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Special Offers – Week of November 23rd

komplettie — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:02:06 +0000

Good afternoon all, hopefully everyone’s had a good weekend and we’re all reasonably well recovered

GeForces GT 240 dão as caras pela a web

Johnny — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:50:37 +0000

Confiram abaixo um apanhado geral das GeForces GT 240 até agora anunciadas na imprensa mundial.

XFX
2 opções (no mínimo): todas com GPU em 550Mhz, shaders a 1.34Ghz e memórias com as seguintes configurações: 512MB a 1.60Ghz (SDDR3) e 1GB a 3.40Ghz (GDDR5).

Galaxy
3 opções: todas com GPU em 550Mhz, shaders a 1.34Ghz e memórias com as seguintes configurações: 512MB a 1.80Ghz (GDDR3); 1GB a 1.80Ghz (GDDR3) e 1GB a 3.60Ghz (GDDR5).

MSI
4 opções: todas com GPU em 550Mhz, shaders a 1.34Ghz e memórias com as seguintes configurações: 2 com 512MB a 3.60Ghz (GDDR5) e 2 com 512MB a 3.40Ghz (GDDR5).

Inno3D
Ao menos 3 opções: todas com GPU em 550Mhz, shaders a 1.34Ghz e memórias com 512MB/1GB com as seguintes configurações: 1.40Ghz (GDDR3); 1.58Ghz (SDDR3) e 3.40Ghz (GDDR5).

Point of View
3 modelos: todas com GPU em 550Mhz, shaders a 1.34Ghz e memórias com as seguintes configurações: 512MB a 1.80Ghz (SDDR3); 1GB a 1.60Ghz (SDDR3) e 512MB a 3.40Ghz (GDDR5).

EVGA
4 modelos: todas com GPU em 550Mhz, shaders a 1.34Ghz e memórias com as seguintes configurações: 1GB a 1.58Ghz (SDDR3), 2 de 512MB a 3.40Ghz (GDDR5) e 512MB a 3.60Ghz (GDDR5).

ECS
2 opções: todas com GPU em 550Mhz, shaders a 1.34Ghz e memórias com as seguintes configurações: 512MB a 3.40Ghz (GDDR5) e 1GB a 3.40Ghz (GDDR5).

Fonte: Adrenaline

GeForce GT 240: Low Power, High Performance, Sub-$100

chimac — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:51:14 +0000

In Depth review. Click here to read.

GeForce GT 240 chega amanhã por US$99?!

Johnny — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:21:41 +0000

Embora tudo indique que a NVIDIA não fará maiores alardes em torno da GeForce GT 240, fontes revelaram maiores detalhes sobre a placa, que deverá ser lançada amanhã com preço estimado em US$99.

Trazendo litografia em 40nm e suporte ao DirectX 10.1, a VGA conta com GPU em 550Mhz, 96 Shaders Processors a 1.36Ghz, 8 ROPs, 32 TMUs e duas opções para as memórias: GDDR3 a 2.00Ghz e GDDR5 a 3.40Ghz, com 512MB e 1GB e bus de 128 bits.

Em termos de performance, a GeForce GT 240 deverá ficar posicionada entre as atuais 9600GT e 9800GT. De acordo ainda com as mesmas fontes, a NVIDIA teria feito uma comparação com a Radeon HD 4670 em 11 games TOPs, onde a GT 240 (provavelmente a versão GDDR5) ganhou em todos.

Fonte: Adrenaline

Special Offers – Week of November 16th

komplettie — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:05:48 +0000

Good afternoon all, I hope you’re all well. For those who had asked over the weekend and during the

VGA card Digital Alliance

Harry — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:29:37 +0000

Digital Alliance 8400GS 256Mb 64Bit DDR2 Rp 310.000 Digital Alliance 8400GS 512Mb 64Bit DDR2

VGA card Biostar

Harry — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:24:12 +0000

Biostar 9400GT HDMI 1GB 128bit DDR2 Rp 515.000 Biostar 9400GT HDMI 512MB 128bit DDR2 Rp 455.00

VGA card Asus

Harry — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:19:09 +0000

Asus EN 8400GS / Silent / HTDP / 512Mb 64Bit DDR2 Rp 355.000 Asus EN 8600GT Magic/HTP 512Mb 128B

