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Three Quarters There : Seagate’s Barracuda 7200.10 750 GB "The first "mainstream" launch of perpendicular recording technology is in the form of the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10. With peak storage capacities of 750 GB (or 0.75 TB, if you will), the launch of this product is garnering some high profile attention toward this new recording technology. In a sea of 500 GB drives on the market, Seagate has suddenly (and somewhat unexpectedly) rocketed in front of the competition in terms of storage capacity. We managed to get our hands on one of these drives for testing, which we've put through our usual battery of storage tests." Seagate's Big Kahuna: The 750GB 7200.10 Ha…
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Samsung releases technology tidbit at Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) The benefits, especially in the mobile space, are numerous. HHDs will be able to boot or resume operation up to twice as fast as a traditional hard drive, and are five times as reliable. Additionally, the drives provide an extra 20-30 minutes of battery life over their predecessors. Either a 128MB or 256MB cache would act as the first step in storing data. The hard disk would only need to spin to save data when this cache is filled, roughly once every 10 to 20 minutes. The cache could also assist in allowing a PC to boot quicker. Source: BetaNews
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The Jack PC thin client fits into a wall socket and is so energy-efficient it can get its power over Ethernet http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39272166,00.htm 500MHz AMD RISC processor 128MB RAM 64MB of flash memory
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ATI Takes on Physics - Computex Day 1 "So where does that leave the normal guy that does not have a spare mortgage to fund his next gaming machine? ATI did also have another Intel Conroe system running a Crossfire 2+1 configuration, where an X1600 was being used for physics in conjunction with two X1900 XT video cards for graphics. So if you have an “old” X1600 ATI video card laying around, you might want to hang onto it for future uses as a physics processor in a new box." You'll pardon me if I try not to drool at the site of 3 x1900's......
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Core 2 Extreme X6800 VS FX-62 Lots of interesting pics and graphs.They test with a single nvidia 7900gtx and crossfire setup, interesting. Although I'll wait til launch for a final verdict.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6085568.html IBM and Georgia Tech have coaxed a chip to run at 500GHz, a record for a silicon-based device, by dropping the temperature to minus 451 degrees Fahrenheit. The experiment is part of a project to explore the ultimate speed limits of silicon-germanium (SiGe) chips. SiGe chips are similar to standard silicon chips, but they also contain germanium for better performance and lower power consumption. Adding germanium, however, increases the price of producing wafers and chips that come out of the wafers, so SiGe chips are typically only found in a few select markets. IBM has sold hundreds of millions of SiGe chips si…
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Saitek Eclipse keyboard - $35 @ Radioshack I like the fact that the light shines throught the keys as well as around, and I can change the level of illumination. The keys depress like butter. 9.2/10 Flexiglow Cyber Snipa gamepad - $28 @ Xoxide This thing blows so far. I've only had it 4 days, but the keys have to be depressed in the middle, otherwise they stick. The SPACE key is in a perfect position, but if you dont push right on the lettering, it doesnt work. Ill give it another week or so, then Ill ebay it. 3.6/10 I would write a review, but it would be too negative.
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KillNic UltimatePing™= Lower Ping Gaming Network Processor delivers data to games faster than standard NICs MaxFPS™= More FPS By lowering CPU utilization for networking, everything in the gaming system runs faster. FNA™= Flexible Network Architecture Allows everyone to freely write, download, and run applications that execute on the Killer’s Network Processing Unit GameFirst™ = Packet Prioritization Network packets for your games prioritized above all other network activity on the system. PingThrottle™ = Ping Control Allows users to turn up and down their ping dynamically, without impacting CPU performance. Data Rates 10/100/1000 Ethernet…
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ATI's X1950 XTX set to pump up the pixels ATI new X1650 PRO to launch in August Is Ageia's PhysX Failing? "Recently we have been getting more glimpses at GPU-accelerated physics, and it raises doubts about Ageia in both the long and short run. Both Nvidia and ATI have been working with Havok, a company which you might have heard of. Havok has been developing and implementing game development tools and engines; its product list includes gameplay physics engines with multi-core and multi-thread support. Now it also has an effects physics engine called Havok FX, which is being used by ATI and Nvidia for their effects physics hardware acceleration."
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AMD planning ATI bid, sources say "ATI stock is rising today on rumours that AMD will make a friendly offer of between $21 and $23 as early as next week. The board of directors at Sunnyvale, California-based AMD have approved a takeover offer, according to an investment banker familiar with the talks. Other sources in the financial industry said AMD executives have been spotted at ATI's Markham, Ont. head office."
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Anyone have a set of headphones w/ a mic that they would like to recommend? Not looking to spend a lot either...
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Apple completes switch to Intel chips ZING.... "Jobs also previewed the upcoming Mac OS X release, dubbed "Leopard," taking a few swipes at rival Microsoft Corp. and its much-delayed Windows Vista operating system. Since Windows XP was launched in 2001, Apple has released five major updates to Mac OS X. Leopard is expected in spring 2007."
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ATI Vendor Supplied Radeon X1950XTX Benchmarks Leaked "ATI’s upcoming Radeon X1950XTX and X1950 CrossFire graphics cards. ATI’s upcoming Radeon X1950XTX and X1950 CrossFire is expected to make its debut on August 23rd. Specifications for the Radeon X1950XTX and X1950 CrossFire are finalized with a 650 MHz core clock and 2 GHz effective memory clock. The core clock is unchanged from the previous Radeon X1900XTX while memory clock receives a hefty 550 MHz boost. This time around the Radeon X1950XTX and X1950 CrossFire are equipped with 90nm Samsung GDDR4 memory."
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nVidia 7900GS and GT "GeForce 7900GS, the 7900GT is a reduced pipelines, the core frequency of 450MHz, 256M DDR3 Xiancun Banzai, the frequency of 1320MHz, and 7900GT similar, may be different, as a few up pipelines from the 24 7900GT cut to 20, and joined the technical support HDCP, lock in the August 30 issue, on sale and at the same time. Price positioning in 199 billion will be from the pricing point of view, than the current price lowest 7900GT are a lot cheaper to replace the current vacant position between the 7600GT and 7900GT, the following comparison chart is 7900GS and RV560 specifications"
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ATI's New High End and Mid Range: Radeon X1950 XTX & X1900 XT 256MB "To make things even better, the CrossFire version, which has identical clocks, is also priced at $449; in other words, there’s no reason not to get the CrossFire version. ATI confirmed to us that you can run a pair of X1950 CrossFire cards in CrossFire mode, further reinforcing the fact that there’s no reason to even buy the regular card. You get the same performance, same features and better flexibility with the CrossFire card so why not?"
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