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Review: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 processor (the non-X)
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/20/2022 08:53 AM | 23 comment(s) ]
It's quite late to the market, but AMD recently released the non-X SKUs of several processors. Today we look at the AMD Ryzen 5 5600. The processor has a locked multiplier but still is configured at 6 cores and 12 threads. With a base clock of 3.50 and boost speeds up to 4.40GHz, this boxed processor is just 199 EUR, and could be a really good deal for a nice gaming rig.
Read the review here.
Review: PowerColor RX 6650 XT Hellhound White
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/18/2022 01:46 PM | 10 comment(s) ]
Today we take a look at a Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB offering from PowerColor, it's the Hellhound in a Spectral White edition. AMD has refurbished its rDNA 2 graphics card portfolio with some faster memory and a clock frequency increase. Will it be worth it?
Read the review here.
Current Stories 
SIM2, Dolby 46-inch HDR display prototype
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/01/2008 10:47 AM | 0 comment(s) ]
Would you just take a look at that. Right on cue, Dolby and SIM2 are collaboratively showcasing a 46-inch 1080p display built around the former firm's high dynamic range technology.
The HDR-enabled LCD HDTV boasts 1,836 LED-based backlight units (designed / developed by SIM2), a full 1,920 x 1,080 resolution, brightness level greater than 4,000 cd/m2, an "infinite" contrast ratio, 16-bits of luminance and a Xilinx Virtex field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) chipset. Additionally, the prototype employs a design created by Giorgio Revoldini, and while we can't imagine hearing of a release date anytime soon, the two firms aren't wasting any time putting the new set on a world tour to presumably wow onlookers.
The prototype is a 46-inch LCD with Dolby
80GB PlayStation 3 appears at FCC
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/01/2008 10:44 AM | 0 comment(s) ]
A updated version of Sony's PlayStation 3 console has been sent to the FCC, documents show. Any new device with wireless technology must be approved by the FCC; the Sony application notes, however, that the company has only made two minor changes, one of which is merely an adjustment to the construction of the Bluetooth module. The other is a switch to an 80GB hard drive, a boost from the presently-offered 40GB capacity. The storage should allow gamers to keep more games, music, videos and other material.
Sony has sold several different capacity options throughout the PS3's history. The console initially launched in 20 and 60GB versions, but the popularity of the 60GB model led to the 20GB edition disappearing. Both were eventually replaced by 40 and 80GB variants, the latter also having disappeared in recent months. It is unclear why Sony would introduce a second 80GB system, although Microsoft offers a 120GB model of its Xbox 360 console.
EVGA Introduces Flippable Dual Monitor System
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/01/2008 10:40 AM | 0 comment(s) ]
Appearantly I complete;y missed out on this one, but earlier in March at the CeBIT EVGA showcased its 17-inch wide dual display
Tomorrow on Guru3D ...
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/01/2008 05:38 AM | 0 comment(s) ]
Tomorrow on Guru3D; well, like you guys have no idea what this is eh ? ...
ATI FireGL V7700 workstation card has DisplayPort
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/31/2008 03:14 PM | 0 comment(s) ]
AMD today announced their new ATI FireGL V7700 is the first workstation graphics card with DisplayPort support.
The ATI FireGL V7700 professional graphics accelerator provides superior rendering speed, 3D performance and color fidelity for Computer Aided Design (CAD), Digital Content Creation (DCC) and Medical Imaging professionals. ATI FireGL V7700 delivers the top-quality image quality needed to create photorealistic visualizations of real-world objects and environments
Thermaltake BigTyp VP Multi-directional
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/31/2008 10:16 AM | 0 comment(s) ]
Thermaltake BigTyp VP is a new upgraded value pack of the famous classical air cooler Thermaltake BigTyp 120 VX. BigTyp VP not only maintained the same excellent thermal structure of the original BigTyp but added on one extra 120mm satellite fan, and thus enabled the simultaneous cooling of CPU surrounding chipsets. The satellite fan (120x120x25mm) further utilizes system air flow and cools wherever you placed it. The 2-direction-installation option of this additional fan is for extra cooling of RAM or VGA, and this multi-positioning design also allows add-ons of additional 12cm-fan, 9cm-fan, 8cm-fan, 6cm-fan, 5cm-fan, or 4cm-fan. Rotatable fan holder enables fan installation adjustment from 0 to 45 degrees to best fit your system structure.