NVIDIA: Fermi GT300 adiado até 2010

ppinheiro — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:30:40 +0000

Segundo relatórios da Digitimes o lançamento do novo GPU da Nvidia, o GT300, foi adiado para o a

4 Jam Bersama Athlon II X2 240!!

tuxlin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:48:47 +0000

Halo pembaca!! Sebelumnya saya pernah memposting artikel Salah Pasang Kabel Power Mobo, Komputer Gak

Perjuanganku Buat Windows XP Pensiun!

tuxlin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:12:08 +0000

Halo pembaca! Akhir-akhir ini banyak teman saya yang menggunakan windows vista/windows 7 dan tidak l

Guía Para Comprar una Placa Aceleradora (tarjeta grafica) "1 parte"

solidlucho — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:13:55 +0000

Constantemente nos vemos apabullados ante tantas marcas y modelos y numeraciones, es más parece adre

HP Pavilion dv9700t 17" Notebook PC (Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T8100 at 2.1GHz, 2GB RAM, 250GB Hard Drive, LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support, 1023MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600 w/1.3mg Webcam, Bluetooth, Fingerprint Reader, Vista Ultimate)

dekpod — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:30:05 +0000

HP Pavilion dv9700t 17″ Notebook PC (Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T8100 at 2.1GHz, 2GB RAM, 250GB Hard Drive, LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support, 1023MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600 w/1.3mg Webcam, Bluetooth, Fingerprint Reader, Vista Ultimate) Review

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HP Pavilion dv9700t 17″ Notebook PC (Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T8100 at 2.1GHz, 2GB RAM, 250GB Hard Drive, LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support, 1023MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600 w/1.3mg Webcam, Bluetooth, Fingerprint Reader, Vista Ultimate) Feature

Business-Entertainment notebook PC with 17-inch (1680×1050) screen, HP Imprint finish, and 2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 processor
250GB 5400RPM Hard Drive, 2GB RAM, LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support, integrated WebCam
Connectivity: Fingerprint Reader, 3 USB, 1 FireWire, 1 VGA, 1 S-Video, expansion port 3 connector, ExpressCard 54/34, 5-in-1 memory card reader
Fingerprint Reader, Bluetooth, quad-mode Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n), 10/100 Ethernet, 1023MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600 w/1.3mg Webcam
Pre-installed with Windows Vista Ultimate

HP Pavilion dv9700t 17″ Notebook PC (Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T8100 at 2.1GHz, 2GB RAM, 250GB Hard Drive, LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support, 1023MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600 w/1.3mg Webcam, Bluetooth, Fingerprint Reader, Vista Ultimate) Overview

PROCESSOR Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 (2.1GHz) MEMORY 2GB DDR2 SDRAM HARD DRIVE 250GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive. DISPLAY 17.0″ WXGA BrightView Wide Viewing (1680×1050) MULTIMEDIA DRIVE Blu-Ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD+/-R/RW Double Layer (Store up to 25GB of Data on one Blu-Ray Disk. VIDEO GRAPHICS up to 1023MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M w/Webcam DIGITAL MEDIA 5-in-1 media card reader COMMUNICATION Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Network Connection. KEYBOARD Full-Size with Number Pad POINTING DEVICE Touchpad with dedicated vertical scroll up/down pad DIMENSIONS 15.16″ (L) x 11.65″ (W) x 1.57″ (H) WEIGHT 7.7 lbs. PC CARD SLOTS ExpressCard/54 slot (also supports ExpressCard/34) EXTERNAL PORTS Expansion Port 3 connector Four USB 2.0 IEEE 1394 Firewire port S-video TV-out Integrated Consumer IR (remote control receiver) Two headphones out Microphone in RJ-11 (modem) RJ-45 (LAN) VGA port SOUND Integrated Altec Lansing stereo speakers POWER Standard Lithium-Ion battery OPERATING SYSTEM Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SOFTWARE HP PhotoSmart Premier RealRhapsody Muvee AutoProducer DVD Edition with Burning Adobe Acrobat Reader Microsoft Works Microsoft Money Microsoft Windows Media Player HP Games Powered by Wild Tangent Intuit Quicken New User Edition Sonic Digital Media Plus HP QuickPlay

