Tag: components
Crucial unveils new Ballistix Sport XT modules for gaming
Crucial has announced the immediate availability of the Crucial Ballistix Sport XT memory. Designed for gamers and enthusiasts looking for fast and responsive performance, Ballistix Sport XT modules offer XMP profiles for advanced speeds and timings as well as easy…
Apple iPad Mini costs £118 to make, £269 to buy
No sooner has the iPad Mini been put on sale than it's been torn apart by gadget fans looking to discover its every secret. We've already had the iFixit team gauge how difficult it'd be to carry out DIY repairs…
iPhone 3G S – what's under the bonnet?
Rapid Repair has dissected the iPhone 3GS and have identified the technology that makes Apple’s new baby the fastest iPhone ever.
First off the processor – the Samsung S5PC100 based on the ARM Cortex A8 design – is much faster than older versions. 600Mhz compared to the iPhone 3G’s 412Mhz.
The 3GS has a PowerVR SGX graphics chip made by Imagination Technologies – far superior to the prior-generation graphics chip in the older models. RAM has been doubled to 256MB.
Apple are promising that the iPhone 3GS will be better, performance wise, to its older siblings in every way. These technical specifications seem to support this promise.
Get your iPhone 3GS direct from Apple or via O2. If you’ve got one already, let us know what you think – is it much faster?
ATI unleashes the Radeon HD 4890
AMD has just dropped us word of their latest graphics card release, the ATI Radeon HD 4890, which they’re claiming is the most powerful graphics processor in the world.
The beast runs at 850MHz, has 1.36 TeraFLOPs of processing power, as well as 1GB of GDDR5 memory and the functionality to cram four of these things in the same machine, using ATI’s Crossfire technology.
It’s notably faster than its predecessor, the HD4870, but slower than the dual core X2 variant. Pricing reflects that, with the card retailing between £185 and £200. It’s not a massive leap, just an evolution of existing cards, but it’s certainly a solid upgrade if you’re running a graphics card that’s a couple of years old.
ATI Press Kit
AMD releases the ATI Radeon HD 4830 – mid-range performance at a mid-range price
The mid-range of graphics cards sells well. To consumers it represents that sweet spot between getting awful gaming performance and paying through the nose for a bit of silicon. NVidia’s Geforce cards have done rather well out of that market in recent years, but ATI aren’t letting them get away with it – they’ve given us the HD 4830…
Marantz launches high-performance amp and CD player
Marantz has announced its latest high-end amplifier and separate CD player.
The PM8003 stereo amplifier can deliver up to 200 watts across two channels, has an oversized bespoke toroidal transformer, is made with hand-selected components including Shottky barrier diodes and Marantz’s Hyper Dynamic Amplifier Modules.
Functions include Source Direct, which bypasses the tone control circuitry, and Amp Direct, which allows the PM8003 to be used solely as a power amplifier…
