Intel launches Intel Tolapai SoC solution
Posted on 07/24/2008 @ 02:06 PM
Intel today announces it's latest SoC platform, codename Tolapai. It targets a broad range of embedded, voice and security applications.
The Intel 80579 Smart SoC has a 45% Smaller Footprint with 34% Lower Power as it integrates 4 chips into 1 for smaller form factors. Power required also drops from 31 watts to 21 watts. The intial products will have a speed ranging from 600MHz to 1.2GHz.
As it is a a full featured SoC that meets embedded Requirements. It also comes with integrated Accelerators support with Intel® QuickAssistTechnology.
There are currently >15 projects underway; Future SoCs based on Intel®Atom™processor core.
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7 Eleven Singapore introduces 7-Connect prepaid sim card
Posted on 07/24/2008 @ 12:36 AM
7-Eleven provides an alternative to 7-Connect prepaid card users. For the normal user, the Anytime Minutes plan costs S$18 and use it to make calls at 15 cents for the first 2 minutes and 8 cents for the third minute onwards. The card expires every 180 days.
If you require free incoming and outgoing calls. 7-Connect has the Free Nights & Weekends plan. This plan provides you Free Weekday Nights & Weekend free outgoing and incoming calls. That is, no credits will be deducted during these hours. The catch is that you would have to top up S$30 monthly to enjoy the Free Outgoing/Incoming Weekday, weeknight plan.
For every S$30 Top up car, you get Free nights & weekend local voice calls (incoming/outgoing), Free S$10 bonus for Anytime Minutes, SMS and IDD.
Night (Mon to Fri) 9pm-6.59am FREE
Weekends (Sat & Sun) all day FREE
Weekdays (mon to fri) 7am-8.59pm 8 cents/min*
*First 2 minutes is 15 cents, 8 cents after the 2nd minute
The 7 Connect plans seems to ride on M1 network as it offers Premium IDD 002. With this new plan, the 3 telcos will definitely fight back similarly or cheaper plans. No matter what, consumers will sure to benefit from all the competition.
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Intel to announce Tolapai soon, integrating north,south and memory controller within a chip
Posted on 07/24/2008 @ 12:07 AM
Codenamed Tolapai, the unified chip is designed for embedded systems on the industrial computer market, and is set to compete with rival VIA C7 and AMD Geode architectures. It should be using a 65nm manufacturing technology and it not only combines the North and South bridges into one single chip, it also adds a low power Intel Pentium M CPU in the 1088-Ball FCBGA chip package, measuring only 3.75cm x 3.75cm. Incorporating a Pentium M based core, the new chip could be adopted into any IA-32 operation system without any change to drivers and applications. Intel claims that Tolapai would constitute the best and most powerful way to advance the embedded system and industrial computer market, helping in minimizing the form factor.
As an all-round solution, Tolapai has a built-in DDR2 memory controller, supporting different DDR2 speeds at 400 MHz, 533MHz, 667 MHz and 800MHz. Dual Channel and ECC capabilities are also included in this new processor, and the highest memory capacity supported is 2GB. I/O features coming with Tolapai include: Gigabit Ethernet (RGMII, RMII), IEEE 1588 Time Sync, one MDIO, 133x GPIO, two UARTs, two SMBuses, two CANs (Controller Area Network), one Sync Serial Port (SSP), one 16Bit PCI, five PCI-E, two SATA 2.0 and two USB 2.0 ports.
Intel also prepares an "Acceleration Services" edition for Tolapai, which integrates enhanced hardware security services including AES, 3DES, RC4, MD5, SHA-1, SHA-224-256-384-512, HMAC, ESA and DSA up to 1.6Gbps. The chip may be featuring a TDM interface, make IP Telephony possible on small-factor PCs.
Tolapai has 3 different FSB settings, allowing for 600MHz, 1.06GHz and 1.2GHz settings, while its TDP varies from 13W to 25W. Reference prototypes should be available in Q2 and final models are set to ship in late 2007.
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ECS 945GCT-D Intel Atom 1.6GHz mainboard video preview
Posted on 07/23/2008 @ 06:35 PM
Need an energy efficient power saving board for internet ? The Intel atom based ECS board might fit the bill. Here is a video preview of the package and the board itself. Watch out for the full review on OCWORKBENCH. Other video reviews can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/ocworkbench
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Gigabyte 9500GT and 9800GT sales price and available in Hong Kong
Posted on 07/23/2008 @ 02:41 PM
Two new models of NVIDIA cards, the 9500GT and 9800GT are now available in the Hong Kong retail market.
