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1. HP dv2: Better than a netbook?

   (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

   Sunday, 26 April 2009

   ... - HP systems I have special and very personal relationships with. So take this article as a general view on notebook form factors that are a available to you today, from more than just one vendor. Options ...

2. Are Macs too expensive?

   (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

   Friday, 27 March 2009

   ... our comments section. Yes, I am a PC buyer, never bought a Mac in my life, but I know that a Mac is not just hardware. It is a coherent package of nicely designed hardware, innovative touches and software ...

3. Nvidia bundles Quadro CX with Adobe Premiere Pro CS4

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 21 January 2009

   ... Premiere Pro CS4 will sell stand-alone for $799. Nvidia cites rendering times for a one-hour movie which today on an unspecified dual-core CPU require 10 hours. With Quadro CX acceleration, it now ...

4. Power-efficient notebooks: Get the LED display, drop the SSD.

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Thursday, 25 September 2008

   ... 50% more battery time in some, with little extra money spent. Unfortunately, there is very little information on these new components out there would provide a guideline what purchase makes sense and ...

5. Who needs D-SUB, DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort? USB rocks!

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 20 May 2008

   ... enables USB displays. In terms of hardware, the tiling process is covered by a combination of DP-120 or DP-160 chips with DDR memory. DP-120 is DisplayLink’s debut chip and supports resolutions of up ...

6. Sony’s crapware incident: The right idea gone terribly wrong

   (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

   Sunday, 23 March 2008

   ... who purchased a PC loaded with useless third-party applications and software trials in the past took a very close look at Friday’s outrage over Sony’s offer to ship an essentially “clean” PC for a fee. ...

7. Ultimate travel helper kit reviewed

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Thursday, 20 March 2008

   ... G4 laptops and we were calling them “manpill” (for explanation of this, research what happens with male reproductive organs once thermal threshold is exceeded). So, instead of reviewing a single part, ...

8. Behold.. the antique clock, mahogany wood, case mod

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 08 January 2008

   We’ve seen a lot of case mods in our day, but nothing as beautiful as Jeffrey Stephenson’s creation at CES.  He’s managed to pack a VIA processor, motherboard and a touch-sensitive ...

9. AMD promises huge speed gains with new graphics driver package

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 12 October 2007

   AMD has released Catalyst 7.10 yesterday, which, according to the company, will speed up the gaming performance of some its graphics card configurations by up to 80%. HD 2400 and HD 2600 cards get Crossfire ...

10. Catalyst 7.9 introduces Avivo Video Converter on Vista 64

    (Software/Software Brief)

    Monday, 10 September 2007

    AMD has released a new version of its driver package for Radeon graphics cards. Version 7.9 offers brings a range of performance improvements for games, mostly relating to Crossfire and non-Crossfire configurations ...

11. AMD releases Catalyst 7.4 graphics driver

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 18 April 2007

    ... OpenGL performance under Vista for all X1000-series graphics cards. Users should see typical improvements of about 15% in game titles such as Doom 3, Quake 4 and Prey with enthusiast cards and configurations ...

12. AMD raises graphics performance with second-gen Vista driver

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 21 February 2007

    ... its first final driver for the new operating system. Markham (ON) – AMD today released its second Catalyst graphics driver for Windows Vista, promising performance gains between 21% and  48% ...

13. AMD releases Windows Vista graphics driver for ATI cards

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 29 January 2007

    ATI has posted the final version of its first Windows Vista certified graphics driver on its website. Catalyst 7.1 promises a broad range of features supporting the new Vista Driver Model. Markham (ON) ...

14. Catalyst 6.11 driver for Radeon graphics cards released

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 15 November 2006

    AMD's graphics division, formerly known as ATI, has released its November graphics driver update. Version 6.11 brings a few performance enhancements, especially for Call of Duty 2. AMD's graphics division, ...

15. ATI supports Crossfire dual-graphics on Intel 965 motherboards

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 21 September 2006

    ATI released a new version of its Catalyst graphics driver. Besides the usual game performance improvements, ATI claims that the 6.9 package adds dual-graphics support to motherboards based on Intel's ...

16. ATI improves OpenGL and Direct3D performance with Catalyst 6.8 driver

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 18 August 2006

    ATI today released a new version of its Catalyst driver package. The eighth update for this year focuses on OpenGL and Direct3D applications which improve game performance by up to 30%, ATI claims. ATI ...

17. ATI leads a week of graphics news with rollout of Mobility X1800, X1800 XT

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 07 March 2006

    This morning, ATI rolled out its latest and fastest mobile GPUs to date, the X1800 and X1800 XT, both using the company's newly perfected 90 nm fabrication process. But Microsoft, in the meantime, may ...

