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Phenom II Black Edition TWKR 42

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:40:26 +0000

AMD created a small number of limited edition TWKR processors expressly for the extreme overclocking community. Called the AMD Phenom II X4 42 Black Edition TWKR processor, it has a part number of 42 that means 4 cores at 2 GHz. Based on Deneb C2 core, it comes with an unlocked multiplier and a default vCore value of 1.44v. TWKR 42 features 6 MB shared of L3 cache, each individual core also features 64 KB of L1 data cache, 64 KB of L1 instruction cache, and 512 KB of L2 cache. It is not for sale, is provided as is and it's not covered by AMD’s product warranty. It seems that only 100 of these processors are going to be sold.

AMD PHENOM II X4 955 32GHz Quad Core Black Edition
US $286.79

AMD PHENOM 9950 QUAD 8GB DDR2 AM2 ASUS CROSSHAIR II
US $470.00

AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition TripleCore AM3 36295
US $139.99

AMD R800, RV870 and RV840 Expected Late 2009

admin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:18:41 +0000

According to Hardware-Infos AMD is set to release a lineup of DirectX11 compliant 40nm GPUs within 2009, targeting NVIDIA’s upcoming G300. Besides RV870, there will be R800 that consists of two RV870 chips, RV840 for mainstream market and RV810 for entry level market. Probably named as Radeon HD 5870, RV870 will be powered by 1200 stream processors, GDDR5 memory and bandwidth of 143 GB/s. RV840 and RV810 GPUs specifications are still unknown. NVIDIA G300 launch date is scheduled for late 2009, so AMD will release RV870, RV840 and R800 by the end of this year.

XFX HD 487A CDF9 Radeon HD 4870 x2 2gb ddr5 pci e 20
US $399.99

SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON HD 4870x2 2GB 4870 x2
US $350.00

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD4870 HD 4870 512MB PCI E 100259L
US $146.99

GT300 to feature 512-bit interface

admin — Sun, 17 May 2009 16:58:31 +0000

Over the past six months, we heard many rumors about the upcoming nVidia GT300 GPU. The last information surfaced on the web reveals that GT300 might feature a 512bit wide GDDR5 memory interface. If this is true, this would mean that nVidia has a playing field of eight 32bit memory controllers connecting to multiple 32 core clusters for a total of 512 cores. If the GT300 chip ends up connected to quad data rate memory at 1000MHz we'll have a memory bandwidth of 256GB/s per single GPU. At least from these little information leaks, we're looking at one beast of a GPU. GT300 is expected to be released in Q4 2009.

ASUS ENGTX280 Geforce GTX 280 GTX280 1024MB LN RARE
US $329.99

nVidia Geforce 8300GS 256MB PCI E Express Video card
US $19.99

NEW PNY GeForce 9400GT 1GB DDR2 550MHz 128 bit PCI E
US $56.49

Phenom II X4 955 Coming on April 20th

admin — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:28:17 +0000

Based on the 45 nm Deneb core, Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition supports AM3 socket motherboards, and DDR3 memory. It features a core clock speed of 3.20 GHz (16.0x200 MHz), 512 KB of L2 cache per core, 6 MB of L3 cache and and a TDP of 125W. Being a Black Edition CPU, it should be overclocker friendly thanks to its unlocked multiplier. Slated for an April 20 launch, retail price will be around 270$ to compete with the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550.

PHENOM AMD 9950 4GB DDR2 1066Mhz AM2 ASUS M3N72 D
US $330.00

AMD PHENOM II X4 955 32GHz Quad Core Black Edition
US $286.79

Lot of 2 NIP Gillette Fusion Power Phenom Razors
US $19.99

AMD Sabine Platform Will Support DirectX 11

admin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:41:43 +0000

As reported by Expreview, AMD is working on a notebook platform with DirectX 11 compliant integrated GPU. The integrated GPU will be part of the APU (Accelerated Processing Unit), a new design approach where the CPU package holds both the CPU and the northbridge in a multichip module. The AMD APU, codenamed Llano, will be part of the Sabine mobile platform together with the SB9xxM series southbridge. The Llano APU will be built on the 32 nm manufacturing process, it features up to 4 x86 processing cores, a dx11 compliant integrated GPU, a memory controller supporting DDR3 1600mhz memory, 128 bit floating point execution units, and a BGA design for low TDPs. Sabine platform will hit the market in 2011.

