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Valve to Deliver Steam & Source on the Mac
Submitted By Steven on Mar 8 2010 at 4:56 PM
Valve announced today it will bring Steam, Valve's gaming service, and Source, Valve's gaming engine, to the Mac. Steam and Valve's library of games including Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal, and the Half-Life series will be available in April. "As we transition from entertainment as a product to entertainment as a service, customers and developers need open, high-quality Internet clients," said Gabe Newell, President of Valve. "The Mac is a great platform for entertainment services."
New NVIDIA ION Netbooks Deliver 10x Faster Graphics And Up To 10 Hours of Battery Life
Submitted By Steven on Mar 3 2010 at 12:10 AM
NVIDIA introduced the Next-generation NVIDIA® ION™ graphics processor today, which will supercharge netbooks with 10 times the graphics performance of standard netbooks and enable up to 10 hours of battery life thanks to NVIDIA® Optimus™ technology.
The new ION graphics processing unit (GPU) vastly outperforms basic netbook graphics by delivering rich HD media in games, movies, and Internet-based video. Unlike netbooks with Intel integrated graphics, ION netbooks have the power to play amazing HD video smoothly from sites like YouTube and support popular PC games like World of Warcraft.
AMD Unveils Versatile AMD 890GX Chipset
Submitted By Brandon on Mar 2 2010 at 7:22 PM
New Chipset Serves as the Foundation for 2010 Client Platforms Featuring ATI Radeon™ HD 4290 Graphics, Advanced SATA 3.0, and USB 3.0 Connectivity for an Outstanding Out-of-Box 3D Graphics and HD Entertainment Experience
AMD introduces the ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics card
Submitted By Brandon on Feb 15 2010 at 6:16 PM
The newest addition to the AMD graphics family strengthens the world's only complete line-up of award-winning DirectX 11 capable graphics cards, delivering exceptional HD multimedia and gaming performance at a mainstream price
AMD Introduces 5 New Athlon II and Phenom II Mainstream Processors
Submitted By Steven on Jan 25 2010 at 3:52 PM
AMD today expanded its AMD Phenom™ II and AMD Athlon™ II processor families for desktop with several new processors designed to give mainstream consumers advanced performance capabilities from their desktop PCs at increasingly attractive price points. As desktop PCs continue trending toward smaller form factors, AMD remains committed to maximizing the user experience by bringing platform technology integration, efficiency and performance benefits to consumers. Examples of the new processor offerings from AMD include:
