Vista Home Basic on 512MB? Hey, it works!
Everyone knows Windows Vista is a resource hog. Everyone says it doesn’t even get out of first gear without a gigabyte of RAM, and it takes 2 GB before it stops stuttering and stammering with each mouse click.
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12.5.2007 Microsoft announces 512MB Xbox 360 Memory Unit
t's about time Microsoft announced that 512MB Memory Unit, which will land at $49 and at the outset come preloaded with Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved (huzzah!).
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5.3.2007Xbox 360 Jasper motherboard with 512MB storage hitting US stores
When the
Jasper motherboards started showing up in Xbox 360 consoles late last year there was
reason for excitement -- quieter fans, more efficient design, and 256MB of internal storage to set gamers free of overpriced memory cards. Now the
systems are receiving an unannounced storage boost, with an
XboxHacker forum member braza noticing that his Japanese Arcade model sported a
4Gb Samsung NAND chip. That's twice the size of the old one, giving the equivalent of a 512MB internal memory unit. That first system was
manufactured in April, and they're starting to hit US Arcade units as well...
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17.06.2009Dell Unveils Music Player
DJ Ditty sports display, 512MB
of RAM to take aim at iPod
Shuffle...
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21.09.2005AMD to launch new GPUs this month
AMD is planning to launch mid-range ATI Radeon HD 4000-series GPUs (the ATI Radeon HD 4600-series) this month and two 45nm quad-core CPU by the end of
this year, according to sources at motherboard and graphics card makers.
AMD will launch the ATI Radeon HD 4650 graphics card, adopting
its RV730 core with 512MB DDR2 memory, and the HD 4670 in two versions, one with 512MB GDDR3 memory and the other with 1GB DDR3 memory. The cards will
be priced between US$69-89. For the entry-level market, AMD will launch the ATI Radeon HD 4550 in late September. A version with 512MB DDR3 memory
will be priced at US$45-55 and a version with 256MB DDR3 memory will cost US$39-49. In mid October, the company will launch the ATI Radeon HD
4350 with 256MB DDR2 memory priced below US$49.
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09.09.2008Toshiba Unveils MP3 Players
with Style
Toshiba on Monday announced
its latest additions to its
gigabeat music player line
with two devices that will
appeal to the more
fashion-conscious music lover.
The new gigabeats will come
with capacities of 512MB and
1GB, and sport either a
multi-color or black design...
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14.11.2005Inno3D GeForce 7950GT 512MB
review
Recently Nvidia presented us
with their most up-to-date
graphics solutions meant to
capture the affordable
high-end gaming arena, which
was previously dominated by
its own GeForce 7900GT as well
ATI-based boards selling in
the 趚 to 跌
range.
The new
7900GS and 7950GT products are
available already from a
number of manufacturers and
retailers, selling for
approximantely 赼 and
跌, respectively. This
puts the GeForce 7950GT as the
logical replacement for the
7900GT, as it costs just a
fraction more yet should
deliver better performance.
The question to be
asked now is how will this new
GeForce 7950GT compare to
ATI's Radeon X1900XT? On
paper it would seem to be
anyone's guess, yet that is
exactly what we are here to
find out today.
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23.09.2006Dell Axes HD-based MP3 Players
Count Dell as the latest
victim of the Apple iPod --
well, sort of. The electronics
manufacturer on Monday said
that it would be discontinuing
its hard drive-based players,
however it will continue
offering the 512MB Dell Ditty
for the foreseeable future...
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07.02.2006ECS GeForce 8500 GT 512MB review
From the Guru of 3D; he checks out the GeForce 8500, the latest offering from Nvidia.
Since Guru3D (and we do say this with a little shame)
never reviewed a GeForce 8500 to date they gladly accepted the offer of ECS to submit such a card to them for a review. So in house today a graphics
card that I'd probably never would buy, a GeForce 8500 GT. But fact is; it's probably one of the cheapest graphics cards money can buy.
This is Guru3D, so they had to at the very least a little exorbitant and opted the 512MB model, hey it's still priced only 80 EUR including that
amount of memory. And low-end or not... I must say I had a hell of a good time with this card. Overclocking and tweaking was so much fun... we boosted
roughly 30% more performance out of this card... easily.
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05.09.2007Xbox Gets Bigger Live Games, Memory Card
Microsoft plans to allow Xbox
Live Arcade games to use more
space, announcing it had
increased the official size
limit from 50 to 150
megabytes. In addition, the
company also announced a
larger memory card with a
capacity of 512MB...
