Fermi is Almost Here!

The long awaited NVIDIA's first DirectX 11 GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), codenamed Fermi (GF100) is almost here! Launched last week at the PAX East, the GeForce GTX400 series Fermi-based graphics card will be retailly available by this mid-April.

For now, there are only two models released, the GTX480 and GTX470, the latter is beless powerful. These two high-end GPUs will make you dig a large hole in your pocket. GTX480 and GTX470 based graphics card will be retailed at USD500 (+/- RM1632) and USD349 (+/- RM1141) respectively. In term of performance, the GTX 480 is claimed to be roughly 10% faster than ATI's HD 5870 while The GTX 470 is around 10% faster than the HD 5850.

Below is the spceficitions released by NVIDIA:

 GTX480

 

GPU Engine Specs:

CUDA Cores	480
Graphics Clock (MHz)	700 MHz
Processor Clock (MHz)	1401 MHz
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec)	42

Memory Specs:

Memory Clock (MHz)	1848
Standard Memory Config	1536 MB GDDR5
Memory Interface Width	384-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)	177.4

Feature Support:

NVIDIA SLI®-ready*	2-way/3-Way
NVIDIA 3D Vision Ready	Yes
NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround Ready***	Yes
NVIDIA PureVideo® Technology**	HD
NVIDIA PhysX™-ready	Yes
NVIDIA CUDA™ Technology	Yes
Microsoft DirectX	11
OpenGL	3.2
Bus Support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Certified for Windows 7	Yes

Display Support:

Maximum Digital Resolution	2560x1600
Maximum VGA Resolution	2048x1536
Standard Display Connectors	Mini HDMI Two Dual Link DVI
Multi Monitor	Yes
HDCP	Yes
HDMI	Yes
Audio Input for HDMI	Internal

Standard Graphics Card Dimensions:

Height	4.376 inches (111 mm)
Length	10.5 inches (267 mm)
Width	Dual-slot

Thermal and Power Specs:

Maximum GPU Temperature (in C)	105  C
Maximum Graphics Card Power (W)	250  W
Minimum Recommended System Power (W)	600  W
Supplementary Power Connectors	6-pin & 8-pin

GTX470

GPU Engine Specs:

CUDA Cores	448
Graphics Clock (MHz)	607 MHz
Processor Clock (MHz)	1215 MHz
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec)	34.0

Memory Specs:

Memory Clock (MHz)	1674
Standard Memory Config	1280 MB GDDR5
Memory Interface Width	320-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)	133.9

Feature Support:

NVIDIA SLI®-ready*	2-way/3-Way
NVIDIA 3D Vision Ready	Yes
NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround Ready***	Yes
NVIDIA PureVideo® Technology**	HD
NVIDIA PhysX™-ready	Yes
NVIDIA CUDA™ Technology	Yes
Microsoft DirectX	11
OpenGL	3.2
Bus Support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Certified for Windows 7	Yes

Display Support:

Maximum Digital Resolution	2560x1600
Maximum VGA Resolution	2048x1536
Standard Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI Mini HDMI
Multi Monitor	Yes
HDCP	Yes
HDMI	Yes
Audio Input for HDMI	Internal

Standard Graphics Card Dimensions:

Height	4.376 inches (111 mm)
Length	9.5 inches (241 mm)
Width	Dual-slot

Thermal and Power Specs:

Maximum GPU Temperature (in C)	105  C
Maximum Graphics Card Power (W)	215  W
Minimum Recommended System Power (W)	550  W
Supplementary Power Connectors	6-pin x2

Prime: Bumblebee, get me some money!

Blog Maintenance Successfully Completed

For the last few hours, The Last Prime Blog has undergone some maintenance routine regarding the design interface. This blog has been redesigned to make it look more organized and more appealing. Below are the list of the changes that have been done if you didn't notice them:

~ A newly redesigned header/banner.
~ From 2 column to 3 column type layout
~ From blue to red main theme (my favorite color)
~ Reorganized widgets placement
~ Updated My Blog List
~ Updated Motto
~ Updated Game of The Month

I hope you like these changes.Kindly post your comments or feedbacks regarding the new updated design.
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Prime: Yesss!!!

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The Last Prime Blog is now undergoing unscheduled maintenance in order to improve the interface of this blog. So, you may see unorganized placement of widgets, improper colours, and etc. along this maintenance period.


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Prime

TF3 New Autobot Car

We got new update for Transformers 3 from the director Michael Bay forum. The thing that attract me is about the new Autobot car, Ferrari 458 Italia.

Hey, it's been a long time since I've posted. Just been a little busy.

Transformers 3 has been going very well. We are going to shoot in LA, Chicago, Washington DC, Florida, Texas, Africa, Moscow, and China. On the talent front, we just locked in Frances McDormand and John Malkovich. Both amazing actors I've always wanted to work with. We also just got Ken Jeong, he is the super funny actor stuck in the trunk from “Hangover” and the Doctor from “Knocked Up.”

We start shooting pre-shoots in about one month.

I also was at a Ferrari charity event this week raising money for a hospital being built by Ferrari in Haiti. I announced that night the newest Autobot to join Transformers: the Ferrari 458 Italia.

I also want to thank everyone on this site that donated to the Make -A-Wish charity. We raised $20,000 which I will personally be matching. This is a great charity where they make wishes come true for kids who are very ill. We have had many Kids from Make-A-Wish visit us on our Transformers sets and this time we will be posting video of their visits on Transformers 3.

Michael Bay

Prime: Wondering who is the new Autobot that transforms into that Ferrari...

Optimus, Bumblebee Updated for Transformers 3

It seems like pre-production is in full swing with more news about Transformers 3 coming out. TF3 animation supervisor Scott Benza from ILM provided an update about their pre-production plans including a design "update" to Prime and Bumblebee, working on new robots and more. The full article from SciFi Wire is here.

Highlights:
- Bumblebee is seen has having matured over the years and so will have "subtle changes to his physique" to indicate this.
- Prime will have "more heroic" but "little tiny things" that the average person will not notice but Transfans might.
- The script isn't complete, but they have enough information to start on art and 3-D modeling which can take up to 30 weeks to complete.
- Level of detail for each character, including planned new ones, will depend on how much screen time they will have and any close-ups that might occur.

Prime: Bring it on!

Birthday Party!

It turns out that turning into 20 is so cool. Last night, some of my coursemates organized a small birthday party for those who are born in February. There's four of them: Erni, Syed, Hazwan and me.

Actually, I don't know anything about it at first. My friend, Faried urge me to come to V3 Cafe. I wonder why I have to come but he don't tell me the truth, just saying that it's important for me to come.

Curiously, I just went there and surprisingly a small group of my coursemates held a small birthday party for four of us. Unexpectedly too, they even prepared us a birthday cake written with our names on top of it as you can see in the picture. Nice... So, we enjoyed ourselves eating and chatting to each other at the party last night. Thank you very much guys for the efforts. Definitely, it is one of the best moments in my life. :-)


Here is some of the photos taken from the party. Sadly not high quality photos are available.