NVIDIA GeForce Drivers 190.62

This is the latest WHQL driver for NVIDIA GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, and 200-series desktop GPUs. NVIDIA GeForce drivers stand for compatibility, reliability, and stability with the widest range of games and applications. Updating your drivers ensures the best experience for every user and delivers continuous performance and feature updates for your NVIDIA product. The driver adds support for NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on all GeForce 8-series, 9-series and 200-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory.
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Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition

AMD is launching a brand new flagship desktop processor today, dubbed the Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition. As you can probably surmise from its name--if you're familiar with AMD's naming convention--the Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition is virtually identical to the 955 it supplants at the top of AMD's desktop processor line-up, save for the 965's higher default clock speed. Whereas the 955 clocked in at a speedy 3.2GHz, the new 965 arrives at a lofty 3.4GHz, making it the highest clocked CPU to come from AMD to date.

The Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition is based on the same core as all current socket AM3, quad-core Phenom II processors and it as the same cache configuration and overall feature set. There are some slight differences to its specifications, however, which we have listed for you below. The 965 BE's differentiating features are, as we've mentioned, it's higher frequency of 3.4GHz and also its higher maximum TDP of 140W. Please take note of the higher TDP, as not all socket AM2+/AM3 motherboards will support it.

Once you're done taking a gander at the specifications below, check out some related articles and hunker down for some testing and benchmarks as we find out what AMD's new Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition is made of...

Model / Processor Frequency : AMD Phenom II Processor Model X4 965 (3.4GHz)
L1 Cache Sizes                 :  64K of L1 instruction and 64K of L1 data cache per core (512KB total L1 per processor)
L2 Cache Sizes                 : 512KB of L2 data cache per core (2MB total L2 per X4 processor)
L3 Cache Size (shared)         : 6MB
Total Cache (L2+L3)         : 8MB
Memory Controller Frequency : Up to 2.0GHz with Dual Dynamic Power Management
Types of Memory         : Unreg. DIMMs up to PC2 8500 (DDR2-1066MHz) and PC3 1333 (DDR3-1333MHz)
HyperTransport 3.0         : One 16-bit/16-bit link @ up to 4000MHz full duplex
Total Processor Bandwidth : Up to 37.3 GB/s bandwidth (Up to 21.3GB/s memory bandwidth)
Packaging                         : Socket AM3 938-pin organic micro pin grid array (micro-PGA) (backward compatible with Socket AM2)
Process Technology                 : 45nm (.045-micron) DSL Silicon on Insulator (SOI)

The new Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition is an update to AMD's Dragon Platform. The Dragon Platform itself is not new, however. In fact, most of its core components have already been available for quite some time now. As such, we have already covered them in-depth here on HotHardware in previous articles, so we won't do the same again here. We will, however, recommend that you take a look at a few recent articles to get familiar with the underlying technology and components that comprise AMD's Dragon platform.

ASUS N 50Vn-B1B Laptop

Summary – The dream of computer and laptop designers all over the world to design laptop replacing the home desktop pc has come thru with the ASUS N 50Vn-B1B laptop.  The lap top provides something for every one in the family and may well become the trend for the future.  While it lacks in a few areas in comparison to compatriots, it more than makes up the deficiencies with superiority in other spheres.

Manufacturers and designers were having a vision of a complete all purpose replacement for your desktop PC for quite some times.  However it has been ASUS N 50Vn-B1B laptop that has fulfilled the dream.  No wonder that the new lap top has all the ingredients and characteristics to replace your old desktop family PC and fill out the slot.

Whatever might be the purpose for your use of the PC, family photos, videos, or for any other purpose like managing various software applications, the lap top is suitable for all your purpose.  It can even be the manager of your home budget.  Multitasking operators will find the ASUS N 50Vn-B1B laptop especially suitable for their purposes.

The lap top also provides something for every member of your family.  Kids can play the latest video games whereas your spouse can enjoy latest video and music.  You can enjoy very high quality movies or graphics with the superb Nvidia graphics card. The best news for you is that the price is quite affordable despite all these features at around $1,250.  ASUS N 50Vn-B1B laptop is meant to be affordable and user friendly.  It won’t bleed you white financially.

