GURU Of High-Tech

MSI GeForce GTX 660 picture spotted

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Wed, 30 May 2012 13:04:00 +0000

Finally the first picture is leaked on the web, the guys over vr-zone managed to get thier hands on the a picture of MSI's GeForce GTX 660 which is based on the Kepler 28nm "GK104" will be introduced on Computex next week, the GTX 660 is supposed to be speced with 768 CUDA cores, 64 texture and 24 raster operating units and 192-bit wide data bus.

The card will require two slots to be installed and will need around 550W minimal PSU, the picture is modified to show one 6-pin power connectors, the card is set to be released for public on Q3 2012 and we guess a price tag between 250$ and 299$ at first launch.

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Dead Space 3 first picture and logo

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Wed, 30 May 2012 12:36:00 +0000

Just spotted a logo and game picture of the upcoming adventure and survivor horror video game Dead Space 3, the leaked pictures are a simple logo and an out space picture, Dead Space 3 is supposed to be released next year for PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

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No Apple gaming console in the future says Tim Cook

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Wed, 30 May 2012 12:30:00 +0000

In a recent statement Tim Cook the CEO of Apple said that Apple is not interested to make gaming console on the recent D10 conference yesterday, and noted that Apple is happy with mobile gaming on the Ipad and Iphone:

"The game industry has evolved, More and more people play games on portable devices, and our clients are satisfied and love portable gaming. I am not interested to invest in the console market, which represents the traditional game. But Apple is a big player in the gaming industry and it's only going to worsen in the future. "

According to what he said, this confirm that there is no Apple gaming console in the future, making an end to the rumors appeared leaving the home console industry to the current competitors and concentrating on mobile devices games.

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Next CryEngine 3 with high physics quality demonstration

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:40:00 +0000

Another Engine demonstration, after the precedent Frostbite Engine from DICE, here is an amazing demonstration from Crytek, recently we spotted a video show the most realistic 3D car physics using the new edition of CryEngine 3 still on work, to be used on the next Crysis 3 next year, the video show a car built using the new engine with an extreme soft-body physics.

Anything can be built in the Beam physics system - cars, trucks, planes, boats, trains, cranes, tanks, helicopters, and even destructible map objects and crash test dummies, the work is in progress, and can be improved, personally I think the next CryEngine 3 can be great on a racing and destruction video game like the old destruction derby more than adventure and FPS games, wait a min, why not using this engine on GTA ?

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Battlefield 4 requirement is 64Bit OS with high texture quality

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:07:00 +0000

After the success of Battlefield 3 which won lot of prizes, DICE and EA currently are working on the next Engine for Battlefield 4, will be released on 2013 on PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, the new FPS game seems to be very heavy compared with the third edition, that's what Johan Andersson, Rendering Architect at DICE and working on the new "Frostbite Engine" on a tweet text; saying that Battlefield 4 will require 64-Bit Operating system.

We'll have Frostbite-powered games in 2013 that will _require_ a 64-bit OS. If you are on 32-bit, great opportunity to upgrade to Windows 8

According to that statement, the guys on DICE need more resources to run thier Engine, mean a new generation of high texture quality is coming next year, in addition to care about security threats buy using NX-bit feature available on the x64 OSs, and optimization of Engine code.

Check out this work, wondering if it's 64-Bit real life based:

We"ll keep you updated with any details about this game, stay tuned.

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AMD FX 8150 overclocked to 8.80 GHz

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Mon, 28 May 2012 23:01:00 +0000

Recently a Thai overclocker "ksin" guy managed to push the 32nm "Zambezi" AMD FX 8150 CPU to a whooping clock speed up to 8805.64 MHz, this confirm that the FX series from AMD are more friendly to high clock speed even with it's high heats.

