• 3DMark Vantage: Radeon HD 3600 ve 3400 serisi kartlar için Performance Preset modunda %20'ye kadar puan artışı
• Company of Heroes DX10: Tek kartlı yapılandırmalarda %3 ila 12 başarım artışı
• Lost Planet DX10: Tek kartlı yapılandırmalarda %4 ila 15 başarım artışı
• Call of Duty 4 DX9: Radeon HD 4800 serisi kartlar için %4 başarım artışı
• Lost Planet DX9: Anti-Aliasing filtreleri etkinken CrossFire yapılandırmalarında %70 ve tekil kartlı kullanımlarda ise %80'e kadar başarım artışı (tüm Radeonlar için geçerli).

Ayrıca yeni güncellemeyle beraber şu oyunlardaki birtakım sorunlar giderilecekmiş: Assassin's Creed, Crysis, Frontlines: Fuel of War, Hellgate London, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, World In Conflict ve World of Warcraft.

AMD, 8.7 sürümü ile Catalyst yazılımına "Full Hardware Information" diye yeni bir bölüm ekliyor. Bu bölümde sistem takılı olan ekran kartıyla ilgili detaylı bilgilere erişebileceksiniz.

Catalyst 8.7 sürücülerini indirmek için bu bağlantıya tıklamanız yeterli.

Hasta la fecha las máquinas de Dell se habían caracterizado por configuraciones muy controladas en las que el funcionamiento de Ubuntu estuviese claramente garantizado, y por lo visto ATI no cumplía con los requisitos de la empresa.

Sin embargo, un anuncio en el blog Direct2Dell confirma que en estos PCs con Linux preinstalado ya es posible acceder a configuraciones con tarjetas gráficas de ATI, algo que puede tener su base en la gran evolución de los drivers libres y propietarios que ya existen para las gráficas de AMD.

INVIDA and ATI the two biggest rivals in the computer graphics world. ATI with their amazing pricing and INVIDA's screen shattering performance, or is it? The battle of the "Graphics Cards" is on going because of the one reason thats dumbest of all, and that's "Bragging rights". People will put off buying their awesome new RIG just because of a they can't afford a Logo, when most of them are just wanting the performance of the card and really don't care what "splash screen" comes up. Now I'm not an ATI or INVIDA fanatic, no, I would like to think my self a properly powered PCI-e slot(able to take both).

I have owned both brands and have gotten maximum performance out of them. The one thing about this that cooks my board is the fact there's a $200-$400 dollar difference between new INVIDA and ATI cards when your practically buying the same quality... so what one has a little bit more "memory bandwidth" or has a few more "stream processors" or maybe the core and memory clock is a little different, so over clock, don't know how, google it. Its been found that 73% of custom computer builders OC. It doesn't really matter as long as your getting 30-50 FPS with Crysis and will be able to play Far-Cry2, Fallout 3, Mercenaries 2, and all the other great games coming out...

Look at the INVIDA 9800 and the Visiontek Readon 3870 x2, the 3870x2 creamed the INVIDA 9800 right out of the box and even more so, after being OC there was no going back and all for $399.99 the 9800 $600.00(more depending on the brand). And holy Crap! if you really want power and maybe have some more money to spend, the get two 3870's for the price of one 280x, throw them in crossfire and your off!

Now one of the things I hate the most in the review world, is when someone writes something without having experience with the product. I am the founder a new company that builds Custom gaming RIGs with both Intel, AMD, INVIDA, and ATI, but before I started is company I had been building computers for people for over 6 years and worked with all the major brands, so I know a lot about these products and their makers. I think having multiple encounters with the same product allows you to get a good feel and over all view of price vs performance. So my add advice to you who may be building a RIG, don't wait for the extra $200-$400.00 and just get the Visiontek 3870x2 I guaranty you won't see a significant difference thats worth the $200-400 more dollars. which you could use that extra money to buy all those games you are buying the computer for!

Remember, I have great respect for INVIDA and enjoy their products just as much, but don't feel so strongly about their prices, I am sure those of you who bought two SLI GTX 8800's for $1600.00 feel the same. I'm also sure even the biggest INVIDA fan would like a price reduction. 

