IT-Code-News: IT News HeadLines (HotHardware) 29/03/2010

Magellan Introduces RoadMate App For iPhone
iPhone users now have another GPS option for their phones. Magellan GPS recently announced the Magellan RoadMate App for iPhone for the United States and Puerto Rico. The app uses the same interface as the company's dedicated personal navigation devices. Feature highlights include:Spoken street name guidanceHighway lane assistIn-app music controliPhone address book integrationPedestrian ModeMost current maps provided by NAVTEQThe Magellan RoadMate App does not have any recurring subscription fees and is available
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Asus Eee PC M101MT Netbook/Tablet To Ship Next Month For $499
Tablet PCs may be all the rage right now, but there's still the question of how many people actually want to use a keyboard-less slate. We're guessing that the novelty may wear off, and that most folks will end up yearning for an actual keyboard to bang on. For that reason, we think there is a lot of attractiveness in something like the 10.1" Eee PC T101MT, which acts like a tablet if you'd like, but flips around and becomes a netbook when you need a full gamut of keys. The machine was introduced a couple of
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Verizon Cutting Back On FiOS Roll Outs: A Fiber Dream Dies
The recession has a lot of negative effects, but largely, the technology industry has continued to flourish. Unfortunately, one of the greatest competitors in the Internet industry seems to be scaling back their efforts, and the tough economic conditions are primarily to blame. Verizon made the news in a big way a few years ago, promising to really add a dose of competition to markets that only had a couple of ISP choices (mostly from cable and DSL providers). The FiOS Internet service was unique; it provided
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Zotac Introduces New GeForce GTX 470 And GTX 480 Graphics Cards
Asus has already announced their version of NVIDIA's new Fermi-based GPUs, and now Zotac is stepping in with new versions of the GeForce GTX 470 and GTX 480 as well. The specs here are all what you would expect; the 480 has a 700MHz Engine Clock speed, 480 unified shaders, 1401MHz shader clock, 1.5GB of GDDR5 RAM, a 384-bit memory interface and 3696MHz. The 470 has a 607MHz engine clock speed, 448 unified shaders, a 1.2GHz shader clock, 1.2GB of GDDR5 memory, a 320-bit memory interface and a 3.3GHz memory clock.
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Digital Storm Offers New NVIDIA GPUs In Black|OPS Gaming Desktop
Digital Storm is following the crowd, but how could you blame them? With NVIDIA turning the graphics market upside-down by introducing the Fermi-based graphics card lineup (GeForce GTX 470 and GTX 480), the company is revealing a new version of the Black|OPS gaming PC with NVIDIA's latest in the rig. The Black|OPS has always been a fantastic gaming machine, but now it's easily the best of the best. Little else has changed in the configurations, with moneyed consumers still able to soup it up with an Intel Core
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Maingear Brings Fermi Power To SHIFT Supercomputer
We're sensing a trend here, and Maingear is helping to substantiate our assumptions. Right after NVIDIA announced their new GeForce GTX 470 and 480 GPUs, Maingear has arrived with new high performance gaming PCs that have none other than NVIDIA's Fermi graphics cards in them. Of course, the SHIFT "personal supercomputer" is the first to arrive on the scene, with "a dedicated 3D engine designed from the ground up for DX11 tesselation, 2 times the CUDA cores for raw computing power, a dedicated 3D engine that
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AT&T Seeks To Expand Market, Targets Dogs
Considering 91% of Americans carry a cell phone, there are not a lot of new customers for wireless carriers to target. That is, unless you start considering non-human customers. That's just what AT&T has in mind with a new dog collar that can connect to the Internet. After talking about wireless dog collars for more than a year, AT&T is almost ready to deploy a collar. The collar could send text messages or emails to a pet owner if the pet strays outside of a predefined area. It could also provide continuous
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Time Warner Gives NYC Customers Free Wi-Fi
Time Warner Cable's New York City customers just got a nice bonus in the form of free Wi-Fi. The free Wi-Fi is available to 1 million of the company's New York City customers in places like public parks and commuter train stations. â€œRoad Runner customers can experience a fast, simple and easy connection from their laptops or portable Wi-Fi-enabled devices in Time Warner Cable Wi-Fi zones, meeting their growing need for mobility,â€ said Howard Szarfarc, executive vice president of Time Warner Cableâ€™s New York
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Asus First Out Of The Gate With Fermi-Based NVIDIA GPUs
We hope you're ready for the onslaught of new Fermi-based GPUs, because they're coming--ready or not. One of the first companies out of the gate to support NVIDIA's latest gaming efforts is Asus, which has just launched the ENGTX400 Series of graphics cards that are based around the GTX 470 and GTX 480. You already know how this baby will perform, but we'll share a few of the details anyway.The flagship ENGTX480 utilizes the GTX480 core with an impressive 700MHz core clock speed, 1536MB of GDDR5 memory, and
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Magellan Introduces RoadMate App For iPhone

