Download Colin McRae: DIRT 2 PC DEMO

A PC demo for DiRT 2 is now available on Torrents and at few other places on the internet. Included below are a few choices for download locations. Also for those interested here are some Non-english sites that offer downloads of the demo.

Download freeware Sandra 2010 Final 16.10

Here you can download SiSoftware Sandra 2009 SP3 which includes remote analysis, benchmarking and diagnostic features for PCs, servers and networks.

SiSoft Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is an information & diagnostic utility.

SANDRA will provide most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software and other devices whether hardware or software.

It works along the lines of other Windows utilities, however it tries to go beyond them and show you more of what's really going on. Giving the user the ability to draw comparisons at both a high and low-level. You can get information about the CPU, chipset, video adapter, ports, printers, sound card, memory, network, Windows internals, AGP, ODBC Connections, USB2, 1394/Firewire, etc.

SiSoftware Sandra 2010, the latest version of the award-winning utility, includes remote analysis, benchmarking and diagnostic features for PCs, servers, mobile devices and networks.
At SiSoftware from version to version we focus four key areas of software development to make sure we give our users the best software experience. Quite simply our four drivers are:

1. Inclusion of new technologies that ensure our tools remain current.
2. Increased hardware and software support for existing modules.
3. Improving the user interface to make it a richer easier user experience.
4. Filling gaps in the product line in response to our customers' needs. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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Top 10 best semiconductor Companies 2008/2009 rank

AMD is back in the saddle. After dropping out of the top-10 semiconductor supplier rankings and slipping into 12th place last year, AMD will emerge in ninth place this year, according to a round of preliminary numbers by iSuppli.

2008 rank	2009 rank	Company name	2008 revenue	2009 revenue	Percent change	Percent of total
1	1	Intel	33,767	32,095	-5.0%	14.2%
2	2	Samsung Electronics	16,902	17,123	1.3%	7.6%
3	3	Toshiba	11,081	10,640	-4.0%	4.7%
4	4	Texas Instruments	11,068	9,612	-13.2%	4.2%
5	5	STMicroelectronics	10,325	8,400	-18.6%	3.7%
8	6	Qualcomm	6,477	6,475	0.0%	2.9%
9	7	Hynix	6,023	5,940	-1.4%	2.6%
6	8	Renesas Technology	7,017	5,664	-19.3%	2.5%
12	9	AMD	5,455	5,038	-7.6%	2.2%
7	10	Sony	6,950	4,670	-32.8%	2.1%
11	11	NEC Electronics	5,826	4,403	-24.4%	1.9%
10	12	Infineon Technologies	5,954	4,340	-27.1%	1.9%
14	13	Broadcom	4,643	4,198	-9.6%	1.9%
16	14	Micron Technology	4,435	3,995	-9.9%	1.8%
24	15	MediaTek	2,896	3,524	21.7%	1.6%
19	16	Elpida Memory	3,599	3,498	-2.8%	1.5%
13	17	Freescale Semiconductor	4,966	3,344	-32.7%	1.5%
15	18	Panasonic Corporation	4,473	3,330	-25.6%	1.5%
17	19	NXP	4,055	3,247	-19.9%	1.4%
18	20	Sharp Electronics	3,607	2,886	-20.0%	1.3%

ASUS EFI GUI BIOS update for ََall P5Q Motherboards

ASUSTek is on the verge of releasing a graphic user interface (GUI) BIOS for all users of the P5Q motherboard series. The new type of BIOS called an Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) makes the transition from an older keyboard driven environment to something so much more appealing and easier to use.

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NVIDIA rebrand GeForce 210 to GeForce 310 specification

NVIDIA has added the first graphics chipset to its GeForce 300 series. The GeForce 310 is a direct replacement for the earlier 210 and (andf thus a rename), like its predecessor, is meant as a basic GPU to upgrade the performance of systems that are limited to slower integrated graphics. It has just a 64-bit memory bus and just 16 processing cores but can still fully accelerate 1080p video in hardware and provide general-purpose computing tasks, whether it's NVIDIA's own CUDA and PhysX or more universal standards like DirectCompute and OpenCL.

In spite of its GeForce 300 series name, the card is believed to be based on current architecture rather than the Fermi design, which will add DirectX 11-level graphics and much stronger general computing performance.
The part normally runs with a 589MHz main clock and carries 512MB of DDR2 memory that runs at 500MHz. Despite its budget focus, a reference board carries DisplayPort, DVI and VGA connectors and will work with HDMI through an adapter for either the DisplayPort or DVI links. NVIDIA hasn't said when it expects cards to be out on the market or detailed full operating system support, though the GeForce 310 like the 210 before it is likely destined for pre-built computers more than as a stand-alone upgrade.

