AMD A8-3870K BE overclocked to 5.8Ghz

A guy from Japan managed to squeeze the AMD A8-3870K Black Edition processor to the last drop and make it scream.

The guy overclocked the CPU up to 96% of its standard clock speed, and the GPU OCed 121% of its base clock speed, the results are 5,875 MHz for the AMD A8-3870K Black Edition with a base clock speed of 125 MHz multiplied by 47.0x and for the integrated GPU it reach 1,327 MHz from its default 600 MHz all that was done with a CPU voltage set to an aggressive 1.872V !

The system was too unstable to run any benchmarks, the motherboard used was an ASUS F1A75-V Pro motherboard, G.Skill RipjawsZ memory and a lot of Liquid Nitrogen LN2 to cool the CPU down, check pictures :

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Radeon HD 7770 benchmarks and test leaked

This graphic card will be the best performance/price card in the year 2012 waiting for its reaval from Nvidia, the AMD Radeon HD 7770 the first GPU ever that break the 1Ghz clock speed without any factory or home overclocking, which also has an interesting price tag set at  only 149$ hide lot of fun.

Today benchmarks leaked over chiphell about the 28nm HD 7770 card showing nice results as expected, The test machine include an Ivy Bridge ES CPU – Core i5-3550K @ 3.3Ghz and Z77 chipset-based motherboard, the driver used was the AMD Catalyst 8.940 RC2.

Lets recap some specs, the HD 7770 which support the latest DirectX 11.1 and PCI-E 3.0 will come with 2 GB of GDDR5 VRAM, clocked at 1.125 GHz, a memory interface is 128 bits, GPU clock speed hovers at 1 GHz with 896 stream processors

Radeon HD 7770 Benchmark results:

• 3DMark 06 (Stock @ 1Ghz): 18143 3D Marks (SM2.0: 6785/HDR: 8086/CPU: 6390).
• 3DMark 11 (Performance Preset):HD7770 (Stock @ 1Ghz): P3421 (3138 Graphics Score).
• 3DMark 11 (Extreme Preset):HD7770 (Stock @ 1Ghz): X1077 (965 Graphics Score).

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Radeon HD 7990 dual-GPU specifications and price

More specification detailed about the next Dual-GPU graphic card from AMD, the upcoming Radeon HD 7990 a successor to the Radeon HD 6990 one.

Detailed are the price and specifications, lets begin with the nice part, the specification of the card are as usual a multiplier by two in everything of the Radeon HD 7970, the card is based on a dual 28nm Tahiti chips clocked at 850Mhz each one, 2x3GB GDDR5 memory running at 5GHz effective and using 2x2048 stream processors plus 2x128 texture memory units and 2x32ROPs. 

Now lets talk about price for this graphic card, its planed for $849, and release date set to March 2012, I guess we must wait for the Geforce 680 and do it in SLI !

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Radeon HD 7770 the cheap 28nm Graphic card specifications and prices

The beginning of 2012 is promising with the release of first 28nm GPUs from AMD, and if you could wait until February you could get the AMD Radeon HD 7770 using 28nm process technology for only 149$.

The AMD Radeon HD 7770 based on the Cape Verde XT chip will come with 900MHz as a GPU clock and 896 stream processors, 56 texture units and 16 ROPs, the memory is clocked at 1375MHz (5.5GHz GDDR5 effective) with 1GB of size which is interconnected with the GPU using a 128-bit bus width resulting of a bandwidth up to 88GB/s all that with only 149$.

Following the HD 7770  is the HD 7750 based on Cape Verde PRO, using at 900MHz clock speed and 832shaders, 52 TMUs and 16 ROPs. The memory speed is 5.0GHz bringing the total possible bandwidth to 80 GB/s for its 1GB of memory and using a 128bit bus, the HD 7750 will be tagged for $10 less, or $139.

So, you can get a solid configuration using dual HD 7770 in cross fire mode for only 298$ getting 1664 processors units and up to 174GB/s data speed rate, waiting for Nvidia respond with the next Geforce 700 series.

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How to force Ultra DMA for your Hard Drive or optical drive instead of PIO (Working solutions)

Hello guys, today on our 'How to' we're going to learn how to force your HDD or optical drive device to use Ultra DMA instead of PIO or multi-mode mode, these last two mode are too slow and use lot of CPU resources, but the Ultra DMA mode use the RAM as a buffer memory instead of direct access to the CPU, this help to boost read/write speed.

For me the PIO or multi-mode mode make me drives run very slow and with errors, and I cant switch to DMA mode specially when I switching between HDDs without shutting down my PC.

To force the DMA mode, you just need to access these Windows registry address by going to Start->Run and type "regedit" then go to this address:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

You will find something like sub-folder or subkeys like 0000, 0001, 0002, etc, the 0001 is the primary IDE channel, 0002 the secondary and so on, search for your affected IDE channel on the Windows device manager and delete the whole sub-folder, then restart your computer and your done, the DMA must be set. 