iPhone users now have another GPS option for their phones. Magellan GPS recently announced the Magellan RoadMate App for iPhone for the United States and Puerto Rico. The app uses the same interface as the company's dedicated personal navigation devices.

Feature highlights include:

Spoken street name guidance
Highway lane assist
In-app music control
iPhone address book integration
Pedestrian Mode
Most current maps provided by NAVTEQ

The Magellan RoadMate App does not have any recurring subscription fees and is available for use on the iPod touch (2nd generation) with the Magellan Premium Car Kit (sold separately). The app is available at an introductory price of $39.99.

Verizon Cutting Back On FiOS Roll Outs: A Fiber Dream Dies

The recession has a lot of negative effects, but largely, thetechnology industry has continued to flourish. Unfortunately, one ofthe greatest competitors in the Internet industry seems to be scalingback their efforts, and the tough economic conditions are primarily toblame. Verizon made the news in a big way a few years ago, promising toreally add a dose of competition to markets that only had a couple ofISP choices (mostly from cable and DSL providers).

The FiOS Internet service was unique; it provided a fiber-basedalternative that delivered fiber all the way to the home, which enabledusers to purchase speeds well over 100Mbps. Those speeds arepractically unheard of, but FiOS was forcing other ISPs to reallyconsider their offerings. Verizon was able to roll FiOS out to 18 totalstates, with some getting a lot more coverage than others. FiOSprovided Internet, TV and phone (if a customer chose), and all weresaid to be of excellent quality. In fact, the worse problems FiOS gaveVerizon were in the customer service area; demand was so great thatmany offers weren't honored, which generated a good bit of negative PR.

Based on a new Associated Press report, Verizon will be scaling backfuture FiOS roll outs, only completing them in markets that they havepromised service and not adding fiber to any area that's not in thatpool. The company will continue to add fiber to homes in Washington,D.C., New York City and Philadelphia, but some other hopeful cities(like Baltimore and Boston) are now out of luck.

We know fiber expansion is expensive, and Verizon has already spentbillions on the effort, but it's still tough to see an industry leadingculling their efforts. Hopefully DOCSIS 3.0 will flourish in order tokeep those 100Mbps speeds coming to consumers, but if you were countingon Verizon to bring those types of speeds to your router, you canprobably keep on wishing.

Maingear Brings Fermi Power To SHIFT Supercomputer

We're sensing a trend here, and Maingear is helping to substantiate ourassumptions. Right after NVIDIA announced their new GeForce GTX 470 and 480 GPUs, Maingear has arrived with new high performance gaming PCsthat have none other than NVIDIA's Fermi graphics cards in them. Ofcourse, the SHIFT "personal supercomputer" is the first to arrive onthe scene, with "a dedicated 3D engine designed from the ground up forDX11 tesselation, 2 times the CUDA cores for raw computing power, adedicated 3D engine that supports realtime ray tracing for dynamicrealism, and enhanced depth of field and image quality." Not bad, yeah?

The machines are up for order now on the company's website.

MAINGEAR High Performance PCs Now Available with NVIDIA GTX 470/480 and 3-way SLI
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The best gets better with the worldâ€™s fastest GPU to create the most visually immersive graphics experience to date

Union, New Jersey â€“ March 26, 2010 â€“ MAINGEAR Computers, award-winning builders of custom computers for PC gamers and enthusiasts, announces immediate configurability of NVIDIAâ€™s latest graphics cards, the NVIDIAÂ® GeForceÂ® GTX 480 and GTX 470 in the SHIFT everyday supercomputer.