When it comes to attractive appearance, ASUS has taken adequate care of the product.  The glossy brown finish does not glow with bright colors.  Yet the simple and homely design has something that is the current trend.  It may not be the first thing that you will notice in either someone’s living or office room.  Yet it has its own appeal for the customer who does no prefer trade off between glamour and quality.  The ASUS N 50Vn-B1B laptop has close proximity to HP HDX16t and embeds suitable patterns under hard lamination.

Have a close look at the lap top and you will discover raining-dot patterns.  These are something that will remind you of the data streams in movies such as “The Matrix”. Of course many would like the aluminum Apple MacBook Pro 15 inches with Dual Graphics or that of the metal and leather mounted Dell Studio XPS 16 for their appearances.  The ASUS N 50Vn-B1B laptop at 6.7 pounds is not as light as the Sony VAIO VGN-FW198UH which comes to 6.4 pounds.  It is lighter than the HDX16t that comes to 6.9 pounds. The lap top is a balance between ideal light travel and heavy burdensome luggage.

ASUS N 50Vn-B1B laptop provides you with a 15.4 inch screen following the traditional format of the 16.10 inch widescreen.  It may not be as facile as the 16.9 is format now becoming popular and found in the widescreen HDTV or found in most of the new lap top models.  They are quite prominent in the Dell Studio XPS 16, HP HDX16t, as well as the Acer 6930G-6723.

However the N50Vn-B1B screen is no way less competent in comparison to others.  Watching the images on the screen is a pleasant experience. The reason is that departing from the tradition it uses 1,440 X 900 pixels resolution standards. Such resolution is sufficient for even the professional and most avid multitasking operators. Of course the ASUS N 50Vn-B1B laptop still falls short of the HP HDX16t with 1,920 X 1080 resolutions.

The full size keyboard with numeric keypad is great for all those number crunchers that require them for upcoming tax seasons mostly. ASUS N 50Vn-B1B laptop has a numeric keypad half the normal size.  However it gives you better comfort and the responsive capabilities of the keypad is really great.  Mouse buttons are large and they are also raised.  They are not flush with the touchpad.  Overall the structure is highly ergonomic for you.  They are efficient and the only slight irritation you might have is due to the loud clicks caused by keystrokes.

Family PC is meant to satisfy all members of the family and should contain something for everyone.  Features of the ASUS N 50Vn-B1B laptop do fulfill all these requirements effectively.  You have three USB ports that are spread from right to left of the machine.  A FireWire port helps compatibility of storage devices. MiniDV camcorder also can be attached to it.  At his price range, the 320GB Hard Disk is a bonus.  Yet those who require still more space, the eSATA port is provided so that you can add external storage. It is located conveniently on the front bezel.

HDMI port is another welcome feature in this laptop just as in the HP HDX16t, Dell Studio XPS 16 and the Acer 6930G-6723.  It helps the steaming of videos for larger displays. You can use the LCD TV for convenience.  Standard Webcam and the Fingerprint reader are all there.  The fingerprint reader is wedged between the mouse buttons of the ASUS N 50Vn-B1B laptop.

2.4-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 that is used in the ASUS N 50Vn-B1B laptop is fast and at the same time energy efficient.  The designers perhaps did not think of anything faster considering the adverse affects that could have on the battery life. One of the shortcomings of this laptop is that its 6-cell 51Wh battery is just the average in the market without much accelerating capacities.  It completed 3 hours on the MobileMark 2007.  However it was not much behind the HP HDX16t, Acer 6930G or the XPS 16.  The only difference in battery life was when XPS 16 used its feature of adding a second battery with 85 Wh capacities.  The score was four hours and twenty minutes and higher by an hour and twenty minutes to the scores registered by the ASUS N 50Vn-B1B laptop.

In terms of the memory powers the ASUS N 50Vn-B1B laptop faired better in comparison to Dell Studio XPS 16 by nearly 5 seconds when put to the video encoding test.  This however is not a significant difference.  The performance of the HP HDX16t was far better.  But the reason is that it uses the fastest of the Intel Core 2 Duo processors.

