Saturday, September 12, 2009

IT News HeadLines (PCSTATS) 11/09/2009


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AMD's next-generation, DirectX 11-compliant graphics cards @ PCSTATS
"By now, many of you are probably aware that the launch of AMD's next-generation, DirectX 11-compliant graphics cards is imminent. Rumors about the launch and the products themselves has been trickling out for quite a while now and lots of information--some right and some w... [PCSTATS]

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TSMC revenues down in August @ PCSTATS
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw revenues drop 4.6% sequentially to NT$28.89 billion (US$884 million) in August 2009, making an end to its run of on-month increases over the past five months, according to the company. ... [PCSTATS]

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AMD Demonstrates ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology @ PCSTATS

At "experience events" on three continents this week, AMD (NYSE: AMD) and its industry partners introduced ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology, a revolutionary feature in the upcoming next generation ATI Radeonآ™ family of DirectXآ® 11 enabled graphics processors. " This unique AMD in... [PCSTATS]

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Asustek sees on-month increase, while MSI and Gigabyte see decline in Revenue @ PCSTATS
"Motherboard makers Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Gigabyte Technology have announced revenue results for August 2009, with Asustek seeing an on-month increase of 14%, while MSI saw a drop of 1%, and Gigabyte a drop of 16.46%. Asustek posted revenues of NT$22.99 billion (US$... [PCSTATS]

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Understanding Windows 7 upgrade paths @ PCSTATS
Windows 7 has already earned itself a blue ribbon, and it isn't even in stores yet. Many Vista users will migrate to Redmond's latest and greatest operating system in search of greener pastures, and countless Windows XP laggards will be lured from the woodwork by Windows 7's polish. Microsoft wil... [PCSTATS]

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Intel Core i5-750 Turbo Boost Benchmark Comparison @ PCSTATS
The new Lynnfiles CPUs are offering Turbo Boost, too. We compared the performance with and without this feature in benchmarks.... [PCSTATS]

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GIGABYTE GA-MA785G-UD3H @ PCSTATS
By adding 2oz of copper to thier motherboards, using all Japanese solid state capacitors, too utilizing Ferrite core chokes (Ultra Durable 3). Make's GIGABYTE a force to be reconed with when it comes to their motherboards. When I was offered a chance to review one of GIGABYTES AMD motherboards, I... [PCSTATS]

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Super Talent 32Gb PICO Thumb Drive @ LanOC Reviews @ PCSTATS
The most interesting thing about technology is how quickly it advances. It wasnآ’t that long ago that we reviewed a 16Gb drive from Super Talent called the PICO. The PICOآ’s size was very impressive considering the compact size. Of course with technology always moving that 16 gigs looks small compared... [PCSTATS]

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OCZ Vertex Turbo 120GB SSD @ PCSTATS
"We've been looking at several Solid State Drives (with more on the way) and today we'll be examining the OCZ Vertex Turbo that features some impressive performance claims. We recently tested its vanilla sibling, the Vertex, and were quite impressed. So the promise of a turbo boost (quite liter... [PCSTATS]

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ASRock P55 Lynnfield Motherboard Video Preview @ PCSTATS
"Today we visited the folks at ASRock at their Taipei headquarters in the northern area of the city and had a look at some of their latest motherboards. What we were shown was the ASRock P55 Deluxe mobo (the most-end Lynnfield board from ASRock), as well as the slightly cut-down, but still impressiv... [PCSTATS]

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AMD is had a technical press conference this morning @ PCSTATS
AMD is have a technical press conference this morning on the USS Hornet that includes a new consumer-driven branding for platforms and, much more exciting, how next-generation ATI GPUs will bring multi-monitor gaming to consumers. Yes, both 3 and 6 panel configurations! We are covering it LIVE... [PCSTATS]

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AMD Shows off 24 Panel Eyefinity on DirectX 11 Graphics Cards @ PCSTATS
"The back of the PC is what the hardware enthusiast is going to be interested in and the picture above is worth a million bucks. You can clearly see all six of the DisplayPort connections that are lugged into a single expansion slot. This is ATI Eyefinity to the extreme! You are looking at 24 panel... [PCSTATS]

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Eyefinity pushes over 24 million pixels with one next-gen Radeon @ PCSTATS
"AMD seems to think Eyefinity could be a pretty compelling feature for some folks, and no doubt playing DiRT 2 on a 24+ megapixel display is an interesting experience, at least. Part of AMD's pitch for Eyefinity is based on the realities of monitor pricing: three relatively... [PCSTATS]

