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Nvidia presented mobile graphic chip for gamers

Viliyana Filipova — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:50:38 +0000

Nvidia announced the first mobile graphics chip series gaming GeForce 500M, designed for use in notebooks. The new product debuted at Computex 2011 in Taiwan. The GPU GeForce GTX 560M graphics with support for 1080p resolution the latest DirectX11 games. For the first time leading OEM manufacturers will also offer gaming GeForce GTX GPU technology in combination with Nvidia Optimus, the company said. GeForce GTX 560M and Nvidia Optimus provide 50 frames per second in Duke Nukem Forever and up to 5 hours of battery life when using Microsoft Office, says Rene Haas, general manager of notebook products at Nvidia. Technology Nvidia Optimus, accessible only GPUs, increased operating time in battery power by automatically turns on and off the GPU, so it can be activated only when needed. For most small and compact notebook is designed graphics chip GeForce GT 520MX, which is a step forward compared to GeForce GT 520M. The Alienware and Toshiba will offer laptops with GeForce GTX 560M technology and Optimus. Asus, Clevo, MSI, Medion and other manufacturers will release notebooks with GeForce GTX 560M, but Samsung and Asus will offer models with the GeForce GT 520MX.

LG launches 3D Blu-ray system for Eastern Europe

Viliyana Filipova — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 12:22:43 +0000

LG launches the Bulgarian market a new 3D Blu-ray home theater system, which relies on “alternative technological innovation.” LG HX806PE was developed specifically for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the company said. With its adjustable height columns, LG HX806PE can be both elegant and save space. In addition to ensuring economical use of space, this Full HD 3D home theater system matches the location of the TV. The version 5.1 surround sound is only a function of HX806PE, along with audio and 850W LG well-known features, including LG Sound Gallery and BD Live. The system provides easy access to PC and storage devices like CD, DVD and external hard drives. Supports many popular media formats, including. MKV, and DivX. Netcast function even allows users to search content on YouTube, AccuWeather and web albums Picasa, without a computer. Eliminated time-consuming and file sharing via cable. Thanks to DLNA compatible digital devices to exchange files is much easier. Whether it comes to movies, songs or photos, LG televisions reproduce them at the touch of a button, without requiring cables.
LG HX806PE adds style to everyday design that meets the specific needs of clients from Central and Eastern Europe, indicated by the manufacturer. LG HX806PE has playback 3D Blu-ray content, the device comes at the price of a standard DVD home theater system.
“We believe that HX806PE will help us solidify and even improve LG’s leading position in the market,” said Ivan Ivanov, Managing Director of LG Electronics in Bulgaria.

Nvidia Quadro 400

Viliyana Filipova — Sun, 29 May 2011 22:59:54 +0000

Nvidia has released a new GPU Quadro 400, intended for professional graphics solutions for designers and engineers. Quadro 400 provides up to 10 times better performance than high-end consumer graphics cards to work with CAD / CAM applications, claims Nvidia. With a suggested retail price of 119 euros excluding VAT, 400 Quadro GPUs also provide high energy efficiency with its current consumption of less than 35 watts. Low-profile design provides additional flexibility and capacity for installation in a variety of workstations, including small format. The presence of 512 MB DDR3 VRAM allows professionals using a Quadro 400 processors to create and work with more complex models. Furthermore, there is a high precision in preview, thanks to support for 30-bit color (10 bits for each primary color), or in other words, the presence of a dynamic range of over 1 billion color variations. The Quadro 400 supports up to two active connector, including “dual-link” DVI with resolution of up to 3840×2400 24Hz and for each screen, and DisplayPort (DP) with a resolution up to 2560×1600. Nvidia Mosaic technology improves the performance up to 8 screen simultaneously (using one card for each pair of monitors).
Quadro 400 processors also maintain three-dimensional technology and 3D Vision and 3D Vision Pro for Nvidia, relying on glasses with active prison for providing stereoscopic 3D visualization on desktop workstations. The processor is now available for workstations HP Z800, Z600 and Z400, and all workstations Fujitsu Celsius. Quadro 400 is expected to be visible and in selected models Lenovo ThinkStation D20, C20, S20 and E30.

