Wednesday, February 18, 2009

IT News HeadLines (HARDSPELL) 18/02/2009


HARDSPELL
Intel and AMD bundle cheap gear
INTEL AND AMD have decided that the wave of the future is bundling. Both are offering bundles of their latest and greatest instead of just cutting prices, a trend we see continuing.The high end one is
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Nvidia demos Tegra running Android
NVIDIAS TEGRA HAS gone paranoid Android at MWC. The firm was earlier seen showing off its Tegra system on chip (SoC), running Googles Android OS and boasting about the firms new Tegra 600 series platf
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XFX GeForce GTS 250 pictured
Although only a rebranding of the GeForce 9800 GTX+, the GeForce GTS 250 is of interest for Nvidia board partners, including those who play ball with both Nvidia and AMD. XFX for example is preparing
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Radeon HD 4890 in April, Radeon HD 4770/4750 in May
That AMD has something coming to counter NVIDIAs most recent launches, GeForce GTX 285 and GTX 295, hardly comes as a surprise. Earlier weve heard about a card called Radeon HD 4970, but this was late
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Phenom II X4 hits 6665MHz, almost 3DMark 06 record and 10s SuperPi
When AMD presented the first Phenom II processors with DDR3 memory support our suspicions were confirmed. The higher bandwidth does bring better performance, but only in selected scenarios. One applic
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Nvidia announces US$99 MID platform
Nvidia has introduced a new platform, based on the Nvidia Tegra 600-series computer-on-a-chip, that enables a US$99, always-on, always-connected HD mobile Internet device (MID) that it claims can go d
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Intel offering Core i7 CPU and SSD bundle
Intel recently began offering its partners a discount bundle deal including a Core i7 CPU and solid state drive (SSD) hoping to increase demand of the two product lines and to clear stockpiled invento
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Nvidias workstation sales drops 47 percent
Nvidia has lost its safe harbor. The company dropped significantly in IGP and GPU sales, but we were very surprised to hear that Nvidia had 47 percent drop in the workstation market sales. This time a
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AMD prepares dual-core 45nm surprise
AMD has another surprise for Intel. Its preparing a CPU codenamed Callisto and this is a new CPU that we havent seen on the roadmap before. The Heka three-core is nothing more than Deneb quad-core wit
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Nvidia goes to save mode
Jensen, and the companys CFO Marvin Burkett have told investors that as of this quarter Nvidia is in save mode. Since the operating cost of this graphics company is 300 million, so they need to cut so
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GTX 260, 285 outselling HD 48x0
According to a few sources who are selling both Nvidia and ATI, as of January 2009 people simply want more Nvidia than ATI. At this time, 55nm based Geforce GTX 260, GTX 285 are outselling Radeon HD 4
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Schedule of Windows 7 Launch Revealed
Weve discussed about the pricing of Windows 7, but lots of users care more about when its coming out. Even though the release date of Windows 7 is unknown yet, the guys at Tech ARP has published Micro
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GALAXY Releases Self Designed GTX260+ Card
GALAXY today unveils the GeForce GTX260+ 216SP card with 896MB of Samsung GDDR3 memories. The card is clocked at 625MHz for the core, 2100MHz for the memories and 1350MHz for the shaders. The overcloc
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MSI makes more boards AM3-ready
Back in November MSI started talking about AM3 support and revealed a list of its own AM2 motherboards which would be ready for when AMD introduces the DDR3-loving processors. Now that the first AM3 C
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GIGABYTE Debuts Richly Featured GA-EG45M-UD2H Motherboard with Ultra Durable 3 Technology
Gigabyte has announced a new Intel G45-based motherboard that on paper looks like a very interesting choice for HTPC builders, GIGABYTE Debuts Richly Featured GA-EG45M-UD2H Motherboard with Ultra Dura
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Nvidia has too many chips
TSMC might be in big trouble. According to the CEO of Nvidia and CFO, Nvidia has a lot of chips in its warehouses. Nvidia doesnt have to order many wafers in Q2 as the partners didnt buy as many chips
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Nvidia has three things ATI doesnt
Jensen has told the financial community that when it comes to 3D gaming market, Nvidia feels good. The companys last 55nm addition to its GTX2x0 roadmap did change things to Nvidias advantage and ATI
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GTS 240 Is NOT Equal to 9800GT
We said that NVIDIA GeForce 9800GTX+ would show up at CeBIT 09 with the name of GeForce GTS 250, and 9800GT will be renamed as GTS 240. But according to the latest information weve learned, GTS 240 is
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NVIDIA Tegra-powered MID Available at $99
NVIDIA showed up its Tegra-powered mobile internet device at Mobile World Congress 2009. Tegra-powered MID offers amazing high-definition and internet experiences, enabling users to keep online with i
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Five more 65nm Intel Core 2 mobile CPUs to get the axe
With new, younger, more power efficient and generally cooler models available, Intel has decided to discontinue five 65nm-built mobile chips, the 2.60 GHz Core 2 Extreme X7800, the 1.33 GHz and 1.20 G
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Intel X58 chipset moving to B-3 stepping
As recently revealed by its maker, the Core i7-loving X58 chip will soon be moving from the current B-2 stepping to B-3. The conversion is required by the fact that Intel has made some design changes
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Nvidia blames partners for bad results
Last week conference call revealed many details about Nvidias bad performance in its financial Q4, that takes place from November until end of January. The companys Chief financial officer Marvin D. B
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Jensen believes the Atom needs Ion
In last weeks conference call, Nvidia CEO, Jen Hsun Huang more popularly known as just Jensen, has told the financial community that Atom is something that will need a great chipset such as Ion. He be
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Phenom II X3 720 VS. E8400
Hardware CPUAMD Phenom II X3 720 BE (2.8GHz,200MHz,L2 1.5MB,L3 6MB)Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (3.0GHz,333MHz,L2 6MB)DRAMA-DATA OC DDR2-800 2GB×2 (5-5-5-15)HDDWD 150GB 16MBSeagate 11 500GB 32MBMBASUS
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