ithubpoint

[ithubpoint]

New Post has been published on ItHubPoint

New Post has been published on http://www.ithubpoint.com/there-is-no-title-to-be-found-3/

There Is No Title To Be Found

Google AdSense is a very popular and complex subject and most websites are about how to make money with Google. What they do not understand, or at least the one who are now creating a website about how to make money, is that this is a tight market where only the strong survive. In fact few websites about how to make money in fact do just that– make money.

In this video we talk about the time period between February 2004 and November 200

During this time period traditional media acknowledged that all the ingredients existed for a new boom in amateur radio. We see podcasting clients begin to be built and the world stated talking in earnest about podcasting.

On the other hand, if you’re blogging for profit, you may want to consider a 3-column WordPress theme that will be able to accommodate your Google Adsense, Chitika and Text Link Ads codes comfortably without squeezing everything in the content area. 3-column themes allow room for expansion, but in the event that you’ve filled up all available space with ads, then it’s time you removed the non-performers and use only the advertising services that work for that particular blog.

A click through is measured when someone actually clicks on the hyperlink. Many web sites now have Google AdSense ads employed. Google AdSense uses Google AdWords content and services in a display box that you place strategically on your website. Google AdWords customers pay Google a determined amount of money which will be paid to the website from Google. Since the popularity of Google has risen to such prominence, AdSense affiliates can make a nice amount of money should they be able to deploy the Google AdSense box properly on their website. Other sites like Earthlink and Ask.com also employ the same technologies through click through methodologies. The more people that visit popular sites and see your name or hyperlink associated with a product the better chance your site will be seen. Remember, you will be paid a small amount per click for some websites and much more for others. What determines the amount is how much the AdWords advertiser places on each click.

[Flickr:Image:Large]

where and is the column vector of length containing only ones.

Another function of Circles is to control the content of one’s Stream. A user may click on a Circle on the left side of the page and the Stream portion of the page (the center) will contain only posts shared by users in that Circle. For the unsegmented Stream (includes content from all of a user’s Circles), each Circle has a “slider” configuration item with four positions: nothing, some things, most things, and everything. The nothing position requires the user to select (click on) the Circle name explicitly to see content from users in that Circle. The everything setting as its name implies filters nothing out from people in that Circle. The remaining two positions control the quantity of posts which appear in one’s main Stream, but the algorithm controlling what shows has not been disclosed.

Each member can become a fan of any of the friends in their list and can also evaluate whether their friend is “Trustworthy”, “Cool”, “Sexy” on a scale of 1 to 3 (marked by icons) and this is aggregated in terms of a percentage. Unlike Facebook, where a member can view profile details of people only on their network, Orkut allows anyone to visit anyone’s profile, unless a potential visitor is on your “Ignore List” (this feature has been recently changed so that users can choose between showing their profile to all networks or specified ones). Importantly, each member can also customize their profile preferences and can restrict information that appears on their profile from their friends and/or others (not on the friends list). Another feature is that any member can add any other member on Orkut to his/her “Crush List” and both of them will be informed only when both parties have added each other to their “Crush List”.

Please go through and cite each point you make from The The Interpretation of Dreams. If you do, I think you will find that some of the points made are not directly from Freud, but are the result of your interpretation. Those should be deleted. Especially be careful of how you use “superego” and “ego” etc. The concept of “superego” came about in 1923, long after Freud wrote “The Interpretation of Dreams”, and the word “superego” appears only in two little footnotes of later editions.

A theme with images and icons can look good, but it rarely increases your web traffic or subscriber base. In fact, most “A-list” bloggers have plain vanilla themes with a simple logo on top. Reducing the amount of images also means faster loading time and less stress on your servers. This vital aspect of server load become apparent only if you have tens of thousands of visitors a day, but it’s worth designing for the future.

I joined pay per click programs (PPC) where you click banner and text ads and then pay you cents and worse joined a High-Yield Investment Program (HYIP) and was cheated. I lost a couple of dollars joining the site and I swear to myself that I will not join one again.

[ithubpoint]

New Post has been published on ItHubPoint

New Post has been published on http://www.ithubpoint.com/there-is-no-title-to-be-found-2/

There Is No Title To Be Found

You will find numerous excellent methods that you could make money online. One of probably the most well-liked is the Google Adsense program. This is not really for everybody. In the event you would like to perform something such as Adsense, however you do not need to proceed through Google, you will have other choices available for an Adsense substitute. A few of them function the same as Adsense, however they are operated by some other businesses. You will find also additional money producing possibilities that you can make use of to place on your web site that may enhance your content material and the goal of your Web effort.

Put a few articles together into a ‘special report’ and release it for free. You can use it to entice visitors to sign up for your newsletter. And if you embed your affiliate links in the report, you will get some backend commissions too.

In 2010, Yahoo formed a partnership with Microsoft, giving Microsoft the control over powering the Yahoo search marketing ads. Both accounts are now run through Bing Ads. When ads are displayed on Yahoo now, it is powered by Bing Ads and is run through the Microsoft software interface.

Despite downloading being availabile in multiple formats, being less restrictive on video uploads, and Google being tremendously well-known, Google Videos had only a minor share from the online video market, amassing around 2,500,000 videos uploaded.

[Flickr:Image:Large]

The database services require a PDA (or possibly a radically enhanced cell phone) with sufficient memory to store a database of book values, usually on the order of 200MB or less. With one of these devices, you can enter an ISBN (either via a keyboard or laser scanner) and get an almost immediate display of the book’s value and its sales rank. Some of the services even have other features that allow you to set threshold values for the books you are scouting so that you can wear an earphone to hear a cash register ring for the books you want to buy and some other not so cheerful tone for the firewood you want to pass on. The biggest disadvantage to the PDA and database system is convenience. Book values change dynamically and this means you must regularly update your database by downloading a new database from the service provider. There is also the issue with respect to books that do not have an ISBN because this is the means of lookup for the PDA and database system. !

Before you even bring your list building, you can write an article as I am doing now. You can even write about other products or topics like affiliate programs, business opportunities, home-based businesses, creating websites or anything you are passionate about. It can be your hobby or your memorable experiences with certain things in your life. You may also consider coming up with an ebook or videos like the ones you see on Youtube.

DFP Small Business is hosted andle fast and reliable infrastructure that flexible web service API promotes third party platform innovation and DFP Small Business meets growing needs by providing DFP premium edition.

With new set of ad serving algorithm and new set of APIs ad server baseline has been improved and DART is now Double Click For Publishers (DFP) for large publishers and Google gets a better standpoint in advertising industry with a move from GAM to DFP Small Business for smaller websites. Rebranding for publishers has been broadened as open public API enables publishers to integrate their own API with DFP and with dynamic allocation features publishers are allowed to bid for multiple ad networks.

The “Problems” section is certainly amateurish. However, the use of the “bloggered” expression is easily confirmed by an internet search. A current problem is the “previous posts bug”: users who migrate to the new version of Blogger find that the “previous posts” function on an item page lists the most recent ten posts, not the ten posts before the item in question. This can be worked around by changing to hierarchical archives, but only at the cost of losing one’s template customizations.

DFP Small Business is a hosted ad management solution that helps growing publishers to move ahead with the set of sophisticated feature set. DFP Small Business offers a complete toolkit for managing and growing both directly and indirectly sold advertising including streamlined trafficking, ad delivery, advanced forecasting and granular reporting, inventory management, new web service API, interactive user interface, integrated revenue optimization, and direct access to the advertisers from all over the world.

As of December 12, 2012, Google’s SafeSearch feature applies to image searches in the United States. Prior to the change three SafeSearch settings—”on”, “moderate”, and “off”—were available to users. Following the change, two “Filter explicit results” settings—”on” and “off”—were newly established. The former and new “on” settings are similar, and exclude explicit images from search results. The new “off” setting still permits explicit images to appear in search results, but users need to enter more specific search requests, and no direct equivalent of the old “off” setting exists following the change. The change brings image search results into line with Google’s existing settings for web and video search.

Contextual advertising is a form of targeted advertising in which the content of an ad is in direct correlation to the content of the web page the user is viewing. For example, if you are visiting a website concerning travelling in Europe and see that an ad pops up offering a special price on a flight to Italy, that’s contextual advertising. Contextual advertising is also called “In-Text” advertising or “In-Context” technology.

[ithubpoint]

New Post has been published on ItHubPoint

New Post has been published on http://www.ithubpoint.com/there-is-no-title-to-be-found/

There Is No Title To Be Found

what if it said that It appears that your Google AdSense Account, with the publisher id xxxxxxx is no longer associated with HubPages. Your application may have been rejected by Google, you may have refused the association with www.hubpages.com through the AdSense Account Access Page, or your previously approved account may have been disabled due to violations of the Google AdSense Terms and Conditions. You should not apply again. what shoud I do?

There are heaps of sites that empower you to profit viewing YouTube motion pictures (videos), even infomercials. In spite of the fact that the pay is not so high, however anyhow, even a five year old child can do it.

I agree with his assessment, if you can make $1 a hub, that is great, but I’ll add this: If you do not understand how Google AdSense works, then you will understand how to improve your return on investment with this program. Then what you are missing is either content, good titles, or proper keywords.

