If you like to throw away money … then this product might be something for you. Okay that sounded a bit too harsh rather then the intention really is. But Sapphire released a 2GB version of the Radeon 4870. It’s labeled as the Vapor-X and is spotted in some German webshops for 242 EUR.

The bump from1 GB towards 2GB is controversial, and gaming wise will just not make a difference as 99.95% of the titles out there have plenty of graphics card memory with a 1GB framebuffer. Only if you’d go really high in monitor resolution and your AA settings, at best you can gain a few % performance increase .. and that’s at best.

What I do like about the Vapor-X is the cooler, using ‘vapor chamber’ technology. Other then that the clock speeds are reference as well at 750 MHz on the core and 900 MHZ (x4 DDR5) for the memory.

Twintech announced their TwinBox HL-N Series ION™ Mini PC today, which is powered by Intel Atom Processor D525 CPU with Next Generation NVIDIA ION graphics technology.

TwinBox HL-N Series ION Mini PC enables you to immerse in a qualified game and 1080P HD movie content. Linking to the TV to play 1080P HD movie is one of the important uses of a full function PC.

TwinBox HL-N Series ION™ Mini PC provides 6 x USB2.0 interfaces,1 x E-SATA interfaces,1x 6in1 interface for card reader (SD/SDHC/MS/MSPRO/XD/MMC) and 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, 1 x SPDIF-out interface. It is with on-board 802.11 Wi-Fi, Gigabit 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN Cards and supports Bluetooth® function as well. Included 2GB of DDR2 memory and optional 250GB/320GB/ 500GB HDD at suggested MSRP US$339 ~US$365.

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Zotac introduced a GeForce GTX 460 2GB graphics card with slightly overclocked frequencies. This model has a 710MHz core, 1420MHz shaders and 2GB GDDR5 clocked at 3600MHz.

ZOTAC® International, a leading innovator and the world’s largest channel manufacturer of graphics cards, motherboards and mini-PCs, today announces the ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 460 2GB – the first ZOTAC® graphics card powered by NVIDIA® Fermi architecture with 2GB of graphics memory. The new ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 460 2GB delivers best-in-class performance with unmatched features for a superior gaming experience gamers can rely on.

High-resolution gaming receives a performance boost with the ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 460 2GB and the large 2GB graphics memory. Paired with an ultra-wide 256-bit memory interface, the ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 460 2GB can communicate between the GPU and 2GB of graphics memory at lightning-fast speeds to transfer ultra-quality textures for phenomenal in-game details that blur the line between the virtual world and reality.

“PC gaming is always at the forefront of visual realism and continues to push the limits of hardware. Our latest ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 460 2GB gives gamers that want maximum detail and quality settings an extra performance edge that lets them enjoy stunning details with smooth frame rates,” said Carsten Berger, marketing director, ZOTAC® International.

The ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 460 2GB graphics card features maximum connectivity flexibility with four digital output connectors – dual-link DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort – for compatibility with all current digital display standards. A DVI-to-VGA adapter is included with the ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 460 2GB for users with analog VGA displays.

A complete copy of Prince of Persia®: The Forgotten Sands™ is included with the ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 460 2GB to let users instantly take advantage of the available graphics power. Prince of Persia®: The Forgotten Sands™ places gamers in control of the Prince to save the kingdom of Azad in an epic adventure with beautiful visuals and classic Prince of Persia® game play. It’s time to play with the ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 460 2GB.

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Crazy just crazy, so this news is obviously for the server-market but apparantly Samsung can cram 32GB memory on a DIMM module.

Samsung Electronics announced today that it has begun shipping samples of the industry’s highest-density memory module for server systems. The 32 gigabyte (GB) module has been designed for use in advanced servers, which require high-density and high-performance features at low-power consumption levels.

Samsung is using the industries highest-density monolithic DDR3 device – a 40-nanometer (nm) class, four gigabit (Gb) DDR3 chip – as the building block for the new 32GB module. This comes just one year after the company announced its 50nm-class 2Gb based, 16GB registered dual inline memory module (RDIMM) last March.

The highly-efficient 32GB RDIMM consists of 36 dual-die 40nm-class 4Gb DDR3 chips that can perform at equal or greater levels to a 40nm-based 16GB RDIMM with no increase in power consumption. By equipping a dual CPU, two-way server with 32GB modules, a server system can have up to 384GB of memory. This allows for doubling the previously largest density of 192GBs per server with a power increase of less than five percent over that needed for a 16GB module-based system.

In addition, replacing 12 DRAM modules of 16GB density with just six 32GB modules would achieve a 192GB total density, while allowing the DRAM operating speed in a two-way server system to rise by 33 percent from 800 megabit per second (Mbps) to 1,066 Mbps, as power is cut by 40 percent.

In high-performance, four-way servers using 16GB modules, one terabyte of DRAM would be commonplace.By using 32GB RDIMMs, Samsung is moving toward providing four-way servers with 2TB of DRAM each, a migration that it believes will spur introduction of diverse software and a broader scale of server applications.

Mass production of the 32GB RDIMM is slated to begin next month.