So the guy set a new record with this achievement but sadly the validation was rejected from CPU-Z because of the because of the unrevealed cooling technique used., using a nice configuration, for base clock speed of 303.29 MHz and multiplier of 29.0x and feeding the CPU core with a 1.86V, the motherboard is an ASUS Crosshair V Formula and 4 GB (2x 2 GB) of ADATA-made DDR3 memory running @ only 1417Mhz.

Video demonstration overclocking the AMD FX 8150 up to 8Ghz using LN2 solution:

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MPC Home Cinema v1.6.2.4902 with GPU assistance

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Mon, 28 May 2012 17:03:00 +0000

Media Player Classic Home Cinema v1.6.2.4902 is now ready for download with improvements and fixes, this small video player use GPU in addition to the CPU to improve the quality and performance of playback like the Full-HD x.264 videos playback, the new edition support the latest GPUs from Nvidia and AMD using latest DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA), in order to reduce CPU usage dramatically and decode different videos format.

New:

MatroskaSplitter?: Support for QT video formats in Matroska v1 and MPEG-1
Added .tak extension
Added a new Zoom option "Auto Fit (large only)"
Ticket #1792, Show an OSD message and a status message when a favorite is created via the keyboard shortcut
Ticket #1866, Added suppport for MLP audio in MpaDecFilter? and DTSAC3Source
Ticket #2134, Added an auto-update feature to periodically check for new update. This feature can be enabled on first launch or via the Miscellaneous options page. The delay between the checks is also customizable.
Ticket #2193, Add PNG support for custom toolbars
Added Basque translation
Include unrar.dll in the installer; rar'ed subtitles should be supported out of the box

Updated

FFmpeg (git 72261fa)
MediaInfoLib? to v0.7.57
ZenLib? to v0.4.26
SoundTouch? to v1.7.0pre r142
VirtualDub? to v1.10.2-test9
zlib to v1.2.7
Detours to v3.0 build 316
Little CMS to v2.4 (git 9e246ec 23/05/2012)
French, Turkish, Czech, Russian, Ukrainian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, German, Polish and Portuguese (Brazil) translations

Removed

GTSdll support since it's dead
Option to disable XP theming since it's of no use for any OS >= Windows XP
Option "Use the WM ASF Reader for Windows Media files" since it has no effect on any "modern" OS (>= Windows XP)
SSF support

And more..

Download now 32Bit

Download now 64Bit

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Minimum PC requirements for Max Payne 3 to play

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Mon, 28 May 2012 16:51:00 +0000

Two weeks ago Rockstar released Max Payne 3 for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, now PC users are waiting for their turn to play this great game, the PC version of Max Payne 3 will be available in America on May 29th, and in Europe on June 1st, 2012.

if you are planing to buy this game Rockstar leaked the minimum and recommenced PC system configuration requirements to run the game at perfect conditions, the PC version of Max Payne 3 will come with better graphics quality than the console version with a high texture quality, that's confirmed because of the huge disk space required to install the game which is 35GB.

RANGE OF MINIMUM TO MAXIMUM TESTED SYSTEM SPECS;

LOWEST TESTED SPECS
Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
Intel Dual Core 2.4 GHZ or AMD Dual Core 2.6 GHZ, or better
2GB System RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 512MB RAM
or AMD Radeon HD 3400 512MB RAM

LOW RECOMMENDED SPECS
Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
Intel Dual Core 3GHz or AMD equivalent
3GB System RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 450 512MB RAM
or AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB RAM

HIGH RECOMMENDED SPECS
Windows 7/Vista (32 or 64 bit)
Intel i7 Quad Core 2.8Ghz or AMD equivalent
3GB System RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 480 1GB RAM
or AMD Radeon HD 5870 1GB RAM

HIGHEST TESTED SPECS
Windows 7/Vista (64 bit)
Intel i7 3930K 6 Core x 3.06 GHZ
or AMD FX8150 8 Core x 3.6 GHZ
16GB System RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB RAM
or AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB RAM

Activation: Initial activation requires internet connection and a valid Rockstar Social Club account (13+ to register); Online play requires log-in to Rockstar Social Club (13+); software installation required including GameShield IronWrap; DirectX and Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86).