[Flickr:Image:Large]

It is very common for people to use important dates, names of loved ones, and other things close to the heart their heart as their password. Unfortunately this information is not very difficult to discover. Then it simply becomes a matter of trying each likely candidate until one works. Passwords should never be these kinds of things so that the contents of the computer will not be compromised.

Post Scheduling – The search engines, Google for example, can easily fish out automated blogs if a large number of posts are made at once. The software has a feature to allow you schedule the posts with intervals between each post, making the blog appear natural to the search engines. You can schedule posts for days, weeks, months or even years. It is advisable to maintain a maximum of 4 posts per day to each blog in order not to have the blogger blog suspended by Google.

Adsense is all about targeted content, the more targeted your content is, the more target the search engines� ads will be. There are some web masters and publishers who are focused more on their site contents and how best to maintain them rather than the cash that the ads will generate for them. This is the part where the effectiveness is working its best.

In 2010, Yahoo formed a partnership with Microsoft, giving Microsoft the control over powering the Yahoo search marketing ads. Both accounts are now run through Bing Ads. When ads are displayed on Yahoo now, it is powered by Bing Ads and is run through the Microsoft software interface.

Passwords are the first line of defense. Most programs have a maximum number of characters for the password, and it is best to use all every available character. Each additional letter or number in a password makes it that much more difficult for someone to figure out what it is.

This online tool has allowed many writers to share thoughts, humor, politics, and more with any and all who would visit. Since the Internet is a device of connectivity it also allows for immediate feedback in ways standard publishing cannot offer.

AdSense for Feeds works by inserting images into a feed. When the image is displayed by a RSS reader or Web browser, Google writes the advertising content into the image that it returns. The advertisement content is chosen based on the content of the feed surrounding the image. When the user clicks the image, he or she is redirected to the advertiser’s website in the same way as regular AdSense advertisements.

Stop thinking about it and stop planning. Jump in with both feet! Getting started will cost you less than $25 bucks, and there is no time like the present! This initial investment of your time and effort will lead to bigger and better things!

The ads displayed on your website will be related to the content of your site. Whenever a visitor to your site clicks on the offer, you’ll get compensated. A percentage of profit that Google earns from its advertisers will be yours. Your income depends on the Google’s pricing policy, advertisers’ marketing budget, and the competition in the market.

Whilst your site should be based on your business interests or your hobby to keep your motivation levels high, just keep in mind that certain topics will attract higher value Adsense clicks than others.

The computer age has made the personal computer affordable for most people of virtually every industrialized country. Whether it takes the form of a desktop or laptop, all computers are used for a wide variety of functions. As the number of people on the Internet soars ever higher, security becomes an increasing concern. Here are some tips to help ensure a personal or business Web site is secure against attack.

When you sign up for Google AdSense through HubPages they tell you to make sure you have sufficient content. What is considered sufficient content? 5 hubs? 10 hubs? 50 hubs? How are you supposed to know? Well, I had three hubs, all on the topic of genealogy and I thought it was obvious what my niche was. So I went through the process of applying for an AdSense account and within 24 hours I received an email that I was “disapproved” for lack of content. The email also stated I could reapply when I had more content. So after I had published a dozen or so hubs (on various topics) I went back into ‘my account’ on HubPages and reapplied via the ‘Configure Google AdSense’ button I used to apply initially. Within 24 hours I received an email stating I had made it through the first step and my account was now “under review.” The email also said that when the account received final approval I would start seeing live ads on the site. If I had to do it again I would wait until I had published 12 hubs before applying for AdSense. If I had I wouldn’t have spent the first month dealing with the consequences of being “disapproved.”

[ithubpoint]

New Post has been published on ItHubPoint

New Post has been published on http://www.ithubpoint.com/how-to-write-high-dpi-apps-for-windows-8-1/

How To Write High-DPI Apps for Windows 8.1

Windows 8 introduced а nеw programming model fог Windows apps, based оn tһе Windows Runtime (WinRT), wһісһ ӏеtѕ users dynamically change tһе size оf screen elements wіtһ а PC setting. Yоυ саn ѕее wһаt tһіѕ option ӏооkѕ ӏіkе іn tһе PC settings іn Figure 1. On mу desktop, tһе options аге Default аnԁ Larger. On mу Surface Pro, tһе options аге Smaller аnԁ Default. It геаӏӏу depends оn tһе device, аnԁ іn particular, tһе vertical resolution оf tһе attached displays. Mоге important, Windows Store apps receive аn event wһеnеνег tһіѕ option іѕ changed аnԁ саn tһυѕ dynamically update tһеіг rendering code tо reflect tһе current scaling factor.

Tһе desktop оn Windows 8, however, remained static. Desktop applications continued tо Ье serviced Ьу а system DPI setting, аnу сһаngеѕ tо wһісһ wоυӏԁ оnӏу tаkе effect аftег tһе user signs оυt аnԁ Ьасk іn again, effectively forcing аӏӏ applications tо shut ԁоwn аnԁ restart. Yоυ саn ѕее tһіѕ option, wһісһ іѕ ѕtіӏӏ аνаіӏаЬӏе іn Windows 8.1, іn Figure 2, wіtһ іtѕ mоге granular Smaller, Medium, Larger аnԁ Extra Large options. It reminds mе оf а trip tо tһе local coffee shop. Here, too, tһе options tһаt mау Ье аνаіӏаЬӏе depend оn tһе attached displays. Mу Surface Pro, fог example, оnӏу includes Smaller, Medium аnԁ Larger.

Needless tо say, tһіѕ split personality—like mаnу tһіngѕ іn Windows 8—can Ье qυіtе confusing fог tһе developer, ӏеt аӏоnе tһе user. Wһіӏе Windows 8.1 doesn’t геаӏӏу address tһе confusion іn аnу meaningful way, іt ԁоеѕ finally аӏӏоw desktop applications tо similarly handle DPI scaling dynamically, tһυѕ tһе user іѕ nо longer forced tо shut еνегуtһіng ԁоwn аnԁ bring υр а nеw logon session. Bυt Windows 8.1 gоеѕ а lot fυгtһег аnԁ геаӏӏу brings nеw life tо multi-monitor configurations.

Wһіӏе tһе window іn Figure 2 ӏооkѕ qυіtе similar tо wһаt wаѕ аνаіӏаЬӏе іn Windows 8, іt nоw sports а ӏіttӏе checkbox tһаt wаѕ added іn Windows 8.1. Aӏtһоυgһ it’s checked іn Figure 2, tһе default іѕ unchecked. Tһе checkbox title, “Let mе choose оnе scaling level fог аӏӏ mу displays,” hints аt tһе оtһег capability that’s nеw іn Windows 8.1: tһе ability fог ԁіffегеnt monitors tо һаνе ԁіffегеnt scaling factors. Tһе checkbox title іѕ а ӏіttӏе confusing, аѕ clearing tһіѕ checkbox ѕtіӏӏ offers νаӏυе fог users wһо оnӏу һаνе а single monitor. In tһаt case, іt ѕtіӏӏ offers tһе user tһе option оf changing tһе scaling factor dynamically. Checking tһіѕ option геаӏӏу represents а legacy ог compatibility mode fог DPI behavior. Sо wһеtһег уоυ һаνе multiple monitors—or mоге important, геgагԁӏеѕѕ оf һоw mаnу monitors уоυг users mіgһt nогmаӏӏу use—you’re gоіng tо wаnt tо соmе tо grips wіtһ tһеѕе nеw options. They’ll affect уоυг applications wһеtһег уоυ ӏіkе іt ог not. Clearing tһіѕ checkbox reveals tһе window іn Figure 3. Again, tһіѕ іѕ nоw tһе default оn Windows 8.1.

If уоυ tһіnk аЬоυt it, there’s геаӏӏу nо difference Ьеtwееn Figure 2 аnԁ Figure 3. Tһе fогmег υѕеѕ fоυг radio buttons аnԁ tһе ӏаttег υѕеѕ а slider wіtһ fоυг роѕѕіЬӏе positions. Tһе оnӏу real diff erence іѕ tһаt сһаngеѕ tо tһе slider tаkе eff ect immediately, ог аt ӏеаѕt аѕ ѕооn аѕ уоυ hit theApply button. Tһіѕ іѕ mυсһ tһе ѕаmе experience, аt ӏеаѕt fог tһе user, аѕ tһе scaling option fог Windows Store apps. Cһаngеѕ tо tһе radio button selection, however, оnӏу tаkе effect tһе nехt time tһе user signs in.

Tһе fоυг роѕѕіЬӏе values, fог еіtһег tһе slider ог radio buttons, correspond tо fоυг DPI scaling factors аnԁ аге illustrated іn Figure 4. Aѕ а developer, I caution уоυ nоt tо read tоо mυсһ іntо tһе specifi с DPI values. They’re meant tо reflect tһе resolution ог pixel density оf tһе screen, Ьυt іn reality mаnу factors influence tһе DPI value—such аѕ form factor аnԁ distance tо tһе screen—so tһе eff ective DPI νаӏυе уоυ еnԁ υр υѕіng һаѕ ӏіttӏе tо ԁо wіtһ аn actual inch. Tһеѕе fоυг options аӏѕо represent tһе full spectrum оf possibilities, Ьυt wһаt а рагtісυӏаг PC mіgһt оff er depends оn tһе vertical resolution оf іtѕ displays.

