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ASUS Xtreme Design contest!

XtremeDesign — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:42:25 GMT

Show the world your Xtreme Design!

ASUS has joined forces with Antec, Intel , G.Skill, Nvidia, Razer, Samsung and HOTHARDWARE to empower YOUR Xtreme ideas! Tell us what you would do if ASUS put “Xtreme Design Technology” In your hands!

Stage I:

1. Tell us what you would do with “Xtreme Design Technology!” Think about how ASUS’ Xtreme Design features can work for you. (Psst! Do your homework here: http://promos.asus.com/US/p55/index.htm )

2. Post your system project goals, anticipated challenges, diagrams, and sketches. Convince us you are capable of building your Xtreme Design! (Tip: Get some traction toward your idea by signing up on ASUS' official Facebook: http://Facebook.com/ASUSOfficialPage/)

3. Win some freaking awesome hardware to build your Xtreme Design, including an ASUS Xtreme Design motherboard, Intel Core i7 processor, Nvidia Graphics, Samsung SSD, Razer Keyboard+mouse, Antec power supply, and G.Skill Memory! ASUS will select up to twenty (20) of the most innovative proposals that can show off Xtreme Design in a real working scenario. Winners will be announced for “Stage I” on http://Facebook.com/ASUSOfficialPage Nov. 4th 2009.

Stage II:

1. The competition thickens! Twenty (20) “Stage I” winners will post about their experience for 30 days in any of our participating forums! Show everyone pictures and videos of your goodies! Talk about your build! Show us your process! Give us screen-grabs of performance and tell us how you feel about Xtreme Design. Let everyone know how these parts are working as you build toward your goal! Reached your personal goal? Try to exceed it! Do whatever it takes to win!

2. The Twenty (20) winners will have an ASUS P7P55D PREMIUM motherboard + the following sponsored products to start with. You are free to design/use your own case, thermal solution, additional GPU, additional storage, additional memory to enhance your Xtreme Design.

3. Five (5) of the most engaging posters will be selected for special brand-spanking new hardware upgrades Dec. 7th.

Stage III:

1. One (1) lucky Xtreme Design champion will get a free trip with their rig to show off at the ASUS booth during CES 2010! Jan. 7th.

OUR SPONSORS!!

Intel® has sponsored (20) Core i7 CPUs

The new Intel® CoreTM i7 Processor: Ultimate smart performance. This new processor features Intel Turbo Boost Technology and Intel Hyper-Threading Technology, which together activate full processing power exactly where and when you need it.

Antec has sponsored (20) Quattro 850 Watt PSU

Antec's TruePower Quattro is more compact than most competing power supplies of the same wattage, yet ideally suited for handling the most demanding system specs.

G.Skill has sponsored (20) TDS series Memory kits

The G.Skill DDR 2133 CL9 4GB TDS "Trident Series memory is especially suited for overclockers, and comes equipped with the turbulence cooling fan.

Nvidia has sponsored (20) ASUS GTX260 GPUs

Configure your PC with the Power of 3 and build your new Xtreme Design PC with the three essential pieces to get an experience to match your style.
Nvidia GPU + Intel Core i5/i7 + ASUS P55 Motherboard = The power of 3!

Razer has sponsored (20) Lycosa keyboards and Deathadder mice

Execute complex combat maneuvers with swift dexterity. Launch your assaults timed to perfection. Annihilate your enemies and reign supreme on the battlefield. You now have the tactical advantage on every terrain, and your enemies' fates are in your hands.

Samsung has sponsored (20) 128GB SSD drives

An extremely efficient SSD for PCs applications, Samsung's SSD features world-class sequential read and write performance.

Thanks to all of our Sponsors and GOOD LUCK!! SHOW US WHAT YOU'VE GOT!!

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RE: Here We Go Again: Modders Reenable ATI/NVIDIA PhysX Combination

3vi1 — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:38:33 GMT

>> "Disabling ATI cards is one thing..."

The drivers never did, nor now do, that.

People are blowing this out of proportion and implying nefarious intentions where there are none. Apparently nVidia's seeing PhysX bugs when their cards are used as PPU's in combination with non-nVidia GPU's. So, nVidia made the drivers disable PhysX support on the *NVIDIA* card if a non-nVidia GPU is being used... simply to avoid having to support a billion combinations for which nVidia can't possibly do QA testing.

That's it. They're not doing anything that pushes others out, they're making their own product less useful for the few odd people that may have mixed mfg cards installed, for the benefit of more focused support.

If someone wants to use a hack to re-enable mixed-mfg configs, more power to them. nVidia probably won't even do much to prevent this, since anyone using the hack would already be aware that they can't get any nVidia support for such a configuration.

RE: AMD ATI Radeon HD 5870 DirectX 11 GPU Review

3vi1 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:23:06 GMT

I can't disagree (I prefer nVidia cards in my Linux boxes for the very reasons you cited), but the ATI situation is improving now that ATI opened up their docs (which nVidia has yet to do):

- 2.6.32 has open source kernel mode setting and 3D support for newer ATI cards.

- The 5870 should work with the already released 9.9 drivers, as opposed to the situation where I've bought a brand new nVidia card (9600GT) and had to wait over two months for them to release a proprietary Linux driver.

- The ATI drivers are performing more in line with their Windows counterparts nowadays. It used to be really atrocious though: I remember years back when I had a GF4400 and ATI9600XT card: On windows the ATI would win in the benchmarks... under Linux the ATI would run at about 1/3rd speed of the nVidia card.