On the other hand the performance of ASUS N 50Vn-B1B laptop in graphics was far superior to others with the Nvidia GeForce 9650M GT graphics card.  Very few cards have such huge 1GB memory like this card.  In result the N 50Vn-B1B beat both Dell XPS 16 and HP HDX16t when put to the 3DMark06 tests. Of course the other two have higher native resolutions especially suitable for frame sites.  Yet on each and every benchmark tests, the ASUS N 50Vn-B1B laptop performed exceptionally well.

Balanced combination of high quality parts, excellent features, and affordable price makes the ASUS N 50Vn-B1B laptop one of the nicest of the family PCs.  In comparison the prices of both Dell Studio XPS16 and the HP HDX16t are considerably higher.  The reasons are that their branding and the trendier designs cost more money.  Despite its down to earth appearance, the high performances and overall suitability of the ASUS N 50Vn-B1B laptop makes it a favorite to become the choicest replacement for the home desktop PCs.

Specification:

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8600
Screen Size: 15.4"
Graphics card: nVidia GeForce 9650M GS
Weight: 6.7 lbs
Memory: 4GB RAM
Hard Disk Capacity: 320 Gigabytes
Useful For: Gaming, general purpose

Price: $1200-$1300

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GeForce GTX 285 Gets 2 GB

Big memory capacity hasn’t always been specific to the highest-end graphics cards. It's actually still fairly common for vendors to put a bunch of inexpensive, low-speed memory on entry-level boards, hoping that big number would register as better performance to the folks who haven't yet wrapped their heads around the idea that a big frame buffer is of limited use to an underpowered GPU. The uninitiated would readily jump for the “better” specification they knew, rather than the faster graphics processor they didn't understand as well.

But gamers have since become better-educated with respect to hardware, and many of today’s mainstream cards use fewer of the same expensive memory components as their high-end counterparts. For mainstream and better parts, the economic incentive to expand the memory capacities of low-end cards is almost gone.

More recently, the industry has seen an explosion in both graphics processing and system demands, with games becoming increasingly complicated and gorgeous 30" displays supporting 2560x1600 pixel resolutions. Putting aside marketing tricks of the past, the high end just might be where memory really needs to expand.

You won’t find a higher-end graphics processor than Nvidia's GeForce GTX 285, and that’s why Gigabyte chose it as the first model to support two gigabytes of super-fast GDDR3-2400 memory. Hints of a custom design are seen in its combination of HDMI and VGA connections, rather than a fistful of adapters, and bold claims of a “2 ounce Copper Inner Layer” for its circuit board.

Spreading the VGA and DVI outputs across two connections rather than relying on a second DVI-I interface and adapters eliminated the space Nvidia’s reference design used for its S-Video/Composite combo interface. That’s no big loss to most of us, since those legacy TV outputs were only able to support ultra-low resolutions. Anyone putting this much effort into gaming on a home-theater display should certainly have HDMI, or at least DVI by now.

Gigabyte’s custom circuit board doesn’t look much different than the reference-design cards we’ve seen, though Gigabyte claims slight improvements in its voltage regulator components.

Hynix’s super-fast H5RS1H23MFR-N2C 1Gb GDDR3-2400 memory is clocked at its rated speed, though Gigabyte does overclock the GeForce GTX 285 GPU slightly to 660 MHz, compared to the standard 648 MHz. Unlike Gigabyte’s card, reference models also underclock RAM to a 2,322 MHz data rate.

Price : $360

Google Chrome v3.0. 197.11

Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. Google Chrome also uses a brand new javascript engine (V8), which is much faster than existing javascript interpreters. This means you can create more complex and more intensive AJAX applications with fewer speed and processing constraints. Finally, Google Chrome is built on top of WebKit, so Google Chrome users will benefit from the CSS3 features being added to WebKit as those features are released.

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Internet Download Manager (IDM) V. 5.18 Beta

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Internet Download Manager supports proxy servers, ftp and http protocols, firewalls, redirects, cookies, authorization, MP3 audio and MPEG video content processing. IDM integrates seamlessly into Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, MSN Explorer, AOL, Opera, Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firebird, Avant Browser, MyIE2, and all other popular browsers to automatically handle your downloads. You can also drag and drop files, or use Internet Download Manager from command line. Internet Download Manager can dial your modem at the set time, download the files you want, then hang up or even shut down your computer when it's done.

