ATI has released a Catalyst hotfix for bug fixes & performance enhancements for existing Radeon owners. The following are cards officially supported:
Download 3DMark Vantage Catalyst Hotfix:
Click here if the above links do not work.
Technology & Me
Only S$1 per order... & what's 煮炒 in English?
(Sorry for the blurry picture, I think my camera lens is scratched)
Now even 煮炒 stall also got delivery. The good thing is that the delivery fee is only S$1. This is more economical when ordering small quantities of food, vis-à-vis McDelivery & DaBao.sg's S$3 delivery charge.
In my opinion, they should have a website to showcase their menu & delivery areas.
Oh btw, what's 煮炒 in English? Google Translator gave me "cook speculation" (-_-)"
RV770XT | RV770PRO | RV770PRO | |
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Product Name | HD4870 | HD4850 | HD 4850 GDDR3 |
Process | 55 nm | 55 nm | 55 nm |
Core Clock | 850 MHz | 650 MHz | 650 MHz |
Shader Clock | 1050 MHz | 850 MHz | 850 MHz |
Memory Clock | 1935 MHz | 1728 MHz | 1143 MHz |
Stream Processors | 480 | 480 | 480 |
TMUs | 32 | 32 | 32 |
ROPs | 16 | 16 | 16 |
FLOPs | 1008 GFlops | 816 GFlops | 816 GFlops |
Fill Rate | 27.200 MT/s | 20.800 MT/s | 20.800 MT/s |
Memory Bus Width | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit |
Memory Size | 1 GB | 512 MB | 256 MB 512 MB |
Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Memory Bandwidth | 123.8 GB/s | 110.5 GB/s | 73.2 GB/s |
TDP | 150W | 110W | 110W |
MSPR | $349* | $269* | TBA |
Release | May 2008 | May 2008 | TBA |
Ever wonder how much Band-22 pays?
I see some people got Band 6,7 can start hao lian & teaching others how to blog already. So I guess I have earned myself a bit of bragging rights too yea? =P
Remember this post which I showed the incoming ad email & some of my blog's statistics?
Well, here's the answer to an average of 1200 uniques/day (or 1199 if you wanna be exact):
After collecting my prize for NAPFA test, meet them @ IMM Cartel for dinner..
Hi Seb, long time no see...
They ordered some gigantic 5-person party platter meal...
EVIL!!!
Oh, & that extra I dunno what her name is... LOL
Before these idiots go order waffles or some cake, I had the waiter bring out the cake we've secretly smuggled in earlier on... =P
Seb was so touched that he started crying... (not over the cake pls)
Somehow the cake was tough as a rock...
The reason why this post is much delayed,
took the pics & refuse to send us or post them online!
Which idiot 偷拍 me?
Group photo...
Went Daiso & someone suggested trying to look upskirt this model (-_-)"
Imaginary James Bond gadget no more, it's a reality...
"A German company has introduced a disposable DVD that can be viewed for 48 hours, then thrown away. The DVDs will sell for just $6.44.
So, it's about the same price as a new video rental in Europe - and it used to be about the same price as in the US, before the Mighty Dollar shrank into the Pygmy Dollar. But there are no late fees and no need to pop the disk in the post or return to the store. This opens up DVD distribution possibilities for new premium-priced movie releases - in petrol stations, convenience stores, coffee shops and the like, as well as online retailers - as there is no longer the need to book the DVDs back in. That's the idea. Will it work?
DVD-D Germany Ltd's 'Einmal' (German for 'once') - discs incorporate a self-destruct chemical coating to render them unreadable after a pre-set time. The process begins as soon as the discs are removed from vacuum-sealed packaging. After 48 hours (or longer, depending on the price) the DVD gives a 'No disc' error when put into a DVD player or PC. There appears to be no DRM (digital rights management), so you could copy the disks, if you're quick enough..."
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They say cancer-causing chemicals could build up in the prostate if men do not ejaculate regularly.
And they say sexual intercourse may not have the same protective effect because of the possibility of contracting a sexually transmitted infection, which could increase men's cancer risk.
Australian researchers questioned over 1,000 men who had developed prostate cancer and 1,250 who had not about their sexual habits.
They found those who had ejaculated the most between the ages of 20 and 50 were the least likely to develop the cancer.
The protective effect was greatest while the men were in their 20s.
Men who ejaculated more than five times a week were a third less likely to develop prostate cancer later in life.
Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3072021.stm
Part 1: Specifications & Test Platform
Part 2: Crysis & World in Conflict
Part 3: Power Consumption
Power Consumption
For the sake of consistency, they had extra cooling fans removed, except for the CPU cooler. Corsair XMS2 8500C5 Dominator memory and Nvidia GeForce 8800 Ultra were used in both systems.
On both boards, BIOS settings returned to default settings. AMD Cool'&'Quiet and Intel EIST/C1E states were enabled.