The first is the Gigabyte GV-N95TD3-512H 9500GT 512MB DDR3 which is priced at HK$ 760.00 (~97.5USD) and the Gigabyte GV-N98TZL-512H 9800GT Zalman 512MB HK$ 1,250.00 (~160USD).
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NVIDIA 9500GT coming on 29 July 2008
Posted on 07/23/2008 @ 02:36 PM
NVIDIA is slated to launch the 9500GT series of graphics cards by 29 Jul 2008. Basically this card is the little brother of the 9600GT. It has the following features and comes in 4 flavours using 256MB, 512 MB or 1024MB or GDDR2 or GDDR3
• NVIDIA unified architecture
• Full Microsoft® DirectX® 10
• NVIDIA SLI® -Ready
• Texture Fill Rate 8.8 Billion/second
• PCI Express® 2.0 support
• Two dual-link DVI outputs support
two 2560x1600 resolution displays
• NVIDIA PureVideo® HD technology
• HDCP Capable
• OpenGL® 2.1 support
256 MB DDR3
128-bit
550 / 1600 MHz
Dual DVI+HDTV
Interface PCI Express 2.0
512 MB DDR3
128-bit
550 / 1600 MHz
Dual DVI+HDTV
PCI Express 2.0
1024 MB DDR2
128-bit
550 / 667 MHz
DVI+CRT+HDTV
PCI Express 2.0
512 MB DDR2
128-bit
550 / 800 MHz
DVI+CRT+HDTV
PCI Express 2.0
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ASRock AMD 770 + SB700 Chipsets based motherborad A770CrossFire
Posted on 07/23/2008 @ 02:23 PM
ASRock AMD 770 + SB700 Chipsets based motherborad A770CrossFire
A770CrossFire- Support for Socket AM2+ / AM2 processors: AMD Phenom™ FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core / Athlon X2 Dual-Core / Athlon 64 / Sempron processor
- All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors)
- AMD 770 + SB700 Chipsets
- Supports CPU up to 140W
- FSB 2600 MHz (5.2 GT/s)
- Supports Dual Channel DDR2 1066 with AM2+ CPU , and DDR2 800/667/533 with AM2 CPU, with 4 DIMM slots, maximum capacity up to 8GB
- Supports ATI™ CrossFireX™
- 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (green @ x16 mode, blue @ x8 mode)
- 6 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 10, and JBOD), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions
- 1 x eSATAII 3.0 Gb/s connector
- PCIE Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- 1 x WiFi/E header
- Supports ASRock OC Tuner, Intelligent Energy Saver
- 7.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec)
- Windows® Vista™ Premium 2008 Logo Ready
- Free Bundle: 1 x ASRock XFire Switch Card
- ASRock SPDIF I/O: 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port, 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port, 1 x eSATAII Port, 6 ready-to-use USB ports
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Photo of ASRock ODE790GX-WiFi AMD 790GX+SB750 Mainboard
Posted on 07/22/2008 @ 06:20 PM
ASRock ODE790GX-WiFi
ASRock ODE790GX-WiFi, which is based on the latest AMD 790GX + SB750 chipsets. This new chipset supports the AMD's Over Drive Extreme Technology, which is a real boost to system performance. The ODE790GX-WiFi also supports the latest features like CrossFire™ and Hybrid CrossFireX?, 2 PCIE 2.0 slots (x16, x1/x8, x8), Optical/SPIDF Out port, ALC890 Audio Codec, PCIE Gigabit LAN, eSATA2, Intelligent Energy Saver and all solid capacitors.
Besides, it even comes with the ASRock WiFi-802.11g Module and
IEEE1394 function.
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Photo of Biostar TA-790GX A2+ AMD 790GX+SB750 mainboard
Posted on 07/21/2008 @ 05:57 PM
Photo of Biostar TA-790GX A2+ AMD 790GX+SB750 mainboard
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Review ASRock P45R2000-WiFi Intel P45+ICH10R Mainboard
Posted on 07/21/2008 @ 05:37 PM
ASRock P45R2000-WiFi is an interesting board we tested based on the Intel P45+ICH10R chipsets. In our test, we were wondering if we were really testing an ASRock board. This board doesn't look like the familiar ASRock boards we have tested in the past. It has so many features on board that makes it a top notch board in the league of the 1st tier board makers.
