RumorTT: No new Radeon GPUs from AMD for most of 2013
During an interview with Japanese site 4Gamer.net, AMD's Product Manager for Desktop Graphics Products, Devon Nekechuk, revealed some startling information: that AMD won't be launching any new GPUs this year.
AMD will instead concentrate on their already great Radeon HD 7000 series, by adjusting the price and performance increases through driver releases. A slide released to 4Gamers.net shows that AMD's Radeon HD 7900 series (high-end), HD 7800 series (performance), and HD 7700 series (mainstream), will carry on the company's mantle "throughout 2013."
It looks like we're seeing a slowing down of GPU releases, which I'm guessing is because there's hardly any games that push GPUs anymore. It's also incredibly expensive in terms of R&D for GPU makers to continue pushing new GPUs out every 6-12 months, but I think the real reason is that a $200-$300 GPU will play most games at 1080p@60 now.
If this is the case, we should expect the Radeon HD 8000 series to be released and bring with it a massive increase in performance - especially if we're having to wait 18-24 months between GPU releases. It might give the GPU companies the time to refine their drivers and performance, which will mean great things for consumers - free increases in performance and stability without spending more money.
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Ask the Experts: If I upgrade my motherboard, will I see improvements to the frame rate in games?
Our
Ask the Experts section has a new question, where we find Shady from Egypt wanting to know if upgrading his motherboard will net him any performance increases in his games.
Q: If I've changed my motherboard to a high end one, Will there be some improvement in frame-rates ?
If there are some tips please write it to me.
my PC
- AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE ( Overclocked to 3.70 GHz )
- Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-S2 Motherboard
- MSI R6970 Lightning ( Factory Overclocked )
- Kingston Value-ram 4GB 1333 MHz
- Western Digital HDD 160 GB 7200 RPM
- Cougar 700CM Power Supply
- Thermaltake Armor A60 Case
- Samsung 900p LCD Monitor
Thank you.
A: You can view the answer to Shady's question right
here.
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Apple to open new R&D center in Israel later this year
Apple has been scooping up a bunch of Israel-based former Texas Instruments employees, and will now give them a new place to go to work in the country, their new R&D center in Ra'anana, Israel.
The news comes from Israeli business publication "Globes". In December of 2011, we saw
Apple purchase Israel-based flash memory firm Anobit for between $400-$500 million, their second largest acquisition after NeXT. Intel were also laying out dollar bills on the ground to try and lure in some ex-Texas Instruments employees, but it looks like Apple were the winners here.
The Cupertino-based electronics giant were able to grab around 100-150 employees to staff their new development center. Apple will reportedly open up the new R&D center in the city in "the second half of 2013".
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The Pirate Bay documentary, TPB AFK, is now available to watch for free
Premiering at the Berlin International Film Festival a few days ago, the documentary on
The Pirate Bay called "TPB AFK" is now available online for free after four years in the making.
The documentary covers the site's three founders battling through their legal case with the entertainment industry in Swedish courts, right up until their final appeal is rejected which saw them ordered to pay $6.6 million in damages and serve jail time. You can acquire the movie through The Pirate Bay and YouTube, or you can contribute to the film makers through a pay-what-you-want donation that will see you receive any extra materials released in the future, or pre-order the DVD for $23.
Gottfrid Svartholm (aka Anakata) has been arrested and is serving time in prison, with the two other founders, Peter Sunde and Frederik Neij still wanted.
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RumorTT: Apple playing with wearable iOS devices
Wearable computing is the next logical step for smart devices, and it looks like Apple is also playing around with wearable iOS-based devices according to reports from The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.
The New York Times is reporting that Apple have been "experimenting" with wrist-wearable devices that would feature curved glass screens, and of course, iOS. Of course we might not even see this outside of Apple's super-secret experimental labs, but with the way we're seeing things pushed into the wearable computing market, I think we should be safe to see we'll see an 'iWatch' sooner rather than later.
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HighPoint Launches the Industry's fastest USB 3.0 RAID HBA's for Mac OS X Mountain Lion
February 2013 - Milpitas, CA - HighPoint Technologies launches the Industry's fastest USB 3.0 RAID HBA's available for Mac OS X 10.8x Mountain Lion - the RocketU 1144CM. This third generation, PCIe 2.0 RAID HBA delivers 5Gb/s per-port performance and supports up to 4 external USB SSD's, hard drives or Enclosures.
Dedicated 5Gb/s per-port Performance
HighPoint's innovative 4-Port HBA architecture delivers revolutionary USB 3.0 performance. Unlike conventional USB 3.0 HBA's, each port has a dedicated USB 3.0 SuperSpeed controller, and delivers the fastest SATA performance possible over USB connectivity. The four independent 5Gb/s USB 3.0 Type-A connectors can be used simultaneously, and deliver an unprecedented transfer bandwidth of 20Gb/s; ideal for multi-drive configurations of high-performance SATA 6Gb/s SSD's and hard drives.
USB 3.0 RAID Solution for Mac Pro's and Mac OS X
The RocketU 1144CM is powered by HighPoint's industry proven hardware assisted RAID technology, and was designed specifically for Mac Pro workstations and high-performance applications. RocketU 1144CM HBA's are fully compatible with OSX 10.6x and later, including the most up to date builds of Mountain Lion 10.8x.
Each RocketU 1144CM includes HighPoint's intuitive Web-based management interface, which allows administrators to quickly create and manage a variety of storage configurations including RAID levels 0, 1, JBOD, and individual drives.
Complete Host to Device USB 3.0 Storage Solutions
The RocketU 1144CM is the perfect companion for the RocketStor 5122B, the Industry's fastest dual-bay USB 3.0 storage dock. Both devices capitalize on HighPoint's unique USB 3.0 architecture to ensure 5Gb/s transfer bandwidth for each SATA device. Each RocketU 1144C can support up to two RocketStor 5122B storage docks - ideal for configurations calling for two or more 6Gb/s SATA SSD's and high-capacity 4TB hard disk drives.
Availability and Pricing
RocketU HBA's and RocketStor Storage Docks are available immediately from our worldwide network of Distribution and Reseller channels.
Distribution Channels: ASI, D&H Distribution, MaLabs
E-Commerce Channels: Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, B&H, Newegg.com
MSRP
RocketU 1144CM - USD$ 149.99
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