new hardware

[Kingroudy]

question: why a combination of X1950XTX with a X1950?
why not 2 similar cards?

[ulias]

GPU (Per Card ATI Radeon X1950XTX (650 MHz)

[Kingroudy]

Chilehardware has posted two pictures of a motherboard based on P35 Express chipsets (code name Bearlake and scheduled to be released mid-2007) featuring four DIMM 240 pins slots compatible with DDR3 memory modules. If the number of pin is similar to the DDR2 (the DDR has 184 pin), the safety device isn't identical because of the lack of retro-compatibility.

We remind you that the principal modifications of DDR3 are the voltage decrease to 1.5V from 1.8V for DDR2 and 2.5V for DDR and the prefetch increase to 8n bits instead of 2n and 4n respectively for DDR and DDR2 memory. The memory cells internal organisation has been reviewed to have a two times more important transfer rate without increasing the input / output, or external memory bus frequency. Beside the power consumption improvement, this memory will bring higher bandwidth as it will be officially available from DDR3-800 to DDR3-1600. This is two times higher than DDR2 which was available from DDR2-400 to DDR2-800. Of course, like with DDR and DDR2, some chips will provide higher performances than the official specifications and we will probably see DDR3-2000 chips which correspond to PC3-16000 (16 GB /s) memory modules.

For latency, the DDR3 won't be better than the DDR2. Micron announced the following timings:

- DDR3-800 : 5-5-5 to 6-6-6
- DDR3-1066 : 6-6-6 to 8-8-8
- DDR3-1333 : 8-8-8 to 10-10-10
- DDR3-1600 : 9-9-9 to 11-11-11

Of course, this correspond to clock cycles and DDR3-1600 memory with timings of 10-10-10 won't be slower than DDR3-800 in 5-5-5 because of the two times higher frequency. An important point, thought, is that DDR3-800 chips with timings of 5-5-5 will have slightly slower access time than DDR2-800 chips in 5-5-5 as memory cells will be clocked at 100 MHz in the first case and 200 MHz in the second.

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Microsoft Natural Wireless Laser Mouse 6000

Revolutionary Ergonomic Design
Soft-touch materials and an ergonomic design fit your hand as naturally as a handshake.

Instant Viewer
Too many open items on your desktop? Click the scroll wheel button to instantly display your open windows, then point and click to select.

Way Scrolling
Scroll four ways for greater efficiency and comfort with Tilt Wheel Technology.

Magnifier
Point and click to enlarge and edit detail using the Magnifier.

Battery Life Indicator
You won't get caught with a dead battery—the Battery Status LED Indicator glows red when the battery is running low.

High Definition Laser Technology
Microsoft® High Definition Laser Mouse products are more precise, more responsive, and deliver smoother tracking.

Customizable Buttons
Get quick access to the media, programs, and files you use most often with customizable buttons.

Wireless Freedom
Give yourself room to move—wireless mouse and keyboard products let you work without worrying about tangled wires.

Five Customizable Buttons
This mouse has five buttons that can be programmed to do a variety of functions.

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Dell XPS M1710

Overview and Introduction:
The Dell XPS M1710 is the latest premium gaming notebook from Dell that replaces the current XPS M170. The M1710 has a 17" widescreen and comes in a choice of two colors, "formula red" or "metallic black". On the inside it houses the 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo processor, up to 4GB of RAM and the icing on the cake -- the latest and greatest nVidia Go 7900 GTX graphics card with 512MB of memory. If you like to do serious gaming or simply have the fastest notebook money can buy right now, this notebook is for you!



Dell XPS M1710 Basic Specs as Reviewed:

System: Dell XPS M1710 (Red color lid)
Processor: Intel Core Duo T2600 (2.16 GHz)
Memory: 2GB @ 667MHz - 2 DIMM Slots (2 x 1GB) (Max Ram 4GB)
Hard Drive: 100GB capacity at a speed of 7200 RPM
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX with 512MB DDR memory
Screen: WUXGA Truelife (1920 x 1200)
Optical Drive: 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW/+R) with Dual-Layer
OS: Microsoft MCE 2005
Wireless Card: Intel 3945 (802.11b/g)
Battery: 9-cell lithium ion recharegable battery
Ports / Slots: 5-in-1 Memory Card Reader, DVI-D, VGA video output, S-Video, IEEE 1394 (Firewire), 6 USB 2.0, Express Card slot, Modem, Ethernet/LAN, Microphone in, Headphone out
Integrated Subwoofer
Price of this configuration: $4,215 (base price of black metallic M1710 starts at $2,600)

