IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (Legit Reviews) 25/09/2009

Windows 7 may not spur PC replacement until 2H10

Windows 7 is unlikely to have any obvious impact on PC demand in the tail-end of 2009, according to sources at notebook players, who believe demand should not be expected to pick up until the second half of 2010, when large enterprises and governments begin to expand their expense budgets.

Based on past experience, PC replacement demand is not driven significantly by the consumer market, but rather enterprise and government purchases, the sources noted. The sources noted that since most enterprises in Europe and North America are expected to start planning annual purchasing budgets for the year in March and April of 2010, actual replacement demand is not expected to spur until the second half of the year.

September 24 News from Around the Web

EVGA X58 SLI Micro LGA1366 mATX Motherboard Review @ Hardware Canucks and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!

The mATX form factor has really made a name for itself over the last few years and that has carried forward to the X58 chipset with fully featured monster boards packed into a small mATX form factor. The EVGA X58 SLI Micro continues that tradition by offering pretty much everything its full ATX X58 counterparts provide. The one big difference is the mATX form factor.

Sean Maloney Talks About Intel Larrabee Graphics and Runs a Demo

Yesterday, we brought you news that Sean Maloney showed the World's first Larrabee graphics engine running a quick demo at one of the keynote presentations here at IDF. Here is a quick video that Intel posted on YouTube of the presentaion if you'd like to see it for yourself in HD.

Larrabee is the codename for a GPGPU chip that Intel is developing separately from its current line of integrated graphics accelerators. Larrabee is expected to compete with GeForce and Radeon products from NVIDIA and AMD respectively. Larrabee will also compete in the GPGPU and high-performance computing markets. The first video cards featuring Larrabee are likely to be released in the first half of 2010

Intel Displays Light Peak Optical CableTechnology

At IDF 209 this today Intel demonstrated a high-speed optical cable technology available next year that will connect mainstream electronic devices like laptops, HD displays, televisions, cameras, video players, iPods, docking stations and Solid State Drives (SSDs) to each other using optical fiber, rather than copper wires.

Developed by Intel and codenamed Light Peak, this proposed technology paves the way for a new generation of extreme computer input and output (I/O) performance, delivering 10Gb/s of bandwidth, with the potential ability to scale to 100Gbs over the next decade. At 10Gb/s, a user could transfer a full-length Blu-Ray* movie in less than 30 seconds. The company intends to work with the industry to determine the best way to make this new technology a standard.

XFX Radeon HD 5870 (HD-587A-ZNF9) In Stock At Newegg.com

One of our sharp eyed readers just noticed that Newegg.com listed their XFX Radeon HD 5870 graphics cards as being in-stock and ordered one! If you are looking for one of these cards you can actually order one and have it tomorrow if you overnight it!

The XFX Radeon 5850 and 5870 graphics cards also feature a second generation TeraScale engine that provides a dramatic increase in processing power over previous generations. Two teraFLOPS of power enable gamers to carve through the most demanding games and GDDR5 memory technology provides twice the data per pin of GDDR3 memory at similar clock speeds, enabling these GPUs to be more nimble and responsive than previous graphics cards.

GIGABYTE Presents Radeon HD 5800 Series Graphics Cards

GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY today announced their latest addition to its selection of premium graphics cards. GIGABYTEs GV-R587D5-1GD-B and GV-R585D5-1GD-B are built using ATI RadeonbHD 5800 Series GPUs which are based on 40nm process and advanced GDDR5 memory technology. These powerful new GPUs provide for a host of innovative new features including Microsoft DirectX 11, ATI Eyefinity Technology, ATI Stream technology, Quad mode ATI CrossFireX multi-GPU support, UVD 2 and PowerPlay, and offer an incredibly immersive HD gaming experience and unrivaled performance.

The GIGABYTE GV-R587D5-1GD-B and GV-R585D5-1GD-B feature ATI's latest 2nd Generation TeraScale graphics engine, boasting the power of more than 2 teraFLOPS with 1600 and 1440 stream processors respectively. With 1GB GDDR5 memory, the GV-R587D5-1GD-B and GV-R585D5-1GD-B provide twice the data per pin of GDDR3 memory at the same clock speeds. Benefiting from ATI Eyefinity Technology, every gamer can run up to 3 displays from a single graphics board and expand the field of view across all displays. End-users can enjoy the ultimate gaming experience with innovative wrap around multi-display capabilities with ATI Eyefinity Technology. Furthermore, using ATI Stream Technology, every user can easily unleash the massive parallel processing power of GPU for physics, artificial intelligence, stream computing and ray tracing calculations, and tackle demanding tasks like video transcoding with incredible speed.