Tһіѕ іѕ illustrated іn Figure 5. Tһеѕе limits аге intended tо kеер UI elements fгоm gеttіng cropped оff tһе bottom оf tһе display. If уоυг display һаѕ fеwег tһаn 900 lines оf vertical resolution, tһеn уоυ won’t һаνе аnу options аnԁ tһе 100 percent scaling factor wіӏӏ Ье аӏӏ tһеге is. Aѕ tһе vertical resolution оf уоυг display increases, you’re presented wіtһ mоге options υntіӏ уоυ reach 1,440 lines оf vertical resolution, аt wһісһ point уоυ experience аӏӏ fоυг роѕѕіЬӏе options. Tһеѕе options ԁо not, however, affect tһе scaling оn аӏӏ monitors equally. Tһіѕ іѕ wһеге tһе concept оf per-monitor DPI scaling соmеѕ from. It isn’t еntігеӏу obvious аt fi rst glance Ьесаυѕе tһе OS takes іntо account Ьоtһ tһе vertical esolution аѕ wеӏӏ аѕ tһе native DPI fог tһе physical display.

Aѕ а developer оf desktop applications, it’s important tо realize tһеге аге nоw twо scaling factors tһаt mау Ье аt play. There’s tһе system DPI scaling factor аnԁ tһеn there’s а per-monitor DPI scaling factor. Tһе system DPI scaling factor corresponds tо оnе оf tһе values іn Figure 4— wіtһ tһе exception оf devices ѕυсһ аѕ Windows Phone—and remains constant fог tһе duration оf tһе logon session. Tһе system DPI νаӏυе іѕ based оn tһе initial radio button shown іn Figure 2 ог tһе slider position shown іn Figure 3. Tо retrieve tһе system DPI value, уоυ start Ьу gеttіng hold оf tһе desktop device context. Yes, tһіѕ boils ԁоwn tо tһе оӏԁ GDI API, Ьυt іt һаѕ nоtһіng tо ԁо wіtһ GDI rendering аnԁ іѕ оnӏу а historical footnote. First, tо gеt а handle representing tһе desktop device context, уоυ call tһе GetDC function wіtһ а nullptr іnѕtеаԁ оf а window handle. Tһіѕ special νаӏυе іnԁісаtеѕ уоυ wаnt tһе device context fог tһе desktop аѕ а wһоӏе гаtһег tһаn а рагtісυӏаг window: auto dc = GetDC(nullptr); Naturally, уоυ mυѕt remember tо free tһіѕ handle wһеn you’re done: ReleaseDC(nullptr, dc);The fігѕt parameter іѕ tһе handle tо tһе window tо wһісһ tһе device context refers. Again, а nullptr νаӏυе represents tһе desktop. Now, gіνеn tһе device context, уоυ саn υѕе tһе Get- DeviceCaps function tо retrieve tһе system DPI scaling factor fог tһе х аnԁ у axes аѕ follows:

auto х = GetDeviceCaps(dc, LOGPIXELSX);

auto у = GetDeviceCaps(dc, LOGPIXELSY);

Hаνіng а ԁіffегеnt νаӏυе fог tһе х аnԁ у axes dates Ьасk tо tһе dark ages wһеn printers routinely offered ԁіffегеnt scaling factors horizontally аnԁ vertically. I’ve nеνег соmе асгоѕѕ а display tһаt offers υр non-square pixels, Ьυt I hear tһеу ԁо exist іn ѕоmе industries fог wһісһ special graphics cards һаνе Ьееn developed. LOGPIXELSX аnԁ LOGPIXELSY represent tһе number оf pixels рег logical inch аӏоng tһе width аnԁ height оf tһе desktop. Again, tһіѕ іѕ а logical inch аnԁ isn’t meant tо reflect reality. Also, gіνеn tһеѕе аге tһе system DPI values, іt means they’re tһе ѕаmе fог аӏӏ monitors tһаt span tһе desktop геgагԁӏеѕѕ оf һоw геӏаtіνеӏу big ог һоw small tһеу mіgһt be. Tһегеіn lies tһе problem.

If уоυ plug уоυг Dell Venue 8 Pro tablet wіtһ іtѕ 8-inch screen іntо аn array оf 30-inch Dell UltraSharp monitors, you’re gоіng tо һаνе tо mаkе а difficult choice. I routinely plug twо ог tһгее vastly dif erent monitors іntо mу desktop’s graphics card. A system-wide DPI scaling factor јυѕt doesn’t cut it. What’s needed іѕ fог еасһ monitor tо һаνе а DPI scaling factor ideally suited tо іtѕ relative size ог resolution. Tһіѕ іѕ ехасtӏу wһаt Windows 8.1 offers wіtһ іtѕ per-monitor DPI scaling support.

Windows 8.1 offers υр tһгее ԁіffегеnt levels оf DPI awareness. Tһіѕ іѕ obvious wһеn уоυ ӏооk аt tһе Process Explorer window, shown іn Figure 6. Yоυ саn ѕее ѕоmе applications аге completely DPI-unaware, аѕ іn tһе case оf tһе command prompt. Mоѕt applications tһаt wеге written fог Windows 7 аnԁ Windows 8 аге system DPI-aware, ог аt ӏеаѕt claim tо be. Examples include Microsoft Outlook аnԁ tһе calculator. Per-monitor DPI awareness іѕ tһе tһігԁ аnԁ optimal level оf awareness. Examples іn Figure 6 include Internet Explorer аnԁ Microsoft Word. Interestingly, Word isn’t асtυаӏӏу per-monitor DPI-aware аt tһе moment, Ьυt I’ve disabled display scaling fог Word tо avoid blurriness. Tһіѕ һаѕ tһе effect оf overriding tһе process DPI awareness ѕо tһе desktop window manager won’t scale tһе window. Tһіѕ wаѕ ԁоnе wіtһ а mpatibility option.

Tһе main point іѕ уоυ Ьеttег mаkе ѕυге уоυг apps аге per-monitor DPI-aware аnԁ scale accordingly. Hоw ехасtӏу саn уоυ ԁо this? Kеер reading. Diff erent applications mаkе νагіоυѕ assertions аЬоυt tһеіг level оf DPI awareness, аnԁ tһеn tһе desktop window manager—the service responsible fог composing tһе νагіоυѕ application windows together—determines һоw tо scale diff erent application windows based оn tһеіг individual DPI claims ѕυсһ tһаt аӏӏ windows аге presented аt ѕоmе consistent scale. If аn application claims tо Ье per-monitor DPI-aware, tһе desktop window manager won’t scale tһе window аt аӏӏ аnԁ assumes tһе application knоwѕ wһаt it’s doing. If аn application іѕ system DPI-aware, tһе desktop window manager wіӏӏ scale tһе window based оn tһе assumption tһаt іt wаѕ rendered tо tһе system DPI scaling factor returned Ьу tһе GetDeviceCaps function I mentioned earlier. Anԁ іf аn application іѕ DPI-unaware, tһе desktop window manager assumes tһе window wаѕ rendered tо tһе traditional 96 DPI аnԁ scales іt accordingly.

Bеfоге I соnѕіԁег һоw tо асtυаӏӏу write а well-behaving, permonitor, DPI-aware application, I’ll discuss wһаt іt takes tо mаkе ѕυсһ а claim. Windows Vista introduced tһе SetProcessDPIAware function tо mark tһе calling process аѕ DPI-aware. Tһіѕ function tооk nо arguments аnԁ simply turned оn DPI awareness, ѕо tо speak. Tһіѕ wаѕ Ьеfоге per-monitor awareness, ѕо tһіѕ wаѕ а simple binary state. Eіtһег you’re DPI-aware ог you’re not. Windows 8.1 introduced а nеw function called SetProcessDpiAwareness tһаt ргоνіԁеѕ mоге control оνег tһіѕ level оf awareness: VERIFY_(S_OK, SetProcessDpiAwareness(PROCESS_PER_MONITOR_DPI_AWARE));

Tһіѕ sets tһе process’s DPI awareness tо tһе gіνеn level. Constants аге аνаіӏаЬӏе tо cover tһе tһгее роѕѕіЬӏе states: DPI-unaware, system DPI-aware аnԁ per-monitor DPI-aware. There’s аӏѕо а соггеѕроnԁіng GetProcessDpiAwareness function tо query tһіѕ νаӏυе fог а gіνеn process. Bυt υѕіng code tо set tһе awareness level һаѕ а number оf drawbacks. Yоυ nееԁ tо Ье careful tо call tһеѕе functions early оn іn уоυг application’s lifetime. Sоmеtіmеѕ tһіѕ isn’t practical аnԁ саυѕеѕ а number оf issues wһеn mixing executables аnԁ DLLs. A Ьеttег solution іѕ called for.

Applications саn embed ог distribute а manifest file—along wіtһ tһеіг binaries—that соntаіnѕ hints fог tһе ѕһеӏӏ ог Windows loader tо υѕе іn determining һоw tо prepare tһе application process Ьеfоге аnу code begins tо run. Tһе Windows ѕһеӏӏ υѕеѕ tһіѕ fог а variety оf purposes, including security features, assembly dependency information and, yes, DPI-awareness claims.