Other features include multilingual support, zip preview, download categories, scheduler pro, sounds on different events, HTTPS support, queue processor, html help and tutorial, enhanced virus protection on download completion, progressive downloading with quotas (useful for connections that use some kind of fair access policy or FAP like Direcway, Direct PC, Hughes, etc.), built-in download accelerator, and many others.

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Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2

Mozilla Firefox is faster, more secure, easier to use and sporting a new look, this latest Firefox release sets a new standard for web browser innovation. It is small, fast and easy to use, and offers many advantages over other web browsers, such as the tabbed browsing and the ability to block pop-up windows. Mozilla Firefox 3 is focused on improved memory handling, performance, and stability, improved XUL, and new core components such as application data stored in SQLite.

Firefox 3 is based on the Gecko 1.9 Web rendering platform, which has been under development for the past 34 months. This new platform includes more than 15,000 changes to improve performance, stability, rendering correctness, and code simplification and sustainability. Firefox 3 is been built on top of this new platform resulting in a more secure, easier to use, more personal product with a lot more under the hood to offer website and Firefox add-on developers.

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EVGA GTX 295 Hydro Copper (2x896 MB)

This dual-chip card is a real monster (more so than even the reference version). The massive heatsink completely fills the space between the two circuit boards. This also makes the card heavy, which incidentally raised our expectations of cooling performance from such a massive piece of gear.
In order to test the Hydro Copper from EVGA, we used the HyrdroGen cooling rig from MSI because EVGA includes no additional water-cooling parts with this card to help keep costs down. Fortunately, once the GeForce GTX 295 is connected to the water hoses and the liquid starts circulating, the card remains quiet. There's naturally no fan noise at all, even though we're used to lots of racket from cards in this performance class.

After you get used to the relative quiet, you can take a deep breath and enjoy the unusual sensation of an ultra high-end graphics card that runs almost silently. Then, we compared the clock rates for the reference board to those for this EVGA board and our jaws dropped. The standard clocks on a GTX 295 are: 576 MHz on the GPU, 1,242 MHz shaders, and graphics RAM at 2 x 999 MHz. But EVGA raises those specs substantially to 720 MHz for the GPU, 1,548 for the shader clock, and 2 x 1,080 for the graphics RAM.
In our very first benchmark, the 3D power of the dual-GPU card hits a CPU bottleneck in Fallout 3. This overclocked board enables frame rates of nearly 90 frames per second (FPS) for all test resolutions. But the best thing about the EVGA Hydro Copper is that it always stays quiet. Only the two 120 mm, seven volt fans on the MSI HydroGen Radiator make any sound at all. Anybody who has experienced the typical noise levels from an air-cooled Radeon HD 4870 X2 or a GeForce 9800 GX2 will appreciate how well-suited the GTX 295 is for water cooling.
EVGA's package here is nothing short of impressive. Compared to a GeForce GTX 295 running reference frequencies, overclocking delivers a 10.5% performance improvement across the board. Using the normal Radeon HD 4870 X2 as a baseline, the EVGA GTX 295 Hydro Copper is 29.8% faster, which makes a world of difference. At a resolution of 1920x1200, it is nearly impossible to exhaust available 3D performance without hitting a platform ceiling, while at higher resolutions, the differences are even more noticeable. It's going to take awhile for another chip class or test card to match these results. Until then, EVGA and Nvidia will lead our pack of high-end graphics cards.

Our water cooling setup also enables great control over operating temperatures. At idle, the card runs at 39 degree Celsius. At heavy extended 3D load levels, those temperatures climb to a modest 68 degrees Celsius for the GPU core. The cooling system circulates 500 cc of liquid, and the seven volt fans spin relatively slowly. Power consumption also offers some good news: 188 W in 2D mode and 532 W in 3D mode (measured from the wall socket for the entire system). Also, the card clocks down to 300/100 MHz (GPU/graphics RAM) in desktop mode.

The graphics chip supports DirectX 10, PhysX, and CUDA. Both of its PCBs measure 10.4" (26.5 cm) long. Providing ample power necessitates attaching one six-pin and one eight-pin PCIe auxiliary connector, also available on the edge of the board. Thanks to a compact design (relatively), the card covers two expansion slots, just like the reference design and its cooler. Bundled accessories include a cable splitter for power, an HDMI port on the card itself, and an S/PDIF cable for HDMI audio.
As mentioned, there is no water-cooling gear (hoses, connectors, pump, and so forth) included. The cooler on the graphics card is, however, anodized both inside and out. The copper contacts on the GPUs are also nickel-plated to limit corrosion. For long-term use, EVGA recommends a non-conductive coolant to block corrosion and algae growth.

