ATI wins 2009. in graphics
The year 2009 was really slow, unusually so when it comes to new product announcements and the better part of the second half of the year was spent waiting for new DirectX 11 parts. In early 2009 Nvidia launched its Geforce GTX 295, something that has dominated the high end graphics market all the way until November 2009. Nvidiaآ’s GTX 285 and GTX 260, both in 55nm were usually the best choice. In the mean time AMD had HD 4870 and HD 4850 cards and letآ’s not forget the dual-GPU HD 4870 X2, but all of them usually ended just slightly slower than Nvidia offering. The first part of year was clearly in Nvidia favour.
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Two new Foxconn H55 motherboards
For the upcoming launch of the 32nm Core i3/i5 processors, Foxconn has prepared two micro ATX motherboards, the H55MX-S and H55MXV. Both powered by the H55 chipset, the boards have a 6-phase power design, support for 45nm/32nm LGA 1156 CPUs, two DDR3-1333 memory slots, a PCI-Express x16 slot and six SATA 3.0 Gbps ports.
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Average American spends 13 hours online
According to a Harris Interactive survey of US Internet users, it appears the average users spends about 13 hours a week online, however, the range is very large. Over the past decade, online time has doubled from just under 7 hours in 1999 to the current survey results. At its peak, in October 2008 (during the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the upcoming election of President Obama), online time was over 14 hours.
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Faulty BIOS in some Sapphire HD 5770 cards disables 80 shaders
A BIOS glitch in Sapphire HD 5770 Vapor-X cards seems to be responsible disabling 80 shaders, dropping their number to a total 720, which is what you get on an HD 5750.
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Intel rubbishes NVIDIA ION graphics for netbooks
Intel and NVIDIA look set to continue their spat concerning the hardware that powers netbooks. It can be argued that Intel provided the fundamental stimulus for netbook growth when it released the Atom chip in 2008. Custom-designed for low power and small mobile form factors, the chip has been taken up by almost everyone. The chip giant then recently launched the second-generation Atom, complete with integrated graphics and, consequently, lower platform-wide power-draw.
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Asus' Eee Pad will feature Tegra
There have been many few rumors regarding Asus Eee Pad for some time, but the last one is pretty interesting as Asus apparently decided to go for Nvidia's Tegra on this one, and most likely a second generation of it considering its March 2010 release schedule.
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Intel SSDs Cooler Than Facebook or Twitter
According to the December print edition of PC World magazine, the Intel X25-M SSD ranked No. 3 in the PC World Top 100 Best Products of 2009, ahead of both Facebook and Twitter. According to the publication, "This model's speedy test results put it at the top of our chart; its price and performance make it a compelling flash upgrade for notebook or desktop users."
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Hulu adds music from Warner Music
Warner Music Group announced a deal with online video service Hulu to offer music videos, artist interviews and concerts from Atlantic Records, Rhino Records and Warner Bros. Records. This follows a deal with EMI, which brought that label's content to the service last month.
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New Lenovo Pine Trail netbooks with multi-touch
An upcoming netbook from Lenovo, featuring multi-touch capability and Intel's new Pine Trail platform, has been spotted undergoing FCC testing. The IdeaPad S10-3t is expected to be shown off officially at CES early next month, and other preliminary specs point to a 10.1-inch multi-touch screen that can rotate for tablet use along with integrated Wi-Fi, 3G and GPS.
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