http://eggie-hw.info Latest hardware news Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:37:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en GeForce GTX is the name of the graphics card series using the NVIDIA GT200 graphics circuit. Initially there will be two models, GTX 280 and GTX 260. We've known for long that the faster of the two, 280, will sport 240 shader processors, 512-bit bus, 1GB GDDR3 RAM, 32 ROPs ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/05/26/geforce-gtx-280-260-clocks-and-prices-surface/ Samsung has announced a record-breaking solid state drive, which also sports a decent storage capacity, and it's made from MLC (Multi-Layer Cell) flash memory chips. Samsung has specified the sequential read speed to 200MB/s and the write speed to 160MB/s, which is a big step up from the current record ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/05/26/samsung-announces-200gbs-256gb-ssd/ Some pictures have been found of the coolers that will go on the upcoming 4000 series graphics from AMD/ATI Further Reading and more pictures. 4870X2 cooler 4870 cooler http://eggie-hw.info/2008/05/26/radeon-hd-4870x2-4870-4850-and-4650-coolers-revealed/ NVIDIA's next generation GPU, also known as GT200, G200, and D10-U, will be called GeForce GTX 280 in the stores. There will also be a stripped down version with less shaders, memory and lower clocks. Pictures of the cooler surfaced earlier, and just recently small pictures of the card and ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/05/26/geforce-gtx-280-pictures-surface/ It seems AMD wasn't very pleased with the fact that NVIDIA was trying to launch GT200 before AMD got a chance to present RV770 to the world. The GT200 launch seem to be set for middle of June, the 18th to be more precise, which would have coincided with AMD's ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/05/17/launch-date-scramble-new-names-for-gt200/ DisplayPort has been foretold to replace DVI in 2011 already, by analysts at In-Stat. They say that the number of DVI-equipped devices will have declined from 112 million compatible devices in 2007, to 3 million in 2011. The hardware manufacturers' growing interest for DisplayPort comes from DPCP (DisplayPort Content Protection), ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/05/17/displayport-to-replace-dvi-in-2011/ If you haven't already seen them, there are a couple of reports around the web with some mixed information about the R700 series from AMD. It's now certain that the cards will be called Radeon HD 4000, and the first card will be Radeon HD 4850 on June 18th, and ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/05/17/radeon-hd-4000-series-launches-june-18-lots-of-details/ GeForce 9900GTX is one of the proposed names of NVIDIA's GT200-based graphics card. After NVIDIA's recent revelation that it had realized that its product branding may be a bit too complicated for new consumers, it seems that GT200 may become the first card to use a new naming pattern. This ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/05/17/possible-geforce-9900gtx-cooler-pictures/ NVIDIA has been experimenting with moving its G92 core a 55nm process for a short period of time. It seems to have gone fairly well because it has added the 55nm version of GeForce 9800GT to the latest beta drivers; NVIDIA_G92.DEV_0605.1. We have no information on the yields, but NVIDIA ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/05/17/nvidia-adds-55nm-gpu-g92b-to-beta-drivers/ Dell, one of the world’s largest suppliers of personal computers, reportedly plans to cease manufacturing of its Dell XPS-branded PCs for gamers and concentrate on popularization of machines from Alienware, a brand that specializes on enthusiast-class desktops and laptops which Dell acquired in 2006. Further Reading. http://eggie-hw.info/2008/05/14/dell-set-to-axe-xps-gaming-pc-brand-focus-on-promotion-of-alienware-gaming-pcs/ According to slides, which resemble those that come from Intel Corp., published by Expreview, Intel’s next-gen high-end desktop Intel X58 chipset, which is expected to come out Q4 this year, will consist of X58 PCI Express bridge as well as ICH10 input/output controller hub. Its  The X58 is projected to ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/05/14/intel%e2%80%99s-next-generation-enthusiast-platform-begins-to-take-shape/ Reports of AMD engineers playing around with the soon to be launched RV770Pro graphics circuits says that the core has been most cooperative. Apparently they were able to hit close to 1GHz core frequency with a media sample on air cooling. Further Reading. http://eggie-hw.info/2008/05/13/rv770-will-hit-1ghz-on-air-with-ease-launches-on-june-11/ Starting this summer, AMD will move its lineup to the SOI 45nm process. The first cores will be Deneb, which is a direct shrink of Agena and should arrive in the second half. At the same time, Barcelona, the server equivalent, will be shrunk to 45nm SOI and dubbed Shanghai. ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/05/13/amd-hexa-core-istanbul-die-shot/ Pictures and some specifications of the upcoming ASUS Eee Box desktop PC series has surfaced at a couple of sites. The tiny computer will be built upon the Intel 945G chipset, and an Intel Atom CPU. The box will house 1GB DDR2-RAM (667MHz by the looks of it), and an ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/05/13/asus-eee-box-desktop/ Qimonda, a leading manufacturer of advanced dynamic random access memory (DRAM), said that it could deliver next-generation GDDR5 memory for graphics cards and other applications that require high memory bandwidth in volume. At this point Qimonda can supply makers of graphics boards GDDR5 memory with up to 4.50GHz clock-speed. Presently ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/05/12/qimonda-ready-to-deliver-gddr5-memory-chips-in-volume/ sorry again for the lack of updates.....i have been busy and unable to make posts, i will