GeForce GTX 275

The BFG GeForce GTX 275 represents great price per performance value in the high-end segment. Even without overclocking, the GeForce GTX 275 can keep up with the more expensive GeForce GTX 280 while gaming. Those who want more performance than the GeForce GTX 260 is able to deliver, while spending less than the cost of a GeForce GTX 280, would do very well with the 275 (we covered the launch of this board right here).
The GeForce GTX 260 owes much of its popularity to a steep price decline, but you always have to check to see if a particular unit includes 192 or 216 stream processors, since some boards include 55 nm chips, while others use 65 nm GPUs instead. If you buy a GeForce GTX 275, no such checks are needed, since it's basically a tweaked GeForce GTX 280 with 896 MB RAM (and a narrower memory bus) instead of 1 GB, but with 240 complete stream processors and higher clock rates. It uses a 55 nm chip, and even the reference fan is nice and quiet.

The graphics chip supports DirectX 10, PhysX, and CUDA. The circuit board is 10.6" (27 cm) long, and BFG overclocks this model slightly. Reference clock rates on the GTX 275 are 633 MHz for the GPU, 1,404 MHz for the shader, and 1,134 MHz on the GDDR3 memory (for an effective rate of 2,268 MHz). BFG boosts these numbers to 648 MHz, 1,440 MHz, and 2 x 1,152 MHz, for a roughly 1.8% boost in overall performance.

The fan profile extends all the way to 92 degrees Celsius. Our test sample ran at 44.2 decibels, measured at a distance of one meter (dB(A)), which was quieter than a GeForce GTX 280 at 45.5 dB(A). In 2D mode, it's barely audible at 36.8 dB(A).

Despite its use of 55 nm technology, the GeForce GTX 275 doesn't use less power than a GeForce GTX 280 because of its higher clock frequency. The complete test system with a BFG card installed consumed 355 W from the wall socket, while the same setup with the GeForce GTX 280 drew 347 W and a GeForce GTX 260 with 216 stream processors consumed 295 W. The GeForce GTX 275 requires two six-pin PCI Express (PCIe) power connectors that plug into the rear edge of the card. In 2D desktop mode, the card clocks to 300/100 MHz (GPU/RAM).

BFG's bundle is quite minimalist. Two dual-link DVI ports are provided, and there is a power-splitter cable, a driver CD, and a discount coupon for games bundled with the card. There is no HDMI adapter, nor is there an S/PDIF cable included, either.

New Nero 9.4.12.3 Free

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Google Chrome 2.0.172.40 Stable

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New Adobe Reader 9.1.3 Update

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Intel's P55 cheaper X58

After X58 motherboards sold in the entry premium motherboard. Unlike the P55 motherboard that will be out in a few months later.
MSI has prepared for example MSI P55-P55-GD65 and GD80 for mid-class and high end. Which also have the cheaper P55-CD53 only 106.22 euros.

Motherboard P55-CD53 only DDR3 provides 4 slots, 1 PCIe 2.0 slots, 3 PCIe x1 and 2 PCIe usual. Added Gbit ethenet, audio and 8 SATA ports.
Unlike the X58 board, will use the P55 low socket LGA 1156.

I9 Core, Processor Brain'12 'from Intel?

Perhaps Intel will release the latest titled Core processors around I5 September 2009. But outside of that, rumor to other processors from Intel have started to develop. One is Gulftown the dikabarkan will appear with the name Core i9.
This processor will have a physical brain 6 (core), but the system would have identified 12 brain (logical cores). Yes, with 6 core processor has support for Hyper-threading in each core. So that the processor is able to handle 12 thread at a time. No official statement from Intel about the 'toy' is their latest. However, a handful of newspapers that circulate, the processor is called Core i9-called akan released in early 2010.

Intel processor naming style is indeed would presumably change. Range Core 2 Duo (Dual Core) and Core 2 Quad (Quad Core) will be called into the family also changed Core i3.