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Radeon HD 7970 X2 PCB and specifications detail led

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:45:00 +0000

AMD AIB parters outrun the original company to release the HD 7990 dual-GPU, AMD is expected to show it's dual "Tahiti" GPU in the next computex 2012 show which will happen next month, but AIB parters already showed picture of an on-work Radeon HD 7970 X2 PCB, that was spotted at DonanimHaber.

The partner is currently making a custom-design Dual-GPU graphics cards with reference name "Radeon HD 7970 X2" using dual 28nm "tahiti" GPUs same one used on the HD 7970, according to the picture the card require dual eight pin power connector, the GPUs clock speed is expected to be higher than 1Ghz with factory overclocked trying to take down the direct competitor Nvidia Geforce GTX 690 dual-GPU in addition to a competitive price compared with the GTX 690 wich is currently available for around 980$.

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Core i5-3350P specifications without integrated HD graphics

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:57:00 +0000

It's confirmed from Intel that two model of the new Ivy Bridge CPUs line will come without an integrated graphics chip inside, the CPU is the Core i5-3350P, with a "P" for lack of integrated Graphics.

The specifications of the Intel Core i5-3350P is a 22nm silicon used, a quad physical cores, no HyperThreading like similar core i5, using 6 MB of L3 cache memory and running @ clock speed 3.10 GHz, can achieve 3.30Mhz when in turbo Boost mode and of course without a integrated HD graphics, this mean that this CPU will come with a lower TDP equal to 69W and the good news is this result to a lower heats which mean more overclocking ability and a slight lower price tag, making it a great choice for gamers that don't know what mean an integrated graphics.

Core i5-3350P

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HP Pro desktop Driver Windows XP problem fixed

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:56:00 +0000

Looking to install the old Windows XP OS on your HP Pro desktop computer ? Then you'll need the correct drivers for your PC to run properly, and you may face some incompatibility problem on Windows XP, similar to Intel Graphics HD driver which is no more supported by Intel support for Windows XP ,don't worry we are here for help, after some research I managed to find a list of working drivers and as usual I want to share this find with you, for help.

HP Pro desktop

These drivers may be compatible with other HP desktop computers, download the drivers bellow to your desktop and execute the setup process.

List of drivers needed:

Intel HD integrated graphic Windows XP Driver

Intel SMBus Controller card reader Windows XP

Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller

Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller

Realtek High Definition Audio driver

Drivers Realtek RTL8100/8101/8102/8103/8105/8401/8111/8168/8411

Please leave a comment if you have any problem.

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Windows 8 boot time test video

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:49:00 +0000

A program manager from Microsoft demonstrate on a video a really fast boot feature to the next generation of operating system from Microsoft, Windows 8 , the boot time took about 10 seconds see the login screen, Windows 8 will be available later this year

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MS-7778 with Socket FM2 based motherboard spotted

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Tue, 22 May 2012 23:33:00 +0000

A guy on vr-zone forum uploaded two pictures of a motherboard features AMD FM2 Socket which will be used to support the new Trinity Fusion processor lines from AMD including the A8 and A10 APUs, to be released on June this year.

The motherboard on the pictures seems to be an MSI branded with a reference name "MS-7778"using four dual-channels DDR3 slots and one PCI-E connector, a Wi-Fi modules, on the I/O connectors, a DVI, D-Sub and four USB 3.0 ports

The new FM2 motherboards supposed to be based on the new AMD A85 FCH chipset, with USB 3.0 no more information about this chip until now.

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Latest GeForce driver 301.42 WHQL ready for download

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Tue, 22 May 2012 23:04:00 +0000

Another WHQL Microsoft certified Geforce products driver from Nvidia is released today, the GeForce 301.42 is the latest stable driver supporting the latest Geforce products including the new low profile Geforce GTX 610, 620 and 630 in addition to the PhysX System Software v9.12.0213, the HD Audio v1.3.16.0 driver, supporting Geforce products from the old 6000 series and lot of improvements and bugs fixes with a performance boost over the V296 driver.

