Toshiba’s new Satellite M305D-S4828

Based on AMD’s recently announced Puma platform, Toshiba’s new Satellite M305D-S4828 ($849) offers a stylish design and some cool features at a reasonable price. This notebook’s performance is nothing to write home about, but if you’re in the market for a lightweight notebook for everyday use, it will fill the bill.

Review : http://www.laptopmag.com/review/laptops/toshiba-satellite-m305d-s4828.aspx


Specifications

CPU : AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80 (2.1GHz)
RAM : Included 3GB RAM Upgradable To 4GB
Hard Drive Size : 250GB
Hard Drive Speed : 5,400rpm
Hard Drive Type : SATA Hard Drive
Optical Drive Type : DVD+R DL
Optical Drive Speed : 8X
Display Size : (inches) 14.1 Native Resolution 1280x800
Graphics Card : ATI Radeon HD 3100
Video Memory : 256MB
Wi-Fi : 802.11b/g
Bluetooth : Bluetooth 2.0+EDR Mobile Broadband
Operating System : MS Windows Vista Home Premium
Ports (excluding USB) : Ethernet;Firewire;Headphone;Microphone;Modem;S/PDIF;VGA;eSATA
USB Ports : 2
Card Slot(s) : 5-1 card reader;ExpressCard
Size : 13.1 x 9.5 x 1.5 inches
Weight : 5.3 pounds

Test Results

PCMark Vantage : 2,377
3DMark03 : 3,001
3DMark06 : 1,389
Laptop Battery Test : 2:55
Wireless Performance 15 feet : 18.4 Mbps
Wireless Performance 50 feet : 11.5 Mbps

AMD Brings in New Desktop CPUs, Cuts Prices

AMD has announced another refresh of its desktop processor line-up with four new products and price cuts to most of the rest.

Here are the new CPUs :

Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition 125W - $186
Phenom X3 8750 Black Edition 95W - $139
Athlon X2 6500 Black Edition 95W - $105
Athlon X2 5050e 45W - $90

Changes to the prices of existing processors are as followed...

For the Phenom X4 series:

Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition 140W drop from $235 to $186
Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition slips further down from $194 to $180
Phenom X4 9750 moves from $215 to $170
Phenom X4 9650 moves from $195 to $156

For the Phenom X3 series:

Phenom X3 8750 from $175 to a new low $134
Phenom X3 8650 from $145 to $123

Some Athlon X2 parts get double-digit prices:

Athlon X2 6000+ from $112 to $95
Athlon X2 5600+ from $102 to $88
Athlon X2 5400+ from $87 to $78
Athlon X2 5200+ from $76 to $68

The following products have also had their prices cut but we were unable to confirm the new prices at time of writing: Phenom X4 9350e, Athlon X2 5400+ BE, Sempron LE-1300, Sempron LE-1250.

Source: Hexus

Everun Note, the AMD-based 'NetBook'

Raon Digital unveiled the world's first mini notebook 'EVERUN NOTE' equipped with dual core AMD processor in Korea market. The Note is based on AMD's Turion 64 X2 processor, clocked at 1.2GHz.

Weighing 742g, the EVERUN NOTE features a 7-inch LCD screen with 1,024x600 resolution, 1.3M webcam, Bluetooth connectivity, and electronic dictionary function. Running on Windows XP Home Edition, it can has various storage space ranging from 12GB SSD to 80GB HDD.



The EVERUN NOTE is expected to be available in early September in Korea as well as North America.

Source: AVING, Linux Devices

Full Review : http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/09/everun-note-full-review/

For Gallery, click HERE.

AMD Launches World’s Fastest Graphics Card: 4870 X2

AMD today announced the world’s fastest graphics card, the ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 X2, advancing visual computing ever closer to eye-definition computing gaming and cinematic experiences and delivering a whopping 2.4 teraFLOPS of processing power. Based on an advanced 55nm design and leading DirectX® 10.1 support, the ATI Radeon HD 4800 X2 series delivers engineering elegance and the industry’s most compelling feature set. The ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 is immediately available from e-tailers worldwide priced at USD 549 MSRP.





Reviews:
Tech Report
AMDZone
AnandTech
Hot Hardware
Tweaktown

Also announced today is the ATI Radeon™ HD 4850 X2 graphics card, delivering blistering performance at a compelling price point. The ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 is scheduled to be available in September at an estimated price of USD 399.

AMD790GX Launched & Reviewed

AMD today announced the availability of the industry’s preeminent performance desktop platform, the AMD 790GX. Packing a host of innovations, the AMD 790GX integrates advanced performance tuning for AMD Phenom processors, plus ATI Radeon HD 3300 graphics - the world’s fastest motherboard graphics processor (mGPU).

The 790GX isn't the revolutionary shift that the 780G chipset was but instead is a new spin on the 780G. The number of stream processors remains the same and the core architecture but you do get a nice 200MHz bump from 500MHz to 700MHz in addition to a number of other tweaks and refinements. Sideport memory that was optional with the 780G is now a requirement also for the 790GX which should free up any memory bandwidth and capacity problems that you might run into with this board. The other major refinement is that Crossfire is now support in dual 8x modes which lets the 790GX reside in between the 780G and the 790FX Northbridge chipsets quite nicely.

The new SB750 Southbridge sees some fundamental shifts from the SB700 which cured USB woes of previous ATI Southbridge chipsets. AMD's new Advanced Clock Calibration is supported by the new SB750 which allows for much better overclocking when it is paired with a Phenom processor.

For more, click here: http://www.amdzone.com/index.php/reviews/56/10149-amd-790gx

Reviews:
Tech Report
Anandtech
Hot Hardware

OCW has reviewed the 790GX based Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H.
Legit Reviews has tested the Asus M3A78-T motherboard.

Other source about Advanced Clock Calibration:
AnandTech
RegHardware