About five months ago AMD launched their first six-core processors based on the Thuban core that managed to get a warm welcome from enthusiasts and press alike, so today the company is expanding their processor lineup with the new six-core Phenom II X6 1075 while also offering a new dual-core chip dubbed the Phenom II X2 560 Black Edition.As expected, AMD markets these as solutions for their AMD Vision platforms that join AMD 8-series chipsets and ATI Radeon HD 5000 series graphics together to form an AMD branded PC.But let's get over all this marketing talk and take a look at this new chips.First in line is the Thuban-b... [read more >>] NVIDIA's plans of releasing a mid-range product in its GTX 400 series have not exactly been a secret over the past couple of months, but it seems that the GPU manufacturer has decided to put an end to speculation and finally make the “tessellation monster” technology available at a significantly lower price point, one that even mainstream consumers might find sufficiently affordable. With 336 NVIDIA CUDA cores and 56 texture units, the GeForce GTX 460 is powered by a 40nm GF104 chip and clocks at 675 Mhz, while the shader frequency is set at 1350 MHz. Additional tech specs you might be interested in include the 192-bit/256... [read more >>] As some of you will certainly remember, a few months ago, we had the chance to review for ourselves one of the first 3D solutions available for home users, namely NVIDIA's 3D Vision. Back then, we were pretty impressed with what the GPU manufacturer had managed to achieve, but, to be perfectly honest, the overall impression left by the single-display solution pales in comparison with its more advanced, multi-monitor variant, the 3D Vision Surround. Initially presented back at CES 2010, the 3D Vision Surround technology has recently received a well-deserved boost with the launch of the company's GTX 400 series of graphic cards, th... [read more >>] The world has been buzzing over the past week or so with all sorts of little bits and pieces of information (leaked photos, leaked tech specs, spy shots, etc.) regarding the upcoming Fermi-based GPU family from NVIDIA, the GTX 400 series. And now, after such a long wait, the GPU manufacturer has finally decided to go official, releasing two of the top models in the series, the GTX 480 and GTX 470 (well, which we actually expected to see arrive on the market anyway).As far as we can see, the leaked tech/pricing info regarding these two new DirectX 11-supporting GPUs were pretty right on the money. So, the GTX cards both incorporate CUDA and ... [read more >>] As some of you might remember, during our visit at CeBIT 2010, we had the chance to have a very interesting conversation with Mark Tekunoff, who's been developing RAM memory modules for Kingston for quite a long time now. And one of the issues that came at hand (besides the LoVo series, which we already talked about in one of our previous articles) was related to Kingston's HyperX dual-channel DDR3 memory kit and the level of performance it was able to deliver.Also, we were able to attend a live demo of the respective kit, which, once again, proved quite consistently the level of performance the components are able to deliver in a... [read more >>] For various reasons, more and more people opt for purchasing a small form-factor PC (also known as SFF) instead of a full-fledged one, the main uses for such a solution being related to home entertainment, multimedia playback and mainstream gaming rather than actual work. So, in order to complete its lineup of DirectX 11 compatible cards, AMD has just released its ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics card, which provides support for DirectX 11, as well as ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology and ATI Stream capabilities.So, the new GPU enables the use of up to three displays with a single ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics card, while the ATI Stream techn... [read more >>] Remember that SSDNow V+ SSDs we were talking about yesterday that managed to find their way into a local UK shop? Well, Kingston has decided to go official with this new line of solid state drives, which come in a very large number of storage capacities and offer numerous cool features on the side.The good thing is that Kingston organized a local event for the promotion of this new storage solution (among other things), so we've gotten a closer look at the device, as well as at the pretty cool system used for demoing it. While we won't go into too many details on this issue (apart from the fact that it was based on an Intel Core i... [read more >>] AMD has been on quite a roll lately as far as its GPU business is concerned, the chip manufacturer outing some pretty interesting additions to its ATI Radeon family of products. And this is also the subject we're going to tackle as follows, namely that of the ATI Radeon HD 5670 graphics card, which has just been unveiled today and that aims to make DirectX 11 technology and HD playback a little bit more mainstream.According to AMD, its brand-new ATI Radeon HD 5670 graphics card delivers up to 620 GigaFLOPS of compute power and GDDR5 memory. Moreover, it incorporates ATI Eyefinity technology, which enables up to three displays to be use... [read more >>] Up until now, SSDs were regarded by most users as some “Sci-Fi” storage solutions, which, indeed, are able to seriously boost up a PC's or notebook's level of performance, but for a sum very few people were willing to spend (with price-per-GB ratio far inferior to HDDs). However, it would seem that Kingston, one of the leading innovators in the field of solid-state drive solutions, is willing to change this situation, since it's just announced a new SSD offering that will certainly prove to be quite appealing to a more mainstream audience. So, the memory manufacturer has just announced the release of the Kingston... [read more >>] Changing pixel shaders and DirectX versions is nothing that gamers take lightly since usually that means they will have to dig deeper into their pockets to get a new graphics card. And if you have a gamer friend, you know that the temptation will be too much to withstand. And with offers like AMD's new ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series cards, who can blame them? Stick around in order to hear everything about their new DirectX 11 enabled HD 5800 Series. Trust me, it's worth the read! The initial AMD release will comprise of two graphics cards: the ATI Radeon HD 5870 and ATI Radeon HD 5850, each one having 1GB GDDR5 memory as well as featu... [read more >>] | 
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