The single fastest GPU in the world, the GTX 480 empowers MAINGEAR's award-winning portfolio of high performance custom computers to deliver gamers, creative professionals, and power hungry PC enthusiasts the best gaming experience possible. With a dedicated 3D engine designed from the ground up for DX11 tesselation, 2 times the CUDA cores for raw computing power, a dedicated 3D engine that supports realtime ray tracing for dynamic realism, and enhanced depth of field and image quality, the new GTX 480 powers the most stunning graphics performance imaginable.

â€œOur innovative and groundbreaking GeForce GTX 480 GPU raises the bar for enthusiast graphics,â€ said Drew Henry, general manager for GPU business at NVIDIA. â€œBy incorporating NVIDIAâ€™s latest GPUs into the widely acclaimed and highly decorated SHIFT, gamers and enthusiasty consumers have a ton to be excited about.â€

â€MAINGEARâ€™s proud to feature NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 and 480 graphics in our award-winning SHIFT,â€ said Wallace Santos, CEO and Founder of MAINGEAR Computers.Â â€œThis type of GPU technology is what the SHIFT was designed for.Â With support for up to three GTX 480 without the need for expensive water-cooling, the SHIFTâ€™s heat-stack vertical design truly shines.Â We feel that this is the technology that gamers have been waiting for, and weâ€™re happy to deliver it in a sublime, aesthetically pleasing package.â€

Consumers can now purchase MAINGEAR's high performance PCs with the GTX 480 and GTX 470 through their web site at www.maingear.com or order by phone at (888-MAINGEAR).Â Each system comes with MAINGEARâ€™s premium Lifetime Labor and Phone Support with one to three year hardware warranty and is backed by the best in-house support team in the country.

About MAINGEAR
MAINGEAR is the premier high performance systems integrator in North America. MAINGEAR
custom builds gaming, home office, mobile, multimedia, small business and 3D workstation
solutions of the highest quality, which have won them many editorsâ€™ choice awards in every major computer publication such as C-Net, ard|OCP, Maximum PC, CPU Magazine, etc. For more information on MAINGEAR, please visit www.maingear.com or call, toll-free,
(888)624-6432.

Multiple-screen Comparison Article

When Nvidia finally comes out with it's Nvsurround technology, I'd like to see a comparison between the 5870 vs 5850 vs 5970 vs 5870 - 2GB vs 5970 - 4 GB vs 5870 Eyefinity6 vs whatever Nvidia has at the time in a 3x1 display setup.

I think it would also be cool to include some crossfire/SLI 3x1 testing.

Time Warner Gives NYC Customers Free Wi-Fi

Time Warner Cable's New York City customers just got a nice bonus in the form of free Wi-Fi. The free Wi-Fi is available to 1 million of the company's New York City customers in places like public parks and commuter train stations.

â€œRoad Runner customers can experience a fast, simple and easy connection from their laptops or portable Wi-Fi-enabled devices in Time Warner Cable Wi-Fi zones, meeting their growing need for mobility,â€ said Howard Szarfarc, executive vice president of Time Warner Cableâ€™s New York City region.

The service runs on Cablevision's Optimum Wi-Fi network that launched in 2008. Users will have unlimited access to Wi-Fi, however you must be a Time Warner Cable NYC customer to access the hot spots and you'll need to log in using your Road Runner username and password. To find a list of the free hot spots, visit the company's Wi-Fi Zones page.

Although users outside of the NYC area won't reap the benefits of this new offering just yet, we hope the idea could spread. Offering free Wi-Fi is one way for cable companies to compete against wireless carriers.

Sound Technical issue

My speakers aren't emitting any sound all of a sudden. How can I determine if it is a hack job and remedy it? Under device drivers everything shows up okay for my creative audio 2. All cables are hooked up as they should be. Strange. My firewall is up :)

AT&T Seeks To Expand Market, Targets Dogs

Considering 91% of Americans carry a cell phone, there are not a lot of new customers for wireless carriers to target. That is, unless you start considering non-human customers. That's just what AT&T has in mind with a new dog collar that can connect to the Internet.

