Review – Synology DiskStation DS712+, DX510 and security special
Synology recently launced a new model in their business class network attached storage division, namely the 2-bay DS712+. Over the last week we took the time to play around a bit with this particular model and let you know how it handled the stress tests.
AMD Radeon™ HD 6990M Mobile Graphics Processor
Recently, AMD have launched their new graphics processor. The
AMD Radeon™ HD 6990M
This is currently the most powerful graphics processor on the planet!
- Engine clock speed: 715 MHz
- Processing power (single precision): 1.6 TeraFLOPS
- Polygon throughput: 715M polygons/sec
- Data fetch rate (32-bit): 160 billion fetches/sec
- Texel fill rate (bilinear filtered): 40 Gigatexels/sec
- Pixel fill rate: 22.88 Gigapixels/sec
- Anti-aliased pixel fill rate: 91.52 Gigasamples/sec
- Memory clock speed: 900 MHz
- Memory data rate: 3.6 Gbps
- Memory bandwidth: 115.2 GB/sec
All this means you can play the best games the way they were meant to be played. In ultimate HIGH DEFINITION!
Seamless games and superior frame rates mean the best gaming. All this power and performance, and it can all be in a laptop or notebook. PORTABLE POWER!
The AMD Radeon HD 6990M also represents a significant upgrade from AMD’s current gaming notebook graphics, the AMD Radeon HD 6970M, raising the bar from both a performance and image quality. With support for DirectX® 11, users of the new chip can expect superior image quality, which gives gamers every advantage their desktop computers once enjoyed exclusively on a notebook.
As you probably guessed, it is still power hungry and some of the best notebook will last about 4 hours with this new chip. But its more than worth it for the performance you get back. However, there is a price to pay, and quite a large one at that. The latest Alienware gaming Laptop, the M18x starts at over £2000 with this new graphics chip. Which is a steep price for most people, but if you have the cash, its well worth splashing out on.
Overall its a dream for people who want some portable power with them, with its high engine clock, and latest support for all the new games and viewing experiences. Making it the best out there in this vast universe. The only thing that drags it back to earth is the price and the power consumption, even though it uses nowhere near as much as a desktop, its still a lot for a laptop. As most last for 7-8 hours, with this new chip, they struggle to last 4 hours. And the price, just the chip will be nearly as much as the whole card for the desktop. Which is a steep price to pay but well worth it for the ultimate gamers rig.
MSI Unveils the N560GTX Twin Frozr II Series Graphics Cards
MSI the renowned graphics card manufacturer unveiled its newest member of the Twin Frozr II series which takes advantage of NVIDIA's GeForce GTX560 graphics core and 1GB of GDDR5 high speed memory.
The N560GTX features high end military class II components which gives you outstanding quality and stability. This makes the overclocking potential of the N560GTX superbly impressive. With MSI's Afterburner overclocking utility you can increase the N560GTX's performance by up to 27%! And even when running under full load core temperatures remain under 70°C and the noise levels are kept in check at 30dB.
Cooling wise the N560GTX uses the exclusive Twin Frozr II cooling system with a copper base and nickel plated foundation absorbing heat from the chipset. The SuperPipe technology then dissipates the acquired heat through cooling fins which are chilled by two 8CM temperature control fans.
Specifications
| Graphics Engine | GeForce GTX 560 |
|---|---|
| Bus Standard | PCI Express x16 2.0 |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| Memory Size(MB) | 1024 |
| Memory Interface | 256 bits |
| Core Clock Speed(MHz) | 870 |
| Memory Clock Speed(MHz) | 4080 |
| DVI Output | 2 |
| D-SUB Output | 2(optional, via DVI to D-Sub adaptor) |
| HDMI-Output | 2(Optional, via Mini HDMI to HDMI dongle) |
| Mini HDMI-Output | 1 |
| Display Output (Max Resolution) | 2560x1600 |
| DirectX Version Support | 11 |
| OpenGL Version Support | 4.1 |
| Card Dimension(mm) | 238 x 112 x 40mm |
| Weight | 705g |
AMD releases new Radeon HD 6900 GPU range
On the 15th of december this year AMD released its most advanced graphics card range yet. Their Radeon 6900 series GPUs boast up to 2GB of graphics memory for high-def gaming and AMD's Eyefinity multi-display technology.