Performance boost compared with the 296.10 WHQL:

GeForce GTX 570/580:
Up to 23% in Just Cause 2 with SLI
Up to 21% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Up to 17% in StarCraft II with SLI
Up to 14% in Far Cry 2 with SLI
Up to 9% in Bulletstorm
Up to 7% in Civilization V
Up to 6% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution with SLI
Up to 6% in Dragon Age 2 with SLI
Up to 5% in Metro 2033 with SLI
Up to 5% in Total War: Shogun 2

GeForce GTX 560/560 Ti:
Up to 20% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Up to 15% in Just Cause 2 with SLI
Up to 13% in Far Cry 2 with SLI
Up to 12% in Bulletstorm
Up to 11% in Civilization V
Up to 10% in StarCraft II with SLI
Up to 9% in Batman: Arkham City
Up to 4% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution with SLI
Up to 4% in Dragon Age 2 with SLI
Up to 4% in Metro 2033 with SLI
Up to 4% in Total War: Shogun 2

NVIDIA FXAA Technology – shader-based anti-aliasing technology available from the NVIDIA Control Panel that enables ultra-fast anti-aliasing in hundreds of PC games. FXAA delivers similar quality to 4x multi-sample antialiasing (MSAA) but is up to 60% faster, enabling substantially higher performance in games. FXAA is supported on all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs. Note: This feature is disabled for games that already have built-in support for FXAA.

And more..

Supported products:

GeForce 600 series:
GTX 690, GTX 680, GTX 670, GT 645, GT 640, GT 630, GT 620, GT 610, 605

GeForce 500 series:
GTX 590, GTX 580, GTX 570, GTX 560 Ti, GTX 560 SE, GTX 560, GTX 555, GTX 550 Ti, GT 545, GT 530, GT 520, 510

GeForce 400 series:
GTX 480, GTX 470, GTX 465, GTX 460 v2, GTX 460 SE v2, GTX 460 SE, GTX 460, GTS 450, GT 440, GT 430, GT 420, 405

GeForce 300 series:
GT 340, GT 330, GT 320, 315, 310

GeForce 200 series:
GTX 295, GTX 285, GTX 280, GTX 275, GTX 260, GTS 250, GTS 240, GT 240, GT 230, GT 220, G210, 210, 205

GeForce 100 series:
GT 140, GT 130, GT 120, G 100

GeForce 9 series:
9800 GX2, 9800 GTX/GTX+, 9800 GT, 9600 GT, 9600 GSO, 9600 GS, 9500 GT, 9500 GS, 9400 GT, 9400, 9300 GS, 9300 GE, 9300, 9200, 9100

GeForce 8 series:
8800 Ultra, 8800 GTX, 8800 GTS 512, 8800 GTS, 8800 GT, 8800 GS, 8600 GTS, 8600 GT, 8600 GS, 8500 GT, 8400 SE, 8400 GS, 8400, 8300 GS, 8300, 8200 / nForce 730a, 8200, 8100 / nForce 720a

GeForce 7 series:
7950 GX2, 7950 GT, 7900 GTX, 7900 GT/GTO, 7900 GS, 7800 SLI, 7800 GTX, 7800 GT, 7800 GS, 7650 GS, 7600 LE, 7600 GT, 7600 GS, 7550 LE, 7500 LE, 7350 LE, 7300 SE / 7200 GS, 7300 LE, 7300 GT, 7300 GS, 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7100 GS, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 620i, 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a, 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i, 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a

