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  NVIDA Finally Launches 40nm Notebook Graphics Card

  NVIDIA today has announced 5 new mobile GPU's built on the 40nm fabrication process. NVIDIA's arch rival, AMD/ATi had launched the HD4860 and HD4830 way back in march which were the first 40nm Mobile GPU on the market. ATi was also the first Graphics Card manufacturer to launch a 40nm GPU – HD4770 which has seen tremendous success after its launch.NVIDIA is finally catching up with Ati and today they announced 5 new Mobile GPU's namely - the GTS 260M, GTS 250M, GT 240M, GT 230M and G210M. All these Mobile GPU's have been made using 40nm fabrication process which translates into lower power consumption and better performance. These new GPU's are based on the GTS200 architecture and supports Dx10.1 and Shader Model 4.1. Read More | Tweet This

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  Western Digital Unveils It's Own Lineup Of SSD's

  Western Digital today annoucned their own lineup of SSD's - The SiliconDrive III. Western Digital had acquired Silicon System earlier this year and these newly launched Solid State Drives from WD uses the technology provided by the same firm. The SiliconDrive III from WD will come in 2.5inch and 1.8inch form factor and will make use of both the SATA and PATA interface and will offer Read/Write speeds of upto 100Mb/sec and 80Mb/sec respectively. The WD SiliconDrive will offer a max storage space of 120GB. Read More | Tweet This

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  USB 3.0 – Advantages and Disadvantages

  USB 3.0 specifications were announced at the end of of 2008. USB 3.0 is upto 10x faster than USB 2.0 and can offer a max data transfer speed of upto 5Gbits/sec which roughly translates into 640MB/sec. USB 3.0 is fully comaptible with USB 2.0 but does not support older USB 1.1 devices. At first sight USB 3.0 connector seems no different from the USB 2.0 connector but the USB 3.0 Connector has 5 more connecting pins placed deep inside the connector cover. USB 2.0 can provide a maximum of 500mA power to the USB device while USB 3.0 can provide a maximum power of 900mA, which is important for portable hard drives. USB 3.0 also comes with better power saving features so your USB powered devices will consume less power when it is in idle mode. Read More | Tweet This

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  Hackintosh – Worth it?

  Hackintosh. What is it? When you install a Hacked version of Mac OS X on a non-branded Computer, it is termed as "Hackintosh". Hackintosh is considered to be one of the cheapest ways to try out the Mac OS X without buying the costly Apple Branded Computers. There are other alternatives to Hackintosh as well, like the EFI-X chip. Continue reading to find out more about Hackintosh. Read More | Tweet This

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  Few Must Have Applications For All Your Hardware Monitoring Needs

  These are a few Must have applications which every user needs to have for his Hardware monitoring needs - CPU-Z – This is the only software you will ever need to get all the information of your Processor. CPU-Z is made by CPUID and is one of the most popular CPU monitoring software out in the market. The best thing about CPU-Z is that it's a freeware. CPU-Z offers a very vivid detail of your Processor, including the Core Voltage, Stepping and Revision. Besides providing information about your Processor, CPU-Z also provides information about your Motherboard, RAM and the CPU cache. There is also an option to validate your CPU which will helps in online forums. The Version 1.52 of CPU-Z which is still under development is also going to provide you information about your Graphics Card. Read More | Tweet This