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05.03.2007Dell thin clients feature SUSE Linux
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Napster UK Giving Away MP3
Player
In an effort to lure users
away from iTunes, which
dominates online music sales
in the United Kingdom, Napster
UK is giving away a free MP3
player to all customers who
sign up for three months of
service. The player, worth
about $55 USD, is made by
SanDisk and holds 512MB of
songs...
betanews.com - 12.09.2006
ATI Radeon HD 2600XT vs Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS
Looking for the best mainstream videocard...
While Nvidia remains quite dominant in the high-end segment, a much larger battle has taken place to
offer the best mainstream graphics product. Currently the two leading mainstream cards are the Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS and the ATI Radeon HD 2600XT,
both of which are priced well under $200.
Today we will be comparing these two mid-range graphics cards head to head using a 512MB
VisionTek Radeon HD 2600XT and a 256MB ASUS GeForce 8600 GTS. While neither product features overclocking out of the box, the Radeon has an obvious
advantage in that it sports twice as much video memory. And while this may appear to be unfair, we have found that the average 512MB Radeon HD 2600XT
graphics card retails for just $140, while the average price of a GeForce 8600 GTS sporting 256MB of memory is $160.
neowin.net - 12.09.2007
Core i7 is Taking Off
Despite the falling economy and predictions of a less then expected income from the first few Nehalem chips titled "Core i7", Intel took the plunge
and released the chips to manufacturers.
Dell and Gateway rocketed their production lines and have already released a few models
featuring the talked-about Core i7 processor.
Dell released a Studio XPS and three gaming rigs, while Gateway released two new FX-Gaming
Series models.
These models should be available immediately in retail stores.
Click the "Read more" link below for
some specs of a few of the aforementioned systems.
jcxp.net - 19.11.2008
Inno3D GeForce 8800 GT OC review
So how do you make an end of life product look like new again and more importantly how do you make it sell like hot cakes? Well you would do exactly
what Nvidia has done with the GeForce 8800 GT: make it nearly as fast as your high-end product and sell it at half the price!
For those
holding out to see what the next generation ATI graphics cards are going to be like, you may as well find the 8800 GT too hard to resist and I am sure
this is exactly what Nvidia is banking on, stealing a little thunder from whatever AMD has got to show us soon.
The GeForce 8800 GT was
officially launched on October 29th and was made available on retail immediately. Today just two weeks later, the card is supposed to be everywhere
but its been extremely hard to keep up with the demand for the card. Nvidia announced that the suggested retail price for the GeForce 8800 GT would be
$200 for the 256MB version and around $250 for the 512MB version. Currently the average 512MB 8800 GT graphics card costs between
$270-$290, slightly above the MSRP, which is not that unusual for a product that has only just recently been released.
neowin.net - 14.11.2007
Dell Ditty to Take On iPod
Shuffle
Dell on Tuesday debuted the
"Ditty" - its answer
to the iPod Shuffle which the
company hopes will prove more
successful than previous
incarnations of its DJ music
players. At $99 USD for 512MB,
the Ditty is aimed at taking
away some of Apple's Shuffle
market share this holiday
season.
Photos: View images of the Dell
Ditty player..
betanews.com - 21.09.2005
SanDisk Unveils Low Cost MP3
Player
SanDisk on Tuesday unveiled
its m200 series of flash-based
MP3 players, the first higher
capacity players to break the
$100 USD price barrier while
ensuring PlaysForSure
compatibility. The SanDisk
players will range in capacity
from 512MB to
4GB.
Photos:
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of the SanDisk m200 player..
betanews.com - 05.10.2005
Samsung begins volume producing 60nm DRAM
Samsung Electronics announced
today that it has begun mass
producing the industry's
first 1Gb DDR2 DRAM using
60nm-class process technology.
Use of the new process
technology is a significant
milestone in that it increases
production efficiency by 40%
over the 80nm process
technology deployed in DRAM
fabrication since early 2006,
and offers twice the
productivity of 90nm general
process technology.
