Sunday, December 4, 2011

IT News Head Lines (Rage3D) 12/04/2011

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AMD and Nvidia set to take on LucidLogix Virtu
Will do switching solutions of their own

LucidLogix might be the first company to announce graphics switching technology for desktop system, but it seems like Virtu won’t be the only option. We’re hearing that a lot of the motherboard makers aren’t too keen on getting on board the Virtu train, as...

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AMD FM1 Socket, Package Pictured
Here are some of the first pictures of AMD's new socket FM1.

FM1 will be the platform for AMD's upcoming "Llano" A-Series accelerated processing units (APUs), in the desktop and notebook platforms. With it, AMD will compete with Intel's LGA1155/LGA1156 processors in consumer and business desktop...

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MOSAID Files Patent Infringement Suit Against NVIDIA, Freescale and Interphase
MOSAID Technologies Inc. (TSX:MSD) today announced that it has initiated patent infringement litigation against NVIDIA Corporation, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. and Interphase Corporation.

The suit was filed on April 7, 2011 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas,...

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AMD Releases new AMD APP SDK and Publishes OpenVideo Decode API
Today, AMD released a new software developer's kit (http://developer.amd.com/gpu/amdappsdk/pages/default.aspx) (SDK) for their OpenCL-based Accelerated Parallel Processing compute features include with AMD graphics products. Alongside this, a new API has been documented and enabled to the world,...

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Rage3D reviews the AMD Radeon HD 6450
AMD's Caicos GPU has arrived ... again, after being launch as OEM only early this year. Check out the features and performance of the AMD Radeon HD 6450, and how the same architecture tweaks seen in the HD 6800 series deliver real next generation performance in the $60 price...

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NVIDIA BIOS Editor (NiBiTor) v6.02 Software Released... @ mvkTech
"That's right, we are back with a new version of our favorite NiBiTor software which is the original GeForce series BIOS tweaking software, providing support for the latest NVIDIA graphics cards and is updated on a regular basis. With NiBiTor we provide graphics card enthusiasts or hardcore...

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Drag race between socket 1366 and 1155, who will win?
It's one of the big questions of today if eye balling a high end gaming rig. You choose to go Intel this time and you want the fastest gaming CPU you can find. Will it be the normally accepted Core i7 990X Extreme Edition, or will the upstart mid range targeted newcomer, Core i7 2600K, be able to...

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AMD Denies Possibility of "Unlocking" the Full Power of Radeon HD 6790.
AMD: It Is Impossible to Unlock Additional Stream Processors on Radeon HD 6790

Not all graphics cards are equally good for experienced end-users, who are not afraid of pushing their performance to the maximum possible level. Advanced Micro Devices officially confirmed that its latest AMD Radeon HD...

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AMD's Radeon HD 6450 graphics card
Anatomy of a $55 graphics card

We don't generally spend much time exploring the world of entry-level graphics processors. It's not for a lack of interest, but out of a sense of propriety. For as long as we can remember, that market has been populated by the lame bastard children of more glorious...

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Rage3D Reviews The AMD Radeon HD 6790!
AMD releases the Radeon HD 6790, a $150 gamer card designed for Full-HD gaming performance. Featuring the Barts chip in 'LE' configuration, we test it against some serious competition in the form of EVGA's GeForce GTX 460 1GB SC, as well as the Radeon HD 6850 and 5830, in 1080p and Eyefinity...

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AMD Puts Out A Catalyst Hot-Fix For Linux
AMD has just released a Catalyst hot-fix driver for Linux users on this binary blob. This is the "AMD Catalyst 11.4b" driver.

All this hot-fix driver provides though is just AMD Radeon HD 6790 support, which is the newest graphics card in the HD 6xxx series family.

Beyond the HD 6790 support,...

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