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Unreal Tournament 3 has gone to gold master for the PC
Midway and Epic today announced that Unreal Tournament 3 has gone to gold master for the PC. Developed by the team behind the critically acclaimed video game Gears of War, Unreal Tournament 3 is currently scheduled to ship in North America on November 19th for the PC with a suggested retail price of $49.95 and $59.95 for the collector’s edition. The PlayStation 3 version will follow soon after.
Unreal Tournament 3 marks the return of the world’s premiere first-person shooter to the PC, and its debut on PlayStation 3. Unreal Tournament 3 unleashes the full power of Unreal Engine 3, taking graphics, gameplay, and challenge to a whole new level. Players engage in intense battles with other human players online, or against Unreal artificial intelligence that sets the industry standard. With the most powerful futuristic weapons and vehicles available, this is FPS action at its best!
Posted by | Wed, Oct 31, 2007 - 05:57 PM | Comments
Western Digital Ships Industry First - 320GB SATA Notebook Hard Drive
Western Digital Corp. today announced it is now shipping its new WD Scorpio 320 GB 2.5-inch Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives for notebook computers and portable storage devices. This new drive is the highest capacity shipping drive in the industry for this form factor. This is a 70GB disk space increase over their previous flagship model, the Scorpio 250GB, which runs $159 plus shipping.
WD uses advanced head and media technology to achieve the world's highest capacity 2.5-inch, slim, 9.5mm form-factor hard drive and includes proprietary features that make the drive extraordinarily quiet while running at cool operating temperatures. The WD Scorpio 320 GB hard drives deliver high performance with 3 Gb/s transfer rate and are destined for use in OEM notebook platforms that offer the highest storage capacities to the worldwide market.
Posted by | Wed, Oct 31, 2007 - 03:57 PM | Comments
Intel shipping updated dual-core Itanium 2 - Montvale 9100 Series
Intel is shipping an updated version of its dual-core Itanium 2 server processor, called Montvale. But don't expect to see a dramatic improvement in performance from the new chips, despite the addition of several new features. Beyond Montvale, Intel is working on three future versions of Itanium. Tukwila, which will be manufactured using a 65-nm process and pack four processor cores on a single silicon die, will be released next year.
Made using the same 90-nanometer process technology used to produce the existing Itanium 2 9000 series of processors, Montvale -- formally known as the Itanium 2 9100 series chips -- offers incremental improvements, including a faster front-side bus on some models and features that lower power consumption in certain situations and improve reliability. "Essentially, this is a follow-on product to the current one," said Eddie Toh, regional platforms marketing manager in Intel Asia-Pacific's Server Platforms Group.
Posted by | Wed, Oct 31, 2007 - 08:05 AM | Comments
Intel, Microsoft sell 150,000 Classmate PC laptops to Libya
Intel Corp and Microsoft Corp are supplying Libya's government with 150,000 rugged laptop computers that cost $200 to build and are designed to meet the needs of children in developing countries.
Intel spokeswoman Agnes Kwan said in an interview on Tuesday night that Libya's education ministry ordered the equipment in August and shipments began last month. "So far it's going well. We're just a month into the deployment," Kwan told Reuters.
Posted by | Wed, Oct 31, 2007 - 07:56 AM | Comments
October 31 News from Around the Web
Happy Halloween everyone! Celebrate by visiting the forums and checking out all the news from around the web, including this review of the MSI P35 Platinum mobo from Boot Daily.com!
MSI took some creative liberties on this board and implemented the now-staple passive cooling system which uses heatpipes to cool the north and south-bridge chipsets. The overall look of the particular cooler it uses leaves things looking a bit curvaceous and different. PC enthusiasts will appreciate the look assuming they’re using a case with clear side panels. We find the look to be very unique and helps the P35 Platinum stand out a bit from the pack.
Posted by | Wed, Oct 31, 2007 - 06:34 AM | Comments
ASUS C90S 15.4” Notebook Now Available Through Specialty System Builders
ASUS today announced its innovative C90S barebone notebook is now available through select system builders in North America as fully configurable desktop replacements. With support for current Intel Core 2 Duo desktop processors, the latest optical drives, and the widest range of interchangeable mobile graphics solutions, the C90S maximizes “do it yourself” (DIY) flexibility and opens performance overclocking on a level once reserved to desktop systems. Legit Reviews first saw the ASUS C90S this summer at Computex and showed pictures of it in our show coverage here.
The ASUS C90S supports overclocked Intel Core 2 Duo processors on the Intel 945G chipset, up to and including X6800 Core 2 Extreme. Utilizing exclusive TurboGear technology to boost front side bus, CPU and memory, the C90S intuitively overclocks up to 20% at the touch of a button. Users can now leverage instantaneous performance enhancements without entering BIOS or interrupting tasks with reboots.
