AMD's Radeon HD 6990: The New Single Card King
The AMD Radeon HD 6990, otherwise known as Antilles, is a card we have been expecting for some time now. In what’s become a normal AMD fashion, when they first introduced the Radeon HD 6800 series back in October, they also provided a rough timeline for the rest of the high-end members of the family. Barts would be followed by Cayman (6950/6970), which would be followed by the dual-GPU Antilles (6990). Ultimately Cayman ended up being delayed some, and as a result so was Antilles.
So while we’ve had to wait longer than we anticipated for Antilles/6990, the wait has finally come to an end. Today AMD is launching their new flagship card, retiring the now venerable 5970 and replacing it with a new dual-GPU monster powered by AMD’s recently introduced VLIW4 design. Manufactured on the same 40nm process as the GPUs in the 5970, AMD has had to go to some interesting lengths to improve performance here. And as we’ll see, it’s going to be a doozy in more ways than one.
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MSI Giveaway: GT680R Sandy Bridge Notebook
I've been working with MSI for nearly as long as AnandTech has been around. So when MSI came to us with a giveaway opportunity we jumped on it. The grand prize? A Sandy Bridge equipped MSI GT680R Notebook. The notebook is powered by a quad-core Core i7-2630QM which runs at 2.0GHz by default but can turbo up to 2.9GHz with only a single core active.
The GT680R includes three USB 3.0 ports and a pair of 500GB 7200RPM drives in RAID-0. The system will ship with 8GB of DDR3 memory making it a pretty beefy desktop alternative. The integrated GeForce GTX 460M is paired with 1.5GB of GDDR5 memory and it drives a high resolution 1920 x 1080 15.6-inch panel.
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Hollywood Executives Fear Netflix's Impact on Film Industry
Film execs think the video-rental company is becoming too big too fast
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Microsoft's Mobile Marketshare Down During the First Few Months of Windows Phone 7
Windows Phone may yet reverse the fortunes of the struggling giant, but the proof isn't there yet
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Report: Sprint in Talks to Acquire T-Mobile USA
Deutsche Telekom would hold a majority stake in the new company.
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AMD Repeats Fastest Single Card Crown, But at a Price
AMD's new card sounds like a jumbo jet and will break the bank, but it is fast
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IPhone 5 Rumors Heat Up
New iPhone will reportedly feature aluminum casing and redesigned antenna
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T-Mobile to Offer 10GB webConnect Data Plan
Offers 20-percent discount on USB-stick data when paired with a voice plan
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Lenovo Introduces ThinkPad X220 Notebook, Tablet
Lenovo brings Intel's second generation Core processors to its X2xx series
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Report: Microsoft Paid Nokia $1B USD to Stay Away from Android
"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."
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Nissan, GM Only Manage to Sell ~350 EVs in February, Britain Bans LEAF
EV hopes are weighed down by miserable sales
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Supreme Court Stalls NYC Hybrid Taxi Plan
City looks to lobby Congress to adjust the law in which the ruling was based on
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Sleep Study Shows Computers, Phones, Televisions Prevent a Good Night's Sleep
Two-thirds of Americans are losing sleep to late-night use of electronic devices
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Sony Unveils 13.3-inch Vaio S Notebook
Notebook has new optional sheet battery to double run time
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Western Digital to Purchase Hitachi GST
Dealis subject to regulatory approval
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Over 260,000 Android Users Infected, Google Fights Back
Company will release special removal tool for affected users, is remotely killing apps
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Tablets Cutting Into PC Demand
Gartner lowers forecast for PC shipments over the next two years
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