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Nvidia GTX 600 Series Graphics Card

July 12, 2011 1 Comment

As you already know that in September 2010, Nvidia’s CEO Jen-Hsun Huang introduced us to a CUDA GPU Roadmap that laid out Nvidia’s future plannings. As of this moment, Nvidia is working very hard to process Nvidia GTX 600 Series for the big mass.

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The features listed above are very close to the real deal and most of them are already officially announced by Nvidia. Now, to sum up this conversation, I would like add few points.

GTX 600 series cards are supposed to run cooler than Fermi because of smaller die.
Double CUDA cores will make processes faster than ever that use CUDA cores for calculations. Most common applications include video transcoding and image rendering.
Open GL is now supported by most image and video rendering softwares, like Photoshop, an enhanced version of OpenGL will make working with high definition images faster and more precise.
Although, DirectX 11.1 is basically Microsoft Windows feature, but we can not exclude the possibility of a GTX 600 card supporting it already.

More on Nvidia GTX 600 Series Release Date and Rumored Specs.

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Nvidia Geforce GTX 550 Ti Price in India

March 29, 2011 Leave a Comment

Nvidia still owns the crown for being the best graphics card choice and I should correct myself (and save) by saying that there were several options (apparently just one other) to choose among AMD graphics cards over Nvidia’s. [Read more...]

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti – Graphics Card in Budget

March 15, 2011 Leave a Comment

If you are looking for a graphics card that can run your games just as fine as the next guy. You need to include Nvidia GTX 550 Ti in your list of selectable graphics card. [Read more...]

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MacBook Pro 2011 will be Shipping with Thunderbolt aka Intel Light Peak

February 25, 2011 1 Comment

MacBook Pro 2011 are now a part of the market and available for purchase. Apple changed the name of Intel’s Light Peak to Thunderbolt in order to keep the high-speed ‘port’ to themselves. [Read more...]

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Motorola Xoom Tablet – Specs and Release Date | Goodness of Honeycomb

January 23, 2011 Leave a Comment

Motorola Xoom tablet is going to be the first HoneyComb tablet to be released in 2011. The exact release date is 17th Feb 2011 and could be said, just around the corner!

Xoom tablet will be certainly a major contender for upcoming Apple iPad 2 which might be (and certainly) released in April 2011. Some specification suggest Apple is developing iOS 4.3 for iPad 2, which is currently in beta 2 stage.

Motorola Xoom Tablet

As for specifications regarding Xoom Tablet, here they are:

Dual core processor
1GB RAM
Multitasking
Android 3.0 HoneyComb
Front and Rear (5 MP camera with LED flash)
Adobe Flash Player
10.1 – inch wide-screen HD Multi-touch
Playback at 720p and output at 1080p via HDMI

Rest can be guessed with ease, 32 GB onboard storage space, full upgradable to 4G (it’s needed), compatible with several Motorola accessories etc.

Have a look at the video right here:

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Nintendo 3DS Price Details and Release Date

January 22, 2011 Leave a Comment

Nintendo 3DS has become ‘The Most’ expensive company’s portable gaming console ever. It is priced at $249 for US market and £229.99 for UK market.

After Nintendo DSi XL, which was priced at $190, 3DS is the most pricey gaming handheld right now. Among other gaming handhelds, it holds a very tight spot among Nokia N-Gage (priced at $300) and Sony PSP (priced at $250).

Nintendo 3DS

However, both of these expensive handhelds lack that 3D gaming feature, for which Nintendo 3DS is being advertised.In any case, now that we have prices in our hands, we might as well save few bucks (a lot of few bucks) for the 3DS and for it’s games.

It’s being said that there will be 30 gaming titles available when Nintendo 3DS will be launched. These titles include, Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition, Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3D, Dead or Alive Dimensions, etc. More info can be gathered from Nintendo.com/3DS website.

As for release date, Feb 26’11 (Japan), March 25’11 (Europe) and March 27’11 (North America). Source – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_3DS

PS – Look for the price chart comparison at Kotaku.com illustrating 3DS price with respect to its predecessors and other gaming handhelds.

