Atom has decided to lock horns with Nvidia Ion by bringing competition in the market with their own brand of chipsets with GPUs. The three processors (which come integrated with chipset) are named N450, D510 and D410 are expected to arrive in this month itself. These three promise to deliver better graphics apart from being faster and smaller. The speed of these processors is 1.66 GHz and there will be integrated Intel NM10 Express graphics chipset. Memory controller, CPU and GPU are all integrated in one and you can expect your Netbook size to reduce by 60%. Of the three chips, the D510 and D410 are aimed at HTPCs or nettops and N450 is aimed at Netbooks. The latter has a 512 kb L2 cache and 7 W of total TDP so there will be a significant rise in the battery life too. The D410 also comes with the same 512kb L2 cache but the TDP is of 12W. Finally, the D510 is a dual-core based processor, has TDP of 15 W and has 1 MB L2 cache. Such chipsets are  [...]

ASUS has announced the launch of two high end EEE top PC’s with blu ray support and half terabyte harddisk. The two models that have been launched are the ET2002 and the larger flagship ET2203. The ET2002 has a 2GB RAM, a DVD drive and a 1600x900-pixel 20-inch touchscreen display. It also comes loaded with the NVIDIA ION graphics to support the 1080p video playback and can even double up as a mediocre gaming platform. It uses the Intel Atom Processor and built in 802.11b/g/n WiFi. It can run the Windows Vista but will also be available with the Windows 7 in some time. This one could be yours for a price of £560. The ET2203 is the other one being launched and this one comes loaded with 4GB RAM, a 1920x1080 21.6-inch touchscreen screen and Blu-ray player. This one is comparatively more expensive obviously because this one has a better set of features. Your pockets would be lighter by around £820 with this one. Both of them come loaded with have 3W stereo  [...]

Ahhaaa… well this one is surely awesome news for all the fans of Batman. Zotac International a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards has announced it own Nvidia GeForce GTX 285-powered graphics card based on the batman theme. Not that Batman: Arkham Asylum has any less fans, but with the launch of this the fanbase is surely going to increase. With every purchase the buyer will get a free copy of the game. Touted to be the best game this year, this one has batman fighting all his old enemies including Joker and Poison Ivy. Mr.Berger marketing director of  Zotac feels that the Arkham Asylum is an awesome platform to show off the power of the ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 285: Batman edition.

Well things just keep on getting better... this limited edition version could be yours for just £259.99 and without any premium. However, you got to be quick because only 900 have been made.

="http://www.techsoft.org/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wordpress/img/trans.gif" mce_src="http://www.techsoft.org/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wordpress/img/trans.gif" alt="" class="mceWPmore mceItemNoResize" title="More...">Dell is definitely trying to aim at two target audiences with the launch of the Core i7 Studio XPS 8000 desktop. Not only is it trying to pull in the gamers, but the home cinema watchers as well. Well why do I say this?? Its just because this one comes loaded with 7.1 high-definition surround sound, Blu-ray player and 3D capabilities. And that’s definitely not where the list ends. This one has an Nvidia GeForce GTS 240 Graphics Card and this coupled with the Core i7, it’s surely something worth placing your bets on. This brings along with it a spectacular gaming experience with 3D graphics. According to the makers, the curves that this one offers haven’t been put up there just for the heck of it. Apparently everything out there on display has  [...]

Looks like Packard Bell is trying hard to recatapult its brand with the release of the Easynote DT85 and the Dot m/u. Well the Easynote is surely going to have many techies drooling over it. Its got an absolutely Ki-ller set of features and specs and can easily match upto any desktop. It’s got a 18.4 inch HD monitor, a Blu-Ray drive and an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor. It comes loaded with a 4GB of DDR3 RAM and  NVIDIA's GeForce GT 240M graphics chip and also has a 1.25 TB hard drive on board so that you can take along your collection of movies with you. This one is expected to hit the U.K markets by the end of this month along with a $699 price tag. Coming to the Dot m/u notebook… this one is a sleek notebook which almost less than an inch and weighs only 1400g and can easily fit into the handbag plus its lightweight as well. The Dot m/u is offered in two colours black and red. Its got a decent enough battery life of 8 hours.   [...]

Expect HP to come up with pleasant surprises at the most unexpected times. HP has announced the launch of the Mini 311 which is loaded with Nvidia’s Ion graphics processing unit which marks the entry of  HP into the Graphics enabled gaming netbooks following the Acer Revo and Samsung N510. The inclusion of the Nvidia Ion means that this one could easily play a 1080p video and could make a decent attempt at gaming. A game of Batman: Arkham asylum could be played decently on this one, obviously with reduced details. According to the people at Nvidia the Ion enabled nettop balances power in a much better way as compared to the Ultra-Low Voltage segment  offered in the markets by the likes of MSI X-Slim and Samsung X-series. According to Jeff Fisher head of the GPU department at Nvidia this move by HP is surely going to create huge waves in a market where just until the last month, netbooks were considered to be inappropriate for  [...]