Looks like next month AMD is going to introduce a series of new Radeon graphics cards. With each week more and more specs and information leaks on the web. PCinLife (an Asian site) has obtained a slide on the 'Barts' models graphics cards.

It's the slide with all info the true geeks and guru's really like .. AMD's next-generation Radeon HD 6700 series GPUs ... now I'm not going to explain all the tech specs, hey gimme something for the reviews! But you'll notice it has all the info you need to make a good estimated guess on where performance will be. But have a peek at this slide ...

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The GeForce GTX 460 comes in many forms, shapes and sizes, but pretty much all of the cards out there are based on the NVIDIA reference design. That by itself is a rock solid design with no compromises at all. However we are gurus and we like to see things with a little niche and that x-factor. As such it\'s always with the greatest pleasure that we review the more customized products. Axle joins in on that trend as well as they recently released a factory overclocked model with an Arctic cooling Accelero Xtreme PRO cooler sitting on top of that GPU.

Axle GeForce GTX 460 ACE review

The GeForce GTX 460 comes in many forms, shapes and sizes, but pretty much all of the cards out there are based on the NVIDIA reference design. That by itself is a rock solid design with no compromises at all. However we are gurus and we like to see things with a little niche and that x-factor. As such it\'s always with the greatest pleasure that we review the more customized products.

Axle joins in on that trend as well as they recently released a factory overclocked model with an Arctic cooling Twin Turbo PRO cooler sitting on top of that GPU.

Check out the full review here.

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Here's a handy new freeware application.

Tweak Me! is a Windows Tweaking Application which supports Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.

Never has it been so easy to tweak all most used versions of Microsoft Windows using just one application. Tweak Me! has a modern user friendly GUI which makes it extremely easy for you to manage the most important tweaks which save you a lot of time when setting up Windows!

Compared to other tweaking utilities, Tweak Me! contains mostly tweaks which do not just represent settings you can change using the ordinary Windows GUI. Tweak Me! also recognizes the operating system you use and offers you only tweaks which are supported by your current system!

Changelog for version 1.1.0.6:

• Bugfix: Fixed: System Restore windows did not closer after throwing an exception
• Bugfix: Fixed: Default profiles were damaged
• General: Fixed: Several typos
• General: Only system's default profile can be loaded now
• Cleaner: Improved: Remove History (added run history, typed paths, etc.)
• Cleaner: Improved: Internet Explorer History
• Cleaner: Improved: History (Chrome)
• Cleaner: Improved: Temporary Internet Files (Chrome), detected twice the amount of existing data
• Cleaner: Added: "Open-/Save Dialogs' History"
• Cleaner: Added: "Registry Editor History"
• Cleaner: Added: "Windows Media Player History"
• Cleaner: Added: "Wallpaper History"
• Cleaner: Added: "Autocomplete" (Internet Explorer)
• Cleaner: Added: Support for Chromium based browsers

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For those interested, An open multiplayer beta test for Medal of Honor PC will be held on October 4-7. The open beta will contain two multiplayer maps (Shahikot Mountains and Kunar Base) two gameplay modes (the objective-based Combat Mission and the domination-based Sector Control) and a number of different weapons. The main goal of the open beta is to test EA's multiplayer servers with a full player load. Medal of Honor is due out for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on October 12.

Recommended System Requirements
Operating System: Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7. Processor: QuadCore 2.0Ghz. Memory: 2GB RAM+. Video Card: A video card with 512MB of VRAM and one of the following chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce GTX260; ATI Raedeon 4870. HDD Space: 2GB. Soundcard: Soundcard with DirectX 10 compatibility. DirectX: DirectX 10. Disc Drive: 16X CD/DVD Drive.

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One of the more nauseating facts that go with a computer hardware testlab is wires .. everywhere and anywhere. Good news on the monitor side though, NVIDIA apparently is working on new wireless technology that allows communication in-between the graphics cards and your display, the focus for this is in fact gamers.

Over at the GPU technology Conference last week scars information was disclosed. Of course it is not something new as Intel has been paving their way on this for a while now with Intel's Wireless Display technology (WiDi).

But the idea is simple, allow a computer to stream content in high quality to a display without the need for cables. Currently there is no information available whatsoever though and that included a launch date of this technology.

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AMD's corporate vice president for product marketing Lesbie Sobon took the time to write a blog on how girls can get a geeky boyfriend, you can read it over here, according to AMD:

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This reallt is impressive, AMD is to increase the processor L2 cache size to 77% over the current generation processors. The upcoming eight-core microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices based on the Bulldozer micro-architecture that feature Orochi design will get massive internal cache systems compared to current-generation of chips. In total, the top-of-the-range single-die processor will have 16MB of cache, here's the snippet as X-Bit labs reports:

AMD Orochi chip (which is a universal server and client design that will power Valencia, Zambezi and possibly other implementations of first-gen Bulldozer family) will have 8MB unified level-three cache, according to a document seen by X-bit labs. Since eight-core Orochi features four dual-core Bulldozer modules, each of which is believed to have 2MB of shared level-two cache, the whole chip will pack in whopping 16MB of SRAM, a 77% increase from the current six-core microprocessors that have 9MB of cache in total.

Large L2 caches will help AMD's next-generation microprocessors to ensure higher performance in single-threaded applications compared to today's multi-core chips that only have 512KB of L2, whereas massive L3 cache will maximize memory bandwidth. In both cases this will bring notable performance gains compared to today's Stars/Greyhound architecture.

AMD Orochi design is the company's next-generation processor for high-end desktop and server markets. The chip will feature eight processing engines, but since it is based on Bulldozer micro-architecture, those cores will be packed into four modules. Every module which will have two independent integer cores (that will share fetch, decode and L2 functionality) with dedicated schedulers, one floating point unit with two 128-bit FMAC pipes with one FP scheduler. The chip will have shared L3 cache, new dual-channel DDR3 memory controller and will use HyperTransport 3.1 bus. The Orochi chips will use new AM3+ form-factor and will require brand new platforms [via xbitlabs].

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Adobe Systems Inc. demonstrated impressive new photography technologies during a recent Nvidia Tech Conference, that would allow users to refocus photos on their computers after the photo was originally snapped. The company used plenoptic lenses, which essentially are many lenses clustered together that are able to focus on different parts of a picture (including the ability to capture 3D images), the result is a mosaic like non-natural group of micro-pictures with an infinite depth of field. Plenoptic lenses are a new technology that uses just a single extra lens and some software to enable you to refocus pictures after the act of taking it

Just check it out, it just is very impressive.

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