(thanks to the tuts over winhlp.com)

Alternative solution if the up one doesn't work:

• Try to uninstall the divice from Windows device manager and restart your computer.

• change your HDD/optical drive ports to another one.

If you still have please problems let me know on the comments.

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Intel Atom N2600, N2800 and D2500, D2700 Cedar Trail Specification

Intel today announce officially a new series and the third-generation of Intel Atome processors with code name "Cedar Trail".

The new series include two model and four CPUs, the N2600 and N2800 targeting netbooks and D2500, D2700 for nettops and entry-level all-in-one desktops, the "Cedar Trail" CPUs are based on the 32nm process technology and using NM10 Express chipset, the new chip bring a drop in power draw of up to 20% for the whole platform along with an increased clock speed compared with the previous generation.

Key features of the Cedar Trail are a full support of Full HD 1080p playback and DirectX 9 support, Blu-ray support wiht an integrated memory controller supporting DDR3-800/1066 system memory, a Graphics Media Accelerator 3600/3650 based on the PowerVR SGX 545 from Imagination Technologies is there with 2x more performance, Display output options are HDMI and DisplayPort,  Intel Wireless Display capabilities.

Processors specifications are:

• Intel Atom N2600: 1.60 GHz dual core, four threads, 3.5W x86 cores and 512 KB of L2 (1MB)
•  Intel Atom N2800: 1.86 GHz dual core, four threads, 3.5W x86 cores and 512 KB of L2 (1MB)
•  Intel Atom D2500 : 1.83 GHz dual core, no HT, 3.5W x86 cores and 512 KB of L2 (1MB)
•  Intel Atom N2800: 2.13 GHz dual core, four threads, 3.5W x86 cores and 512 KB of L2 (1MB)

Slides:

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NVIDIA Inspector 1.9.5.7 overclock and info tool for Geforce cards

NVIDIA Inspector is a small tools but with power features, no need to install it just extract it and launch it, Nvidia Inspector can reads out driver and hardware information for GeForce graphics cards and overcklock your graphic card in addition to a fan control and voltage modification.

The nVIDIA Inspector Tool is basically an nVIDIA only GPU-Z utility but with a decent OverClocking feature and you can set your clocks and fan speeds. Orbmu2k has released this program, which seems to NVIDIA graphics cards and offers information on tools for GPU and memory clock speed, GPU operating voltage and fan speed increase.

NVIDIA Inspector 1.9.5.7 highlights:

• fixed screenshot is not correctly aligned if taskbar is not on bottom
• fixed custom profiles will listed twice after nip file import
• fixed new monitoring backcolor was not applied without stored settings
• fixed frame rate limiter value for 59 fps - added sensor monitoring shortcut to MDPS tray
• added icons to MDPS tray shortcuts 

Download NVIDIA Inspector Now

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Intel server S4600LH with 1TB of RAM and quad CPUs specifications leaks

A horse-power server from Intel appeared with up to 1TB of RAM and quad physical Xeon E5-4600 series processor, reported VR-Zone.

The motherboard use Socket 2011 and supporting three DIMMs per channel, or 12 in total, it would result for 48 DIMMs DDR3 up to 1600Mhz on OC, altogether on a quad processor board, the the 'Lizard Head Pass' S4600LH if a good liquid cooling system in-there, it could actually fit into 1U platform! Else, it's 2U.

Specifications heads are eight cores for each CPU resulting to 32 cores and four Intel C600 patsburg chipsets.

In addition to that, there are 160 PCIe v3 lanes in total on such platform, with this such power you can reach an imaginary processing power.

Two QPI links on Socket 2011 CPUs do enable connecting each processor to TWO other ones, if you accept lesser inter-processor bandwidth compared to just dual-link pairing of two CPUs alone. There will be a separate Xeon E5-4600 series covering that particular market segment, which sits between the high end dual-socket E5-2600 and the enterprise RAS-enhanced even higher end E7 series (those fancy 10-core 30 MB L3 cache Westmere-EX chips and their followons).
These are good for uber-rendering workstations with many threads, as well as SMP server jobs where high per-core performance is more important than RAS capability or huge interprocessor bandwidth - E7 series have, after all, four QPI links on each CPU for that purpose.

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Intel Medfield SoC benchmark Vs Tegra 2 and Exynos, specifications details

Some interesting news leaked today on the web exactly from TPU guys, the news is about Intel and mobile world.

The news confirming the entrance of Intel to the mobile processing chip production after the announcement of the next-generation Atom mobile platform here is the first true SoC (System-on-a-Chip) from their labs, the Intel Medfield SoC, the new product will target mobile devices combining four units and functions into one chip.