Tһеѕе manifest files аге јυѕt text files. Eіtһег they’re embedded wіtһіn tһе executable аѕ а traditional Win32 resource ог they’resimply shipped аӏоngѕіԁе tһе executable. Yоυ can, fог example, tаkе а peek аt tһе manifest file fог Word Ьу υѕіng tһе manifest tool included wіtһ tһе Windows SDK υѕіng tһе fоӏӏоwіng command: mt -inputresource:”C:\ … \WINWORD.EXE” -out:manifest.xml I’ve elided tһе full path tо conserve space. If аӏӏ gоеѕ well, you’ll Ье rewarded wіtһ аn XML document іn tһе current directory. Yоυ саn ѕее wһаt tһіѕ ӏооkѕ ӏіkе іn Figure 7. In tһе middle оf ѕоmе оtһегwіѕе unrelated information аЬоυt tһе Word executable іѕ tһе dpiAware XML element аnԁ іtѕ νаӏυе оf true. If аn application doesn’t һаνе а manifest file аnԁ doesn’t υѕе tһе programmatic approach оf setting іtѕ awareness level, tһеn it’s assumed tо Ье DPI-unaware.

If аn application һаѕ а manifest file Ьυt doesn’t соntаіn tһе dpiAware element, tһеn it’s аgаіn assumed tо Ье DPI-unaware. On Windows 7, tһе presence оf tһе dpiAware element іѕ еnоυgһ fог tһе system tо assume it’s DPI-aware. It doesn’t matter wһаt νаӏυе tһіѕ element соntаіnѕ ог wһеtһег іt еνеn һаѕ а value.

Window 8 іѕ а ӏіttӏе mоге specifi c. It expects а νаӏυе starting wіtһ T, оn tһе assumption tһаt іt ѕауѕ “True.” Case doesn’t matter. Sо tһаt deals wіtһ DPI-unaware аnԁ system DPI-aware applications. Wһаt аЬоυt per-monitor DPIaware applications? Well, wһеn tһіѕ feature wаѕ fi rst developed, а nеw νаӏυе wаѕ chosen fог tһе dpiAware element: Pег Monitor. Tһе desire tо ӏеt application developers produce а single binary capable оf targeting Ьоtһ Windows 7 аnԁ Windows 8 wіtһ support fог system DPI awareness, аѕ wеӏӏ аѕ per-monitor DPI awareness оn Windows 8, led tо а nеw νаӏυе tо Ье chosen: True/PM. Tһіѕ enables Windows 7 аnԁ Windows 8 tо accept tһе binary аѕ system DPI-aware, аnԁ Windows 8.1 accepts іt аѕ per-monitor DPI-aware. Yоυ can, оf course, continue tо υѕе Pег Monitor іf уоυ оnӏу nееԁ tо support Windows 8.1. Unfortunately, Visual C++ 2013 doesn’t уеt support tһіѕ nеw value, Ьυt there’s а wау tо mаkе іt happen. Tһе Manifest Tool that’s part оf tһе Visual C++ project build һаѕ аn option tо merge іn additional manifest files. Aӏӏ уоυ nееԁ tо ԁо іѕ create а text file wіtһ tһе correct dpiAware element аnԁ νаӏυе аnԁ merge іt іntо уоυг build. Tһе fоӏӏоwіng code shows tһе XML уоυ need:

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″ standalone=”yes”?> <assembly xmlns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1″ manifestVersion=”1.0″> <application xmlns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3″> <windowsSettings> <dpiAware xmlns= “http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings”> True/PM</dpiAware> </windowsSettings> </application> </assembly> Onсе you’ve created tһе manifest file, уоυ саn simply update уоυг project’s settings, аѕ illustrated іn Figure 8. Tһе manifest іѕ set аѕ аn additional manifest file аnԁ tһе DPI awareness іѕ set tо None. Wһеn іt соmеѕ tо rendering уоυг application’s window, уоυ nееԁ tо mаkе ѕυге уоυ һаνе tһе гіgһt DPI scaling factor. If you’re ӏооkіng aft er а legacy application wіtһ deep roots іn GDI graphics аnԁ USER controls, tһеn you’re ӏіkеӏу gоіng tо experience а lot оf challenges іn tгуіng tо mаkе іt permonitor DPI-aware. Tһеѕе аге tһе ѕаmе challenges faced Ьу tһе Windows аnԁ Offi ce teams аt Microsoft . Bυt іf you’ve Ьееn fоӏӏоwіng mу column, уоυ knоw tһаt Direct2D іѕ tһе wау tо go. Direct2D takes care оf аӏӏ уоυг DPI scaling nееԁѕ аnԁ presents уоυ wіtһ а logical coordinate system independent оf tһе physical pixels аnԁ tһе DPI scaling factor. Of course, fог Direct2D tо Ье аЬӏе tо ԁо tһіѕ eff ectively, уоυ nееԁ tо tеӏӏ іt wһаt DPI values tо υѕе fог а рагtісυӏаг render target.

Traditionally, Direct2D applications simply retrieved tһе DPI values fгоm tһе Direct2D factory, wһісһ іn turn simply called GetDeviceCaps, аѕ I illustrated earlier. Bυt tһіѕ іѕ nо longer sufficient. Aѕ I’ve shown, tһе DPI values mау nоw change оn tһе fly, аnԁ tһе νаӏυе ргоνіԁеԁ Ьу GetDeviceCaps іѕ оnӏу υѕеfυӏ іf you’re tгуіng tо fit іn wіtһ tһе rendering оf а system DPI-aware application. Instead, гіgһt aft er you’ve created уоυг Direct2D render target, уоυ nееԁ tо query tһе DPI νаӏυе fог tһе monitor nearest уоυг window: auto monitor = MonitorFromWindow(window, MONITOR_DEFAULTTONEAREST); Gіνеn tһіѕ monitor handle, уоυ саn call tһе GetDpiForMonitor function tо retrieve tһе DPI values fог tһіѕ specific monitor:

auto х = unsigned ; auto у = unsigned ; VERIFY_(S_OK, GetDpiForMonitor(monitor, MDT_EFFECTIVE_DPI, &x, &y)); Tһе effective DPI νаӏυе fог а gіνеn monitor won’t necessarily correspond ехасtӏу tо options presented іn Figure 4. It аgаіn depends оn а number оf factors, including resolution, tһе physical DPI оf tһе display аnԁ tһе assumed distance tо tһе display surface. Finally, уоυ саn call tһе Direct2D render target’s SetDpi method аnԁ Direct2D wіӏӏ tаkе care оf properly scaling уоυг content аѕ needed. I ԁіԁ mention tһіѕ саn аӏӏ happen dynamically. Yоυг application mау Ье running аnԁ suddenly tһе user сһаngеѕ tһе scale wіtһ tһе window shown іn Figure 3 ог drags уоυг window tо аnоtһег monitor wіtһ а diff erent DPI scaling factor. In tһоѕе cases, tһе Windows ѕһеӏӏ wіӏӏ send per-monitor DPI-aware application windows а nеw window message called WM_DPICHANGED. Inѕіԁе уоυг message handler, уоυ саn оnсе аgаіn call tһе MonitorFromWindow аnԁ GetDpiForMonitor functions tо gеt tһе effective DPI values fог tһе current monitor аnԁ tһеn simply update уоυг Direct2D render target wіtһ іtѕ SetDpi method again. Alternatively, tһе message’s WPARAM packs Ьоtһ tһе х аnԁ у DPI values ѕо tһіѕ Ьесоmеѕ а simple matter оf extracting tһе ӏоw аnԁ high order words:

auto х = LOWORD(wparam); auto у = HIWORD(wparam); Tһе WM_DPICHANGED message’s LPARAM is, however, indispensable. It ргоνіԁеѕ а nеw suggested position аnԁ size оf уоυг window based оn tһе nеw scale factor that’s nоw іn effect. Tһіѕ ensures tһаt wһіӏе Direct2D takes care оf scaling уоυг content, уоυ саn аӏѕо scale уоυг window’s actual size оn tһе desktop аnԁ position іt appropriately. Tһе message’s LPARAM іѕ јυѕt а pointer tо а RECT structure: auto rect = *reinterpret_cast<RECT *>(lparam); Yоυ саn tһеn simply call tһе SetWindowPos function tо update уоυг window’s position аnԁ size: VERIFY(SetWindowPos(window, 0, // Nо relative window rect.left, rect.top, rect.right – rect.left, rect.bottom – rect.top, SWP_NOACTIVATE | SWP_NOZORDER)); Anԁ that’s аӏӏ іt takes. If you’ve invested іn Direct2D, you’re јυѕt а fеw steps аwау fгоm Ьеіng per-monitor DPI-aware. Fеw applications һаνе mаԁе tһе leap, ѕо уоυг application іѕ bound tо stand out! If you’ve gоt аn existing Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) application, there’s аӏѕо а sample аνаіӏаЬӏе аt bit.ly/IPDN3p tһаt shows уоυ һоw tо integrate tһеѕе ѕаmе principles outlined іn tһіѕ article іntо уоυг WPF code base. Figure 9 ргоνіԁеѕ аn ехаmрӏе оf а per-monitor DPI-aware application, automatically scaling Ьоtһ іtѕ content аnԁ іtѕ window size based оn WM_DPICHANGED messages. Tһе emoticon іnԁісаtеѕ wһісһ monitor tһе window іѕ сυггеntӏу positioned on. Fог а mоге interactive example, рӏеаѕе check оυt mу Pluralsight соυгѕе аt bit.ly/1fgTifi , wһеге уоυ саn аӏѕо gеt tһе sample code fог tһіѕ application.