Sparkle Low profile GeForce GTS250 Specification

SPARKLE Launches World's First GeForce GTS250 Graphics Cards With Low Profile Design !
SPARKLE introduced the SPARKLE GeForce GTS250 Low Profile Graphics Card, the world's first low profile graphics card based on GeForce GTS250 graphics chip, providing 3D performance and home theater experience to HTPC enthusiasts.

Specification
Model Number	SXS2501024D3L-NM SXS250512D3L-NM
Graphics Processing Unit	GeForce GTS250
Core Clock	600MHz
Memory Type	1024MB GDDR3/512MB GDDR3
Memory Interface	256-bit
Stream Processors	128
Stream Processors Clock	1500MHz
Bus Type	PCI-Express 2.0
RAMDAC	400 MHz
Outputs	DVI-I+HDMI+HDCP

• Low Profile Design
  Consummately designed low profile, the PCB height of the SPARKLE GeForce GTS250 Low Profile Graphics Card is 6cm,only half the height of ordinary Graphics Card with full profile design, which makes the SPARKLE GeForce GTS250 Low Profile Graphics Card to be the best partners for HTPC. HTPC enthusiasts don't need to worry about the inconvenience caused by narrow space HTPC chassis and full profile designed graphics cards. With low profile design, the SPARKLE GeForce GTS250 Low Profile Graphics Card not only can easily meet the HD video playback and DX10 gaming demand from HTPC users, but also can easily satisfy the requirements from SSF, mini-chassis and industry PCs which demand compact and practical graphics card.
  
• 1024MB/512MB Large-Capacity GDDR3 Memory
  Today‘s game, such as Crysis, Alone in the Dark 5, Stalker: clear sky, they normally use a large number of bump texture, transparent texture to describe faces of characters and render realistic gaming scenes, so these games put higher demands on the capacities of video memory. The SPARKLE GeForce GTS250 Low Profile Graphics Card comes with incredible large 1024MB/512MB and high speed GDDR3 video memory can let mainstream users pass the 3D Mark Vantage High Test which strictly demand at least 512MB video memory. Meet the needs of a large number of 3D games, allowing the gamers to enjoy the pleasure brought by 3D games.
  
• Single 6pin Power Supply
  Today‘s GTS250 series graphics card is equipped dual 6pin power supply to run 3D games and HD movies. By strong RD team, SPARKLE GTS250 Low Profile graphics cards decrease the power consumption and it's only occupy 1 single 6pin power supply .With environmental protection conception inside, this eco-friendly function will dramatically reduce power consumption and heat emissions, effectively against global warming and manage to do energy conservation.
  
• Native HDMI Support
  In order to keep pace with HD tideway, the SPARKLE GeForce GTS250 Low Profile Graphics Card feature native HDMI support on PCB. Now the SPARKLE GeForce GTS250 Low Profile Graphics Cards passed the rigorous HDMI ATC certification tests in High-Definition Media Interface Authorized testing center, they can deliver vivid HD gaming audio and video through one single cable, provide more convenience to pc games and video enthusiasts to play games or watch HD videos on their HD TV.
  
• All Solid Capacitors
  Equipped all solid capacitors with lower power loss, provide more stable and longer product lifespan.
  
• Cooling System
  Exquisitely made cooling fans, which have quiet and high performance thermal compound . Specially equipped heat sink to cool the MOS circuit and memory to bring the most comprehensive cooling solution to ensure optimal thermal dissipation even after years of use.
  

How to Play and Record HD TV (h.264) with DVBdream

*To open HD TV with DVB Dream on your computer you need to install the latest CoreAVC Codec
The CoreCodec CoreAVC High Definition H.264 video codec is based on the MPEG-4 Part 10 standard and is the video codec used in AVCHD, Blu-Ray and in HD-DVD. H.264 is the next-generation standard for video, and CoreAVC™ is being recognized as being the world's fastest H.264 software video decoder.

