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Corsair Obsidian 800D review - best Chassis evah ?
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, November 6, 2009 - 8:40 PM


 

Corsair Obsidian 800DToday a review on what we consider to be the near perfect PC chassis. Corsair has a reputation to deliver products in the somewhat more high-end region, they set the bar really high when it comes to enthusiast hardware and tend to really think things through. As such, when the first ideas started to float in the coffee room in a building about a Corsair Chassis, the R&D team put together some great minds and did not at all look at building a chassis, no, they very likely reversed roles; what would you guys like to see or need when building your dream chassis?

Their first ever PC chassis is called the Obsidian 800D, and it is without any shame I dare to state that this is among the best ever PC cases I personally have ever tested. Yes, this chassis is marvelous.

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Phenom II X4 965 BE revision C3 review
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, November 4, 2009 - 6:06 PM


 

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black EditionAMD today updates their most high-end processor to a new revision, the Phenom II X4 965 BE processor with stepping C3 -- and this new model is all about energy efficiency. The revised Phenom II X4 965 BE processor has not only a much better TDP (peak Wattage at 125W coming down from 140W) but overall much better power management thanks to the fact that hardware C1E is now implemented in the CPU, allowing the processor to  for faster switching of power states and makes it more efficient. Typically with such a feature enforced it lower performance a little, but... with a proper BIOS AMD claims there's no real impact on performance. Oh and this thing just overclocks insane !

Let's check that out shall we ?

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition


 

 

AMD OverDrive 3.1 released
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, November 7, 2009 - 10:25 PM


 

The AMD OverDrive 3.1 application was designed to be a utility the provides the ability to maximize the capability, flexibility, and adjustability of the AMD chipset products. It allows user to tune parameters to ensure system stability, optimize performance, and control cooling/acoustic characteristics. AMD's free tweak and overclocking suite is called OverDrive. One of our editors once stated 'AMD OverDrive is the work of the Devil'. And he meant that in the most respectful way. I agree, the software is diabolical, dark evil... very good.

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AMD Phenom II X4 955BE and 945

 


 

 

Guru3D Folding at Home Enters Top 70 !
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, November 7, 2009 - 10:07 PM


 

Time for a new update on Folding@home Team Guru3D (!) I t takes a lot of people to do a lot of work, and we surely did that recently as Team Guru3D has entered top 70 in the Folding@home rankings -- currently we are going steady at the 79st place !

We've recently beaten Team MSI, MicroMART and the Platstation 3 Forums team. The next team to overtake will be Tom's Hardware, which for me would be a personal victory alright. To do so we of course need your help ! But here's an overview of the top 20 Guru3D crunching soldiers.

Top 20 Producers
Rank
Team
User
Name
Points
24hr Avg
Points
Total
1 Roost 19,706 1,592,194
2 89Mustang 17,030 2,994,142
3 yoyo69_(Guru3D) 15,825 2,698,164
4 Happy 13,382 1,109,887
5 lesoo7 12,023 1,808,562
6 powerspec 7,526 772,156
7 Order911 7,114 169,228
8 Alex_Hankin 6,829 1,412,721
9 Tarkus 6,683 694,059
10 ra_alfaomega 6,500 216,095
11 Bison88 6,381 889,932
12 koryaube 6,177 174,422
13 spectraman 5,579 1,031,858
14 Yoni800 4,826 116,609
15 Milos_B 4,801 901,013
16 Questman 4,685 1,339,001
17 Lostcaveman 4,474 954,723
18 mill3000 4,287 129,749
19 MustKillAti 4,108 592,131
20 cwija 4,039 43,700

Now if you have an ATI Radeon series 3000 or newer or GeForce series 8 or newer graphics card and like to help fighting diseases, please join our team, we have Team ID number 69411.

You can download the latest GPU or CPU clients here. Should you need help / want info check out our Folding support forums here where anyone will help you with any questions you might have.

Come on people, team 69411 -- join the club. Thanks to all who are participating in this project, and a special thank you to our top 20 contributors.


 

 

Fraps 3.0.0 released (download)
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, November 7, 2009 - 8:59 AM


 

Fraps 3.0.0. has just been released.

Fraps is now compatible with Windows 7 and the latest DirectX 11 games. Ventrilo & TeamSpeak users have long wanted a way to record their microphone and speakers at the same time.  For Windows 7 and Vista we've added realtime sound mixing to our video recording so you can now capture both sides of the conversation!

NVIDIA have recently included stereoscopic 3D support directly into their drivers.  If you play your DirectX9 (D3D9) game with 3D Vision enabled you can use Fraps to record the game in full 3D too!  You'll get a side-by-side stereo AVI recording that you can drop straight in to a stereoscopic 3D player!
Finally, we are aware that more and more people are putting Fraps to professional use.  We've added a new option to force lossless RGB compression to ensure that you always have the highest quality video output to work with.
We hope you enjoy Fraps 3!
Changelog

3.0.0 - 5th Nov 2009
- DirectX 11 support
- Compatible with Windows 7 final (RTM) and RC1 versions
- Stereoscopic 3D Vision video capture up to 1920x1200 for D3D9 games
- Force lossless RGB option to always capture video in pure form
- Ability to mix both game sound and external input such as microphone (Vista/Win7 only)

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NVIDIA CEO surprised it took so long to sue Intel
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, November 7, 2009 - 7:06 AM


 

NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said he was unsurprised by the new antitrust suit Intel is facing in the US:

"Where there's smoke there's probably fire. It blows my mind that's it's taken this long," Huang said in an interview Thursday, just after the graphics chipmaker posted solid fourth-quarter earnings. Nvidia competes with Intel in the PC graphics chip market.