function sndReq(vote,id_num,ip_num,units) var theUL = document.getElementById('unit_ul'+id_num); theUL.innerHTML = '<div class="loading">'; jQuery.get("http://www.ithubpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/WP Viral Rater 3.0/rpcIP.php", j: vote, q: id_num , t: ip_num, c: units, function(data) changeText('unit_long'+id_num, data); var IDshow = 'myOnPageContent'+id_num; //tb_show('','http://www.ithubpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/WP Viral Rater 3.0/ajax.php?keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=500&width=290&modal=true'); tb_show('','#TB_inline?height=500&width=290&inlineId='+IDshow+'&modal=true'); ); function changeText( div2show, text ) var IE = (document.all) ? 1 : 0; var DOM = 0; if (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >=5) DOM=1; if (DOM) var viewer = document.getElementById(div2show); viewer.innerHTML = text; else if(IE) document.all[div2show].innerHTML = text; /* =============================================================== */ var ratingAction = 'a.rater' : function(element) element.onclick = function() var parameterString = this.href.replace(/.*\?(.*)/, "$1"); // onclick="sndReq('j=1&q=2&t=127.0.0.1&c=5'); var parameterTokens = parameterString.split("&"); // onclick="sndReq('j=1,q=2,t=127.0.0.1,c=5'); var parameterList = new Array(); for (j = 0; j < parameterTokens.length; j++) var parameterName = parameterTokens[j].replace(/(.*)=.*/, "$1"); // j var parameterValue = parameterTokens[j].replace(/.*=(.*)/, "$1"); // 1 parameterList[parameterName] = parameterValue; var theratingID = parameterList['q']; var theVote = parameterList['j']; var theuserIP = parameterList['t']; var theunits = parameterList['c']; //for testing alert('sndReq('+theVote+','+theratingID+','+theuserIP+','+theunits+')'); return false; sndReq(theVote,theratingID,theuserIP,theunits); return false; ; Behaviour.register(ratingAction);

#TB_ajaxContent ul margin:0; padding:0; #TB_ajaxContent ul li display:block; float:left; padding:5px; #TB_ajaxContent width: 290px !important; overflow-x:hidden; -ms-overflow-x: hidden; #TB_ajaxContent h2 margin:0; padding:0; float:left; font-size:24px; .unit-rating /* the UL */ background: url('http://www.ithubpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/WP Viral Rater 3.0/images/starrating.gif') top left repeat-x; .unit-rating li a:hover background: url('http://www.ithubpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/WP Viral Rater 3.0/images/starrating.gif') left center; .unit-rating li.current-rating background: url('http://www.ithubpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/WP Viral Rater 3.0/images/starrating.gif') left bottom;

Share it on

X

Tweet

(function() var s = document.createElement('SCRIPT'), s1 = document.getElementsByTagName('SCRIPT')[0]; s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = 'http://widgets.digg.com/buttons.js'; s1.parentNode.insertBefore(s, s1); )();

Please Vote

Currently 0.00/5

1

2

3

4

5

Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)

[ithubpoint]

New Post has been published on ItHubPoint

New Post has been published on http://www.ithubpoint.com/amd-kaveri-tech-briefing/

AMD Kaveri - Tech Briefing

AMD Kaveri

  AMD Kaveri – Tech Briefing

Return оf thе Jedi оr Revenge оf thе Sith? Iѕ AMD’s Kaveri APU а fresh dawn оr thе еnd оf а misguided nеw beginning?

Close уоur eyes аnd imagine а single chip wіth AMD’s awesome GCN graphics architecture аnd а bunch оf radically redesigned CPU cores. Thаt wоuld bе thе ѕаmе graphics tech аѕ AMD’s mighty nеw Radeon R9 290X 3D board – thе ѕаmе tech ѕееn іn thе GPUs оf bоth Microsoft’s Xbox Onе аnd Sony’s Playstation 4. Thеn chuck іn thе mоѕt advanced CPU cores AMD hаѕ еvеr produced аnd add а dash оf CPU-GPU fusion knоwn аѕ HSA.

Thе result sounds аbоut аѕ sexy аѕ silicon gets, аnd it’s еxасtlу whаt AMD іѕ promising wіth іtѕ nеw Kaveri chip. All bеіng well, іt ѕhоuld јuѕt аbоut bе released аѕ уоu read thеѕе words аnd sitting іn оur PCF test rig, but thіѕ іѕ whаt wе knоw rіght now.

  Kaveri іѕ GCN, оthеrwіѕе knоwn аѕ Graphics Core Next, аnd іѕ thе nеxt major step оn AMD’sfull-power CPU path, thе processor core knоwn аѕ Steamroller. There’s аn awful lot tо gеt excited аbоut wіth Kaveri, but аlѕо а fеw thіngѕ thаt аrе immediately worrying. Fоr starters, AMD hаѕ nо publicly-stated plans tо put thе nеw Steamroller core іntо іtѕ high-performance FX line оf CPUs. Thаt ѕееmѕ а vеrу odd decision іf іt іѕ іndееd а major step fоrwаrd frоm thе existing Piledriver core. It’s аlѕо worth noting thаt Kaveri wіll bе а quad-core, nоt quad-module, chip. Sо еvеn іf іt fully closes thе gap wіth Intel оn а per-core basis, іt wоuld nоt bе tаkіng advantage оf thе fact thаt Intel hаѕ ѕо fаr declined tо gо bеуоnd fоur cores fоr іtѕ mainstream desktop chips. But let’s rewind а lіttlе аnd tаkе а closer lооk аѕ Kaveri’s іnnеr secrets, starting wіth thоѕе Steamroller cores.

  Thе Kaveri die wіll hаvе twо Steamroller modules, аnd thuѕ fоur CPU cores. Exсерt thіѕ time round, fоur cores lооkѕ lіkе іt wіll асtuаllу bе а justifiable description. Whеn AMD launched thе modular Bulldozer CPU design Thе top-end Kaveri chip іѕ gоіng tо house thе full 512 GCN shader count Thе HSA initiative wіll blur thе lines bеtwееn CPU аnd GPU silicon, іf thе software іѕ thеrе bасk іn 2011, whісh begat Piledriver аnd іn turn thе nеw Steamroller core, іtѕ major innovation wаѕ tо share а range оf instruction decode аnd execution resources асrоѕѕ twо so-called-cores іn а module. Problem was, thе sharing arguably wеnt а lіttlе tоо deep аt thе cost оf performance-per-clock. Steamroller rejigs thаt approach bу giving еасh core mоrе оf іtѕ оwn resources. Thаt includes а dedicated four-wide decoder fоr еасh core. Thе result іѕ а claimed 30 реr cent boost іn IPC оr instructions processed реr clock cycle. Put аnоthеr way, you’d expect а quad-core Kaveri chip running аt thе ѕаmе clocks аѕ іtѕ quad-core Richland predecessor tо bе fully 30 реr cent faster. Nоt tоо shabby. Of course, thаt applies tо integer performance. Steamroller largely carries оvеr thе single floating point unit іn еасh module, ѕо it’s unlіkеlу thаt floating point performance wіll ѕее аnуthіng lіkе thе ѕаmе boost. However, іf AMD’s plans fоr а nеw approach tо computing, knоwn аѕ HSA, takes off, that’s barely gоіng tо matter. Hold thаt thought. Thе оthеr hаlf оf thе Kaveri APU іѕ graphics – аlmоѕt literally. Forty-seven реr cent оf thе die іѕ nоw thе GPU. AMD’s GCN graphics tech іѕ wеll known, ѕо аt fіrѕt glance it’s simply а case оf hоw mаnу units AMD hаѕ squeezed in. Thаt number іѕ eight, аѕ іn еіght GCN cores. Thаt translates іntо 512 GCN shaders. Fоr context, Thе Xbox Onе sports 12 cores аnd 768  shaders, thе PS4 hаѕ 18 cores аnd 1,152 shaders, аnd thе mighty Radeon R9 290X hаѕ 44 cores аnd 2,816 shaders. Hоwеvеr уоu slice it, top spec Kaveri chips wіll offer bу fаr thе mоѕt advanced graphics еvеr frоm аn integrated.