AMD launched three new graphic cards

Viliyana Filipova — Wed, 25 May 2011 11:36:49 +0000

From AMD yesterday launched several new graphics cards for desktop computers. Models Radeon HD 6670, Radeon HD 6570 and Radeon HD 6450 are designed for use by the general public. The model of the highest class – AMD Radeon HD 6670 – is full of full-size printed circuit board with black, has active cooling and GDDR5 memory with a bandwidth of 512 megabytes or 1024. The theoretical performance of the card reaches 768 GFLOPS. Kernel of the frequency of 800 MHz, and memory at 1000 MHz. TDP index does not exceed 66 watts in operating mode and 12 watts in standby. The younger brother AMD Radeon HD 6570 is available in low profile format, with a small cooler in the active type and variants with GDDR5 and DDR3 memory with a capacity of 512 or 1024 MB. The map reaches performance 724 GFLOPS. The frequencies of core and memory respectively 650 and 900-1000 MHz, and consumption is not more than 60 watts (with GDDR5) and 44 watts under load with DDR3 and 11/10 watt stay.
The both cards rely on 40-nanometer graphics chip with 480 stream processors, 24 texture unit (TMU) and 8 units for rasterization (ROP). Used Bus PCI Express 2.1 x16, have 128-bit memory interface, are compatible with DirectX 11 Shader Model 5.0 support and technology AMD Eyefinity Multi-display Technology to work with multiple displays. Available ports are DVI, D-Sub, HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.2 in various combinations. AMD Radeon HD 6450 is implemented as a low-profile card bus PCI Express 2.1 x16 and is available in versions with active and passive cooler. The model includes 160 stream processors, 8 texture module and 4 blocks for rasterization. The theoretical performance reaches 240 GFLOPS, and the memory can be 512 or 1024 MB of DDR3 type with a frequency of 533 to 800 MHz or GDDR5 with a frequency of 800 to 900 MHz. TDP index does not exceed 27 watts under load and 9 watt stay. The card is compatible with DirectX 11 Shader Model 5.0 technology and supports AMD Eyefinity Multi-display Technology. The prices of new cards range from $ 54.99 to $ 99, depending on model and configuration. For example, AMD Radeon HD 6670 with 1024 MB GDDR5 is $ 99 and card AMD Radeon HD 6570 with 512 MB of GDDR5 memory or 1024 MB DDR3 is available for $ 79. The lowest model AMD Radeon HD 6450 with 512 MB GDDR5 or 1024 MB DDR3 suggested retail price is $ 54.99.

Nvidia 3D Vision Pro

Viliyana Filipova — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:35:48 +0000

The new stereoscopic decision Nvidia 3D Vision Pro, which allows specialists from different fields to see their three-dimensional designs with more detail, is already on sale. The technology combines wireless, 120-cycle alternating with active glasses prison, wireless radio transmitter synchronization (using 2.4 GHz carrier frequency for radio link) and specialized software that automatically translates the graphical applications in stereoscopic 3D. Wireless radio communication in 3D Vision Pro provides an extended range – up to 30 meters, which is significantly more 3D glasses using infrared communication. Furthermore, it requires line of sight between the transmitter and glasses – especially important in the simultaneous use of multiple users in large halls. Communication is bidirectional, and the installer can verify that your glasses are working and what is the status of their batteries. There is a direct link between the transmitter and sunglasses, without mixing the signals, which is a viable solution for large workspaces with more users, studios and laboratories. The 3D Vision Pro is available now from authorized partners of Nvidia, incl the PNY Technologies Europe. Recommended final prices were 299 euros (excluding VAT) for 3D stereoscopic glasses and 339 euros (excluding VAT) for wireless radio transmitter. The 3D Vision Pro lets build a new ecosystem of professional applications for video walls, virtual environments for collaborative interaction (CAVE), studios and cinemas.
A 3D Vision compatible screen, as currently the 120 cycle alternating LCD monitors, projectors and other 3D Mitsubishi DLP TVs.