The Intel chip will use 32 nm process technology and its direct competitors are Apple's A-Series, NVIDIA Tegra, Qualcomm Snapdragon, Samsung Exynos (the only one that use 32nm process) and Texas Instruments OMAP.

Very soon the Intel Midfield will be shown on CES 2012, but today some benchmark results leaked from Intel labs comaring it with the Tegra 2, Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8260 and Samsung Exynos showing a lead of performance using Caffeine 3 tool when tested using a prototype device made by Intel using this chip, has the following specifications :

• 1.6 GHz Medfield SoC, 
• 1GB LP-DDR2 (LP = low power) 
• WLAN/Bluetooth/FM radio chip of unknown origin
• eMMC/micro-SD card slot 
• 10.1" screen with 1280x800 resolution.

Benchmark results by Intel:

using Android 3.x (Honeycomb) and Caffeine 3, scored around 10,500 points.

Power consumption :
- 2.6 W in idle, with 2 W being the target
- 3.6 W worst case when playing back 720p video in Adobe Flash format, with 2.6 W worst case being the target.

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Intel 82865G Graphics driver for windows 7 solution

I want to share with you today the solution for installing an old integrated graphic driver on Windows 7 (and this might work for Windows 8) for Intel 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller.

Intel doesn't provide drivers for Windows 7 version for this graphic chipset, after a long search I managed that the solution for this problem is to force install the available old .inf driver over Windows 7, this graphic chipset is available in the old motherboards such as the Dell Optiplex.

Note: As this driver is originally designed for old Windows OS, we (also the original developer) are not responsible for any problems at any scales happen after installing the driver, and we consider this as a temporary solution.

Install steps:

• Download the zip file bellow.
• unzip the file to a folder.
• Go to device manager, and update the Graphics chipset to search the driver on the extracted folder.
• Install the driver anyway.
• Thats it you can restart your computer and get all resolutions set and all video and games play.

Download Intel 82865G Graphics driver for windows 7

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World's Largest OLED TV by LG

Today LG announce the lead of the OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes) TV panel and set the world record of largest panel available in the market with a full 55" of OLED display pleasure and over 100,000:1 contrast ratio with wider colour gamut than that produced by LCD panels.

Press release:

"Our objective has always been to actively define and lead emerging display technology markets," said Dr. Sang Beom Han, CEO and Executive Vice President of LG Display. "Although OLED technology is seen as the future of TV display, the technology has been limited to smaller display sizes and by high costs, until now. LG Display's 55-inch OLED TV panel has overcome these barriers."
Superior Image Quality in an Ultra Thin Design

OLED, a medium that controls pixels is a departure from LCD panels which utilize liquid crystals. The new technology allows light emitting diodes to self-generate light and features a reaction velocity to electric signals over 1000 times faster than liquid crystal.

The environmentally conscious will also appreciate LG Display's 55" OLED TV panel. While light sources in backlight units, like LCD panels, must always be kept on, the OLED panel allows diodes to be turned on or off which enables lower power consumption than conventional LCD panels.

With no need for a special light source, LG Display's 55" OLED TV panel is also able to utilize a simplified structure thinner than that of a pen (5mm), and lighter than LCD panels. The panel's minimalist structure also allows for the realization of unique design elements.

Advancing the Popularization of OLED TVs
Although industry watchers anticipate OLED as the future of TV display, to date, the technology has faced challenges due to limitations on the sizes of displays it can be applied to and a high level of investment required. LG Display has successfully addressed these issues with its 55" OLED TV panel.

The panel adopts an Oxide TFT technology for backplane which is different from a Low Temperature Poly Silicon (LTPS) type generally used in existing small-sized OLED panels. The Oxide TFT type that LG Display utilizes is similar to the existing TFT process, with the simple difference lying in replacing Amorphous Silicon with Oxide. Moreover, the Oxide TFT type produces identical image quality to high performance of LTPS base panels at significantly reduced investment levels.

Additionally, LG Display uses White OLED (WOLED). WOLED vertically accumulates red, green, and blue diodes. With white color light emitting from the diode, it displays screen information through color layers below the TFT base panel, which leads to a lower error rate, higher productivity, and a clearer Ultra Definition screen via the benefits of small pixels. Further, it is possible to realize identical colors in diverse angles via color information displayed through a thin layer. Lower electricity consumption in web browsing environments for smart TVs is another key strength of WOLED.

Showing at CES 2012
The world's first 55" OLED TV panel from LG Display will be made available for showing to select media and customers at a private booth starting on January 9 in Las Vegas through the end of CES 2012.

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Radeon HD 7950 first specifications

Specification of the AMD Radeon HD 7950 leaked today on the net, the "Tahiti" 28nm based GPU will come with a reduced number of stream processors compared with the HD 7970 .