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Dell XPS 8300 Price in India

January 21, 2011 Leave a Comment

Dell XPS 8300

Processor:
Intel® CoreTM i5 2600 (3.4GHz/8MB cache)
Intel® CoreTM i5 2500 (3.3GHz/6MB cache)
Intel® CoreTM i5 2400 (3.1GHz/6MB cache)
Intel® CoreTM i5 2300 (2.8GHz/6MB cache)

Right now, Dell XPS 8300 will offer you only core i5, but Core i7 is on the way and will be released pretty soon.

Latest Core i5 processors from Intel are capable of delivering approximately twice the performance they used to deliver.

Turbo Boost has been upgraded to version 2.0 and is fast and reliable than before (it better be).

Second generation Core i3, i5 and i7 processors are capable of delivering graphical support too. It’s something that was used to be delivered by onboard graphics card from motherboard.

Though we might not be able to play several high-end games, we will be able to play many mainstream games and may be some high-end ones too with low-settings.

Ironically, Intel put Batman : Arkham Asylum in the list of mainstream games when they were benchmarking latest core i5 processor. Other games include Sim City 3, Call of Duty Modern Warfare, etc.

Though we can’t be sure that these games can be called as mainstream games, but if they performed that well in their benchmarking, then 2nd generation core i processors certainly have an edge over previous ones.

Particularly Core i5 2nd generation series lack Hyper-Threading Technology (Core i3 lacking Turbo Boost, Virtualization and Trusted Execution Technology) and it’s very important for people who work with multiple high-performance applications and use their computer to calculate vast amount of data.

For them, they’ll have to wait for 2nd Generation Core i7 processor. They can order a boxed version, but it’d nice to wait for a complete package.

In any case, the price for Core i5 configuration of Dell XPS 8300 is Rs.54,250/- and for Core i7 configuration, it is Rs.62,897/-. Also, you must not forget additional Rs.900/- as shipping cost that cannot be adjusted for any reason.

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How to restore Ipod Classic 120GB Easily?

January 9, 2011 7 Comments

An Apple’s Ipod Classic 120GB is a great treat or gift for someone who is fond of music and loves to store massive amount of music and stuff on his/her fingertips.

120GB is really a hell lot of space to store your stuff, whether it is music, videos, movies, pictures, etc. You can also use it as an external disk to store your non-iPod compatible stuff. That can be setups of your software, doc files, games setups, etc.

If I were to describe this device in one line then I would say that this iPod version from Apple is just awesome for multipurpose use.

But as you probably know that iPods are infamous for corrupt system software (referred as iPod itself), hence you must know how to deal with such situation without any extra cost or hassle.

Must have things:

Latest version of ITunes – I am stating latest because latest version of Apple’s ITunes software can fix various bugs in your Ipod as well as in ITunes itself so that you can work smoothly from next time.
You can always download latest version of ITunes for free from Apple’s website. Just type www.apple.com and then head for a link stating ITunes software. Clicking on that link or image will lead you to the main page where you can download ITunes for free.
Ipod Classic 120 GB usb cable – This is a connectivity cable which is supplied with the box to connect your Ipod with your laptop or desktop. If you have lost it then you’ll not be able to restore your iPod as well as transfer data to your device.
Internet Connection – After the above stated two things, this last one is the real deal which ensures the latest firmware version to your Ipod Classic 120 GB via Apple’s site.

That’s all, now follow this quick step by step procedure to successfully restore/update your Ipod Classic 120 GB.