AMD cards give professional graphic

Viliyana Filipova — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:39:31 +0000

The new graphics solutions, AMD increase productivity of powerful workstations. AMD FirePro 2270 and ATI FirePro V5800 DVI cards provide the flexibility needed professionals for effective visualization. The company directs its new proposals at professionals in medicine, finance, engineering and design, working with multiple applications simultaneously.
AMD FirePro 2270 is the only low-profile graphics solution with passive cooling to AMD in the professional segment. Card supports working with two displays and an energy efficient design, consuming a maximum of 15 watts with an average consumption only 10 watts. In doing so she effectively handle multi-tasking workload, freeing the CPU resource. There are ports DisplayPort, DVI and VGA for integration into existing systems.
ATI FirePro V5800 DVI offers professional graphics performance needed for two DVI display with high resolution. Users can “pitch” an image of both screens larger area for visualization and enhanced productivity. The solution provides the necessary bandwidth for 30-bit display with improved color reproduction and maintenance of “packed pixel” mode for two 5MP screen applications in medicine.
Both maps are currently available in the market, with prices starting at $ 149 for AMD FirePro 2270 and $ 469 for the ATI FirePro V5800 DVI.

ATI Radeon HD4730

Viliyana Filipova — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:55:33 +0000

The Subject of research in this publication are graphics that have cropped one reason or another (mostly marketing) and from video-cores of the highest class, but offered a much lower price. Such examples are the GeForce 9800GT, based on the G92 or truncated GeForce 9600GSO reduced with 64-bit bus to the GeForce 9600GT. There are two main reasons for the cut in capacity and technical specifications of video cards:
1) Need to fill a market segment in the lower price niche. Used cores are complete without defects, but their limitations are placed from the operating frequency, memory bus, workflow processors, modules and other textures. An example of such video is discussed below Radeon HD4830, on the basis of complete cores RV770, and in the HD4850 and HD3870. Such artificial cut is expensive for the manufacturer and is a temporary phenomenon, while the price will naturally fill a niche of a new and cheap nuclei (eg lack of low-priced Radeon HD4770 is offset by the expensive, but organic HD4830) or nuclei accumulate a minimum of marriage ” senior class;
2) graphics cores are high-class design and sophisticated with the passage of production builds up a marriage. When the marriage is minimal – 1-5% of the crystal, then the core is of work after being locked up and isolated the problematic unit (CPU workflow, texturing units, etc.).. An example of such video is discussed in this article, Radeon HD4730.
AMD / ATI is loyal to its main partners – PowerColor and Sapphire and provides these “intermediate” cores only to them, why not meet these models from other manufacturers. Even the “hit” 40nm-ov HD4770 is produced mainly by these two companies.
This test will involve mainly video cards trimmed with the high class graphics cores, but very close to maximum productivity.
The test machine is basically a powerful, high-AMD X2 6000 + (3.1GHz).
Incompleteness of Windows 7, Vista and the hate to sentimental feelings for Windows XP prompted us to conduct tests with OS WinXP SP3.
We begin with a brief description of the graphics:
- ATI Radeon HD4730 – a beautiful video with an efficient and quiet cooler. Comes from the powerful video card HD4870, but unlike his bus is truncated double – from 256-bits to 128 bits only. Workflow processors are reduced from 800 to 640 (as in the HD4770 and HD4830). To our great joy, his memory remains GDDR5. An interesting fact is that the origin of the video evidence from two HD4870 video card options – the original version with a huge plate of half empty and two HD4870 anyone unnecessary power plug and later (pictured) reduced version;
- ATI Radeon HD4830 – expensive card based on completely faulty RV770, but with artificially low performance. Urgently video was created to fill the deficiency of mysteriously vanished HD4770, demonstrating fantastic for its price and performance, it almost killed the market for more expensive and would more powerful video cards. All tests with the HD4830 goes equally HD4770, because fast GDDR5 is offset by twice the 256-bit bus HD4830;
- ATI Radeon HD3850 – a modern classic that despite his age and not a small natural disappearance of the market parameters is robust and very good performance. PowerColor is the implementation of very high quality and beautiful, big and very effective cooler handle their task perhaps best of all cards tested today. Design and implementation of the card is 100% identical to that of our test AGP HD3850;

AGP versus PCI-E – test for GeForce 6600

Viliyana Filipova — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:18:07 +0000

PCI-E is already an established standard for graphics slot without alternative, while the AGP remained in the past. Many users have computers with AGP slot, especially in poor countries like Bulgaria. The main reason for changing the home machine is often need for more powerful video card with Pixel Shader 3.0 and up, especially for games, but often for 3D modeling or comfortably watching HDTV movies.
Marketingovite techniques cheerfully assure us that the new standard PCI-E, providing almost twice as good speed (16x against 8x). However, whether this is really the case?
We will check this with the same two features from the video card is AGP one conversion in the other PCI-E. The models are NVidia GeForce 6600 256MB DDR.
Put graphics in very equal footing, because our test platform is based on interesting model motherboard AsRock 775Dual-880Pro, which are available both PCI-E and AGP graphics slot. Our tests is the Pentium 4 processor to 3.00GHz with Hyper Threading – a relatively powerful processor for finding the potential of video cards.