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P2 3700W

Small-form-factor PC specialist Shuttle Inc. has squeezed Intel's quad-core Xeon X3210 processor into a 12.8 by 8.7 by 8.3-inch box -- and kept the resulting workstation compliant with the EPA's Energy Star power consumption requirements. Equipped with Microsoft's 64-bit Windows Vista Business or Windows XP Professional, the Shuttle P2 3700W can be fitted with up to 8GB of DDR-2/667 memory; 2GB and 4GB configurations rely on the 32-bit versions of the two operating systems. The storage ceiling is a whopping 2.2 terabytes (three 750GB hard drives).
Prices for the P2 3700W -- the model number suffix stands for "workstation," not "watts," since the Shuttle has a 400-watt power supply -- start at $1,649 with a dual-core, 2.13GHz Xeon E3050 CPU, 128MB of memory, and ATI's 128MB FireGL V3400 graphics card. In addition to specifying the quad-core, 2.13GHz Xeon X3210 with 2x4MB of Level 2 cache, buyers can choose graphics options up to Nvidia's 512MB Quadro FX 4500.

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[Kingroudy]

Introducing the most powerfull workstation VGA card

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 by PNY Technologies graphics boards offer ultra high-end multi-GPU professional graphics performance and features for extreme CAD, DCC, scientific, and visualization applications.

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 by PNY is architected around two NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 graphics processing units (GPUs). Multi-GPU rendering delivers maximum performance and highest image quality, leveraging 32x full scene antialiasing (FSAA) for graphics intensive applications. Quad dual-link DVI outputs provides maximum visual real estate on up to four ultra-high resolution displays (2560 x 1600). NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 by PNY delivers 33.6GB/sec. memory bandwidth and a 256-bit memory interface with support for 1024MB of ultra-fast GDDR3 memory (512MB per GPU).

NVIDIA's innovative SLI technology is made available to any PCI Express system by the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 by PNY. Quadro SLI technology enables dual NVIDIA Quadro GPUs to span an OpenGL window across multiple displays, or to run a single application per GPU. When used with an SLI connector top-speed performance on a single display is realized by leveraging the capabilities of both NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 GPUs as if they were a single graphics card. SLI can output in digital or analog formats allowing maximum display flexibility.
Key Features and Benefits

Highest Workstation Application Performance
Next-generation architecture enables over 2x improvement in geometry and fill rates with the industry's highest performance for professional CAD, DCC, and visualization applications.

1024MB Ultra-Fast GDDR3 (512MB per GPU)
Delivers high throughput for interactive visualization of large models and high-performance for real-time processing of large textures and frames and enables the highest quality and resolution full-scene antialiasing (32x FSAA).

Unmatched Color Precision
Full 128-bit precision graphics pipeline enables sophisticated mathematical computations to maintain high accuracy, resulting in unmatched visual quality. Full IEEE 32-bit floating-point precision per color component (RGBA) delivers millions of color variations with the broadest dynamic range.

Next-Generation Vertex and Pixel Programmability
NVIDIA Quadro FX GPUs introduce infinite length vertex programs and dynamic flow control, removing the previous limits on complexity and structure of shader programs. With full support for Vertex and Shader Model 3.0, NVIDIA Quadro FX GPUs deliver sophisticated effects never before imagined for real-time graphics systems.

Unparalleled Subpixel Precision
12-bit subpixel precision delivers high geometric accuracy, eliminating spreckles, cracks, and other rasterization anomalies.

Hardware-Accelerated Pixel Read-Back
Greater than 2.4GB/Sec., pixel read-back performance delivers massive host throughout, more than 10x the performance of previous generation graphics systems.

Rotated Grid Full Screen Antialiasing (RG FSAA)
RG FSAA sampling algorithm introduces far greater sophistication in the sampling pattern, significantly increasing color accuracy and visual quality for edges and lines, reducing "jaggies" while maintaining performance.

High Precision Dynamic Range Imaging (HPDR) Technology
Sets new standards for image clarity and quality through floating point capabilities in shading, filtering, texturing, and blending. Enables unprecedented rendered image quality for visual effects processing.

NVIDIA PureVideo Technology
NVIDIA PureVideo technology is the combination of high-definition video processors and software that delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for SD and HD video content. Features include high-quality scaling, spatial temporal de-interlacing, inverse telecine, and high quality HD video playback from DVD.

Quad Dual-Link Digital Display Connectors
Two dual-link TMDS transmitters support ultra-high resolution panels (up to 2560 x 1600 on each panel) - resulting in amazing image quality and detailed photorealistic images.

NVIDIA SLI Technology
NVIDIA SLI technology enables dynamically scalable graphics performance, enhanced image quality, and expanded display real estate.

SLI Frame Rendering allows the FX 4500 X2, with an SLI connector installed, to transparently scale application performance on a single display by presenting both NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 GPUs to the operating system as a single graphics card.

