by Rich Brown November 18, 2009
AMD announced its newest high-end graphics card this morning, the dual-chip ATI Radeon HD 5970. Available today for $599, the new high-end card features two clock speed-reduced Radeon HD 5870 GPUs on a single graphics card. Based on the Radeon HD 5000-series chip design, the new Radeon HD 5970 card has the same features common to AMD's other new 3D cards, including DirectX 11 support, GPU computing via ATI's Stream technology, as well as support for up to three monitors via a technology AMD calls Eyefinity (the six-monitor card is due out "soon," according to AMD). Unique to the Radeon HD 5970, AMD has budgeted overclocking headroom into the cooling hardware and unlocked the clock speed multipliers for both the GPU and the graphics memory. Included software will let you overclock the card, and AMD has also included multiple fail-safes to prevent overheating or damage to the card or your system.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Nvidia Adds Stereo 3D Vision to Notebooks.
by Anton Shilov 11/18/2009
Nvidia Corp. on Wednesday announced that shortly notebook manufacturers will be able to install 120Hz panels onto their machines to enable stereoscopic 3D vision technology, providing never before seen gaming experience on laptops. Asustek Computer, Clevo and MicroStar International will be the first companies to offer a stereo 3D vision mobile PC. Nvidia 3D Vision requires 120Hz display along with shutter glasses that open and close special shutters sixty times a second to create three dimensional effect. Nvidia has worked closely with display manufacturers, including CPT, LG, CMO, and Samsung, to bring state-of-the-art 120Hz 3D Vision-capable panels to notebook platforms. It is questionable whether notebooks actually need stereoscopic 3D capability: notebooks do not feature truly large screens and displays with extreme refresh rates consume rather high amount of energy. Furthermore, notebooks are not usually used by hardcore gamers of movie fans, both would prefer to have a high-end desktop system, whereas road warriors would hardly value stereo 3d movies or video games. Nevertheless, there are many notebook vendors working on stereoscopic 3D-enabled mobile computers. Nvidia 3D Vision notebooks will include the 120Hz 3D Vision-capable panel and bundle 3D Vision active-shutter glasses.
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Nvidia Corp. on Wednesday announced that shortly notebook manufacturers will be able to install 120Hz panels onto their machines to enable stereoscopic 3D vision technology, providing never before seen gaming experience on laptops. Asustek Computer, Clevo and MicroStar International will be the first companies to offer a stereo 3D vision mobile PC. Nvidia 3D Vision requires 120Hz display along with shutter glasses that open and close special shutters sixty times a second to create three dimensional effect. Nvidia has worked closely with display manufacturers, including CPT, LG, CMO, and Samsung, to bring state-of-the-art 120Hz 3D Vision-capable panels to notebook platforms. It is questionable whether notebooks actually need stereoscopic 3D capability: notebooks do not feature truly large screens and displays with extreme refresh rates consume rather high amount of energy. Furthermore, notebooks are not usually used by hardcore gamers of movie fans, both would prefer to have a high-end desktop system, whereas road warriors would hardly value stereo 3d movies or video games. Nevertheless, there are many notebook vendors working on stereoscopic 3D-enabled mobile computers. Nvidia 3D Vision notebooks will include the 120Hz 3D Vision-capable panel and bundle 3D Vision active-shutter glasses.
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Will Google Chrome OS Be Another Google Game-Changer?
By Chad Berndtson, Nov. 18, 2009
Google's Chrome OS is widely expected to be previewed Thursday. That will mean not only a big step for Google into yet another market, but will also finally confirm or deny rumors that have dogged Google Chrome, a Linux-based, lightweight, Web-deployed operating system, since Google first announced it last summer. Rumors of an early Chrome launch actually began to circulate last week, centered on the idea that Google would preview a version of Chrome and gear up for the launch of the full Chrome OS in the second half of 2010. Google plans to host an event Thursday morning, which, given the Chrome rumors, lead many to speculate Wednesday that an official Chrome OS unveiling is indeed in the works. What we know about Chrome OS already, however limited, is that Chrome is based on Google's Chrome browser; is intended for netbooks; has signed on a number of PC manufacturers like Acer, HP and Lenovo; and that it will run on X86 and ARM processors.
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Google's Chrome OS is widely expected to be previewed Thursday. That will mean not only a big step for Google into yet another market, but will also finally confirm or deny rumors that have dogged Google Chrome, a Linux-based, lightweight, Web-deployed operating system, since Google first announced it last summer. Rumors of an early Chrome launch actually began to circulate last week, centered on the idea that Google would preview a version of Chrome and gear up for the launch of the full Chrome OS in the second half of 2010. Google plans to host an event Thursday morning, which, given the Chrome rumors, lead many to speculate Wednesday that an official Chrome OS unveiling is indeed in the works. What we know about Chrome OS already, however limited, is that Chrome is based on Google's Chrome browser; is intended for netbooks; has signed on a number of PC manufacturers like Acer, HP and Lenovo; and that it will run on X86 and ARM processors.
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Microsoft accelerates JavaScript with IE9
By Aharon Etengoff, 18 November 2009
Microsoft has confirmed that Internet Explorer 9 will offer significantly faster JavaScript performance compared to earlier iterations of the browser. According to company spokesperson Steven Sinofsky, IE9 is almost on par with Firefox and Chrome - despite having been in development for only a few weeks. "We know we have a lot of work to do in some areas of performance," said Sinofsky, who was quoted by Gregg Keizer of Computerworld. [However], on SunSpider, we're on par with IE9 [and] getting very close to the other browsers." Indeed, previous Computerworld SunSpider benchmarks measured Google's Chrome as 10 times faster than IE8, while Mozilla's Firefox outperformed the veteran browser by nearly four times. "In the past, Microsoft has pooh-poohed JavaScript benchmarks, calling them nothing more than a 'browser drag race' that doesn't accurately portray real-world use," wrote Keizer. "Instead, Microsoft has used download tests of the 25 most popular Web destinations to claim IE8 is actually faster than Firefox or Chrome where it counts." Meanwhile, Microsoft's decision to recognize the importance of optimized JavaScript performance has been welcomed by Mozilla's Asa Dotzler, who offered his personal "encouragement" to the IE team.
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Microsoft has confirmed that Internet Explorer 9 will offer significantly faster JavaScript performance compared to earlier iterations of the browser. According to company spokesperson Steven Sinofsky, IE9 is almost on par with Firefox and Chrome - despite having been in development for only a few weeks. "We know we have a lot of work to do in some areas of performance," said Sinofsky, who was quoted by Gregg Keizer of Computerworld. [However], on SunSpider, we're on par with IE9 [and] getting very close to the other browsers." Indeed, previous Computerworld SunSpider benchmarks measured Google's Chrome as 10 times faster than IE8, while Mozilla's Firefox outperformed the veteran browser by nearly four times. "In the past, Microsoft has pooh-poohed JavaScript benchmarks, calling them nothing more than a 'browser drag race' that doesn't accurately portray real-world use," wrote Keizer. "Instead, Microsoft has used download tests of the 25 most popular Web destinations to claim IE8 is actually faster than Firefox or Chrome where it counts." Meanwhile, Microsoft's decision to recognize the importance of optimized JavaScript performance has been welcomed by Mozilla's Asa Dotzler, who offered his personal "encouragement" to the IE team.
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