Good Hunting and remember you don't need to spend $5,000 to build a next-gen RIG.

By the way my company is in the middle of designing our own standard ATX computer case, tell me what you think.

The "Turbine 1" is designed with superior air cooling in mind, with a hugh fan in the front and honeycomb back, this case makes you want under the desk for just your feet!

In pratica, ogni qualvolta provavo ad avviare il kernel, e partiva kdm, il sistema andava come in panne, ad esempio si bloccava anche la schermata di kdm, in qui bisogna inserire la password per accedere.

Ho notato che fuori X questo problema non si presentava, perciò ho capito che si doveva trattare di un problema di driver.

Siccome ho una scheda ati, una Mobility Radeon 9700, e su Linux ho sentito che i driver Ati hanno grossi problemi, ho sempre utilizzato i driver di xorg e mai i proprietari.

Ho seguito molte strade per installare questi driver e infatti ho tribolato il giusto prima di  riuscire nel mio obiettivo, ma alla fine ce l'ho fatta.

Ecco come:

Ho killato X, e dopo aver scaricato il driver, ho aperto una shell creando per prima cosa una directory che accoglierà il driver:

# mkdir /usr/src/ati

e dopo averci copiato il driver ho aperto una shell:

#sh ./ati-driver-installer-8-6-x86.x86-64.run

ho seguito le istruzioni visualizzate e dopo poco il driver era installato.

Ora dovevo configurare xorg.conf per far funzionare il driver e quindi sempre nella shell ho lanciato i comandi :

#aticonfig --initial

e

#aticonfig --overlay-type=Xv

Adesso mancava solo far funzionare bene il modulo:

quindi:

# cd /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/

# ./make.sh

Se non restituisce errori ci siamo quasi.

Adesso spostatevi nella directory precedente ( utilizzando cd.. ) e date:

# ./make_install.sh

Ora riavviate.

Una volta riavviato provate a dare i comandi:

$ fgl_glxgears che restituirà un cubo rotante,

$ fglrxinfo che restituirà una cosa del genere:

display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9600/9700 Series
OpenGL version string: 2.1.7659 Release

$ glxgears che restituirà delle rotelle che girano e infine

$ glxinfo | grep direct.

che dovrebbe restituire questo:

direct rendering: Yes

Se non avete problemi i driver sono ufficialmente installati.

Από τις εικόνες είναι προφανές πως οι μηχανικοί της ASUS δεν σχεδίασαν ένα νέο custom PCB για το πρωτότυπο παρά χρησιμοποίησαν ένα modified PCB μιας κάρτας γραφικών με τρια MXM graphics module slots στα οποία εγκατέστησαν τρία "έτοιμα" (από notebooks) αρθρώματα ΜΧΜ με ισάριθμες ATI Radeon HD 3850 GPUs.

Στο μπροστινό τμήμα - όπως δείχνει η παρακάτω εικόνα - υπάρχει το ένα εκ' των τριών MXM αρθωμάτων με τις ATI Radeon HD 3850 GPUs. Τα άλλα δυο, όπως δείχνει η παραπάνω εικόνα βρίσκονται στο πίσω μέρος. Παρατηρείτε το χάλκινο σύστημα ψύξης με τα heatpipes (το οποίο αποτελεί μέρος μιας λύσης watercooling) καθώς και τον 8-pin PCIe connector. Στην πάνω εικόνα διακρίνονται επίσης οι τέσσερις DVI έξοδοι αλλά και τα δυο MXM graphics slots.

Σύμφωνα με το HotHardware το "τέρας" με τις τρεις GPUs διαθέτει ένα PCI Express bridge chip (switch) το οποίο αναλαμβάνει να μοιράσει τα lanes του PCI Express x16 bus ανάμεσα στα chips.

Όπως μπορείτε να παρατηρήσετε στην εικόνα κάτω διακρίνονται οι πλαστικοί CrossfireX connectors.

Για την ψύξη του τέρατος, η ASUS επιστράτευσε το watercooling σύστημα της Thermaltake, BigWater 760is

Πραγματικό τέρας σε μέγεθος η ASUS Trinity.

Όπως μπορείτε να παρατηρήσετε κάτω, η λειτουργίας multi-graphics της AMD, ATI CrossfireX έχει ενεργοποιηθεί. Ο driver "βλέπει" τρεις GPUs.