After talking about wireless dog collars for more than a year, AT&T is almost ready to deploy a collar. The collar could send text messages or emails to a pet owner if the pet strays outside of a predefined area. It could also provide continuous tracking of the pet.

A wireless dog collar is just one of many new devices AT&T hopes will catch on and provide additional streams of revenue. Other gadgets could include a pill box that will remind you to take your medicine, ereaders, tracking devices for shipping containers, and in-car entertainment systems. By connecting these types of devices to the Internet via AT&T's network, the company expects to bring in about $1 billion in annual services revenue in about five years.

"We see opportunities in dogs, in pallets, in cars and how you take your pills," Ralph de la Vega, the head of AT&T's mobile business, said at the CTIA annual wireless trade show.

AT&T showed off a dog collar at CTIA but did not reveal a price. The carrier expects to launch the collar later this year. The dog collar was developed by Berkeley, California-based Apisphere.

Asus First Out Of The Gate With Fermi-Based NVIDIA GPUs

We hope you're ready for the onslaught of new Fermi-based GPUs, because they're coming--ready or not. One of the first companies out of the gate to support NVIDIA's latest gaming efforts is Asus, which has just launched the ENGTX400 Series of graphics cards that are based around the GTX 470 and GTX 480. You already know how this baby will perform, but we'll share a few of the details anyway.

The flagship ENGTX480 utilizes the GTX480 core with an impressive 700MHz core clock speed, 1536MB of GDDR5 memory, and a 384-bit memory interface. The mid-range ENGTX470 ships with a 607MHz core clock speed, 1280MB of GDDR5 memory, and sports a 320-bit memory interface. Both boards offer overclocking options galore, though Asus isn't dishing out pricing or availability just yet.

ASUS Launches NVIDIA's new GeForce GTX480/470 Graphics Cards with Next Generation GPU Compute Technology

Fremont, CA (March 26th, 2010) - Long awaited by gamers, overclockers and demanding enthusiasts, the latest generation GF100 graphics processor from NVIDIAÂ® is finally here. ASUS is the first to release fully-optimized GTX480/470 graphics cards with customized features that deliver advanced hardware support and performance in the most demanding Microsoft DirectX 11 based gaming titles or applications that can harness the power of CUDA â„¢.

Gearing Up for Action
ASUS is excited to release two new cards for the GF100 product launch today. The flagship ENGTX480 utilizes the GTX480 core with an impressive 700MHz core clock speed, 1536MB of GDDR5 memory, and a 384-bit memory interface. The mid-range ENGTX470 ships with a 607MHz core clock speed, 1280MB of GDDR5 memory, and sports an impressive 320-bit memory interface.Â Both cards offer amazing gaming performance, but gamers are not the only ones to benefit as the next generation NVIDIA CUDA architecture allows a new level of GPU compute performance in numerous non-graphics applications.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â

Pushing the boundaries of performance
Both new graphics boards feature ASUSâ€™ focus on innovation and passion to provide the best gaming and overclocking experience possible via GamerOSD and Voltage Tweak applications. GamerOSD is an award winning in-game application allowing for frame rate monitoring, screenshots, in-game video capture or on-the-fly overclocking.

ASUSâ€™ exclusive Voltage Tweak functionality can be enabled and controlled via the Smart Doctor application, covering almost every possible overclocking and overvolting scenario envisioned by users. Additionally the extensive fan control configurations in Smart Doctor allow for complete control of cooling performance of the card, users can even set their own fan ramping profiles.

Ready to Amaze
Consisting of over 3 billion transistors, double the CUDA cores of previous GTX 200 GPUs, and full DirectX 11 support, GF100 is designed for groundbreaking graphics performance. With a revolutionary new scalable geometry pipeline and enhanced anti-aliasing capabilities, GF100 delivers both unrivalled performance and breathtaking image quality in games and media playback.

Combined with NVIDIAâ€™s CUDA and DirectCompute parallel processing capabilities along with NVIDIA PhysXÂ®, NVIDIA SLIÂ® and NVIDIAÂ® 3D Visionâ„¢ technologies, the ASUS ENGTX480/470 graphics cards enable a totally immersive user experience on the personal computer.

Visit usa.asus.com for further information and specifications.