Some of the features you should expect from the 6900 series are:
- Intelligent tessellation
- Increased memory to 2GB
- DirectX 11
- Improved Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering
- AMD's HD3D technology for 3D support
- Support for Blu-ray 3D and HD video playback acceleration
- Plus much more!
Prices for the 6950 start at £220 from Powercolor at Ebuyer.com
I think that the 6900 series are a fabulous piece of engineering and will definitely be able to handle most things you through at it. Maybe you'll be able to finally run Crysis at maximum graphics!
You can view some pics of this new range HERE
ZOTAC’s first Quadruple-display GPU
ZOTAC is pleased to announce the world's first Quadruple-display capable ZOTAC GeForce
GTX 460 graphics card. The new ZOTAC GeForce GTX 460 3DP enables multi-monitor computing
with up to four simultaneous displays from a single graphics card for enhanced productivity,
gaming and multimedia.
General details
New ZOTAC GeForce GTX 460 3DP graphics card
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 460 3DP
Engine clock: 710 MHz
336 Unified Shaders
Shader clock: 1420 MHz
1GB GDDR5 memory
256-bit memory interface
Memory clock: 3600 MHz
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands game bundle
Dual-link DVI & 3 DisplayPort outputs
PCI Express 2.0 interface (Compatible with 1.1)
Microsoft DirectX 11 with Shader Model 5.0 and DirectCompute support
OpenGL 4.0 compatible
NVIDIA CUDA & PhysX ready
NVIDIA SLI ready (2-way)
NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology
ZOTAC Boost Premium software bundle included
Overclockers UK hit 4GHz with AMD’s first 6 core processor
Overclockers UK hit 4GHz with AMD’s first 6 core processor
Introducing the Overclockers UK Ultima Raptor PC System featuring the AMD Phenom™ II X6 1090T Processor
Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK —April 27th, 2010— Overclockers UK, specialists in pre-overclocked PC systems announced today the latest addition to their Ultima PC range featuring AMD’s first hexacore processor, launched this morning. Configured and tested by Overclockers UK's highly trained technicians, the Ultima runs at a guaranteed 4GHz, giving the new AMD Phenom™II X6 1090T Black Edition Processor a huge 27% performance boost while maintaining a high level of reliability and stability.
"AMD have really hit home with the 1090T, it offers superb performance and great value" remarked Phil Meredith, Sales Director, Overclockers UK. "Combined with an ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 DirectX® 11 graphics card and priced at just £1199 inc VAT, the Ultima Raptor makes a superb gaming rig for a broad audience".
Based on the award winning Antec 902 gaming case, the Ultima Raptor boasts the latest ASUS Crosshair IV Formula motherboard featuring AMD's latest 890FX chipset, 4GB Corsair XMS3 1600MHz memory and a Titan Fenrir V2 CPU cooler. "Overclockers UK's selection of high quality components, cooling configuration and skilled system build allows us to be the only UK system integrator thus far to hit the 4GHz mark" added Meredith.
The Overclockers UK Ultima Raptor is available immediately priced at £1199 inc VAT:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-262-OK
System Specification
- Case: Antec 902 Ultimate Gaming Case - Black
- Power Supply: Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply
- CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1090T Black Edition 3.20Ghz overclocked to 4.00Ghz
- Motherboard: Asus Crosshair IV Formula 890FX
- Cooler: Titan Fenrir V2 CPU cooler
- RAM: Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz
- Hard Drive: WD Caviar Black 640GB 6Gb/s 64MB cache
- Graphics Card: Asus ATI Radeon HD5870 GDDR5 1024MB
- Sound: 7.1 Channel Sound (On-Board)
- Optical Drive: LG DVD+/-RW SATA Drive
Service Package
- Full 12 Month collect and return warranty
- Each specification is assembled from handpicked components for compatibility and stability
- Telephone, web note and forum technical support
Notes
For more information, images, interviews or review samples, please contact:
James Dean
james@immacula.co.uk
+44 7968 772 536