Features like
Dual GbE, Realtek ALC890B audio, 1394, WiFi/AP, eSATA. These are some of the features that you would see on the expensive ASUS boards are now available on the P45R2000-WiFi. One thing that is probably lacking from this board is those energy saving features like ASUS's EPU. If not, judging by the feature set and the functionality of this board, it could well be as good or even better than the 1st tier boards out there.
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HTC touch diamond is being cloned as Diamond J6 in China
Posted on 07/21/2008 @ 02:10 PM
The Chinese always copy anything they can. From online web articles to cloning handphones. Lately, they're spotted of cloning the HTC Touch Diamond (WM6.1). They call it the Diamond J6.
HTC has launched the Touch Diamond smartphone in the Asian market only for a few weeks. However, that’s more than enough for China’s cloning machines to create a Touch Diamond Clone, Diamond J6.
Looks exactly the same as the Touch Diamond, the J6 features a 2.8-inch display, a front and a rear camera, support for MP3 and MP4 playback, Bluetooth and a microSD card slot.
The phone supports GSM 900/1800MHz networks. It costs only 1199 Chinese Yuan, that is about $160 USD.
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Video Review of Acer Aspire One
Posted on 07/19/2008 @ 10:18 AM
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Exclusive : SUPOX AK790+GTR Based on AMD 790GX+SB750
Posted on 07/18/2008 @ 06:52 PM
SUPOX AK790+GTR is based on the pair of chipsets AMD 790GX and SB750. As we can see, both chipsets are put close together near the south bridge. A heatpipe design Q-Cool is used to cool the two chipsets.
At the top left, you would see there are 2 PCI, 1 PCIe x1, 2 PCIe x 16 slots for CrossFire. The AMD 790GX also comes with a Radeon HD 3300 IGP which can run in a Hybrid CrossFire with supported graphics card like the 2400pro. There is also a special unique feature, a DIY made SSD connector using CF. The board has HDMI, D-SUB, DVI out
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Nvidia to launch Intel-based MCP7A IGP chipset in August
Posted on 07/18/2008 @ 02:50 PM
Nvidia is planning to start mass producing its latest Intel platform IGP chipset, the nForce 730i MCP (MCP7A), in the middle of August with motherboards likely to appear in the market by early September, according to sources at motherboard makers.
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Radeon HD 4850/4870 for 4CoreDUal-SATA2, 4CoreDual-VSTA and 775Dual-VSTA
Posted on 07/18/2008 @ 12:40 PM
Some members of our forum have experience stability issues with their systems running the VIA PT880 chipset mainboard with the newest Radeon HD4850 or HD 4870 PCIe 2.0 Graphics cards.
If you want to use ATI HD 4870/4850 series PCIE VGA card on
ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2
ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA/775Dual-VSTA
You would need these latest
OCWORKBENCH beta bios available in our
ASRock (Intel) forum.
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AMD Radeon hD 4850 oc to 750/1100
Posted on 07/18/2008 @ 01:43 AM
Our mod, crazyrhino did the pencil mod on my 4850 and the result is very pleasing. With AMD GPU Clock Tool, i am able to pass the 700MHz barrier and test the limit of this card.
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Starhub to have 6 channels of Olympics live coverage
Posted on 07/17/2008 @ 08:36 PM
Digital Cable TV subscribers of Starhub will be able to catch live telecasts of the Olympics from 6 Aug 2008 on Channels 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606.
No information is available if any of the channels are broadcasted in HD or whether these channels are available to all for free or based on special pass.
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Intel demonstrates Intel Centrino 2's advantage over Centrino and Qmax showcases 802.16e on a yacht
Posted on 07/17/2008 @ 05:55 PM
Intel launched it's Centrino 2 notebooks yesterday at Sentosa Cove. We had a chance to witness the lower power and more efficient platform yesterday. At the launch event, we were also given a treat to go on board a yacht to surf the net on the move using wimax technology on the notebooks. This southern port of Singapore already has 802.16e coverage by Qmax.
