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XFX Breaks up With NVIDIA Completely

XFX Europe have just confirmed that they’ll stop selling NVIDIA graphics cards from now on, which means the vendor completely turns to AMD. In October and November the company will release the brand-new Radeon HD 6000 series products.

Since XFX started selling ATI last year, NVIDIA got mad and would not provide Fermi-based cards. And rumors had that the green giant had been planning to de-authorise XFX from its approved partner list.

XFX told Fudzilla that as of this day, they officially stop selling any NVIDIA cards. This decision is obviously beneficial to AMD, because they’ll get more sales accordingly.

Galaxy Shows Off First Wireless Graphics Card Enabling PC-to-TV Connectivity

Galaxy has today announced the release of the world’s first wireless graphics card enabling PC-to-TV connectivity – the GeForce GTX 460 WHDI Edition.

The company has selected AMIMON’s WHDI technology with no noticeable latency (less than one millisecond). The no-latency link enables consumers to enjoy full interactive PC applications on their TV. Content such as Internet video, flash media, digital photos and PC games can all be viewed and experienced on the TV with a convenient wireless connection.

The Galaxy GeForce GTX 460 WHDI Edition will be shipped in October.

Razer Releases Special Editions of the Best Selling Naga MMO Mouse

Razer, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-end precision gaming and lifestyle peripherals, today announced the launch of a new suite of Razer Naga Special Edition gaming mice – the Razer Naga Maelstrom Special Edition and the Razer Naga Molten Special Edition.

“After the phenomenal response we received for the Razer Naga, we’ve decided to create two collectible versions to offer our fans even more ways to dominate their game,” said Robert “Razer Guy” Krakoff, president, Razer USA. “We took the same functionality of full button remapping and macro capabilities of the original Razer Naga and rejuvenated the aesthetic design for a more immersive MMO gaming experience.”

Upon its release, the original Razer Naga generated overwhelmingly positive reviews at Amazon.com and NewEgg.com like, “Finally, the mouse I've been waiting for! 5/5” and “If you play WoW, get this mouse. 5/5.” With almost all the users of the Razer Naga (based on online end user feedback at major online retailers) providing a positive review, the Razer Naga is the defining product that created the category of MMO gaming peripherals.

With Single +12V Rail,Corsair Unveils Builder Series Power Supply

Corsair recently unveils Builder series power supply,with the features of great compatibility,power saving,low noise and stable electric current transmission,which are ideal choice for PC builders and upgraders.

The power supply features non-modular design,measures 150*86*140mm,120mm fan with MTBF of 100,000 hours.

Builder series power supply support ATX12V v2.3 standard and are compatible with ATX12V 2.2 and ATX12V 2.01 systems.Energy efficiency is up to 80% with 0.99 active PFC.And it provides single +12V rail,offering maximum compatibility.

There model numbers are CX430,CX500 and CX600,CX400(price unknown),rated power are 430W,500W,600W and 400W separately.Backed by three-year warranty,they are available at the price of US$50,US$65 and US$75,respectively.

NVIDIA Releases Entire Line of DX11 Fermi-Based Mobile GPUs

NVIDIA has just expands GeForce 400M Series with seven DX11 mobile GPUs, which are based on Fermi architecture .

Nvidia’s seven GeForce 400M series cards include GTX 470M,GTX 460M,GT 445M,GT 435M,GT425M,GT 420M and GT 415M.They feature support for CUDA, PhysX, 3D Vision as well as the Optimus technology .

They are being adopted by Dell, Samsung, Asus, Lenovo, Acer and Toshiba ,so it is expected that more laptops will be powered by them.Their specifications are shown on the following table bellow.

AMD's Fusion ''Ontario'' APU Chip Pictured

At the ongoing IFA event in Berlin, AMD displayed one of the first derivatives of its Bobcat low-power x86 processor architecture, codenamed "Ontario". This Fusion APU (accelerated processing unit), which is a combination of an x86 CPU and a DirectX 11 compliant GPU is built for low-power devices such as netbooks, handhelds, and tablets. AMD also showed off the chip package itself, which is roughly the size of a 1 Euro coin. The package, like AMD's mobile Athlon/Phenom processors, has no integrated heatspreader (IHS), but like the Intel Atom, uses a ball-grid array (BGA) to permanently fix itself to the system board.

AMD claims that the chip offers "mainstream performance" at less than half the die area (in this case, below 100 mm²), and a fraction of the power. Speaking of which, the "Ontario" Fusion APU has a TDP of 9W, while a higher-performance APU codenamed "Zacate", which is probably competitive with Intel's CULV processors, and is built for ultra-thin notebooks, nettops and slim all-in-one PCs, has a TDP of 18W. AMD claims that the two will ship (to OEMs, because these are not end-user products) in Q4 2010. For the desktop, AMD is developing the "Llano" Fusion APUs that are of a different form-factor and package altogether.