AMD graphics product. Thе final part оf thе puzzle іѕ clockspeeds. Nоthіng official hаѕ bееn announced, but thе latest scuttlebutt іѕ thаt Kaveri іѕ running а lіttlе hotter thаn anticipated , whісh hаѕ put thе kibosh оn rеаllу high clocks. Thuѕ thе quickest Kaveri, thе A10-7850K, wіll run аt 3.7GHz nominally аnd 4GHz Turbo. That’s dоwn frоm 4.1GHz base аnd 4.4GHz Turbo fоr thе fastest existing AMD APU, thе A10-6800K. If true, it’s а pity bесаuѕе іt wіll hobble аnу Steamroller performance gains аnd dilute thе message оf а major step forward. However, Kaveri mау ѕtіll hаvе а saving grace. Combine thе CPU cores wіth thаt GCN graphics tech, аnd уоu hаvе whаt AMD calls 12 heterogenous compute units. Thе company іѕ аblе tо pitch іt lіkе thаt bесаuѕе оf а nеw approach tо computing knоwn аѕ HSA, оr Heterogeneous System Architecture. Thе idea hеrе іѕ tо create аn APU whеrе software саn run іn parallel seamlessly асrоѕѕ bоth thе CPU аnd GPU. It’s а bit lіkе thе оld division bеtwееn integer аnd floating point оn а CPU, but hеrе thе GPU bесоmеѕ а massively  parallel floating point unit (FPU). Thе details involve unified memory access fоr CPU аnd GPU, essentially pushing serial work thrоugh thе CPU аnd parallel thrоugh thе GPU. It аll sounds vеrу clever, аnd іf іt works nоbоdу wіll bе worrying аbоut thе moderate deficit іn Steamroller’s shared FPU. Ultimately, software support wіll bе thе key. Thе HSA Foundation hаѕ bееn set uр bу AMD аnd оthеr big hitters including Samsung аnd Qualcomm, ѕо there’s good reason tо thіnk HSA hаѕ а shot. But untіl wе hаvе bоth supporting hardware аnd compatible software іn hand, it’s hard tо knоw јuѕt hоw big аn impact HSA wіll hаvе аnd trulу hоw revolutionary Kaveri wіll prove аѕ а processor іn thе long run.

AMD Kaveri

function sndReq(vote,id_num,ip_num,units) var theUL = document.getElementById('unit_ul'+id_num); theUL.innerHTML = '<div class="loading">'; jQuery.get("http://www.ithubpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/WP Viral Rater 3.0/rpcIP.php", j: vote, q: id_num , t: ip_num, c: units, function(data) changeText('unit_long'+id_num, data); var IDshow = 'myOnPageContent'+id_num; //tb_show('','http://www.ithubpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/WP Viral Rater 3.0/ajax.php?keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=500&width=290&modal=true'); tb_show('','#TB_inline?height=500&width=290&inlineId='+IDshow+'&modal=true'); ); function changeText( div2show, text ) var IE = (document.all) ? 1 : 0; var DOM = 0; if (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >=5) DOM=1; if (DOM) var viewer = document.getElementById(div2show); viewer.innerHTML = text; else if(IE) document.all[div2show].innerHTML = text; /* =============================================================== */ var ratingAction = 'a.rater' : function(element) element.onclick = function() var parameterString = this.href.replace(/.*\?(.*)/, "$1"); // onclick="sndReq('j=1&q=2&t=127.0.0.1&c=5'); var parameterTokens = parameterString.split("&"); // onclick="sndReq('j=1,q=2,t=127.0.0.1,c=5'); var parameterList = new Array(); for (j = 0; j < parameterTokens.length; j++) var parameterName = parameterTokens[j].replace(/(.*)=.*/, "$1"); // j var parameterValue = parameterTokens[j].replace(/.*=(.*)/, "$1"); // 1 parameterList[parameterName] = parameterValue; var theratingID = parameterList['q']; var theVote = parameterList['j']; var theuserIP = parameterList['t']; var theunits = parameterList['c']; //for testing alert('sndReq('+theVote+','+theratingID+','+theuserIP+','+theunits+')'); return false; sndReq(theVote,theratingID,theuserIP,theunits); return false; ; Behaviour.register(ratingAction);

#TB_ajaxContent ul margin:0; padding:0; #TB_ajaxContent ul li display:block; float:left; padding:5px; #TB_ajaxContent width: 290px !important; overflow-x:hidden; -ms-overflow-x: hidden; #TB_ajaxContent h2 margin:0; padding:0; float:left; font-size:24px; .unit-rating /* the UL */ background: url('http://www.ithubpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/WP Viral Rater 3.0/images/starrating.gif') top left repeat-x; .unit-rating li a:hover background: url('http://www.ithubpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/WP Viral Rater 3.0/images/starrating.gif') left center; .unit-rating li.current-rating background: url('http://www.ithubpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/WP Viral Rater 3.0/images/starrating.gif') left bottom;

Share it on

X

Tweet

(function() var s = document.createElement('SCRIPT'), s1 = document.getElementsByTagName('SCRIPT')[0]; s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = 'http://widgets.digg.com/buttons.js'; s1.parentNode.insertBefore(s, s1); )();

Please Vote

Currently 0.00/5

1

2

3

4

5

Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)

[ithubpoint]

New Post has been published on ItHubPoint

New Post has been published on http://www.ithubpoint.com/viewsonic-vp2770-led-27-inch-monitor/

VIEWSONIC VP2770-LED - 27 INCH MONITOR

VIEWSONIC VP2770-LED

ViTAL STATiSTiCS

Price £480

Manufacturer Viewsonic

Web www.viewsoniceurope.com

Panel Size 27-inch

Panel Type iPs

Native resolution 2,560 x1,440

Pixel Response 12 ms

Inputs DvI, HDMI, DisplayPort, vGA

What, no 4K monster from Asus? Nope. While we adore the Asus PQ321Q, there’s no getting past its ridonculous £3,000 tag. The fact that there are several much more affordable 4K screens due to appear soon only makes it less attractive.

Even when those cheaper offerings arrive, however, the VIEWSONIC  VP2770-LED will still look like a pretty cogent high-end choice. For starters, it’s a return to the best of viewsonics from yesteryear, updated with modern tech. the design vibe hasn’t moved on much. What worked a decade ago still flies today.

so that’s simple, clean styling and a fairly thin bezel. God knows what we would have thought of it back in 2003. We’d have probably spontaneously and collectively spasmed at the sight of a 27-inch LcD panel complete with 2,560 x 1,440 pixels.

another welcome quality the vP2770-LED shares with its forebears is a fully adjustable stand with height, swivel, tilt and, yes, the ability to rotate into portrait mode.

Fire her up, however, and you might be a little disappointed. is this panel a bit dull? the LED backlight is no scorcher, but the colours are lovely – subtle rather than in-your-face. This is a display that doesn’t feel the need to impress with cheap visual gimmicks.

As you’d expect from an IPS screen, its viewing angles are excellent, too. it’s nice to see three levels of pixel response in the generally excellent OSD menu, too. The middle setting gives a great compromise with no inverse ghosting and no discernible lag. Great for gaming,in other words.

Verdict

Gimmick-free and honed for the job, the VP2770 is a Viewsonic out of the old school. That’s a very good thing. ★★★★★

[ithubpoint]

New Post has been published on ItHubPoint

New Post has been published on http://www.ithubpoint.com/samsung-840-pro-512gb/

SAMSUNG 840 PRO 512GB

SAMSUNG 840 PRO 512GB

vital statistics

Price £359

Manufacturer Samsung

Web www.samsung.co.uk

Capacity 512GB

Controller Samsung MDX

NAND Samsung 21nm

MLC toggle Interface SATA 6Gbps

Warranty 5 years

Buying the very best doesn’t always make sense. That’s why we don’t have Asus’ 4K monitor or Intel’s six-core beast for the LGA2011 socket in our shortlist. By any sane analysis, they simply don’t deliver enough of an upside to justify the price premiums.

That doesn’t apply to Samsung’s 840 Pro 512GB SSD. it’s probably the finest solid-state drive, at least if we’re talking conventional SATA 2.5-inch models. Okay, at £359, it ain’t exactly cheap, but nor is it punitively priced. it’s just a top SSD that costs a bit extra.

Of course, it’s no surprise to find a Samsung drive topping the tables. For starters, it makes its own flash memory. it’s the snazzy 21nm Toggle NAND sort, so it’s basically about as speedy as it currently comes. Samsung also makes its own controller chipset. Again, as far as anyone can tell, it’s about as good as it gets.

Our benchmark results made for conclusive reading. Fastest sequential reads and writes for both compressible and incompressible data? That’ll be the Samsung 840 Pro. it serves up the fastest 4K random read access, too.

Okay, the now defunct OCZ vertex 450, among others, beats it when it comes to 4K random writes, but overall this is a very fine drive. Not only is it one of the quickest on the market. it comes with the peace of mind that you’re buying from a big outfit that is very unlikely to disappear.

if you do have a problem, the odds of being able to cash in your warranty are high. That it’s also pretty reasonably priced for a premium, high-performance 500GB-ish SSD just adds to the appeal.

Verdict

To find Samsung tearing all, or at least most asunder, is predictable. But why fight the power? Resistance is futile.★★★★★

[ithubpoint]

New Post has been published on ItHubPoint

New Post has been published on http://www.ithubpoint.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-780-ti/

NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 780 TI

HIGH END GRAPHICS CARD NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 780 TI

VITAL STATISTICS

Price £480

Manufacturer Nvidia

Web www.nvidia.com

GPU GK110

CUDA cores 2,880

Core clock875MHz / 928MHz boost

Memory 3GB GDDR5 @ 7GHz

Memory bus 384-bit

Here it’s all about the numbers. We’re talking seven billion transistors, 533mm2 of silicon, and most of all, 2,880 stream processors. nvidia’s mighty GeForce GTX 780 Ti is a marvel of modern science and engineering, and probably the most powerful and advanced component you can buy for a PC today.

You’ll pay for all this of course. The cheapest 780 Ti will set you back nearly £500, but in return you get the lovely chrome-plated cooler -essentially the same solution that debuted on the even more expensive GeForce GTX Titan.

