ATI today is launching the most budget of gaming capable graphics cards, the Radeon series 5500. In specific today we'll look at the Radeon HD 5570. A 400 shader processor encounting DX11 class product, with multi-monitor Eyefinity support (up-to three monitors) and a very low price -- set at just 69 USD.

Is the card good enough for all-round usage and a little gaming ? Well, let's find out.

Check out the Guru3D review right here.

In the wake of the Intel Clarkdale series of processors (Core i3 500 & Core i5 600 series) we have seen a lot of H55 chipset based motherboards out there. H55 is a chipset for your average mainstream entry level motherboards series, there is in fact a small step up .. it's based on the H57 chipset and will bring some more features to the table. Gigabyte was one of the first out there to ship out one of their H57 based motherboards. The Gigabyte H57 series offers a little more in the form of RAID support while it also packs a little more punch which we'll look at in this review of course. A more interesting feature on this GA-H57M-USB3 motherboard is that it also contains USB 3.0 through an onboard NEC uPD720200 host controller and very excessive display connection options like DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort.

Check out this Guru3D article right here.

Today here at Guru3D.com we'll be looking at a Radeon HD 5770 HAWK edition based on a custom PCB, voltage check points, improved power phases and a nice heavy duty yet silent cooler. MSI labels it as their military class products, as the quality and choice in components is just top notch.

The end results is astonishing, a cool looking silent product, that we overclocked quite easily towards 1050 MHz.

You can read this Guru3D review right here.

The new version of the HWiNFO32 hardware information and diagnostic tool and it features:

Changes

• Added reporting of TRIM command capability (for SSD).
• Improved sensor monitoring for Giga-Byte series: H55, 790FXTA.
• Improved support of nVidia GT21x series.
• Fixed support of several nVidia GPU sensors.
• Added monitoring of nVidia GPU temperature for G92, G94, GT200, GT21x.
• Added reporting of ATA drive media rotation rate in RPM (if drive supports reporting).
• Fixed detection of first DIMM on certain nVidia chipsets.
• Improved sensor monitoring for MSI series: Big Bang Trinergy (MS-7580), P55-GD80 (MS-7581), P55-GD65 (MS-7583), P55-CD53 (MS-7586), H57M-ED65 (MS-7587), P55M-GD41/45 (MS-7588).
• Improved general handling of sensor monitoring, added possibility to clear stored preferences.
• Enhanced reporting of PCIe properties for GPU.
• Added preliminary Sandy Bridge support.
• Improved sensor monitoring for Biostar series: TPower I55 and X58.
• Improved sensor monitoring for MSI series: MS-7032, MS-7046, MS-7100, MS-7185, MS-7204, MS-7236, MS-7250, MS-7260, MS-7267, MS-7327, MS-7350, MS-7369, MS-7373, MS-7376, MS-7388, MS-7501, MS-7577, MS-9130.
• Improved sensor monitoring for Giga-Byte series: 945P, 945G, 946, G31MX, 965P, 965Q, N650SLI, M55S, M57SLI, M56S, M61P, M61SME, M61VME, M68SM.
• Improved sensor monitoring for ECS series: 945P, P55H, X58, RS480, RS482, RS485, A740GM, A785GM, A790GXM.
• Improved sensor monitoring for DFI series: CFX3200, RDX200, NF590, NF4, 790FX.
• Improved sensor monitoring for Biostar series: N750, TA780, TP35.
• Improved sensor monitoring for Foxconn series: 945, 946, 965, 975, P31, G31, G33, P35, X38, G41, Q45, G43, P43, P55, C55, MARS, BlackOps.
• Improved sensor monitoring for Foxconn series: CK804, VX800, RS690, RS740, RS780, RX780, RD790, RS880, A79A, N570, C51G, MCP55, MCP61, MCP65, MCP68, MCP72, MCP78, MCP73, MCP7A.
• Improved sensor monitoring for Biostar series: NF520, NF560, TA770, TF520, TF560, TF570, TF7025, TF7050, TF7100, TF7150.
• Improved sensor monitoring for several Supermicro and ASUS workstation boards using W83793 and W83795 sensors.
• Improved sensor monitoring for Intel series: DX58, D5400XS (SkullTrail).
• Added identification of nVidia MCP89.
• Added support of Fintek F71872F and F75334DG sensors.
• Improved sensor monitoring for several EPoX motherboards.
• Improved sensor monitoring for EVGA series: E173, E178, E179, E180.
• Improved sensor monitoring for Foxconn series: BLOODRAGE, Flaming Blade, Destroyer.
• Added preliminary support of AMD Hudson FCH.
• Improved sensor monitoring for Supermicro series: C2SBX, X8SII, X8SIL.
• Improved sensor monitoring for Albatron series: PX975X.
• Improved sensor monitoring for JW series: 780G, 790G.
• Improved sensor monitoring for Shuttle series: P35, X38.
• Added new AMD Family 10h CPU models.
• Fixed reporting of temperatures in Farhenheit in tray.

