Wednesday, July 28, 2010

IT News HeadLines (Rage3D) 28/07/2010


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New iMac released - NVIDIA Out, AMD In
Apple has released it's new iMac line, featuring AMD ATI Radeon HD 4000 and HD 5000 series graphics processors. Image: http://www.rage3d.com/upload/imacs.jpg Prices start at $1,199 for a 21.5" 3GHz Core i3 with a Radeon HD 4670, midrange models with ATI Radeon HD 5670 for $1499 and $1699, with...
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HardwareCanucks: ATI Says No AA For StarCraft II Until Blizzard Patch It
One of the most hotly-debated topics right now is the subject of Anti-Aliasing in StarCraft II. Despite 10 years development time, Blizzard have opted not to release the game with in-game AA support, leaving Image Quality enthusiasts few options in addressing jaggies. NVIDIA was quick off the mark...
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NVIDIA Loses Patent Litigation With Rambus, Imports Suspended
NVIDIA and some of its key partners such as HP, ASUS and EVGA are faced with an import ban after the FTC upheld RAMBUS' patent assertions for technology used in some NVIDIA products: Chip designer Rambus won its fight with graphic chip maker Nvidia and other companies on Monday, as a trade panel...
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Win a Lord of the Rings Online Beta Key!
With Lord of the Rings Online shifting to a free-to-play model later in the year, a revamped version of the game taking this into account is currently in beta - If you fancy checking it out prior to its final release, then this competition is for you, as Elite Bastards have not one, not ten, but...
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Rage3D Driver Investigation - ATI Catalyst 10.7
Welcome to Rage3D's new feature -- Catalyst Driver investigations. In this article, VW_Factor and caveman-jim look at performance improvements, new features, and general usability in today's new Catalyst 10.7 release -- which also offers some major improvements for Eyefinity. *ATI Catalyst 10.7...
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US Copyright Office Rules against Apple on Jailbreaking
Jailbreaking is now legal -- on an iPhone, that is. In what is being called a slap in the face to *Apple* (AAPL), new government rules are allowing iPhone owners to run applications that haven't received Apple's official blessing. Apple has frowned on people tweaking their iPhone to allow...
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ATI Catalyst 10.7 Is Now Available
The drivers are not available on AMD's Catalyst page (http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx), but they should be soon. Check the linked page for updates. If you absolutely cannot wait, you can also grab them from ComputerBase.de...
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StarTech USB 2.0 and DisplayPort KVM Switch Review @ Elite Bastards
DisplayPort might still be struggling to make itself heard in a market which still appears to be largely dominated by DVI and HDMI, but if you are looking to make use of two DisplayPort-capable PCs (and a monitor) then here's something which should make your life a whole lot easier: a KVM switch...
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Rumor: Intel Says No to OCing with Sandy Bridge
Intel's new architecture, Sandy Bridge, is widely speculated to be crippled in terms of overclocking capabilities. Information provided by Intel in its own presentations about its upcoming mainstream LGA1155 Sandy Bridge CPUs appears to confirm the company has designed the CPUs to deliberately...
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