Εννοείται πως στο HotHardware μπήκαν στον πειρασμό να την μετρήσουν και φυσικά το έκαναν χρησιμοποιώντας με τις default ρυθμίσεις το 3DMark 06 για αρχή...

... και κατόπιν τα Company Of Heroes...

...και Crysis.

Για να φανταστούμε τώρα τις επιδόσεις της ASUS Trinity με τρία MXM graphics modules που καθένα ενσωματώνει μια ATI Radeon HD 4850 ή 4870... ;-)

]]> http://distrito.wordpress.com/?p=96 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:56:28 +0000 Dani Ruiz http://distrito.wordpress.com/?p=96 ¿Y por qué los anuncio?.

Sencillo y curioso a la vez, el echo de que saliera al mercado la generación 4XXX y que de un modo oficial no se mencionara en la Web de ATI/AMD, pero desde la versión 8.6 ya esto no pasa, así que quienes teneis una de estas gráficas (4850/70), ya podeis descargar e instalar los drivers. Un consejo:

• ¡SIEMPRE! antes de instalar unos drivers nuevos, se tiene que eliminar los anteriores, nada de instalar encima, con lo que podremos crear un conflicto importante. ATI incluye un desinstalador muy eficaz que eliminara casi todo rastro (se mantienen cosas como los perfiles del usuario, muy practico). Una vez eliminados, instalamos los nuevos, reiniciamos 2 veces para tener una buena estabilidad del sistema y ya podremos disfrutar de las prestaciones y mejoras de los nuevos.

Para descargarlos, aquí.

-Support for new Linux operating systems

-Performance Improvements

-Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System and for Windows XP and for XP 64bit

With the new drivers you can get up to 20% more performance in 3DMark Vantage, and up to 15% better game performance (this is for the following cards: series 48xx, 38xx, 36xx i 34xx). Much better performance when using CrossFire, especially with AF and AA turned on. And there are some fixed bugs with the new Raedon HD 48xx.

Download here:

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx

For more info visit this page:

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/gamesite/Catalyst_87_release_notes.html

• La pantalla ya no falla para mostrar una imagen después de la instalación del controlador de gráficos de Linux.
• En Ubuntu 7,04:el comando aticonfig - - enable-monitor ya no da lugar a reiniciar X.

Para su descarga, podéis visitar el siguiente enlace

Vía: Adslzone.net

"I seriously started designing swimsuits when I was about sixteen. The reason I started to push my mother to make this another area in her business (Sew Unique) was because friends around me faced the same problems that lead us to do my first swimsuit, a lack of affordable well made and well designed swimsuits. It started one specific day I had to go swimsuit shopping and when looking we realized nowhere really offer a variation of swimsuit sizes so it was difficult to find my own specific size and those we did find, just didn't look good. We spent that day going to every store we knew and after a day of annoyance and bitter disappointment I pitched the idea to my mother. It started as just designs I did for myself usually to wear to ATI then eventually friends started to ask me to hook them up. So in fifth form i started Tempted, but i was too young and inexperienced to really maintain and promote the brand. This year however I decided to turn my hobby into something i could profit from (after much encouragement from one friend) , so i revamped the brand and bravely approached my mother ( who had been less receptive when i had done Tempted) with a business plan, the passion, skills and time to get it off the ground (my mother cuts and sews each swimsuit generally speaking) and she gave me the green light to go ahead."

What are your design's inspired by?

"I usually read fashion magazines a lot. So i try to keep trends in mind. However,, sometimes they can be based of a random item, I once designed a few swimsuits around a picture of a bow i saw, or it can be the idea of a specific place, theme,s purpose or occasion. For everything I design i either try to envision myself wearing it or a random friend who inspired it."

Is there a specific age group or body type you consider more when designing?

"Well so far my swimsuit attracts the younger crowd, usually between teens to those in their late 20's, however we are not partial to age. Whatever a customer requests no matter the age we try to get it done. We design according to whomever the customer is and whatever they need. As for body type, we  also do plus-sizes, we make swimsuits for everyone!!"

