The "Tech News" Thread

bomberboysk

bomberboysk

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Aastii said:
I would like to see if they get decent yield with dropping the size again on a new architecture, and they don't embarrass themselves again like they did with fermi
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So far from what i've heard as far as rumors and some people i've been able to get some bits and pieces out of that are in the GPU industry, nvidia's next gen is supposed to be pretty impressive.
 
Aastii

Aastii

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bomberboysk said:
So far from what i've heard as far as rumors and some people i've been able to get some bits and pieces out of that are in the GPU industry, nvidia's next gen is supposed to be pretty impressive.
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Wasn't the exact same thing said about fermi back in the day :p
 
Ethan3.14159

Ethan3.14159

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bomberboysk said:
So far from what i've heard as far as rumors and some people i've been able to get some bits and pieces out of that are in the GPU industry, nvidia's next gen is supposed to be pretty impressive.
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On paper, Kepler looks very impressive. 28nm process and double the Gflops per watt. Fermi was impressive on paper as well. So we can only wait and see.
 
Shane

Shane

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GPU Caps Viewer 1.9.2 Released

First ive ever heard of this,seems like a enhanced version of GPUz :)

gpucapsviewer_192.jpg



GPU Caps Viewer 1.9.2 changelog

* New: added NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 in the database.
* Change: in OpenGL panel, the real OpenGL name is used for capabilities (ex: GL_MAX_LIGHTS or GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE).
* Bugfix: fixed a typo bug for the max texture buffer size: MTexels instead of MB.
* Change: GPU Shark updated to the 0.2.4 version. GPU Shark can be launched via the [Advanced GPU monitoring] button.
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http://www.geeks3d.com/20100917/gpu-tool-gpu-caps-viewer-1-9-2-released/
 
Shane

Shane

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Looks awesome,You just watch Mobo manufacturers pump up the price really high of their new line of boards featuring the UEFI. :/...i can see it comming.
 
joh06937

joh06937

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Nevakonaza said:
Looks awesome,You just watch Mobo manufacturers pump up the price really high of their new line of boards featuring the UEFI. :/...i can see it comming.
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eh, i don't know that i see them raising them TOO much... a little for sure which will be annoying but hopefully nothing too insanely ridiculous.

at least now with the easier overclocking we'll be getting more people on this forum asking why their overclock ends up with bsods :D:p:p:p
 
fastdude

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linkin said:
The GTX 580's are $699 here. That is a major ripoff, considering AUD>USD right now. :mad:
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Well here the reference-cooled 580 retails from about £380 ($610 aussie)
They don't go much higher than £450

The average cost of a bog-standard GTX580 is around £400, which is good considering HD5970 is £100 more

They're only slighter cooler and use slightly less power than the GF100 480, a fair bit better performance, it's an improvement I guess

http://www.computerforum.com/185234-nvidia-gtx580-thread-4.html

check out the SLi review
 
CrayonMuncher

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Lets Resurect this a little:

New ATI Catalyst 11.2 has been released today info and downloads can be found here:

http://techpowerup.com/140509/AMD-Releases-Catalyst-11.2-WHQL-Software-Suite.html

Or here:

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx

CPU News

Intel releases new top end CPU for lga1366 the core i7 990x comes with an unlocked BClk multiplier and is clocked at 3.46 GHz. This has also caused a welcome price drop in the lga1366 line as well:

http://techpowerup.com/140429/Intel-Restructures-LGA1366-Core-i7-Lineup.html

New revision (b3) of the flawed intel 6 series chipset to come out soon, will hopefully rectifying the current problem:

http://techpowerup.com/140250/Intel...ng-Cougar-Point-Chipset-from-February-14.html

Nvidia intros quad core tegra:

http://www.techspot.com/news/42429-nvidia-intros-quad-core-tegra-shares-roadmap-through-2014.html

Apple finds 91 children working for them, wth:

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/365290/apple-finds-91-children-working-at-supplier-factories

Two way radio may provide breakthrough and double wifi performance:

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/365275/two-way-radio-breakthrough-doubles-wi-fi-performance

I decided to resurect this thread as not all news is covered by only a all sources, not everyone knows the right sites to go and country specific info is often left out, although it may not be relevent a lot of the time it's interesting and also funny, I also think that it will be an easy place for reference for tech news of all sorts from around the world, i will try to keep it updated as much as I can but any help will be appreciated!
 
