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Gigabyte Unveils Latest AMD AM2+ Platform Motherboard GA-MA78G-DS3H

Friday, April 25th, 2008
GigabyteGIGABYTE Unveils Latest AMD AM2+ Platform Motherboard. Industry leading specifications and powerful DirectX® 10 compatible onboard graphics deliver exceptional High-Definition home theater entertainment experience .

Taipei, Taiwan, April 25, 2008 – GIGABYTE UNITED INC., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards is proud to extend their line up of AMD 780G based motherboards to include the brand new ATX form factor, the GIGABYTE GA-MA78G-DS3H. Like the award-winning GA-MA78GM-S2H, which has received high marks with many of the world’s top media reviewers, the GA-MA78G-DS3H features the AMD 780G chipset, the first DirectX® 10 IGP (Integrated Graphics Processor) solution for the AM2+ platform, providing the ultimate in UMA graphics performance.

 

 

 

Based on the AMD 780G chipset, the GIGABYTE GA-MA78G-DS3H offers outstanding future CPU headroom with support for AM2 Athlon™ processors as well as the latest AM2+ Phenom™ processors with ultra low latency, high bandwidth Hyper Transport 3.0 (5200MT/s) technology.

At the heart of the GIGABYTE GA-MA78G-DS3H lies the ATI Radeon® HD 3200 graphics core, featuring support for DirectX® 10, Shader Model 4.0 and OpenGL2.0. With unmatched IGP overclocking ability, the GIGABYTE GA-MA78G-DS3H is able to boost the GPU frequency up to 950MHz, delivering unprecedented UMA graphics performance with a 3DMARK06 score of 2000 or higher.

 
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Customised Coolermaster Cosmos Mini (with watercooling)

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

Customised Coolermaster Cosmos Mini (with watercooling)

One of our forum members “Coolmiester“  managed to mod his orginal Cosmos 1000 and turned it into a Cosmos Mini (with watercooling). Astonishing … it’s amazing what people can do. I love this chassis … might even ask him to make one for me ;)

 

Mini Cosmos

 

More photos can be found in our forums … HERE

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AMD Posts $358M Loss for Q1, Announces Plans to Restructure

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

Dailytech

“AMD announces plans to toss out its dead weight. The news coming out of AMD hasn’t been on the most positive note in the past few weeks. The company announced in early April that it will cut 1,600 jobs by the end of 2008 representing 10% of its workforce. The reason for the cuts came as a result of steep declines in every business arena that AMD competes.Four days later, the company’s Chief Technology Officer, Phil Hester, stepped down from the company with no replacement in sight.

Today, AMD released even more unsettling news in the form of its Q1 2008 earnings report. As previously forecasted by AMD, revenue fell 15% from the previous quarter to $1.505B and the company experienced a net loss of $358M. Operating losses totaled $264M and the company faced a charge of $50M due to its 2006 acquisition of ATI.

“A seasonally weak first quarter was amplified by a challenging economic environment for consumers and lower than expected revenues of previous generation products, resulting in lower than expected revenues in all business segments,” said AMD CFO Robert J. Rivet. “However, we are encouraged by the market acceptance of our Quad-Core AMD Opteron server processors as well as our new chipset and graphics offerings.”

After experiencing an entire year of losses, AMD is now looking to restructure its business. The company will now put all of its divisions under the microscope and make the decision to sell off some of its underperforming units in order to become profitable in the second half of 2008.”

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