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Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-064 – Critical
Posted on 07/17/2008 @ 10:06 AM
* MS08-033 - Critical
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms08-033.mspx
- Reason for Revision: V2.0 (July 16, 2008): Added DirectX 9.0a as
affected software.
- Originally posted: June 10, 2008
- Updated: July 16, 2008
- Bulletin Severity Rating: Critical
- Version: 2.0
* MS07-064 - Critical
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms07-064.mspx
- Reason for Revision: V3.0 (July 16, 2008): Bulletin updated to
reflect that the update for DirectX 9.0 also applies to
DirectX 9.0a.
- Originally posted: December 11, 2007
- Updated: July 16, 2008
- Bulletin Severity Rating: Critical
- Version: 3.0
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Intel launches Centrino 2 Processor with HD on the go and introduce mobile Core 2 Extreme at 3.06GHz
Posted on 07/16/2008 @ 09:40 PM
New Intel-Based Laptops Advance All Facets of Notebook PCs
New Intel® Centrino® 2 Processor Technology Brings 'HD-to-Go'; Adds Security and Manageability Features, Boosts Speed, Battery Life and Wireless Range
July 15, 2008 – Intel Corporation unveiled its Intel® Centrino® 2 Processor Technology products for laptops today, powered by five new Intel® Core™2 Duo processors. Close to 250 innovative consumer and business notebook PC designs are on the way, including those equipped with the right combination of powerful processors, graphics and battery life to enjoy viewing stunning high definition videos and myriad other computer and Internet activities.
Intel also introduced the world's highest-performing dual-core mobile processor, the Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor running at a brisk 3.06 GHz, as measured by SPECint*_rate_base2006, an industry benchmark (
www.spec.org)**.
Rounding out a mobile-focused summer for the company, Intel said it also plans to unveil eight processors within 90 days that will include first-ever mobile quad-core products and second-generation products for ultra-thin and light notebooks. In total, Intel will bring 14 diverse new processors into the marketplace as laptop sales continue to outpace desktop PCs.
Formerly codenamed Montevina, Intel Centrino 2 processor technology and Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ Technology improve upon every facet of a laptop's main features, including performance and battery life via new processors and chipsets, faster draft 802.11n wireless (with WiMAX arriving later this year), and new business-class manageability capabilities.
"When we first introduced Intel Centrino back in 2003, there were very few Wi-Fi hotspots, YouTube videos and social media didn't really exist, ‘thin and light' only referred to weight goals and desktop PCs outsold notebooks by a very wide margin," said Mooly Eden, Intel corporate vice president and general manager of the company's Mobile Platforms Group. "Today, notebooks outsell desktops in the U.S, and we're paving the way to HD entertainment, rich online gaming, faster broadband wireless speeds and an easier and more secure way for businesses to manage, update and repair their notebook fleets."
Intel is introducing five dual core processors based on Intel's reinvented transistors (high-k metal gate formula) and advanced 45-nanometer manufacturing process. These processors come with a faster 1066MHz front side bus and up to 6MB of L2 cache, and three versions reduce laptop processor wattage about 30 percent, down to just 25 watts. Also featured is Deep Power Down Technology that turns off processing components such as core clocks and cache memory when the laptop is idle for greater energy savings.
Intel also unveiled its Mobile Intel® 45 Express Chipset and wireless Intel® Wi-Fi Link 5000 series that is shipping to customers now, with laptops arriving later in July and August. Delivering five times the speed and twice the range of older 802.11a/g technology, the Intel Wi-Fi Link 5000 series provides 802.11 draft-N support that delivers the fastest data rates possible today -- up to 450 Mbps.
Switchable graphics, a new optional power-saving feature available on Intel Centrino 2-based notebooks, provides both integrated and discrete graphics on a single notebook, enabling users to easily switch between the two options. Switchable graphics delivers greater 3-D performance when needed while providing the option for greater power savings for the best of both worlds.
For consumers, Intel Centrino 2 processor technology delivers the horsepower and battery life to enjoy a typical full-length, Blu-ray* high-definition video on a single battery charge for the first time, plus the ability to play a variety of online games, download music or post videos faster than before.
For businesses, Intel Centrino 2 with vPro technology offers enhanced manageability and security options. This is increasingly important as companies replace desktops with notebooks and need to remotely diagnose, update and repair systems over a wireless network. Improved manageability with AMT 4.0 has also been added that provides wireless manageability during system sleep states, ongoing remote configuration capabilities, support for next-generation management standards (WS-MAN and DASH 1.0) and the ability for an employee to initiate communications to IT from outside a company's firewall.