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Shane

Shane

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innercx said:
Lets Resurect this a little:

New ATI Catalyst 11.2 has been released today info and downloads can be found here:

http://techpowerup.com/140509/AMD-Releases-Catalyst-11.2-WHQL-Software-Suite.html

Or here:

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
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Thanks for that,I did not know new drivers were comming out soon.

Heres more on them after looking up:

Highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 11.2 Windows release includes:

New Features:

The new Catalyst Control Center features

* Catalyst AI Texture Filtering updates
o The Quality setting has now been improved to match the High Quality setting in all respects but one; it enables an optimization that limits tri-linear anisotropic filtering to areas surrounding texture mipmap level transitions, while doing bilinear anisotropic filtering elsewhere. This optimization offers a way to improve filtering performance without visibly affecting image quality
o The Performance setting has been updated to address the sharpness of the default Quality setting causing shimmering in certain cases. It now provides a smoother filtering option that eliminates most shimmering while preserving the improved detail provided by anisotropic filtering.
* Tessellation Controls
o Supported on the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series and the AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
o New settings give users full control over the Tessellation levels used in applications.
+ The default selection “AMD Optimized” setting is intended to set the best level of Tessellation on a per application basis. The “AMD Optimized” setting is designed to help users get the maximum visual benefit of Tessellation, while minimizing the performance impact associated with enabling Tessellation. Currently no applications have been profiled.
+ The “Use Application Settings” option gives applications full control over the Tessellation level.
+ Users can also manually set the maximum tessellation level used by applications with the slider control
* Morphological Anti-Aliasing support for the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
o AMD Catalyst now includes official support for Morphological Anti-Aliasing for the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series

Support Video Quality settings during Blu-ray 3D playback

* Supported on the AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
* Requires Blu-ray 3D player software, 3D supported display and 3D Stereoscopic glasses
* Users can now enable the Video Quality settings within the Catalyst Control Center when playing Blu-ray 3D content
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Also:

Performance Improvements:

* Call of Duty: Black Ops:
o Performance increases up to 11% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 Series single card configurations with anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing enabled
* Batman Arkham Asylum:
o Performance increases up to 4% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5000 Series single configurations with anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing disabled.

Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System
This section provides information on resolved known issues in this release of the AMD Catalyst™ 11.2 software suite for Windows 7. These include:

* Corruption is no longer randomly observed running the Unigine Heaven benchmark.
* Texture corruption is no longer observed when running the Unigine Heaven benchmark with Super AA enabled in the Catalyst Control Center.
* HAWX no longer intermittently displays corruption when running in DirectX 9 mode.
* Visual corruption is no longer seen when running Lost Planet in DirectX 10 mode.
* Playing a 720p WMV format file no longer randomly causes laggy system performance.
* Video corruption no longer intermittently affects the display when playing a SD format DVD using Windows Media Player.
* Choppy video playback is no longer observed when playing a DVD with interlaced content using WinDVD 10.
* 8x Anti Aliasing is now correctly listed as available with certain 3D applications.
* The AMD Ladybug demo no longer freezes when viewed in camera mode.
* DirectX 9.0 games no longer show intermittent corruption at the bottom of one of the cloned displays.
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11% performance increase in Black ops,Not bad!
 
CrayonMuncher

CrayonMuncher

Active Member
Copy of the headline:

OCZ moves to 25nm NAND flash, customers are not happy:

http://www.techspot.com/news/42434-ocz-moves-to-25nm-nand-flash-customers-are-not-happy.html

Review of Asus E35M1-M with AMD Fusion ( AMD Dual-Core E-350 is the cpu on board to be exact):

http://www.techspot.com/review/364-amd-fusion-asus-e35m1-m-pro/

ARM shows off handset that can run Android and Ubuntu:

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2011/02/16/the-dual-core-phone-that-runs-android-and-ubuntu/

Sony gets even more annoyed by recent events and a takes a microsoft approach to things:

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/02/sony-throws-down-crack-your-ps3-get-banned.ars

Sony Launching OLED monitors:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/219817/sony_to_launch_17_and_25inch_oled_monitors.html
 
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