http://www.driverheaven.net/ If you would like to submit news to us, please post it in this forum. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:24:31 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.driverheaven.net/styles/razer_november/misc/rss.jpg http://www.driverheaven.net/ http://www.driverheaven.net/submit-news/192651-first-working-nvidia-fermi-video-card-spotted.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:05:54 GMT Some watchful members of our forum alerted us to the possibility of the first appearance of Nvidia’s upcoming GeForce “Fermi” architecture based... Some watchful members of our forum alerted us to the possibility of the first appearance of Nvidia’s upcoming GeForce “Fermi” architecture based video card. Expected to be named the GF100 series, this video card was spotted running the Unigine Heave DX11 benchmark.



Alien Babel Tech ]]> Submit News Optix http://www.driverheaven.net/submit-news/192651-first-working-nvidia-fermi-video-card-spotted.html http://www.driverheaven.net/submit-news/192650-dram-prices-will-drop-december.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:02:41 GMT Normally around Christmas there is a slackening of the spot prices of DRAM and this year there is a lack of anything standing in the way of a major... Normally around Christmas there is a slackening of the spot prices of DRAM and this year there is a lack of anything standing in the way of a major price cut.

The Inquirer ]]> Submit News Optix http://www.driverheaven.net/submit-news/192650-dram-prices-will-drop-december.html http://www.driverheaven.net/submit-news/192498-technewshw-reviews-scythe-katana-3-a.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:57:11 GMT Today we will be looking at the Katana III CPU cooler from Scythe. Offered as a low cost cooling solution in the 30USD range, the Katana III is a 3... Today we will be looking at the Katana III CPU cooler from Scythe. Offered as a low cost cooling solution in the 30USD range, the Katana III is a 3 heat pipe cooler supporting a large range of CPU types. Let's take a glance quickly at the specifications and then move on to our first look at this cooler.


Source: TechnewsHW ]]> Submit News drakesteakn http://www.driverheaven.net/submit-news/192498-technewshw-reviews-scythe-katana-3-a.html http://www.driverheaven.net/submit-news/192238-lucid-hydra-performance-preview.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:58:22 GMT pcperspective has a Lucid Hydra Performance Preview

pcperspective

hope it's not old news

Outlore ]]> Submit News outlore http://www.driverheaven.net/submit-news/192238-lucid-hydra-performance-preview.html http://www.driverheaven.net/submit-news/192063-powercolor-adds-passive-cooling-hd5750.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:59:56 GMT The PowerColor SCS3 HD5750 features an effective passive cooling solution dissipating excessive heat with minimal noise. The copper base, which fully... The PowerColor SCS3 HD5750 features an effective passive cooling solution dissipating excessive heat with minimal noise. The copper base, which fully covers, the GPU through 4 copper heat pipes and 32 piece heat sink offers outstanding cooling performance in a quite setting.

While running passively, the PowerColor SCS3 HD5750 maintains the original specifications with core engine of 700MHz, 1150 MHz memory speed. This model takes advantage of the latest 40nm technology, providing better performance while using less power and offering an excellent balance between a superior gaming experience and power efficiency.

PowerColor SCS3 HD5750 supports the latest Microsoft DirectX® 11 technology, providing intense gaming performance and unrivalled image quality with stunning 3D visual effects. With support for ATI Eyefinity technology, maximizing your field of view up to three displays, and compatibility with ATI stream technology, it can offload data parallel compute tasks from the CPU to GPU, accelerates the daily application and provides the best productivity.



The PowerColor SCS3 HD5750 will be available on Nov. 20th and will retail at US$149.


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Product Information ]]> Submit News simonw http://www.driverheaven.net/submit-news/192063-powercolor-adds-passive-cooling-hd5750.html http://www.driverheaven.net/submit-news/192041-ms-shows-computer-eye-tracking.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:31:36 GMT Microsoft College Tour 09: mindblowing natural user interface concept demos from Microsoft Research - istartedsomething... Microsoft College Tour 09: mindblowing natural user interface concept demos from Microsoft Research - istartedsomething

It turns out 2019 is getting closer every day. At the moment, Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer Craig Mundie is doing the rounds at a number of prestigious colleges in the States showing off Microsoft’s vision for technology to solve the world’s biggest problems. Of course, one must use the latest in natural user interfaces for this task.

A feature of this year’s tour appears to be a next-generation computer – one that docks and undocks from a transparent glass display and allows for not only pen and voice input as you’d come to expect from natural user interfaces, but also incorporates touchless gestures and eye-tracking to interact with the information at hand.

Personally I’ve never seen eye-tracking used as an input before, but after seeing this demo, it makes so much sense to skim vasts amounts of information with your eye.

I’ll let these two videos do the rest of the talking.

No doubt with any fancy prototype it’s usually very difficult to distinguish just how much of the demo is real and how much of it is simulated – either by timers or remote-control, but knowing Microsoft Research and what they’re capable of, I’m willing to bet it’s all real.

