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Acer unveils Ferrari One notebook

By Shane McGlaun on Friday, Sep 11th 2009 No Comments

Acer is a big sponsor of the Ferrari F1 team and as such, the company has been making special edition Ferrari notebooks for a while. The thing most of the Ferrari editions have in common is improved performance and a big price tag.

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AMD debut Tigris 2009 Notebook Platform & 2nd-Gen Ultrathin Platform

By Ewdison Then on Thursday, Sep 10th 2009 No Comments

AMD have revealed their latest attempt to corner the market in notebook hardware, with the launch of the 2009 AMD Mainstream Notebook Platform “Tigris” and the Second-Generation AMD Ultrathin Platform. Both combine AMD’s latest CPUs and ATI-range GPUs, and promise up to 42-percent improved performance in the mainstream range and ultraportables that “visibly outperform” rival systems (such as Intel’s CULV, we presume) when it comes to 3D gaming, media processing and more.

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AMD CPU and HD 4570 GPU packed into Clevo budget laptops

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Sep 9th 2009 No Comments

AMD are talking up their latest collaboration with manufacturer Clevo, packing the chipmakers’ Athlon 64 X2 processor and ATI Radeon HD 4570 graphics into what’s described as “an optimal price”. While the targets of these new machines – unnamed by the AMD press release and seemingly yet to show up on Clevo’s own site – are developing markets, we can’t help but think that it’s not just Brazil and Taiwan who would like “long battery life” and “exceptional video performance” with a budget price.

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Gateway NV5214u Notebook Review

By Ewdison Then on Friday, Sep 4th 2009 2 Comments

While expensive ultraportables may get the bulk of online attention, the real battle is going on at the budget end of the market, where netbooks, CULV ultra-thins and cheap notebooks are fighting it out for a slice of the lucrative back-to-school audience. Into the fray steps Gateway, no stranger to the segment, and they’ve brought along their NV5214u, very much the desktop-replacing notebook rather than a slick but underpowered netbook. With an MRSP of $499.99 it certainly ticks the budget box; check out the full SlashGear review after the cut to see if it can tick any others.

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AMD makes six-core AMD Opteron EE CPU official

By Shane McGlaun on Monday, Aug 31st 2009 No Comments

AMD is working hard to increase its market share in the CPU industry and it is making a bit of headway. The company is traditionally stronger in the server CPU market than it is in consumer CPUs. AMD today officially announced the availability of its latest Opteron EE processor.

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ATI Radeon 4000 series graphics cards get into Mac computers

By Shane McGlaun on Monday, Aug 31st 2009 1 Comment

Apple is one of the most popular brands in computers inside the U.S. and has been using NVIDIA GPUs in many of its products like its line of MacBooks for a while. The NVIDIA 9400 series GPUs that Apple was using were subject to significantly higher than normal failure rates leading to many notebooks failing or having issues with graphics. After such failures, many wouldn’t be surprised if Apple is seeking a new GPU supplier for its computers.

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MSI Wind U150 touchscreen Windows 7 netbook confirmed, plus AMD Yukon U210

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Aug 26th 2009 No Comments

MSI have confirmed previous leaks that they are developing a convertible touchscreen netbook that will run Windows 7 on Intel’s upcoming Pine Trail chipset. The MSI Wind U150 will take on ASUS’ Eee PC T91; however there’s some confusion as to when it might arrive. MSI have tipped Pine Trail’s official debut as taking place at CES 2010, while Intel maintain that the new Atom processors are on course for a late-2009 release.

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HIS announces HD 4890 iCooler x4 video card

By Shane McGlaun on Tuesday, Aug 25th 2009 No Comments

Any PC gamer will tell you that the better your video card is the better graphics you get when you play PC games. We see lots of customized NVIDIA video cards with new cooling solutions and other features come across the market, but custom ATI video cards are less common.

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ASUS Eee Box Gets Specifications List

By Evan Selleck on Monday, Aug 24th 2009 No Comments

It was only a couple days ago that we outed the upcoming releases from ASUS, which included the Eee Box, where we informed you that the upcoming tech would come stock with a NVIDIA ION GPU. And now, according to an official Eee PC website, that seems to be the exact case. There are some other things that match up really well with that original post, so keep reading to see what this little box has in store for you.

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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 34 2009

By Shane McGlaun on Sunday, Aug 23rd 2009 No Comments

Here we go again with another week in review for your perusal. A mystery Android-powered MID tipped up this week looking very much like those renderings of the Apple tablet to my eyes. It’s cool to see android showing up on so many devices. Logitech unveiled an update to the coolest racing wheel ever, the G25, called simply enough the G27. The new wheel promises more accurate force feedback effects and keeps with the slick clutch and gated shifter we loved from the G25.

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