So, if the trend of improvement from ATI continues, it's not improbable that we won't see the competition in the Linux sector get a bit tighter... with all the resulting consumer benefits. :)

Re: The New Xbox 360 Experience In-depth

gamemaniac — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:37:22 GMT

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XBOX 360 is obviously very popular among kids as well as adults. I just wanted to know the configuration of the latest version coming up.

Regards,

ServicedotZtronics

Maingear Green Ion Gaming PC Unleashed

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:44:05 GMT

Hot on the heels of Computex 2009, luxury PC maker Maingear is launching a new system labeling it as "the world's greenest gaming PC". They're calling it the Ion Pulse - but it isn't Nvidia's Ion at all.

With green being the flavour of the week - in more ways than one - Maingear chucked a Zotac mini-ITX coupled it with a Core 2 Duo or Quad (s-Series) processor and choice of single HDD or SSD storage. Memory is limited to two DDR2-800 slots, but Zotac says you could slip in a couple of OCZ's SLI-ready DDR2-1066, even though they aren't listed on Maingear's configuration options.

The twist is Maingear touts the Ion Pulse as having "upgradeable graphics", since the Zotac motherboard hosts a PCIe x16 slot where you can stick another of Zotac's 9600GT- or 9800GT ECO graphics cards. That way you can have graphics running off the discrete GPU (have cake) and PhysX processing on the mGPU (& eat it). Nice.

According to Maingear, total power consumption under load is under 145 watts, which equates to just about a little over a single Core i7 processor in full swing. The whole system weighs in at just 8lbs measuring a lilliputian 11"x7.6"x8.25". In typical Maingear fashion, the polished black case has been covered in cool techie schematics.

You can look it up on the Maingear site, the unit is available for shipping within 48-72 hours and starts at $800.

HP, Dell, Apple Owners Combine NVIDIA Lawsuits

Wed, 13 May 2009 14:40:11 GMT

Five different lawsuits, from owners of Apple, Dell and HP laptops have combined their lawsuits against NVIDIA over defective GPUs that were shipped in possibly millions of computers.

In some cases, OEMs have modified the BIOS in an attempt to keep the GPUs from overheating, but the change reduces battery life and performance.

NVIDIA admitted to issues earlier in July 2008, in and SEC filing, when it said it was taking a $150 - $200 million charge to cover (emphasis ours):

... anticipated customer warranty, repair, return, replacement and other consequential costs and expenses arising from a weak die/packaging material set in certain versions of our previous generation MCP and GPU products used in notebook systems. All newly manufactured products and all products currently shipping in volume have a different and more robust material set.

All three manufacturers have extended warranties for affected laptops, although as indicated above, HP and Dell both began with BIOS updates. The problematic GPUs could cause display corruption, or even fail completely.

What the plaintiffs want is for all the affected GPUs to be replaced in all of the laptops that were affected. As the text of the combined lawsuit (.PDF) reads:

Exacerbating matters, NVIDIA is trying to avoid a recall by having its OEM (“Original Equipment Manufacturer”) partners recommend consumers download and install a “BIOS update,” which turns on the computer’s fan more frequently or continuously. This is a grossly inadequate “remedy,” as it results in additional manifest defects, including, without limitation, further degraded battery life, system performance and increased noise in the Class Computers. Worse, this “remedy” fails to solve the actual problem. Instead, this measure only ensures that the Class Computers will fail after the OEM’s express warranty period expires, potentially leaving consumers with a defective computer and no immediate recourse. Finally, even after using this purported “update,” video and system performance is still degraded due to unacceptably high heat and part failures.

The plaintiffs are seeking class action status for the lawsuit, and and if the suit is successful, that NVIDIA replace the faulty chips and pay unspecified damages.

Re: Ubuntu 9.04 as slick as Windows 7, Mac OS X

3vi1 — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:10:36 GMT

What kind of card do you have? nVidia released a seriously broken (also proprietary and closed source) driver around 180.35, but things are much improved in 180.44.

RE: Caustic Releases CausticRT Raytracing System

3vi1 — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:11:53 GMT

nVidia was already showing off GPU ray tracing last year at faster framerates (http://hothardware.com/News/NVIDIA-Shows-Interactive-Ray-Tracing-on-GPUs/). Though, the capabilities were somewhat limited.

I wouldn't bet against seeing cards that make this truly practical within the next four or five years.

RE: NVIDIA's Bill Dally Joins In The Intel Hating

3vi1 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:02:15 GMT

Person of authority at company bashes said company's competitors. Film at 11'.

HH Deal of The Day, GeForce GTX 280: $259

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:49:18 GMT

For some of you, today is what's known as Good Friday. And we'd offer that for all of you, it could very well be "gooder" than you think. If you've been following our coverage of NVIDIA's new line of GeForce GTX 285 cards, you'll note that we were optimistic that the migration of the GT200 GPU to a new 55nm process for the GTX 285, would drive down prices a bit as retailers and distributors blow out their aging inventory of GeForce GTX 280 cards, to make room for the new lower power, optimized version of the GTX 285 cards. It appears now that things are definitely moving in that direction and we're happy to present you with what we feel is a pretty darn good deal for a top-shelf graphics card.

Though it consumes a bit more power and requires an 8-pin PCIe power connector, as well as a 6-pin plug, we're seeing GeForce GTX 280 cards from BFG filtering into certain etailers like NewEgg at the $279 - $259 mark...

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It also looks like the package that comes with the offering at NewEgg, also includes Call of Duty World at War, to help you stretch your new found frame rate running legs a bit. Get there soon if you want in!