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Intelآ’s Core i5 and i7 آ“Lynnfieldآ” Processors and P55 Platform Reviewed @ PCSTATS
Since it was announced in development, we predicted that Lynnfield would be far more popular than its Bloomfield brother. It was not because it was superbly faster (in some cases), but because it looked like an extremely capable processor that didnآ’t cost a somewhat outrageous premium for performanc... [PCSTATS]

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FREE COMPUTER - Intel Core i7 870 His/Hers Full System GiveAway @ PCSTATS
Intel is excited about our new Lynnfield line of processors both Core i5 and Core i7. To show how excited we are we are giving away over a dozen CyberPower and Ibuypower systems to the readers of the tech reviewers who put the products through their paces daily! آ“Core i for the mainstream guy (and g... [PCSTATS]

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Overclocking Intel's Core i5-750 & i7-870 @ PCSTATS
We found out earlier this week that Intel's Lynnfield-based processors are fast, but who said that cranking the clocks to make them even faster was a bad idea? In this article, we take both the Core i5-750 and i7-870 for an overclocking joyride, and the stable overclocks we were able to achieve is n... [PCSTATS]

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Review ASUS P7P55D Premium Intel P55 Mainboard @ PCSTATS
Firstly, let's take a look at the specifications of this board. This board supports the Intel Core i7/i5 processor with Intel turbo boost technology. It is powered by Intel P55 Express chipset and supports up to 4 DIMM of a max of 16GB of DDR3-2133 (OC)/1600/1333/1066 Non-ECC, Un-buffered memory o... [PCSTATS]

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Intel I7-870 Socket 1156 Lynnfield Processor Review @ PCSTATS
"In my opinion, the new Lynnfield Core i7 processors are a very good step in the right direction. Through testing and benchmarking, when compared to a Nehalem system, the new Intel i7-870 packs a lot of punch for the dollar."... [PCSTATS]

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G.Skill F3-12800CL8T-6GBHK @ PCSTATS
"When I set out to overclock these modules, I had a goal of reaching 1866 with reasonable settings. Loosening the timings and increasing the voltage did not greatly improve stability beyond 1800MHz, and the modules weren't hot at all. Nothing like the original DDR days. No matter how much QPI or mem... [PCSTATS]

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Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500GB SATA 2.5 @ PCSTATS
"The Seagate Momentus 7200.4 drive performed very well throughout the testing. The drive even gave the bigger brother the 3.5" Seagate 7200.11 drive a run for its money and even beating it out the majority of the time. The overall read and write speeds were the best of the comparison drives for all ... [PCSTATS]

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780G and 790GX chipsets @ PCSTATS
For the last several years AMD has had a series of excellent mainstream chipsets. First with the original 690G which offered a wealth of features and surprisingly competent IGP performance. Then later with the 780G and 790GX chipsets which added a little more of everything, while keeping the price p... [PCSTATS]

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ThermalTake Element G @ PCSTATS
"What more can really be said about the Element G? This case has a lot going for it. It features space for a lot of hard drives and moves about as much air as anything else on the market. What gives it an edge over the competition is the amount of space dedicated to hard drives. I have yet to see an... [PCSTATS]

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X58 Motherboard Roundup @ PCSTATS
"The overclocked scores give us a better idea of how each board performs. In Apophysis, MSI's X58 Platinum takes first place by one. The top performer in WinRAR is another MSI board. In just about every benchmark the MSI Eclipse Plus outperforms the competition. For this round I'd say the MSI Eclips... [PCSTATS]

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Enermax Apollish @ PCSTATS
"Looking for a unique case fan? Something flashy, something bold, something quality, but it also has to be functionally adept and keep your case cool while looking sharp? Ah, well today we may have just the thing for you. Enermax, primarily known for their power supplies, has in fact released a new ... [PCSTATS]

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Sapphire HD4890 Vapor-X 2GB Review @ PCSTATS
The last few months has seen an absolute barrage of different HD4890 SKUs. A lot of this has to do with the absolute insane amount of overclocking headroom evident in the RV790 design. This headroom, which scales very well with extra power, allows for many different models to fill in the gaps. A ... [PCSTATS]

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BlackBerry Tour 9630 (Verizon) Cell Phone Review @ PCSTATS
"Verizon's recent announcement of a new BlackBerry peaked our interest. Verizon fans have been clamoring for a new BlackBerry with a keyboard as an alternative to the touch screen BlackBerry Storm. While the BlackBerry Storm left us wanting a little more, the Tour looked great at first glance. We du... [PCSTATS]

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