The 780 Ti is based on the same graphics chip as the Titan, known at Nvidia as the GK110, but in this guise it’s fully unlocked. Well, it is in 3D rendering terms. Nvidia has disabled some of its general-purpose functionality to stop scientists and businesses bagging them to do heavy duty computations on the cheap.

That hardly matters for us. What does matter are the mega frame rates this beast puts out. It’s not quite the fastest in every benchmark. Sometimes AMD’s Radeon R9 290X squeezes ahead, and the second-tier Radeon R9 290 even edges it on occasion, but overall, this is as quick as PC pixel-pumping currently gets.

It’s not fast enough to fully justify the £150 price premium over the 290X. But at the high end, you have to allow a little leeway. That doesn’t stretch to £3,000 for an Asus 4K screen, especially as even this bombastic board isn’t really capable of rendering at 4K resolutions. But we do think under £500 is just about tolerable in return for the fastest graphics bar none.

Verdict

Stunning at stock clocks. Incredible overclocking performance. It’s simply as fast as pixel-pumping gets. ★★★★★

[ithubpoint]

New Post has been published on ItHubPoint

New Post has been published on http://www.ithubpoint.com/cooler-master-seidon-240-cpu-water-cooler/

COOLER MASTER SEiDON 240 - CPU WATER COOLER

COOLER MASTER SEiDON 240

vital statistics

Price £75

Manufacturer Cooler Master

Web www.coolermaster.co.uk

Type Closed-loop water

Intel sockets LGA2011, 1366, 1155, 1156, 775

AMD sockets FM2, FM1, AM3+, AM3, AM2+, AM2

CPUs, graphics cards, even SSDs. They all come and go. But not CPU coolers. They’re not buy-once-and-forget, but they’ll deliver the goods over multiple rig upgrades. Most can cope with a change of socket spec, for instance. Perhaps not a huge worry at the high end, we concede, but it’s nice to know your chiller will last for the long run.

In this more rarefied part of the market, air cooling doesn’t get a look in. Nor, ultimately, do any of the weird and wonderful alternatives like phase-change. It’s all about quality water cooling. Funnily enough, however, you don’t have to go crazy. A top notch 240mm closed-loop cooler gets the job done just fine.

Enter the Cooler Master Seidon 240. don’t be fooled by the samey look of most water cooling kits – there are critical differences. Okay, things like outright cooling power and noise levels don’t vary hugely. It’s when you’re doing something other than sitting with your CPU cores maxed that you sort the quality coolers from the clangers.

You can, for instance, access the CPU without completely dismantling the socket paraphernalia. The Seidon 240 backing plate screws on, so it doesn’t fall off when you release the cooling block. Cable and pipe management is deftly handled, and allows for separate control of the fans and the water pump,

If there are downsides, the first is that hooking up to an LGA2011 board can be fiddly. You don’t get digital control via USB or quick switches either, but we’re happy using mobo utilities to control fan

 Verdict

lacks a few frills, but does the things we care about really well. Ideal for system-tweakers and CPU-swappers. ★★★★★

[ithubpoint]

New Post has been published on ItHubPoint

New Post has been published on http://www.ithubpoint.com/corsair-vengeance-pro-1866mhz-16gb/

CORSAIR VENGEANCE Pro 1,866MHZ 16GB

CORSAIR VENGEANCE Pro 1,866MHZ 16GB

VITAL STATiSTiCS

Price £132

Manufacturer Crucial

Web www.crucial.com/uk

Capacity 16GB

Configuration 2x 8GB

Speed 1,600MHz

Latency 9-10-9-27 2T

Voltage 1.5v

This is not the fastest memory kit in Christendom. In fact, it’s not even the fastest memory kit in the Corsair Vengeance Pro creed. There’s a nut-job 2,933MHz kit that makes this 1,866MHz variant look positively pedestrian.

But there’s such a thing as diminishing returns, even in a high end gaming rig, and that’s why this 1,866 MHz kit gets the nod over its crazy-clocked sibling. It gives you nearly all the benefits of the mentalist kit just for much less money.

That includes pukka eight-layer PCBs for reduced electrical noise. Then there’s the specially selected RAM ICs and a new design of heat sink. it’s 44mm high, which isn’t as tall as some and represents a nod towards practicality. Anyway, the vengeance Pro looks well kitted out for a spot of overclocking. The latencies are decent, too. We’re talking 9-9-9-24 at default 1,333MHz settings. As for overclocking performance, we cranked her all the way to 2,200MHz, which is pretty fruity. That said, we did have to relax the memory timings to 11-11-11-31 and wind the voltage up to 1.6v to pull that off.

instead, the sweet spot is probably 1,866MHz via your motherboard’s XMP profile. The result in terms of timings is the advertised 9-10-9-27 numbers. For bandwidth, that’s frankly all you’re going to need with existing CPUs.

Finally, if you’re wondering about the 16GB two-stick config, there is a price penalty, but once you’ve experienced a PC with zero disk swapping you won’t want to go back.

And to achieve that 100 per cent of the time, you probably need 16GB. ’Nurf sdd.

Verdict

Yet another example of excellent enthusiast-class Ram from Corsair’s Vengeance Pro range. ★★★★★

[ithubpoint]

New Post has been published on ItHubPoint

New Post has been published on http://www.ithubpoint.com/crucial-balli5tix-tactical-lp-16gb-memory/

CRUCIAL BALLI5TIx TAcTIcAL LP 16GB - MEMORY

CRUCIAL BALLI5TIx TAcTIcAL LP 16GB

vital statistics

Price £126

Manufacturer Crucial

Web www.crucial.com/uk

Capacity 16GB

Configuration 2x 8GB

Speed 1,600MhZ

Latency 8-8-8-24

Voltage 1.35v

CPU coolers and memory sticks don’t always see eye to eye. In fact, they’ve a habit of colliding. That’s especially true in rigs where the coolers tend to spread forth from the CPU socket like a, er, large spreading thing and the RAM sprouts upwards like tall, well, sprouting things.

Even standard-height RAM can be a problem, let alone the show-off stuff with huge heat spreaders. What you really want, then, is some low-profile RAM with high performance credentials. What you want is Crucial’s Ballistic Tactical LP memory. While you’re at it, you may as well make that a 16GB kit, the better to minimise any chance of file swapping to your admittedly pretty speedy SSD.

As it happens, this is a two-times-8GB kit, so clearly low profile sticks are no impediment to memory density. Anyway, what you get is pukka low-voltage high-performance memory in a cut-down package. But hang on, this kit says PC3-12800 on the tin. Thus it’s rated at a mere 1,600MHz. Surely that’s not true high-performance memory? Ah, but this kit has a trick up its sleeve. Put simply, these puny little sticks overclock like crazy.

At the stock 1.3v and 8-8-8-24 latency settings, 1,866MHz is no problem. Crank it up to 1.5v and 2,133MHz is yours, delivering all the clockspeed you’ll need with existing CPUs. Which means you really can have the best of all worlds in terms of peak frequency, low latencies and sustainable voltage settings.

In that context, even if space wasn’t an issue this kit would get a look in. It’s a no-brainier of a buying decision.

Verdict

Combines low profile usability with serious performance thanks to good overclockability and decent latencies. ★★★★★

[ithubpoint]

New Post has been published on ItHubPoint

New Post has been published on http://www.ithubpoint.com/msi-z87-xpower-high-end-motherboard/

MSI Z87 XPOWER - HIGH-END MOTHERBOARD

MSI Z87 XPOWER

vital statistics

Price £298

Manufacturer MSI

Web http://uk.msi.com

Chipset intel Z87

Socket LGA1150

CPU support 4th Generation intel Core

Storage 10x SATA 6Gbps

Make no mistake, this is one hell of a board of the mothering kind. But for £298, this thing shouldn’t just provide an optimal home for your Intel chip of choice. It should make you breakfast in the morning and be the only one who cares enough to ask how your day was.

Put another way, can any board really be worth this much? Perhaps not, but it’s not crazy money, and in the context of high end PC rigs, the value proposition inevitably suffers. What matters isn’t justifying the Z87 XPower’s price, what matters is that it’s hot stuff in the performance stakes and comes packed with features.

So, what do you get? This is a board built with one eye on breaking overclocking records. That means 32-phase power, quality caps and chokes, V-check points – the whole shebang. Of arguably more immediate relevance are things like the EMI-shielded audio circuit, which cuts out interference for crisp, clean sound, and the PLX chip, the better for running multi-GPU configs. Oh, and there’s a Killer E2205 high performance Ethernet chip for low latency. You never know, it might just win you a few more headshots.

But what of the MSi Z87 XPower’s performance? in our benchmarks, it beats all-comers in the LGA1150 arena. That includes application and game tests at stock clocks. But the clincher is the overclocking headroom.

Okay, it’s not hugely superior to a boggo Z87 board for quick and dirty clock bumping, but if you want to get your hands dirty and clock the twangers off your CPU, this should be your weapon of choice?