"So far i've done a fashion show this summer at a party in Montego Bay, I promote on Facebook and through friends, a friend even did an article on Solaris for a website."

How has the public been reacting to your designs?

"Well I'm certainly not disappointed! lol! they seem to like the designs and the idea of the service offered. I'm striving to make it a household name though!! Only then will I be truly satisfied!"

Where do you see SOLARIS in the next 5 years?

"Well i'm trying to make Solaris a household name, not a passing fade, establishing it as a business of longevity and profitability; so that is my main goal for the coming years. I intend to find a way into the roster of Caribbean Fashion Week too. But I need some more investors! So investors if your reading this, not to shamelessly hustle but amm...PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL!! lol"

It should however also be noted  that Solaris also does totes, skirts, dresses, shorts and cover-ups!

★For more information or ordering queries call SOLARIS SWIMWEAR at 889-6071 or email solarisswimwear@hotmail.com

Jodi Swack
Designer and Creative Director

All swimsuits were created by Jodi Swacks'  Solaris, Sauber™ Takes no credit for their designs.

¿Empezamos?

Antes de nada, y siguiendo con el artículo Instalación de Arch Linux: Sistema Base, nos logueamos como root, y actualizamos nuestro sistema para asegurarnos de que todos los paquetes están al día. Para ello, utilizamos pacman:

Vamos a seleccionar los repositorios que queremos utilizar. Debemos editar el siguiente archivo:

# nano /etc/pacman.conf

Y activaremos el repositorio [unstable] (quitando el #):

[core]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[community]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[unstable]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

Y acto seguido, tecleamos:

# pacman -Syy

Este comando lo debemos utilizar al ser la primera vez que actualizamos nuestro sistema y, del mismo modo, cada vez que cambiemos los repositorios.

En sucesivas ocasiones, cuando queramos actualizar nuestro sistema usaremos este otro:

# pacman -Syu

Bien, una vez actualizado Arch, tenemos que añadir nuestro usuario con el siguiente comando:

# adduser

Y en el diálogo que nos sale, elegimos nombre, contraseña.... a nuestro gusto. Ahora bien, para poder usar un escritorio sin problemas de permisos, y totalmente funcional, debemos agregar nuestro usuario a los grupos audio, video, storage, wheel, optical.... En otras distribuciones este paso se hace de manera automática, pero en Arch Linux escribimos en consola:

gpasswd -a usuario audio

gpasswd -a usuario wheel

gpasswd -a usuario storage

gpasswd -a usuario video

gpasswd -a usuario optical

gpasswd -a usuario floppy

gpasswd -a usuario lp

Acto seguido, instalamos y configuramos sudo:

# pacman -S sudo

Y lo configuramos añadiendo el nombre de nuestro usuario con el siguiente comando:

# visudo

Esto nos abrirá el editor vi, y añadimos nuestro usuario, tal que así:

root    ALL=(ALL) ALL

usuario ALL=(ALL) ALL

Hemos terminado lo complicado, sólo nos queda instalar en este orden:

1. Sonido
2. Entorno Gráfico
3. Gnome

1. En primer lugar, el sonido lo instalamos con el siguiente comando:

# pacman -S alsa-utils

Y añadimos alsa en el archivo /etc/rc.conf en la sección de DAEMONS.

# nano /etc/rc.conf

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng ......... alsa.....)

2. En segundo lugar, instalamos la base del entorno gráfico:

# pacman -S xorg

Y ahora, es el turno de la tarjeta gráfica que tengamos. Voy a explicar cómo instalar la ATI, la que uso. Pero si tienes Nvidia, puedes ver el wiki en español, o bien, dejar un comentario con tus dudas. La instalación es muy sencilla:

# pacman -S catalyst

Y una vez instalada, la configuramos con el siguiente comando:

# aticonfig - -initial - -input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf

3. En tercer lugar, pasamos a instalar Gnome. Primero la tipografía:

# pacman -S ttf-ms-fonts ttf-dejavu ttf-bitstream-vera

Ahora, el escritorio Gnome:

# pacman -S gnome gnome-extra gdm

El paquete gnome-extra es opcional, si no tienes mucha idea es mejor que lo instales, si sabes lo que haces déjalo, ya tendrás tiempo de instalar algunas utilidades que necesites.

