Friday, May 6, 2011

Tom's Hardware: 20 mods consoles madness

Our colleagues and neighbors at Tom's Hardware just published a feature on the best console mods. Wii's transportable to the NES in a NES cartridge through the drive Xbox 360 or PlayStation Lego, discover a selection of 20 mods madness ...

Where performance is mentioned again Bulldozer

Donanimhaber our colleagues have published what would be a new abstract of a presentation made by AMD. It shows a comparison of the performance of future processors Bulldozer FX with Intel Core and Phenom II X6 current. The graph is very vague but we can guess a difference of about 30% between a bulldozer FX 8-core (frequency unknown) and a Phenom II W6 1100T on PC Mark Vantage and about 40% in 3D Mark Vantage profile performance (same graphics card).

LGA1366 and X58 for SX58H7 Pro Shuttle

Shuttle has announced the launch of SX58H7 Pro, a mini PC barebones based on an X58 motherboard and therefore intended to accommodate on a Core i7 Socket LGA 1366. Showing the dimensions of 326 x 208 x 189 mm, barebone XPC has the cooling system ICE (Integrated Cooling Engine) of the manufacturer. Two PCI-Express 16x are available, the Pro is SX58H7 SLI and CrossFireX.

There are also four connectors DDR3-1600 (for up to 16 GB of memory), four SATA ports (two in 6 Gbps SATA) ports, two USB 3.0 and Gigabit Ethernet controllers (x2) and 7.1 audio. A power of 500 watts is finally integrated into the barebone. Already available in Europe, the SX58H7 Pro is available at a suggested retail price of 444 euros.

VIA Nano released their X2 E

VIA has just introduced its new Nano processor dual core low power Nano X2 E, which is destined for the embedded market. This 64-bit x86 processor will be available in versions ranging from 1.2 GHz to 1.6 GHz. It will be engraved in 40nm, has an architecture out-of-order and a module for the virtualization of operating systems and other accelerated AES encryption of data.

The die measures 11 mm x 6 mm and the package measures 21 mm x 21 mm and requires a Socket NanoBGA2. Copies of tests have already been delivered and VIA are talking about marketing for the quarter. In short, this new Nano-E X2 is identical to its big brother, the X2 Nano, released in January (see "VIA Nano formalizes its X2 dual-core).

TDJ: WD My Passport USB 3.0, 4 keypads

Our fellow 59 Hardware has just put online a comparison of four tests comprising keyboards, namely BlackWidow Ultimate Razer, Razer Anansi Enermax Aurora Multimedia Revoltec Lite Touch K102. Ergonomics, design, responsiveness, accuracy or ease of use: what is the best keyboard? For his part, Brother Home Media recently posted a review of the My Passport Essential from Western Digital, external hard drive 2.5-inch format, with a USB 3.0 ...

CM Storm Sentinel Advance, complete analysis

Today we bring you analysis of the mouse top end of the branch Gamer Cooler Master, the CM Storm Sentinel Advance (Zero G), whose sensor double of 5,600 dpi laser will leave nothing out of reach. We hope you enjoy it. CM analysis Sentinel Storm Advance (Zero G).

5.0 iOS bring updates wireless

5 iOS inaugurate updates the operating system directly from the telephone network operator, allowing those who wish not to connect their phones to iTunes to get the latest updates. However, Apple should get the approval of operators to use their network in this way, which will not be an easy task. It will necessarily reduce the size of updates that run today around 600 MB and represent the entire operating system.