18. Chipset deal with Intel saves ATI's graphics market share in Q4

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 03 February 2006

    According to a report released by Jon Peddie Research (JPR), Nvidia in the fourth quarter of 2005 gained ground on ATI in terms of overall market share and continued to pull away in the standalone graphics ...

19. ATI launches new flagship graphics chip family X1900

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 24 January 2006

    ATI today announced a new graphics chip that will replace the X1800 series as firm's fastest desktop product. The new X1900 will be available in four flavors, carry 48 shader processors and offer substantially ...

20. ATI confirms R580 for January or February - sort of

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 27 December 2005

      R580, ATI's new high-end graphics processor based on the X1000 architecture has not been quite what one would call a secret for quite some time. R580, ATI's new high-end graphics processor based ...

21. ATI CrossFire to be available in Radeon X1000 PCIe GPU line

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 22 December 2005

      ATI Technologies announced yesterday that all of the graphics processing units (GPUs) in its Radeon X1000 PCIe family will integrate its CrossFire dual-card graphics technology, according to Edward ...

22. ATI recovering from delayed X1000 chip series

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 21 December 2005

    ATI today reported revenues of $591 million and net profit of $7.6 Million for its first fiscal 2006 quarter. The company showed substantial financial improvement over the preceding quarter as the new ...

23. ATI's Catalyst driver adds X1800 Crossfire support, H.264 acceleration

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 21 December 2005

      ATI today released the download of its Catalyst driver version 5.13 - the 13th driver update for this year. ATI today released the download of its Catalyst driver version 5.13 - the 13th driver ...

24. Nvidia releases new flagship card 7800 GTX 512

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 14 November 2005

    Nvidia's answer to ATI's fastest X1000 graphics card comes not even a week after volume availability of the X1800 XT. The new 7800 GTX comes with increased clock speed and more memory - which is enough ...

25. Nvidia expands holiday lineup with 6800 GS graphics processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 07 November 2005

      While we are still waiting for the general availability of most of ATI's recently announced X1000 graphics chip family, Nvidia is bolstering its holiday portfolio. Today, the company announced the ...

26. Nvidia regains dominance in desktop graphics, ATI extends lead in mobile graphics

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 27 October 2005

      A new report by Mercury Research confirms that Nvidia's strategy to deliver new graphics chips in volume is paying off: The company was able to capitalize on the delay of ATI's X1000 series. But ...

27. ATI Catalyst driver 5.10 adds Crossfire support

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 13 October 2005

      You may not be able to buy motherboards with support for ATI's dual-graphics technology Crossfire at this time, but at least the driver to go along with it has arrived today. You may not be able ...

28. Sapphire debuts Radeon X1300 and X1800 XL graphics cards

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 07 October 2005

      Sapphire Technology today unveiled two graphics cards based on the ATI Radeon X1300 and X1800 XL graphics processing units (GPUs). Sapphire Technology today unveiled two graphics cards based on ...

29. ATI posts $104 million loss, reassures X1000 availability

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 06 October 2005

      Canadian graphics chip maker ATI posted a loss of $104 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005 one day after the company announced a new discrete graphics card family for desktop computers. ...

30. MSI announces Radeon x1300 graphics card

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 05 October 2005

      MSI is among the first add-in card builders that announced a new graphics card carrying one of ATI's X1000 graphic chips announced today. MSI is among the first add-in card builders that announced ...

31. ATI launches x1000 family of graphics cards, sort of

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 05 October 2005

      ATI today announces its next-generation graphic chip technology, previously referred to as "R520". There is good news and bad news for people who have been waiting for the new cards: ATI has a technology ...

32. ATI samples next-generation X1000 mobile graphics processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 02 October 2005

      ATI today confirmed that it is shipping samples of "all next generation mobile parts" to ODMs and OEMs for qualification purposes. ATI today confirmed that it is shipping samples of "all next generation ...

33. ATI samples next-generation X1000 mobile graphics processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 28 September 2005

      ATI today confirmed that it is shipping samples of "all next generation mobile parts" to ODMs and OEMs for qualification purposes. ATI today confirmed that it is shipping samples of "all next ...

34. A mouse for all surfaces, IOGEAR releases five-button USB device

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

    Thursday, 25 August 2005

    ... LED light to a sensor inside the chassis. Movement is detected by variations in light levels, but glass and other shiny surfaces tend to give optical mice trouble. Such surfaces disperse and deflect LED ...

35. Path 1 Uses Intel IXP1200 for Broadcast Video

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 02 January 2002

    ... is a video-over-IP product designed for cable operators. The Microengine C Compiler software platform and tool suite are being used in the development of applications for customer trials that require porting ...