already grabbed one sample and created several 3DMark Vantage world records with it.
TSMC Claims 40nm Yield Issues Resolved |
Mark Liu (the first from right)
TSMC, the company which has been suffering from yield issues, has finally brought us some good news.
NVIDIA GeForce/ION Driver 196.21 WHQL Released |
NVIDIA has now released GeForce/ION driver release 196.21 WHQL which brings the following updates:
Galaxy Cooking up World’s First Dual-Core GTS250 Accelerator |
We’ve just heard some whispers that Galaxy is cooking up something interesting – the world’s first and only dual-core GTS250 graphics card.
AMD Ranks Second Among Top 25 Fabless IC Suppliers |
AMD has turned into the world’s second biggest fabless semiconductor company according to IC Insights, and Qualcomm, who has just collaborated with GlobalFoundries, managed to retain its championship.
Report: Radeon HD 5830 Pushed Back to February 5th |
Rumors had it last week that AMD was planning to unveil the Radeon HD 5830 on January 25th, but according to a recent post at Fudzilla, the card has been postponed a bit till February 5th.
The company will price the upcoming card at $239, which is a little more expensive than we believed. That doesn’t sound quite pleasing, but you might feel better when you learn it will be significantly faster than the HD 5770.
Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity Edition up for Grabs |
Although Radeon HD 5870 was officially announced in September of 2009, it has never become widely available. Our friends at Xbitlabs have just discovered a Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity Edition available for purchase on eBay.
