Myth Voltage Overclocking Intel Core i7
Voltage or voltage is absolutely necessary for overclocking. Tension is not only a role in the achievement of overclocking, but also the effect on the stability of overclocking itself. Myths such as the voltage memory voltage not more than 1.65 volt, because it can damage the processor is indeed true. When viewed from the Core i7 architecture itself, IMC is integrated in the processor, the impact of the excessive voltage memory will be harmful as well as IMC processor itself. This has happened before in AMD. To avoid that the producers restrict the choice of AMD motherboard memory voltage to avoid damage to the IMC processor. Then, how fate memory DDR3 memory that has a voltage above 1.65 volt operation? What can still be used? In the experiment, the author never uses voltage to 1.8 volt in the time period long enough and did not experience degradation in the processor or processors to die. In fact the influence of the voltage memory voltage does not directly affect the other, mainly voltage IOH (or chipset voltage Core Voltage IOH) and QPI / VTT Voltage. IOH Voltage has a default value of 1.2 volt and QPI / VTT Voltage has a default value of 1.1 volt. In the experiment, the effect of increasing the value of this very second voltage stability assist system, especially in the high frequency of memory and a high-voltage memory. The author set on IOH Voltage 1:25 volt and QPI / VTT Voltage at 1.3 volt. At this value is the speed DDR3-2000 with a 1.74 volt voltage running and stable. Screenshots can be seen below.
Rabu, 14 Januari 2009
Guide – Overclocking Prosessor Intel Core i7 Part III (part1)
Selasa, 13 Januari 2009
Design us a star - and win a workstation! (part 2)
HOW TO ENTER
The contest is about unleashing your creativity, and we want to recognise you, the stars of the digital art community, so your graphic should embody that concept.
The finished artwork should feature a 3D render of a five-pointed star prominently… but exactly how you treat that star is up to you.
To get you started, click the link below to download an EPS file showing a simple five-pointed star. Use this as the basis of your design.
Your image should use the Intel blue as a primary colour; and green as a secondary colour. The exact colour values are as follows:
Primary colour
CMYK – 100/40/0/0 or RGB – 8/96/198
Secondary colour
CMYK – 40/0/100/0 or RGB – 174/197/0
We have also included a number of guides within the download to show the various formats in which your design may be used, which include print ads and online banners. For the banners, it will be necessary to crop in on a smaller part of the graphic.
Bear in mind that, for print use, the image must be supplied at 300dpi resolution.
And finally, don’t include any text on the image.
Once you have completed your image, send it to us by clicking the entry link below. Include your full name and daytime phone number in the body of the email.
(Note: our email server only accepts attachments under 9MB in size).
The sender of the image that, in the opinion of the judges, best fulfils the brief and best demonstrates creativity and technical quality will win a Core i7 workstation with the specification shown at the foot of the page.
The closing date for entries is 12 February 2009.
In order to qualify to receive the prize, you will be required to send us the scene file and other assets for the graphic; and, if necessary, a larger print-resolution version of the image.
source by : www.3dworldmag.com
Design us a star - and win a workstation! (part 1)
Create a graphic for our upcoming digital art talent contest and you could win an Intel Core i7-powered workstation worth over $5,000
This April, 3D World, in association with Intel, will be launching an international contest to find the most talented digital artists of 2009 – and we’d like you to design the marketing concept used in the publicity material.
In addition to seeing their work used in high-profile adverts, both in print and online, the creator of the graphic chosen to promote the contest will win an Intel Core i7-based workstation worth over $5,000.
For years, Intel technology has been the driving force behind digital content creation, both on Windows machines and the new Intel Macs. But the company’s new Core i7 processors take demanding multimedia and graphics tasks to a new dimension.
Although the i7s are quad-core processors, Intel’s proprietary Hyper-Threading technology splits each physical core into two virtual ones, so the processor appears to the operating system to have eight cores, speeding up demanding 3D tasks.
In our review of the Armari Magnetar NS+, one of the first Core i7 workstations, James Morris commented: “This system beats the multi-threaded rendering performance of any quad-core workstation we’ve seen.”
