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AMD HD 7700-series Cape Verde GPU Tested->

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Vigile
Vigile writes "The new Southern Islands GPU architecture continues to ripple through the AMD graphics card lineup and the release of the Cape Verde GPU brings it to the sub-$200 price range. The Radeon HD 7770 and HD 7750 cards will be priced at $159 and $109 respectively and offer 640 and 512 stream processors. That is signifantly less processing power than the 2,048 SPs in the HD 7970 and the new 7700 cards also drop from a 384-bit memory bus to a 128-bit one, offering quite a bit less memory bandwidth. PC Perspective did performance and power testing and found that while there are much better alternatives to the HD 7770 on the market, the HD 7750 is unique in that you can game at 1080p with high image quality settings in even the latest games without the need for any external power to the card. It would seem NVIDIA needs to get their 28nm products out the door if they want to keep pace with AMD's discrete options."
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Comment: 7750 more impressive than 7770 (Score 1) 1

by Vigile (#39041501) Attached to: AMD intros next-gen Radeons at $110, $160

Another good review of these cards here: http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/AMD-Radeon-HD-7770-and-7750-Cape-Verde-GPU-Review

Less impressed by the HD 7770 that has competition from the HD 6850/6870 as well as the GTX 560.
More impressed with the HD 7750 that beats out all the cards including those $20 more expensive.

Data Storage

New Intel 520 Series SSD taps SandForce controller

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crookedvulture writes "Intel continues to partner with third-party controller makers for high-end SSDs. Its new 520 Series drives pair the latest SandForce controller with Intel's own firmware and 25-nm NAND. HotHardware, Tech Report, and PC Perspective all have reviews of the drive, and the verdict is pretty consistent. While the Intel 520 Series offers slightly better performance than competing SandForce solutions, it also costs 30-40% more. That's a steep margin even considering the Intel SSD's five-year warranty."
Data Storage

Intel 520 Series SSD is Best SandForce Yet->

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Vigile writes "Early in the SSD game Intel was the leader of the pack by offering a drive with superior reliability (minus a misstep or two) and performance that was unmatched using its own controller. The new Intel 520 series though instead uses the very popular SandForce controller, the SF 2281, but differentiates by offering better performance through a custom firmware and a longer, 5-year warranty. Previously known as Cherryville, the Intel 520 is the best SandForce-based SSD tested by PC Perspective with performance as high as 520 MB/s and IOps that beat every other SSD available using this same controller. Pricing is a bit higher but Intel feels that consumers will pay for the added validation testing and warranty period that the 520 series includes."
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AMD

AMD Future Roadmap Pushes Heterogeneous Compute->

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Vigile writes "AMD is discussing its future at an event in Sunnyvale today including its continued push into the world of heterogeneous computing. What was once called FSA (Fusion System Architecture) is now being labeled HSA (Heterogeneous System Architecture) and promises a combination of CPU and GPU designs with features like combined memory address spaces and instant internal context switching. In roadmaps that they unveiled today AMD shows HSA integration as quickly as 2013 with the upcoming Sea Islands GPUs and Kaveri APU. AMD also referred to themselves being flexible in architecture selection and announced the ability to combine third-party IP on its future SoCs — can an ARM + AMD combination be far behind?"
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AMD

AMD Radeon HD 7950 Beats NVIDIA GTX 580-> 2

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Vigile writes "AMD released the world's fastest single GPU last month in the form of the Radeon HD 7970 and now they have release based on the same GPU architecture. The new HD 7950 uses the Tahiti GPU but has 1,792 stream processors rather than the 2,048 of its larger brother and still maintains the absolutely massive 3GB frame buffer. Performance testing done by the gang at PC Perspective shows that the perf gap between the two cards ranges from 15-20% depending on the game though more importantly the new HD 7950 stays ahead of NVIDIA's flagship GeForce GTX 580 while having a $50 lower price. With features like three display outputs, lower power consumption than the competition thanks to the new 28nm process and a lot of overclocking headroom (over 1100 MHz!), the $449 Radeon HD 7950 could be a great option for high-end gamers."
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AMD Radeon HD 7950 Bests NVIDIA GTX 580->

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Vigile writes "Last month AMD released the world's fastest single GPU in the form of the Radeon HD 7970 and now they have another product based on the same GPU technology. The new HD 7950 is based on the Tahiti GPU but has 1,792 stream processors rather than the 2,048 of its larger brother but still maintains the absolutely massive 3GB frame buffer. Performance testing done over at PC Perspective shows that the deltas between the two cards range from 15-20% depending on the game though more importantly the new HD 7950 stays ahead of NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 580 while having a $50 lower MSRP. With features like triple display outputs, lower power consumption than the competition thanks to the new 28nm process and a lot of overclocking headroom, the $449 Radeon HD 7950 could be a great option for high-end gamers if they stay in stock."
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Intel

Does Intel's Ultrabook Initiative Hurt Consumers?->

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Vigile writes "Nothing was more obvious from this year's CES than Intel's desire to push the Ultrabook platform. We saw announcements from Lenovo, HP, ASUS, Dell and many others all touting the benefits of the thin and light platform, some focused on style and some focused on features. An editorial over at PC Perspective posits that the Ultrabook platform, being pushed heavily by Intel's marketing dollars, may not be the best thing for consumers. The author points to current generation products that lack performance compared to larger notebooks, have fewer expansion ports for consumers that use a laptop as their only computer and the somewhat flimsy construction of Ultrabooks that actually hit Intel's targeted price points."
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Android

EFF reverse engineers Carrier IQ config->

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MrSeb
MrSeb writes "At this point we have a fairly good idea of what Carrier IQ is, and which manufacturers and carriers see fit to install it on their phones, but the Electronic Frontier Foundation — the preeminent protector of your digital rights — has taken it one step further and reverse engineered some of the program’s code to work out what’s actually going on. There are three parts to a Carrier IQ installation on your phone: The program itself, which captures your keystrokes and other “metrics”; a configuration file, which varies from handset to handset and carrier to carrier; and a database that stores your actions until it can be transmitted to the carrier. It turns out that that the config profiles are completely unencrypted, and thus very easy to crack."
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AMD

AMD Radeon HD 7970 is World's Fastest GPU->

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Vigile writes "It has been a few generations since AMD has had the performance leading GPU in its camp but with the new Radeon HD 7970 the tables have finally turned. Tahiti is based on the completely new Southern Islands design and is AMD's first step in its Fusion System Architecture. Built around 2048 stream processors and a 384-bit memory bus with a 3GB frame buffer, the HD 7970 is the first 28nm GPU, the first to support DirectX 11.1 and is the first to support PCI Express 3.0 bus speeds. Compared to NVIDIA's GTX 580 the new AMD graphics card runs anywhere from 13-30% faster depending on the game and resolution according to PC Perspective's testing. AMD might not have long at the top of the heap with NVIDIA's Kepler coming in early 2012, but if you want the best gaming GPU today, the Radeon HD 7970 is it."
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