Archive for January, 2008

Qimonda Starts Shipping of Power-saving 1GB and 2GB DDR3 SO-DIMMs

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Qimonda AG today announced that it has started to ship samples of 1GB and 2GB DDR3 SO-DIMMs (Double Data Rate 3 Small Outline Dual In-line Memory Modules) to key customers for deployment in next-generation notebook PCs. Qimonda optimized its new DDR3 SO-DIMM offerings for high power-savings in an effort to ...

G.Skill Unveils DDR2-1066 4GB Kit with 8 Layers PCB

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

G.Skill International Enterprise today unveiled new 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2-1066 CL5-5-5-15 memory kit (part namber: F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK). G.Skill F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK uses 8 Layers PCB which can avoid electronic noise from power line and ground. It also can provide more stable impedance and lower signal distortion. These modules will be available through G.Skill's authorized ...

AMD Reportedly On Track with Next-Generation Graphics Chips.

Monday, January 28th, 2008

AMD Plans to Release ATI RV770 Graphics Chips in Mid-2008 Rumours. ATI, graphics product group of Advanced Micro Devices, reportedly aims to release its next-generation code-named R700-series graphics processing units (GPUs) in mid-2008. The news comes as a surprise, as earlier it was revealed that the ATI R700-series chips are ...

WHAT is Debian?

Monday, January 28th, 2008

The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system. This operating system that we have created is called Debian GNU/Linux, or simply Debian for short.

NVIDIA Delays nForce 780/750/790 and GeForce 9800 GX2 ?

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Some bad news coming from the NVIDIA corner, if true. Expreview reports that almost all of NVIDIA’s upcoming products will be delay till March. That includes: nForce 780a, 750a, 790i, 790i and Ultra chipsets, as well as the GeForce 9800 GX2 graphics. There's no official reason for the delay, neither ...

Microsoft Updates Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3 Test Builds

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Microsoft said on Thursday that it has released another updated test version of Windows Vista Service Pack 1. The company said that the new version, dubbed "Windows Vista SP1 RC Refresh 2," has been released to about 15,000 beta testers. The code is not being made available publicly, Microsoft added. ...

AMD to Showcase B3 Phenoms at CeBIT 2008

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Due to the TLB (translation lookaside buffer) bug, AMD has postponed the launch of its upcoming quad-core Phenom 9700 and 9900 CPUs to the second quarter of 2008, however the company is planning to showcase them at CeBIT 2008 along with the fixed B3 stepping Phenoms, according to DigiTimes citing ...

VIA Unveils Next-Generation Isaiah x86 Processor Architecture

Friday, January 25th, 2008

VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of x86 silicon and platform technologies, today announced details of the VIA Isaiah Architecture, a new x86 processor architecture that will deliver significant boosts to the functionality and performance of desktop, mobile and ultra mobile PCs while minimizing power requirements, saving on battery life ...

New Drivers to Improve HD 3870 X2 Performance

Friday, January 25th, 2008

VR-Zone has learned that Radeon display driver 8.45 v1.3 will improve performance and compatibility on the Radeon HD 3870 X2 over the current 8.45 v1.0 driver. The current set of drivers is facing game performance issues so benchmarks on it are not reflective on the actual gaming performance of the ...

AMD RS780 is 261% Faster Than AMD 690G in 3DMark06

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Today, AMD announced the AMD RS780 IGP chipset in China, and first benchmark results are already starting to spread around the web. Initial tests of 3Dmark05, 3Dmark06 and F.E.A.R. under Windows VISTA Ultimate using AMD Athlon X2 5000+, 2GB PC2-6400 Corsair memory and the integrated graphics on a 690G board ...