NVIDIA has updated the Display Driver for 64-bit Linux operating sytem. The new 1.0-9755 version brings support for NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 and Quadro FX 5600 graphics cards under Linux, as well as initial support for NVIDIA SLI with GeForce 8800, Quadro FX 4600, and Quadro FX 5600 cards.
NVIDIA’s latest Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver supports both desktop and notebook-use video cards. You can download the driver at company’s official webiste.
Alienware has released the Intel-based MJ-12 8550i and the AMD-powered MJ-12 8550a workstations at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2007 in San Francisco. The MJ-12 8550i is loaded with the Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors 5300 series, while the Alienware MJ-12 8550a is equipped with the AMD Opteron 2000 Series.
“Available in single and dual-processor customizations, the MJ-12 8550i features up to eight total processing cores and delivers 50 percent greater performance than previous-generation Intel Xeon processor-based workstations. Both the MJ-12 8550i and MJ-12 8550a are also packed with up to four 15,000 RPM Serial Attached SCSI hard drives to optimize storage space and data access speed. For memory and graphics-intensive applications, the two workstations are configurable with up to 16GB of DDR2 memory, along with advanced NVIDIA Quadro FX and ATI FireGL graphics. User convenience and comfort is emphasized, too, thanks to hot-swap drive bays and Alienware Acoustic Dampening”, Alienware’s press release says.
Alienware’s new workstations ship with 32-bit or 64-bit Windows XP Professional.
The Alienware MJ-12 8550i and MJ-12 8550a both have starting price of $2,499.
MSI has launched a series of socket AM2 motherboards based on AMD’s 690G and 690V chipsets, The Inquirer reports.
The K9AGM2-FIH motherboard is based on AMD’s 690G chipset and features both HDMI interface and HDCP decoder, with the HDMI and D-Sub connector onboard. The HDMI interface delivers video resolutions up to 1920×1080 (1080i) HD video output. The resolution depends on the driver and output screen’s specifications.
Gigabyte will launch the new Intel Santa Rosa based laptop line-up next week at CeBIT show in Hannover, Germany. The new notebook series include the 17-inch gaming laptop with dual graphics card system, the models with NVIDIA’s new graphics chipsets, as same as eight-hour batteries.
Gigabyte W251U notebook is a 12.1-inch, 1.8 kg ultraportable with magnesium alloy chasis, 1.3 megapixel webcam and “long battery life”.
Gigabyte W466U notebook is 14.1-inch Santa Rosa based business notebook with 1.3 MPx Webcam, a new card slot, and a 4-in-1 card reader and also comes equipped with four USB 2.0 ports, one IEEE 1394, TV-out and a D-sub connector for video-out.
Gigabyte W468N with 14.1-inch screen is a multimedia laptop with fingerprint reader and “Robson’ quick access boot-up technology. W468N is also based on Intel Santa Rosa platform and has nVIDIA NB8P 256MB graphics.
Gigabyte W566N is 15.4-inch WXGA multimedia/gaming notebook with nVidia NB8M 256MB graphics.
Gigabyte W756N is a 17-inch multimedia powerhouse with dual graphics card system. It is the first and only 17-inch dual graphics card system, giving you up to a 100% increase in graphics performance over single graphics card systems. The W756N comes with 1GB of graphics memory.
The new Gigabyte laptops come equipped with 10 000 mAH Power Express Li-Polymer cell battery that can keep your notebook running for 8 hours.
The Gigabyte’s Santa Rosa laptops will ship with Windows Vista operating system. It is claimed that Vista on Gigabyte’s new notebooks will provide DirectX 10 feature.
Intel has earlier announced that the Santa Rosa will support 64-bit Intel Core 2 Duo processors and will feature 667MHz up to 800MHz front-side bus, which speed can be dynamically reduced and raised. There are also 802.11n wireless standard and ‘Robson’ flash memory based hard drive cache incorporated.
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), will reveal their newest Intel Bearlake-based motherboards at CeBIT 2007 show this month. The new ECS P35T-A, G33T-M and Q35T-M motherboards feature the next generation chipsets and will be continued by the current P965, G965 and Q965 Broadwater-based motherboards, offering across-the-board performance benefits. All these new motherboard support latest Intel Core2 Duo and Intel Core2 Quad processors. The P35T-A is designed for gaming and performance users, the G33T-M and its integrated graphics core is designed for the digital home, and the Q35T-M brings more functionality to enterprise and office users, ECS says.
