XFX Introduces 9800GTX in India

XFX has unveiled its latest XFX NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX card. This card promises faster performance as compared to current solution and offers exceptional power management.The card looks to achieve lower power consumption by means of Hybrid Power technology. By utilizing this technology, the 9800 GTX allows users with a HybridPower compatible motherboard to power down their GeForce 9800 GTX graphics card when running less graphically intense applications. The result: a silent, low power PC experience.In terms of performance, the 9800 GTX is among the most powerful single chipset GeForce card available today, delivering all-out gaming performance at extreme HD resolutions. This card can be combined into a 3-way SLI mode on one of the new XFX nForce 780i SLI or 790i Ultra SLI motherboards and therefore can ramp up of to 2.8 times the performance of a single GPU.

The new card is designed to work on PCI Express 2.0 slots, which are featured in nForce 7 series motherboard. In addition the 9800 GTX offers the highest data transfer speeds, enabling it to accommodate today’s bandwidth hungry games and 3D applications. Hardware Decode Acceleration provides ultra-smooth playback of H.264, VC-1, WMV and MPEG-2 HD and SD movies. Dual-stream Hardware Acceleration supports picture-in-picture content and Dynamic Contrast Enhancement & Color Stretch ensures post-processing and optimization of High Definition movies on scene-by-scene basis with spectacular picture quality. HDMI capability allows users to send both high-definition video and audio signals to their HDTVs via a single cable.9800GTX will be available through Rashi Peripherals and its 53 branches spread across India at a suggested street price of Rs. 21,500/- with 3 years warranty.Source

Nvidia GeForce 9800GX2 at CeBit 08

At CeBit 08, Nvidia has launched its GeForce 9800GX2 dual-GPU card; supposedly the one card to beat them all...

The GeForce 9800GX2 is powered by the 8800GT's G92 graphics chips with 256 stream processors in all, and comes with 1GB of GDDR3 onboard memory. The card sports two DVI output ports, and also has a HDMI interface. With two cards working as one, the 9800GX2 already runs in SLI mode without any special hardware and after a previous attempt at Quad SLI (that failed), we're sure Nvidia is leaving no stone unturned to get this one up and running.

And while the Nvidia 9800GX2 might be claimed to be the most powerful of them all, we'd rather reserve our comments for our Reviews team to check it out for themselves.

MacBook Pro upgraded to Penryn

Apple today updated its popular MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook lines with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo "Penryn" processors, larger hard drives and 2GB of memory standard in most models. In addition, MacBook Pro includes NVIDIA graphics processors, now with up to 512MB of video memory, and Apple’s Multi-Touch trackpad, first introduced in MacBook Air.The new MacBook Pro features an Intel C2D 2.6 GHz processor with 6MB of shared L2 cache; up to 4GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory and up to a 300GB hard drive, plus NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics with up to 512MB of video memory. Every MacBook Pro now includes a trackpad with Multi-Touch gesture support for pinch, rotate and swipe, which allows users to zoom and rotate photos in iPhoto or Aperture 2 or browse web pages in Safari. The laptop also sports an illuminated keyboard that makes it ideal for dimly lit environments such as airplanes, studios or conference halls and a built-in ambient light sensor, which automatically adjusts the brightness of the keys as well as the brightness of the display for optimal visibility.
The new Macbooks now come in three models and include faster processors and larger hard drives across the line; sleek white 2.1 GHz and 2.4 GHz models with 120GB or 160GB 5400 rpm hard drives and a black 2.4 GHz model with a 250GB 5400 rpm hard drive, previously only available as an option. The 2.4 GHz MacBook models ship with 2GB of memory standard, expandable up to 4GB across the line. The LCD panel common to all these 3 laptops is a 13-inch glossy widescreen display,
Apart from these changes, Every MacBook and MacBook Pro includes a built-in iSight video camera for video conferencing on-the-go; Apple’s MagSafe Power Adapter that magnetically connects the power cord and safely disconnects when under strain; the latest generation of 802.11n wireless networking for up to five times the performance and twice the range of 802.11g; built-in 10/100/1000 BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet for high-speed networking; Bluetooth; analog and digital audio inputs and outputs; USB 2.0; FireWire and a built-in Super Drive. Source