Featuring 3GB of GDDR5 video memory clocked at more than 5.00Ghz and 384 bit bus width, that's all clear right now no clock speed for the GPU or final price and its is expected to be launched on the 9th of January.

Available Specifications:

• 1792 stream processors, 28 GCN compute units
• 112 TMUs, 32 ROPs (derived)
• 384-bit GDDR5 memory interface
• 3 GB memory, memory clock around 5.00 GHz

 leaked slide:

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AMD Phenom II X8 2420/3020/2520/2820 are on the way, specifications

A recent BIOS update to the ECS A890GXM-A2 and the Jetway HA18 motherboards based on the AMD 9-series and supporting the AM3+ socket show that AMD will very soon launch a new eight core series of microprocessors with name AMD Phenom II X8.

The new serie contain the Phenom II X8 2420/3020/2520 and the Phenom II X8 2820 based on Zambezi design (Bulldozer micro-architecture) with a low clock-speeds and price

Jetway lists the new processors as "engineering samples", but a well-known Japanese observer/blogger Northwood.blog60.fc2.com points to an alleged ECS A890GXM-A2 CPU support list that calls the chips as AMD Phenom II X8.
The list of AMD Phenom II X8 microprocessors includes four models:

• AMD Phenom II X8 2420: 2.40GHz, 95W, ZD242046W8K43
• AMD Phenom II X8 3020: 3.00GHz, 125W, ZD302051W8K44
• AMD Phenom II X8 2520: 2.50GHz, 95W, ZD252046W6443
• AMD Phenom II X8 2820: 2.80GHz, 95W, ZD282046W8K43

And with this lower frequencies and without the Turbo Core support, the new eight-core Phenom II X8 series will likely be slower than the existing six-core Phenom II X8 processors based on Thuban technology design, stay tuned for the future benchs.

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GeForce Forceware 290.53 driver download

A new driver leaked today from Nvidia targeting its graphic chipsets including games optimization and SLI profiles improvements, full details bellow:

This is the second beta release from the R290 family of drivers. For more information, read the 290.53 driver article on GeForce.com.
This driver package supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500-series desktop GPUs as well as ION desktop GPUs.

New in 290.53
Optimizations for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

• Increases performance by up to 25% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim vs. 290.36 drivers (measured with GeForce GTX 560 at 19x10 Ultra – Indoor Scene). Results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and in-game location.
• Updates the NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to a higher performance profile.
• Added new 3D Vision laser sight /crosshair options to better match Skyrim crosshairs.
• For a full Skyrim tweak guide, visit GeForce.com.

NVIDIA SLI

• Adds SLI profiles for Trine 2, WRC 2: FIA World Rally Championship 2011, and Afterfall: InSanity.

Version 290.53 Highlights
This section provides highlights of version 290.53 of the NVIDIA Release 290 Driver for
Windows Vista/Windows 7.

• What’s New in Release 290
• What’s New in Version 290.53
• Limitations in This Release
• Advanced Driver Information

What’s New in Release 290
The section summarizes the following driver changes in Release 290:

Control Panel 

• Adjust Desktop Color Settings page
• Color settings are now preserved across system reboots, logins, and fast user
  switching for GPU/displays that support HDMI infoframes.
  Set Up Multiple Displays page
• Slight change in the menu process for setting up Clone mode–displays are now added
  to a ‘Clone group’.
  NVIDIA Ambient Occlusion
  Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

NVIDIA Surround

• Enabled NVIDIA Surround support for Intel X79 SLI‐certified motherboards.
  NVIDIA SLI
• Added or updated SLI profiles for Crysis 2, Heroes and Generals, Inversion, Stronghold 3,
  3D Vision
• Added support for 3D Vision over native DisplayPort 1.1 connection ‐ available on
  BenQ XL2420T and BenQ XL2420TX monitors.
• Added or updated the following 3D Vision game profiles
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 ‐ rated Good
• Cang Sheng ‐ rated Good
• Diablo 3 ‐ rated Good
• Fei fei ‐ rated Good
• Final Combat ‐ rated Goo
• L.A. Noire ‐ updated rating to 3D Vision Ready
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5‐7 ‐ rated Fair
• Qian Nv You Hun Online ‐ rated Good
• QQ Xi You ‐ rated Good
•  Sonic Generations ‐ rated Good
• Xian Tu ‐ rated Good
• Yong Bing Tian Xia Online ‐ rated Good
• The Adventures of Tintin: The Game ‐ rated 3D Vision Ready
• Ignite ‐ rated Good
• Orcs Must Die! ‐ rated Good
• PT Boats ‐ Knights of the Sea ‐ rated Good
• PT Boats ‐ South Gambit ‐ rated Good
• Stronghold 3 ‐ rated Good
• Trine 2 ‐ rated 3D Vision Ready

Download links:
Windows 7/Vista 32bit
Windows 7/vista 64bit
Windows XP 32bit

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Playstation 3 will stay another four years

This is what Brunois Richard, in charge of communication of Sony France said to "La Croix", an online French magazine.