Bueno, llegados a este punto, casi hemos terminado. Sólo nos queda configurar tres archivos y podremos empezar a disfrutar.

Lo primero que vamos a configurar es el archivo /etc/rc.conf:

# nano /etc/rc.conf

Y añadimos dos servicios necesarios, hal y fam, que nos van a permitir automontar las unidades extraíbles y ver las aplicaciones nuevas que instalemos sobre la marcha:

DAEMONS=(...... hal fam ......)

La segunda configuración que debemos hacer es con respecto al archivo /etc/inittab, es decir:

# nano /etc/inittab

Y debemos cambiar lo siguiente:

## Only one of the following two lines can be uncommented!
# Boot to console
id:3:initdefault:
# Boot to X11
#id:5:initdefault:

# Example lines for starting a login manager
x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/opt/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon

Por esto otro:

## Only one of the following two lines can be uncommented!
# Boot to console
#id:3:initdefault:
# Boot to X11
id:5:initdefault:

# Example lines for starting a login manager
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon
x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/opt/kde/bin/kdm -nodaemon

Así iniciaremos nuestro Gnome de una forma más rápida y eficaz. Más detalles en próximos artículos.

Y bueno, sólo nos queda editar el archivo más importante, el que nos va a permitir arrancar Gnome. Para ello nos logueamos con nuestro usuario, el que elegimos anteriormente:

# su usuario

Y editamos el archivo ~/.xinitrc ( ~ lo introducimos con Alt Gr+Ñ):

$ nano ~/.xinitrc

Y escribimos lo siguiente:

#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
#
exec gnome-session

Listo, reinicia y ya podrás loguearte en tu nuevo escritorio.

Si has llegado hasta aquí, puedes decir que has aprobado el examen. Ya tienes un Gnome en Arch Linux. Un poco difícil, pero verás que ha merecido la pena y, como, en un mes, la dificultad será mera anécdota. En cambio, tendrás un sistema rápido, estable y a gusto del consumidor.

En próximos artículos, profundizaremos en aspectos interesantes de esta guía, veremos algunos trucos y mejoras en el rendimiento del sistema, además de instalar aplicaciones interesantes.

AMD rispetta puntuale la scadenza mensile e rilascia i nuovi drivers Catalyst 8.7 per le schede video Radeon. La nuova release corregge come al solito dei difetti riscontrati nella precedente versione e apporta nuove migliorie. Le principali novità delle Catalyst 8.7 sono un aumento di performance del 20% in 3DMark su configurazioni single card con schede video ATI Radeon™ HD 36xx o ATI Radeon™ HD 34xx. Parlando di giochi le nuove Catalyst 8.7 segnano un aumento di performance del 4% in determinate mappe su Call of Duty 4 (configurazioni single card con schede video ATI Radeon™ HD 48xx), maggiori performance sulle DX10 in Company of Heroes (aumento di performance dal 3% al 12% utilizzando configurazioni single card con schede video HD 48xx, ATI Radeon ™ HD 38x o prodotti ATI Radeon™ HD 36xx) ed infine un aumento di performance anche su Lost Planet (aumento di performance dal 4% al 15% su specifiche mappe utilizzando configurazioni single card con schede video HD 48xx, ATI Radeon™ HD 38xx o ATI Radeon™ HD 36xx).

Chi installa i nuovi drivers su Windows Vista potrà notare delle migliorie su Assassin’s Creed, Crysis, Frontlines Fuel of War, Hellgate London, Mahjongg Artifacts, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, World In Conflict, World of Warcraft e ZT. Anche le Catalyst 8.7 per Windows XP correggono i difetti su diversi giochi o applicativi, tra i tanti si segnalano City of Heroes, Enemy Territories Quake Wars, Lost Planet, Google SketchUp e World of Warcraft. I nuovi Catalyst 8.7 apportano anche nuove informazioni sull’hardware installato nel nostro PC via Catalyst Control Center.

I nuovi Drivers Catalyst 8.7 sono disponibili come al solito per Windows XP e Windows Vista sia 32 che 64 bit da questa pagina sul sito di AMD. Maggiori informazioni su questa release si hanno da questo PDF.