OEMs and Channel system builders will deliver close to 250 systems to market. For more information including Intel product pricing, visit
www.intel.com/go/processor_pricing.
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WiMAX to come later for Intel Centrino 2
Posted on 07/16/2008 @ 03:11 PM
While Intel has launched its Intel Centrino 2 processor platform, WiMAX support will not be included initially. The combined Wi-Fi/WiMAX module (Echo peak), as part of the Intel WiMAX/Wi-Fi Link 5050 Series, will not begin shipping until later this year and will be an optional feature for Centrino 2-based notebooks, the company indicated.
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ECS P45T-A Intel P45+ICH10R mainboard Review
Posted on 07/15/2008 @ 06:18 PM
ECS P45T-A Intel P45+ICH10R mainboard Review
The ECS P45T-A is based on the Intel P45/ICH10R chipsets. It supports the CPU LGA775 socket for latest Intel® Yorkfield/ Wolfdale/ Conroe/Core 2 Extreme/Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Duo/ Pentium Dual Core/ Celeron Dual Core/ Celeron 4xx processor , FSB 1333/1066/800 MHz. Although it officially suppots the FSB 1333 CPUs, we have no issues running the Intel QX9770 1600 Processor on it. In terms of memory, it supports Dual-channel DDR2 memory architecture of 4 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM socket support up to 16GB DDR2 800/667 DDR2 SDRAM.
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NVIDIA pairing up NVIDIA nForce 200 SLI processor with INTEL X58 to enable SLI
Posted on 07/15/2008 @ 12:08 PM
Strange enough, we all know that SLI can be hacked in the past. It was enabled on ULi chipsets. It was also running on Intel platforms with the need of a seperate chip.
Is NVIDIA trying to make a quick buck by supply a so call NVIDIA nForce 200 SLI processor which itself does nothing but just some a signature such that the driver detects the existence of a NV signature and therefore enabling SLI?
Why didn't NVIDIA announce their own chipset but pairing it up with Intel X58? Are they as previously mentioned, exiting from making competing Intel desktop chipset or is it because they want to concentrate on the GPU ?
Anyway, it is still good news for Intel as it will be the only platform to support both ATi CrossFire and nVIDIA SLI.
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NVIDIA brings SLI to Intel Bloomfield CPU platform
Posted on 07/15/2008 @ 12:01 PM
NVIDIA BRINGS SLI TECHNOLOGY TO INTEL
BLOOMFIELD CPU PLATFORMS
Multi-GPU Computing Combined with New CPU Architecture will Deliver Powerful Visual Computing Platform
SINGAPORE — JULY 15, 2008 — PC enthusiasts, manufacturers, and developers around the world have a lot to be excited about today with NVIDIA Corporation’s announcement that it will be bringing the power and performance of its SLI® multi-GPU technology to Intel’s upcoming line of Bloomfield CPUs. With this winning combination, consumers will have an SLI platform designed for current and future graphics-intensive games and applications; these platforms can be powered by one, two, or even
three NVIDIA GeForce® GPUs, including the new, award-winning GeForce GTX 280 and GTX 260 GPUs.
New SLI motherboards will feature the NVIDIA nForce® 200 SLI processor, Intel Bloomfield CPUs, and Tylersburg (X58) chipsets. The nForce 200 SLI processor features patented SLI technology for graphics
bandwidth management and multi-GPU peer-to-peer communications, both required to optimise graphics performance.
“With GeForce-based visual computing application, our customers are experiencing exciting new ways to interact with their photos and videos while also experiencing the bone-chilling realism from our latest
graphics processors,” said Jeff Fisher, senior vice president of GPU business at NVIDIA. “Our SLI technology allows us to combine the power of hundreds of GeForce processing cores in multi-GPU configurations with Intel’s latest CPUs for platforms that are sure to excite our customers.”