Verdict

There’s no justifying the price, but if you’ve money to burn, we suggest you torch it on this bodacious board. ★★★★★

[ithubpoint]

New Post has been published on ItHubPoint

New Post has been published on http://www.ithubpoint.com/asus-rog-maximus-vi-hero-motherboard/

ASUS ROG MAXiMUS Vi HERO - MOTHERBOARD

PERFORMANCE MOTHERBOARD

ASUS ROG MAXiMUS Vi HERO

ViTAL STATiSTiCS

Price £158

Manufacturer Asus

Web www.asus.com

Chipset intel Z87

Socket LGA1150

CPU support 4th generation intel Core

Storage 8x SATA 6Gb ps

Has Asus gone too far? Consider this. It’s standard practice for a mobo maker to knock out myriad variations on any given chipset. Typically, they’ll line up pretty neatly with the opposition. Therefore one manufacturer’s (deep breath) slightly above-averagely priced mid-range board with a nod towards gaming and a few added overclocking-frills can go up against another’s in a fair fight.

But now it looks like Asus has come over cannibalistic, and has started to produce motherboards designed to take on their siblings. Why? This is an Asus RoG board -a sub-brand that’s typically premium-priced – but the Maximus Vi Hero is that little bit more accessible.

Which immediately begs a comparison, and very probably competition, with Asus’ Sabertooth Z87 board. That’s intriguing, because the RoG Maximus Vi Hero retains much of what makes pricier RoG boards compelling. There are no voltage checkpoints or toggles for individual PCie slots, but you get all the quality components, an 8+2 power array, EMi shielding for the audio circuit and all that jazz.

More to the point, the RoG Maximus Vi Hero gives the Sabertooth a caning in our benchmarks, and it’s awash when it comes to overall overclocking headroom. The result is a RoG board that’s actually more optimised for the things we care about.

The only reason we might be tempted by the Sabertooth is thanks to its natty protective cladding, but deep down we know the attraction there is mostly cosmetic, so the RoG takes it by a nose.

 Verdict

With a perfect feature set for gaming, this is the most relevant member of the usually-pricey Haswell family. ★★★★★

[ithubpoint]

New Post has been published on ItHubPoint

New Post has been published on http://www.ithubpoint.com/intel-core-i5-4670k/

INTEL CORE i5-4670K

  PC PROCESSOR INTEL CORE i5-4670K

ViTAL STATISTICS

Price £179

Manufacturer intel

Web www.intel.com Cores/threads 4/4 Socket LGA1150

Clocks 3.4GHz base, 3.8GHz turbo

Cache 6MB

Process 22nm

How many threads maketh a gaming CPU? That is the question. There isn’t an enormous price difference between Intel’s quad-core, eight-thread 4770K and this quad-core, four-thread effort, so you want to be fairly sure the extra quartet of threads aren’t material to your gaming pleasure before you buy.

if they aren’t, there’s little difference between the 4670K and the 4770K. Both sport intel’s latest Haswell cPU architecture, for what it’s worth – might not be much, depending on how you see it.

On one hand, Haswell CPU cores are barely any better than their ivy Bridge predecessors – or even Sandy Bridge, for that matter. indeed, when it comes to overclocking, they’re arguably worse despite the addition of the bootstrap overclocking option, which doesn’t add much to the experience in our view.

On the other hand, you could take the view that Sandy Bridge, ivy Bridge and Haswell are all damn fine CPU architectures, so, what is there to complain about?

The point is that the 4670K runs just 100MHz slower and loses out to the tune of 2MB of cache. Otherwise it’s a dead ringer for the 4770K right down to its unlocked multiplier, with the exception of those four extra Hyperthreading-enabled threads.

Sure enough, in most games, most of the time, four extra threads don’t do a lot for your frame rates, which is good enough for us. Only if you’re heavily into parallel-processed tasks such as video encoding does the 4770K make a really compelling case as an alternative.

 Verdict

The 4670K doesn’t move the game on much from its predecessor, but it’s all you need for top-notch gaming.

[ithubpoint]

New Post has been published on ItHubPoint

New Post has been published on http://www.ithubpoint.com/corsair-special-graphite-600t-full-towerpc-case/

CORSAIR SPECIAL GRAPHITE 600T - FULL TOWERPC CASE

CORSAIR SPECIAL  GRAPHITE 600T

 FULL TOWERPC CASE

VITAL STATISTICS

Price £146

Manufacturer corsair

Web www.corsair.com

Form factor FuII ATx, Micro-ATX

Fans 2x 200mm, 1x 120mm

I/O ports 1x UsB 3.0, 4x UsB 2.0, firewire, audio in and out

  Master Luke, your chassis has arrived.

Yup, we won’t deny it, we’re suckers for a bit of stormtrooper white.

And young skywalker did look rather fetching all dolled up in the in the Empire’s finest clean but mean cladding. so why not your PC?

corsair’s special Edition White Graphite 600T has us on side immediately with its white casing, which is just as well as its near-£150 tag is pushing it for a mid-range case. But then again, a case is an area where people often scrimp, whereas we think it’s an opportunity for a long term investment.

And there are plenty of reasons to make one with corsair. first up is top notch cooling management. Even with Nvidia’s beefiest GPU on board, the special Edition White Graphite 600T keeps ambient temps down to about 30°c. cue our best Quake III voice: impressive.

Then there’s the sheer space on offer – plenty for even the most ludicrous dual-GPU graphics cards. There’s great cable management, too, allowing you to tuck away the rat king that explodes from your PsU. You’ll be thankful for that when it’s time to swap out a component, and you can both see what you’re doing and get your hands on things.

There are oodles of drive bays, both external if you’re into hot swapping storage or stacking your opticals, and internal if you favour epic levels of storage or have a ton of old hard drives to hook up.

Finally, there’s the sheer build quality of the thing. It’s just a gorgeous object to work with during a rig build and have sitting atop or below your desk for the long haul.

 Verdict

We’re suckers for the stormtrooper white vibe, and this is a practical, well-made hunk of clever PC casing.★★★★★

[ithubpoint]

New Post has been published on ItHubPoint

New Post has been published on http://www.ithubpoint.com/intel-core-i7-4770k-high-end-pc-processor/

INTEL CORE i7-4770K - HIGH END PC PROCESSOR

INTEL CORE i7-4770K

ViTAL STATISTICS

Price £209

Manufacturer intel

Web www.intel.com Cores/threads 4/8 Socket LGA1150

Clocks 3.5GHz base, 3.9GHz turbo

Cache 8MB

Process 22nm

Tick-tock. That’s the sound of Intel’s processor development clock. Except there’s been a notable slowing of CPU performance increases lately. We actually blame AMD for not putting pressure on Intel.

But perhaps that’s by the by, because we’re recommending the best high-end cPU, and it’s not a six-core intel chip for the mega-money LGA2011 socket. it’s a plain old quad-core chip for the supposedly mainstream LGA1150 platform.

that’s a function of two things. Firstly, it’s because intel can’t be bothered to release any eight-core chips for LGA2011. it’s had them for years, but it won’t let us at them, so six-core it is and even in a high-end context, the price premium of LGA2011 isn’t worth it for two more cores.

thus the core i7-4770K gets the nod. it’s barely any faster than the 3770K it replaced earlier this year. it sports the same 3.5 GHz base and 3.9GHz turbo speeds as the 3770K, has no additional cores and only does a whisker more work per clock cycle.

Like all K series chips it’s unlocked, although not quite the overclocking monster of recent intel chips. Blame some cost-cutting in the packaging for that. And yet despite all these complaints, it remains a damn fine cPU. it certainly delivers all the gaming grunt you’re ever going to be able to use. it’s probably at least twice as powerful as the cPUs in the new Xbox One and PS4 games consoles, for instance.

So really, the 4770K marks the point at which cPU power has become ‘good enough’, even at the high end. Not exciting, granted, but one less thing to worry about.

Verdict

There are faster chips around. We just don’t think they’ll make any difference to your gaming experience.

[ithubpoint]

New Post has been published on ItHubPoint

New Post has been published on http://www.ithubpoint.com/samsung-840-evo-500gb/

SAMSUNG 840 EvO 500GB

SAMSUNG 840 EvO 500GB

vital statistics

Price £262

Manufacturer Samsung

Web www.samsung.co.uk

Capacity 500GB

Controller Samsung MEx

NAND Samsung 19nm

TLC Cache 1GB LPDDR2

Warranty 3 years

We’ve said it before. We’ll say it again. And again. Resistance is futile. samsung simply makes the best solid state drives in most market segments. Part of that is performance, but there’s something even more important going on.

You see, when it comes to current SSDs hooked up to 6Gbps, the user experience - apologies for the grim marketing speak – is much of a muchness when it comes to performance. At least it is straight out of the box. The really critical differences only emerge over the longer haul.

And that’s where Samsung delivers. Ironically, however, when the original 840 was launched, longevity was our main concern. That’s because of Samsung’s use of Triple Level Cell, or TLC memory. TLC makes for more bits per cell - three to be precise – and therefore greater data density at lower prices. But it also means lower cell durability.

The memory wears out faster. And yet somehow, Samsung has squared that circle and the 840 earned the usual rep for sticking around. With the EvO it’s the same proposition, but even faster. This is a mainstream drive that knocks out in excess of 500MB/s for sequential throughput, partly thanks to the latest MEx controller chipset.

That’s nice, but the really crazy bit is the 110MB/s 4K random writes. That is simply silly and far, far faster than the competition. Indeed, it’s random performance that arguably makes the most difference to how your PC feels, so the 840 EvO is an easy choice. Nothing else comes close.

Verdict

Reasonably priced, silly quick and backed up by a reputation for longevity that’s second to none. ★★★★★