Tag archive: Ultra

Remember back in May when the Flip Video debuted as a simple way for folks to cature digital video and upload it directly to YouTube? Now Pure Digital Technology is back with the Flip Video Ultra, offering 1 and 2 GB capacities, the ability to edit footage right in the camera, and—of course—software which uploads video to sharing sites like YouTube and AOL. "Flip Video Ultra's sleek new design will make it the… Read More

Exactly one year after introducing its handheld Q1 ultra-mobile PC (UMPC), Samsung today announced the availability of its Q1 Ultra UMPC, the company's new version of its handheld computing platform. “Since the introduction of the Q1, Samsung has been steadfastly committed to the long-term growth and development of this fast-growing product segment,” said Christopher Franey, Samsung VP of Sales and Marketing, in a… Read More

Shortly after expanding its GeForce 8 line on the low-performance end of the spectrum with budget-priced cards, Nvidia is throwing out an offering for the bleeding-edge crowd with the GeForce 8800 Ultra, announced on Wednesday. According to Nvidia, the newest card will be 10 to 15 percent faster than the GeForce 8800 GTX that it replaces as the flagship for Nvidia’s GPU product line. Specifications for the two cards remain very… Read More

Last year, the new computing category of ultra-mobile PCs—UMPCs—was all the rage, defining a new, fully capable platform in the space between traditional notebook computers and, say, PDAs or smartphones. South Korea's Samsung was the first out the door with its Q1 in mid-2006, but even Samsung admits sales and consumer response to the UMPC category has failed to live up to expectations, with Samsung failing to meet its… Read More

We're not entirely sure what Samsung's obsession with super-slim phones might be—maybe they're offering shallow phones for shallow people?—but the company has proven it can shave off the millimeters at this year's 3GSM conferencein Barcelona, unveiling its new Ultra Edition II series of handsets, including its new U100 which has a depth of a scant 5.9 millimeters. “We believe that the Samsung Ultra… Read More

From the press release: SanDisk has introduced the SanDisk Ultra II SD PLUS, an innovative SD flash memory card with built-in USB connectivity. The new card, which works seamlessly in any SD card slot, also can be used as a high-speed USB 2.0 flash drive. The announcement was made at the annual Photo Marketing Association (PMA) Show at the Orange County Convention Center where SanDisk is demonstrating products in Booth 2408. The new… Read More

From SanDisk's press release: SanDisk Corporation announced today that its Extreme and Ultra II CompactFlash and SD cards took top honors in speed and performance tests in 9 out of 13 professional digital single lens reflex (SLR) cameras from Canon, Fuji, Kodak, Nikon and Pentax. According to performance tests conducted by Rob Galbraith, a renowned photojournalist and industry consultant, the Extreme and Ultra II cards earned… Read More

From AOpen's press release: The AOpen Aeolus 6800 Ultra is a superior-performance graphics card which uses Graphics Double Data Rate 3 (GDDR-3) memory as 256MB video memory. This new memory technology allows for lower power usage and higher clock speed board designs when combined with this tremendous 6800 Ultra GPU. The AOpen Aeolus 6800 Ultra uses nVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra GPU with core 256-bit architectures and a 256-bit memory… Read More

Quote from the review at Vipers Lair: “For the games of today, the MSI 5700 Ultra will do the job. Even for games that will come later on, the FX5700 Ultra is what we consider the bare minimum for playability. With the overclocking potential, you should be ok for the next few months.” Read the full review

Currently also found in Apple's popular 17-inch iMac, the GeForce FX 5200 Ultra GPU provides the latest in graphics technology to deliver over a billion textured pixels per second for faster andsmoother game play, and advanced graphics programmability for stunning special effects. "With its brilliant large screen display, the new Apple iMac is the perfect digital hub of the modern home," said Jeff Fisher, executive vice president of… Read More

Quote from the review at HardOCP: “Please keep in mind that we have increased our resolutions and AA/AF levels as to bring more of a challenge to these cards. Both have been marketed on their DX9 abilities to deliver “cinematic” effects and that is what we want to hold them to. In Max Payne 2 the BFG Asylum 5700Ultra did show noticeable improvements over the 5600Ultra. It allowed for a more consistent FPS above… Read More

Quote from the review at HardOCP: “Even though there is a big difference between the 5600Ultra and the 9600XT, all things are not exactly perfect in the 9600XT camp. You will notice the Halo graphing is showing performance at a resolution that can be considered low for today's games with no quality settings such as AA or AF enabled. And even at these settings the Radeon 9600XT did dip to the 20FPS mark a few times. It is… Read More

Quote from the review at Hardware Zone: “The Albatron FX5200U is a standard GeForce FX 5200 Ultra graphics card with 128MB of RAM, but it is well styled to offset its simplicity. Based on an Ocean Blue PCB, copper GPU cooler and color-matched aluminium RAMsinks, the Albatron more than takes care of the cooling needs. However once again, product pricing among the FX 5200 Ultra cards seems to be the biggest problem, even… Read More