On a related note, it appears now Microsoft’s new vision is a glass-display on every desk. Time to get in the window cleaning business perhaps? ]]> Submit News Bolletje http://www.driverheaven.net/submit-news/192041-ms-shows-computer-eye-tracking.html http://www.driverheaven.net/submit-news/191870-nzxt-rogue-ssf-chassis-review-technewhw.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:02:04 GMT Today we will be taking a look at an Aluminum SSF gaming chassis from NZXT. The Rogue was designed as a LAN style case allowing a combination of... Today we will be taking a look at an Aluminum SSF gaming chassis from NZXT. The Rogue was designed as a LAN style case allowing a combination of flexibility and portability. With a suggested retail price of 149.95USD the Rogue boasts the accommodations for five 120mm cooling fans, a removable motherboard tray, and other features including Aluminum construction.


Source: TechnewsHW ]]> Submit News drakesteakn http://www.driverheaven.net/submit-news/191870-nzxt-rogue-ssf-chassis-review-technewhw.html http://www.driverheaven.net/submit-news/191677-asus-comes-usb-3-0-sata-6gb-s-card.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:16:27 GMT Just as ASUS was readying its first wave of socket LGA-1156 motherboards, the company picked up interest in offering SATA 6 Gb/s and USB 3.0 as a... Just as ASUS was readying its first wave of socket LGA-1156 motherboards, the company picked up interest in offering SATA 6 Gb/s and USB 3.0 as a feature set. With the P7P55D Premium motherboard, the company even used a PCI-Express 2.0 bridge chip to ensure the SATA 6 Gb/s controller - the Marvell 88SE9123-NAA2 - got a PCI-E 2.0 x1 link, which other manufacturers end up wiring a PCI-E 1.1 x1 link from the P55 PCH. In a bid to propagate the design, the company had also designed an addon card that works on the same principle. The the card has finally taken shape in the form of the ASUS U3S6 (USB 3.0 and SATA 6 Gb/s), complete with its missing USB 3.0 controller that provides two SuperSpeed 5000 Mbps ports. The interface bottleneck for the NEC µPD720200 USB 3.0 controller is also reduced by provision of a PCI-E 2.0 x1 link. Both connectors are wired to a PLX PEX8613 3-port/12-lane PCI-E 2.0 bridge chip, which takes in four PCI-Express lanes (typically PCI-E 1.1 lanes from the southbridge or P55 PCH), and gives out the required two links. Although there is no word on the card's price yet, PCSTATS reckons something around $30 likely. In that case, the card would be a steal deal, considering recently announced SATA 6 Gb/s addon cards by HighPoint that hold just the Marvell 88SE9123-NAA2, are priced over $60.


Original: FIRST LOOK - USB 3.0 in the PCSTATS Labs (ASUS U3S6) - PCSTATS.com

techPowerUp! News :: ASUS Ready with U3S6 USB 3.0 SATA 6 Gb/s Addon Card

]]> Submit News Bolletje http://www.driverheaven.net/submit-news/191677-asus-comes-usb-3-0-sata-6gb-s-card.html http://www.driverheaven.net/submit-news/191513-new-lucid-hydra-powered-msi-big-bang-gaming-motherboard.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:22:47 GMT Complicated multi-GPU motherboards are now a thing of the past. LucidLogix TeImage: http://twitter.com/favicon.ico ... Complicated multi-GPU motherboards are now a thing of the past. LucidLogix Technologies (Lucid) and MSI have made multi-GPU history demonstrating the first-ever motherboard to allow ATI and NVIDIA GPUs to reside on a single board and share processing power for ultimate system tweak-ability and optimal gaming performance.

Called the MSI Big Bang Gaming Motherboard, the Intel P55-based system uses the new Lucid HYDRA 200 real-time distributed processing engine to serve as an intelligent graphic load balancer that allows custom combinations of GPUs. As a result, the motherboard makes it simple for users to pop in whatever graphics cards they wish, achieving full-speed graphics power without the pain of difficult setup.

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personal note: it sounds very exciting, I hope it won't be too expensive and it would be a real consideration in my new build. ]]> Submit News Neshi http://www.driverheaven.net/submit-news/191513-new-lucid-hydra-powered-msi-big-bang-gaming-motherboard.html http://www.driverheaven.net/submit-news/191410-3rd-person-view-modern-warfare-2-a.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:41:31 GMT While live broadcasting a copy of the game that someone got early, he was playing in third person. This very well may be the "big secret" Robert Bowling was hinting at.
The broadcaster was playing OFFLINE...this is not yet confirmed for ONLINE.
Notice the CROSSHAIRS (for COD4 if it were spectator mode they aren't shown).
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First up is a tech-focused look at the DirectX 11-enabled features which include "Cloth Tessellation, Hardware Instanced Tessellated Crowd, Tessellated Water with Dynamic Displacement Mapping, Enhanced Lighting and Post Processing."
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