The efficiency of CoreAVC in 'software' is often compared to be faster than other solutions that try to rely on 'hardware' to increase playback performance of H.264 video.
*And if you have problems to play HD content with dvbdream so you need to install KMPlayer for free  on your computer :

 

Inno3D GeForce GT 240 i-Chill XStriker3 Specification & Benchmark Test

The Inno3D® GeForce® GT 240 had only just launched but it has already been given the i-Chill treatment with XStriker3. Uniquely designed for passive and active cooling solutions, the Xstriker3 was the first cooler specially designed for Inno3D® i-Chill series - built to increase efficient air circulation for extreme gaming.

specification 

• Product Inno3D GT240
• Chipset Geforce GT240
• Memory 512MB / 1GB GDDR5
• Core Frequency 600MHz
• Memory Frequency3600MHz
• 400MHZ
• Interface PCI-Express
• Memory Bus 128-bit
• Stream Processors96
• Max. Resolution2560 x 1600
• SLI ReadyYes
• Output1. Dual-Link DVI2. HDMI

Cooler specification :
A). Air Boost Technology
i). Fast moving air inside the cooler (low pressure)
ii). Slow moving air outside the cooler (higher pressure)
iii). Air move from high pressure area to low pressure area, hence airflow increase
B). Heatpipe Technology
High efficiency heat transfer by heatpipe from Copper Base to Aluminium Fins
C). Silent Cooler with large air flow
Fan Speed: 2800rpm Dimension: 7cm Airflow: 16.2 CFM Noise: 28.5dB

i-Chill XStriker3 VS Reference GT 240 Benchmark Test :

specifications and price Intel's 32nm Core i3/i5 processors

They may be planned for a January 2010 launch but Intel's first 32nm desktop processors (codename Clarkdale), have already begun to appear even though, for now, only on pre-order via a German webstore. Detailed below, the five 32nn dual-cores listed go from 103.90 Euro up to 252.90 Euro, are all LGA 1156 parts and feature an integrated DX10 graphics core.

Microsoft Windows 8 is coming in 2012 !

Just installed Windows 7 ? According to the latest roadmap from Microsoft, it would appear that Windows 8 will arrive sometime in 2012. This would follow a three year product cycle that would keep it in line with Vista and Windows 7 releases. The road map is clear about the targeted date and does not try to hide the fact that the code name is "Windows 8". Little else is known about the OS other than its targeted date of release. 

Mionix Naos 5000 Computer Gaming Mouse specification

Mionix Naos 5000 carries only carefully chosen high-end components. The 6 integrated LEDs supports extensive color options and can be configured from the software among other functions such as adjustable lift-distance, dpi sensitivity, macros and much more. Mionix Naos 5000 also has a built-in memory that manages up to 5 profiles, when you go on LAN just plug in your mouse and start immediately, no driver or other software needs to be installed.

This prominent gaming mouse is named after the star Naos, a blue super giant and one of the brightest stars in our galaxy. Naos means "ship" and is enough powerful to create comet tails and huge clouds of auroras visible from Earth. Naos is constantly moving away from its original position in the constellation of Vela and it spins about 100 times faster than our sun. Since its birth it has covered a distance of 400 light-years. No one knows exactly why Naos has such a high rotation speed, but an explanation to this phenomenon lies in the gravitational interaction between many other stars."

FEATURES

* Truly ergonomic design - Truly ergonomic design with support for all five fingers
* Maximum grip - The rubber coating ensures a maximum grip
* Balanced weight tuning system - A unique weight tuning system for an optimal weight distribution
* 5040 dpi laser sensor - Remarkable tracking performance built for gaming
* 128 KB built-in memory - Bring your settings and recorded macros with you stored into one of the 5 profiles
* Customizable LED light system - Personalize your mouse with extensive color options
* S.Q.A.T : Surface Quality Analyzer Tool - Surface Quality Analyzer tool to measure the tracking quality on a certain surface
* 3 steps customizable dpi in-game adjustment - Set 3 dpi values and switch easily between them in-game
* 7 programmable buttons - The buttons can be assigned to any key, mouse command or macro
* In-game profile switch - Switch easy with a click between stored profiles in-game
* Adjustable polling rate - Tune it all the way up to 1000Hz through the software
* Plug n Play - Completely Plug n Play, software needed only for configuration
* Recommended price: 71,99 € +VAT

USB 3.0 vs USB 2.0 read write Review & Benchmarks speed Test

The USB 3.0:

On September 18, 2007, Pat Gelsinger demonstrated USB 3.0 at the Intel Developer Forum. The USB 3.0 Promoter Group announced on November 17, 2008, that version 3.0 of the specification had been completed and was transitioned to the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), the managing body of USB specifications. This move effectively opened the spec to hardware developers for implementation in future products. The first USB 3.0 ports were featured on the Asus P6X58 motherboard; however this board was canceled before production.Features
* A new major feature is the SuperSpeed bus, which provides a fourth transfer mode at 4.8 Gbit/s. The raw throughput is 4 Gbit/s, and the specification considers it reasonable to achieve 3.2 Gbit/s (0.4 GByte/s or 400 MByte/s) or more after protocol overhead.
* When operating in SuperSpeed mode, full-duplex signaling occurs over 2 differential pairs separate from the non-SuperSpeed differential pair. This results in USB 3.0 cables containing 2 wires for power and ground, 2 wires for non-SuperSpeed data, and 4 wires for SuperSpeed data, and a shield (not required in previous specifications).
* To accommodate the additional pins for SuperSpeed mode, the physical form factors for USB 3.0 plugs and receptacles have been modified from those used in previous versions. Standard-A cables have extended heads where the SuperSpeed connectors extend beyond and slightly above the legacy connectors. Similarly, the Standard-A receptacle is deeper to accept these new connectors. A legacy Standard-A cable will operate as intended and will never interact with the SuperSpeed connectors, ensuring backward compatibility. The Standard-B modifications could not be made as elegantly; the SuperSpeed connectors had to be placed on top of the existing form factor, making legacy Standard-B plugs workable on SuperSpeed Standard-B receptacles, but not vice versa.
* SuperSpeed establishes a communications pipe between the host and each device, in a host-directed protocol. In contrast, USB 2.0 broadcasts packet traffic to all devices.
* USB 3.0 extends the bulk transfer type in SuperSpeed with Streams. This extension allows a host and device to create and transfer multiple streams of data through a single bulk pipe.
* New power management features include support of idle, sleep and suspend states, as well as Link-, Device-, and Function-level power management.
* The bus power spec has been increased so that a unit load is 150 mA (+50% over minimum using USB 2.0). An unconfigured device can still draw only 1 unit load, but a configured device can draw up to 6 unit loads (900 mA, an 80% increase over USB 2.0 at a registered maximum of 500 mA). Minimum device operating voltage is dropped from 4.4 V to 4 V.
* USB 3.0 does not define cable assembly lengths, except that it can be of any length as long as it meets all the requirements defined in the specification. However, electronicdesign.com estimates cables will be limited to 3 m at SuperSpeed.
* Technology is similar to a single channel (1x) of PCI Express 2.0 (5-Gbit/s). It uses 8B/10B encoding, linear feedback shift register (LFSR) scrambling for data and spread spectrum. It forces receivers to use low frequency periodic signaling (LFPS), dynamic equalization, and training sequences to ensure fast signal locking.

via wikipedia

The USB 3.0 Logo

USB 3.0 vs USB 2.0 Super Talent Benchmarks Test :

Download ATI Catalyst Drivers 9.11

AMD's award-winning ATI Catalyst graphics and HD video configuration software delivers unprecedented control of performance and visual quality with ATI Radeon?graphics processors. Certified by Microsoft?Windows?Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL), ATI Catalyst drivers for Windows Seven, Vista. XP operating systems deliver stable performance and push the limits of innovation with advanced user-oriented features.

Download : ATI Catalyst Drivers 9.11

Download Nvidia ForceWare 195.55 Driver Windows XP ,Windows 7 x86

ForceWare 195.55 Windows XP Windows 7 and Vista x86

Existing Support:

* Supports DirectCompute with Windows 7 and GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.

* Supports OpenGL 3.2 for GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.

* Supports NVIDIA 3D Vision Discover, a complete, low cost solution to start your immersive stereoscopic 3D experience. NOTE: If you are using NVIDIA 3D Vision active shutter glasses, you must download the separate 3D Vision driver which includes the driver for the 3D Vision IR emitter.

* Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards.

* Supports NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on a dedicated GeForce graphics card. Use one card for graphics and dedicate a different card for PhysX processing for game-changing physical effects. This driver installs PhysX System Software version 9.09.0814. Learn more here.

* Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

Supported products:

GeForce 200 series:

GTX 285, GTX 295, GTX 280, 205, GTX 260, G210, GTX 275, GTS 250, GTS 240, GT 220, GT 240, 210, GT 230

GeForce 100 series:

GT 140, GT 120, G 100, GT 130

GeForce 9 series:

9500 GS, 9500 GT, 9800 GTX/GTX+, 9300 GE, 9400, 9200, 9800 GX2, 9800 GT, 9600 GSO, 9600 GT, 9400 GT, 9300 GS, 9300, 9600 GS

GeForce 8 series:

8300, 8800 GTX, 8800 GTS 512, 8200, 8600 GS, 8800 Ultra, 8500 GT, 8400, 8800 GT, 8600 GTS, 8800 GS, 8100 / nForce 720a, 8300 GS, 8800 GTS, 8600 GT, 8400 SE, 8400 GS

GeForce 7 series:

7650 GS, 7900 GTX, 7550 LE, 7600 LE, 7600 GT, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7950 GX2, 7300 GT, 7800 GTX, 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a, 7900 GS, 7800 SLI, 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a, 7600 GS, 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7950 GT, 7100 GS, 7300 LE, 7300 GS, 7900 GT/GTO, 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i, 7800 GS, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 620i, 7350 LE, 7300 SE / 7200 GS, 7500 LE, 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i

GeForce 6 series:

6600 VE, 6610 XL, 6250, 6800 GS/XT, 6600, 6200 A-LE, 6200 LE, 6150, 6200 TurboCache, 6100 nForce 400, 6800 LE, 6500, 6800 GS, 6600 LE, 6800 GT, 6800 XE, 6800 Ultra, 6100 nForce 420, 6150LE / Quadro NVS 210S, 6800 XT, 6100 nForce 405, 6200, 6150SE nForce 430, 6700 XL, 6800, 6600 GT, 6150 LE, 6100, 6200SE TurboCache

ION series:

ION LE, ION

Download Windows XP x86

Download Windows 7 x86

NVIDIA Fermi for supercomputers Specification

NVIDIA introduced new Fermi based solutions for supercomputing at SC09 in Portland, Oregon. It's only an announcement though, the real hardware won't be available until Q2 2010. Additionally, the GPU maker also confirms that GeForce products based on Fermi will be available in Q1 2010. 

The family of Tesla 20-series GPUs includes:
* Tesla C2050 & C2070 GPU Computing Processors
o Single GPU PCI-Express Gen-2 cards for workstation configurations
o Up to 3GB and 6GB (respectively) on-board GDDR5 memory
o Double precision performance in the range of 520GFlops - 630 GFlops * Tesla S2050 & S2070 GPU Computing Systems
o Four Tesla GPUs in a 1U system product for cluster and datacenter deployments
o Up to 12 GB and 24 GB (respectively) total system memory on board GDDR5 memory
o Double precision performance in the range of 2.1 TFlops - 2.5 TFlops
The Tesla C2050 and C2070 products will retail for $2,499 and $3,999 and the Tesla S2050 and S2070 will retail for $12,995 and $18,995. Products will be available in Q2 2010.

 

Flash Player 10.1 USE GPU Hardware Acceleration

California-based Advanced Micro Devices has just revealed that the recently-announced Adobe Flash Player 10.1 beta will be supported by platforms powered by Vision Technology from AMD. The latest installment of Adobe's Flash Player takes advantage of the benefits and features that are enabled through AMD's ATI Stream technology, providing an improved video playback, reduced CPU utilization and longer battery life through the combination of using the resources available from both the CPU and the GPU.

“AMD and Adobe have collaborated to enable ATI Stream technology through Adobe Flash Player 10.1 to help end users more easily experience , create and share their visual media,” said Rick Bergman, senior vice president of AMD’s Products Group. “Adobe Flash Player is one of the world's most pervasive multimedia platforms and the number one video platform on the web today. By taking advantage of both the CPU and GPU resources available on AMD platforms, the new player delivers video that looks and performs better than ever before.”

Expected to become available through Adobe starting the first half of 2010, the new Flash Player 10.1 targets the standard DXVA APIs in Windows, taking advantage of the available hardware acceleration from supported AMD products. The list of notebook and desktop platforms that will support the acceleration of Flash Player 10.1 include ATI's Radeon HD 4000, HD 5700 and HD 5800 series of graphics cards, Mobility Radeon HD 4000 series (and higher), Radeon HD 3000 integrated graphics (and higher) and the ATI FirePro V3750, V5700, V7750, V8700 and V8750 graphics accelerators.

