Firefox 11 Beta Available for Download |
Just several days ago, Mozilla released Firefox 10, however, now the first Beta of Firefox 11 arrives, which features add-on synchronization, offering users the ability to mirror any add-on installations they may have across multiple desktops.
Afterburner 2.2.0 Beta 12 Available for Download |
Lately MSI rolls out its updated graphics overclocking software——Afterburner 2.2.0 Beta 12 for overclocking players, with which memory clock limit has been extended to 180% on AMD Radeon 79×0 graphics cards in unofficial overclocking mode.
Rightware Announces Basemark CL Benchmark |
Rightware has announced a trusted testing standard for OpenCL performance measurement in multi-core systems, bringing the Basemark CL benchmark to provides diverse performance measurement capabilities for device manufacturers, semiconductor companies and their ecosystem to test and optimize OpenCL implementations.
NVIDIA GeForce/ION 295.51 Beta Driver Released |
Lately NVIDIA has released the first beta driver in its R295 family, which supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500-series desktop GPUs as well as ION desktop GPUs.
NVIDIA Rolls Out CUDA Toolkit 4.1 |
NVIDIA lately has released a new version of its CUDA parallel computing platform——CUDA Toolkit version 4.1, which features three key enhancements that make parallel programming with GPUs easier, more accessible and faster.
Synology DiskStation Manager 4.0 Beta Available |
Synology recently announces the availability of DiskStation Manager (DSM) 4.0 Beta, which optimizes the performance and reliability of Synology DiskStation and RackStation.
Test for AMD Bulldozer Hotfixes from Microsoft |
AMD Bulldozer architecture design was somewhat different from than in the current mainstream X86, it’s neither CMP (Chip MultiProcessors) nor SMT (Simultaneous Multithreading), but CMT (Cluster Multithreading) design. The architecture is innovative, however, innovation always comes with cost, let’s not speak of the performance capability, the coordination between software and application is a tricky issue.
AMD Newly Catalyst 11.12 Driver Available with HD 7970 Support |
AMD lately released a new version of its Catalyst developer drivers which features the support for Radeon HD 7970.
Afterburner 2.2.0 Beta 10 Available for Download |
Lately MSI lets out its updated graphics overclocking software——Afterburner 2.2.0 Beta 10 for overclocking players, which adds the support for Radeon HD 7970.
AMD Catalyst 12.1a Preview Driver Available |
Just at the beginning of 2012, AMD has released Catalyst 12.1a preview driver, which mainly features some improvements for the game Rage.
Gigabyte X79-UD3 and Core i7-3930K Broke Records with New F7 BIOS |
Earlier Gigabyte’s several X79 motherboards came with burned issue, which made some players be skeptical about the company’s products. In order to fix the problem, Gigabyte has promised to replace with upgraded BIOS (F7 version).
FurMark Updated To v1.9.2 |
FurMark v1.9.1 (left) and FurMark v1.9.2 (right)
The graphics benchmark tool FurMark has been finally updated to v1.9.2. Compared with v1.9.1, the new version newly adds Burn-in Benchmark 1920×1080 15min, whose goal is to get the best score with the lowest GPU temperature. Take HD 6970 as an example, it scored 3630 points at 96°C.
GPU-Z Updated To v0.5.7 With Support For Southern Islands |
Graphics card information and monitoring tool GPU-Z has updated to 0.5.7 version, which adds preliminary support for AMD’s upcoming "Southern Islands" GPUs.
Firefox 9.0 Final Uploaded to Mozilla’s FTP Server |
Firefox 9.0 final version has been uploaded to Mozilla’s FTP server prior to its official release. There are three versions——Windows, Mac OS X and Linux for users.
AMD Bulldozer Windows 7 Performance Patch Tested |
Last week Microsoft released the Windows 7 performance patch——KB2592546, claiming that this patch could bring a significant performance boost to AMD Bulldozer processors. However, later some tested IT media found the patch was of little help.