Posted by | Wed, Oct 31, 2007 - 12:18 AM | Comments
Seagate Shutting Down Northern Ireland Hard Drive Plant
Seagate Technology, the world's largest maker of hard drives, said Monday it is shuttering one of two manufacturing facilities in Northern Ireland, resulting in a cut of 780 employees, about 1.5 percent of the company's global work force. Seagate established operations in Limavady in 1997 to manufacture high quality, super-polished aluminium substrates for use in Seagate hard drives. The plant was the only internal supplier of substrates which are used in a variety of Seagate hard drives such as for desktops, servers and X-boxes. It looks like the work here is moving to Malaysia.
The company is closing a 10-year-old plant in Limavady in County Derry that manufactures substrate materials used in disks for hard drives, Seagate spokesman Woody Monroy said. Monroy did not know how much money the company would save from the move but said it is part of Seagate's ongoing effort to streamline operations. He said Seagate expanded substrate manufacturing at its facilities in Singapore and Malaysia last year while external suppliers have lowered their costs.
Posted by | Tue, Oct 30, 2007 - 11:27 AM | Comments
Asustek complains of Intel laptop processor shortage
Taiwan's Asustek Computer complained on Tuesday of a shortage of Intel central processing units (CPUs) for laptop PCs, but said it didn't expect the problem to affect its sales.
"The biggest shortage in notebook components is in CPUs, Intel CPUs. Intel isn't meeting demand," said Jerry Shen, president of Asustek, answering questions at an investors conference in Beitou, Taiwan. Asustek forecasts it will ship between 4.2 million and 4.4 million of its own-brand laptops this year, not including its popular new Eee PC. The company has targeted shipments of up to 400,000 Eee PCs this year.
Posted by | Tue, Oct 30, 2007 - 10:58 AM | Comments
Trouble on horizon for 'white box' PC makers
Apple might be the flavor of the moment in the consumer PC world, but hundreds of thousands of customers every year continue to choose plain vanilla "white box" PCs. Those purchases go on as Hewlett-Packard and Dell churn out millions of name-brand PCs every quarter, Acer enjoys double- and triple-digit growth rates, and Apple continues to be the darling of the hardware business.
But the growing popularity of notebook PCs spells big trouble for the future of white-box manufacturing. The "white-book" market has dwindled from an already-small 8.5 percent share to a 5.6 percent share between 2003 and 2006. That comes while notebooks have, over the same period of time, become the dominant PC form factor for top vendors Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Lenovo, and Acer, accounting for two-thirds of consumer PC sales.
Posted by | Tue, Oct 30, 2007 - 10:56 AM | Comments
Notebook component shortage may hit notebook ODMs in 2Q 2008
The notebook industry may see components shortages in the second quarter of 2008 if upstream suppliers fail to accelerate their expansion, according to industry sources. Sources indicated that serious shortages in the third quarter involved power management (PWM) ICs, graphics cards, high-capacity hard disk drives, panels, batteries, and mechanical parts.
Notebook shipments from Taiwan makers will reach 25.98 million units in the second quarter of 2008, approximately the same as the volume for the third quarter of 2007, according to Digitimes Research. However, so far component suppliers have been slow to expand their capacity to meet strong demand, the sources revealed.
Posted by | Tue, Oct 30, 2007 - 10:53 AM | Comments
Gigabyte Releases GeForce 8800 GT Graphics Card - GV-NX88T512H-B
GIGABYTE today announced the launch of their new graphics accelerator, the GV-NX88T512H-B, equipped with NVIDIA’s latest GeForce 8800 GT graphics processor. GIGABYTE is also including the role-playing game, Neverwinter Nights 2 as part of the bundle.
The GIGABYTE NX88T512H-B is compatible with the new PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture, offering a future-proof bridge to tomorrow’s most bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications by maximizing the 5 Gb/s PCI Express 2.0 bandwidth (Twice that of first generation PCIe). Equipped with the DirectX® 10 GPU and adopting the latest Unified Shader architecture with full support for Shader Model 4.0, the GIGABYTE GV-NX88T512H-B is able to deliver the most realistic gaming effects and let users take full advantage of all the advanced features Microsoft® Windows Vista Premium has to offer, including the full Aero Interface.
Posted by | Mon, Oct 29, 2007 - 02:58 PM | Comments
Graphics card demand to boost in 2Q08
Although recent market observations noted that the graphics card market is facing problems due to the trend of notebooks replacing desktop PCs, and IGP (integrated graphics processor) performance continuously improving, sources at first-tier graphics card makers remain optimistic and believe that the market should see a boost in the second quarter of 2008.
With Windows Vista SP1 and more DirectX 10-based games scheduled to launch in 2008, demand for DirectX 10-based graphics cards should see a boost, noted the sources.
Posted by | Mon, Oct 29, 2007 - 08:32 AM | Comments
October 29 News from Around the Web
Find reviews from around the web, including this article on Intel's New 45nm Yorkfield QX9650 from HardOCP!
Intel's New 45nm Yorkfield QX9650 - Intel marches forward with another groundbreaking processor. Four cores of 45nm goodness. At this rate, you have to wonder whether or not desktop software and AMD will ever catch up. How good does it overclock? All signs point to, "Wow!"