PowerColor ATI Radeon HD3850 512MB DDR3

Viliyana Filipova — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:37:09 +0000

Following our previous large survey of AGP video cards, where the overall winner was ATI FireGL X1, a game for applications was the undisputed leader NVidia GeForce 6800GS, visit with us even more powerful graphics card for AGP. PowerColor ATI Radeon HD3850 is not only a more powerful video card from the previous test, but at the moment is the most productive AGP video card on the market.
Video card supports all the latest technologies – PS4, DX10, HD acceleration and others. There should be a game or application that this video can not spurred. Production of HD3850 and fully complies with not a small price surpasses even the video card. Most highly impressed and very quiet cooler, maintaining a reasonable temperature of video chip, motherboard and memory (the cooler has a special structure which directs airflow to the memory, motherboard and power of the radiator elements). Unlike incredible 110-120 degrees, which reached the previous champion – GeForce 6800GS, ATI HD3850 does not exceed 70 degrees in the most solid load. Again, excellent use our test machine for AGP video cards – IBM Thinkcentre M50. Compatibility is significantly better than that by “shining” of video cards NVidia.
The operating system is Windows XP Pro SP3. We will use the results of our previous review of AGP video cards to compare how ATI HD3850 is more powerful than older generations of video cards. In the old test 3DMark2001 advantage of ATI HD3850 is the expected level and the video card has a slightly better performance from the GeForce 6800GS. However, remember that the ATI video cards are heavily CPU-dependent, and test suite itself 3Dmark2001, a Pentium 4 3.06GHz in contemporary standards as productivity is medium. In 3DMark2003 performance of Radeon HD3850 is simply desperate for other higher video card – the difference is more than 200% even against the powerful 6800GS. In 3DMark2005 and 3DMark2006 is also a huge difference.
AQUAMARK not impress many of DX10, PS version, etc.. current technology, however, HD3850 is more than any other, albeit not as clearly as the lead in 3DMark.
Professional OpenGL test suite of SPEC is also not impressed by new technologies, but Radeon HD3850 in some tests failed to win even Quadro and FireGL.

AGP videocards of Pentium 4 3.06Ghz

Viliyana Filipova — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:53:27 +0000

With the advent of PCI-E graphics slot standard, AGP remained in the past. But many people use their older machines with AGP – centimentacs some feelings, some are users of expensive workstations or just want to better utilize your old computer to a second cottage, for children or as a gift to friends. In most of the more expensive computers with AGP slots have powerful processors such as Pentium 4 HT (2.80-3.20Ghz) or Athlon 3800 +. Produced at a non-commercial times, often outside of China, the older machines differ significantly in terms of quality and reliability of the new platforms. The only weak point of such a computer is outdated AGP video card. Good video cards for AGP slot is hard to find but still available on the market. While NVidia and its partners and declined to produce AGP video cards after 7th Series, ATI continues to be enjoyed by current consumer video cards with DX10 and SM 4.0 as the Radeon HD2600, Radeon HD3850, AGP, and expects to HD4xxx series of video cards. The most powerful AGP graphics card now, which is available on the market is 256-bit ATI Radeon HD3850, produced mainly from PowerColor and Sapphire. Good opportunity for a quality upgrades and purchase of second hand AGP video card as Radeon 9800, Nvidia 7600, 6800, 6600GT or professional powerful video of a new series of Quadro or FireGL. According to the views and opinions of our customers and friends in many professional applications AGP video cards are better than PCI-E video card. Of course, these conclusions might be based on the exorbitant prices of PCI-E Quadro or FireGL. In this article, we tested 11 different AGP video cards, which we hope this can help in selecting video card multiple users of computers with AGP slot. We participate in the test current as NVidia 6800GS video card and NVidia 7600GS with DDR3 memory as well as professional Quadro and FireGL from different generations.