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- Intel To Lower Quad Core To Dual Core Pricing In Q3 -
Intel is going
to shave off around 70% off their Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz, 1066FSB)
price in Q3, pushing Quad Core into the mainstream by second half of this
year. The current price for Q6600 stood at $851 and Intel is going to lower
it to $530 on Apr 22nd
- Intel Core2 Q6600 CPU -
The only reason
to buy the Q6600 over the E6600 would be if you do a LOT of encoding,
rendering etc etc
- All Core 2 Duo Models -
A
series of quick reference tables containing all Core 2 Duo and Core 2
Extreme CPUs released to date. They also have published
a quick
reference tables containing the main specs of all Athlon 64, Athlon 64
FX and Athlon 64 X2 models released to date.
- nForce MCP68S Supports H.264 up to 720p -
These chips are
suppose to run the Vista Premium powered machine and they also supports
HDMI out. The integrated graphics is based on Geforce 7 technology and it
supports DirectX 9.0c and Shader model 3.0. Ramdac works at 300 MHz that is
enough for 1920x1440 resolution at 75 Hz. The integrated graphics supports
Pure Video and HD H.264 video but only up to 720P. This is still great for
an integrated graphics.
- Specs for low-end ATI DirectX 10 cards outed -
According to VR-Zone, the RV610 will roll out in at least two different
products: an RV610 "Pro" and an RV610 "LE". The Pro model will pack 256MB of
GDDR3 memory running at 700MHz, and it will have a power rating of 35W, a
six-layer PCB, and hardware H.264 video decoding support. As for the LE, the
site says it'll have 128MB of GDDR2 memory clocked at 400MHz as well as
HyperMemory support, giving it access to system RAM. VR-Zone says a Core 2
Extreme X6800 system with an RV610 LE card managed to hit a score of
2000-2099 in 3DMark 2005 at a resolution of 1280x1024.
- Sapphire Radeon X1950GT - Testing 256MB vs. 512MB memory - Is it
worth spending the extra money on a 512MB variant of the Radeon X1950GT? The
answer is not really unless it was that important to you that you have to
tell your friends that your graphics card is 512MB and that makes you better
than him and his 320MB 8800GTS.
Graphics cards in this arena still can't really see huge benefits to twice
as much memory.
- Seagate ships hard drives with encryption -
In addition to
an 80GB Seagate drive, the ASI machine will feature a fingerprint
reader, 15.4-inch display, Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile 2.0GHz processor, Nvidia
graphics with 256MB memory, 1GB RAM and a DVD rewritable drive, according to
ASI.
- Intel Unveils Its First Solid-State Drive -
The Z-U130
product comes in 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 8GB densities. The 1GB and 2GB versions
are already in production, with the 4GB to be added in April. The top-end
8GB drive isn't slated for production until December.
- Hitachi and LG Set to Unveil Blu-Ray/HD DVD Drive for PC -
The projected
price is roughly $1200, which means that the PC drive alone costs the
same amount of money as the BH100 player compatible with both Blu-ray and HD
DVD formats. However, the GGW-H10N can record up to 50GB of data.
- HP TouchSmart IQ770 Review - Built around an AMD Turion X2 TL-52
mobile processor,
the IQ770 comes
with 2GB of DDR2 RAM, a 320GB hard drive, Nvidia GeForce Go 7600 256MB
graphics adapter, slot loading lightscribe DVD writer, and 19 LCD display.
- Nyko Multi-Reader 360 for the Xbox 360 - Almost every device
these days seems to be USB connected and use some sort of storage card.
Nyko wants you to connect them all to your Xbox 360 and to forget about
your PC.
- Creative Sound Blaster Audigy series Vista Driver 2.12.0002 -
According to Creative,
the driver
doesn't support Decoding of Dolby Digital and DTS signals, DVD-Audio,
DirectSound-based EAX games, Gameports, 6.1 speaker mode and SPDIF
passthrough is supported on Vista 32-bit only. (thanks Thinus).
- 20 Must Have Firefox Extensions - ComputerWorld has their
list of 20 FireFox extensions they feel no one should be without.
- The French Parliament switches to Ubuntu - The French Parliament
looks to be the
next big Ubuntu switcher according to reports.
- Quad-layer DVD Technology Becomes the Third HD Format - Unlike HD
DVD and Blu-ray Disc,
VMD is a
red-laser technology that achieves its storage capacity by using a
greater number of layers
- MacBook Battery Fire - After hearing about
this 'battery exploding' story, it might be time to check your MacBook
battery.
- Dell :Absoulutely free Vista upgrade 70% off. - Think Dell will
upgrade it for free for you? Might want to think again after
hearing this case.
- Oppo DV-981HD Upconverting DVD Player -
This DVD player
upconverts 720x480 resolution DVDs all the way up to 1080x1920! It
boasts a great deinterlacer, and image enhancement that will put the full
resolution to use, all for about $230.
- Nokia N95 gets close-up preview -
The new N95
is packed with a plethora of features. A 3G phone with a five mega-pixel
camera, HSDPA, Wifi, Bluetooth, and even built-in GPS, all make this phone
one of the most eagerly awaited mobiles for sometime. The main feature of
the phone that really sets it apart from bog-standard mobiles is the
built-in GPS.
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