- AMD will optimize catalyst driver under for core processors - TSMC and Hynix will be used in Next generation video cards - GlacialTech UFO v51 silent and UFO v51 PWM officially - Seagate barracuda 1.5 TB HDD hugs problem -

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POSTER: computer news   ||   AMD WILL OPTIMIZE CATALYST DRIVER UNDER FOR CORE PROCESSORS	DATE:2008-11-28
Different games can use the potential of multi-core processors with different degrees . Some games scale well the speed after transfer from a dual to four core processor (E8600 vs Q9400), but others just love Mhz's. Associate conducted a study, in order to estimate the optimization degree of drivers for AMD and NVIDIA video card under multi-core processors using directX 9 and DirectX 10 . If under DirectX 9 AMD drivers allow to obtain a certain speed increase with the increase of processor core, then under directX 10 the boost is even higher . For NVIDIA drivers under DirectX 9 the speed increase is noticeable, but under directX 10 this boost is even higher , and it can reach 21-24%. This result is achieved by drivers optimization . AMD in this case recognize the interpretation above, and it is ready to present in the first quarter 2009 the new version catalyst drivers , which will allow directX 10 video card to effectively use the resources of four core processors. According to Intel representatives estimations , up to 25-40% load on the central processor from games are formed by direct 3d and video card driver . If we distribute this load between several cores, the processor resources will be used more effectively. Select Rating Very Bad Bad Good Very Good   Very Bad Bad Good Very Good 0 0 0 1 AMD will optimize catalyst driver under for core processors	Add Comment ( 1 ) AMD WILL OPTIMIZE CATALYST DRIVER UNDER FOR CORE PROCESSORS

POSTER: computer news   ||   TSMC AND HYNIX WILL BE USED IN NEXT GENERATION VIDEO CARDS	DATE:2008-11-28
The Taiwan semiconductor manufacturing Co. (TSMC) company declared about its readiness to release logical microcircuits according to the 40 NM standards  in spring , and recently this company reported about the transfer of 40 NM standards in the mass production. It is known that the important TSMC customers are AMD and NVIDIA companies. According to some data, the engineering GPU models new generation AMD and NVIDIA can appear before the end of years, and the mass production will start in the next year. With reference to Taiwan economic news associate confirms that the first graphic processors AMD and NVIDIA, released according to the 40 NM standards will appear in the first quarter 2009. It is interesting that the new 3d- card from the two most important competitors will use not only processors, prepared by the same producer (TSMC), but also memory, released at the same factory. AMD and NVIDIA stopped their selection at the GDDR5 memory from hynix production , which has the capacity 7 Gbit/s. Specifically, this memory will be paired with AMD RV870 and NVIDIA GT216/206. Select Rating Very Bad Bad Good Very Good   TSMC and Hynix will be used in Next generation video cards	Add Comment ( 1 ) TSMC AND HYNIX WILL BE USED IN NEXT GENERATION VIDEO CARDS

POSTER: computer news   ||   GLACIALTECH UFO V51 SILENT AND UFO V51 PWM OFFICIALLY	DATE:2008-11-28
This processor cooler with the uncommon exterior view, for the first time appeared in the exhibition computex 2008, Today officially appeared in the catalog of GlacialTech company . Simultaneously the company presented two models : UFO v51 silent and UFO v51 PWM. Both are intended for the high performance processors Intel ( LGA 775) and AMD (754/939/940/AM2/F). Structurally both coolers UFO v51 are identical. They use two low-noise fans with 92 mm diameter , four thermal tubes with 6 and 8 mm diameter, aluminum radiators. The fan model UFO 51 Silent rotate at the constant speed : 1600 rp/min, and in the model UFO 51 PWM the speed can be regulated in the limits from 800 to 2500 rp/min. The list of compatible processors includes Intel core i7, core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, Pentium extreme, Pentium dual-Core, Pentium D, Pentium 4, celeron dual-Core, Celeron D and celeron, AMD phenom, Athlon 64 FX, athlon 64 X2, Opteron and Sempron. The cooler sizes compose 130 X 157 X 138 mm, weights : 780 g. Select Rating Very Bad Bad Good Very Good   Very Bad Bad Good Very Good 1 0 0 0 GlacialTech UFO v51 silent and UFO v51 PWM officially	Add Comment ( 1 ) GLACIALTECH UFO V51 SILENT AND UFO V51 PWM OFFICIALLY

POSTER: computer news   ||   SEAGATE BARRACUDA 1.5 TB HDD HUGS PROBLEM	DATE:2008-11-28
During July , Seagate company released the hard disks barracuda 7200.11 with 1.5 TB (1536 GB). Recently appeared some information about the problems with these hard disks, which are manifested predominantly in systems under the administration Of mac OS or Linux, using several hard disks. Users complained about some pauses (or hangs) during the video play back or when using disks in RAID array . Associate with the reference to the official Seagate statements reported that the company was ready to update the micro-code for barracuda 7200.11 HDD with 1.5 Tb volume. This problem does not present threat for information, which is stored on the hard disk. The update of HDD micro-code completely remove the noted problem. However, this does not mean that all owners of such HDD has to update their HDD micro-code. Select Rating Very Bad Bad Good Very Good   Seagate barracuda 1.5 TB HDD hugs problem	Add Comment ( 1 ) SEAGATE BARRACUDA 1.5 TB HDD HUGS PROBLEM

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