He said that the current Sony Playstation 3 which is launched in 2006 is in the middle of its life in another word the Playstation 3 will stay with us until 2015 if not more, everyone remember the PS2 which lived up to 10 years, so Sony will keep its symphony and squeeze the money to the latst drops.

Brunois Richard said: "The PS3 was born in 2006, but it make a big jump since 2010 only. so for us its in the mid-cycle."

But the question is could the Playstation 3 face all these fast waves of hardware technology, the 14nm technology will be available in 2013-2014..

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Battlefield 4 future gameplay simulation video

Nice inspired video of the next Battlefield 4 done by some guys, excellent simulation of Battlefield gameplay on co-op gameplay representing what the the future of Battlefield may look like.

 

Here is an old one from 22 october, the future trailer too:

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SkyStar 2 driver error problem fix Windows 7 / latest driver

Many SkyStar 2 PCI users face a problem when reinstalling their DVB-S PCI card to find them selves with a code 10 error for an incompatible hardware after a successful driver installation.

This error is caused by a bad computability for Windows 7 and/or a bad IRQ code set on windows 7, and in my case I managed to fix it by some easy steps, you can try if you have the same problem:

Solution: So to fix the driver problem first uninstall the old driver from your operating system, shutdown the PC and remove the skystar 2 PCI card, start your computer without the card leave it until widows start and then shutdown the computer and install the card back into another PCI ports, start your computer and install the latest driver over Here or Here.

 

Wish this help you too, if you have any problem please comment bellow.

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HD 7950 specification detailed

After the release of Radeon HD 7970, we spotted today the specifications of the Radeon HD 7950, a lower version  with a lower price also for the enthusiasts featuring the same Graphics Core Next (GCN) 28nm GPU architecture .

The Radeon HD 7950 is a Tahiti-class GPU code named "Tahiti Pro" same as the one on the HD 7970 but with lower Compute Units number.

A slide leaked show specifications of the card, with lower transistors number 4.3 billion transistor, 1792  Compute Units compared to 2048 units on the HD 7970, the GPU is connected to 3GB of GDDR 5 using the same 384-bit bus with 5Gbps transfer speed, one DVI, one HDMI and two mini-DisplayPort video outputs as well as PCI Express 3.0 and DirectX 11.1 compatibility, the memory speed is not announced yet but we guess it would be about 150Mhz lower than the HD 7970.

The price and release date is still unknown, for sure they will appear very soon so check us as soon as possible.

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Radeon HD 7970 lunched today for 549$

AMD today launched its all waited Kepler GPU based into the the markets, the Radeon HD 7970 use new 28nm process technology helping to get more performance and low power consumption, so the Radeon HD 7970 is now the fastest single GPU graphic card with 925MHz core clock that can reach 1.1Ghz when OC'd, packing 2,048 stream processors and a wide 384-bit memory bus interconnected with 3GB of GDDR5, using PCI-E 3.0, the price is 200$ more than previous HD 6970, set to $549.

bellow pres release with more details :

AMD further extends its GPU leadership with the AMD Radeon HD 7970 through AMD App Acceleration, which enables exquisite high-definition video images and exceptional performance improvements for everyday applications. Ground-breaking advancements with AMD Eyefinity technology enable gamers and desktop enthusiasts to connect up to six displays to one graphics card, delivering immersive stereoscopic 3D experiences and astonishing 16k x 16k display resolutions. It's also armed with the latest PCI Express 3.0 standard to enable uncompromised image quality, and is additionally equipped with GDDR5 memory, enabling accelerated GPU performance. Through its intelligent AMD PowerTune and AMD ZeroCore Power technologies, the AMD Radeon HD 7970 enables higher performance levels while maximizing power efficiencies.

"The AMD Radeon HD 7970 is an awesome tool in any gamer's arsenal,‖ said Johan Andersson, Rendering Architect at DICE. ―We have worked closely with AMD during the development of the Frostbite 2 game engine to take full advantage of AMD Eyefinity multi-display technology and DirectX® 11 for a more realistic, entertaining and visceral gaming experience in Battlefield 3."