try and post every now and then but i have been unable to recently as i dont have the time to make posts hopefuly i will be able to get back to regular posting ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/04/27/wont-be-posting-for-a-bit/ IBM Corp. began shipping high-end computers Tuesday built around the fastest chip on Earth, a microprocessor that can carry out up to 5 billion instructions per second, surpassing the speediest competing processors built by rivals like Intel or Sun Microsystems. Further Reading. http://eggie-hw.info/2008/04/11/ibm-chip-is-fastest-on-earth/ We know that the RV770 is in production and that things have been going quite smoothly up till now. We've been looking forward to seeing the first cards at Computex in June, but it seems like the card will be ready even sooner. We've been hearing stories about a launch ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/04/11/rv770-with-gddr3-in-may-already/ GeForce 8800GTS 512MB has been a quite popular product because of its good performance and still pretty decent price, but now that NVIDIA has unleashed GeForce 9800GTX there's really no reason for 8800GTS to be around anymore. Further Reading. http://eggie-hw.info/2008/04/11/geforce-8800gts-phasing-out/ sorry about not updating the blog i have been a bit busy lately and have been unable to update the news... i will get back to posting soon http://eggie-hw.info/2008/04/11/sorry-for-no-updates/ Due before year's end, the next-gen ‘Nehalem' architecture succeeds Core 2 with up to eight cores on a single processor, and much more. Intel is set to shift into overdrive when the new ‘Nehalem' microarchitecture is released towards the end of this year. A radical revision of the current Core microarchitecture, ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/29/intel-preps-meaty-and-modular-%e2%80%98core-3-platform/ Intel is gearing up to launch what may be its most important product since the Pentium processor: The Atom CPU targets key growth markets and could ship hundreds of millions units within a few years. Price has been a key feature of Atom, previously code-named Silverthorne, since the very first time ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/29/a-new-goldmine-for-intel-the-6-atom-processor/ AMD has formally unwrapped its three-core Phenom X3 8000 series, along with new versions of its existing quad-core Phenom X4 processors, now known as the 9050 line. The three-core Phenom X3s, first announced back in September 2007 just ahead of AMD arch-rival Intel's bi-annual Developer Forum, are detailed just before the ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/29/amd-announces-tri-core-tweakedamd-announces-tri-core-tweaked-quad-core-phenoms-cpus-quad-core-phenoms-cpus/ Apple has been conducting research on a new breed of display hardware that would employ autostereoscopy to produce three-dimensional images that can be viewed by multiple users without the need for special headgear or glasses. Further Reading. http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/22/30/ ATI is the first graphics card manufacturer to have its graphics cards officially certified for the new DisplayPort interface. VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association) has officially certified ATI Radeon HD 3400, Radeon HD 3600, Radeon HD 3800 and ATI FireMV 2260, and the IGP AMD 780G for DisplayPort. Further Reading. http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/22/ati-gets-displayport-certification/ Corsair and Crucial have all launched new DDR3 modules sporting the highest frequency yet. Corsair Dominator TW3X2G2000, Crucial Ballistix PC3-16000 and OCZ PC3-16000 all operate at 2000MHz, have EPP 2.0 profiles and are labeled as SLI-Ready. Further Reading. http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/22/ocz-corsair-crucial-launches-2000mhz-ddr3-modules/ apologies on the late update.... The geforce 9800GX2 was released, here are some reviews of the new hardware from nVidia :: MVKTech :: Bjorn3D :: HotHardware :: DriverHeaven :: HardOCP :: TechPowerUp :: Tomshardware :: TweakTown :: Legitreviews :: http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/22/geforce-9800-gx2-released/ Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday said it had begun shipments of its triple-core central processing units (CPUs) to large makers of personal computers (PCs). AMD Phenom 8000-series microprocessors will be available for end-users and small system makers at a later time. Further Reading. http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/14/amd-begins-to-ship-triple-core-microprocessors-to-personal-computer-makers/ AMD is looking to relaunch Phenom this year with a new revision of the core and higher clock speeds. This new core was designed specifically to address the TLB errata that crept up late last year. Anandtech managed to get their hands on a pre-release sample from one of AMD's ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/14/amds-b3-stepping-phenom-previewed-tlb-hardware-fix-tested/ OCZ has entered the SSD race by announcing a series of ultra-fast OCZ SATA II 2.5" Solid State Drives. The series contains two models, 32GB and 64GB, both sporting 120MB/s read speed and 100MB/s write speed. Further Reading. http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/14/ocz-technology-introduces-high-speed-sata-ii-ssd/ VR-Zone has learned that Nvidia is preparing to shrink G92 process technology from 65nm to 55nm to better compete against the upcoming RV770. Further Reading. http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/14/nvidia-prepares-55nm-g92-against-amd-rv770/ According to a study made by Jon Peddie Research, NVIDIA gained even more market shares in Q4, 2007. NVIDIA gained 7 percentages, from 64 to 71, leaving AMD with less than a third of the discrete graphics card market. Further Reading. http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/14/amd-loses-market-shares-to-nvidia-in-q4/ IBM and Hitach announced that they have signed a two-year joint semiconductor research agreement in order to speed the pace of semiconductor innovation. The new collaboration will focus on 32-nm and beyond semiconductor research.  