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AMD DirectX 11 graphics cards on market by December holiday

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jul 8th 2009 No Comments

directx 11 logo AMD have been discussing the impact of DirectX 11 and the benefits of its latest graphics chip, set to appear on video cards in time for the December holidays. According to AMD, transcoding video using the chip will be three times quicker than using the CPU, and will offer automatic conversions without requiring the user to mess with codecs or resolutions.

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eMachines ET1300-02, ET1810-01 and ET1810-03 budget desktops

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jul 1st 2009 No Comments

eMachines have rolled out three new desktop PCs, and the color-scheme is decidedly white. The eMachines ET1300-02, ET1810-01 and ET1810-03 all have a mini-tower and use AMD’s Athlon X2 4850e 2.5GHz processor, Intel’s Celeron 420 1.6GHz and Intel’s Pentium dual-core E2210 2.2GHz respectively.

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HP xw9400 Workstation gets dual Six-Core AMD Opteron CPUs

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jul 1st 2009 No Comments

HP have announced their latest workstation, and if you’ve been disappointed with the power on offer in past models then this one might just do the trick. The HP xw9400 Workstation can now be specified with the six-core AMD Opteron 2400 series processors, giving a total of 12 cores overall when two of the processors are paired together.

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HP announce new Pavilion, Elite, Slimline & Compaq Presario desktops

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jun 25th 2009 No Comments

HP have announced a new range of consumer desktop PCs, together with an update to their MediaSmart Server software for TouchSmart PCs. Slimline, Pavilion and Elite desktops have all been announced, together with a new Compaq Presario desktop. In addition, HP have announced that select consumer PCs bought from today onwards will be eligible for their Windows 7 Upgrade Program.

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Gateway SX SFF and DX mini-tower PCs announced

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jun 25th 2009 No Comments

Gateway have rolled out two new small-form-factor (SFF) desktop PC ranges, its SX Series and DX Series, offering a choice of AMD or Intel processors, HDMI connectivity and compact desk footprints. The first SX model is the Gateway SX2800-01, a Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz desktop with integrated GMA X4500 graphics, 4GB of DDR memory, 640GB hard-drive and a DVD burner.

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Sony VAIO NW: 15.5-inch Blu-ray notebook from $880

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jun 19th 2009 No Comments

Sony have announced a new VAIO laptop, the NW-series, packing a 15.5-inch WXGA XBRITE display, 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 processor and an optional Blu-ray drive. The Sony VAIO NW is also being priced competitively: the standard model is $800, while adding Blu-ray to that is just $80 more.

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AMD Congo detailed: dual-core Neo plus Radeon HD 3200 GPU

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jun 12th 2009 No Comments

AMD may have convinced HP to slap their new Congo into the updated dv2 ultraportable, but if you’ve been waiting to hear a little more about the dual-core chipset then we’ve some more detail for you. Targeted at thin-and-light notebooks rather than taking on Intel’s Atom N-series chips, Congo is a combination of the new dual-core AMD Neo processor, updated ATI graphics and an improved chipset.

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AMD show Athlon II X2 250, Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition & ATI Theater HD 750 worldwide HDTV tuner

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jun 2nd 2009 No Comments

AMD have announced two new desktop processors, the dual-core 45nm Athlon II X2 250 and the X2 550 Black Edition, their first-ever dual-core AMD Phenom II. The former boasts a TDP of 65W and nifty throttling to cut power consumption by as much as half when its full capabilities are not needed. Meanwhile desktop and mobile users will soon have the option of watching worldwide HDTV no matter the broadcast standard, thanks to the AMD ATI Theater HD 750.

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ATI Radeon E4690 embedded GPU with HD & 3D decoding

By Chris Davies on Monday, Jun 1st 2009 No Comments

AMD have announced a new version of embedded graphics chipsets, with more than triple the 3D performance of their earlier offerings. The ATI Radeon E4690 bundles a second-generation AMD Unified Video Decoder for hardware acceleration of HD video with 512MB of graphics memory and support for DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL 3.0.

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MSI Wind Box DE200 nettop with ATI graphics

By Chris Davies on Friday, May 29th 2009 2 Comments

Hot on the heels of ASUS’ new Eee Box nettops comes rival MSI’s new Wind Box DE200. Sporting a new tapered design that reminds me of a Cylon’s helmet, the Wind Box DE200 pairs Intel’s Atom 230 1.6GHz processor with an ATI Radeon HD 4350 GPU and HDMI output.

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