The proprietary soldering process enables the Thermaltake BigTyp VP to be one of the best coolers on the market. With the adjustable fan speed from 1300 to 2500rpm, and lowest sound output of 16dBA, the flexible fan operation status can be easily controlled to best fit the users
Gears of War Movie
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/31/2008 10:11 AM | 0 comment(s) ]
ComingSoon.net got a chance to talk to Twilight producer Wyck Godfrey about the status of the proposed Gears of War video game adaptation. "We've got our script on and a director we're about to attach. We'll hopefully make that early next year for the summer of 2010," said Godfrey.
It was announced in March of 2007 that New Line Cinema (now a unit of Warner Bros.) had acquired the feature film rights to Epic Games' award-winning video game. Stuart Beattie was attached to adapt the project and Temple Hill Entertainment set to produce.
Since its debut in November 2006, "Gears of War" has broken sales records on the Microsoft Xbox 360, selling more than 4.5 million copies worldwide (it sold 3 million copies in the first 10 weeks after launch).
The game thrusts players into humankind's epic battle for survival against the Locust Horde, a nightmarish race of creatures that surface from the bowels of the planet. The story unfolds as a ragtag group of soldiers use every last ounce of strength to survive the onslaught from the forces of evil, which begins on the historic Emergence Day.
Cliff Bleszinski, the lead game designer for "Gears of Wars," worked in conjunction with Beattie to define a treatment for the film.
Bleszinski announced in February at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco that a sequel to the "Gears of War" video games is in the works and is slated for a November 2008 launch.
Guru3D Behind the scenes - the servers 2008
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/31/2008 09:44 AM | 0 comment(s) ]
Guru3D Behind the scenes - the servers 2008
Earlier last week Guru3D drove to the datacenter to install our newest server "Corleone", a new front-end server that is to be used for our rapidly growing forums. We'll show you the specs and some insider info on that server later on. But also let's have a look at where the Guru3D website is hosted, the racks, the gear and the network we are broadcasting over ...
A quick peek behind the scenes of Guru3D, the 2008 edition.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/guru3d-behind-the-scenes--the-servers-2008/
NVIDIA BIOS Editor v4.0 (Nibitor) download
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/30/2008 06:31 PM | 0 comment(s) ]
NiBiTor allows graphics card enthusiasts, or the hardcore overclockers to have full control over some advanced features and functionality found on firmware of supporting cards. Doing so users gain some extra performance, enable certain hidden features, tweak memory latencies, provide extensive information, adapt boot up settings, change fan speed options and/or get extra stability on the NVIDIA based graphics accelerators.
Changes in this release:
- Added Support for GeForce 9800 GTX
- Added Support for GeForce 9500 GT
- Added Support for GeForce 8800M GTX
- Added Support for GeForce 8600M GT
- Fixed Bug with Fan Speed IC Settings
Download - click here
CPU-Z 1.44.2 download relased
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/30/2008 04:21 PM | 0 comment(s) ]
CPU-Z is a diagnostic tool that provides information on your CPU, including: processor name and vendor, core stepping and process, processor package, internal and external clocks, clock multiplier, partial overclock detection, processor features, supported instructions sets, L1 and L2 cache information, location, size, speed, and technology.
CPU-Z is a freeware that gathers information on some of the main devices of your system.
System
* Windows and DirectX version.
Changes in version 1.44.2:
- NVIDIA 650i, 680i, 750a/780a, 750i, 780i, 790i chipsets
- Intel G35 chipset
- Updated support for VIA chipsets
Download - http://downloads.guru3d.com/CPU-Z-v1.44.2-download-1340.html
Creative Labs Slams Door on User-Modded Vista Drivers
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/30/2008 01:58 PM | 0 comment(s) ]
Let's face the truth here, personally I haven't had to experience the problems Creative Labs users have been having on Windows Vista. However, the sound cards, which work fine on Windows XP, yet lose some functionality on the new Vista operating system. Forum member Daniel_K made some modifications to the code used to run the sound cards, and released drivers of his own that allowed Creative Labs users to take full advantage of their sound cards on Vista.
