News Bits: Nvidia 8800M Graphics, Crysis Demo, Sony Announces "Everywair"

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Nvidia GeForce 8800M on the horizon?

According to Fudzilla the mobile variant of Nvidia's GeForce 8800 high-end graphics card will be launched &quot;soon&quot; - no specific date was given.

The 8800M will be available in 8800M-GTX, -GT, and -GS versions according to earlier reports. It will not have the performance of the desktop version due to notebook power and heat requirements. The 8800M will reportedly be available in Dell's upcoming XPS M1730 gaming notebook.

Read More (Laptoping.com)


Select sony VAIO SZ6 and TZ20 models available with &quot;Everywair&quot; mobile broadband

Sony has announced that select VAIO SZ6 and TZ20-series laptops now feature fully integrated WWAN capability. WWAN provides broadband access to the Internet on mobile phone networks, leaving users free to leave WiFi hotspots behind.

The WWAN used in the VAIO uses HSDPA mobile broadband technology, delivering connection speeds of up to 3.6Mbps, or 10 times faster than UMTS (3G) networks. Once updated firmware is available, connection speeds of up to 7.2Mbps will be possible.

Read More (Sony-Europe.com)


Crysis demo to be released Sept. 25

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The long-awaited first person shooter title Crysis is finally going to make a showing - the single player demo is slated for release on September 25. The demo will feature the entire first level in the game's single player campaign.

Even though the game is nearing release, there are no official system requirments posted yet. However, expect to need an Athlon 64/higher-clocked Pentium 4 processor, Nvidia 6600/ATI X800 series graphics card, and 1GB of RAM to run the game. Ideally, have a dual-core processor, high-end Nvidia or ATI graphics card (7800GTX/X1800XT), and about 2GB of RAM to comfortably play the game at higher settings.

The full version of Crysis is going to be released on November 16.

Read More (DailyTech.com)


More Sony rootkits?

Sony's MicroVault USM-F fingerprint reading software comes with an infected USB flash memory stick according to F-Secure. There is no indication that Sony had malintent with the software unlike the previous Sony BMG Music CD case. The rootkit in this case was most likely to make the software ore secure.

Fortunately, the MicroVault is an older product and has been basically phased out.

Read More (TGDaily.com)


NVousPC Corporation announces customizable notebook line

NVousPC has announced its customizable notebook PC lineup. NVousPC was started by Oscar Zapata, a former Alienware Product Development Engineering Supervisor who is now the President and co-founder of NVousPC.

Customers can customize NVousPCs with custom paint jobs and graphic designs. NVousPC offers two notebooks, the 14.1-inch Mercury and the 15.4-inch Ether. Both come with 1GB of RAM and are available with Windows Vista and an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU.

NVousPC Website


Samsung adds three new UMPCs to Q1 lineup

Samsung Electronics announced three new models of the Q1 Ultra family of UMPCs, the Q1U-SSDXP, -ELXP, and -XP. The -SSDXP is the first model to use a Flash NAND drive instead of a traditional hard drive. All three models use the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system.

The Q1 Ultra is Samsung's second-generation UMPC. It features a 7-inch wide, 300-nits bright LED backlit LCD, a split QWERTY keyboard, and full PC compatibility. Battery life is up to 4.5 hours in a 1.5 pound package. The -XP and -ELXP models are aimed at the B2B commercial markets that require Windows XP. They feature the new Intel Ultra Mobile Processor running at speeds from 600MHz to 800MHz along with 1GB of RAM.

All of the new models come with a built-in biometric fingerprint sensor, integrated WiFi, and Bluetooth.

The -SSDXP will be available for $1,649 with the flash drive, while the -ELXP (600MHz A100 processor/40GB hard drive) will retail for $999.00 and the -XP (800MHz A110 processor/60GB hard drive) will retail for $1,149.

 

wow....8800m's comming up.....wait, wasnt it an 8700m gtx ultra or something???

 

software ore secure eh chaz?

 

x800/6800 just to run a game is like the highest so far

 

...more rootkits. you'd think they'd already learn

 

please put the 8800 in an asus G2 variant, please put the 8800 in an asus G2 variant, please put the 8800 in an asus G2 variant, please put the 8800 in an asus G2 variant, please put the 8800 in an asus G2 variant, please put the 8800 in an asus G2 variant, please put the 8800 in an asus G2 variant, please put the 8800 in an asus G2 variant,

 

wow, you must really want a powerful G2 have to agree though, the G2 shouldn't be the same as the G1... I mean, going up to 17 from 15.4 should bring a performance gain ... not stay the same.

How does my 8600M GT in the G1S compare to the video cards listed in the requirements for Crysis? Can I play it on medium settings at least?

 

I was kind of hoping they would make a revision or something sometime soon.

 

The 8600M GT is a little less powerful than the Go 7900GS, which is about the same as a desktop 7600GT. So, if you keep it in DX9 mode, you should be able to get about medium settings. If you want DX10 though, I highly doubt you're going to like the framerates.

 

its disappointing that Nvous is using last year's generation of Compals rather than the current one

 

Thanks maybe I'll just load it in DX10 once to see what all the fuss is about

 

One of the many reasons I don't purchase anything Sony unless I can't avoid it...they're untrustworthy at best IMO.

 

Even more disappointing... their upgrades are ridiculously expensive, and they don't ever tell you what graphics cards they feature (leading me to believe GMA950).

 

Yay, 8800ms, =). Come out so I can put one in my Sager 5790. Very exciting news, thanks Chaz.

 

Alright, time to see if this 7900GTO can still play more recent games and at what settings. It may be time for an upgrade soon.

 

*ignores everything else* mmmmm crysis

 

I've just never been into FPS

 

People have tested Crysis demos with a Toshiba x205 in DirectX 10 mode which has a 8700M GT. And I've heard that it runs very beautifully. The 8700M GT is merely an overclocked 8600M GTm so I wouldn't doubt the power of this little 8600M GT just yet.

 

Hey man, I hope so. I'm just going off what the recommended specs have been saying. But yeah, the less overhead it has the better.

 

hmm.... the Fudzilla site (as well as other sites) might have jumped the gun (from Dell marketing).

If they are talking about the new NB8E G80 chip... thats going to be the 8700M GTX rumored to be out in Winter.... people have thought that Nvidia would have named that 8800M.... but drivers for the 8700M GT has shown that it was using the NB8E name already.

Marketing is marketing... most of them know jack about the technology and justs goes on rumors....

We'll just see.... it would be nice to see a 256-bit mem interface, DX10 card.

Also read this:
Computex: Nvidia prepares 8800 for notebooks

 

The M1730 was rumored just this week to have the 8700M GT... I suppose they will offer it with dual 8700's and 8800's.

The 8600M GT is about 30-40% slower than the desktop version of the 8600M GT. I suppose that will be the case with the 8800's. Still though, SLI 8800's should get about the same as a single desktop 8800. 3dmark06 scores of over 10k!

I'll be downloading the Crysis trial when it comes out!

 

Call me paranoid but I don't think the 8800M exists anymore , and now we will never find out because no one will buy the XPS M1730 anyway .

Seriously , I hope this thing is coming out soon and that its not a DELL exclusive .

 

hmmm I wonder what the chances of the lower end 8800m GS showing up in the mxmII format are? =P

 

NVous has made the HGL30 not look hideous! Bravo! Now if they made their upgrades have less ambitious pricing and started using Santa Rosa Compals, we might be talking.