The Technopath

Catalyst 9.7 for Windows 7 RTM Released

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 24, 2009.

AMD appears to be one of the first OEM to get their hands on the Windows 7 RTM code. That’s because they’ve just released a new version of ATI Catalyst drivers and the control center for Windows 7. These are the first Windows 7 drivers to achieve WHQL certification....

ASUS P6X58 Premium – World’s First USB 3.0 and SATA 6GB/s Motherboard

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 23, 2009.

Photos of the first commercial motherboard to support USB 3.0 and SATA 6 GB/s speeds have been released by – you guessed it – a Chinese hardware forum. The motherboard is for Intel’s X58 platform (Core i7 for the n00bs) and supports six triple channel DDR3 memory slots, and three PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots among o...

Download Windows 7 RTM Build 7600.16385

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 23, 2009.

Microsoft may have just announced Windows 7 Build 6.1.7600.16385.090713-1255 as the official RTM, but it had already been leaked all over the internet a couple of days ago. That means you can get your hands on the build right now instead of having to wait and follow the official launch schedule. Following are the downl...

Windows 7 RTM Build 7600 now Official

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 23, 2009.

Its official now. Windows 7 RTM has been signed by Microsoft. The final build string would be 6.1.7600.16385.090713-1255, which we had previously shared here. Check out our launch schedule to find out when you would be able to download the RTM or pick it up at a retail stores....

Microsoft embracing Open Source?

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 22, 2009.

Not one but two incidents of Microsoft releasing source code to the public have been reported in the past 36 hours, which makes me wonder what the hell is wrong with Microsoft?...

Windows 7 RTM Launch Schedule

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 22, 2009.

We finally have an official RTM launch schedule even though we don’t have and official RTM yet. While we still don’t have confirmation, there is a good chance that the last build we shared would be the official RTM....

Making of an AMD CPU [Video]

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 22, 2009.

Remember last week when I shared a presentation detailing how Intel manufactures it processors? Well it looks like AMD were quick to respond by sharing a video of their own....

[WTF] One of the Greatest Games of All Time was supposed to be released on… a MAC???!!!

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 20, 2009.

Shocked. Confused. Speachless and all those things. Those are my reactions right now, as I just found out that one of the Most Important games of All Time was actually going to be a Mac Exclusive title – which Steve Jobs himself unveiled and claimed would revolutionize gaming. The Macworld 99 video is after the break...

Download Windows 7 RTM Build 7600 again

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 19, 2009.

As we are getting close to the Windows 7 RTM, numerous builds are being touted as final. The only common grounds between them are the build number – 7600. It seems like Microsoft has decided to name the final build as 7600, which kind of reminds me of Windows XP build 2600! Anyways....

Making of an Intel CPU

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 19, 2009.

Intel has put out a rather simple presentation detailing the steps silicon has to go through to from its sandy origins to a lightning fast information processor. I uploaded the presentation on SlideShare so everyone could view it. Sorry for the low resolution images – they were already like this in the presentation....