NVIDIA Developing Chipset That Combines GPU And Southbridge?

NVIDIA is reportedly to develop a new chipset that combines the functions of a southbridge and a GPU, trying to reduce cost for PC makers and create smaller and lighter devices, according to a recent post at Digitimes.

The US Fair Trade Commission has recently ordered Intel to open up market competition, which is supposed to pave path for NVIDIA’s re-entry to the chipset business. But Intel should not be starting any negotiations with NVIDIA in the near future concerning this.

If the green giant manages to make it, the motherboard manufacturers could purchase Intel’s Sandy Bridge solution without the southbridge solution. This would save them US$10-15, but it’s unknown yet how much NVIDIA would charge for its combo solution. Anyway NVIDIA has a tough road ahead.

Sharkoon Announces Bandit ATX Case with Integrated Hard Drive Docking Station

Sharkoon expands on their PC-housings portfolio: The ATX Case Sharkoon Bandit brings together comfortable installation options, an elaborate airflow concept, integrated card reader and as a special feature, a practical docking station for 2.5 and 3.5 inch SATA hard drives.

Thus, Sharkoon has integrated for the first time their highly-demanded external QuickPort docking station into a housing. SATA hard drives of both sizes can be easily plugged into the PC without any complicated assembly. Another distinctive feature on the top of the housing is the blue illuminating 180mm LED fan, which blows warm air out of the housing. Also, easily accessible on the housing surface are Power and Reset switches, audio connections, a power and hard drive LED, an eSATA and two USB ports. A card reader is installed in the highest front panel which supports SD, SDHC, MS, as well as CF I formats and contains an additional USB port.

Zalman Announces the VF3000F VGA Cooler

Zalman released the VF3000F for the end users who wants to cool their latest VGA card from nVidia. The company's first Dual Fan VGA cooler promises you for the maximum performance with less noise. On top, VF3000F is specially designed for the Fermi Series from nVidia (GTX480/470/465) and comes with the dedicated RAM/FET Heatsinks to maximize the cooling performance on the GPU as well as FET/RAM with lower noise. ZM-STG2 will help the heat transfer from the heat source to the heatsink for efficient cooling.

Fanmate 2 will enable variable fan speed so users can choose either silent operation or performance setting. Please note that VF3000F comes in 2 different models: a model for GTX 480 and one for GTX 470 and GTX 465 graphics cards.

MSI Release the 870A Fusion Power Edition

Today MSI,the world renowed motherboard and graphics card maker, has just launched the 870A Fuzion Power Edition motherboard officially.

The new motherboard is 12-phase power in design and packs the AMD 870 and SB850 chips. It has 4 DDR3-1600 memory slots, two PCI-Express *16 slots,6 SATA 6.0 Gbps ports,7.1 channel audio, one USB 3.0 ports, one FireWire connector, Clear CMOS buttons, etc. Moreover, exclusive Fusion technology, military class components, these popular features undoubtedly make the MSI 870A Fusion Power Edition top AMD 870 chipset mainboard.

Now the 870A Fusion Power Edition can be available at the price of £137. For more information,please click MSI‘ official website.

Gigabyte Sells HD 5670 512 MB HyperMemory Card as 1 GB

Gigabyte is allegedly into dubious marketing schemes once again. A disgruntled user in East Asia who picked up the company's GV-R567HM-1GI graphics card was shocked to find half the "advertised" memory available to him. The GV-R567HM-1GI is an ATI Radeon HD 5670 based graphics card that physically has only 512 MB of GDDR5 memory, yet advertises on its box and labels that the card provides 1 GB GDDR5 memory with ATI HyperMemory technology. The "HyperMemory" part is very inconspicuous and nowhere on the front box is the actual memory amount mentioned.

For the uninitiated, HyperMemory technology is an age-old technique used by ATI usually on its lowest-end SKUs, to increase the amount of memory available to the GPU, by sharing a fixed amount of memory from the system's main memory. NVIDIA has an identical technology called TurboCache. The allegation here is not entirely that of false marketing, but dubious marketing practices. For starters, the card is a GV-567D5-512I that is rebadged, next, the actual memory amount is not mentioned on the front of the box, making it difficult for unsuspecting buyers who don't know what HyperMemory is, to determine the actual memory, and third, there is pure false marketing involved in calling "512 MB GDDR5 512 MB system shared" as "1 GB GDDR5", there's no DDR5 PC memory standard. If you come across this card priced close to 1 GB models, you're definitely not signing up for a "1 GB GDDR5 card".

Intel Slashes Price of Core i7-950 by 48%

Intel is going to adjust the pricing of some processors before August is gone, and has also announced some new products.