Posted by | Mon, Oct 29, 2007 - 06:33 AM | Comments
Bad NVIDIA - SLI Doesn't Work in Crysis!
Crysis hasn't been out for more two days and a number of people have already found out that SLI technology doesn't yet work on the new DirectX10 game title. Granted, Crysis is only in beta, but it would still be nice to see SLI supported from the start. NVIDIA made a statement today that the final Crysis game will support SLI via a patch, so keep waiting! In other Crysis and NVIDIA news it seems that the Forceware 169.01 64-bit beta drivers aren't playing nice with the 64-bit version of the game. Looks like they have some more work to do on the 64-bit software.
"Although SLI is not supported in the demo, the final Crysis game with a patch will provide full SLI support." - NVIDIA
Posted by | Sun, Oct 28, 2007 - 04:01 PM | Comments
XFX PVT88PYDF4 Geforce 8800 GT For Sale - $279.99
ZipZoomFly has the XFX 8800GT listed on their site as in stock and ready to be sold for $279.99 with free shipping! It looks likes the e-tailers jumped the gun again and put them up for sale before the start of the week. The embargo hasn't lifted on them yet, but people are already selling them!
Posted by | Sun, Oct 28, 2007 - 09:02 AM | Comments
Crysis Single Player Download Now Available!
The first single player Crysis demo includes one single player level, and the Sandbox2 Editor. It weighs in at 1.81GB in size, but the the download servers at nzone.com are great. I averaged 600KB/Sec, which is great for a free server! Be sure to also grab the Forceware 169.01 beta drivers if you own a GeForce series graphics card!
With mankind facing an alien cataclysm, your elite Delta force and North Korean forces combine, united by common humanity in a battle to save Earth. This is Crysis!
Posted by | Sat, Oct 27, 2007 - 08:26 AM | Comments
NVIDIA Releases Forceware 169.01 Beta Drivers for Crysis
Late last night NVIDIA released a new set of drivers for both Windows XP and Windows Vista, just in time for you to upgrade before the Crysis demo launches tomorrow. These are the first of the Forceware 169 drivers and apply to those with GeForce 6, 7, and 8 series of video cards. The largest to download is the 64-bit Windows Vista version and they are only 48.64MB, so download away!
- Beta driver for GeForce 6, 7, and 8 series GPUs.
- Recommended driver for Crysis single player game demo.
- Several game and application compatibility fixes.
Posted by | Sat, Oct 27, 2007 - 08:14 AM | Comments
Compiz Fusion with KDE 4 Beta 3 on Kubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon
KDE 4 is the next series of the K Desktop Environment software and one of our staff members has it up and running on Kubuntu 7.10 'Gutsy Gibbon' thanks to collection of plugins made possible by Compiz Fusion. Check out this screenshot of the rain effect and head to the forums to see many more pictures.
KDE 4 Beta 3 release is focused on stabilizing and finishing the design of libraries for the release of the KDE Development Platform. The major improvements include improvements to Plasma with many new features and the addition of the applet browser. The KDE PIM software set will not be completely ready for the 4.0 release, but many applications have been ported with improvements. The new Akonadi PIM service is planned to be finished by the 4.1 release. The Educational software received many improvements in Marble, Parley (formerly known as KVoctrain) with bugfixes in others.
Posted by | Sat, Oct 27, 2007 - 08:10 AM | Comments
DirectX 10 Demo of Crysis Coming Out Tomorrow on NZone.com
PC gamers will soon be able to play the most advanced video game ever created. The Crysis demo—available tomorrow from nZone.com—includes the complete first level of the game, representing about 45 minutes of game play. NVIDIA does not have an exact eta yet for when the Crysis demo will hit tomorrow, but trust me we asked! Be sure to follow the link below to see three screen shots from the demo and to find the download link!
“Originally we set two extreme and mutually exclusive goals: 1) pushing the boundaries of interactivity and non-linearity, and 2) achieving a realistic experience where you forget you’re playing a game. With the deep technical expertise of NVIDIA’s world-class support team, we achieved these two seemingly impossible goals, defining the heart of Crysis. We developed Crysis on NVIDIA graphics processors and we recommend GeForce 8800 graphics cards for the best experience.”
Posted by | Fri, Oct 26, 2007 - 03:22 PM | Comments
Senate Passes Internet Tax Moratorium
he Senate on Thursday night approved a seven-year extension of a moratorium on state and local taxes on Internet access. The Senate voice vote came a little over a week after the House passed a bill calling for a four-year moratorium. The tax ban, first approved in 1998, is set to expire Nov. 1.
Attempts in both the House and Senate to make the ban permanent in recent weeks were unsuccessful despite strong support for the idea. Sens. Tom Carper, D-Del., and Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., in a joint statement called the agreement "a commonsense victory both for Internet users and for state and local governments."
Posted by | Fri, Oct 26, 2007 - 09:09 AM | Comments
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