The Palit Revolution 700 Deluxe graphics card is a one off Radeon HD 4870 X2 that features dual GPUs with a pre-overclocked core and memory speed, and 2GB of GDDR5 memory. With 2.4 teraFLOPS of graphics horsepower and 1,600 stream processors the Palit Revolution 700 Deluxe might just be the most powerful graphics weapon for gamers on the planet today. Read on to see what makes this card different and to see if it should be in your next gaming system.
OCZ Announces FLEX EX Performance Memory Series
OCZ Technology Group today unveiled the Flex EX memory series, featuring breakneck speeds reaching 2000MHz that have demanded by enthusiasts in an updated compact form factor to maximize memory configurations on your motherboard. The new Flex EX series will be initially available in high-end solutions for gamers and overclockers utilizing water or passive cooling with more mainstream kits coming out down the road.

Memory is the primary storage device of any modern computer system and defines how fast the CPU can access data, commented Dr. Michael Schuette, VP of Technology Development at OCZ Technology. Density, frequency, and access latencies of the system memory are the critical factors for overall performance of any PC and that is where the new OCZ Flex Ex series sets new standards by providing the optimal combination of the three factors for any system architecture by offering unprecedented speed and latencies at 4GB density with advanced cooling options to enhance stability and performance in even the most demanding environments.
Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason – Demo Released Today That Shows Off Impressive Physics
Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason is a First-person shooter/Survival horror video game by Action Forms and if you haven't heard much about it you will over the next couple months. The physics used in the game are out of this workd and you have to see them to believe them. I made a five minute video clip using high image quality settings and uploaded it to YouTube, so you can check it out. Be sure to check out our benchmarking of the Cryostasis demo that was posted this morning here. If you want to download the TechDemo and try it on your own system you will have to wait as NVIDIA is still trying to get things sorted out on nZone.
The game is being developed on the proprietary top-of-the-edge AtmosFear 2.0 engine. Some of the engine features are: Unified Dynamic Shadowing system – fully dynamic, moving light sources casting soft shadows on all objects. Parallax mapping/displacement, alpha and color projective, depth of field, gloss map, tone mapping. Advanced characters' and objects' physics. Realistic fur dynamically illuminated by light sources.
New BlackBerry Curve Handsets from AT&T, Nextel
In the span of two days, we’ve seen two new BlackBerry Curve smartphone releases, one from AT&T Wireless and one from Sprint/Nextel.
The new AT&T offering, the BlackBerry Curve 8320, isn’t exactly new, but it is a newcomer to AT&T Wireless. The Curve 8320 is a lot like the 8310, but with added Wi-Fi and no GPS.
The BlackBerry Curve 8350i, on the other hand, is brand-spakin’ new, and features support for Nextel’s Direct Connect push-to-talk service, Wi-Fi and aGPS.
Diamond HD 4870 1GB CrossFire Video Card Review
The Diamond HD 4870 graphics card is the ATI Radeon HD graphics card to have if you are playing the latest game titles on the market. With an unprecedented 256-bit memory interface and 1GB of GDDR5 memory on the card you have the power to run at nearly any resolution your little heart desires. Site back while we compare the Radeon HD 4870 1GB to the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 and then throw in a second one to see how it does in CrossFire.
Cryostasis PC Game TechDemo – Physics Benchmarking
Cryostasis is the first PC game to use the graphics card to calculate fluid simulation using smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH), and the game is loaded with tons of other physics that will blow you away. With the techdemo for the game being released today we figured that we'd show you how the demo performs on ATI Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards. We even toss in a dedicated PhysX card to see what it will do for performance.
Rumblings: ‘Project Pink’ and ‘Zune Mobile’
Rumors about the so-called Zune Phone are legendary, and in recent weeks the rumor mill has been working overtime.
Until a few days ago, many were certain that a new Microsoft-branded Zune smartphone would make its first appearance at CES 2009, but last week when Microsoft’s Brian Seitz announced that there would be “No Zune phone at CES” that line of thought was quashed.
What does not seem to have been quashed, however, is the idea that the Zune and Windows Mobile universes will soon begin to collide, no Zune Phone required. The narrative forming now is that Zune services for Windows Mobile are coming down the pike, a development known as “Project Pink” or “Zune Mobile.”
Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet first wrote about Project Pink in October. Subsequent stories suggest that Project Pink is the code-name for Zune Mobile, a suite of Zune-inspired services that will be made available for and/or in Windows Mobile.
Paul Thurrott casually referenced “Zune Mobile” in a blog post Friday. Mr. Thurrott had just returned from a meeting with the Windows Mobile team, and stated that Zune Mobile was “a new Windows Mobile platform … that includes Zune functionality.”
Is Zune Mobile part of the upcoming Windows Mobile 6.5? Is it an installation on top of Windows Mobile like some of the Live services? Anything is possible. But Zune Mobile is sure to add Zune media functionality to WinMo in some capacity. We’ll have to wait for details.
It has been known since January (when screenshots of Windows Mobile 7 were first spotted) that Zune media support was coming to Windows Mobile. Some have also suggested that an entire overhaul of the OS would (and should) reflect the the Zune players’ software interface. But with Windows Mobile 7 a year away, a stop-gab Zune-enhanced WinMo would certainly be a worthwhile offering.
We’ll keep you posted.
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AMD Athlon X2 7750 and 5050e Dual-Core Processor Review
Quad-Core processors are all the rage these days, but with the economy down and out people might want to take another look at dual-core processors to keep your household budget intact. AMD is today announcing the Athlon X2 7750 – a STARS-based (Phenom 65nm core) processor that is a brand new dual-core processor based on the Kuma core. Read on to see how the CPU does!

