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Western Digital launches world's fastest SATA disk: the 300GB VelociRaptor
Overclockers and gamers, prepare to meet your next hard drive: the 300GB VelociRaptor from Western Digital. Said to be 35% faster than previous WD Raptors, the 10,000 RPM drive features a 3Gbps SATA interface, 16MB cache, and impressive 1.4 million hour MTBF thanks in part to the IcePack Mounting Frame. The IcePack heat sink not only keeps the drive spinning extra cool, it also bumps the 2.5-inch HDD to a required 3.5-inch drive bay. Available exclusively on Alienware's ALX gaming desktop this month and then up for grabs for everybody with $300 to burn
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Leaked GTX 280 PICS
GeForce GTX 280: 512-Bit 1GB GDDR3 240 Stream Processors PhysX Ready CUDA Technology PureVideo HD technology Full MS DirectX 10 Support Open GL 2.1, SLI, PCIe 2.0 Support
GeForce GTX 260: 448-Bit 896MB GDDR3 192 Stream Processors PhysX Ready CUDA Technology PureVideo HD technology Full MS DirectX 10 Support Open GL 2.1, SLI, PCIe 2.0 Support
"I don’t have a whole lot of info for you because I can’t read this page and translation services aren’t much help either. These are supposedly leaked GeForce GTX 280 photos. I am not sure about the authenticity of the pics or info but it is always fun to speculate on this kind of stuff. I snagged a couple pics to whet your appetite, hit the link above for all the pictures." ~hardocp.com
NVIDIA "GT200" is pretty much ready
More than a few NVIDIA partners have been revealing information about the upcoming "GT200" chip from NVIDIA. The G8x architectures has been with us for an extremely long time, and with the G9x refresh, NVIDIA has had more time than ever to complete the true next generation architecture, known as both "G100" and "GT200". Apparently, NVIDIA has been working hard because the story is that NVIDIA could present its next architecture any day now, if it wanted to, but instead it's going to keep riding the G92 wave until AMD is ready to launch the R7x series. The only kind of information about the performance that has leaked was posted by German HT4U.net, which stated that GT200 would sport twice the FPU performance of G92. This doesn't say much about the actual performance though, but we would be very surprised if GT200 doesn't stand up to R7x. Intel launching Tukwila: world's first 2 billion transistor chip
We first heard of Intel's quad-core Tukwila back in 2006. Now, it's launching at the International Solid State Circuits Conference. Expected to arrive in the second half of the year, the 2GHz Itanium processor packs in more than 2 billion transistors. Unfortunately, it's headed straight to the raised-floor room, not your consumer-class desktop. The good news for IT types is that the proc doubles the performance of Intel's enterprise-class, 9100-series Montvale processors with just a 25% increase in power consumption. So, we looking at 4 billion transistors by 2010 Mr. Moore? Probably, Tukwila is still using 65-nm processes as opposed to Intel's new 45-nm technology. Intel will also release a 130W SKU that the company claims will double the performance of the dual-core Montvale (the 9100 series Itanium) on a mix of TPC-C, specintrate, and specfprate benchmarks. The die micrograph below shows Tukwila's four cores, each of which is capable of executing two threads at once for a total of 8 simultaneous threads per socket. The cores are surrounded by a sea of L2 cache—30MB to be exact. With that much cache, Tukwila is sure to shine on branch-intensive database benchmarks.
Nvidia 9800 GTX Released The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX-based graphics card enables full-throttle lifelike game play while providing optimal power management with HybridPower™ technology*. The PureVideo® HD engine also delivers unmatched video and movie quality and SLI® compatibility provides amplified performance when coupled with NVIDIA nForce® SLI-ready motherboards. Dollar-for-dollar, this GPU packs great performance.
Gaming and video watching capabilities are taken to the next level. With 128 screaming fast cores each running at a record high of 1688MHz, this is our most powerful single GeForce 9800 GPU. And with features such as picture-in-picture content for an interactive movie experience and color stretch video processing for breathtaking picture clarity, this graphics card takes you further than your expectations.
It seems that within the last few months, no matter which way we look there is always another graphics card launch on the horizon. It used to be that the high-end cards were launched first and were then followed by the mid-end and lower end cards a few months down the road. Well, recent trends have been anything but normal and the market has been rife with all manner of cards from both ATI and Nvidia which are squarely targeting the more budget-minded consumer. There has never been a better time than now to be looking for a graphics card even though Nvidia’s lineup in particular has become extremely confusing for any first time buyer. Today marks the release of yet another assault on the sub-$400 price point by Nvidia with their eagerly-anticipated 9800 GTX.
Nvidia 9800 GX2
It's here, it's finally here and we can get excited about it - Nvidia's wannabe 'uber power' provider, the GeForce 9800 GX2 has now been officially introduced. The first GeForce 9 series high-end card, the 9800 GX2 has an intricate dual-PCB design and is equipped with two 65nm-built G92-450 chips. With its heavy-duty cooler squeezed between the two PCBs, the 9800 GX2 comes with DirectX 10.0 support, a SLI connector that promises the return of Quad-SLI and takes up two slots. The stock GeForce 9800 GX2 comes with 1024 MB/ 1GB of GDDR3 memory and has 128x2 Stream Processors clocked at 1500 MHz, the G92 GPUs set to 600 MHz and the memory clocked at 2000 MHz. Featuring a 2x256-bit memory interface, the new high-end card offers two DVI and one HDMI connectors and has a suggested price tag of $599. So it's big, heavy, hot and expensive, but if new ForceWare drivers will be well-developed, the 9800 GX2 should blow everything out of the water performance wise. To get an idea of what the GeForce 9800 GX2 can do check out the reviews listed below.
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