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Nvidia and AMD (formerly ATI) are certainly fighting for the attention of gaming enthusiasts, releasing numerous cards around the £200 mark. Back in July 2010, Nvidia launched the excellent GeForce GTX 460  for just shy of that amount. More recently, AMD waded in with its HD 6870 for around £180 and the Radeon HD 6950  for £220. Now Nvidia is back with the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, again at around £200.

In fact the 560 Ti is available at a range of prices. This is because Nvidia has encouraged manufacturers to produce overclocked versions of the card, so much so that there are few stock versions available. Our benchmarks below were run on the reference card from Nvidia, which has a core clock speed of 822MHz and 1GB of GDDR5 memory running at 1GHz. However, cards with higher clock speeds are available at the same price as the reference cards.The Palit GeForce GTX 560Ti Sonic Edition, for example, has a core clock speed of 900MH. Read the rest of this entry »

A 7in touchscreen tablet PC running Android 2.2. The Streak 2 will dwarf the current 5in model.

T-mobile said it will be priced below existing tablets but didn’t reveal an exact figure – nor did it say when the Streak will go on sale.

The tablet runs an nVidia dual-core processor and has an SD Card slot to permit storage of as much as 32GB.

Nvidia has lacked a credible mid-range graphic card for too long, with ATI’s 4000- and 5000-series cards taking all the plaudits for the past two years. The GTX 460 marked Nvidia’s return to serious competition with arch-rival ATI.

Gigabyte’s GV-N450-1GI is based around Nvidia’s new GeForce GTS 450 chipset, and with cards on sale for £100 we’d hoped it would take on ATI’s aging HD 5770, which has recently been reduced to a similar price. Like the HD 5770, the GTS 450 is a cut-down version of more expensive models. Read the rest of this entry »

HP intros a new 18.4-inch (1920 x 1080 Ultra BrightView LCD display) Pavilion dv8t featuring Intel Core i7-720QM Quad Core a 1.6GHz processor.

The laptop is packed with a NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M 1GB graphics card, a 500GB HDD,  4GB DDR3 RAM, Blu-ray and runs on Windows 7 64-bit OS.

The most amazing thing is that the Pavilion dv8t is available only for $949.99 shipped instead of regular price $1,449.99.

Microsoft apparently continues to work on its Courier project as it develops this e-book reader and digital journal. The Microsoft Courier is “digital journal” that is under one inch think, under half a kg in weight and will just be the size of a large index card (or a moleskin notebook, for that matter) when folded up.
It is powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 chipset with the same OS – presumably meaning Windows CE 6 based – as the Zune HD, Pink and Windows Mobile 7.
It will come with a web browser, e-mail software, an address book, to-do list and calendar, and will function as a mobile organizer. Other Courier features might include a built-in camera and a headset jack. Read the rest of this entry »

Shuttle has announced its latest SFF PC called the XS35 that will be seen at CeBIT next month.

The tiny SFF PC is only 3.3cm thick and is HD compatible. This may well be the best SFF PC Shuttle has for use as an HTPC machine in the living room. The chassis used for the XS35 is 1-liter class and has a standard VESA mount interface. That interface means you can mount the PC to the rear of a TV or LCD display.

The machine is complete, runs the Intel Atom D510 processor at 1.6GHz, and uses the NM10 Express Chipset. Graphics are handled by the NVIDIA GT218, otherwise known as the ION 2 platform. The machine has HDMI out, five USB ports, VGA out, LAN port, memory card reader, 2.5″ HDD, and an optical drive.

Toshiba introduces us its 16-inch Satellite A500-ST6647 widescreen laptop. The laptop is powered by a 1.6GHz Intel Core i7-720QM processor, a NVIDIA GeForce 310M 512MB graphics, up to 4GB DDR3 RAM, 320GB HDD (7200 rpm). Toshiba Satellite A500-ST6647 features a 6-cell battery pack, LED-backlit keyboard, a DVD SuperMulti drive, HDMI port, 802.11n wireless, an integrated webcam and runs on 64 bit Windows 7 Home Premium OS.

ICD has announced the “Ultra” tablet, which aims to be the smaller variant of it’s (still unreleased) “Vega” line of tablets. The Ultra is pretty much what any gadget fan would want in a tablet, with Android, Tegra processing, and a big 7″ touchscreen display.

The Ultra will be packing NVIDIA’s Tegra T20 chip which includes a processor, memory and graphics rendering all on a single die, also known as “system-on-a-chip”, which is aimed at smartphones and mobile devices, like the Ultra tablet. The Ultra will ship with Android 2.1, and buyers will have a choice as to if they want a capacitive or resistive touchscreen. Read the rest of this entry »

ASUS EEE Pad is an ultra portable device that combines MID and tablet functions in one. This Asus EEE Pad tablet will come with a screen size of 4 to 7 inches and with multi-touch capability.

The Asus EEE Pad will also feature the NVIDIA’s Tegra chipset and possibly the fastest ARM processor as well. The good news is this Asus tablet will be launched in March and it’s pretty much expected to be showcased at CES in January, where it shall get revealed of more of its specs and the price.

The Asus EEE Pad will deliver at least 720p HD and possibly 1080p based on the NVIDIA’s chipset. Since it will feature a multit-touch display, the OS that will likely run on the Asus tablet will most likely be the Android 2.x.

Computer maker MSI released its Wind Top AE2020 all-in-one PC. The PC has a 20-inch, multi-input touchscreen and is the first from MSI to combine this feature with Windows 7 Home Premium. A 2.1GHz Intel Pentium dual-core forms the heart of its performance, but it also uses NVIDIA’s Ion graphics to smoothly play back HD videos on the 1600×900 display.

The PC also gets 3GB of RAM and a 320GB hard drive, along with an optical drive. The side of the display has an HDMI port, a VGA port and six USB ports, along with a six-in-one card reader. A 1.3-megapixel camera allows for video chats.