The Core i7-950 will show the most noticeable price cut = a 48% slash that brought the chip from $562 to $294.

Xeon W3550 is now available for $294, instead of $387. The new six-core Xeon W3670 has been unveiled, clocked at 3.2GHz, sold for $885. Other new products include 3.33GHz Core i3-560, 3.33GHz Pentium E6800, 3.0GHz Pentium E5700, 2.70GHz Celeron E3500 and 1.5GHz Atom N550, being priced at $138/86/75/52/86 respectively.

A-Data Introduces XPG Gaming Series DDR3-1333G Low Voltage Memory

ADATA Technology, the worldwide leading manufacturer in high-performance DRAM modules and NAND Flash application products, today introduced its new XPG Gaming Series DDR3-1333G low voltage memory, designed for gaming enthusiasts who adopt Intel X58, P55, H55 and H57 motherboards, and for HTPC applications. The XPG Gaming Series DDR3-1333G low voltage memory offers cooler operation and lower power consumption with only 1.35V and CL9-9-9-24 timing for demanding environments, enabling eco-friendly personal computers to perform at high speeds and great stability.

“Environmental sustainability is an important principle to us at ADATA, therefore we developed XPG Gaming Series DDR3-1333G low voltage memory, since energy efficiency equates to reduced CO2 emission.” said Alex Wu, Project Manager of ADATA Product Management Division. “By utilizing XPG Gaming Series DDR3-1333G low voltage memory, gaming enthusiasts can help to minimize their carbon footprint, saving money on electricity costs, and achieve the right balance of gaming system performance and stability.”

Dual-core Atom N550 With HP Mini 5103

According to Fudzilla, HP is planning to launch its first dual-core Atom Netbook, which will apply to HP Mini 5103 netbook,according to official news, the improved mini features an Atom N550 1.5GH Processor. However ,it seems that there is no other changes with the refreshed model apart from the new feature.

HP Mini 5103 netbook is available at the price of US$399.00. It is expected to hit the market in September.

AMD’s New Logos Unearthed

Earlier this month we heard rumors that ATI logo was going to be terminated. This has turned out to be true, as AMD is planning to initiate the brand-new logos in 2011.

In addition to graphics segment, AMD’s CPU, chipset and server parts will use the new logos as well. Pictures courtesy of Donanimhaber.

AMD Phenom II X6 1075T Black Edition Listed for Pre-order

AMD has prepared a new six-core Phenom II processor, the Phenom II X6 1075T Black Edition. The processor has started hitting retail in Europe.

Based on the 45nm Thuban die, the Phenom II X6 1075T BE features six cores, a clock speed of 3.0GHz, 512KB of L2 cache, 6MB of L3 cache, supports both DDR3-1333MHz and DDR-2 1066 memory. With a TDP of 125W, the chip comes in the AM3 package, and is also compatible with AM2+ socket.

The Phenom II X6 1075T BE is now listed for pre-order in Europ for ?227.35 to ?249.99.

Thermaltake eSports Announces New Meka G1 Gaming Keyboard

Tt eSPORTS, a leading professional gaming gear company, today announces our brand new "MEKA" series of mechanical keyboard at Gamescom in Cologne Germany, the largest gaming event and calendar highlight for interactive games and entertainment.

Tt eSPORTS offers a complete gaming solution. Now with the new MEKA G1 mechanical keyboard, guarantee a 1000HZ polling rate and faster response time on the keyboard which will give gamers supreme experiences to destroy and attack enemies on every terrain.

Seagate and Samsung Enter Agreement to Jointly Develop Enterprise SSD Controller Tech

Seagate Technology plc, the world leader in hard disk drives and storage solutions, and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced that they have entered into a joint development and licensing agreement. Under the agreement, the two companies will jointly develop and cross-license related controller technologies for solid state drive ("SSD") storage devices to attain the high levels of performance, reliability and endurance demanded by enterprise storage applications.

The joint development effort builds on the existing SSD capabilities of each company while combining Seagate's leadership in enterprise storage technology with Samsung's flash memory technology specific to 30 nanometer-class MLC NAND. The jointly developed controller will be utilized in Seagate's enterprise-class SSDs. "Seagate has long recognized that solid state technology has an important role to play in the comprehensive solutions the storage industry will deliver today and in the future, particularly in the enterprise market," said Steve Luczo, Seagate chairman, president and CEO. "Today's agreement with Samsung will help us bring a compelling set of SSD innovations to the enterprise storage market, with benefits that range from enhanced performance, endurance and reliability to cost and capacity improvements. Overall, this agreement with Samsung strengthens our SSD solutions strategy, and positions Seagate well as global demand for storage continues on its strong growth path."