RV770 based Radeon HD 4870 X2 stripped naked

Steve Dougherty | Video Cards & GPUs | Jun 29, 2008 7:41 PM CDT

Many of us are in strong anticipation of AMD's upcoming Radeon HD 4870 X2 (RV770) dual-GPU graphics card, especially now that we've seen what the HD 4850 and 4870 is capable of.

It's been mentioned that the 4870 X2 is expected to arrive towards the end of Q3 this year. Apart from that, we've heard or seen very little about the RV770 monster thus far.

However, the folks at Chiphell have a nice treat for us early on; some nicely presented nude shots of the card, revealing some of its inner talents.

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ATI All-In-Wonder has been revived

AMD has today resurrected the once highly popular All-in-Wonder lineup of hybrid solutions. The new card is simply dubbed the All-in-Wonder HD; the first ATI based graphics card ever with HD tuner support embedded.

The graphics card itself is based around the 55nm Radeon HD 3650 with 120 Stream processors, a 128-bit DDR2 memory interface, DirectX 10.1 support and a unified video decoder for HD video decoding at the hardware level.

The tuner implementation comprises support for analog TV, free-to-air HDTV and ClearQAM unencrypted cable. Furthermore, there is the added benefit of hardware MPEG-2 encoding.

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PhysX on NVIDIA only? - Not anymore!

Steve Dougherty | | Jun 26, 2008 7:39 PM CDT

One of the big marketing points in reference to NVIDIA's latest GT200 Series graphics cards is the embedded PhysX support, enabled by means of a recent ForceWare driver update.

It has been assumed for a while now that the advancement of PhysX support on graphics cards was primarily at the hardware/technology level, with corrosponding drivers to make use of it; however, Eran Badit of NGOHQ heavily indicates this is most definitely not the case.

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ASRock giving away P43/P45 motherboards

Steve Dougherty | Motherboards | Jun 23, 2008 11:00 PM CDT

ASRock are feeling rather generous at the moment, and as such they have decided to fire up a P43/P45 motherboard Lucky Draw! - If you're excited about the prospect of picking up a new ASRock P45 or P43 based motherboard for free, you'd be silly to turn your back on this one.

Three different motherboards are up for grabs and there will be two seperate rounds (taking place on 7th and 21st July) to double your chances of winning.

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Sony Relaunch Bravia Free PlayStation 3 Offer

Shawn Baker | | Jun 23, 2008 7:36 PM CDT

From 1st July - 31st July, Sony Australia will be relaunching their highly successful bonus PlayStation 3 with purchase of applicable Bravia LCD TV. Customers only need to purchase a 1080 Full HD LCD, register their details online and wait at the post box to receive their PlayStation.

The only catch this time around is that number of bonus PlayStation 3 consoles has been capped at 35,000 by Sony for the duration of the promotion, so first in best dressed.

The following models apply for the free PlayStation 3:

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Cooler Master Aquagate Max debuts in Japan

Steve Dougherty | Cases, Cooling & PSU | Jun 23, 2008 6:12 PM CDT

Cooler Master has listed details and images of its latest all-inclusive Liquid Cooling System to enter the Aquagate lineup; dubbed the Aquagate Max.

At the moment it would seem the Aquagate Max is only set for availability in Japan, but this could change very soon. The specs on the Japanese site are listed in English; from this information we know the unit to be ESA-certified, sporting a copper waterblock with universal mounting and a pump capable of pushing 450 litres per hour at a noise level of 23 dBA.

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ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series Hotfix quietly released

Cameron Wilmot | Video Cards & GPUs | Jun 20, 2008 8:09 AM CDT

We just found out about this now and we're not sure exactly what it does to be entirely honest with you.

Dated June 20th 2008, AMD has just released a hotfix for the Radeon HD 4850 and 4870 series of graphics cards which claims that it improves overall performance and stability. The Hotfix includes the Display Driver and Catalyst Control Center.

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EVGA's Hydro Copper 16 Waterblock for 260/280

Steve Dougherty | Video Cards & GPUs | Jun 18, 2008 3:32 AM CDT

If you've got your heart set on picking up one of NVIDIA's new GTX 260 or 280 graphics cards and you're mighty serious about your cooling, you may like to take note of what eVGA has designed specifically for these cards in the way of its new Hydro Copper 16 waterblock.

You can get the complete rundown on the Hydro Copper 16 waterblock here.

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