Efficient Architecture for Leading DirectX® 11 Performance
- New architecture for greater performance: AMD has further enhanced its GPU design efficiency through the introduction of the 28nm process technology and Graphics Core Next Architecture, realizing an improvement of over 150% in performance/sq mm over the prior generation.
- Refined AMD PowerTune technology: Designed with the most advanced power management features, the AMD Radeon HD 7970 is equipped with the intelligence to convert unused power headroom into extra performance by dynamically controlling clock speeds, allowing gamers advanced performance inside of the power envelope they specify.
- AMD ZeroCore Power Technology: Gamers asked, AMD delivered – the AMD ZeroCore Power technology found in the AMD Radeon HD 7970 ensures that no power is wasted when the graphics card is not in use, enabling lower idle power than any other currently available graphics card. With support for AMD CrossFire technology, AMD ZeroCore Power eliminates wasted power, as well as additional heat and noise from extra cards when you are not using them.
- PCI Express 3.0: The AMD Radeon HD 7970 comes natively equipped with support for PCI Express 3.0. With world-class performance scaling, enthusiasts' GPU experience is maximized when paired with the latest platforms.
- Discrete Digital Multi-Point (DDM) Audio: DDM Audio provides multiple independent audio streams for audio-capable displays via DisplayPort or HDMI signals. DDM Audio delivers unique experiences in cases where multi-display video conferencing, directional audio or multi-room entertainment hubs are being used.
- Enhanced Multi-GPU Capabilities: AMD CrossFire technology is the ultimate multi-GPU performance gaming platform. Unlocking game-dominating power, AMD CrossFire technology, coupled with PCI Express 3.0, will allow for unprecedented bandwidth in TriFire and QuadFire configurations.

The Ultimate Immersive Gaming Experience and Innovative AMD Eyefinity 2.0 Technology
- Next Generation AMD Eyefinity technology: AMD Eyefinity 2.0 features all-new support for stereo 3D, universal bezel compensation, brand new display configurations and an expanded and more immersive field of view. This allows users with 2560x1600 monitors in an AMD Eyefinity 5x1 landscape configuration to achieve a horizontal resolution of 12,800 pixels, driving more than 20 million pixels of screen real estate. More than 70 game titles have been AMD Eyefinity- validated, while many are AMD Eyefinity-ready, and hundreds more are AMD Eyefinity-compatible.
- DisplayPort 1.2 and HDMI 1.4a: With full support for 3GHz HDMI 1.4a and DisplayPort 1.2 HBR2, the AMD Radeon HD 7970 is set to drive next generation displays at up to 4K resolution.
- 3D entertainment choices with AMD HD3D technology: With the arrival of the latest in stereo 3D technology, AMD continues to deliver an enhanced visual experience on stereo 3D-capable desktops and notebooks powered by AMD Radeon graphics. The AMD Radeon HD 7970 is backed by AMD's open 3D initiative for stereo 3D gaming and Blu-ray 3D movies.
Better Performance through AMD App Acceleration
- AMD App Acceleration lets you do more, faster: Enthusiasts will enjoy improved GPGPU performance and new features in many top media, entertainment and everyday productivity applications with AMD App Acceleration.
- Extensive support of industry standards: AMD Radeon HD 7970 fully supports DirectCompute® and OpenCLTM technologies, enabling broad application support today and tomorrow.

The AMD Radeon HD 7970 is available January 9, 2012 from retailers worldwide, with select models starting at $549 US SEP.

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ASRock AD2500B-ITX, AD2700B-ITX and AD2700-ITX specifications and pictures

The Taiwanese company ASRock today introduce three Mini-ITX Cedar Trail motherboards AD2500B-ITX, AD2700B-ITX and AD2700-ITX targeting HTPC users using small form factor size which will be shipped very soon.

This family uses a 32nm Atom processor which is pre-installed with a passive cooling system, the AD2500B-ITX feature an Atom D2500 CPU with two cores clocked @ 1.86 GHz and has a1 MB L2 cache, the AD2700B-ITX and AD2700-ITX use of a higher-clocked D2700 (@ 2.13 GHz ). All three models have a passive cooling solution for the CPU.

The AD2500B-ITX and AD2700B-ITX both include a D-Sub output and 5.1-channel audio, while the AD2700-ITX provides D-Sub, DVI and HDMI ports and 7.1-channel sound. Also the two D2700-powered boards offer two USB 3.0 connectors using an ASMedia ASM1042 controller.

ASRock's Cedar Trail motherboards feature the Intel NM10 Express chipset, two DDR3 SO-DIMM slots (supporting up to 4 GB of RAM), two SATA 3.0 Gbps ports, one PCI slot, an Ethernet port (10/100 Mbit on the AD2500B-ITX, Gigabit for the other two), UEFI BIOS, and proprietary extras like ASRock Instant Boot, XFast USB and XFast LAN.


Products pictures:

AD2700-ITX

AD2700B-ITX

AD2500B-ITX

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ASRock Fatal1ty X79 Professional pictures and specifications

ASRock is preparing a new gamers motherboard based on the Intel X79 chipset and latest LGA 2011 Socket targeting enthusiast users, its the ASRock Fatal1ty X79 Professional .

