Asus Slashes Motherboard Prices by at Least 10% |
According to the industry source, Asus has initiated the price war by slashing the price of its mid-range and entry-level motherboards by a minimum of 10%.
Western Digital Delivers 9.5mm Thick 750GB Notebook HDDs |
After releasing a 12.5mm thick 750GB Scorpio Blue hard drives, Western Digital has now prepared a same-capacity model with a height of only 9.5mm.
Thermalright Making Its VGA Coolers GF100-Compatible |
Our fellow site TCMagazine has just learn that Thermalright is preparing new mounting brackets for its VGA coolers to make them work with the GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470 graphics cards.
Sneak Peek at XFX 4GB Radeon HD 5970 Black Edition |
XFX was said to be working on a 4GB Radeon HD 5970 Black Edition graphics card, and the design has now been leaked online.
EVGA Works on Precision 1.9.2 Beta to Support GTX480/470 |
We’ve just learned that EVGA is working on the Precision 1.9.2 Beta, and according to the interface shown above, the utility was compiled on March 6th. EVGA hasn’t officially provided the download yet, but we can see the software is optimized for GeForce GTX480/470, and there’re two different skins.
Fraps Version 3.2.0 and 3.2.1 Released |
The Fraps software has recently been updated to version 3.2.0 and the version 3.2.1 is also available now. The new updates can be download via here.
NVIDIA’s Next-generation Fermi GPU Reviews Roundup |
After months of waiting and speculations, NVIDIA has finally announced its new-generation graphics solution – Fermi-based GeForce GTX480 and GTX470. Here are the reviews from other sites.
GPU-Z Version 0.4.0 Ready for Grabs |
TechPowerUp has just unveiled the GPU-Z version 0.4.0 to support NVIDIA’s latest offering GeForce GTX480 and GTX470. Another special feature of the update is added new hardware giveaway tab in cooperation with Asus.
Toshiba Intros Industry’s Highest Areal Density 2.5-inch HDDs |
Toshiba has now released the 2.5-inch HDD – MK7559GSXP with the industry’s highest areal density and capacity at 750GB. The drives is only 9.5 millimeter high and has an areal density of 839.1M bit/mm2.
Acer Offers 3D Vision-Capable Monitor |
Acer has recently announced its 23.6-inch GD245HQ 3D LCD monitor which supports NVIDIA 3D Vision technology.
CPU-Z Version 1.54 Released |
The CPU-Z utility has just been updated to version 1.54 which adds some new processors offered from both Intel and AMD.
What’s new:
- Intel Core i7-880, Core i5-680, Core i3-550 processors
- Intel Xeon 5600 line (32nm) processors
- AMD Phenom II X6, Sempron II, Turion II, Turion II Ultra and Athlon II Mobile “Caspian” processors
- NVIDIA GeForce 320M chipset
- AMD 870/880G/890GX + SB800/SB850 chipset
- Introduction of validation rooms.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX480 in the Nude |
Regardless of the NDA, someone at PCOnline forum just can’t stand the itch and shares the naked pictures of NVIDIA GeForce GTX480 graphics card ahead of time. Enjoy.
Leadtek GeForce GTX470/480 Pose for the Camera |
Thanks to our reader 6800gt, we’ve managed to grab some early pictures of Leadtek GeForce GTX480/470. The cards have yet to be priced – Enjoy the pictures for now.
NVIDIA Delivers GeForce/ION 197.25 Beta Driver for StarCraft II Beta |
NVIDIA has today released the GeForce/ION 197.25 Beta driver which adds compatability fixes for the StarCraft II beta and for some DirectX 8 applications.
Inno3D Preps World’s First Water-Cooling Solution for Fermi GPUs |
NVIDIA’s new generation graphics cards based on Fermi architecture are coming pretty soon, and our source notes that Inno3D has prepared a water-cooling solution for it.
