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AMD to ship DirectX 11 GPUs this year

AMD to ship DirectX 11 GPUs this yearGreatJust read it on pcmag. I was really expecting NVIDIA to be the first one to unleash a Dx 11 GPU. Nonetheless my motherboard only supports SLI and doesn't support crossfire so as usual am going for NVIDIA :)Now is the BEST TIME...

Tags: GPU, SLI, DirectX, card, DirectX 11, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., DirectX 11 GPU, new GPU, NVidia Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-03

Will these be the first DirectX 11 GPUs?

Will these be the first DirectX 11 GPUs?What can I say...Perhaps, perhaps not I guess!OH-- I wanna know the power consumption of those cards.Now that they are in a 40nm manufacturing tech, power consumptioon idle/load numbers could be very interesting!!! :)I am 100% anal about being very power efficient! ]:)

Tags: Manufacturing, DirectX 11 GPU, DirectX 11, DirectX, GPU

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

Could Snow Leopard leave Windows 7 eating it's dust?

Could Snow Leopard leave Windows 7 eating it's dust?Cut down on the caffeine:)LOL...Is this that baby off the e-trade commercials? You must have stock in MSFT? Any good inside information?I'm not so sure ...Look at how Adobe has embraced the GPU, and Wolfram.Leveraging the GPU has a lot...

Tags: Operating systems, DirectX 11, GPGPU, OpenCL, GPU, dust, Microsoft Windows 7, Snow Leopard, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-12-09

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Radeon HD 5970 - ATI's killer graphics card

You know what else is impressive?The foot long length of the thing.Alsothe noise level from the leaf-blower coolers to keep this thing from burning your house down.Seriously though, down for getting one, but not till a 3rd party gives us one with some custom cooling options. Although I guess they...

Tags: killer graphics card, Radeon HD 5970, Radeon HD, Radeon, ATI Technologies Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

ATI Radeon HD 5970 is world's fastest graphics card

AMD has just announced today their newest graphics card, the ATI Radeon HD 5970, which they are touting as "the fastest card ever created." Get ready. AMD is proclaiming many firsts with this card. Besides being the fastest, it's the one of the first...

Tags: Card, Video Card, ATI Radeon, Overclocking, ATI Technologies Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, ATI Radeon HD 5970, HD 5970, Video Cards, Hardware, Components, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Windows 7 killer deals commence; 7 days of PC specials, $30 OS upgrade

That Best Buy deal ain't bad at all......stop Geek Squad at the door take the merchandise pop in the Ubuntu CD's and I'm ready to go. Thanks Win 7 for the cheap hardware.Apple should be offering deals now, tooJust to steal some thunder from the Win 7 (vista 2.0) over-hype.Fanboi...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Media Center PCs, Operating systems, PC, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Snow Leopard, Media Center PC

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Best 'bang for the buck' graphics cards

No Love for NVIDIA?I'm a little disappointed you only mention one GeForce card as if they can't compete with ATI. I'm sensing either sponsorship or bias, Adrian... but if it's genuinely based on performance, I'd love to see some benchmarking and justification for the claim.They just killed off......half the cards...

Tags: Video cards, HD 4890, card, ATI Technologies Inc., NVidia Corp., video card, graphics

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

Is NVIDIA dead?

RE: Is NVIDIA dead?Give me a break!Don't forget IntelThere have been rumors for some time that Intel was going to enter the discrete graphics card market, with cards designed to work with their processors and MB chipsets. Perhaps nVidia felt like the market is getting squeezed too much to...

Tags: Games, Video cards, NVidia Corp., game, graphics, Intel Corp., mid range

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Windows 7 reliability scorecard - looking good!

It's very easy to keep reliability highwhen you change very little but what's on the surface. It's like an automobile say a Corvette that changes the body style every two years, but the same small block V8 for the most part has been in use for over 50 years. Very...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

News to know: IDF; Skype; New neutrality; HP; Palm; Madoff

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. John Morris: Intel: 32nm is just the beginning Sam Diaz: Intel on laptop chips: Speed kills Mary Jo...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Hewlett-Packard Co., Twitter Inc., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-24

AMD debuts Radeon HD 5800 series GPUs with DirectX 11 support

That's great...Now if only DX 11 were out. Seems a bit premature to me, let's hope firmware updates are easy.ATI had better get the power requirements right with this one, it doesn't matter how much money you save if you have to buy double the psu to use it.I'm going...

Tags: GPU, Radeon, DirectX, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATI Technologies Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

AMD debuts Radeon HD 5800 series GPUs with DirectX 11 support

Today sees AMD lift the lid on the first of it's next generation Radeon HD 5800 series GPUs featuring DirectX 11 support. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., DirectX, Radeon, GPU, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-09-23

Zune HD: No YouTube in the browser for you

patheticI don't care much about youtube (I much prefer TED conference with top minds/scientists to that popular crap :P) but being a social media users (msn, FB and the like) I know for a fact that many people spend lots of time on this site and it is now imperative...

Tags: Team management, Turnabout, Web browser, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Details on HP's Ion-powered netbook, Windows XP not dead yet

Almost nine months to the day after Nvidia announced its Ion Platform, the first real netbook to make use of the technology has finally shipped. HP announced the Mini 311, an 11.6-inch netbook that pairs Intel's Atom processor with Ion, which is based on the GeForce 9400M GPU. Ion should...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows XP, NVidia Corp., Netbook, HP Mini 311, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-09-15

Why not all 12-inch netbooks are the same

X200s w/ 6 cell weighs 2.71 lb, not 3 lbFrom the Lenovo X200s spec sheet:4 cell 2.43 lb6 cell 2.71 lb 9 cell 3.05 lbSo the X200s beats some and is in the sameweight class as many netbooks, with stellarperformance.I recently got an X200s and have both the 4...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, GMA 950, netbook, Moblin, cell

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Why Windows 7 should be free

Why Windows 7 should be freeAm I the only one who had zero problems with Vista?This issue has been debated thoroughly across zdnet, so I have no desire to rehash it. But I am still not convinced that Vista's problems are systemic...and I think they are more a PR issue....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Benchmarking Firefox 3.5

Benchmarking Firefox 3.5Benchmarking Firefox 3.5Any reason you chose to benchmark 3.0.5 instead of 3.0.11? Not a gripe, just curious. If its something like no speed improvements since the 3.0.5 patches then that's understandable.Something unexpected hereI just ran a Sunspider of FF3.5 running in Win7 build 7100 on this...

Tags: Web browsers, Apple Safari, Chrome, Benchmarking Firefox 3.5, Mozilla Firefox, benchmarking, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2009-06-30

What really new in Windows 7? The answer, not much!

What really new in Windows 7? The answer, not much!Y'know, I disagreeI understand Adrian's need to attract eyeballs and taking a deflationist view of Win7 in a world of gushing praise will no doubt help attract a lot of hits. HOWEVER, I think the wrong questions were asked.Instead of judging...

Tags: Operating systems, Well XP, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-16

Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiasco

Apple vs. Microsoft: Yet another upgrade pricing fiascoPlus OS X is complete OS for one price.Not only is the price for the various Win 7 crippleware still outrageous compared to OS X, but with OS X you get the entire OS for that much lower price. It's a double-strike against...

Tags: Pricing, Operating systems, Vista-to-7, Win 7, pricing fiasco, service pack, Snow Leopard, Microsoft Corp., pricing strategy, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

News to know: Pre; NetApp; Bartz; Windows 7; Netbooks

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: From Starter to Ultimate: What's really in each Windows 7 Edition? Matthew Miller: Palm Pre reviews appear; can it beat the...

Tags: NetApp Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-04