The new ASRock Fatal1ty X79 Professional high-end motherboard will support Intel Sandy Bridge E processors featuring 2oz copper PCB, Premium Gold Capsitors, four DDR3-2400 memory slots, ten SATA ports with 6.0 

ports, and four PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots enabling CrossFireX or 4-way SLI setups, also there are six USB 3.0 ports, one Fatal1ty mouse port with XFast LAN technologies for better online gaming, no price tag right now, check out pictures bellow:

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New GeForce driver 290.53 Beta Driver leaked

Another driver from Nvidia is out there, the new Beta version come with improvements up to 25% in performance for Elder Scrolls V Skyrim and some bug fix for Battlefield 3, and more:

Optimizations for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

- Increases performance by up to 25% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim vs. 290.36 drivers (measured with GeForce GTX 560 at 19x10 Ultra – Indoor Scene)
- Updates the NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to a higher performance profile.
- Added new 3D Vision laser sight /crosshair options to better match Skyrim crosshairs.

NVIDIA SLI

- Adds SLI profiles for Trine 2, WRC 2: FIA World Rally Championship 2011, and Afterfall: InSanity.

3D Vision

- Fixes issues with Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 not launching into 3D Vision mode
- Added new 3D Vision laser sight /crosshair options to better match The Elder Scrolls Skyrim crosshairs
- Added or updated the following 3D Vision game profiles:

AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome – rated Good
The Adventures of Tintin: The Game – rated Excellent
Assassin's Creed: Revelations – rating changed to Fair
Driver San Francisco – updated settings to work better in 3D Vision
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – updated in-game compatibility message
Hard Reset – updated in-game compatibility message. FXAA x2 and x4 are now supported by the game
Ignite – rated Good
Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters – rated Fair
Jurassic Park: The Game – rated Good
Orcs Must Die! – rated Good
PAYDAY The Heist – rated Poor
PT Boats - Knights of the Sea – rated Good
PT Boats - South Gambit – rated Good
Race 07 – updated in-game compatibility message
Race Room – rated Good
Serious Sam 3: BFE – rated Poor
SkyDrift – rated Good
Star Wars: The Old Republic – rated Good
Stronghold 3 – rated Good
Take on Helicopters – rated Fair
Trine 2 – rated 3D Vision Ready
Waves – rated Excellent

Key Bug Fixes

- Fixes some random instances of triangular artifacts when playing Battlefield 3 (fix is now enabled for GeForce 400 and 500 series GPUs).
- Fixes a default panel resolution/ timing bug in 290.36.

Windows XP 32-bit
Windows 7 / Vista 32-bit
Windows 7 / Vista 64-bit

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AMD new A-Series 3000 APUs announced

Today a press release announce officially the launch of new AMD A-Series APUs four and two cores targeting desktop and mobile platform.

Press release:

The updated AMD A-Series APUs combine up to four x86 CPU cores with up to 400 Radeon™ cores, delivering powerful DirectX®11-capable, discrete-level graphics and dedicated HD video processing on a single chip. These new APUs increase performance and deliver a richer feature set than existing AMD A-series APUs. Plus, only AMD APUs offer AMD Dual Graphics for an up to 144 percent visual performance boost when a select APU is paired with a select AMD Radeon™ HD 6500 Series graphics card.
The AMD A-Series family of APUs also features AMD Steady Video, designed to stabilize videos during playback – making unsteady, jumpy content look steady and smooth as you watch. On select systems using AMD A-Series APUs, Internet Explorer 9 will include an AMD Steady Video plugin, unlocking one-click control to simplify access to the premium AMD Steady Video feature for video stabilization.
 AMD A-Series Desktop APUs

• A8-3870K: Four CPU cores, 3.0 GHz CPU base (unlocked), 100W TDP, 400 Radeon cores, 600 MHz GPU base (unlocked), 4 MB L2 cache
• A8-3820: Four CPU cores, 2.5 GHz CPU base (2.8 GHz Turbo Core), 65W TDP, 400 Radeon cores, 4 MB L2 cache
• A6-3670K: Four CPU cores, 2.7 GHz CPU base (unlocked), 100W TDP, 320 Radeon cores, 600 MHz GPU base (unlocked), 4 MB L2 cache
• A6-3620: Four CPU cores, 2.2 GHz CPU base (2.5 GHz Turbo Core), 65W TDP, 320 Radeon cores, 4 MB L2 cache
• A4-3420: Two CPU cores, 2.8 GHz CPU base, 65W TDP, 160 Radeon cores, 1 MB L2 cache

