January 2009
2 posts
EVGA X58 SLI Classified Launch Pushed till CeBIT
EVGA’s newest flagship Core i7 supportive motherboard, the X58 SLI Classified, captured the attention of many, when pictures followed by a preview surfaced last week (covered here). Filled to the brim with features and top-notch components, it became obvious that the new motherboard will carry a hefty price tag, putting it in the price-range of the likes of the ASUS Rampage II Extreme, MSI...
Intel Core i7 and GeForce GTX 295 Break the 3DMark...
You know we always try to share with you all these crazy world records and overclocking attempts that happen in a global scale, and today we have one more to show. Overclockers Vince “k|ngp|n” Lucido and Peter Tan “Shamino” have united to break the 40k barrier in 3DMark Vantage, an astonishing accomplishment. Except these two man, behind this record hides an Intel X58...
December 2008
26 posts
Movie News: Two New Terminator Salvation Photos!
Source: Film School Rejects December 23, 2008
Two new photos from Terminator Salvation are now online. Directed by McG, the May 22 opener stars Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Bryce Dallas Howard, Moon Bloodgood and Common. In the film, set in post-apocalyptic 2018, Bale stars as John Connor, the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators....
GTX295 SLi on Core i7 Platform Scores P32573 on...
The guys over at Xfastest have been hard at work testing out the upcoming NVIDIA GeForce GTX295 graphics card based on a dual GT200 GPU setup. For this particular setup they have got two said graphics cards for a quad-SLi arrangement on an Asus Rampage II Extreme, featuring an Intel Core i7 Extreme 965 overclocked to 4.19Ghz. The graphics cards were overclocked to 705Mhz (core), 1480Mhz (shader),...
NVIDIA GeForce Driver 180.87 and 180.88 BETA...
New NVIDIA BETA drivers have made their way to the web, providing GeForce GTX 295 testers with an early driver to test their shiny cards. These are the very same drivers that were used in the web previews of GeForce GTX 295 last week and are now available for everyone. Both drivers are dated December 12th, also included in the package is the latest PhysX software version 8.10.13. These drivers...
Sapphire HD 4870 1GB Toxic Soon to be Released
TechConnect have got hold of what appears to be official imagery of a new 1GB variant of the Sapphire HD 4870 Toxic. It shows the card will feature a dual-slot, 3 heatpipe, Vapor-X Cooler, presumably using the same Vapor Chamber Technology (VCT), though one would hope that the heatpipes will not be in the way of the Crossfire fingers when the card hits retail. It can be seen on the product...
ECS A790GXM-AD3 Discloses Extraordinary Gaming...
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), today releases the A790GXM-AD3 Black Series motherboard disclosing the extraordinary gaming performance of AMD’s latest Dragon platform. Supporting the latest AMD Phenom II processors, ATI CrossFireX technology, and the dual channel DDR3 memory architecture, ECS A790GXM-AD3 unleashes the full potential of hardware components that gamers are always eager...
Intel Starts Shipping 160GB X25-M SATA Solid State...
Intel is expanding its award-winning Intel X25-M and X18-M SATA Solid-State Drive (SSD) family by announcing the production release of a 160 gigabyte (GB) capacity drive in a 2.5-inch form factor. The product is shipping now, and a 1.8-inch 160GB version will begin shipping next month. There’s one more thing worth mentioning for these multi-level cell-based drives - their read and write...
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Pooping Robot Dolls Are the Hot Kids Toys of 2008
According to the Washington Post, realistic pooping dolls are a must-have item this holiday season. Man, I can’t wait to have kids.
Dolls like “Baby Alive” come with special “green beans” and “bananas” that can be fed to the doll, “digested” and “defecated.” To enhance the fun, Baby Alive occasionally poops prematurely creating a...
Movie News: Fast & Furious Poster Revealed
MTV has debuted the new poster for Fast & Furious, which just recently was moved up from a summer date to April 3rd. In the film, directed by Justin Lin, fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) reignites his feud with agent Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) in L.A. But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to...
TV News: Female Werewolves are Coming to Fox
Last talked about two months ago, The Hollywood Reporter now confirms the Fox network is officially developing the television series “Bitches.” ShockTillYouDrop.com spoke to creator Michael Dougherty (Superman Returns, X2: X-Men United)) about the project’s origins in October. The conceit is this: Four women live their New York lives while also dealing with their lycanthropy....
Steam Launches EA Titles Across Europe
Valve today announced Spore, Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack, Mass Effect, Need for Speed Undercover and EA SPORTS FIFA Manager 2009 are available now to gamers in most of Europe, the United States and Canada via Steam, a leading platform for PC games and digital content with over 15 million accounts around the world. In the coming weeks, Mirror’s Edge, Command & Conquer Red Alert 3,...
Koolance Release Sneak Peak of their New Thermal...