HP Pavilion dv9700t 17″ Notebook PC (Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T8100 at 2.1GHz, 2GB RAM, 250GB Hard Drive, LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support, 1023MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600 w/1.3mg Webcam, Bluetooth, Fingerprint Reader, Vista Ultimate) Specifications

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بازار دزدا

فرمانروای ظلمات — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:24:24 +0000

Geforce Gandalf Edtion with Gollum PysiX Proccessor

خریدار: آقا این گرافیک چند؟

فروشنده: چند قیمت داری؟

خریدار: قیمت نگرفتم هنوز…

فروشنده: (بعد از کلی برانداز کردن خریدار) اووووم بهت می‌دم 530 تومن برو بازار رو بگرد عمراً پایین‌تر پیدا کنی… می‌خوایی الان بخری؟

خریدار: احتمالاً

فروشنده (لیست خریدش رو نگاه مي‌کنه): واسه آقایی که شمایی می‌تونم 528 هم بدم! خرید خودم باور کن 525 بوده! اینا سودش خیلی کمه! فاکتور کنم؟

Placa gráfica EVGA GeForce GTX 275 com a GTS 250 para as funções da PhysX

ppinheiro — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:04:29 +0000

A EVGA concebeu uma GTX275 especial que engloba uma GTS 250 exclusivamente para processar a

tech news

xollothnews — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:42:14 +0000

Μιλήστε online χωρίς χρεώσεις

v4.ethnos.gr – Μιλήστε online χωρίς χρεώσεις – e-life , τεχνολογια

ηλεφωνικές κλήσεις δωρεάν, βιντεοκλήσεις δωρεάν κι άμεση αποστολή μηνυμάτων (καθώς και ηχομηνυμάτων)… επίσης δωρεάν. Εντυπωσιακά προνομιακό, το εν λόγω πακέτο υπηρεσιών προσφέρεται στους απανταχού κυβερνοναύτες μέσω εφαρμογών ιντερνετικής τηλεφωνίας (των επονομαζόμενων εφαρμογών «VoIP»). Λόγος για προγράμματα λογισμικού τα οποία επιτρέπουν τη χωρίς χρέωση πραγματοποίηση φωνητικών, τηλεφωνικού τύπου κλήσεων μέσω Διαδικτύου, από υπολογιστή σε υπολογιστή (με την προϋπόθεση ότι και τα δύο PCs είναι εξοπλισμένα είτε με μικρόφωνο και ακουστικά είτε με κάποια VoIP τηλεφωνική συσκευή),[next]

Robot Rovio με Webcam

Robot Rovio με Webcam | SmartGadget.gr

Το απόλυτο εργαλείο παρακολούθησης! Το ρομποτάκι Rovio είναι ένα ρομποτάκι-ασφαλείας με κάμερα, το οποίο χειρίζεστε εξ αποστάσεως μέσω web browser ή μέσω κινητού με σύνδεση στο διαδίκτυο.[next]

Αναβαθμίστε τη σύνδεσή σας χωρίς να αγοράζετε παραπανήσιες χωρητικότητες

MobileNews / Αναβαθμίστε τη σύνδεσή σας χωρίς να αγοράζετε παραπανήσιες χωρητικότητες / ΕΛΛΑΔΑ / News

Το βασικό πρωτόκολλο μετάδοσης στις τηλεπικοινωνίες, το Ethernet, χάρη στην OTEGLOBE προσφέρεται με δύο λύσεις, την Ethernet VPN και την Ethernet Transport, με ταχύτητες από 1Mbps έως και 10Gbps για κάθε πάροχο και εταιρεία.[next]

Beta drivers GeForce 195.39 από την NVidia

Beta drivers GeForce 195.39 από την NVidia | Away.gr, ελληνικό online media για την τεχνολογία, τα games και την επιχειρηματικότητα

Η NVidia κυκλοφόρησε τους νέους beta drivers 195.39, οι οποίοι είναι οι πρώτοι που προσφέρουν υποστήριξη στο OpenCL 1.0 specification. Ακόμη η συγκεκριμένη version διορθώνει 200 γνωστά bugs που υπήρχαν, προσφέρει υποστήριξη για το CUDA Toolkit 3.0 (το οποίο θα κυκλοφορήσει μέσα στις επόμενες βδομάδες)[next]