Novità si hanno anche per gli utenti Linux, le Catalyst 8.7 apportano diversi bugfix e supportano Ubuntu 8.04, SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2 e openSUSE 11. Le nuove Linux Catalysts 8.7 possono essere scaricate qui per gli utenti Linux 32 bit mentre da questa pagina per chi utilizza una versione di Linux a 64 Bit. Maggiori informazioni si hanno nella pagina di Download.

Partiamo con quella che dovrebbe esser la sostituta di GT200, cioè GT300 :

• Si parla di un GTX350, anche se forse è più lecito pensare a GTX360/380.
• GT300 core
• 55nm Technology ,Molto probabile visto i recenti problemi di Nvidia con GT200 a 55nm anche se forse dopo l´annuncio di TSMC del passaggio a 40nm NVIDIA possa puntare direttamente li.
• Die Size 576mm², identico a GT200 quindi molto poco probabile viste anche le critiche ricevute per un die cosi grosso.
• Bus 512bit.
• 2Gb GDDR5 Memory
• 480SP´s
• Grating Operation units are 64 the same with GTX280
• 216G Bandwith
• Frequenze Core 830MHz stream 2075MHz memory 3360MHz, Molto bassa la frequenza delle ram visto che sono GDDR5
• Pixel filing 36.3G Pixels/s
• Texture filing 84.4G Pixels/s
• Supporto DX10/SM4.0

Le specifiche sono poco convincenti ma visto l´arrivo di R700 NVIDIA potrebbe esser capace di tutto.

Passando alla canadese ATI, si parla di RV870:

• RV870 Core
• Processo Produttivo TSMC 40nm
• Die Size 140mm², RV770 è 260mm²
• 960 Stream Processor e 192 ALU
• Controller memory 256bit

Inoltre si dice che RV870 sia 1.2 volte più potente di RV770.

Da RV870 nascerà anche R800, che però a differenza di R700 che sarà una scheda con 2 GPU su un singolo pcb, questa sarà la prima scheda con 2 GPU su singolo Die, quindi la prima GPU multicore.

Download
Release Notes

3DMark Vantage: Performance increases of up to 20% are seen in the Performance Preset on single card configured systems when using the ATI Radeon™ HD 3600 or ATI Radeon™ HD 3400 Series of products

Company of Heroes DX10: Performance increases between 3% to 12% are seen in specific maps on single card configured systems when using the ATI Radeon™ HD 4800, ATI Radeon ™ HD 3800, and ATI Radeon™ HD 3600 Series of products

Lost Planet DX10: Performance increases between 4% to 15% are seen in specific maps on single card configured systems when using the ATI Radeon™ HD 4800, ATI Radeon™ HD 3800, or ATI Radeon™ HD 3600 Series of products

Call Of Duty 4 DX9: Performance increases of up to 4% in specific maps are seen on single card configured systems when using the ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series of products

Lost Planet DX9: CrossFire™ scaling improves up to 1.7x and performance increases up to 80% across all ATI Radeon™ products when Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering are enabled

Those who install the new drivers can also look forward to resolved problems in Assassin's Creed, Crysis, Frontlines: Fuel of War, Hellgate London, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, World In Conflict, and World of Warcraft. Oh, and AMD mentions that the Catalyst 8.7 drivers bring a "Full Hardware information" section to the Catalyst Control Center. This section details each graphics card installed in the user's system.

You can grab the latest Catalyst driver for Windows XP and Windows Vista in 32-bit and 64-bit flavors from this page on AMD's Game! website, as usual. Detailed release notes are up in this PDF file.

On the Linux front, the Catalyst 8.7 release fixes a few bugs and adds support for Ubuntu 8.04, SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2, and openSUSE 11. You can get the 8.7 Linux Catalysts over here for 32-bit systems and on this page for 64-bit Linux variants. AMD links detailed release notes on both driver download pages.

Come sempre ho aggiornato la mia guida per installare i driver senza troppi problemi. eccovela qui.

Questa versione risolve alcuni bug secondari, fastidiosi sì, ma non certo ecclatanti come lo sfarfallio dei programmi che usano l'estensione xv quando compiz fusion è attivato.