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About ASUS
ASUS is a leading company in the new digital era, with an extensive product portfolio that includes notebooks, netbooks, motherboards, graphics cards, displays, optical drives, desktop PCs, servers, wireless solutions, mobile phones and networking devices. Driven by innovation and committed to quality, ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today's digital home, office and person. ASUS won 3,268 awards in 2009, and is widely credited with revolutionizing the PC industry with the Eee PCâ„¢. With a global staff of more than ten thousand and a world-class R&D design team, the company's revenue for 2008 was 8.1 billion U.S. dollars. ASUS ranks among BusinessWeek's InfoTech 100, and has been on the listing for 12 consecutive years.

ASUS Motherboards: No.1 in the World
ASUS is the No.1 motherboard brand in the world, commanding the biggest market share globally. Today, one in every three computers houses an ASUS Motherboard. ASUS is the pioneer of numerous innovations that have gone on to become industry standards. Recent examples include the Hybrid Phase power design, Hybrid Processor and Hybrid Switch overclocking design, and Protect 3.0 for safe operation. With its decades of expertise and dedication to pushing the envelope of motherboard design, ASUS is poised to continue leading the industry in motherboard performance, safety and reliability.

Overclocking the 470/480....

So almost none of the reviews I've seen mention anything about overclocking.

The card already draws a TON of power, and at least two reviews mention temperatures of 99 degrees (just below boiling) while gaming.

What overclocking headroom do you think Fermi cards will have, and more importantly, do you think it'll improve markedly as yields improve?

Digital Storm Offers New NVIDIA GPUs In Black|OPS Gaming Desktop

Digital Storm is following the crowd, but how could you blame them?With NVIDIA turning the graphics market upside-down by introducing theFermi-based graphics card lineup (GeForce GTX 470 and GTX 480), thecompany is revealing a new version of the Black|OPS gaming PC withNVIDIA's latest in the rig.

The Black|OPS has always been a fantastic gaming machine, but now it'seasily the best of the best. Little else has changed in theconfigurations, with moneyed consumers still able to soup it up with anIntel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition. The new cards are now available asoptions in the machines, with the Enthusiast configuration (completewith NVIDIAâ€™s GTX 480 GPU) having a base price of $2,891.

Digital Storm Utilizes NVIDIAâ€™s New GPUs In BlackÂ¦OPS Gaming PC

Maximum PC 'Kick-Ass' award winning gaming PC now features NVIDIAâ€™s GTX 470 & 480 GPUs, allowing gamers to run graphic intensive applications like never before

Fremont, Calif. - (March 26, 2010) â€“ Digital Storm, the predominant name in system integration, proudly announces another hardware update to its flagship line of gaming systems: Black|OPS. With the integration of NVIDIAâ€™s GTX 470 and 480 GPUs, codenamed Fermi, gamers can now run the most graphic intensive applications on their Black|OPS machine and witness the most visually stunning gaming experience ever.

â€œNVIDIAâ€™s GTX 480 is without question the most powerful and reliable GPU ever built,â€ commented Rajeev Kuruppu, Digital Stormâ€™s Director of Product Development. â€œThe integration of these new cards into our Black|OPS platform results in unprecedented graphical performance and truly the most visually immersive gaming experience ever.â€

Following Maximum PCâ€™s prestigious â€œKick-Assâ€ award, Digital Storm has created a video review of the Black|OPS system with NVIDIAâ€™s new GTX 480 GPU: http://www.digitalstormonline.com/nvidiafermi.asp

Digital Stormâ€™s Black|OPS systems with NVIDIAâ€™s GTX 470 & 480 are currently available for purchase at www.DigitalStormOnline.com. The Enthusiast configuration with NVIDIAâ€™s GTX 480 GPU has a base price of $2,891 & each Digital Storm system comes with a 3 year parts and labor warranty, including replacement parts, and lifetime customer support.

For images or additional information, please contact Digital Storm Media Representative Brian Metcalf at brianmetcalf@maxborgesagency.com or 305-576-1171 x11, or visit http://www.digitalstormonline.com/compblackops.asp.
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To learn more about Digital Stormâ€™s complete product offerings, please visit www.DigitalStormOnline.com.

