Today, detailed tech specs for the AMD Antilles (Radeon HD 6990) have appeared on the internet. This also tells us some key information about the upcoming AMD Cayman (Radeon HD6970)
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Daily Tech Roundup - November 22 - 2010

Posted by: Alex Hull on: 2010-11-22 17:46:28 0 comments

Graphics
Point Of View GeForce GTX 460 Beast Review @ eTeknix.com

Cooling
Thermolab Baram 2010 @ Hardware Bistro
Nexus FLC-3000 R2 Universal CPU Cooler @ TweakTown

Cases & PSUs
Aerocool Bx-500 Case Review @ Hardware Secrets
In-Win IronClad @ LanOC Reviews
In Win Dragon Rider Case @ Tweaknews

Peripherals
Mad Catz Cyborg RAT 9 Wireless Gaming Mouse @ Benchmark Reviews

Audio
Earjax Bump Earphones @ Bona Fide
Speedlink Medusa NX Review @ XSReviews

Systems
Smooth Creations "Goliath" Core i7-980X Custom Gaming PC @ TweakTown
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Nvidia accuses AMD of cheating performance tests - Update from AMD 26/11/10

Posted by: Alex Hull on: 2010-11-20 12:09:35 0 comments

Catalyst AI settings on the HD 68xx and 58xx are claimed to artificially lower image quality as of Catalyst 10.10. Nvidia won't 'engage in a race to the IQ gutter' Now with a response from AMD
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3DMark 11 released 30th November - Update 30/11/10 - Release Delayed

Posted by: Alex Hull on: 2010-11-19 21:29:37 0 comments

Futuremark's latest graphics benchmark, 3DMark 11, will be available by the end of this month. Preview inside. Update 30/11/10 - Release Delayed
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Nvidia's dual-GPU card waits for AMD HD 6990

Posted by: Alex Hull on: 2010-11-19 21:05:58 0 comments

Today we've learnt that Nvidia is reportedly waiting for AMD to make the first move with this generation's dual-GPU cards
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PCI-Express 3.0 specification finalised

Posted by: Alex Hull on: 2010-11-19 20:30:41 0 comments

The PCI-SIG has announed the final specification for PCI-E 3.0, doubling the effective bandwidth of PCI-E 2.0
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Daily Tech Roundup - November 19 - 2010

Posted by: Alex Hull on: 2010-11-19 19:52:44 0 comments

CPUs & Motherboards
Gigabyte GA X58 USB3 LGA 1366 Motherboard Unboxing @ eTeknix.com
A Look at Upcoming ASUS H67 & P67 Motherboards @ Techgage

Graphics
Sapphire HD6850 Toxic @ LanOC
AMD Catalyst 10.11 Windows 7 Driver Analysis @ TweakTown

Cooling
Corsair Hydro H70 CPU Cooler @ Madshrimps

Cases & PSUs
PowerColor 1000W Modular PX Power Supply @ OverclockersHQ
PowerColor Extreme 850 W Power Supply @ Hardware Secrets

Storage
OCZ RevoDrive X2 PCI-Express SSD Test @ Benchmark Reviews
Areca ARC-1880i and Crucial C300 256GB SSDs - SATA 3.0 Analysis @ TweakTown

Systems
ASRock Vision 3D NetTop @ Phoronix
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Leaked AMD road map gives details of upcoming Zambezi AM3+ CPUs

Posted by: Alex Hull on: 2010-11-18 18:49:27 0 comments

The new CPU lineup is set for release in the second quarter of 2011. Two 8-core CPUs included.
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Daily Tech Roundup - November 18 - 2010

Posted by: Alex Hull on: 2010-11-18 17:59:19 0 comments

Cases & PSUs
Silverstone PS05B Precision Series Review @ Tweaknews
BitFenix Colossus @ Computing on Demand

Storage
Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 32GB @ Techgage

Audio
Arctic Sound P3121 Bluetooth Headset Review @ OverclockersHQ

Misc.
NETGEAR WNCE2001 Universal WiFi Adapter @ TweakTown
brite-View HDelight Wireless Media Player @ TweakTown
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AMD Catalyst 10.11 WHQL Released

Posted by: Alex Hull on: 2010-11-18 01:39:35 0 comments

Performance improvements in Battleforge and Stalker: CoP as well as a range of bugfixes. NVIDIA developer driver release 263.06 details also included
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