CAP5 for AMD's Catalyst driver 3.11

AMD has released the fifth update of the package's ZIP code (Catalyst Application Profiles) dedicated front to release of Catalyst drivers. Profiles apply to Crossfire configurations and improve the gaming experience with titles upcoming, recent and otherwise. This package applies to the AMD Catalyst 3.11 driver.

The following new features: Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Improves performance CrossFire Shift 2 - Crossfire off Test Drive Unlimited - Resolves Negative CrossFire scaling Need For Speed Hot Pursuit - Resolves Negative CrossFire scaling Gothic III - Resolves Negative CrossFire scaling Downloading Catalyst.

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New 3DMark world record with Corsair Dominator GT

Corsair is pleased to announce that its Dominator DDR3 Corsair GT part of the system has again broken the world record performance in 3DMark. Vince overclockers the world famous "K | ngp | n" Lucido and Illya "TiN" Tsemenko have again broken its own record in 3DMark benchmarks, earning a score of P24347 in 3DMark 11 and 3DMark Vantage P79364.

The hardware chosen for this benchmark has been a Classified EVGA SR-2, dual Intel Xeon X5690, 4 custom EVGA GeForce graphics cards in Quad-SLI GTX580 and three modules of Corsair Dominator 2GB DDR3 GT GTX2. A total of seven pitchers used liquid nitrogen to cool Kingpin two processors, four graphics and Intel 5520 chipset.

The father of the Compact Disc has left us

Norio Ohga, former CEO of Sony (1982-1995), died last Saturday at the age of 81. If his name does not say anything maybe some of you, know that it is (in part) to this man that we owe the famous definition of the format of Compact Disc. Norio Ohga has also made history by buying the Sony label, CBS Records and then renamed it Sony Music Entertainment, overseeing the acquisition of Columbia Pictures movie studios or by participating in the launch of the PlayStation.

Of DDR3 Plug and Play At Kingston

The catalog of Kingston grew with the arrival of several new HyperX memory kits. Certified to work with platforms Sandy Bridge (which of course does not you can use them on other platforms), these kits are advertised as "Plug and Play" by the manufacturer, indicating that simply strips that make up these kits comply with JEDEC recommendations.

Either. So we find two kits of 2 x 2 x 2 GB and 4 GB of DDR3-1600 (DIMM) running with timings of 9-9-9, all with a voltage of 1.5 V. The 4 GB kit is available at $ 67, against 122 dollars for the kit's side 8 GB kits for laptops (and therefore the format SO-DIMM), Kingston offers kits of 4 and 8 GB of DDR3 memory -1600 (9-9-9) and DDR3-1866 (11-11-11), all here as well with a voltage of 1.5 V.

LG wants its own processor

LG has announced have dismissed the ARM technology, prior to propose its own SoC for its aircraft. The Korean company will use the Cortex A9 and Cortex CPU and GPU A15 T604 Mali in its SoC. What is the benefit to its own SoC (System on a Chip)? First the price. When buying an LG chip in NVIDIA Tegra 2, there is room for NVIDIA and that of depth.

When LG produces its own SoC, there is only one of the caster, reducing the price. And companies like Samsung, able to burn the chips, further reducing the price. The second advantage comes from the ability to create a specialized chip. In most SoC, there are functions that are not used: ATA, MMC interface, management of I / O, etc..

Gigabyte launches its alims PoweRock EX

Gigabyte has announced the launch of its power PoweRock EX models 80Plus certified and available in powers from 300W, 350W, 400W, 450W and 500W. Complying with the standard ATX 12V V2.0, these supplies have various protections against overvoltage and under. They have a 120mm fan and feature a MTBF of 100,000 hours.

Models of 400W or less have a single +12 V rail while the 450 and 500W versions have two of them. Unfortunately the manufacturer has not yet indicated the price and availability date of these new power supplies.

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Sony: dual screen tablet in Honeycomb

Sony has announced two tablets Android 3.0 (Honeycomb). Under the code names S1 and S2, the company offers two different visions of the shelves. The S1 is a fairly standard tablet: a screen of 9.4 inches, a Tegra chip 2, a USB port. The shape of the tablet is atypical, with a center of gravity shifted "up" and a slight upward incline, with a cavity to place a finger.

This format seems pretty convenient to use, remains to be seen if the weight shifts to one side is not embarrassing. The big advantage of the shelf ecosystem is Sony. Like Apple with its "digital hub", Sony will install its services: Qriocity, PlayStation Suite, DLNA compatibility, sharing of content between 3 and PlayStation boards, etc.