“AMD has been at the forefront of utilizing both the CPU and GPU on x86-based platforms to improve the performance of popular runtimes like the new Adobe Flash Player 10.1,” said David Wadhwani, general manager and vice president, Platform Business Unit at Adobe. “Consumers will be able to enjoy a smooth viewing experience when accessing rich, HD video content built with the Adobe Flash Platform on AMD based Windows PCs.”

Details of the ATI Radeon 5970 Fastest Graphic card on the planet Specifications

ATI Radeon 5970 "Build For Massive Overclocking" According to AMD !!

Specifications:

Designed For Overclocking !

Overclocking Headroom :

ATI Radeon 5970 VS ATI Radeon 5870 VS ATI Radeon 5850 Specification:

October 2009 NPD US Hardware Software top Sales

October 2009 Industry Summary

Total: $1.07 billion USD
Console software: $572.73 million USD
Console hardware: $380.74 million USD
Console accessories: $118.88 million USD

October 2009 US Hardware Sales

	Platform	Unit Sales	Year-to-Date	Lifetime-to-Date
1.	Nintendo Wii	506,900	4,524,000	22,063,800
2.	Nintendo DS	457,600	6,175,400	33,716,600
3.	Sony PlayStation 3	320,600	2,264,100	9,057,900
4.	Microsoft Xbox 360	249,700	2,641,200	16,701,400
5.	Sony PlayStation Portable	174,600	1,547,200	14,888,000
6.	Sony PlayStation 2	117,800	1,263,600

Nintendo's Wii sees a return to form after being topped by the PlayStation 3 in September, and it's price cut to $199 USD certainly helped.  The competing PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms already saw their boost in sales thanks to similar reductions in price, though NPD's Anita Frazier notes that their momentum did not end up carrying over into October.

October 2009 US Top Ten Software Sales

	Title	Platform	Publisher	Release	Unit Sales
1.	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves	PS3	Sony	10/2009	537,000
2.	Wii Fit Plus	Wii	Nintendo	10/2009	441,000
3.	Borderlands	360	2K Games	10/2009	418,000
4.	Wii Sports Resort	Wii	Nintendo	07/2009	314,000
5.	NBA 2K10	360	2K Games	10/2009	311,000
6.	Halo 3: ODST	360	Microsoft	09/2009	271,000
7.	NBA 2K10	PS3	2K Games	10/2009	213,000
8.	Forza Motorsport 3	360	Microsoft	10/2009	175,000
9.	Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days	DS	Square Enix	09/2009	169,000
10.	FIFA 10	360	EA	10/2009	156,000

Colin McRae DiRT 2 PC configuration Requirements (DirectX 11)

Minimum system Requirements:

    * - Operating System: Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7
    * - Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3400 +
    * - RAM: 1 GB (2 GB for Vista)
    * - HDD: 10 GB free space
    * - Video card: ATI Radeon X1500 or NVIDIA GeForce 6800

 
Recommended configuration (DirectX 11):

    * - Operating System: Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7
    * - Processor: Intel Core i7 or AMD Phenom II
    * - RAM: 3 GB
    * - HDD: 10 GB
    * - Video Card DirectX 11 : ATi Radeon HD 5700 Series

Leadtek Geforce GT 220 1Gb VS 9500 GT vs 9600GT Review &Benchmark

So this is a comparative between the low profile Leadtek Geforce GT 220 and a wide range of Nvidia and ATI cards by madshrimps website , lets begin with the Features and specifications of each card. 

WinFast GT 220 1024MB DDR3 Low Profile

The GT 220 preview:
Today’s digital world is demanding and you need a PC that can keep up. With the NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 220 graphics card, clean up and post your home videos faster, make your ordinary DVDs look like HD, and play popular games with better performance. Get more for your money with GeForce GT 220 graphics and equip your PC for the digital world.

Highlight

• PCI Express 2.0 provides support for next generation PC platforms and doubles the interconnect bit rate from 2.5 GT/s to 5 GT/s (PCI Express 2.0 card is fully backwards compatible with existing PCI-E 1.0 motherboards)
• The 40nm process technology, better performance & power management
• Support HDMI output
• Compatible with Microsoft Windows 7
• NVIDIA® PureVideo™ HD delivers the ultimate HD movie experience when playing Blu-ray and HD-DVD
• Support NVIDIA® PhysX technology
• Ultra-high speed 1024MB DDR3 memory
• Support Dual-Link DVI with awe-inspiring 2560x1600 resolution
• Full Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 Shader Model 4.1、OpenGL®3.1support*
• Ultra-smoothly playback H.264, VC-1, WMV and MPEG-2 HD and SD movies
  *Requires R190 drivers or later

The GPU and Shader clocks are reference speed (625Mhz and 1360Mhz respectively) but the memory is running at only 800Mhz (vs 900Mhz reference).