"Even bribes and kickbacks can't stop somebody from buying our graphics processors," he said, referring to the allegations made in the lawsuit.

When contacted, Intel had no comment.

"Tactics good for AMD are tactics good for Nvidia," he added. "We have far superior products to Intel, that's how we survive by innovating far ahead of (Intel)."

Nvidia is locked in a legal battle with Intel, preventing Nvidia from making chipsets for Intel's "Nehalem" Core i series of chips--the lastest and greatest line of processors from Intel. Nvidia's Ion chipset--used in Apple MacBooks and Hewlett-Packard Netbooks, for example--has been very successful.

Huang also commented on the wave of next-generation tablets and media pads expected to hit the market next year, such as the rumored Apple tablet. Nvidia is already working with device makers who will use its Tegra chip in these designs next year.

"I think that's going to be the next big form factor," he said. "More and more people that use the iPhone would like to have a bigger iPhone. And the fact that 4g is coming--20 megabits per second. What can't you do. I think this (market) space is about to go nuts," he said.

"I really think we're on the cusp of our second personal computer revolution," he said. More at CNET.


 

 

NVIDIA mocks Intel with cartoons
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, November 7, 2009 - 7:04 AM


 

NVIDIA (we assume) has launched a parody on Intel, it's a site with some funny cartoons that mock the chip giant.

You can check it out here at Intel's Insides.


 

 

Gigabyte announces round 1 winners BMIYD competition
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, November 7, 2009 - 1:35 AM


 

Gigabyte is pleased to announce that round one of the Beat Me If You Dare competition ended on October 31st. GIGABYTE would like to extend our congratulations to the winners, whose prizes will be doubled since they were successful in beating the top scores benchmarked by the GIGABYTE in-house OC team.

To kick off the contest, GIGABYTE’s in-house OC team set a new 3DMark Vantage world record with an overall score of 16877 and an incredible GPU score of 15297 with a blazing fast GPU clock of 1100 MHz and memory clock of 1400 MHz. It was then up to the contestants to see if they had the nerve and skill to beat the GIGABYTE record. There were 6 contestants in round one who were able to get their GPU clock over 1100 MHz. Mr. Jon Sandström from Sweden, using a GIGABYTE GTX 260 Super Overclock Edition, successfully conquered the bottleneck and pushed his GPU clock up to an astounding 1200 MHz.

The NVIDIA GTX 260 has proven time and time again to be an amazing overclocking GPU, continually allowing users to break and set higher and higher new world records. Thanks in part to the Beat Me If You Dare competition and all the overclockers’ amazing work, the GTX 260 world record ceiling has possibly been reached with Hipro5 from Greece setting a new 3DMark GPU world record at 16658 with GIGABYTE GTX 260 Super Overclock Edition. GIGABYTE would like to congratulate all contestants for their amazing scores.

Round One Winners:

  1. First place: Hipro5 from Greece
  2. Second place: Aristidis & Stelios from Greece
  3. Third place: James Trevaskis from Australia
  4. Fourth place: Mike Graf from U.S.A.
  5. Fifth place: Jon Sandström from Sweden

Please see the Winners Page.


 

 

Asus Announces Cheap USB 3.0 + SATA 6.0 Card
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, November 6, 2009 - 8:19 PM


 

The era of USB 3.0 will soon be upon us. Devices are slowly being talked about, and compatible motherboards being announced. Of course unless you’re planning on building a new machine in the near future, you’ll either have to live with your old 2.0 ports, or buy an add-on card. Asus has announced such a card that not only gives you two of the latest USB ports, but also a pair of SATA 6.0 ports.

The card allows you to experience the full power of both new standards, provided you have a free PCI-E port on your motherboard. Sure, it’s probably still a little early to really start thinking about USB 3.0, but this is a case where I really don’t see an issue with it. The card is only $30 (USB 2.0 cards were at least twice as much when it came out) and you’re going to get SATA 6.0 ports to boot. According to Asus, the card will be out “soon.”


 

 

AMD GPU Shortage to affect vendors
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, November 6, 2009 - 8:16 PM


 

Guru3D.com ImageIt is widely know that TSMC has issues with the production of their 40nm and 55nm nodes, affecting both ATI and NVIDIA. This is the main reason why the new Radeon HD 5000 series product are getting harder to find (which drives prices upwards).

Advanced Micro Devices is said to be facing problems with supplying its latest Radeon graphics processing units to several PC vendors. Supplying issues are reportedly affecting PC vendors that are consequently forced to delay their mass shipment scheduled by about two months to the first quarter of 2010.