What the Customers Are Saying:
“It’s great to see that NVIDIA opted to enable SLI on the future Intel Bloomfield platform,” said Rahul Sood, CTO Voodoo Business Unit, HP. “Make love not war I say… and NVIDIA’s enablement of Intel chipsets to support SLI will make our jobs much easier in offering a better customer experience as we continue to evolve HP’s award-winning Blackbird 002 and Voodoo Omen platforms.” “Our clients want the best of everything, and it’s our job to package the best technologies into one complete system for them,” said Kelt Reeves, president of Falcon Northwest. “NVIDIA’s SLI configurations have produced the fastest graphics solutions on the market for years, and the ability to pair SLI with Intel’s upcoming processors will deliver a level of overall system performance no one has ever seen before. We can’t wait to equip Falcon Northwest systems with this solution!”
“NVIDIA`s SLI technology is the outstanding feature of high-end gamer PCs,” says Klaus Rüther, Desktop Product Manager at Atelco. “We are very pleased that the SLI technology will be available for
the new line of Intel Bloomfield CPUs. With SLI, the gamer can experience the latest PC games as if they were real.” “Medion is a highly regarded European OEM as an innovator in enthusiast-based PCs,” said Oliver
Soellner, CMO at Medion. “By adding NVIDIA SLI with Intel’s ext-generation CPU platform, we can offer the most feature rich Medion Erazer PCs with blistering graphics performance, which is sure to satisfy the most demanding users.”
“Fujitsu-Siemens is excited to see NVIDIA SLI technology associated with Intel Bloomfield CPUs. This combination addresses the innovative gaming market and will bring the best experience to gamers worldwide,” said Michael Hilpert, Senior Product manager at FSC. “What a great, great move, the ability to have 3-way SLI, with Intel Bloomfield CPUs. The combination will break all the existing performance barriers and deliver a whole new user experience. The wait is over,” Elan Raja III Director Scan Computers. “Over the last four years, NVIDIA has been recognized for its SLI technology innovation and leadership," said Joe Hsieh, General Manager at ASUS. "This technology is an excellent feature that customers are
demanding for their new Intel platforms. We are excited about bringing the power of this platform to our Intel customers.” “Acer congratulates NVIDIA on its nForce 200 SLI technology platform and we are very interested to
bring it to market,” said Brian Bogaard, Product Business Manager, Acer EMEA Desktop PC The pairing of the NVIDIA nForce® 200 SLI MCP with Intel’s new Bloomfield CPU and Tylersburg core logic chipset will deliver NVIDIA 3-way SLI technology for an unmatched PC gaming experience,
providing up to a 2.8× performance boost over traditional single graphics card platforms. When playing the most cutting-edge games, including current titles such as Crysis and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare,
3-way SLI technology lets gamers ratchet up the resolution to 2500 × 1600, while turning on all of the tasty eye candy, including high-dynamic range lighting, motion blur, and realistic environmental effects.
Motherboards and PC systems featuring support for the NVIDIA nForce 200 SLI processor, NVIDIA GeForce GPUs, and NVIDIA SLI technology will be available from the world’s leading motherboard manufacturers, add-in card companies, and major system builders including: Acer, ASUS, Atelco,
Coolmod, Dell, Ditech, Falcon Northwest, Founder, Fujitsu-Siemens Computer, Gigabyte, Haier, Hypersonic PC, Iqon/Commodore, K&M, Komplett, Komputronik , Legend, Maingear, Medion, MSI,
Multirama, Next, Scan Computers , Sky Electronics , Tongfang, TS, Velocity Micro, Vigor Gaming, and more.
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Early benchmarks of 4870X2
Posted on 07/13/2008 @ 01:14 AM
Here are some early estimates of the benchmarks of the Radeon HD 4870X2.
3D Mark06 19K
3DMark Vantage P12000
Crysis at 1600x1200 50 fps
* QX9770 at 3.2GHz on Intel X48 mainboard
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AMD Radeon HD4870X2 to be available on 12 August 2008
Posted on 07/12/2008 @ 07:30 PM
Tomshardware.tw has posted some information abt the availability of the Radeon HD 4870X2. It is slated to be launched on the 12 Aug 2008.
Just to recap, the R700 or Radeon HD 4870X2 is basically formed by linking two RV7700 cores onto the same PCB. As one core has 800 stream processors, dual GPU will give it 1600 stream processors.
Here are some info about the card
1. 2GB GDDR5 memory, PCI-E 2.0
2. supports DX10.1, CrossFire X
3. supports UVD2, AVT (accelerated video transcoding), DVD upscaling to 1080p, display port
4. supports Dynamic Geometry Acceleration 及 Dynamic Power Management.