Kingston Technology Ships 8GB HyperX Kits for P55 Platforms

Kingston Technology just sent us word that they are adding 8GB HyperX kits to their Core i5/i7 lineup of memory. The quad-kits come in 1333- and 1600MHz, run at a low 1.65 volts and are available now.

The 8GB memory kits help increase overall system performance in 64-bit operating systems including Windows Vista and the upcoming Windows 7. System builders and ultra-enthusiasts who deploy 8GB of Kingston dual-channel memory will find performance increases in such tasks as running virtual machines, video encoding and graphics-oriented applications.

Intel Unveils Fastest Laptop Chips Ever - Intel Core i7-920XM

ntel Corporation introduced its revolutionary Intel Core i7 Mobile Processor and Intel Core i7 Mobile Processor Extreme Edition today, bringing Intels award-winning and super-fast Nehalem microarchitecture to the mobile market. These processors in addition to the new Intel PM55 Express Chipset, provide the best laptop experience for intense gaming, digital media, photos, music, business applications and other multi-threaded software that hungers for faster processing speed. The chips also boost overall performance when using several of these applications simultaneously. 1ku pricing for the Intel Core i7-920XM, Intel Core i7-820QM and Intel Core i7-720QM mobile processors is $1,054, $546 and $364, respectively. Be sure to check out our review on the Intel Core i7-920XM processor in a Clevo whitebook notebook here.

Formerly codenamed Clarksfield, Intel Core i7 mobile processors offer Intel Turbo Boost Technology1, which can accelerate the processor clock speed up to 75 percent to match workloads, as well as better performance on highly threaded applications with the power of Intel Hyper-Threading Technology2. The new Intel Core i7 mobile processors also include two-channel DDR3 1333 MHz memory support and full 1 x16 or 2 x8 PCI Express 2.0 graphics. Whether users are editing a video, composing a song, playing a video game or updating their Facebook status with the latest YouTube video craze, Intel Core i7 mobile processors adapt to provide the right processing power for the task, with more performance and flexibility to match their on-the-go needs.

Lucid HYDRA 200 Chip Integrated into Intel Platform

Delivering the industrys first truly dynamic and universal parallel graphics technology, LucidLogix Technologies (Lucid) has chosen Intels next-generation P55 platform to deliver the new HYDRA 200 real time distributed processing chip with GPU sharing capability to next generation motherboards. In addition to the Intel Core i5 and i7 processors/P55, other Intel motherboard systems incorporating HYDRA 200 are expected to be introduced by the end of the year.

"Intels newest high performance Core i7 and Core i5 processors coupled with the Intel P55 Chipset provide an ideal platform for Lucid to introduce its new GPU sharing technology, said Zane Ball, Director of Microprocessor Product Marketing. Intel Capitals longtime investment into Lucid has contributed to the delivery of this important technology, which will afford enthusiasts new choice and flexibility to unleash performance.

September 23 News from Around the Web

Intel Core 2 Duo Processors Revisited @ iXBT Labs and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!

"Two processor cores are the reasonable minimum for most desktops today. Most processors we are going to review today fall into the magical price range of "up to $200" and can be used in a $500 PC performing much better than a relatively inexpensive notebook (or a four-year-old top PC). So, this choice is justified, when you have a strictly limited budget or just don't want to spend too much money."

AMD Radeon HD 5870 Video Card Overclocking

With the launch of the AMD Radeon HD 5870 graphics card fresh on our minds, we couldn't help but wonder how far we could overclock the card if we weren't limited by what Catalyst Control Center capped us at? Read on to see what we can do with the AMD GPU Clock Tool on our 5870 that comes stock at 850MHz GPU and 1200MHz Memory.

IDF 2009: Kingston Shows Off 12 'chained' SSDNow Series Drives

Kingston had another strong presence at IDF this year and the highlight of their booth for our audience was clearly the SSD Demo they had setup. The system contained four Kingston SSDNow! M series drives and eight Kingston SSDNow! E series drives! You'll have to read on to see what they did with this many drives.

Intel Core i7 Goes Mobile - Core i7-920XM 'Clarksfield' CPU Review

Today Intel has released their next generation of mobile performance platforms designed with gamers and multimedia enthusiasts in mind. Codenamed "Clarksfield," the new Intel Core i7 mobile processor paired with the PM55 Express Chipset promises to bring the latest Core technology to a mobile, performance-efficient platform! Read on to find out the full feature set and performance of Intel's latest mobile performance lineup including benchmarks!

IDF 2009: Hands on with the Archos 9PCtablet

Last night Legit Reviews got to spend some time with ARCHOS and got a hands on look at the recently announced 9PCtablet (tablet PC). The ARCHOS 9 pushes the boundaries of what one might consider the future of netbooks, as this Intel Atom powered tablet PC has some features that might just leave you wanting one!

Friday, September 25, 2009

IT News HeadLines (Legit Reviews) 25/09/2009

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