AMD A-Series Notebook APUs

• A8-3550MX: Four CPU cores, 2.0 GHz CPU base (2.7 GHz Turbo Core), 45W TDP, 400 Radeon Cores, 4 MB L2 cache
• A8-3520M: Four CPU cores, 1.6 GHz CPU base (2.5 GHz Turbo Core), 35W TDP, 400 Radeon Cores, 4 MB L2 cache
• A6-3430MX: Four CPU cores, 1.7 GHz CPU base (2.4 GHz Turbo Core), 45W TDP, 320 Radeon Cores, 4 MB L2 cache
• A6-3420M: Four CPU cores, 1.5 GHz CPU base (2.4 GHz Turbo Core), 35W TDP, 320 Radeon Cores, 4 MB L2 cache
• A4-3330MX: Two CPU cores, 2.2 GHz CPU base (2.6 GHz Turbo Core), 45W TDP, 240 Radeon Cores, 2 MB L2 cache
• A4-3320M:Two CPU cores, 2.0 GHz CPU base (2.6 GHz Turbo Core), 35W TDP, 240 Radeon Cores, 2 MB L2 cache
• A4-3305M:Two CPU cores, 1.9 GHz CPU base (2.5 GHz Turbo Core), 35W TDP, 160 Radeon Cores, 1 MB L2 cache
• E2-3000M: Two CPU cores, 1.8 GHz CPU base (2.4 GHz Turbo Core), 35W TDP, 160 Radeon Cores, 1 MB L2 Cache

The new AMD A-Series family of APUs improves the first generation of highly successful and revolutionary desktop and notebook processors, providing an outstanding experience for consumers seeking more responsive multitasking, long battery-life, vivid graphics, lifelike games, lag-free videos and the ultimate multimedia performance.

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Mozilla Firefox 9 with faster JS processing

Mozilla Firefox V 9 is out today to the public, with performance improvement such JS apps with “type inference”, this version is clearly a competitor to Google chrome 13, specially after the latest statistics leaked by statcounter.com showing that Chrome 13 pass Firefox, hey another thing, after the deal between Google and Mozilla will this version get a compatible Google toolbar ?

What’s new in Firefox 9? In terms of noticeable features, practically nothing. However, it’s behind the scenes where Firefox development is currently being pushed, and version 9 introduces support for “type inference”, which in layman’s terms means the browser is now capable of processing Javascript code much quicker – up to 44 per cent quicker according to Mozilla’s own tests – than previous versions, meaning that Javascript apps should be noticeably quicker to the end user. 

Download Mozilla Firefox 9 now.

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TechPowerUp GPU-Z 0.5.7 special build

 TechPowerUp GPU-Z 0.5.7 is released with a special version featuring the ASUS ROG motherboard theme and supporting latest hardware like the new AMD HD 7970 and HD 7350 and Several reliability updates

So this is a special build of GPU-Z using an ASUS ROG skin to provide a unified look and feel for users of ASUS Republic of Gamer products, for download link check bellow.

Download TechPowerUp GPU-Z 0.5.7

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GTX 780 Vs GTX 580 Benchmark comparison spotted

Here is another benchmark snapshots leaked, this time it show us a  comparison between the Nvidia next generation GTX 780 not GTX 680 that was done after the Nvidia jump from 600 to 700 (some marketing smells like what happen to 300 series) compared with the Nvidia GTX 580 .

The slides show eight games performance tests between GTX 580 and GTX 780, test bed included Core i7-3960X CPU, Windows 7 64-bit  OS，297 series graphics driver, 2560*1600 resolution，AA/AF enabled.

The results are interesting, the GTX 780 can perform up to 2.3 faster than the current GTX 580, take look at all tests :

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Ivy Bridge 3000 desktop prices spotted

Ivy Bridge architecture is on the way and will arrive next year second quarter, the new processor from the giant Intel will come with reference family name core ix-3000.

The release date is known as well as specification, so still the prices, this is what is leaked today at cpu-world, a compiled prices for Ivy Bridge processors from the Core i5-3450 to the Core i7-3770T with a range from 184$ up to 294$, take a look at the table bellow:

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HD 7970 Vs GTX 580 Benchmarks tests first leaks ?

OK this is the last unofficial news today, but I want you to take a look at them so take 'em with some spices.

Just found two benchmarks testing and comparing the upcoming AMD HD 7970 with the current available Nvidia Geforce GTX 580 using a relative performance comparison, so according to the leaked snapshots the  HD 7970 will be up to 1.6 time faster than the GTX 580, we can say that these results are 80% true when we consider the new 28nm processing technology used on the HD 7970 , 4.50 billion transistors packed and 2048 processing cores.(please consider the wrong graph scaling)

Check them and comment what you think if these numbers will be official:

leaked via gathering.tweakers.net forum

Update: Hello again, today the Radeon HD 7970 is out and available for testing, the up benchmarks results are not accurate so dont consider them from now, bellow the latest accurate and official benchmark results Ive chose, the AMD Radeon HD 7970 is about 1.15 to 1.20 faster in avrage than the Nvidia GTX 580. 

Benchmark results

Battlefield 3 benchmark:
review

Tessellation DX11 test result:
review

 3DMark 2011 test result:
review

 Power Consumption test result:
review

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