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Selasa, 15 Maret 2016

AMD unleashes the dual GPU powered Radeon Pro Duo


AMD has officially taken the title of the world's fastest graphics card with it's new Radeon Pro Duo which is up to 51% faster when compared to Nvidia's GTX Titan Z. Just like the Titan Z, the new AMD Radeon Pro Duo is a dual GPU card and comes packed with two 28nm Fiji GPUs similar to the ones found in the R9 Fury X and R9 Nano. 

AMD Radeon Pro Duo Key Specifications

  • 8192 Stream processors (4196 ea)
  • 512 Texture units
  • 128 ROPs
  • 1.0GHz core clock
  • 8192-bit wide memory
  • 8GB HBM VRAM
  • 350W TDP
  • Display Port 1.2a
  • HDMI 1.4a


In terms of design, AMD is keeping the Radeon Pro Duo's design simple with an integrated water cooling setup courtesy of Cooler Master. But the biggest difference compared to existing Fiji based cards is that AMD is pricing this higher than two single R9 Fury X. The Radeon Pro Duo is priced at $1,499 which is about 3 times the price of a single GPU solution. But that's the point AMD is trying to get here, the dual GPU Radeon Pro Duo is not meant to be for every consumer, AMD is solely targeting this dual GPU card for the people who want to get the utmost VR experience. 

AMD says the new Radeon Pro Duo will arrive in stores starting Q2 2016.


ORIGINAL SOURCE: ANANDTECH
Selasa, 05 Januari 2016

Nvidia's new Drive PX2 module for autonomous driving has 12 CPU cores ans 8 teraflops of compute power


Nvidia is always known for their amazingly impressive engineering effort towards a more efficient computing package and this year at CES 2016 is no exception. Building upon the already powerful Nvidia Drive CX module announced last year, the new Drive PX2 module unveiled at CES 2016 will feature 2 Tegra SoCs which will be based off Nvidia's pascal architecture.

With the theoretical compute computer power of about 150 MacBook Pros, the new Drive PX2 modules has a computer power of over 8 teraflops and thus Nvidia is calling this the supercomputer for autonomous driving. But, the Drive PX2 is essentially just a dual GPU card and with two powerful SoCs, only then Nvidia managed to get a compute power even higher than their GTX Titan X graphics card.
But what does this all mean in terms of autonomous driving, not much can be said at the time being as there is yet to be proof of concept based on the Drive PX2. To get that starting, Nvidia will be partnering with Volvo to implement the new Drive PX2 modules in 100 XC90 SUVs so that the company can continue it's effort in advancing autonomous driving which is a pretty big thing in the car industry.

But as for the Drive PX2 itself, the module looks a lot like a dual graphics card setup and make no mistake, the Drive PX2 consume just as much power as a high end GPU from Nvidia. With a TDP of 250w, Nvidia is actually including an active liquid cooling setup to tame the 2 SoCs and the Drive PX2 will be connected to the car's radiator. In the end, all of data being collected by the Drive PX2 will be used to supply data to a deep learning network in order to improve autonomous driving. 


ORIGINAL SOURCE: NVIDIA
Kamis, 19 November 2015

AMD R9 380X announced, designed to outperform the competition in 1440P gaming


It is not always that we have a new tech product at this time of the year when the holiday shopping is just about to begin but AMD is releasing a brand new gaming graphics card that is designed to be the best of both worlds. The new Radeon R9 380X fills the price gap in between GTX 960 which is priced at $190 and the GTX 970 at $320. 

At it's core, the R9 380X comes with a fully decked out Tonga core with 2,048 stream processor and a boost clock of 970MHz on the reference model. Besides that, there is also 4GB of GDDR5 memory, a 256-bit wide memory bus, a 190w TDP that takes power from dual 8-pin connectors and DirectX 12 support. 


But specs aside, AMD is marketing the R9-380X as a graphics card that is designed to run games at 1440P. Not a conventional marketing tagline but this new graphics card performs marginally better compared to cards from competitors (and by competitors, I mean Nvidia) in the same price range.

With it's $229 (~MYR 988) price tag, AMD might have just got themselves a pretty compelling graphics card here. It might not be as powerful as the Tahiti cards but not everyone out there has a 4k monitor and 1440p is pretty common in gaming setups. Not to mention that AMD is releasing this card during the week before the holiday shopping starts (black friday).

Sabtu, 05 September 2015

Acer's new Predator gaming laptops with GTX980M have great value for money


Gamers are finally getting the attention they need from computer makers. This year, Acer jumps on the bandwagon, launching several new gaming oriented devices. Acer launched the Predator 15 and Predator 17, which gives away the screen size of the laptops by the name. Both the 15 and 17 are very similar in specifications other than some minor differences.