Install latest ITunes software on your computer after downloading it from Apple’s website. It is 8.0 as I write this.
Connect your Ipod Classic 120 GB via usb cable with your computer. Your system will automatically detect a new hardware and with ITunes already installed in your system, all the necessary drivers will be installed automatically.
Open ITunes when you successfully get this message stating that “New hardware is successfully installed and is ready to use” (obviously it may be something else depending on your operating system, but you get the idea).
When you open ITunes for the first time after connecting your Ipod Classic, it will automatically detect its serial number, maximum disk capacity, data already installed in it and some other information.
You will also see the current version of your Ipod Classic’s firmware. Latest ITunes version also contains the information of new firmware versions for IPod’s hence if you’ve gotten a new version available then you won’t have to look anywhere else, ITunes will list it automatically. Along with the information about the firmware, you will also see two buttons stating, ‘Restore’ and ‘Update’.
This is where you need an internet connection. Click on ‘Restore’ if your Ipod Classic’s firmware is corrupt and you want to reset it to factory settings with absolutely no data (i.e. no music, no videos, nothing).
But if you just want to enhance some fluidity in your Ipod Classic with latest firmware and want to keep all your data and settings intact then you may want to click Update. Your data and settings will not be affected in any manner. New firmware may contain some bug fixes, performance boost, and extra fluidity for your device.
Decide carefully whether you want a complete ‘Restore’ (deleting all data and reinstalling firmware) or you just want an ‘Update’ (keeping all data and enjoy new bug fixes).
In my case, I had to restore my Ipod Classic because a noob friend of mine showed a little extra intelligence and formatted my Ipod via my computer’s built in ‘Full Format’ function (you know what I mean!). This in turn corrupted my IPod’s firmware and ITunes could not detect the total disk space in my Ipod, let alone transferring the data.
Alright, in any case, when I clicked restore, ITunes connected itself from Apple’s sever to find out any new version than my current corrupted version of Ipod. Luckily there was one. In a matter of time ITunes downloaded the firmware (57 MB) and saved it to a temporary location.
Now you have to click on restore again to let ITunes install it to your Ipod successfully. Your Ipod will restart and now you’ve gotten the latest version of firmware available for your Ipod Classic or in other words, your Ipod Classic 120 GB is fixed without any extra cost apart from the internet charge if you had you use a cyber café.

Things to remember

Never disconnect the Ipod while ITunes is installing the latest firmware.
Never copy applications or music or any data that you want to play on your Ipod directly. Always use ITunes to transfer music and movies. Because Ipod will detect all your data as external, just to store it for sometime if you copy and paste it directly.
You don’t have to download the firmware from Apple’s website whenever you need to restore your Ipod. ITunes will keep it safe for future use until you uninstall ITunes application from your computer.

That’s all, thanks for sharing time to read this article. Please feel free to comment or leave any question or suggestion you may have.

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How to fix Blue Screen Error in Dell Inspiron 15R?

January 4, 2011 Leave a Comment

What is it?

As you probably know that blue screen error happens for various reasons and many of them are unknown to normal users who don’t get too deep in this computer thing.

If you just open your computer and work for few hours (minutes) regarding typing, managing data sheets, content management or even just enjoy your time on the web, there is no way you’d come across the reasons behind a blue-screen error.

The screen would just turn blue, show you that ‘the system has experienced some problems and needs to shut down’ and would dump some garbage data, which would just pass over your head leaving you utterly annoyed and confused as to what just happened.

Hard Disk May Also Cause Blue-Screen Error

Right now, I’ll be talking about blue-screen error that is caused by a new hard-disk in new laptops and for this article; I’ll be specific with Dell Inspiron 15r N5010 because I have recently fixed blue-screen error that was being caused by Western Digital hard disk in this laptop.

Now, the big question is, how to fix a blue screen error without calling a technician? It’s super easy, just follow the link.

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Lowering NFS Shift’s Settings Might Crash The Game!!

December 31, 2010 Leave a Comment

I know that it sounds really weird, but trust me, it happened with me while I was playing Need for Speed Shift on my laptop. You know that laptop (mainstream especially) aren’t made to handle all those crazy racing games with top-notch graphics.
So, I decided to pull the specs down to let Shift run seamlessly, but it started to crash as soon as I chose to play a race, let alone winning it.
That was so damn confusing that I even reinstalled Shift and without even realizing the problem I lowered its specs once again and voila! Same problem started happening all over again.
That’s when my gamer brain started to tell me that when the game used to stutter but ran without a problem, I set those settings at medium level, so… I should try resetting those settings just like that.
I did that and in a moment I was winning those races again. So… don’t believe on people who say that ‘the game is crashing because your system isn’t powerful enough’ (though it’s partly true). It might be the game’s fault too.
Next time your game crashes after changing video settings, just try finding the correct settings. However, if your game crashes without even showing the control menu, you should have a professional take a look at it.

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