To wrap up our coverage of the 2009 Intel Developer Forum we are going to bring you coverage on a number of companies who had products that stood out to us over all the rest. If you’ve heard about Super Talent’s TeraByte PCIe RAIDDrive SSD, Intel’s 7 SSD PCIe card, Kingston’s dozen SSDNow powered demo system, Marvell’s SATA 6G storage controller, Lucid’s Hydra 200 multi-GPU technology or SuperSpeed USB 3.0 then you are in for a real treat today.
Back in Feburary 2009, Intel disclosed that the 32nm ‘Westmere’ desktop processors were coming out in the fourth quarter of 2009 and that appears to still be true. Arrandale and Clarkdale are the first two Westmere cores that will be introduced to the market. Both Arrandale and Clarkdale are dual-core Westmere parts, but the difference between the two is that Arrandale is for mobile platforms while Clarkdale is for the desktop market.
OCZ today announced an expansion to their lineup of DDR3 to include certified OCZ Black Edition 4GB kits for ultimate compatibility with AMDs next-generation Phenom II processors. The OCZ Black Edition modules feature the high Continue reading “OCZ Announces Low-Voltage AMD Black Edition Memory”.…more
Razer announced today the long delayed update to the Razer DeathAdder Gaming Mouse. It has loads of improvements including a state-of-the-art 3.5G 3500dpi infrared sensor and tangle-free braided cable. Razer hopes these enhancements will keep Continue reading “RAZER Upgrades DEATHADDER Gaming Mouse”.…more
EVGA X58 SLI Micro LGA1366 mATX Motherboard Review @ Hardware Canucks and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums! The mATX form factor has really made a name for Continue reading “September 24 News from Around the Web”.…more
With the launch of the AMD Radeon HD 5870 graphics card fresh on our minds, we couldn’t help but wonder how far we could overclock the card if we weren’t limited by what Catalyst Control Center capped us at? Read on to see what we can do with the AMD GPU Clock Tool on our 5870 that comes stock at 850MHz GPU and 1200MHz Memory.
At IDF 209 this today Intel demonstrated a high-speed optical cable technology available next year that will connect mainstream electronic devices like laptops, HD displays, televisions, cameras, video players, iPods, docking stations and Solid State Continue reading “Intel Displays Light Peak Optical CableTechnology”.…more
Kingston had another strong presence at IDF this year and the highlight of their booth for our audience was clearly the SSD Demo they had setup. The system contained four Kingston SSDNow! M series drives and eight Kingston SSDNow! E series drives! You’ll have to read on to see what they did with this many drives.
GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY today announced their latest addition to its selection of premium graphics cards. GIGABYTEs GV-R587D5-1GD-B and GV-R585D5-1GD-B are built using ATI RadeonbHD 5800 Series GPUs which are based on 40nm process and advanced GDDR5 Continue reading “GIGABYTE Presents Radeon HD 5800 Series Graphics Cards”.…more
ntel Corporation introduced its revolutionary Intel Core i7 Mobile Processor and Intel Core i7 Mobile Processor Extreme Edition today, bringing Intels award-winning and super-fast Nehalem microarchitecture to the mobile market. These processors in addition to Continue reading “Intel Unveils Fastest Laptop Chips Ever – Intel Core i7-920XM”.…more
Today Intel has released their next generation of mobile performance platforms designed with gamers and multimedia enthusiasts in mind. Codenamed “Clarksfield,” the new Intel Core i7 mobile processor paired with the PM55 Express Chipset promises to bring the latest Core technology to a mobile, performance-efficient platform! Read on to find out the full feature set and performance of Intel’s latest mobile performance lineup including benchmarks!
