Archive for the ‘Hardware’ Category

Sharp unveils 100GB Blu-ray Disc

Sharp unveils 100GB Blu-ray Disc

Still popping DVDs? How about a 100GB BluRay disc to replace all that? Sharp has recently announced that it will be the first Blu-Ray disc maker to launch a recordable triple layer Blu-ray format with 100GB of storage capacity. Thats twice the capacity of current Blu-ray discs in the market.

Nvidia’s $200 GPU King: GeForce GTX 460

Nvidia GeForce GTX 460

The release of the very first Fermi cards brought in mixed reactions. While it received praise for the architecture, speed and raw power, a lot more were disappointed at the cost and power consumption of these cards. Nvidia’s newest Fermi card, The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 packs a lot of punch for just $200.

Intel to Phase out Celeron Chips

Intel to Phase out Celeron Chips

It’s a long time coming but Intel may just phase out it’s Celeron line as early as next year in favor of upcoming Dual-core Atom processors.

HDBaseT looks to replace the HDMI standard

hdbaset

Several big names in the TV industry, Samsung, Sony, LG and others, are touting HDBaseT, a new audiovisual standard that looks to replace the HDMI standard while offering more bandwidth but keeping costs at a minimum. Now, you may be wondering how would a new cable keep costs down? HDBaseT will be using our trusty [...]

ATI Catalyst 10.6 Released

ATI Catalyst 10.6 Released

AMD has released the Catalyst 10.6 drivers for those running on ATI Radeon HD 2000, 3000, 4000 and 5000 series desktop cards and Radeon HD 3000 and 4000 series IGPs. Grab the download right here. List of New features after the jump

Intel unveils Canoe Lake and Oak Trail Ultrathin Platforms

intel-redvale-netbook

So how slim would you like your next netbook to be? Intel’s current offering for small computing devices AKA netbooks, the PineTrail line are usually housed in cases with thickness of an inch or less. Canoe Lake, the platform set to replace PineTrail is meant to slim down that size by half.

AMD to ship several new processors

AMD is updating their current line of processors for budget-conscious system-builders.  Nothing ground breaking since they’ll still be using existing core technologies but if you’re looking to build a cheap HTPC (like me), or are in need of an immediate upgrade, you may want to keep a look out for these new cores.

Nvidia’s FERMI GF100 chips have arrived

480card

After deliberately being late for a full cycle and the launch of Windows 7, NVIDIA has finally announced it’s new-generation graphics solution; Fermi-based GeForce GTX480 and GTX470. I’m quite sure fanbois from the green and red camp are eager for benchmarks with the latest NVIDIA GF100 cards and ATI’s 5000 series flagship cards so I [...]

NVIDIA GeForce 197.13 Drivers Fix Fan Speed Issues

After confirming the problems GeForce 196.75 Drivers had with fan speeds, Nvidia releases GeForce 197.13 for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300-series and ION desktop GPUs, but not for the new GTX400 series. Aside from fixing the fan speed/overheating bug, there’s also quite a few additions bundled in.

Intel unveils 6-core i7-980X Gulftown

6 Cores, 12 threads and a thousand dollar price, that’s Intel’s latest flagship processor, the i7-980X. Unveiled at the Game Developers Conference, Intel previewed it’s latest Core i7-980X Extreme Edition processor, the fastest single chip processor on the consumer market (taking the crown from.. you guess it another i7 processor). The Gulftown is Intel’s first [...]