This recent report is in accordance with several other rumors that have recently surfaced on the Internet, with regard to the GPU shipment issues that AMD has with its latest GPUs.

Digitimes recently already reported that Advanced Micro Devices is said to be facing problems with supplying its latest Radeon graphics processing units to several PC vendors, according to sources in the know as regards the matter. Said supplying issues are reportedly affecting PC vendors that are consequently forced to delay their mass shipment scheduled by about two months to the first quarter of 2010. This recent report is in accordance with several other rumors that have recently surfaced on the Internet, with regard to the GPU shipment issues that AMD has with its latest GPUs.


 

 

FutureMark develops DX11 3DMark
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, November 6, 2009 - 8:09 PM


 

Futuremark are hard at work to create a DirectX 11 benchmark.

With the release of Windows 7 operating system and AMD DirectX 11-ready graphics cards, we’re curious that when the company is planning to debut their own DX11 benchmark. Thus, Expreview wrote an email to Oliver Baltuch, the president of Futuremark Inc. to ask about this, their response:

Oliver said he was unable to discuss the unannounced products, but he told us to be assured that they are “hard at work creating beautiful looking art and fantastic code which will be at the leading edge of technology.”


 

 

Ultra-HD TVs may arrive in 2017-2022
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, November 6, 2009 - 8:06 PM


 

In-Stat analyst Michelle Abraham predicts HDTVs will be replaced by Ultra High-Definition TVs within 8 to 13 years. The TV industry has proposed two UHD resolutions: 7680 x 4320 pixels (33.1MP) and 3840 x 2160 (8.2MP), considerably higher than the 1920 x 1080 pixel (2MP) resolution offered today. Besides four to sixteen times the resolution of 1080p HD, the new standard will also enable 22.2 multi-channel three-dimensional sound.

“UHD formats provide between four and sixteen times the resolution of Blu-ray or 1080p high definition as well as 22.2 multichannel three-dimensional sound. This is a vast improvement over the currently available end user viewing experience in the home,” said Michelle Abraham, an analyst with In-Stat market research firm.

Just like high-definition did several years ago, UHD will require a brand new infrastructure consisting of new TV-sets and monitors, video players and projectors, audio receivers and speaker systems and, perhaps, even a new optical format to distribute UHD content. Still, it will take a lot of time between HD will be challenged by UHD: the timeframe for the emergence of the latter is believed to be between 2017 and 2022.


 

 

Modern Warfare 2 Launch Trailer
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, November 6, 2009 - 8:04 PM


 

Aired last night during the World Series, here's the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Launch Trailer. Infinity Ward's controversial shooter sequel hits next Tuesday, November 10, on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.


 

 

PowerColor launches passively cooled Radeon HD 5750
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, November 6, 2009 - 1:23 PM


 

An interesting release from PowerColor as they released a radeon HD 5750, cooled passively.

The PowerColor SCS3 HD5750 features a passive cooling solution dissipating excessive heat with no noise. The copper base, which fully covers, the GPU through 4 copper heat pipes and 32 piece heat sink offers outstanding cooling performance in a quite setting.

  • SCS3 HD5750
  • Core Speed 700MHz
  • Memory Speed 1150MHz(4.6Gbps)
  • Memory  1GB GDDR5
  • Memory Bandwidth 128bit
  • Eyefinity Yes
  • DirectX®  11
  • CrossFireX™ YES
  • Output Dual DL-DVI / HDMI / Display Port
  • While running passively, the PowerColor SCS3 HD5750 maintains the original specifications with core engine of 700MHz, 1150 MHz memory speed. This model takes advantage of the latest 40nm technology, providing better performance while using less power and offering an excellent balance between a superior gaming experience and power efficiency.

    The PowerColor SCS3 HD5750 will be available on Nov. 20th and will retail at US$149.


     

     

    Mushkin Copperhead Memory Cooling System
    By Hilbert Hagedoorn, November 5, 2009 - 9:16 PM


     

    The Mushkin Enhanced Design Team has once again pushed the envelope in regards to memory cooling and developed the new Copperhead Memory Cooling System. The side plates are comprised of pure copper, providing much more heat reduction than other metals.

    One of the unique characteristics of the Copperhead System is the "Copperhead Watercooler". This is a quick and easy way to liquid-cool your memory modules. All that is needed is a quick, two-screw setup per memory module and Copperhead can be integrated into any existing watercooling system. The water cooler is available separately.

    Overview:
    996775 - 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 8-8-8-24 1.65V Copperhead Series Kit
    996772 - 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 7-8-7-20 1.65V Copperhead Series Kit
    998774 - 6GB (3x2GB) PC3-12800 8-8-8-24 1.65V Copperhead Series Kit
    998771 - 6GB (3x2GB) PC3-12800 7-8-7-20 1.65V Copperhead Series Kit
    998773 - 6GB (3x2GB) PC3-12800 6-7-6-18 1.65V Copperhead Series Kit


     

     

     

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