Αντίστροφη μέτρηση για τη νέα Olympus Pen;

Αντίστροφη μέτρηση για τη νέα Olympus Pen; | T3 Magazine

Πριν από λίγες ημέρες είδαν το φως τις δημοσιότητας κάποιες πληροφορίες που έφεραν την Olympus έτοιμη να παρουσιάσει τη νέα έκδοση της επιτυχημένης Pen E-P1 που έκανε ντεμπούτο μόλις τον περασμένο Ιούνιο. Οι φήμες φουντώνουν μέρα με τη μέρα και δεν είναι λίγοι αυτοί που εμφανίζονται πεπεισμένοι ότι η εταιρεία θα κάνει τις επίσημες ανακοινώσεις σε ελάχιστες ημέρες.[next]

Σύντομα το Google Voice και εκτός Αμερικής;

Σύντομα το Google Voice και εκτός Αμερικής; | DigitalNews

Σύμφωνα με πληροφορίες που διέρρευσαν από λάθος (?) η υπηρεσία τηλεφωνίας Google Voice της Google πρόκειται να γίνει διαθέσιμη σύντομα και εκτός Αμερικής. Η Google υποστηρίζει ότι ήδη υπάρχουν 1.419 εκατομμύρια χρήστες εγγεγραμμένοι ενώ 570.000 χρήστες χρησιμοποιούν την υπηρεσία κάθε μέρα.[next]

Παρέμβαση της Κομισιόν για την προστασία του ανταγωνισμού στην ιταλική τηλεπικοινωνιακή αγορά

Παρέμβαση της Κομισιόν για την προστασία του ανταγωνισμού στην ιταλική τηλεπικοινωνιακή αγορά – Pathfinder Tech

Με επιστολή της προς την ιταλική ρυθμιστική αρχή τηλεπικοινωνιών (AGCOM), η Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή υπογραμμίζει την ανάγκη διασφάλισης του υγιούς, αποτελεσματικού ανταγωνισμού στην τηλεπικοινωνιακή αγορά μέσα από τις συμφωνίες που προωθεί η αρχή με την Telecom Italia, τη μεγαλύτερη τηλεπικοινωνιακή εταιρία της γειτονικής χώρας.[next]

Καθυστερεί η εφαρμογή της συμφωνίας Microsoft-Yahoo!

Καθυστερεί η εφαρμογή της συμφωνίας Microsoft-Yahoo! | PC Magazine

Έχουν περάσει αρκετές εβδομάδες από τότε που η Microsoft και η Yahoo! ανακοίνωσαν τη συνεργασία τους όσον αφορά το χώρο της διαδικτυακής αναζήτησης, ωστόσο φαίνεται ότι υπάρχουν ακόμα κάποια εμπόδια που καθυστερούν την υλοποίηση της απόφασης. Αρκεί μια επίσκεψη στη μηχανή αναζήτησης της Yahoo! για να διαπιστώσει κανείς ότι δεν έχει αλλάξει τίποτα ακόμα.[next]

Η ψηφιοποίηση των βιβλίων διχάζει

Η ψηφιοποίηση των βιβλίων διχάζει – ψηφιακά βιβία, Google, digital books, εκδοτικοί οίκοι – PCW

Η μεγάλη προσπάθεια που έχει ξεκινήσει η Google με κόστος περίπου 100 εκατομμύρια ευρώ, για να φτιάξει ένα τεράστιο αποθετήριο ψηφιοποιημένων βιβλίων (http://books.google.com) έχει προκαλέσει αντικρουόμενες αντιδράσεις και έντονη πολιτική δραστηριότητα. Πρόσφατα η Google ήρθε σε συνεννόηση με ένα consortium μεγάλων Αμερικάνων εκδοτών στους οποίους προσέφερε ένα ποσοστό με αντάλλαγμα την άδεια χρήσης τίτλων κατοχυρωμένων με πνευματικά δικαιώματα. Η συμφωνία αυτή είναι αμοιβαία επικερδής, αλλά από την άλλη πλευρά εντείνει τις αντιδράσεις των πολιτικών, εκδοτών και ακαδημαϊκών, οι οποίοι δεν θέλουν να αφήσουν την Google να μονοπωλήσει το χώρο του ψηφιακού βιβλίου[next]