Daniel Kawakami has been modding Windows Vista drivers for Creative Labs products. While Creative Labs insisted that features such as Decoding of Dolby Digital and DTS signals and DVD-Audio which worked fine in WinXP, would not work on Vista.
Daniel_K was recently able to "fix" many drivers, enabling the "incompatible" features as well as fixing some bugs. He made a few mistakes, however, as in asking for donations. Making a profit off his modded drivers was asking for trouble. Now Daniel_K probably shouldn
64-Core Desktop Processors to Emerge in 2012
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/30/2008 01:45 PM | 0 comment(s) ]
So we just pourchased a new server, 4 cores .. pretty spiffy right ? Yet Forrester Research analysts believe server processors will get 64 cores next year and that the same number of cores is expected in desktop processors by 2012. However, to fully take advantage of so many cores software makers will need to get ready:
While the era of multi-core computing is here, application development teams must embrace new programming approaches to reap the full performance and economic benefits of the new hardware. The new
Intel DX48BT2 motherboard Photo
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/30/2008 01:40 PM | 0 comment(s) ]
Chipzilla Intel published information on its website about the new Desktop Board DX48BT2 motherboard which uses the all new X48 chipset.
Pulse-pounding gaming and high powered multimedia experiences require the ultimate in performance from your processor and motherboard. Intel
Creative cripples drivers?
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Watcher on: 03/30/2008 08:24 AM | 0 comment(s) ]
[QUOTE]read the whole thread, the have crippled previous gen cards drivers for vista on purpose to sell more X-Fi cards. They also shut down the only guy who made them work but also fixed their broken Vista drivers for their X-Fi.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=47444[/url]
[url]http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&thread.id=116332&view=by_date_ascending&page=1[/url]
[QUOTE]Message to Daniel_K
Daniel_K:
We are aware that you have been assisting owners of our Creative sound cards for some time now, by providing unofficial driver packages for Vista that deliver more of the original functionality that was found in the equivalent XP packages for those sound cards. In principle we don't have a problem with you helping users in this way, so long as they understand that any driver packages you supply are not supported by Creative. Where we do have a problem is when technology and IP owned by Creative or other companies that Creative has licensed from, are made to run on other products for which they are not intended. We took action to remove your thread because, like you, Creative and its technology partners think it is only fair to be compensated for goods and services. The difference in this case is that we own the rights to the materials that you are distributing. By enabling our technology and IP to run on sound cards for which it was not originally offered or intended, you are in effect, stealing our goods. When you solicit donations for providing packages like this, you are profiting from something that you do not own. If we choose to develop and provide host-based processing features with certain sound cards and not others, that is a business decision that only we have the right to make.
Although you say you have discontinued your practice of distributing unauthorized software packages for Creative sound cards we have seen evidence of them elsewhere along with donation requests from you. We also note in a recent post of yours on these forums, that you appear to be contemplating the release of further packages. To be clear, we are asking you to respect our legal rights in this matter and cease all further unauthorized distribution of our technology and IP. In addition we request that you observe our forum rules and respect our right to enforce those rules. If you are in any doubt as to what we would consider unacceptable then please request clarification through one of our forum moderators before posting.
Phil O'Shaughnessy
VP Corporate Communications
Creative Labs Inc.
Forum Moderator
Creative Labs[/QUOTE]
Watcher
[url]http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=47444[/url]
[url]http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&thread.id=116332&view=by_date_ascending&page=1[/url]
[QUOTE]Message to Daniel_K
Daniel_K:
We are aware that you have been assisting owners of our Creative sound cards for some time now, by providing unofficial driver packages for Vista that deliver more of the original functionality that was found in the equivalent XP packages for those sound cards. In principle we don't have a problem with you helping users in this way, so long as they understand that any driver packages you supply are not supported by Creative. Where we do have a problem is when technology and IP owned by Creative or other companies that Creative has licensed from, are made to run on other products for which they are not intended. We took action to remove your thread because, like you, Creative and its technology partners think it is only fair to be compensated for goods and services. The difference in this case is that we own the rights to the materials that you are distributing. By enabling our technology and IP to run on sound cards for which it was not originally offered or intended, you are in effect, stealing our goods. When you solicit donations for providing packages like this, you are profiting from something that you do not own. If we choose to develop and provide host-based processing features with certain sound cards and not others, that is a business decision that only we have the right to make.