AMD's "Turbo mode" was left enabled, because disabling it cripples Phenom performance by massively increasing memory latency (~135-150ns versus ~65ns), although it greatly increases the energy efficiency of the Phenom.
What can I say? The load power consumption of E8200, E8400 & E8500 is merely 189W, 191W & 196W respectively. This simply proves not only that the Wolfdales are faster, but they consumes less power as well (as compared to the 65nm counterparts). If you are a gamer or an overclocker, E8400 is definitely your weapon of choice.
Source: bit-tech.net
Part 1: Specifications & Test Platform
Part 2: Crysis & World in Conflict
Part 3: Power Consumption
Part 1: Specifications & Test Platform
Part 2: Crysis & World in Conflict
Part 3: Power Consumption
Test Result
Crysis with the latest 1.21 patch installed, running in 64-bit & DirectX mode.
E8500 takes the lead in Crysis. Surprisingly, E6750 seems to do just as good as the E8200. Clock speed & L2 seems to be the winning formula here. Q6600, Q6700 & the Phenoms aren't doing very well here.
World in Conflict
This is tested based on the retail copy with the 1.007 patch installed, which includes some bug fixes & performance enhancement under DirectX 10.
World in Conflict gave the quad cores a slight advantage here. At lower resolution, the E8000 series beats all competitors. Unfortunately, the Phenom X4s are still nowhere near the Conroes, let alone the Wolfdales.
Part 1: Specifications & Test Platform
Part 2: Crysis & World in Conflict
Part 3: Power Consumption
Product | E8200/E8400/E8500 |
Clock Speed | 2.66/3.0/3.16 GHz |
FSB | 1333 MHz |
Stepping | C0 |
Socket | LGA775 |
Process | 45nm Hi-K |
TDP | 65W |
Features | SSE4.1, EIST, EM64T, XD, VT |
L2 Cache | 6MB shared |
Service & Support | 3-years limited warranty (box) |
XFX recently announced two limited edition factory overclocked cards added to their GeForce 9 line up. They are the 9800 GX2 and 9800 GTX Black Edition. Both cards will be bundled with Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed.
Specifications:
Product Name | 9800 GX2 | 9800 GTX |
Core | G92-450 | G92-420 |
Process | 65 nm | 65nm |
Transistors | 2x 754 million | 754 million |
Core/Shader | 700/1700 | 760/1900 |
Memory | GDDR3-2100 | GDDR3-2280 |
Stream Processors | 2x 128 | 128 |
Memory Bus Width | 2x 256-bit | 256-bit |
Memory Bandwidth | 134.4GB/s | 72.96GB/s |
Memory Size | 1GB | 512MB |
Texture Filtering Rate | 87.04 GigaTexels/sec | 48.64 GigaTexels/sec |
DirectX Support | DirectX 10 | DirectX 10 |
PCI-E Interface | PCI-Express 2.0 | PCI-Express 2.0 |
The 37th most popular site in Singapore (according to Alexa), is back online.
But there's a problem -- the maps are EMPTY...
(empty maps)
(mrt/bus guide not working)
StreetDirectory.com has been my good friend for years. Even during my internship, we relied heavily on it for leads & directions to the client's company. No choice but to opt for other alternatives. I tried SBSTransit Journey Planner, but they don't even have my destination street name in their database!
I dunno wassup with the lawsuit thing, I just hope it can go back to "normal" asap. And people seem to enjoy suing each other these days. Anyway, you can read more about it here.
Genuine Vertu phone cost as much as S$580,000 (you can buy two 4-room HDB flats with that money), while the similar looking ones from China cost only S$38...
(€1 = S$2.15, RMB1 = S$0.194 xe.com)
The real stuff...
The Made in China replica...
Tiny, non-touch LCD screen
Quality seemed to have improved since the Vertu clones back in 2002.
Basic features like making calls, texting & MP3 ringtones are there.
Cheap plastic back casing, with a Lamborghini logo at the back,
the set is complete with a replica Nokia BL-5C battery
Photos from: http://mobile.pconline.com.cn/market/sz/0804/1266388.html
Similar post: Vertu Ferrari handphone
This is unbelievable, you gotta see this --
"INCOMING ADVERTISEMENT ON YOUR BLOG"
Nuffnang is actually going to advertise on my blog =D
(above: Nuffnang Analytics / below: eXtreme Tracking)
Any idea which band would 1k+ uniques qualify for?
Core | G96-300 |
Process | 65 nm |
Transistors | ? |
Core/Shader | 550/1375 |
Memory | GDDR2 900Mhz GDDR3 1600Mhz |
Stream Processors | 32 |
Memory Bus Width | 128 bit |
Memory Bandwidth | 14.4GB/s (GDDR2) 25.6GB/s (GDDR3) |
Memory Size | 256 MB |
Texture Filtering Rate | 8.8 GigaTexels/sec |
DirectX Support | DirectX 10 |
PCI-E Interface | PCI-Express 2.0 |