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Hi there,
Was wondering if I could get a bit of a list going of any fresh/just new/about to come out/coming out this year/next year technologies that will be available for desktops. I want to make sure I get anything that I feel appropriate for my desktop. Feel free to post anything.
I am not a techno genius but I'll try and post examples to show what I mean. Can be stuff that has been out for a little bit.
USB 3, SATA 6, 3D Monitors, 30nm chips? (is this right?), DDR3, Radeon 5830.
So you get the idea, anything recent or not yet out or even rumoured/in the pipeline.
Terbinator
22-02-10, 00:27
Fermi / GTX 480/470.
6/8 core cpus for desktops
Any idea on pricing/performance of the Fermis? Are they expected to be field leaders?
I supposethe 6/8 core cpus are a natural progression, is the general consensus at the moment that 4 is more than enough for most people's needs, or would 8 be noticeably quicker?
More cores = more power. While 4 may be enough for most peoples real needs, it wont fill the internal need for better tech. No amount of cores ever will i shouldnt think :D
More cores = more power. While 4 may be enough for most peoples real needs, it wont fill the internal need for better tech. No amount of cores ever will i shouldnt think :D
Incidentally, the build I'm going to do will be almost exactly the same as the one in your signature. How does it run and how does it run games? What sort of power does it use? I have a 600W OCZ PSU and was thinking of the 4890 but now thinking of maybe getting a 5850 if I can afford it. Do you think it would handle it? Also have 8GB of 1600 MHz, but planning on the 750, F3s.
The ocz 600w does the job, but in hindsight id double my budget and get a corsair hx850 for peace of mind, 7 year warranty and power to run most anything.
The system itself performs well, i cant really say what its like with modern games as i dont play any, but it runs HL2 full res no probs. Id agree and say get sth more than the 4890 though, lots of threads here about emerging/current top spec cards. That said, the 4890 can be picked up cheap so thats in your favour.
Okay. I think I will go for the 5850 and then if it turns out the power supply isn't up to the job, get a more powerful one.
I'm quite interested about the 5830 as some specs I saw suggested that it will run very close to the 5850 performance-wise.
fermis most likley will hang around the £500 mark but the 200 series will drop :) im saving for one 450 atm... ati will have to drop like hell
Terbinator
22-02-10, 19:25
fermis most likley will hang around the £500 mark but the 200 series will drop :) im saving for one 450 atm... ati will have to drop like hell
Not if the current pre-order price of the GTX 480 is $679.
What about in terms of other hardware and things like that? Stuff like USB3.
I3R0K3N7FEET
23-02-10, 09:43
gah...
laser TV's
things im really looking forward due to come out soon
thuban, tweaked and improved istanbul hexacore due april-june
890FX motherboards
and in future bulldozer and APU's ie fusion..
gah...
laser TV's
things im really looking forward due to come out soon
thuban, tweaked and improved istanbul hexacore due april-june
890FX motherboards
and in future bulldozer and APU's ie fusion..
That's more like the sort of thing I was thinking of.
What news from the Intel side of things? Apart from Gulftown.
Not if the current pre-order price of the GTX 480 is $679.
$679 is about 500 ..
i lol'ed
aaron you ever watched the gadget show some good stuff on their channel 5 mondays bout 8pm they review a lot of new tech. i think something like ultra thin eleds i think they are called with organic pixels so you can bend the screen and it will still work.
Yea, used to check it out when I had the chance. In a student flat with a TV shared between 4 with a console attached, not much chance. Still try when possible.
I3R0K3N7FEET
23-02-10, 14:26
i dont really keep track of what intel do.. theyre like the big i am.. the next tick for intel ofter gulftown is sandybridge but there is no real information about it as of yet.
intel are all 'informancy' atm and i5643i2566i7543i i3467i3 7i4573i83i 534i7
its all greek tbh...
Just from a noob's point of view, I find Intel nomenclature pretty easy to understand tbh.
I3R0K3N7FEET
23-02-10, 14:50
ok from a non no0b perspective pleaase explain the difference between h55, p55, the h57 and the x58 platforms and explain the differences between the i3 330 the i5 661 the i5 750 and the i7 920 and which have what features and are based on what cores? though i could answer these questions i would rather it not take up so much time and memory jsut to remember
hence the inital GAHHH! staement xD
Terbinator
23-02-10, 15:22
Its equally as bad for the un-informed as AMD's AM3/AM2/AM2+ situation.
I3R0K3N7FEET
23-02-10, 15:33
Its equally as bad for the un-informed as AMD's AM3/AM2/AM2+ situation.
no.. you are wrong.......
am2/+ = ddr2
am3=ddr3
it is merely the retailers that market AM3 'supported' AM2+ boards that might be confusing. even then that merely opens more options.. in fact your statement of sockets vs platforms is pretty irrelevant as what you should be comparing is the AMD
740g
760g
770
780g
785g
790x
790gx
790fx
oh wait thats actually self explanitory..
g= onboard graphics
x= crossfire (with exception of there is a 785g crossfire mobo)
FX = topend/enthusiast..
so please................ put me in place.
Terbinator
23-02-10, 15:52
I'm not wrong in the sense i understand the naming and platform schemes, again, i was pointing out that for the un-informed it can be equally as confusing whether or not you compare it to Intel's own mess.
I'm not here to "put you in your place" or denounce your or someone else's opinion so you'll be waiting a while.
I3R0K3N7FEET
23-02-10, 15:57
I'm not wrong in the sense i understand the naming and platform schemes, again, i was pointing out that for the un-informed it can be equally as confusing whether or not you compare it to Intel's own mess.
I'm not here to "put you in your place" or denounce your or someone else's opinion so you'll be waiting a while.
by not doing so you did so... well done :P :D LOL no.. forgive me for being confrontational but its nothing personal.
in the way in which you say uninformed... in that matter usually people go by the thought higher numbers = better
I have to say when I hear IIs and xs and phenoms here and there I find it more confusing. As a rough guide, you know the i series are the new chips, i3 being the cheapest and not the best performers, with i5 being better and i7 currently the best. i7s use triple channel, i5s dual channel and i3s having 2 cores. Obviously there are exceptions in specific models like the i5 4xx but if you're that interested in buying them then the consumer would look into it further.
aarron4rfc - not all i7's are triple channel. The 8xx series are dual channel 1156 processors (that's one thing that I find slightly 'annoying')
Fair enough. Maybe it's just because there seems to be more discussions about Intel's chips as they are more widely used that it seems like they are easier to understand.
And I mean, like I said, there are going to be exceptions, but generally speaking...
Personally I can't see the real world value of USB 3 yet.
It's inevitably going to be used to market things like external drives... which will simply choke the real world speeds because of drive transfer rates. Even SATAII speeds across internal channels don't get higher than around 85mb/s and across a USB 2, barely higher than 18-20mb/s
So unless those external drives are using very fast SSD inside, it's not worth buying them.
The only real advantage I can see is allowing camcorder footage to be transferred on a single bus... my slightly older camcorder requires USB 2 for photos and firewire for video... and doesn't work with Vista/Win7 anyway because stupid Panasonic can't be bothered to update drivers.
I3R0K3N7FEET
01-03-10, 08:13
wee the crucial C500 has just come out and that is significantly faster using sata3 being the current fastest SSD on the market :D
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