 

Leadtek Geforce GT 220 Specification:

WinFast GT220 1024MB DDR3 Low Profile

GPU	NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
Graphics BUS	PCI Express 2.0 (fully backwards compatible with PCI Express)
Memory size	1024MB DDR3
GPU/Memory clock	625/790MHz
Memory data rate	1580MHz
Output	Dual-Link DVI, VGA, HDMI
Memory Interface	128-bit
Stream process	48
RAMDACs (MHz)	400
PureVideo™ HD delivers the ultimate experience when playing Blu-ray and HD-DVD
Support Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 Shader Model 4.1
Support OpenGL®3.1
Package contents	WinFast GT 220 1024MB DDR3 graphics card
	User manual & Software disc
	Quick installation guide
	Low Profile bracket
System Requirements	Windows XP / Vista / 7
	PCI Express or PCI Express 2.0-compliant motherboard with one x16 graphics slot
	Minimum 300W or greater system power supply
	DVD ROM drive for software installation
	A VGA or DVI compatible monitor
Software Bundled	WinFast Graphics Driver DVD (w/WinFox III)

• PCI Express 2.0 provides support for next generation PC platforms and doubles the interconnect bit rate from 2.5 GT/s to 5 GT/s (PCI Express 2.0 card is fully backwards compatible with existing PCI-E 1.0 motherboards)
• The 40nm process technology, better performance & power management
• Support HDMI output
• Compatible with Microsoft Windows 7
• NVIDIA® PureVideo™ HD delivers the ultimate HD movie experience when playing Blu-ray and HD-DVD
• Support NVIDIA® PhysX technology
• Ultra-high speed 1024MB DDR3 memory
• Support Dual-Link DVI with awe-inspiring 2560x1600 resolution
• Full Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 Shader Model 4.1、OpenGL®3.1support*
• Ultra-smoothly playback H.264, VC-1, WMV and MPEG-2 HD and SD movies
  *Requires R190 drivers or later

Nvidia Geforce 9500 GT

Nvidia will launch the 9500 GT to replace the 8600 GT in the low-end market in 1H' 08. It will be based on the G96 core with 32 stream processors sitting on a 6-layer PCB. Similar to the 8600GT, the 9500GT features 128-bit memory bus width and can be coupled with either GDDR2 or GDDR3.

Nvidia Geforce 9500 GT Specification :

Core	G96-300
Process	65 nm
Transistors	?
Core/Shader	550/1375
Memory	GDDR2 900Mhz GDDR3 1600Mhz
Stream Processors	32
Memory Bus Width	128 bit
Memory Bandwidth	14.4GB/s (GDDR2) 25.6GB/s (GDDR3)
Memory Size	256 MB
Texture Filtering Rate	8.8 GigaTexels/sec
DirectX Support	DirectX 10
PCI-E Interface	PCI-Express 2.0

Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT

The NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600 GT GPU offers a powerfully immersive entertainment experience designed for extreme high-definition gaming and video playback. Play the hottest DirectX 10 games with awesome speed and watch the latest HD DVD and Blu-ray movies with brilliant clarity. Featuring next generation GeForce and PureVideo® HD technologies, the GeForce 9600 GT GPU puts amazing graphics performance within your reach.

Geforce 9600GT 96 Watt and 59 Watt Specification :

96 Watt

59 Watt

GPU Engine Specs:

CUDA Cores	64	64
Graphics Clock (MHz)	650 MHz	600 MHz
Processor Clock (MHz)	1625 MHz	1500 MHz
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec)	20.8	19.2

Memory Specs:

Memory Clock (MHz)	900 MHz	900 MHz
Standard Memory Config	512  MB  GDDR3	512  MB  GDDR3
Memory Interface Width	256-bit	256-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)	57.6	57.6

Benchmark Tests (via madshrimps.com):

3D mark 06 test :

3D Mark vantage Test :

Call Of Duty 1600x1200 test :

Crysis DX10 Test :

The Leadtek Geforce GT 220 1Gb clearly beat the 9500 series and the 9600 serie still the leader of the low range graphic card , so if you are searching for a low profile graphic card the Leadtek Geforce GT 220 1Gb is a good choice and the 9600 series is the best choice.