GeForce 6 series:
6800 XT, 6800 XE, 6800 Ultra, 6800 Series GPU, 6800 LE, 6800 GT, 6800 GS/XT, 6800 GS, 6800, 6700 XL, 6610 XL, 6600 VE, 6600 LE, 6600 GT, 6600, 6500, 6250, 6200 TurboCache, 6200SE TurboCache, 6200 LE, 6200 A-LE, 6200, 6150SE nForce 430, 6150LE / Quadro NVS 210S, 6150 LE, 6150, 6100 nForce 420, 6100 nForce 405, 6100 nForce 400, 6100

ION series:
ION LE, ION

Download GeForce 301.42 WHQL Driver:

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HTC One S Vs HTC One X Vs LG Optimus 4X Benchmark tests results

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:58:00 +0000

Hello mobile performance fans, HTC release two new performance line smartphones featuring the latest hardware and software available on the planet, using quad-core CPU based and the latest Google Android 4 ICS OS, you wonder how these new mobile devices perform and what you'll get if you are planing to buy one of them.

We will try to give you a clear view about the performance difference between four best-of smartphone currently you can find on the market (we will add the new Samsung Galaxy S3 in another test soon), on the spot light are the latest two quad core from HTC, the HTC One S and the HTC One X, on the other side also the LG Optimus 4X, and finally one of the most successful smartphone during the past year, the Samsung Galaxy S2.

Feature comparison:

	HTC One X	HTC One S
Dimensions	5.29 x 2.75 x 0.35 inches (134.4 x 69.9 x 8.9mm)	5.15 x 2.56 x 0.31 inches (130.9 x 65 x 7.8 mm)
Weight	4.59 oz (130g)	4.22 oz (120g)
Screen size	4.7 inches	4.3 inches
Screen resolution	1280 x 720 HD (312ppi)	960 x 540 qHD (256ppi)
Screen type	S-LCD 2	Super AMOLED
Battery	1,800mAh	1,650mAh
Internal storage	32GB	16GB
External storage	None	None
Rear camera	8MP, f/2.0	8 MP, f/2.0
Front-facing camera	1.3MP	VGA
Video capture	1080p HD	1080p
NFC	Yes	No
Radios	Quadband GSM / EDGE; HSPA+ 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100	Quadband GSM / EDGE; HSPA+ 850 / 900 / 2100
Network speeds	DC HSPA+ 42Mbps	DC HSPA+ 42Mbps
Bluetooth	4.0	4.0
RAM	1GB DDR2	1GB DDR2
MHL	Yes	Yes
WiFi	a/b/g/n (dual-band)	a/b/g/n (dual-band)

Benchmarks

HTC One S Vs HTC One X Vs Galaxy S2 Vs LG Optimus 4X

Based on the many tests available from trusted sources in addition our smartphones tests, bellow is a compilation of benchmark results comparing four top of the line smartphones available on the markets.

Note that the results may vary depending on the OS version installed, smartphone model (for example the Samsung galaxy s2 on the test is the standard global version Galaxy i9100, the i9100G and any other version will perform slower)

Quadrant benchmark comparison result:

AnTuTu benchmark comparison result:

NenaMark2 graphic performance benchmark comparison result:

If you want the best gaming smartphone with a decent performance and LED display screen go ahead with the HTC One S, all other uses you can chose between the HTC One X and LG Optimus 4X.

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Control your computer with your hands in 3D is now a reality !

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:25:00 +0000

Another motion capture device or lets say for the first time you can control your computer in 3D, the Leap 3D gesture control system for hands from Leap Motion is a device which allow you to interact with your computer in a new way using your hands capturing every movement of your hands and fingers.

The company claim that it's Leap 3D gesture control system is 200 times more accurate than Microsoft's Kinect motion controller, the good point of this invention that it will make an end to the computer touchscreen, check out the demonstration video:

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Nokia Lumia 900 hard screen scratch test

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000

I was really impressed about this smartphone from the past using strong hardware inside and feature the latest Windows phone 7 and will support the next Windows 8, we are talking about the new Nokia Lumia 900.