Ample market availability of
1Gb DRAM will further increase
the demand for large density
DRAMs, especially as the new
premium Vista operating system
imposes a DRAM requirement of
at least 1GB. Samsung's line
up of 60nm 1Gb DRAM-based
modules includes 512MB, 1GB
and 2GB densities supporting
either 667Mbps or 800Mbps
speeds with customer
validation. Samsung
anticipates such a high degree
of receptivity to the 60nm
process that it should drive
greater demand for 1Gb DRAM
chips in the near future over
today's mainstream density of
512Mb.
neowin.net - 01.03.2007
Fujitsu Readies 2.8 Pound Sub-Notebook For Vista Launch
Fujitsu has announced the new
Loox T-Series sub-notebooks,
all pre-loaded with Windows
Vista Home Premium. There are
four models
available,- T50: 1.2GHz
Celeron M processor, 512MB of
RAM, 60GB hard
drive
- T50U: 1.2GHz
Celeron M processor, 512MB of
RAM, 60GB hard drive, 1Seg TV
tuner
- T70: 1.2GHz Core
Solo processor, 1GB of RAM,
80GB hard drive
- T70U:
1.2GHz Core Solo processor,
1GB of RAM, 80GB hard drive,
1Seg TV tuner
All
models will come with a
multi-format DVD burner and
weigh 2.6 pounds. Battery
life, however, is limited to
4.8 hours (with the Core Solo
processor). Pricing should
become available as the retail
launch of Vista nears.
neowin.net - 16.01.2007
ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 - R700 Preview: AMD's Fastest Single Card
The R700 board is literally made up of two RV770s with a PCI Express switch connecting the two. The clock speeds are identical to the Radeon HD 4870,
and memory size per GPU remains unchanged at 512MB. In other words, R700 should perform very much like a pair of 4870s in CrossFire. Or should it?
winbeta.org - 14.07.2008
Micron announces its 78nm-made DDR3 validated with Intel
Micron Technology announced
that its 1Gbit DDR3 have been
validated with Intel desktop
platforms. This DDR3 is being
fabricated on Micron's 78nm
6F² process, which results a
smaller die size premium over
DDR2 compared with 512 megabit
(Mb) products. offer lower
power on modules that can
utilize either 512Mb or 1Gb
and meet the minimum system
density requirements of 1GB.
Micron's DDR3 products
support data rates of 800
megatransfers per second
(MT/s) to 1,066 MT/s with
clock frequencies of 400MHz to
533MHz, respectively, doubling
the speed from DDR2. The DDR3
supply voltage has been
reduced from 1.8V to 1.5V,
reducing power consumption by
up to 30%.
Evaluation samples of
Micron's 1Gb DDR3 components
are available to select
customers with production
expected to begin early next
year. Micron's 1Gb DDR3
components will be available
in various output
configurations (x4, x8 and
x16), and will be fully
compliant with the most recent
JEDEC DDR3 specifications.
These components will support
module densities from 512MB
through 4GB and a variety of
module types, including
UDIMMs, SODIMMs, and RDIMMs.
neowin.net - 15.05.2007
Sapphire Readies DirectX 10 Graphics Cards for Old Computers
Sapphire Technology, one of
the world's largest producers
of graphics cards, is planning
to release three graphics
cards featuring ATI Rialto
bridge, which allows GPUs
originally architected for PCI
Express to work on platforms
supporting AGP 4x or 8x. The
new cards fully support
DirectX 10 and are based on
the latest ATI Radeon HD
2000-series GPUs. The new
graphics boards are Sapphire
Radeon HD 2600 XT (800MHz
core, 1400MHz memory) with up
to 512MB of GDDR3 memory, HD
2600 Pro (600MHz core, 1000MHz
memory) with up to 512MB GDDR3
memory onboard and HD 2400 Pro
(525MHz core, 800MHz memory)
with up to 256MB of GDDR2
memory onboard.
Both Radeon HD 2600 and 2400
are fully compatible with
DirectX 10 and feature
advanced Avivo HD video
engine, however, the model HD
2600 sports 120 stream
processors, 8 texture units
and 4 render back ends,
whereas the model HD 2400 has
only 40 SPs, 4 TUs and 4 RBEs.
Even though some end-users may
find the new graphics cards
useful, as all of them is
likely to be priced at below
$199, it is unlikely that
the new graphics cards will
allow them to play modern
games, as microprocessors on
the vast majority of AGP
systems are outdated for
contemporary games, whereas
DDR memory upgrades are
already more expensive
compared to DDR2 memory
upgrades. It is unclear when
Sapphire starts to sell the
new AGP graphics boards.
neowin.net - 22.05.2007