PHENOM AMD 9950 4GB DDR2 1066Mhz AM2 ASUS M3N72 D
US $330.00

AMD PHENOM II X4 955 32GHz Quad Core Black Edition
US $286.79

Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit SP1OEM w AMD Phenom 9600
US $299.99

RV790: 55 nm Manufacturing Process

admin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:11:40 +0000

A lot has been said about ATI's RV790. Clues about the new gpu surfaced in the last November when was clear that AMD was working on a successor to the RV770. A german website, Hardware-Infos, reports that RV790 will be built on the newer improved 55 nm manufacturing process. The new gpu may get a little help from its superior silicon fabrication, foundry partner codename is 55GT, which makes it more expensive to manufacture. According to the source there are two RV790 engineering samples: a base model and an overclocked model. The base model comes with the same clock speeds as the RV770XT: 750/900 MHz (core/memory), while the overclocked model comes with clock speeds of 850/975 MHz (core/memory). The core voltage is 1.24V for the base model and 1.30V for the overclocked one. Products based on RV790 are expected by April.

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ATI DVI IA D TO VGA ADAPTER CONVERT CABLE HDTV LCD TV
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VisionTek ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB DDR2 128 bit VGA Card
US $46.00

Intel Presents The Westmere Family Of Processors

admin — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:33:51 +0000

Yesterday Intel introduced its plans concerning the upcoming Westmere family of processors, a set of processors built using the company's 32 nm second generation high-K silicon fabrication technology, based on the Nehalem micro architecture. This means that Intel will launch the first working 32 nm bassed microprocessor in both mobile and desktop systems by the end of the current year. The new process will minimize production costs and make the company ready to supply a large demand of chips. The increase in transistor count over its previous generation enables Intel to expand the SIMD instruction set beyond SSE 4.1 (presumably with SSE 4.2). Intel also added a brief note on seven new instructions (AES extensions) for accelerating encryption/decryption algorithms.

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Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 266GHzNEW IN RETAIL BOX
US $284.99

Core i7 Extreme Custom Gaming Computer Quad SLI GTX 295
US $4,695.00

New Core i7 975 XE Surfaces, New Stepping for 2.66GHz Core i7 920 Processor

admin — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:33:05 +0000

The Intel Core i7 975 Extreme Edition (XE) surfaced in an XtremeSystems.org forum thread, where two overclockers were able to beat the 3DMark05 world record of 45,474 points, set by AMD at its presentation of the Phenom II X4 processor running at 6.30 GHz. The new record of 47,026 points was made with a CrossFireX setup of two radeon HD4870X2 and a Core i7 975 XE running at 5.239 GHz.

Intel is going to launch a new batch of Core i7 920 processors, that have their stepping updated from the current C-0 to D-0. It seems that a motherboard bios update will be required to identify the new CPUs correctly. Intel will start shipping the new stepping on March 2nd.

NEW RETAIL INTEL QUAD CORE i7 920 266GHz LGA 1366 CPU
US $269.95

Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 266GHzNEW IN RETAIL BOX
US $284.99

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping Quad Core LGA1366 38881T
US $306.99

Core 2 Duo E8700

admin — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:23:42 +0000

Intel has launched a new dual core processor of the Core 2 Duo E8000 series, the E8700. Based on the Wolfdale core, with an FSB of 1,333 MHz and an FSB multiplier value of 10.5x, the new chip comes with a clock speed of 3.50 GHz and with 6 MB of L2 cache. Despite the 167 MHz increment over the E8600, the Thermal Design Power (TDP) rate is still 65W. Availability and pricing is still unknown since it is yet to be listed by computer hardware stores.

Intel Core 2 Duo T5450 CPU 166 GHZ 2M 667 SLA4F
US $39.95

IBM M Pro Core2Duo E6400 213ghz 1GB 160GB DVD CDRW NEW
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FUJITSU P1620 CORE2 DUO 12GHZ2048MB40GBVISTAWIFI
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New Intel Low Power Mobile CPUs

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:58:53 +0000

Intel is planning to counter the AMD Athlon Neo series CPUs, a set of low power mobile CPUs specifically designed for ultra thin notebooks. With a price range between netbooks and notebooks, ultra thin machines like the HP Pavilion dv2 are receiving a lot of attention from AMD with its Athlon Neo single core CPU, but Intel will soon get in the game with a set of CPUs that are similar to the one used in Apple's MacBook Air. The processors will come in a 22x22 mm packaging and are expected to include ULV chips with rated TDPs as low as 10W. No word yet on clocks or availability.

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New HP Pavilion dv7t Notebook PC w Intel P7450 213GHz
US $1,049.99

HP EliteBook FL492AW 6930p Notebook PC Intel Core 2
US $1,030.44