Here is another uses of the phone, it's now used as a hammer, yes you can use the Nokia Lumia 900 to fix your door or window without any screen damage or digitizer problem, thats what a guys managed to do with the smartphone on a video spotted on "techcraver" channel, thanks to the incredible strong glasses technology using the new Corning Gorilla GlassGorilla and Nokia ClearBlack display, check it out you'll

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Playstation 4 and Xbox 3 graphics pictures compiled with Unreal Engine

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Sat, 19 May 2012 23:09:00 +0000

Epic games, the designer of "Unreal Engine" a graphics engine aimed to create games for booth consoles and PC, unveils some pictures compiled using the new Unreal Engine which is also designed for the next generation of consoles, the Xbox 3 and Playstation 4, noting that Epic is complaining that the next generation of gaming consoles are not that performance to use it's latest engines, keep pressing for a more powerful hardware inside the new consoles.

The pictures show an advanced lighting with a good light refractions and reflection in addition to the tessellation effects compared with the current generation, but the texture resolution seems to be poor.

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Geforce GT 630, GT 620, GT 610 specifications detailed

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:56:00 +0000

After the OEM releases, Nvidia release three new graphic cards belong to the 600 series, including three for low profile users the Geforce GT 630, GT 620 and GT 610, in addition to a more powerful Geforce GT 630, official specifications leaked about these new cards which are a great choice for a new HTPC to run full HD and BD-ROM video at perfect performance,

Model NAME	Geforce GT 630	Geforce GT 630 2G/1G Low Profile	Geforce GT 620 1G Low Profile
Core Clock	810 MHz	810 MHz	700 MHz
Memory Clock	1620 MHz	1620 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory Type	1GB DDR3/GDDR5	1GB/2GB DDR3	1GB DDR3
Memory Interface	128-bit	128-bit	64-bit
CUDA Cores	96	96	96
Bus Type	PCI-Express 2.0	PCI-Express 2.0	PCI-Express 2.0
Outputs	HDMI x1 /DL- DVI-I x1/ CRTx1	HDMI x1 /DL- DVI-I x1/ CRTx1	HDMI x1 /DL- DVI-I x1/ CRTx1

Model NAME	Geforce GT 610 2G/1G
Core Clock	810 MHz
Memory Clock	1620 MHz
Memory Type	1GB/2GB DDR3
Memory Interface	64-bit
CUDA Cores	48
Bus Type	PCI-Express 2.0
Outputs	HDMI x1 /DL- DVI-I x1/ CRTx1

Sparkel, anounced the releases of five graphic cards with diffrence video memory sizes, check out the PR bellow.

SPARKLE announced GT630, GT620 and GT610 low profile design lined up for HTPC users with limited space available. Equipped with up to 2G onboard memory and advanced technology, users can be impressed by fluent HD entertainment without having to compromise their system size. Furthermore, SPARKLE GT610 has passive cooling solution available, offered the soundless entertaining platform and delivered the best user experience.

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Advanced graphics quality achieved using Kepler GPUs in realtime

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:37:00 +0000

Nvidia introduced on the GDC a real time ray tracing demonstration using the latest Kepler GPU, as you'll see on this video the graphics technology is going fast enough to present such a thing running in real time, we can see new era on the future of video games using these new chip, but the real problem is that the current generation of consoles from 2006, are holding us back to the old gaming industry as long as they make games for booth consoles and PC, any ways lets wait and see the next Crysis, wish Im wrong.

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GK110 specifications appearance, to be packed on Tesla K20, may be a GTX 685

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:59:00 +0000

Okay, this one is a big green monster appearance, the NVIDIA GK110 Kepler GPU, we spotted today some informations about it, named a "big kepler" as many want to call it, the GK110 GPU will be used on the new Tesla K20 graphic card which is supposed to take appearance next Q4 2012

The NVIDIA GK110 Kepler is currently aimed for professional market priority to be used on the Tesla products, but there are some rumors says that the new GPU can be equipped inside an Nvidia Geforce GTX 685 later this year, about the known specifications, the GK110 will pack a whooping 3072 Shader processors according to the latest informations (that's the same number of shaders units on the GeForce GTX 690) and might use up to 16 SMX cores, that require a big die size and we guess that it may achieve up to 550mm2.