Αυξάνονται οι συνδέσεις στο Διαδίκτυο

Αυξάνονται οι συνδέσεις στο Διαδίκτυο σε μικρές επιχειρήσεις και νοικοκυριά – Pathfinder Tech

Αθήνα: Εντυπωσιακή είναι η αύξηση στις συνδέσεις στο Διαδίκτυο τόσο στις μικρές επιχειρήσεις όσο και στα νοικοκυριά από το 2005 μέχρι το 2008 βάσει έρευνας του Παρατηρητηρίου για την Κοινωνία της Πληροφορίας. Όπως αναφέρουν «Τα Νέα», ενώ το 2005 το 75% των μικρών επιχειρήσεων είχαν πρόσβαση στο Διαδίκτυο, τρία χρόνια μετά το 2008 το ποσοστό αυτό ανέβηκε στο 83%.[next]

EVGA GeForce GTX 275 CO-OP PhysX Edition

xollothnews — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:03:05 +0000

Η EVGA ανακοίνωσε την νέα GeForce GTX 275 CO-OP PhysX Edition – ( HWBOX ) O/C on first boot

Η γνωστή σε όλους μας EVGA μόλις σήμερα ανακοίνωσε μία νέα κάρτα γραφικών η οποία έρχεται με δύο πυρήνες προσφέροντας γραφικά αλλα και physics. Πιο αναλυτικά, η νέα κάρτα θα έχει την ονομασία GeForce GTX 275 CO-OP PhysX Edition, έχοντας στην κατοχή της έναν GT200b GPU αρχιτεκτονικής 55nm με μνήμη χωρητικότητας 896ΜΒ GDDR3 για τα γραφικά και έναν G92b της ίδιας αρχιτεκτονικής με τον GT200b, παρέα αυτή τη φορά με 984ΜΒ για τους physics calculations.[next]

[FOTO]Monster RADEON HD 5970!

tuxlin — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:24:17 +0000

Setelah merilis Rv870 sekaligus menyabet gelar single GPU tercepat, Kini muncul monster baru Radeon

Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition sistem gereksinimleri

devdala — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:57:02 +0000

En düşük sistem gereksinimleri:
- İşletim Sistemi: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7
- CPU İşlemci: 2.4 GHz Çift Çekirdekli İşlemci (Intel Core 2 Duo veya AMD Athlon X2)
- 2 GB RAM
- Hard Disk: 23.8 GB + 1 GB boş alan
- Ses kartı: DirectX 9.0c uyumlu ses kartı
- Ekran Kartı: 3B destekli kart
- 100% DirectX 9.0c uyumlu 256 MB Video Hafızası ve
Shader 3.0 desteği
- Ekran Kartı (ATI): Radeon HD 2900
- Ekran Kartı (Nvidia): Geforce 8800
- DVD: 8X DVD-ROM sürücü
- Windows XP / Vista uyumlu fare ve klavye veya Microsoft Xbox 360 Kablolu kol

Önerilen gereksinimler:
- Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz veya AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 5200 +
- 512 MB 3B destekli kart
- Ekran Kartı (ATI): Radeon HD 4870
- Ekran Kartı (Nvidia): Geforce 9800 GT
- 2 GB RAM

Vhoa ya en düşük sistem gereksinimlerine GeForce 8800 yazılır mı ya ayıp bişi ya yanlış bişi ya ya ya. Yüssüzce önerilene de 9800 GT yazmış. Yoldan ekran kartı topluyoruz ya biz.

NVIDIA vaza nomes da GeForce série 300M

Johnny — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:45:16 +0000

O website da NVIDIA do Reino Unido deixou escapar os nomes da nova geração de chips voltados para o segmento dos portáteis, a GeForce série 300M.

Trata-se de algo bastante curioso, uma vez que sequer há indicações sobre o nome comercial da versão para desktop da Fermi (GT300).