SLI Multi View combines the power of both NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 GPUs to span a single hardware-accelerated OpenGL application window across multiple displays or run a single application per GPU with multiple display outputs.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 by PNY Architecture
Dual NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 GPUs
128-bit color precision
Unlimited fragment instruction
Unlimited vertex instruction
3D volumetric texture support
Single-system powerwall
12 pixels per clock rendering engine
Hardware accelerated antialiased points and lines
Hardware OpenGL overlay planes
Hardware accelerated two-sided lighting
Hardware accelerated clipping planes
3rd generation occlusion culling
16 textures per pixel in fragment programs
Window ID clipping functionality
Hardware accelerated line stippling

Shading Architecture
Fully programmable GPU (OpenGL 2.0/DirectX 9.0C class)
Long fragment programs (unlimited instructions)
Long vertex programs (unlimited instructions)
Looping and subroutines (up to 256 loops per vertex program)
Dynamic flow control
Conditional execution

High Level Shader Languages
Optimized complier for Cg and Microsoft HLSL
OpenGL 2.0 and DirectX 9.0C support
Open source compiler

High-Resolution Antialiasing
12-bit subpixel sampling precision enhances antialiasing quality
Rotated Grid Full-Scene Antialiasing (RG FSAA)
32x FSAA dramatically reduces visual aliasing artifacts or "jaggies" at resolutions up to 2560 x 1600

Display Resolution Support
Quad dual-link DVI outputs drive four digital displays at resolutions up to 2560 x 1600
Internal 400MHz DACs drive four analog displays up to 2048 x 1536 at 75Hz

NVIDIA nView Architecture
Advanced multi-display desktop and application management seamlessly integrated into Microsoft Windows

Physical Dimensions, Power, and Cooling
Physical dimensions: ATX form factor, 4.38 inches x 9.0 inches
Power: 145W
Requires auxiliary power (connector cable included)
Thermal management: Active fan sink

Package Contains
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 by PNY graphics board
Four DVI-I to VGA adapters
Auxiliary power connector cable
SLI connector
Drivers for Windows XP and 2000
Detailed Installation Guide
Quickstart Installation Guide
Quadro Application Utilities on CD-ROM (MAXtreme™, POWERdraft™)

Supported Operating Systems
Microsoft® Windows® XP (64-bit and 32-bit)
Microsoft Windows 2000 (32-bit)
Linux - full OpenGL implementation with NVIDIA and ARB extensions (64-bit and 32-bit)
AMD64, Intel EM64T

Minimum System Requirements
PC compatible with Intel Pentium® 4/Xeon® or AMD Athlon®/Opteron® class processor or higher
Open PCI Express x16 lane slot
Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, or Linux
256MB system memory
50MB of available disk space for full installation
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
VGA or DVI-I compatible display
450W power supply
u might be wondering about the price, basically, it is more than 3000$

[Kingroudy]

Today, Nvidia announced the release of professional Quadro FX 4600 and Quadro FX 5600 cards based on G80 (already equipping the GeForce 8800).




The Quadro FX 5600 is clocked at 600/800 MHz, instead of 575/900 MHz for the 8800 GTX. Memory is notably slower and the bandwidth is reduced to 76.8 GB/s. The counterpart is that the memory is two times bigger (1.5GB)!




The Quadro FX4600 is the workstation equivalent of the GeForce 8800 GTS but unlike the latter the memory interface is 384 bit instead of 320 bits. Memory bandwidth will be comparable at 57.6 GB /s (instead of 59.6 GB /s). Memory and core frequencies will be respectively 600 MHz and 500 MHz.

As usual, the cards will have specific drivers for 3D pro software and this explains the price of $2999 and $1995. They will be integrated and distributed in Europe and in the US by the usual partners: HP, Dell, IBM, Sun and PNY Technologies. NVIDIA also published a couple of benchmarks with Viewperf in this page.

[Kingroudy]

OCWorkbench has posted several photos and the specifications of the future GeForce 8600 GTS & GT based on the GPU G84. Our colleagues speak of an official announcement next April 17 followed by an immediate availability of the GTS. We will have to wait for the beginning of May to see the GT and the 8500 GT.
Frequencies reported for the GTS and GT are 675/1000 and 540/700MHz. Yet, we noted that reference cards are respectively equipped with Samsung 1.1ns and 1.4ns memory… and 1.1ns memory can't officially exceed 900MHz.

The GTS, 19.5 cm long, is 1.5 cm longer than the GT of the presence of a PCB embedding a 2x3 pin PCI Express power connector. It is also HDCP Ready and this will probably be the case of all GTS. For the GT, the choice of the integration of this norm will be left to the manufacturer. They will both use 128-bit memory bus.

The price of the 8600 GTS will be comprised between $200 and $250 instead of $150 and $180 for the 8600 GT. These cards will respectively replace the GeForce 79xx and 76xx.

[Tawa]

X2900 retails dklc,zsck,dlcks,

Despite several attempts of AMD/ATI to prevent the publication of pictures of the X2900 and of the final design of the card, TweakTown has published several photos of the card. To avoid showing the product brand, the picture is a bit blurry but it is possible to see the cooling system of the card which reminds us the device used by the Nvidia GeForce 8800. This isn't something that we will complain about, on the contrary!