To run the HD4870X2, you would require at least a 600W power supply.
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Exclusive Review of Gigabyte GA-EP45 Extreme Intel P45 mainboard (parts 1 & 2)
Posted on 07/11/2008 @ 05:37 PM
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NVIDIA skips LGA 1366 Nehalem plaform, supports SLI by chipset on LGA1366 X58 mainboards
Posted on 07/11/2008 @ 02:54 PM
NVIDIA skips LGA 1366 Nehalem plaform, supports SLI by chipset
According to news reports from the web, NVIDIA has acquired the rights to use the Intel QPI technology. The interesting development is that NVIDIA has no interest in developing a new chipset to support the LGA1366 Nehalem chipset. Instead, it will supply it's nForce 200 bridge chip (BR04) to have SLI support on the Intel X58 platforms.
As we already know, SLI technology is nothing other than disabling support using software means. NVIDIA, by enabling SLI support with a so called hardware chip is just going to add more costs to manufacturers who intend to develope Intel X58 boards that supports both CrossFire and SLI.
With NVIDIA reluctance to develope a chipset for the LGA1366 and the mid range LGA1160, it looks like we will only be seeing INTEL for INTEL, AMD for AMD real soon.
It seems that NVIDIA will soon be exiting the chipset business with no more new NV chipsets support both Intel and AMD platforms.
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Exclusive Review of Gigabyte GA-EP45 Extreme Intel P45 mainboard part 1
Posted on 07/10/2008 @ 06:47 PM
Today we bring you part 1 of our review of the Gigabyte GA-EP45 Extreme mainboard.
On first sight, this mainboard uses a a
ll Copper Heat pipe/Heat sink connecting NB, SB, and MOSFET and extra Hybrid Silent-Pipe design provides 30% cooler thermal performance.
Based on the Intel P45 + ICH 10R chipset, this mainboard
supports 45nm Intel® Core™ 2 multi-core processors with FSB 1600 MHz running up to Dual channel DDR2 1200. It has 3 PCIe 2.0 slots, one in PCIe x4, the other 2 in Dual 8X or Single 16X. Other features include Dual LAN with teaming, Dolby Home Theater® audio using high quality 106dB SNR ALC889A HD audio.
As it targets the overclockers, the BIOS has one of the largest CPU CLK range of up to 1200MHz, it also has multiple over voltage controls. You can also use EasyTune 6 to fine tune the overclocking all within Windows. For those who are into watercooling, this board has it all ready. The North bridge already has the connectors ready. The board comes with a Hybrid Silent-Pipewhich is a all-copper thermal solution design which combines Air cooling with Liquid Cooling to enable effective heat removal from the North Bridge, South Bridge and CPU area.
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http://my.ocworkbench.com/2008/gigab...Extreme/g1.htm
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Forum account activation
Posted on 07/10/2008 @ 03:17 PM
If you have registered and have not activate your account, you are not able to view the forum.
In order to have the full privileges, please check your email box for the activation email when you first register an account.
If you have not received the activation email or lost it in spam folders etc, you can request it from this URL
http://my.ocworkbench.com/bbs/regist...o=requestemail
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Apple iPhone 3G goes on sale tomorrow, Video review is online
Posted on 07/10/2008 @ 11:57 AM
We happened to come across the video of the iphone 3G done by a magazine in Hong Kong. We took a look and were impressed by the Chinese input. As for the other functions, they are very similar to the HTC Touch Diamond and Samsung Omnia.
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AMD 790GX is 33% faster than 780G; performs better than GF8200 and G35 in Cyrsis, World in Conflict
Posted on 07/09/2008 @ 06:19 PM
Chw.net sends in two slides about the 790GX chipset. From the charts, we see that the AMD 790GX will be 33% faster than the 780G. In addition, with sideport enabled, it can boost the IGP by aorund 10% more.
The 790GX will also support both CrossFire X and Hybrid CrossFire. In addition, it supports 1080 and high quality video processing.
Other features include AMD Overdrive, RAID 5 on SB750. There is also Dynamic Power Savings and Deep Sleep support.
The performance of 4 games, Crysis, World in Conflict, Unreal Tournanment III and Supereme Commander are tested against NVidia GF 8200 and Intel G35 in the chart below. We can see that both the NVIDIA and INTEL are nno match to the 790GX.