De acordo com o site, a versão TOP será a GeForce GTS 360M, seguida pela GT e GT 330M. Já os modelos de baixo custo (entrada) ficarão a cargo da GeForce 310M e 305M.

Fonte: Adrenaline

Lenovo anunta primul laptop cu porcesor Core i7

anchetatorul — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:21:30 +0000

Lenovo a anuntat primul sau laptop cu procesor Core i7: Y550. Iata o parte din detaliile tehnice: pana la 8GB memorie, 500 Gb spatiu de stocare, placa video Nvidia GeForce GT 240M (1GB), subwoofer integrat. Pretul de plecare va fi de 1400$. Bineinteles vine si cu Lenovo Enhanced Experience for Windows 7, pentru timpi de bootare si de shoutdown optimizati.

The Mighty Mini

macficionado — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:39:12 +0000

Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server.

Now there’s a special version of Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server preinstalled. It’s easy to set up and easy to run. Learn more

Apple has not let the mini wither and die on the vine, as some had anticipated so many times. Instead, it has just made it into a bigger and better product without radically changing the look and design.

It has bumped up the memory, given it a faster CPU and introduced a server version to boot!

Memory has been doubled to (up to 4GB), processor is now up to 2.66GHz and Snow Leopard Server edition is now available for £799. For your money you get two 500GB hard drives (instead of one and a SuperDrive). Even better is that the Server Edition comes with an unlimited client version, making it excellent value. This means no additional fees, no matter how many clients you serve on your network.

At the same time, Apple hasn’t forgotten the need to be green and the new mini uses only 14 watts when its idle, better than any other desktop on the market. At a mere 6.5 inches square and 2 inches tall it remains as petite as ever, taking up less desktop space than any other pc.

When you consider that it also uses DDR3 memory (many pcs use DDR2 still) and that it comes with NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics, its quite a little powerhouse. It includes 5 USB 2.0 and 1 Firewire 800 ports and even lets you connect two monitors (including a TV) via its mini-DVI and Mini Displayport connectors.

All-in-all Apple have certainly not left the mini to wither slowly and eventually die but have given it a new lease of life. If anyone thought that Apple was neglecting the Mac in favour of the iPhone then they need to think again. Together with the new iMacs, the re-vamped MacBook and the new Magic Mouse they have shown they are as committed as ever to the range.

Apple outs new Mac minis (crunchgear.com)
Apple gives Mac mini a spec bump, adds dual-HDD Mac mini server (engadget.com)
Apple Mac Mini gets a boost (ubergizmo.com)
Apple introduces new iMacs, MacBook and Mac Mini (seattlepi.com)
Teardown of new iMac, Macbook, Mini & Magic Mouse (livecrunch.com)
New iMac, Mac mini, MacBook ads spotted (tuaw.com)
Apple Unleashes New Macs, Multitouch Mouse (wired.com)

Bye bye Athlon, Hello Phenom!

maritrunks — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:47:56 +0000

After 3 years I finally decide it’s time to part with my Athlon 3700+. The computer was good, and the Motherboard was extremely reliable and perfect for overclocking and even SLi nvidia cards (which I never got to try). I decide on this because I notice that most of the current games (like Bioshock, Crysis Warhead, Gears of War, Call of Duty4) seem to be laggy and choppy framerates. I just couldn’t take it any more, even at low settigns my Athlon 3700 + Geforce 7900GTO were struggling with these games. So I finally took the plunge and went multi-core, although I don’t feel I really need it, but it’s not like I can buy a single core CPU.

After much research I decide on the AMD Phenom II X2 550BE. Cheap processor that’s built for gaming with a huge 7.5 MB Cache and 45nm process @ 3.1GHz. Not only that, it’s unlockable! That’s right, a dual core CPU that can be unlock to a triple core or even a quad core CPU. I read about here: http://www.overclock.net/amd-cpus/535501-amd-phenom-ii-core-unlocking-guide.html

Combine this CPU with a SB710 chipset mobo, and you can unlock the cores (hopefully)
So I ended up getting the Gigabyte MA785G-UD3H with 4GB OCZ Gold XTC DDR2 RAM, and threw them in the Antec Sonata III 500 Case (which by the way is super quiet). The rest I grabbed from old rig and add them. I’ll probably upgrade my graphics card to ATI Radeon HD 3870 or 4870 sometime next year.