The GK110 GPU will use 28nm process technology, the GPU will feature a powerful parallel abilities with an increase in double precision performance over a comparable Fermi core and also a high level dynamic parallelism, in addition to the Hyper Q technology which allow the GPU cores to perform up to 32 concurrent work queues Vs one for the "Fermi".

GK110

GK 110 Specifications:

7.1 Billion Transistors
2880 or 3072 Shader processors
15/16 SMX (shader engines with 192 Shader-ALUs)
384-Bit wide GDDR5 memory bus
require 6-Pin & 8-Pin power connectors for Tesla K20-cards
Power consumption: 250W to 300W
Up to 3x higher double precision

The performance of the GK110 is expected to be around 50% faster than the Geforce GTX 680, the release date is expected to happen on August 2012, that's all we got about this chip today, waiting for official confirmation or any update.

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AMD APUs 2nd-Generation details and specifications official today

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:59:00 +0000

Today, AMD (Advanced ) launched the second generation of it's AMD A-Series Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) targeting mobile markets, ultrathins devices and All-in-One HTPC products, and so AMD publish a press release includes specifications, features and performance compared with precedent generation, with an improved design over the previous generation featuring a lower TDP and faster integrated GPUs, thanks to the new HD 7000 Series graphics inside, check out the PR.

New 2nd-Generation "Trinity" architecture:

2nd-Generation APUs specifications compared:

2nd-Generation AMD APUs Features:

Double the performance per watt of the previous generation;

The AMD HD Media Accelerator with a unique set of technologies designed to optimize video quality available with premium and Internet video content, and accelerate video file conversion;

An increase in CPU performance of up to 29 percent with higher processor speeds thanks to the next-generation AMD "Piledriver" CPU core with 3rd-Generation AMD Turbo Core technology, where power is dynamically shifted between the CPU and GPU depending on application needs, effectively providing a more responsive experience that can boost CPU frequencies to up to 3.2 GHz;

AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series graphics for an increase of graphics performance up to 56% over the previous generation. Combined, the CPU and GPU cores deliver more than 700 gigaflops of computing performance - several times more than the fastest x86 CPUs - to boost performance of hundreds of applications;

Up to 12 hours of battery life through CPU and GPU power enhancements, with clear battery life leadership in notebook form factors.

"The latest OEM notebooks, ultrathins, All-in-Ones and desktops based on the new AMD A-Series APU enable the best video and gaming experiences, highly responsive performance with AMD Turbo CORE, and accelerate an ever-increasing range of productivity and multimedia applications -- in sleek, stylish designs at price points that make sense," said Chris Cloran, corporate vice president and General Manager, AMD Client Business Unit. "Our 2nd-Generation AMD A-Series APU is a major step forward in every performance and power dimension, allowing users to enjoy a stunning experience without having to give up the things that matter to them most. This experience doesn't stop at mainstream notebooks. It carries over into affordable ultrathin form factors featuring the latest in AMD Radeon graphics."

Unmatched Mobility
With more than 12 hours of 'resting' battery life, AMD is now an industry leader in notebook battery-life performance. The 2nd-Generation AMD A-Series APU delivers increased levels of performance, while consuming half the power as its predecessor.

In ultrathin form factors, AMD enables an uncompromised visual experience thanks to a power-efficient and premium AMD Radeon graphics engine. Consumers can expect to see ultrathin notebooks based on dual-core 17-watt and quad-core 25-watt AMD A-Series APUs. These products will be easily identifiable by aluminum-styled VISION Technology stickers at a range of competitive price points.