Further Reading. http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/11/ibm-and-hitachi-unite-to-research-future-transistors/ ASUS is going to expand their ultra-portable Eee PC system lineup in the near future by adding a new model with 8.9-inch display and starting to ship systems with Microsoft Windows OS pre-installed. In April the company should start shipping their new 8.9-inch screen model (1024x600 pixel screen resolution) of ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/11/asus-reveals-future-eee-pc-details/ At CeBIT, Clevo unveiled a sub-notebook called TN70M. It's based on the Intel Atom platform. The 990g sub-notebook packs in a hyperthreaded Silverthorne 1.6GHz processor that runs off a 533MHz front-side bus, it has a 7in touchscreen WSVGA (1.024 x 600) display. Storage is catered for by a 1.8in drive ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/08/clevo-unveils-atom-based-sub-notebook-with-10h-battery-time/ Intel is try to put G45 and a Quad CPU into a mini-ITX box. The mobo supports Intel Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Duo processors. The two memory slot supports up to 4GB DDR2 800MHz. The mobo will hit the market before June. EDIT (14/3/07) : We received new ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/08/intel-preparing-a-mini-itx-g45-mobo/ Patriot is the next memory manufacturer to jump onto the solid state train. It has unveiled a whole range of drives of both the 2.5" and 3.5" formfactors, with capacities up to 256GB. Original Story. http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/08/patriot-memory-announces-solid-state-drives-with-capacities-up-to-256gb/ Now that AMD has released the Catalyst 8.3 drivers, CrossFireX is finally out in the wild. This means that you will be free to combine any cards of the Radeon HD 3800 series; 3850, 3870 and 3870X2, mix and match any way you want. If you want to run ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/08/crossfirex-now-enabled-in-catalyst-83/ The overclocker, gprhellas, has claimed the 3DMark 03 world record with a pair of overclocked 3870X2's using stock coolers. The cards were overclocked to 980/1150MHz and the processor was operating at 5747MHz and scored 132021 points. Further Reading. http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/06/3dmark-03-record-broken-with-air-cooled-radeon-hd-3870x2-cards/ Samsung is the first manufacturer to actually ship 500GB 2.5" harddrives. Fujitsu and Hitachi have also announced the intention of launching 500GB 2.5" harddrives, but none of them have actually delivered yet. Further Reading. http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/06/samsung-first-to-ship-500gb-25-drive/ AMD has shown visitors samples of 45 nm Opteron with Shanghai core and the 45 Phenom with Teneb at the CeBIT tradeshow. They are expected to be release second half of 2008... Further Reading.   http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/05/amd-demos-45-nm-processors/ According to the company officials, nVidia will no longer support the AGP bus. ATI on the other hand will continue to support it. Further Reading. http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/05/agp-on-its-lats-legs/ AMD has released the 780 series of chipsets. The AMD 780 replaces AMD 690G and will go up against Intel's G35 and NVIDIA's GeForce 8200 chipset. It seems to be a winner for AMD with dual monitor and hybrid crossfire support with lower power consumption Further Reading. http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/05/amd-launches-780-chipset-series/ The nForce 790i is getting ready for launch and the memory overclocking is suppose to be something really out of the ordinary; Using a pair of Kingston HyperX PC3-16000, operating at 2000MHz stock, they simply upped the voltage a bit and loosened the timings to 9-10-9. System booted directly at ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/04/kingston-shows-off-nforce-790i-memory-overclocking/ Today, Intel has officially announced their Atom line of ultra-mobile processors, previously code named Silverthorne and Diamondville.  This new family of chips is based on an entirely new CPU architecture that was designed from the ground up, specifically to address the computing and power consumption requirements of Mobile Internet Devices ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/03/intel-announces-atom-line-of-ultra-portable-processors/ IBM and AMD have announced world's first working chip made with extreme ultra-violet (EUV) litography for the critical layers. Further Reading. http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/03/ibm-amd-reports-first-working-extreme-ultra-violet-litography-chip/ IBM announced its new processor the z10 which has 5 four core dies in the one package. Further Reading http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/03/ibm-announces-20-core-processor-monster/ VR-Zone has gotten some preliminary 3DMark06 scores on the upcoming GeForce 9800 GX2 and 9800 GTX cards. The setup : Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66GHz processor on a P965 board with Forceware 173.67 drivers and Catalyst driver version 8.451. GeForce 9800 GX2 scored 14225, 9800 GTX scored ... http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/03/geforce-9800-gx2-9800-gtx-3870-x2-compared/ ATI is working on a new revision of its Radeon HD 3870 X2 card; and if all goes well, you should be able to get one by the middle of Q2, if not even earlier. Further reading  http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/02/new-revision-of-rv670-faster-radeon-hd-3870x2/ this is where ill be posting hardware news that i find on the internet http://eggie-hw.info/2008/03/02/welcome-to-eggies-hardware-blog/