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Today computer news : 2008 - 12 - 01

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DATE:2008-12-01

The financial crisis in USA gradually threw in the corporate sector of the real economy, and then users has to decrease the budgets of many goods, including computer technology. Computer producers already observed a drop in the sales volumes for the third quarter, and they did not build optimistic forecasts to the fourth quarter, which usually brings a good income in connection with christmas sales.

Asustek company , expects a restorations on computer demand not earlier than the third quarter 2009 . If the company calculated that the demand volumes between the first and second half-year can be distributed in the proportion (45:55), then now forecast is corrected in favor of (35:65). Consequently, in first half 2009 this company will succeed in realizing only 35% of annual goods volume . The first half-year is traditionally a weak demand period in comparison with the second half-year, and the economic decrease only aggravates situation.

It is interesting that important American computers producers are ready to propose credit for the corporate users. For example, dell company is ready to supply American corporate clients her own production on credit with zero interest rate.Simultaneously Dell will lower the prices of some notebook and servers models. The suppliers of software are also ready to sell their products on credit with zero rate interest - Microsoft and SAP.

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DATE:2008-12-01

Since LGA 775 platform will form the major portion of Intel production up to 2010, This company was forced to announce new models penryn generation . Yesterday Intel presented three new processors LGA 775.

Let us thus, examine those processors :

• Core 2 Quad q8300 (2.5 GHz) - > 45 nm, four core, 2 X 2 MB cache, 1333 MHz bus, $224;
• Core 2 Duo e5300 (2.6 GHz) - > 45 nm, two cores, 2 MB cache, 800 MHz bus, $86;
• Celeron e1500 (2.2 GHz) - > 65 nm, two cores, 512 KB cache, 800 MHz bus, $53.

Note that the dual core Celeron e1500 (2.2 GHz) will be released on the old 65 NM technical process. The prices of existing processors yesterday did not change , Now , Core 2 Duo e5300 (2.6 GHz) is only $2 more expensive than Core 2 Duo e5200 (2.5 GHz). However, the cost Of celeron e1500 (2.2 GHz) is equal to the price Of celeron e1400 (2.0 GHz).

Simultaneously Intel cleaned some obsolete processors models from its Price- list. For example, the four core 45 NM processor core 2 Quad with 2.66 GHz frequency now exists only in the Q9400 version , which use only 2 X 3 Mb cache in the second level. ).

Intel also removed the processor core 2 Quad Q6700 (2.66 GHz), which was released on 65 NM technology. Yes even the processor core 2 Quad q6600 (2.4 GHz) will be removed soon : its deliveries will cease in the first quarter 2009.

Intel removed from the Price- list the dual core processors with duplicating prices and frequencies: Core 2 Duo e8200 (2.66 GHz) and Core 2 Duo e8190 (2.66 GHz).

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DATE:2008-12-01

AMD company already reported about its indifference with regard to the MID- devices segment , but also demonstrated its relation to the notebook market . In the opinion of company representatives , it makes sense to create mini- notebook with more than 10 inches screen which will use some developed functionality in comparison with the typical notebooks models .

As reports associate with the reference to a recent statement of high-ranking Intel representatives ,this company reexamined its relation to the notebook positioning . If originally notebook were created as cheap computers for developing countries and school, then sales statistics show another picture. The substantial notebook part was sold in the developed Europe and North US countries , ensuring a certain increase to the market niche. We should also recognize that even notebook with 10 inches display usually has the reduced keyboard and inconvenience in work.

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DATE:2008-12-01

The Swedish overclockers kinc and Crotale set a new record in 3DMark vantage, after overclocking under liquid nitrogen the processor core I 7-965 Extreme edition and three video card GeForce GTX 280. The video card frequencies reached 960/2100/2650 MHz, and the processor was overclocked to 4.9 GHz.

Swedish overclocker in this case set a new record 3DMark vantage : P36302 marks.

With the processor frequency 4914 MHz, they achieved the result : e69043 in 3DMark vantage. Using other profiles they reached the results : h29348 and X21996 points - in the latter case the processor operated at the frequency 4887 MHz.

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