New Rig Summary:

AMD Phenom II X2 550BE @ 3.1Ghz (stock)
Gigabyte MA785G-UD3H Mobo
OCZ Gold XTC DDR2 2×2GB RAM
EVGA Geforce 7900GTO (Stock)
WD 160GB SATA2 HDD
Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA2 7200.11 32MB HDD
Antec Sonata III 500 (Legendary Silence!)

Can’t wait to unlock the cores and start OCing this rig!

EVGA & NVIDIA: G200b & G92 GPUs σε ένα PCB

xollothnews — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:03:33 +0000

EVGA & NVIDIA: G200b & G92 GPUs σε ένα PCB – ( HWBOX ) O/C on first boot

H EVGA και η NVIDIA ετοιμάζουν ένα μοναδικό muli-GPU graphics accelerator, για την βραδιά της 30ης Οκτωβρίου (Halloween). Προς τιμήν της νέας κάρτας οργάνωσαν μία γιορτή στην NVIDIA Plaza @ Santa Clara, στην οποία θα συμμετέχουν 300 τυχεροί και θα τους δοθεί η ευκαιρία να απολαύσουν από κοντά το νέο GeForce product.[next]

Goodbye Nvidia, forever. Hello AMD/ATI! On Linux, ATI is a no brainer.

Ryan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:16:29 +0000

So my last computer had a massive failure that would cost more to fix than the computer was worth. It happens.
This time, when selecting a new machine, I steered clear of Intel (another story there sometime) and Nvidia. I instead settled on an AMD Phenom II X4 945 3 Ghz and an HIS ATI RadeonHD 4670 (1 GB GDDR3). Needless to say, this system blows the older Core 2 Duo and Geforce 9500GT 512MB GDDR3 system I had away, but there’s some added bonuses in here for persons who use Linux, and a few perks that seem to apply no matter what OS you use.

Nvidia has been grinding my gears for a few years and I’ve had enough:

Aside from the political activities of their Board of Directors, several of which donated $10,000 to help pass the bigoted Proposition 8 in California. (Source: Publicly available donor list), their video cards are overpriced and still manage to under-perform similarly priced RadeonHD models. (The RadeonHD 4670 outperforms the Geforce 9500GT by a factor of two to three, at about $20 cheaper).

What *really* destroyed Nvidia’s chances of selling me another card in the future though is their terrible support for Linux.

The biggest single user experience problem with Nvidia’s driver is that the installer is not user friendly, it requires you to make X shut down which is not always easy. If the installer bombs out for any of 1,000 reasons, the errors are unhelpful, and you have to redo everything each time you rebuild a kernel. Having an Nvidia card on Linux puts you on a very short leash, and sometimes stops you from building your own kernel or even using development kernels. Sometimes even final release kernels are a no-no for weeks until Nvidia catches up.

Almost everyone has heard the cliche that “It only takes one bad apple to spoil the bunch”. On Linux, Nvidia is that bad apple, because it’s like, here’s 95% of your hardware that the kernel supports and you never have to think about, and here’s one device with a horribly conceived installer for an out of tree driver that doubles the work needed to run your own kernel. If that wasn’t enough, having the Nvidia driver installed invalidates all your kernel bug reports, is frequently the cause of crashes, lags months or years behind new features in X or the kernel (Like the eternal promise of RandR 1.2 support and always the excuse that it supports their crappy TwinView instead), runs a binary blob with kernel permissions that could be executing anything on your computer or causing security holes (say goodbye to being able to do a real security audit), and generally drinks the blood of puppies. (That part is a slight exaggeration)

And that’s why I’m not going to be recommending Nvidia to anyone I talk to from now on. You can run into the same number of problems that Nvidia causes your Linux distribution just by formatting Linux off and returning to Windows.

You can run a fully functional Linux system with an ATI RadeonHD without finding binary drivers. The binary ATI driver does provide faster performance on some models, but you don’t need it just to have 3d acceleration and all the features of X.

If Nvidia tried this behavior with Windows users, it would be the longest suicide note in PC history… I’m switching over to ATI’s line of cards from now on regardless of which OS I choose.