Tra le novità c'è il supporto ufficiale ad ubuntu hardy heron (8.04) e il supporto alle shede video agp HD 2400 e 2600.

Non sono invece ancora supportate le schede della famiglia 3870X2.

Comunque eccovi le release notes di questo mese.

Η εταιρεία ωστόσο θέλει να επεκτείνει την εφαρμογή του συστήματος ψύξης και στη σειρά ATI Radeon HD 4870. Έτσι, η Powercolor αναμένεται σε μερικές μέρες να ανακοινώσει επίσημα μια υπερχρονισμένη έκδοση της Radeon HD 4870 με 1GB μνήμης τύπου GDDR5 που "φοράει" μια αναβαθμισμένη έκδοση του συστήματος PCS (βασίζεται σε μια λύση της Zerotherm με τέσσερα heatpipes, χάλκινη βάση και αλουμινένια fins).

Οι πρώτες εικόνες της νέας Powercolor HD 4870 PCS OC εμφανίστηκαν στο site pcghx.com και στο Expreview. Δυστυχώς ακόμη δεν έχουν γίνει γνωστοί οι χρονισμοί στην GPU, στη μνήμη ή στους stream processors αν και λέγεται πως ο πυρήνας θα διαθέτει συχνότητα 800MHz ενώ είναι πιθανό η κάρτα γραφικών να βασίζεται σε κάποια έκδοση του concept Super RV770.

To VRM της κάρτας έχει επανασχεδιαστεί.

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Segun Fudzilla, la ATi Radeon HD4870X2 sera lanzada a mediados de Agosto de este año, pero habria graves problemas porque va a ver disponibilidad en Septiembre. AMD ya tiene planeado lanzar la placa, y espera que el driver (Catalyst) este listo para dicha fecha.

Creen que el driver que sera lanzado junto a las HD4870X2 sera el Catalyst 8.8, y que si bien existe una version Beta para propositos de pruebas, aun no tiene el WHQL, y no esta suficientemente pulido para salir al publico en general.

Con este lanzamiento, AMD deberia destronar oficialmente a NVIDIA, en rendimiento. Pero estan seguros que NVIDIA trabajara dia y noche para poder poner en marcha el proceso de 55nm, para su bestia Dual-GPU.

De todos modos, es sabido que la Radeon HD4870X2 es mas rapida que la GeForce GTX 280+, en la mayoria de los escenarios.

Fuente: Fudzilla

La Radeon HD 4850 es probablemente la nueva reina del entusiasta de la compra inteligente, y que mejor que hacer una inversión con un producto que trae lo que necesitas desde fabrica. La Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 Toxic es un Radeon HD 4850 como todos conocemos salvo por el hecho que incluye un sistema de refrigeración Zalman VF900-Cu basado en dos circuitos de heatpipes.

Esto permite que el fabricante despache la tarjeta con frecuencias de 675MHz para núcleo y 1100MHz para memorias, una cifra interesante si recordamos que los modelos "tradicionales" solo corren a 625 y 993MHz respectivamente.

Aun no tenemos precios de esta tarjeta, sin embargo y considerando la madurez del canal de distribución de Sapphire - el más grande ensamblador de tarjetas ATi - es de esperar que este misterio se resuelva a la brevedad.

Fuente: TechConnect via CHW

Σύμφωνα με τις μέχρι στιγμής πληροφορίες το RV870 θα διαθέτει 192 ALUs και κάθε ALU , 5SPs που σημαίνει ότι ο συνολικός αριθμός των stream processors θα φτάνει στο εξωπραγματικό νούμερο των 960 SPs. Το memory interface θα έχει εύρος 256-bit. Σύμφωνα με την ίδια πηγή, το RV870 θα είναι 1,2 φορές ταχύτερο του RV770 ωστόσο αυτό εξαρτάται σε μεγάλο βαθμό από τους χρονισμούς. H AMD μετά την κυκλοφορία του RV870 θα κυκλοφορήσει την dual-GPU κάρτα γραφικών R800, η οποία σε αντίθεση με τις προηγούμενες γενιές με το single-PCB/dual-GPU design θα αποτελεί την πρώτη real dual-core GPU κάρτα γραφικών στον κόσμο.

READ More about it over at the new L33tzone :)