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Exclusive pictures of AMD 790GX + SB750
Posted on 07/09/2008 @ 06:13 PM
We have some exclusive pictures of AMD 790GX + SB750 chipsets here. This couple of chipsets will be officially launched at the end of July 2008.
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Gigabyte EP45 Extreme mainboard pictures
Posted on 07/09/2008 @ 01:43 AM
Gigabyte EP45 Extreme mainboard
More pictures can be found at the Gigabyte section of the forum.
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Modded BIOS for ASUS EAH 4850 solve 22% fan speed problem
Posted on 07/08/2008 @ 09:46 PM
WE have modded an ASUS EAH4850 BIOS to speed up the fan to 50% at 50 deg Celsius. If you are interested to test out the bios, you can download it from our graphics card section of the
forum.
Flashing of graphics card bios is at your own risk. OCWorkbench is not responsible for any dead flashes.
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Nvidia to possibly abandon VIA for Intel Atom
Posted on 07/08/2008 @ 07:40 PM
Although VIA Technologies and Nvidia entered into an alliance to cooperate in the low-cost PC and MID markets earlier in the year, according to recent reports, Nvidia has used the alliance as a bargaining chip to negotiate with Intel, demanding Intel allow Nvidia's IGP chipsets to enter the Atom platform ecosystem, according to sources at PC makers.
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ASUS SmartDoctor lowers 3D benchmark scores
Posted on 07/08/2008 @ 01:03 AM
While benchmarking using the ASUS EAH4850, we noticed something unique about this card. Although the 4850 is a reference design card, the bundle comes with a software for controlling the fan speed of the card.
Something we noticed is that if you run the ASUS SmartDoctor, your 3D benchmark results will plunge by a few fps. This definitely affects benchmark scores. Once the software gets uninstalled and system rebooted, most fo the games will see an increase of 2-3 fps.
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Interet Explorer 8 beta is out
Posted on 07/08/2008 @ 12:01 AM
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HK Retailers increasing prices of Radeon HD 4850
Posted on 07/07/2008 @ 03:06 PM
Hong Kong retailers are increasing the prices of ATI Radeon HD 4850 cards, knowing that it is the best value for money card right now.
This will probably help in the sales of the 9800GTX which are now being dumped in pricing to match that of the 4850.
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ECS DTX Intel Atom board 945GCT-D
Posted on 07/06/2008 @ 01:32 AM
At Computex Taipei 2008, ECS introduced this new board 945GCT-D embedded with an Intel® AtomTM processor which is claimed to be the smallest processor in the world. The 945GCT-D motherboard features fast Ethernet, high definition audio for various internet applications and leverages integrated GMA950 graphics core supporting DirectX 9 for general graphics requirements. In addition, the ultra low voltage and smallest size make the 945GCT-D motherboard an ideal solution for fan-less embedded systems, small form factor PCs and portable devices.
The 945GCT-D motherboard is based on 945GC/ ICH7 chipsets and has a 1.6 GHz Intel® AtomTM 45nm processor directly mounted on the motherboard. The brand new AtomTM processor packs more than 47 million transistors in a single silicon die measuring less than 25mm2 and full compatibility with existing x86 solutions, also equipped with Intel HT technology which provides the better capabilities while in a multi-tasking The low-power architecture of the processor is targeting at portable battery-operated applications such as mobile internet devices (MID), low-cost laptop PCs. With this ultra low-power processor, the 945GCT-D motherboard is capable to keep the system quiet and stable even without any cooling fans.
To satisfy a wide range of home applications, the 945GCT-D motherboard is derived from a Mini-DTX design which is not only a perfect match for home devices but also compatible with current ATX and Micro-ATX PC cases. This innovative design provides great convenience for general users to build their own tailor-made personal computers and small footprint appliances such as the Embedded PC and Thin Client.
Despite the tiny dimension of the board, the 945GCT-D motherboard is well equipped without any compromise such as the 512KB L2 cache, Fast Ethernet port, high definition audio, 2 x SATA3.0 Gb/s, 1 x PATA, 4 x USB 2.0, 2 x DDR2 533, 1 x PCI and an additional PCIe x1 expansion slot.
This board should be suitable for a small UMPC for DVD playback or pack in a small package to be used as a CarPC.
Here are some photos. More photos can be found at the
ECS section of the forum.
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