source by : www.3dworldmag.com
Rabu, 24 Desember 2008
The New IT Alignment Gap (part 2)
To close this gap, CIOs must take a multidisciplined approach that involves proactive planning. Optimization of Current Infrastructure: By optimizing your current infrastructure, you can reduce operations costs—typically by 10 percent to 30 percent a year. The challenge is to do this while ensuring the infrastructure continues to meet performance needs for at least three to five years. Common Platforms and Standards to Improve Agility: The use of common platforms and infrastructure standards enables organizational agility, allows optimization of capacity, and can shorten recovery time in the event of a technology failure. Plus, you will shorten the development cycle and make it easier to maintain cost-effective IT services. Business Portfolio and IT Management Planning: Understand the initiatives in the business portfolio. Consider what the production turnover will be, what the end-to-end infrastructure requirements will be across all lines of business, and what you will need to support these initiatives on an ongoing basis. Most IT departments don’t have in-house staff to handle all these initiatives, so it’s important to examine your IT staff’s strengths and find any weak areas that need to be supplemented with outside resources. Data Center Planning: The average data center was not constructed to handle the power and cooling needs of today’s technologies. Your best strategy for achieving success is proactive evaluation and planning. Ask your team: How many data centers do we need? How will our current data center(s) meet our future business needs? How do we source them? Skills and Organization: Ask yourself: What skills do I need, and what organizational principles am I going to incorporate in order to establish the best possible IT organization? Where can I look for training opportunities? How can I establish a big-picture approach so I can be more proactive and productive? Be sure to include application development and IT operations management in each other’s planning initiatives. An open, interactive and proactive environment will yield more efficiencies, greater transparency and optimized performance. Assessment Summary Scorecard: One way to gain a better understanding of where the gaps are in your IT department is to use a scorecard. (See chart below.) source by:www.baselinemag.com
The New IT Alignment Gap (part 1)
The gap between application development and IT operations management is escalating. With the rise of new technologies, the lack of energy spent on maximizing existing IT infrastructure, the lack of coordination between application groups and operations, and the lack of retiring legacy systems and older software, the IT alignment gap is showing signs of being widened by IT itself. CIOs are continuously challenged to partner effectively with the enterprise’s business side. At the same time, the gap between application development and IT operations management is escalating at an alarming rate. In many organizations, this gap results in a staggering amount of unplanned cost, risk and business disruption. Here’s why: Most IT organizations are running too fast to evaluate and plan for the substantial changes needed to adequately support ongoing IT operations. Take, for example, the introduction of a new custom application to drive revenue or an upgrade to an ERP system. Each requires introducing new hardware or operating systems; upgrading database management software; integrating with existing storage and network infrastructures; and establishing appropriate service levels and monitoring services. In addition, you must address business continuity/disaster recovery and security considerations, and ensure that the data center has adequate power and cooling to support the new capabilities. And you must establish the interdependencies of new software and tools, and develop and scale the skills needed to support the new infrastructure. source by:www.baselinemag.com
CES Preview: Putting the New in Notebooks (part 2)
We all know netbooks are taking the world by storm, but how will PC makers raise the bar at the show? Design is going to be significant, since many of the current netbooks – the MSI Wind, the Acer Aspire One, the Lenovo Ideapad S10 – have the same general, lackluster look. There are glimpses of those who have already upped the design ante, like the Asus eeePC 1002HA, which uses a brushed aluminum frame. Intel is expected to launch a Classmate PC convertible tablet, and someone will have a netbook that will blow CES attendees away.
Multi-touch has been the buzz word ever since Apple launched the iPhone. With laptops, the HP Pavilion TX2 was the first convertible tablet to showcase multi-touch capabilities. Expect at least one other player to launch a multi-touch screen. In the meantime, almost every vendor is incorporating multi-touch functionality into their touchpads. Like the ones on the MacBook and MacBook Pros, you pinch, enlarge, and scroll through various file formats by gesturing with two fingers.
Secondary displays, not Vista's SideShow technology, will show up on a few systems at CES 2009. Fujitsu already announced the Lifebook N7010, with a secondary touch display right above the keyboard. And Lenovo is advertising a secondary display that slides out of the Thinkpad W700.
Is this the year that Blu-Ray will go mainstream? Part of it will be up to laptop manufacturers. The Acer Aspire 6930G-6723 is already shipping with a Blu-ray drive for under a $1,000, and others will follow.
DisplayPort is out to make its presence known, competing against the HDMI format. Apple and Lenovo are already shipping with DisplayPort technologies in their laptops. Others will offer that, or both: DisplayPort and HDMI technology in one chassis.
Is this finally the year WiMax will take off? Sprint and Clearwire recently rolled out their WiMax network in Baltimore, which promises speeds of up to 7 Mbit/s, a range that covers an entire city, and prices that average households can afford. Well, PC Makers aren't waiting for more roll outs; they've seen enough. Expect announcements of numerous WiMax-enabled laptops at CES 2009.
source by:www.pcmag.com
CES Preview: Putting the New in Notebooks (part 1)
As you might expect, notebooks will be where the action is at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year.
Sales of notebooks continue to increase, while desktops decline. As a consequence, OEMs continue to drive this market toward new and emerging technologies, all the while competing aggressively on price.
Here's what we expect to see at CES this January. Want to read about the rest of the show? Check out our CES overview.
New form factors for notebook screens will dominate the show, moving from the older 16-by-10 ratio to a 16-by-9 one, as is common in HDTVs. We've already seen a handful of them in the past few months, including the 16-inch Gateway Mc7803u, the HP HDX16t, and the Acer Aspire 6930G-6723. Since they are also cheaper and more efficient to make, laptops with screen sizes such as 14-, 15.6-, and 18-inches will become the de facto standards at CES 2009.
Nvidia is making a huge play with its integrated ecosystem, which is likely to take a decent chunk of market share away from Intel. The Apple MacBook 13-inch and the MacBook Pro 15-inch dual-graphics machine are already utilizing this ecosystem, reaping the rewards of enhanced 3D graphics without the power draw. The Toshiba Portege A600 is another laptop that uses Nvidia's integrated chipset; expect companies like Acer, Asus, Dell, and HP to jump on board. Recently, Nvidia announced its Ion platform, transforming traditional Atom-based netbooks into somewhat gaming-worthy machines. Expect to see the Nvidia GeForce 9400M chipset in future netbook designs as well.
source by:www.pcmag.com