A new thermal management software and hardware board is currently being developed by Koolance, called the TMS-200. No official information or specifications have been released yet, but Koolance have released an early screenshot of the main page of the thermal management software, to hint at what some of the new features are. It appears that not only will you have many temperature check points, but...
Researchers at the Rice University Create New...
team at Rice University has determined that a strip of graphite only 10 atoms thick can serve as the basic element in a new type of memory, making massive amounts of storage available for computers, handheld media players, cell phones and cameras. In new research available online in Nature Materials, Rice professor James Tour and postdoctoral researchers Yubao Li and Alexander Sinitskii describe a...
EVGA 55nm GeForce GTX 260 Ready for Launch
With NVIDIA being ready with variants of the G200 graphics processors based on the 55nm manufacturing process, a fleet of new graphics cards are in the line for launches. The range starts with a sub-$300 offering, the GeForce GTX 260 55nm. You now have three SKUs that share the name “GeForce GTX 260”. The GeForce GTX 260 comes with the 216 SP configuration with 896 MB of...
Tiny USB Flash Drive
This puppy holds 8 gigs and it’s dimensions are: 31.3mm x 12.4mm x 3.4mm Apparently it’s also shock and water proof Only 30 Dollars too. http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/a6d9/
id Software Announces Dates for QuakeCon 2009
ESQUITE, Texas - December 18, 2008 - As temperatures begin to fall and the holidays are fast approaching, it’s time to start thinking about your summer vacation to the THE must-attend gaming event of the year - QuakeCon 2009! id Software and the QuakeCon organization has just announced that QuakeCon 2009, the world’s ultimate video game festival and party, will take place August 13 -...
Harry and Ron peerin' around the corner in new HBP...
UPDATE: UHP has two more scans from the magazine: this one of the cover with Harry on it and this one of Ginny. UniversHarryPotter.com has a scan from French Magazine Cinelive, which depicts a new photo of Harry and Ron peering around a corner within Hogwarts like they did in their early school years. According to their article, they’re checking out something that Slughorn is up to. You can...
New Terminator Salvation Busts Revealed
DC Direct has revealed new busts for Terminator Salvation, hitting theaters on May 22. All busts are hand-painted, cold-cast in porcelain, feature a base incorporating both human and Terminator skulls and are packaged in a 4-color box. They cost $79.99 each. Pictured below are the busts for the T-600, Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), Blair Williams (Moon Bloodgood), Kyle Reese (Anton Yelchin), and...
Green Light for New Judge Dredd Movie
Source: 2000ADOnline.com December 20, 2008
Rebellion and 2000 AD have announced that a new Judge Dredd movie is in development. Together with DNA Films, the movie production company behind such films as Danny Boyle’s Sunshine and 28 Weeks Later, Judge Dredd will go into production in 2009. Jason Kingsley, CEO and Creative Director said, “We can’t give away too many details...
The Night at the Museum Sequel Teaser Trailer!
McDonald’s is hosting the exclusive online launch of the teaser trailer for Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, at its HappyMeal.com website! This first-look/trailer event is part of overall promotions deal between the restaurant giant and Twentieth Century Fox, which releases the much-anticipated film, the follow-up to the blockbuster Night at the Museum, on May 22, 2009. Timed...
Intel Convertible Classmate
From the outset, Intel’s goal with the Classmate line was to create a cheap, durable laptop that could be useful in a classroom. As such, Intel gave the Classmate tablet an 8.9-inch touchpanel, 1.6 GHz Atom processor, 802.11n wi-fi, 1 GB RAM, a 60 GB HDD (or up to 8 GB of flash storage), a days worth of battery life and a weight under three pounds.
The computer itself...
Sapphire Introduces ATOMIC Edition HD 4870 X2
Bringing the highest levels of graphics and gaming performance ever seen in the PC, SAPPHIRE Technology - the leading innovator of ATI-based graphics solutions - is now introducing the amazing single slot, liquid cooled ATOMIC Edition of its HD 4870 X2. Featuring a closed loop liquid cooled system, the SAPPHIRE HD 4870 X2 ATOMIC brings workstation class cooling to the PC, enabling faster clock...
Steam Launches Hit PC Games from EA
Valve yesterday announced Spore, Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, Mass Effect, Need for Speed Undercover and EA SPORTS FIFA Manager 2009 are available now to gamers in the United States and Canada via Steam, a leading platform for PC games and digital content with over 15 million accounts around the world. In the coming weeks, Mirror’s Edge, Command...
55nm GeForce GTX260 by Inno3D Found on Sale in...
It seems that the first graphics card using NVIDIA’s latest 55nm fabrication process has in fact reached retail earlier than the January 2009 release date we had previously anticipated. A Japanese technology website has photos of an Inno3D GeForce GTX260 Gold featuring a factory overclocked, 216 SP chip, made by the 55nm process. What is interesting is that Inno3D have clearly advertised...