IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (AnandTech) 10/25/2013

The Radeon R9 290X Review
Launching today is AMD's Radeon R9 290X. The 290X is not only the fastest card in AMD’s 200 series lineup, but the 290 series in particular also contains the only new GPU in AMD’s latest generation of video cards. Dubbed Hawaii, with the 290 series AMD is looking to have their second wind between manufacturing node launches. By taking what they learned from Tahiti and building a refined GPU against a much more mature 28nm process – something that also opens the door to a less conservative design – AMD has been able to build a bigger, better Tahiti that continues down the path laid out by their Graphics Core Next architecture while bringing some new features to the family.

EVGA X79 Dark Review
Investing into the high performance Intel arena can be expensive. Alongside that $330/$580/$1050 CPU (or more for Xeons) there has to be a motherboard up to the task. X79 motherboards run from ~$200 to ~$400, with a couple of models above that, potentially doubling the price of the setup before a case/memory/storage or GPUs are considered. Today we are looking at the EVGA X79 Dark which sits near the top of this price range at $400.

ECS Reveals Bay Trail-D Mini-ITX Line

With Intel's Bay Trail platform and Silvermont Atom cores in the news for tablets, we have spotted their use in mini-ITX platforms as far pack as Computex 2013 where model numbers of Celeron Silvermont systems were on display. While these platforms are aimed at embedded systems on the desktop side, there is a small inkling that SFF PCs and AIOs will benefit too. To this extent, ECS (Elitegroup Computer Systems) has revealed their initial mini-ITX Bay Trail-D lineup, codename 'BAT-I'.

The difference in designation will be the CPU name in the product: the three products will offer a Pentium J2850 (quad core, 2.4 GHz), a Celeron J1850 (quad core, 2 GHz) and a Celeron J1750 (dual core, 2.4 GHz). All systems are paired with Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge based), one mPCIe 2.0 x1 slot, one USB 3.0 port and two SATA 3 Gbps, as well as two COM ports.
Aside from the passive heatsinks (the SoCs have a Max TDP of 10W) these systems will need DDR3L-1333 SODIMM memory, and the HDMI/VGA will support 1080p and BluRay playback. Due to the price point and feature set, they fall under ECS' 'Essentials' range like the KBN-I, whereas the Deluxe/Pro ranges are reserved for more prominent builds.
I have requested release dates and pricing, update to follow.

Gallery: ECS Reveals Bay Trail-D Mini-ITX Line

Nokia: Making a Quad-Core HD Phone That's Not a Hot Waste of Space is Hard
Nokia clarifies why it chose to trail Android OEMs in adopting larger screens, higher core count SoCs

T-Mobile Offering 200MB Free Monthly Data for iPads, Other Tablets
It will also allow customers to buy the new iPads with no money down through 24-month payment plans

Tesla CEO Elon Musk: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars are "Bulls**t"
He said the best hydrogen fuel cell technology doesn't compare to the energy density of lithium-ion batteries

10/23/2013 Daily Hardware Reviews
DailyTech's roundup of reviews from around the web for Wednesday

Quick Note: Amazon Free Shipping Threshold Now $35
This will likely push customers to get Amazon Prime

Samsung Display Secures 7.4% Stake in Corning, Expands Gorilla Glass Partnership
Deal is worth $1.9 billion

UN Warming Chief -- Warming Causes Wildfires, Even if Science Disagrees
Droughts are also accused of being the work of evil old global warming

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

IT News Head Lines (AnandTech) 10/25/2013

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