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AMD 890GX embargo ends
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As mentioned yesterday, the details for AMD’s latest chipset have been
under embargo. That embargo ended this morning at 7am. Details of the
enthusiast 890FX chipset are still not available but here are the
details of the mainstream 890GX chipset.
The 890GX chipset is an integrated chipset with an HD4290. This is the
fastest integrated GPU to date and is capable of delivering DirectX
10.1 performance. In benchmarks conducted by AMD (a pinch of salt is
therefore required) a Phenom II X4 965 with the integrated HD4290 is
only able to manage a 3fps lead on an Intel Core i5 661 (the processor
with the integrated GPU). However in Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
the Intel setup takes the lead by over 10fps.
The chipset supports CrossFire X technology allowing for a multi-GPU
setup to be employed that utilizes the onboard GPU. The HD4290 onboard
runs at 700MHz, has 40 unified shaders and comes with either a 64 or
128 bit memory interface. The chipset also boasts support for a
DisplayPort and is the first chipset to have native SATA 6Gbps support.
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Michael Reed
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Overclockers caught in cheating scandal, banned for life
 Four of the world’s top overclockers have been banned for life by
XtremeSystems.org and for one year by HWBOT for cheating in the recent
MSI Lords of Overclocking online competition. All were disqualified
from said competition
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Righthaven engaged in copyright trolling?
 Steve Gibson, the CEO of Righthaven, is taking on websites that are
illegally reposting content online by emulating patent trolls.
Righthaven is a new company that is buying up copyrights for newspaper
content posted online and then suing any blogs or sites that reproduce
that information illegally, which is apparently proving profitable for
the fledgling group
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Blizzard has embargoed all Wings of Liberty reviews
 Blizzard has introduced a global embargo on all StarCraft 2: Wings of
Liberty reviews, a move that is being reported by several sources
online, until after the game launches. According to Blizzard this is
mainly due to Battle.Net which the company would like reviewers to
experience in its entirety before publishing reviews
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UltraViolet the new DRM?
 There appears to be a new DRM (Digital Right Management) scheme on the
horizon, going by the name UltraViolet. Apparently backed by many of
the major players in the film and television industry, the official
site says that it is “designed to let consumers enjoy movies and TV shows without being locked into one specific format”
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Developer for female gamers launches
 Yesterday the formation of Silicon Sisters Interactive (SSI) was
announced. A Canada-based gaming company and the brainchild of Brenda
Bailey Gershkovitch and Kirsten Forbes, both of whom have been active
in the gaming industry for some time, Silicon Sisters aims to cater
specifically to female gamers
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Pinnacle makes offer to purchase Axiz
 Pinnacle Technology Holdings Limited (PTH) has made an offer to
purchase 100% of shares in Axis Technology (Pty) Ltd. Pinnacle’s aim is
to merge its solution focused distributor with Axiz which according to
Worgroup MD Doug Woolley will allow Worgroup to expand into new markets
as well as provide Axiz with Workgroups solution expertise
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Asus Crosshair IV Formula review
 The Asus Crosshair IV Formula is the first motherboard to arrive at the
PCF Ranch based on AMD’s new 890FX chipset. The 890FX is the flagship
of AMD’s 8-series chipsets and like its brethren lacks support for the
AM2+ socket/processors as well as DDR2 memory. AMD has given the 890FX
chipset a total of 38 PCI-E lanes which are split between four PCI-E
x16 slots which will have 8 lanes each, a single PCI-E x4 slot and two
PCI-E x1 slots.
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Instead of signing up for the service all you need to do is point your
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