Friday, January 21, 2011

IT News HeadLines (Rage3D) 20/01/2011



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Rage3D Exclusive - New AMD Catalyst Application Profile 10.12 #2
This week's new Catalyst Application Profile, exclusively at Rage3D before anywhere else, includes updates for four titles: Image: http://www.rage3d.com/cap/amdcatalystsw.png * Dva Mira 2 (Two Worlds 2) DX10 version: Improves CrossFire performance * Global Agenda: Improves CrossFire...
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ASUS Radeon HD 6970 2GB Reviewed @ TechREACTION
The codename “Cayman” represents the 6900 series of cards from AMD. The refined GPU boasts of more performance per mm², new and improved image quality features, enhanced multimedia acceleration and next-generation display technology with HDMI 1.4a and DisplayPort 1.2. It should also be pointed out...
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Open-Source Projects Are Getting Ripped On Amazon @ Phoronix
It's been brought to my attention today by a Phoronix reader that several major open-source projects are being ripped off and sold for-profit on Amazon by a small company out of the United Kingdom. FlightGear, InkScape, and Scribus are among the free software projects being affected right now and...
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GIGABYTE Radeon HD 6850 Video Card @ Benchmark Reviews
When we talk about different video card brands, there's always a factor which motivates us to choose one over any other. Most likely, we make our decisions depending on retail price, but there are things to consider: the bundle and accessories, factory overclocked speeds, and of course, included...
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Gigabyte GA-E350N-USB3 AMD Fusion motherboard @ Bjorn3D
At CES2011, GIGABYTE announced their first AMD Fusion Mini-ITX motherboard, the GA-E350N-USB. This little mini-ITX motherboard comes with one of the first AMD Fusion APUÂ’s (Accelerated Processing Unit): the Dual-Core E-350 with a Radeon HD6410 graphics core. It also comes with 4 SATA 6Gbps ports...
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HIS Radeon HD 5450 Silence PCIe 1x/16x Review @ KitGuru
The AMD HD5450 has proven to be a popular card with the enthusiast HTPC audience, due to the low pricing and media acceleration capabilities. This particular series has also been adopted by the business audience who value a low cost strategy with support for multiple monitors. The HIS HD5450...
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Further Testing Shows More Hope For ATI Gallium3D @ Phoronix
A week ago I reported on the open-source ATI driver becoming a lot faster thanks to the KMS page-flipping support finally landing in the mainline Linux kernel and xf86-video-ati driver, tiling improvements, and lots of work going into the R300g/R600g Gallium3D drivers. The open-source ATI Gallium3D...
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Nvidia Forceware 266.58 is now WHQL
Get em while they're hot, updated Forceware drivers ready for public consumption. Yummy, yummy! Here's what's on the plate: 1. Fix for SLI in 3Dmark11! 2. Fix for high AA settings causing white or black screen issues! Reported fixed for users in Guru3D link 3. Many more fixes and performance...
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