Starting with the Acer Predator 17, Acer boasts this laptop can keep cool even under intense gaming sessions. Interestingly, cooling for the Predator laptop lineup is provided by CoolerMaster. The laptop has dual fan setup but with an interesting twist. The optical drive can be removed and replaced with a third fan for additional cooling headroom. Both the Predator 15 and Predator 17 have this feature.


The Predator also have programmable keys for user recordable macros. The keyboard is illuminated but it is not yet known if the colors will be user changeable. The laptop also uses Killers Doublehot Pro, allowing users to combine WiFi and Ethernet network connection. The biggest difference, other than the screen size, of the 15 and 17 is in the sound department. While the Predator 15 has 2 speakers and a subwoofer, which is great, the Predator 17 has 4 speakers and TWO subwoofers for the ultimate thumping experience

Both Predators will have Thunderbolt 3 support. NVMe SSD support has not yet been confirmed but both versions of the laptop will have 6th Generation Intel Core processors as well as Nvidia's GeForce GTX 980M. The displays will be either 1080p or 4K, both with support for G-SYNC. Acer says that its DustDefender will help reduce dust buildup. The laptops will have an expected launching price of $1499 for the Predator 15 and $1599 for the Predator 17 and may launch by the end of the year.


Asus's new GX700 laptop might be able to put many desktops to shame


Every year at IFA, tech companies show off their latest gadgets and devices. New devices are exciting and all but nothing has taken the show floor, yet. This is where Asus new GX700 laptop comes in. We'll dive into specifications later but for now an overall look at this magnificent beauty. Asus GX700 has a new color scheme that does not follow the conventional red and black, instead its now silver and orange-ish red. Asus calls it the Armor Titanium for the silver and Plasma Copper for the accompanying orange accents.

The laptop has a detachable water cooling All-in-One kit located around the back to cool the, to date, unreleased Nvidia GPU. We think its the GeForce GTX990M, the full unlocked GM204 Maxwell core, that has been making waves on the Internet about a month ago. It also will cool the new Skylake CPU. This Skylake chip is rather special, its a K chip on a laptop, Intel Core i7 6820HK. Operating at a base clock of 2.7GHz and Turbo clocks to 3.6GHz.


It has also been spotted housing a massive 64GB of DDR4 RAM. Asus has also stated that the laptop will support NVMe based SSD running at PCIe 3.0 x4 speeds. The laptop sports a 17.3" 4K (3840x2160) IPS display that also has support for Nvidia's GSYNC. Thunderbolt 3 is also present on the computer as well as the usual Asus ROG set of macro keys. The laptop, according to Asus, may hit shelves as early as this year. We are very interested in checking out his beast in person and how it works.
Sabtu, 29 Agustus 2015

Alienware's new 18" laptop is now faster than ever


Recently Alienware has just refreshed their entire lineup of gaming notebooks as well as the X51 gaming desktop. Today we will be focusing on the 18" variant in Alienware's new lineup of gaming laptops. Unlike the other smaller screened brethren, the 18 doesn't come with the newer Intel CPU's, instead they stick with the older but still blazing fast CPU's. Alienware, with the 18, brings more connectivity ports with USB 3.0, with another USB 3.0 supporting Dell's PowerShare, 7 in 1 card reader, HDMI (ver 1.4), mini DisplayPort and more.

Beyond the new hardware improvements, Dell has essentially still kept the relatively new and beautiful design but they have overhauled the internals for more performance, screaming performance. Besides options to change the base 4710MQ to a monstrous 4940MX, there are also options to configure the laptop with Nvidia's new graphics solutions. Just like other 18" Alienware's, this new refreshed model can also be configured with dual graphics options.


Alienware didn't stop there as they have also improved the cooling solution to maintain manageable temperatures for the CPU (one fan), GeForce GTX970M 6GB GDDR5/GTX980M 8GB GDDR5 (one fan per GPU) bringing three cooling solutions for this behemoth. Besides the new cooling mechanism, Alienware is touting this model to be their most upgradable laptop ever sporting Intel's 4710(M)Q, not the usual 4710(H)Q which means its using the swappable LGA based CPU's and not the soldered onto the motherboard BGA based CPU's.

At the moment, it is not yet known if the GPU's are based on MXM or soldered onto the motherboard. This laptop also has 4x DDR3L SO-DIMM slots for a maximum configurable memory of 32GB. Alienware also included up to four bays for users to populate with SATA HDD's or SATA SSD's, with the drives maximum height of 7mm, with the addition of a M.2 slot for SSD's seen on the maxed out option of the 18.


Dell is shipping the Alienware models starting today for a starting price of USD2,499 (likely to be ~RM 10,456) and can be configured with different hardware options through Dell's online store. No word as to when these refreshed models will make it to Malaysia. For more information on the laptop, click here