Zotac Introduces New GeForce GTX 470 And GTX 480 Graphics Cards

Asus has already announced their version of NVIDIA's new Fermi-basedGPUs, and now Zotac is stepping in with new versions of the GeForce GTX470 and GTX 480 as well. The specs here are all what you would expect;the 480 has a 700MHz Engine Clock speed, 480 unified shaders, 1401MHzshader clock, 1.5GB of GDDR5 RAM, a 384-bit memory interface and3696MHz. The 470 has a 607MHz engine clock speed, 448 unified shaders,a 1.2GHz shader clock, 1.2GB of GDDR5 memory, a 320-bit memoryinterface and a 3.3GHz memory clock. Both units have two Dual-LinkDVI-I outputs, a mini-HDMI 1.3a output, PCI Express 2.0, DirectX 11support, compatibility with NVIDIA's 3D Vision Surround.

ZOTAC Unleashes Next-Generation Graphics Cards
New ZOTAC GeForce GTX 480 and GeForce GTX 470 deliver word-class performance and features
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HONG KONG â€“ Mar. 26, 2010 â€“ ZOTACInternational, the worldâ€™s largest manufacturer of graphics cards,motherboards and mini-PCs in the channel, today unleashes the worldâ€™smost powerful graphics cards capable of delivering a phenomenal gamingexperience and unmatched processing powerÂ â€“ the new ZOTAC GeForceÂ® GTX480 and GeForceÂ® GTX 470 graphics cards. The ZOTAC GeForceÂ® GTX480 and GeForceÂ® GTX 470 graphics cards take gaming to uncharted levelswith new MicrosoftÂ® DirectXÂ® 11, 32x anti-aliasing, NVIDIAÂ® 3D Visionâ„¢Surround and HDMI 1.3a technologies.

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The new ZOTAC GeForceÂ® GTX 480 and GeForceÂ® GTX 470 deliver exceptionalperformance and visuals with an enhanced unified architecture thatfeatures hundreds of programmable unified shaders ready to process allGPU needs for extreme high-definition 3D gaming and everyday tasks. Theunified architecture combines with a large 1536MB frame buffer on theZOTAC GeForceÂ® GTX 480 and 1280MB frame buffer on the ZOTAC GeForceÂ®GTX 470 to deliver high-quality details and breathtaking performance.

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â â€œZOTACis always on the leading edge of technology. Our latest ZOTAC GeForceÂ®GTX 480 and GeForceÂ® GTX 470 incorporates all the latest technologiesand features users crave and combines them into a single PCI Expressx16 graphics card,â€ said Carsten Berger, marketing director, ZOTACInternational. â€œThe result is a pair of technologically advancedgraphics cards that deliver world-class performance.â€

NewMicrosoftÂ® DirectXÂ® 11 with Shader Model 5.0 technology enables theZOTAC GeForceÂ® GTX 480 and GeForceÂ® GTX 470 to take visual realism tonew heights with integrated GPU-accelerated tessellation.GPU-accelerated tessellation technology delivers photo-realisticvisuals and details in supported games for in-game characters andenvironments that visually mimic reality with the ZOTAC GeForceÂ® GTX480 and GeForceÂ® GTX 470.

TheZOTAC GeForceÂ® GTX 480 and GeForceÂ® GTX 470 deliver high-qualitydetails with an enhanced anti-aliasing algorithm that delivers up to32x sample rates. The improved anti-aliasing technology in the ZOTACGeForceÂ® GTX 480 and GeForceÂ® GTX 470 delivers lightning-fastperformance and superior visuals free of annoying jagged edges.

NVIDIAÂ®3D Visionâ„¢ Surround technology enables gamers that combine a pair ofZOTAC GeForceÂ® GTX 480 or GeForceÂ® GTX 470 graphics cards with NVIDIAÂ®SLIâ„¢ technology to experience the epitome of immersive gaming. NVIDIAÂ®3D Visionâ„¢ Surround technology expands games across three displays withreal 3D effects for a gaming experience that immersive gamers with thevirtual world.