Although you say you have discontinued your practice of distributing unauthorized software packages for Creative sound cards we have seen evidence of them elsewhere along with donation requests from you. We also note in a recent post of yours on these forums, that you appear to be contemplating the release of further packages. To be clear, we are asking you to respect our legal rights in this matter and cease all further unauthorized distribution of our technology and IP. In addition we request that you observe our forum rules and respect our right to enforce those rules. If you are in any doubt as to what we would consider unacceptable then please request clarification through one of our forum moderators before posting.
Phil O'Shaughnessy
VP Corporate Communications
Creative Labs Inc.
Forum Moderator
Creative Labs[/QUOTE]
Watcher
Cybernet All-in-One PC keyboard
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/29/2008 11:33 AM | 0 comment(s) ]
Cybernet (?) Cybernet released a computer that's housed inside a keyboard. A pretty spiffy one as well. it's An All-in-One PC in a keyboard that not only takes up far less desktop space, but also puts an Intel Core
Transformers 2 Already Filming?
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/29/2008 11:26 AM | 0 comment(s) ]
Okay it's a slow day for hardware news, something that tickles the mind then .. we all adored the movie Transformers right ? These shots, snapped in a drive-by of a trailer in the movie-making capital of Culver City, Calif. are two Saleen Mustangs outfitted with that familiar paint scheme that marks a very special 'stang. This can only mean filming of Michael Bay's next masterpiece is underway or getting pretty damn close. We can already hear Wert's robogasms from here.
The latest word is the script is still in development with filming to start in June, and really, why worry about something as silly as a script when there's giant freakin' robots to blow stuff up. Bay is pretty excited about the sequel, so we wouldn't be surprised if things were already starting to get underway.
Now the questions start to fly: why would there be two Barricades? One would think that multiples would be needed for the filming process, but the little kid in us believes Barricade multiplies and fights as twins, or, you know, Ford's bringing out their new Barricade special edition Saleen 'stang. Nah.
Bumblebee's ass is grass man ...
GPU-Z 0.1.8 available for download
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/29/2008 11:15 AM | 0 comment(s) ]
GPU-Z is a lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU.
Changes in version 0.1.8:
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Fixed SLI detection for Vista32 and Vista64
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Added automatic refresh of clocks and multi GPU status
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Added support for NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400, Quadro NVS 440, GeForce 7350 KE, 7300 GT, 8400 SE, 9800 GX2, 9800 GTX, 9500 GT, 8400, Quadro NVS 140M, 135M, FX 360M, 9300M G, 9500M GS, 8600M GT, 8700M GT, FX 3600M
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Added support for G96
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Added support for ATI FireGL V8600, some RV635 and RV620 variants
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Fixed fan speed monitoring for RV6xx
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Fixed fillrate for 8800 GTS 512
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Fixed some subvendor names
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Fixed shader calculation for M68
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Process size, Die size, DirectX Support will now show "Unknown"
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Fixed crash when no sensors detected
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Fixed NV44 ROP and shader calculation
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Fixed crash when NVIDIA BIOS couldn't be read
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Added Splash screen
Download - click here
ForceWare 174.75 3D Stereo Driver
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Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/29/2008 06:52 AM | 0 comment(s) ]
Stereo drivers are intended to enable the NVIDIA stereo Control Panel for the support of 3D Glasses. This is a beta driver so there might be a bit of stability issues for you. Then again it has been a long time since NVIDIA released such a driver so it'll make loads of you quite happy.
Two files are required to use your 3D glasses with any GeForce card. The first is the ForceWare video card drivers (I suggest Forceware 174.74), and the other is the NVIDIA Stereo drivers you can download from this download section.
> Download