Time to say goodbye to the ATI logo?
Despite their acquisition by AMD a few years ago, the ATI logo and brand name has still being going strong as the figurehead of AMD's range of graphics boards. However, is the ATI brand finally going to be put out to pasture?
If the rumours are true, then the next set of logos will already have been created and approved. They will be sitting on a private server, inaccessible even to those with a password for AMD’s asset management system, ADAM. While HP kept Compaq around as a way of selling it’s cheapest (nastiest?) laptops to an unsuspecting public, the chances are that the ATI logo won’t be printed on any materials launched after the end of 2010.
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Lost Planet 2 PC edition gets DirectX 11, release date, benchmark test
The original PC version of Lost Planet from CAPCOM was arguably more popular as a benchmark than an actual game, so will its sequel suffer from the same fate? Certainly, both the game and newly available benchmark boast DirectX 11 support, so if you're looking for the latest eye candy you might want to give it a look.
The PC edition of Lost Planet 2 will be released "beginning October 15," developer and publisher Capcom announced today. The news is celebrated with word of support for DirectX11 and other graphical whizzbangs, the system requirements and a benchmark test to rate how well your PC will run the sci-fi shooter sequel.
The PC edition of Lost Planet 2 will use DirectX 11 for smoke with "lifelike volume and depth," says Capcom, reactive water and level bosses "rendered with more detail than ever before." It also support for Nvidia's 3D Vision and 3D Vision Surround technologies.
You can read more at Shack News, while File Shack have the 955MB benchmark available to download.The PC edition of Lost Planet 2 will use DirectX 11 for smoke with "lifelike volume and depth," says Capcom, reactive water and level bosses "rendered with more detail than ever before." It also support for Nvidia's 3D Vision and 3D Vision Surround technologies.
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Next-generation DDR4 memory to reach 4.266GHz
It took a fair while for DDR3 to become the de facto memory standard, thanks largely to the competitive pricing of DDR2 to the very last - However, thoughts are already turning to DDR4, how it will operate, and what it has to offer.
The next-generation DDR4 SDRAM memory will bring rather ultimate performance improvements to both desktops and laptops as well as servers and workstations. But the new performance heights will demand a rather radical change to topology of memory sub-system.
At a recent MemCon conference in Tokyo, Japan, Bill Gervasi, vice president of engineering at US Modular and a member of the JEDEC board of directors, revealed that the target effective clock-speeds for DDR4 memory would be 2133MHz - 4266MHz, an increase from previously discussed frequencies. Apparently, JEDEC and memory manufacturers decided that the progress of DDR3 leaves no space for DDR4 data rates below 2133Mb/s.
X-Bit Labs carries the story.At a recent MemCon conference in Tokyo, Japan, Bill Gervasi, vice president of engineering at US Modular and a member of the JEDEC board of directors, revealed that the target effective clock-speeds for DDR4 memory would be 2133MHz - 4266MHz, an increase from previously discussed frequencies. Apparently, JEDEC and memory manufacturers decided that the progress of DDR3 leaves no space for DDR4 data rates below 2133Mb/s.
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Rage and Crysis 2 release dates set
If you need some big, beautiful and buttery (actually, maybe drop the buttery part) first-person shooters to occupy your PC, then here are a couple of important slated release dates for you - The good news is that whether you're waiting for Crysis 2 or Rage (or both), you still have until next year to upgrade your system.
Two of next year's hotly anticipated first-person shooters now have official release dates. As Shacknews reports, id Software announced at QuakeCon that Rage will be out in U.S. stores on September 13, 2011. Earlier last week, Crytek revealed that Crysis 2 will show up a few months sooner, on March 22.
The Shack says id lead designer Tim Willits promised the "biggest, coolest, and most badass launch possible" for Rage. A pair of fresh screenshots, which depict more post-apocalyptic goodness cloaked in MegaTexture goodness, accompanied the announcement. The Crytek folks also had new eye candy to share with the world: the first screenshot of Crysis 2 multiplayer.
The Tech Report rounds up the news.The Shack says id lead designer Tim Willits promised the "biggest, coolest, and most badass launch possible" for Rage. A pair of fresh screenshots, which depict more post-apocalyptic goodness cloaked in MegaTexture goodness, accompanied the announcement. The Crytek folks also had new eye candy to share with the world: the first screenshot of Crysis 2 multiplayer.
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