"We are excited for the introduction of the 2nd-Generation AMD A-Series APU and are confident it will continue the great work Microsoft and AMD have done together on the A-Series APU," said Aidan Marcuss, senior director, Windows Business Planning, Microsoft Corp. "We look forward to seeing the A-Series APU in action with Windows 8 to deliver a great user experience across a variety of hardware."

AMD Perfect Picture HD - An image, video processing and display technology that automatically makes images and video better with color vibrancy adjustments, edge enhancement, noise reduction and dynamic contrast fixes;

AMD Steady Video Technology - A technology that enables smooth playback of jittery video content with a single button click thanks to plug-ins for popular Web browsers and multimedia applications;

AMD Quick Stream Technology - A new technology that prioritizes video streaming on PC systems for a smooth, virtually uninterrupted video stream;

True HD video chat with up to four people at once;

AMD Video Converter - A video compression engine for fast conversion and sharing of media files across multiple formats and devices;

Full decode support for H.264, MPEG-2, VC-1, MVC, DivX and WMV.

Gaming Leadership
The 2nd-Generation AMD A-Series APU builds on AMD's legacy of gaming leadership with an increase in graphics performance of up to 56% over the previous generation and support for:

AMD Eyefinity Technology - For the first time, this immersive technology is available from an APU without the need for a discrete graphics card;

Performance-leading DirectX 11 graphics architecture and 1080p gaming a life-like level of detail;

AMD Radeon dual graphics support that delivers a performance boost of up to 75 percent when adding a discrete graphics card to the APU. The AMD Radeon dual graphics option also offers support for DirectX 9 for older game titles, and uses new AMD CrossFire Technology Profiles for easier updates.

Availability and Technical Details
AMD has a record number of design wins with companies like Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba based on our 2nd-Generation AMD A-Series APUs and VISION Technology from AMD, with mainstream and ultrathin notebooks as well as embedded solutions, available beginning today.

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FIFA 2013 first ingame pictures and graphics quality

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:42:00 +0000

EA sports release new pictures taken from live gameplay and replay of the upcoming soccer video game FIFA 2013, the game is set to be released on the last quarter this year for PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, to face it's direct rival the next PES 2014.

The graphics looks similar to FIFA 2012 with a slightly improved lighting, now enjoy these ingame pictures show.

PC Disk cover:

PC Disk cover

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AMD R-464L, AMD R-272F APU Vs i7-2710QE first graphic benchamrk leaked

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:45:00 +0000

Here is the first benchmark about the next AMD APUs products with "Trinity" core inside, AMD will release new APUs products based on the new "Trinity" SKU core with a lower power consumption and will be branded as "R-Series", expecting that it will be similar to mobile "Trinity" editions.

A PDF file leaked on AMD website show an interesting comparison between the Sandy Bridge CPUs from Intel and the new AMD R-464L, AMD R-272F, according to external resources, the AMD R-464L specifications are 4 cores, which clocked at 2.3 GHz, and using an HD 7660G GPU requiring 35 Watt TDP to run stable, based on these number the new AMD R-464L can be a rebrand of the mobile A10-4600M chip, the R-272F APU can be a dual-core one and use a lower GPU.

Moving to the benchmark result, the snapshot show that the AMD R-464L perform 106% faster than Intel i7-2710QE sandy bridge based CPU which use the Intel graphics HD 3000, and the AMD R-272F is 45% faster when using graphics applications, and even when compared with the new intel graphic HD 4000, the AMD R-464L could easily win,

Benchmark:

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Max Payne 3 Xbox 360 Pro Exhibition multiplayer tournement with $30K prize

noreply@blogger.com (Maher Yahya) — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:20:00 +0000

Rockstars done a Max Payne 3 video game 16 of the world's best competitive gamers going head-to-head in multiplayer 4 vs. 4 Team Matches and Deathmatch on Xbox 360 with a cash prize purse of $30,000, Max Payne 3 will be available for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC on May 2012, check out the multiplayer show on the video.

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