Radeon HD 5970 'Hemlock' Specifications & photo

According to a recent news article, coming from a gossip website, the Radeon HD 5970 with a core speed of 725Mhz. In addition, 'Hemlock', which packs two RV870 GPUs, will be featured with 2GB of GDDR5 memory, clocked at 1000MHz (4000 effecitive), and with two 256-bit memory busses.
Doubling up double the Stream processors and texture units boils down to a massive 3200 Stream processors and 160 texture units.

Gran Turismo 5 cars Graphics VS Real life !

omgaming.com

Gran Turismo 6 Confirmed & Details

The president of Polyphony Digital, Kazunori Yamauchi, was kind enough to answer some questions from the automotive magazine Autoweek. Confirmed a Gran Turismo 6 already under preparation and will be expected shorter than Gran Turismo 5. Thus, Kazunori Yamauchi said:

 "GT5 is a brand new operating system. GT6 will be a new set of applications running using the system of GT5. "

Clearly, Gran Turismo 6 will use a technologies implemented in GT5. so the development time will be very shorter than GT5

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 former GA-EX58-EXTREME 2 Images & specification

Gigabyte release the GA-EX58 Extreme motherboard with some change in the name to make it clearer ,with good feature and of course as Gigabyte done in the past , with an attractive price ;

• Massive cooling system, near enough spanning across the entire board, with a waterblock on the X58 chip.
• 4 PCI-Express x16 graphics slots supporting Crossfire or SLI
• 4 internal SATA3 6.0Gb/s ports
• 2 USB 3.0 ports supported via NEC controller
• Triple power USB (1500mA to each port instead of 500mA on USB2, 2700mA to each USB 3 port compared to 900mA in the specification.)

 

Download Forceware 195.39 Windows XP 32-bit Driver

Support:

* Supports DirectCompute with Windows 7 and GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
* Supports OpenGL 3.2 for GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
* Supports NVIDIA
3D Vision Discover, a complete, low cost solution to start your immersive stereoscopic 3D experience. NOTE: If you are using NVIDIA 3D Vision active shutter glasses, you must download the separate 3D Vision driver
which includes the driver for the 3D Vision IR emitter.
* Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards.
* Supports NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on a dedicated GeForce graphics card. Use one card for graphics and dedicate a different card for PhysX processing for game-changing physical effects. This driver installs PhysX System Software version 9.09.0814. Learn more here.
* Download these FREE PhysX and CUDA applications now!
* Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.
* Release Notes (v195.39)
* Control Panel User's Guide

GeForce 200 series:
GTX 260, GT 220, GTX 295, GTS 250, 210, GTX 280, GTS 240, GTX 285, GTX 275, G210

GeForce 100 series:
GT 130, GT 120, GT 140, G 100

GeForce 9 series:
9800 GT, 9600 GT, 9500 GT, 9400 GT, 9500 GS, 9600 GS, 9800 GTX/GTX+, 9400, 9300 GS, 9300, 9200, 9300 GE, 9600 GSO, 9800 GX2

GeForce 8 series:
8200, 8600 GS, 8600 GT, 8500 GT, 8400 SE, 8400, 8100 / nForce 720a, 8300, 8800 GTX, 8400 GS, 8800 GS, 8800 GTS 512, 8800 GTS, 8600 GTS, 8300 GS, 8800 Ultra, 8800 GT

GeForce 7 series:
7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i, 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a, 7950 GX2, 7600 GS, 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a, 7650 GS, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7550 LE, 7800 GS, 7800 GTX, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 620i, 7900 GTX, 7300 SE / 7200 GS, 7900 GT/GTO, 7100 GS, 7300 GT, 7900 GS, 7600 GT, 7600 LE, 7500 LE, 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7800 SLI, 7350 LE, 7300 GS, 7950 GT, 7300 LE

GeForce 6 series:
6800, 6800 XT, 6800 GT, 6100 nForce 405, 6600 VE, 6600 GT, 6610 XL, 6200 A-LE, 6150SE nForce 430, 6800 GS, 6600, 6100, 6800 LE, 6100 nForce 400, 6200SE TurboCache, 6200 LE, 6250, 6800 Ultra, 6150LE / Quadro NVS 210S, 6150 LE, 6600 LE, 6100 nForce 420, 6150, 6700 XL, 6200 TurboCache, 6800 GS/XT, 6200, 6800 XE, 6500

ION series:
ION, ION LE

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