NVIDIAÂ® PhysXÂ® technology completes the immersive gaming experience with the ZOTAC GeForceÂ®GTX 480 and GeForceÂ® GTX 470 graphics cards. PhysXÂ® technology deliverslife-like environmental, weather, explosion, fire and other effectsthat leave you breathless with the ZOTAC GeForceÂ® GTX 480 and GeForceÂ®GTX 470.

â€œTheZOTAC GeForceÂ® GTX 480 and GeForceÂ® GTX 470 graphics cards are a majoradvancement in graphics technology. The level of visual realism,performance and immersion delivered by the cards are simplyastonishing,â€ Mr. Berger. â€œYou really have to completely experiencewhat the ZOTAC GeForceÂ® GTX 480 and GeForceÂ® GTX 470 have to deliverfirst-hand to believe it.â€

NewHDMI 1.3a technology enables the ZOTAC GeForceÂ® GTX 480 and GeForceÂ®GTX 470 with crystal clear 8-channel digital surround sound, xvYCC andDeepColor technologies. HDMI xvYCC and DeepColor technologies deliversupport for up to 48-bit color depths that go beyond the traditional32-bit color depths for more vibrant colors and richer black-levels.

NVIDIAÂ® CUDAâ„¢technology accelerates everyday tasks such as video processing andimage editing using the ZOTAC GeForceÂ® GTX 480 and GeForceÂ® 470graphics cards. GPU-accelerated video processing and image editing withthe ZOTAC GeForceÂ® GTX 480 and GeForceÂ® GTX 470 results in performance that exceeds the worldâ€™s fastest desktop CPUs.

TheZOTAC GeForceÂ® GTX 480 and GeForceÂ® GTX 470 ship with two technologyshowcase applications â€“ Supersonic Sled and Design Garage â€“ that letusers instantly take advantage of the potential and performance of whatthe graphics cards have to offer.

SupersonicSled is a racing game showcase that lets users race a rocket-drivensled down a 6-mile track while showcasing DirectXÂ® 11 GPU-acceleratedtessellation, PhysXÂ® and CUDAâ„¢technologies. Design Garage demonstrates the power of ray tracingtechnology and enables gamers to interact with the latesthigh-performance cars with incredible photo-realistic details usingevery ounce of power from the ZOTAC GeForceÂ® GTX 480 and GeForceÂ® GTX 470 graphics cards.

Itâ€™s time to play with the ZOTAC GeForceÂ® GTX 480 and GeForceÂ® GTX 470 graphics cards.

General details
New ZOTAC GeForce GTX 480 & GeForce GTX 470 graphics cards
NVIDIA Fermi architecture
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 480
Engine clock: 700 MHz
480 Unified Shaders
Shader clock: 1401 MHz
1536MB GDDR5 memory
384-bit memory interface
Memory clock: 3696 MHz

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 470
Engine clock: 607 MHz
448 Unified Shaders
Shader clock: 1215 MHz
1280MB GDDR5 memory
320-bit memory interface
Memory clock: 3348 MHz

Dual dual-link DVI-I outputs
Mini HDMI 1.3a output
PCI Express 2.0 interface (Compatible with 1.1)
DirectX 11 with Shader Model 5.0 compatible
OpenGL 3.2 compatible
NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround ready
NVIDIA CUDA & PhysX ready
NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology
Microsoft DirectX 11 & DirectCompute ready

Which Is The Best Choice For Gaming Laptop?

Which is the best brand custom gaming laptop to choose; considering advantages, disadvantages, quality, personal opinions and reviews?

Option A: Alienware.

Option B: Digital Storm.

Option C: Cyber Power.

Option D: iBuy Power.

Bob needs help

Ok so I moved my computer and everytime it gets unplugged it starts up and shuts back down then reboots again telling me that the overclock was not stable and asking if I would like to load failsafe settings or boot as is. I always boot as is since it's not overclocked right now and I it works fine. This time it did that then loads up windows. I start to type my password and shuts off. Now it won't respond to the power button on the case or the motherboard and when I unplug it and plug it back in(or flip the psu switch) it cuts on for 3 seconds then off again.

I have reset cmos jumper, switched out memory one at a time(Even tried my old kingston sticks), reset CPU and northbridge coolers, and switched out graphics cards.

Monday, March 29, 2010

IT News HeadLines (HotHardware) 29/03/2010

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