Several factors give these next generation ECS Bearlake motherboards their improved performance. The Northbridge chipset supports a 45nm-process microarchitecture CPU, these chipsets feature a 1333 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB), DDR3 memory and work seamlessly with Intel’s new ICH9 Southbridge I/O chip. The ICH9 Southbridge will have at least three versions, a standard ICH9, the ICH9R with added support for RAID storage, and the ICH9DH designed specially for digital home applications.
The P35T-A motherboard supports Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad-Core processors and provides PCI Express X16 slots (X16, X4) with dual graphics solutions. New Intel Matrix Storage Technology is featured for better content protection and performance, as well as Intel’s Advance Memory Controller with Intel Fast Memory Access to better manage the DDR3 memory up to 1333MHz. The G33T-M supports Intel Core2 Duo CPUs with up to 1333MHz FSB and Core 2 Quad up to 1066MHz FSB. It provides advanced high-definition video playback (Intel CVT), Intel Quiet System Technology. The Q35T-M provides embedded security and manageability geared for business platforms. This motherboard is based on Intel’s vPro technology to better manage workstation PCs remotely.
CeBIT 2007, the world’s largest IT show, will be held in Hannover, Germany from March 15th to March 21st.
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) will display ATI’s re-named chipset motherboards for AMD Socket AM2 Processors at CeBIT 2007 in Hannover, Germany.
ECS will bring three products for AMD’s latest Socket AM2 based on AMD-ATI chipsets. With Socket AM2 support, these motherboards not only support current 64-bit architecture AMD Athlon 64 FX, Ahtlon 64 X2 Dual-Core, Athlon 64 and Sempron CPUs, they also provide full support for advanced DDR2 memory and dual-channel technology, as well as Windows Vista Premium, the company says.
Intel will release its next Centrino notebook platform, codenamed Santa Rosa in May, TG Daily reported recently.
Intel has earlier announced that the Santa Rosa will support 64-bit Intel Core 2 Duo processors and will feature 667MHz up to 800MHz front-side bus, which speed can be dynamically reduced and raised.
Asustek has released the AMD 690 chipset-based Asus M2A-VM HDMI and Asus M2A-VM motherboards, both enabling playback of HDCP multimedia content.
Asus M2A-VM HDMI features multiple video outputs including HDMI for playback of high definition content, DVI, RGB and TV-out, while the Asus M2A-VM version provides playback of Blu-ray and HD DVD discs with HDCP via a DVI output. The ASUS M2A-VM HDMI motherboard also supports Surroundview - a feature that allows up to four monitors to display simultaneously. On the other side, the M2A-VM enables dual VGA output with DVI and RGB ports combined.
AMD has showcased a single-system Accelerated Computing platform claimed to break the teraflop computing barrier. At a press event in San Francisco on Wednesday , AMD demonstrated a “Teraflop in a Box” system running a standard version of Microsoft Windows XP Professional powered by AMD Opteron dual-core processor technology and two next-generation AMD R600 Stream Processors capable of performing more than 1 trillion floating-point calculations per second using a general “multiply-add” (MADD) calculation. This achievement represents a ten-fold performance increase over today’s high-performance server platforms, which deliver approximately 100 billion calculations per second, according to AMD.
Biostar has launched TA690G AM2 motherboard based on the latest AMD 690G chipset featuring the integrated ATI Radeon X1250 graphics with up to 512MB of maximum shared memory HDMI, DVI and TV-Out outputs.
The TA690G AM2 delivers a Vista Premium experience handling the Aero user interface and the most demanding workloads with ease, the company says.
Elitegroup Computer Systems has released the ECS AMD690GM-M2 micro ATX motherboard built around the AMD690 chipset with AMD Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 processor support.
“With integrated ATI Radeon Express X1250 graphics engine, the AMD690GM-M2 is an ideal platform to run the graphics-driven Windows Vista Premium OS to deliver the ultimate visual and acoustic experience,” according to ECS.
Shuttle has announced the XPC SD39P2, its latest small form factor (SFF) flagship computer, supporting 64-bit quad-core Intel Core 2 Quad processor and up to 8GB of DDR2 memory.
Shuttle XPC SD39P2 is based on Intel 975X chipset with PCI express x16 slot supporting “hi-end big graphic cards such like nVidia 8800″. The new SFF computer with “space design containing the four DDR2 memories and 3-4 hard drives inside, and its 400W power supply unit” can be good choice for power computing users, multimedia entertainment enthusiasts and gamers, Shuttle says.
The XPC SD39P2 also has overclocking functions. You can adjust the “CPU Clock Ratio”, “CPU Clock”, and “DDR2 Voltage set” in PC’s BIOS.
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