Tuesday, March 10, 2009

IT News HeadLines (HARDSPELL) 10/03/2009


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Nvidia is considering making an x86 CPU
Nvidia was smart enough to start talking about an x86 chip and the fact that it might do it, at the time of Cebit, which is usually a very busy time for news guys. Mr Ohara, Nvidias Vice president of
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RV790 to become Radeon HD 4890
Multiple sources have told us that they learned RV790 might be branded Radeon HD 4890 and this card should launch at some point in April.It is definitely going to be faster than Radeon HD 4870 and it
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Zotacs GTX 285 Infinity is real
We had a chance to take a picture of Zotacs GTX 285 Infinity Edition water cooled card at Cebit, and we can confirm that the card is real. The card works at 722MHz for the core and according to Zotac
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AMD to launch new Phenom IIs in April
We have learned that AMD has a few new Phenoms that it plans to launch in April time. All the upcoming CPUs are Phenom II generation, designed to fit socket AM3, and you can expect some faster clocks
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HD 4870 now available for €149 in Euroland
Following Nvidias GTS 250 rebrand, ATI has slightly adjusted HD 4870 prices to make the green teams life a bit harder.At the moment you can get an HD 4870 for €149. The card comes from Sapphire and fe
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New 45nm Pentium could be Celeron replacement
Intel secured the performance crown with its Core i7 processors last November, and its readying more affordable quad-core derivatives later this year. But what about the bottom end of the market? Whil
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Seagate teams up with AMD to demo SATA 6 Gbps drive
Trying to get back on the horse and combat its competitors advancements, Seagate has, together with AMD, publicly demonstrated a hard drive featuring the upcoming SATA 6 Gbps interface. Backwards comp
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Celeron D 326 and Core 2 Extreme X7800 up for axing
Intel has recently added to more processors to its black list, the little place where chip go before they are discontinued. The models planning their retirement this time are the 90nm 2.53 GHz Celeron
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BFG launches water-cooled GeForce GTX 285 H2O
The card, pictured below, is hitting stores in North America and Europe starting today, and is expected to carry a price tag of around $500.As with BFGs previous water-cooled efforts, the cards copper
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Sapphire to introduce higher-capacity PSUs
Graphics doyen Jon Peddie noted that graphics shipments plummeted in Q4 2008. NVIDIAs not having too great a time of it and ATIs brought out no new desktop GPUs at CeBIT 2009.Sapphire, ATIs largest bo
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Gigabyte announces Ultra Durable VGA technology
Gigabyte announced that the company is planning a big push with its Ultra Durable VGA technology, and the GTS 250 they showcased at Cebit will be the first in line to use it.Ultra Durable VGA will off
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Nehalem EP in the house
We just thought youd like to know that a pair of Nehalem EP CPUs arrived in the office today. Nehalem EP is the codename for the Nehalem-architecture Xeons that will replace the Core-architecture Xeon
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MSI makes DDR2 + DDR3 AMD 790GX board
Continuing to play the Mr. Memory Lover Lover role, MSI has presented a new DDR slot-bursting motherboard at CeBIT. Named 790GX-8D, the upcoming board supports both AM2/AM2+ and AM3 processors, has fo
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AMD releases the dual-GPU FirePro 2450
The now fabless AMD has let loose a new multi-monitor-loving professional graphics card, the FirePro 2450. Consuming just 32W in load and 17W during 2D work, the low profile card features two GPUs, 51
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EVGA releases Precision 1.5.0 overclocking utility
EVGA has just released version 1.5.0 of its popular Precision GPU overclocking utility, and we are pleased to say that this is a big release with a number of new features. The company decided to revam
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Motherboard makers to enjoy stable shipments in 1Q09, says paper
Taiwan-based motherboard makers Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology and ASRock will all see stable shipments in the first quarter this year despite that overall consumer demand has dropped, accordin
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Intel to work with Compal and SiS for China white-box notebook market, says paper
Intel will cooperate with notebook maker Compal Electronics and chipset maker Silicon Integrated System (SiS) to launch 12- to 14-inch white-box notebooks, according to a Chinese-language Economic Dai
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You can buy Atom without the chipset
We asked Intel if its possible to buy Atom chipset without CPU and the answer we got is yes. If you check Intels price list you can find that many Atoms are listed as available for purchase without a
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Intel Gulftown 32nm 6-core should work with X58 boards
We can now confirm that the X58 platform is here to stay. Intel plans to release a new six-core 32nm CPU next year, and the good news is that this chip will continue to support its X58 chipset.The soc
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AMD claims it gains market share
A senior guy from AMD that weve met at Cebit has told us that AMD is gaining share with its Phenom II CPUs. Since the launch, the sale is doing really well and after the patch Phenom II X3 720 is sell
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RV790 is not a faster RV770
We learned some bits and pieces on ATIs upcoming RV790 chip and we can now happily confirm that his is yet another 55nm chip from ATI.The company didnt want to postpone the introduction of the new car
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All Core i7 CPUs Reportedly Memory Multiplier and QPI Unlocked
Intels Core i7 CPUs have been on the market for a while now and have proven to be popular with enthusiasts and gamers looking to build new computers. Like Intels other processor familiar, the Core i7
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