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There are a lot of notebooks featuring high-performance microprocessors, but there are much less notebooks with high-performance graphics processors since discrete graphics chips increase the size and weight of mobile computers rather tangibly and are not needed crucially. A way to add high-performance graphics to laptops was introduced by ATI in 2008: external graphics cards and external graphics port (XGP) technology. Unfortunately, so far such graphics cards have hardly become widespread; in fact, there is only one XGP graphis solution available: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Graphics Booster powered by ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 that can be plugged to Fujitsu Siemens Amilo SA3650 or Acer Aspire Ferrari One. One of the issues, believes Nvidia, is the price of such graphics solutions.

“I think, the issue that has to be solved for something like that is the right price-point that hits the right segment. There is definitely a lot of interest in it and [this is] something we are keeping our eye on to be able to offer something there,” said Mr. Haas.

Unfortunately, Nvidia does not reveal any concrete plans on the matter and it is unclear when the company could introduce its own external graphics technology for notebooks. As a result, the only thing for sure is that Nvidia is keeping an eye on such market opportunity.

“This is my opinion, I cannot say much about our plans,” added general manager of the notebook GPU business at Nvidia.

What's surprising about its discrete chip strategy is Intel generally aspires to be No. 1 in a given market, such as processors and chipsets. Generally, if Intel lags in a market, it exits the sector. For example, Intel has exited the ASIC market, communication ICs, NOR flash, branded PCs, supercomputers and other sectors for one reason or another over the years.

SSD is a different story. In fact, Intel this year plans to ship a line of SSDs, based on a new family of 25-nm parts made by the company's venture with Micron Technology Inc., said Tom Rampone, the new vice president and general manager of Intel's NAND Solutions Group.

"We want to be a leader in SSDs,'' he told EE Times at the event here. In 2010, ''we want to bring SSDs out of the niche markets and into the mainstream.''

Over the years, though, Intel has experienced some ups and downs in flash. The company is said to have introduced the first commercial NOR type flash chip in 1988. Although it became the process and market share leader in NOR, the company generally lost money in the business. In NOR, there were (and still are) too many players in a declining market.

Several years ago, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Fujitsu Ltd. saw the light and spun out their NOR venture into a company called Spansion. More recently, Intel jettisoned its NOR unit. That business was combined with STMicroelectronics Inc.'s flash unit to form what is now Numonyx NV.

Today's photo enthusiast is looking for a camera that will grow with them as they learn, and that is a perfect description of the new EOS Rebel T2i Digital SLR camera. Retaining all of the traditional characteristics that have made the EOS Rebel series beloved by entry-level photographers and an industry best-seller, the new Rebel T2i succeeds in bridging the gap between an entry-level camera and a true pro-sumer camera.

The Rebel T2i Digital SLR camera includes a variety of new features for photographic assignments as varied as grabbing that action shot from the sidelines or creating memorable family portraits, including: 3.7 fps shooting, an ISO range of 100-6400 (expandable to 12,800), a 63-zone Dual Layer Metering System, and Canon's DIGIC 4 Imaging Processor. There are some moments in our lives where video helps capture the moment better than a still image, and the Rebel T2i offers the best of both worlds with Full HD 1080p video as well as 18-megapixel still images. The Rebel T2i DSLR continues Canon's industry-leading trend in Full HD DSLR video capture with manual exposure control, selectable frame rates and a new external microphone input. There is also a new feature for standard definition recording, Movie Crop, which provides an approximate 7x additional zoom with no loss of image quality when shooting SD quality video.

Following the extremely successful CPU-350 comes Koolance's latest high-performance CPU water block. The CPU-360 uses an advanced microfin cold plate (0.25mm fins, 0.30mm channels), o-ring sealed impingement plate, and an optimized flow path to yield best performance with relatively low coolant restriction.

The CPU-360 contains a copper cold plate with brass top. As with all Koolance products, nickel plating is added to improve corrosion resistance. Two universal steel mounting brackets are included for mainstream Intel and AMD processors. The CPU-360 has standard G 1/4 BSP threading for any Koolance nozzle diameter. Please select the desired nozzle type for this base model (it does not include nozzles).

Based on Steam's January 2010 information, Windows 7 64-bit is used by 19.50% of all Steam users comapred to 9.03% for Windows 7 32-bit. Windows 7 managed to take 28.53% of all users, up +5.47% from last month. Windows XP is still dominant with 42.78%, down 2.63% from last month.

NVIDIA's Optimus technology will in it's bare essence enable consumers to take advantage of the performance enabled by a discrete graphics chip when it is required, while switching back to Intel's integrated graphics to save battery life once the GPU is not needed anymore. Switching between the integrated graphics or the discrete graphics chips should be pretty straightforward, effortless and nearly undetectable according to NVIDIA.

The solution will be Windows 7 only as Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system allows users to install two graphics drivers at simultaneously. From what we heard this solution will be available for the Intel platform only.