Kawasaki Z1000SX

Kawasaki Inggris melepas secara serempak empat model baru Z1000SX, Z1000SX Tourer, Ninja ZX-10R dan Z750R , semalam (27/1/2011). Untuk memeriahkan acara yang dihadiri konsumen dan penggemar Kawasaki, ikut dipajang VN900, ZZR1400, Z1000 dan ada lagi beberapa model lainnya.

Kawasaki Z1000SX
Harga: ₤ 8,999

Engine
Fuel system: Fuel injection:φ38 mm x 4 (Keihin) with oval sub-throttles
Ignition: Digital
Starting: Electric
Lubrication: Forced lubrication, wet sump
Engine type: Liquid-cooled, 4-stroke In-Line Four
Displacement: 1,043 cc
Bore x stroke: 77.0 x 56.0 mm
Compression ratio: 11.8:1
Valve/Induction system: DOHC, 16 valves

Transmission
Clutch: Wet multi-disc, manual
Transmission: 6-speed, return
Final Drive: Sealed chain

Frame
Frame type: Aluminium twin-tube
Rake/Trail: 24.5°/ 102 mm
Wheel travel, front: 120 mm
Wheel travel, rear: 138 mm
Tyre, front: 120/70ZR17M/C (58W)
Tyre, rear: 190/50ZR17M/C (73W)
Steering angle, left / right: 31° / 31°

Suspension
Suspension, front: 41 mm inverted fork with stepless compression and rebound damping and spring preload adjustability
Suspension, rear: Horizontal Back-link, gas-charged, with stepless rebound damping and cam-style spring preload adjustability

Brakes
Brakes, front: Dual semi-floating 300 mm petal discs. Dual radial-mount, opposed 4-piston
Brakes, rear: Single 250 mm petal disc. Single-piston

Dimensions
Dimensions (L x W x H): 2.105 x 790 x 1.170/1.230 mm
Ground Clearance: 135 mm
Wheelbase: 1,445 mm
Seat height: 820 mm
Fuel capacity: 19 litres
Curb Mass: 228 kg / 231 kg (ABS)

Performance
Maximum power: 101.5kW {138 PS} / 9,600 rpm
Maximum torque: 110 N/m {11.2 kg/m} / 7,800 rpm

Apa keistimewaan dari keempat model anyar itu? Kita mulai dari Z1000SX yang disebut-sebut mampu memperpendek gap antara gaya naked bike dengan motor sport di sirkuit balap. Moge ini dibekali mesin baru 1.043cc, 16-valve, DOHC empat silinder segaris menghasilkan tenaga 101,5 kW pada 9.600 rpm dan torsi 110 nM pada 7.800 rpm.

Kawasaki Z1000SX Tourer
Harga: ₤ 9,799

Engine
Fuel system: Fuel injection:φ38 mm x 4 (Keihin) with oval sub-throttles
Ignition: Digital
Starting: Electric
Lubrication: Forced lubrication, wet sump
Engine type: Liquid-cooled, 4-stroke In-Line Four
Displacement: 1,043 cc
Bore x stroke: 77.0 x 56.0 mm
Compression ratio: 11.8:1
Valve/Induction system: DOHC, 16 valves

Transmission
Clutch: Wet multi-disc, manual
Transmission: 6-speed, return
Final Drive: Sealed chain

Frame
Frame type: Aluminium twin-tube
Rake/Trail: 24.5°/ 102 mm
Wheel travel, front: 120 mm
Wheel travel, rear: 138 mm
Tyre, front: 120/70ZR17M/C (58W)
Tyre, rear: 190/50ZR17M/C (73W)
Steering angle, left / right: 31° / 31°

Suspension
Suspension, front: 41 mm inverted fork with stepless compression and rebound damping and spring preload adjustability
Suspension, rear: Horizontal Back-link, gas-charged, with stepless rebound damping and cam-style spring preload adjustability

Brakes
Brakes, front: Dual semi-floating 300 mm petal discs. Dual radial-mount, opposed 4-piston
Brakes, rear: Single 250 mm petal disc. Single-piston

Dimensions
Dimensions (L x W x H): 2.105 x 790 x 1.170/1.230 mm
Ground Clearance: 135 mm
Wheelbase: 1,445 mm
Seat height: 822 mm
Fuel capacity: 19 litres
Curb Mass: 228 kg / 231 kg (ABS)

Performance
Maximum power: 101.5kW {138 PS} / 9,600 rpm
Maximum torque: 110 N/m {11.2 kg/m} / 7,800 rpm

Spesifikasi mesin di atas juga dipakai pada Z1000SX Tourer. Perbedaan, hanya pada tampilan, karena untuk turing, maka ditambah dengan side atau back box sebagai penyimpan barang untuk keperluan perjalanan jarak jauh (turing).







Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R
Harga: ₤ 11,999 / ₤ 12,999 (ABS)

Engine
Fuel system: Fuel injection: φ47 mm x 4 (Keihin) with oval sub-throttles, dual injection
Ignition: Digital
Starting: Electric
Lubrication: Forced lubrication, wet sump with oil cooler
Engine type: Liquid-cooled, 4-stroke In-Line Four
Displacement: 998 cc
Bore x stroke: 76.0 x 55.0 mm
Compression ratio: 13.0:1
Valve/Induction system: DOHC, 16 valves

Transmission
Clutch: Wet multi-disc, manual
Transmission: 6-speed, return
Final Drive: Sealed chain

Frame
Frame type: Twin spar, cast aluminium
Rake/Trail: 25°/ 107 mm
Wheel travel, front: 120 mm
Wheel travel, rear: 140 mm
Tyre, front: 120/70ZR17M/C (58W)
Tyre, rear: 190/55ZR17M/C (75W)
Steering angle, left / right: 27° / 27°

Suspension
Suspension, front: 43 mm inverted fork with rebound and compression damping, spring preload adjustability and top-out springs
Suspension, rear: Horizontal Back-link with gas-charged shock and top-out spring. Compression damping: Stepless, dual-range (high/low-speed)
Rebound damping: Stepless. Spring preload: Fully adjustable

Brakes
Brakes, front: Dual semi-floating 310 mm petal discs, 10-button aluminium rotor carrier. Caliper: Dual radial-mount, opposed 4-(aluminium) piston
Brakes, rear: Single 220 mm petal disc. Caliper: Single-bore pin-slide, aluminium piston

Dimensions
Dimensions (L x W x H): 2.075 x 715 x 1.115 mm
Ground Clearance: 135 mm
Wheelbase: 1,425 mm
Seat height: 813 mm
Fuel capacity: 17 litres
Curb Mass: 198 kg / 201 kg (ABS)

Performance
Maximum power: 147.1kW {200.1PS} / 13,000 rpm
Maximum torque: 112 N/m {11.4 kg/m} / 11,500 rpm
Maximum power with RAM Air: 154.4kW {209.9PS}/ 13,000 rpm 

Kawasaki Z750R
Harga: ₤ 7,149

Engine
Fuel system: Fuel injection: φ32 mm x 4 (Keihin) with oval sub-throttles
Ignition: Digital
Starting: Electric
Lubrication: Forced lubrication, wet sump
Engine type: Liquid-cooled, 4-stroke In-Line Four
Displacement: 748 cc
Bore x stroke: 68.4 x 50.9 mm
Compression ratio: 11.3:1
Valve/Induction system: DOHC, 16 valves

Transmission
Clutch: Wet multi-disc, manual
Transmission: 6-speed, return
Final Drive: Sealed chain

Frame
Frame type: Tubular backbone (with engine sub-frame), high-tensile steel
Rake/Trail: 24.5° / 103 mm
Wheel travel, front: 120 mm
Wheel travel, rear: 134 mm
Tyre, front: 120/70ZR17M/C (58W)
Tyre, rear: 180/55ZR17M/C (73W)
Steering angle, left / right: 31° / 31°

Suspension
Suspension, front: 41 mm inverted fork with rebound. Damping and spring preload adjustability
Suspension, rear: Bottom-Link Uni-Trak, gas-charged shock with piggyback reservoir. Rebound damping: Stepless. Spring preload: Stepless

Brakes
Brakes, front: Dual semi-floating 300 mm petal discs. Caliper: Dual radial-mount, opposed 4-piston
Brakes, rear: Single 250 mm petal disc. Caliper: Single-piston

Dimensions
Dimensions (L x W x H): 2,085 mm x 795 mm x 1,070 mm
Ground Clearance: 165 mm
Wheelbase: 1,440 mm
Seat height: 825 mm
Fuel capacity: 18.5 litres
Curb Mass: 224 kg / 227 kg (ABS)

Performance
Maximum power: 77.7 kW (106 PS) / 10,500 rpm
Maximum torque: 78.0 N/m {8.0 kg/m} / 8,300 rpm

Ninja ZX-10R merupakan andalan Kawasaki bersaing di ajang Superbike. Dibekali mesin 998 cc, DOHC, 16 valve tenaganya 147,1 kW pada 13.000 rpm dan torsi 114,3 Nm pada 11.500 rpm. Sedangkan, Z750R menawarkan desain sepeda motor turing sport bermesin 748 cc DOHC, 16 valve dipadu transmisi manual 6-percepatan (rotari). Tenaganya, 106 Ps pada 10.500 rpm.

Kehadiran empat model baru dimanfaatkan oleh setiap dealer melakukan promo, di antaranya cicilan tanpa bunga (0 persen) atau cicilan ringan. Lalu, ada hadiah menarik bagi konsumen berupa kunjungan ke Pabrik Kawasaki di Jepang untuk dua orang, turing keliling Eropa (termasuk pinjaman sepeda motor) dan turing lokal.

Jika CBR 250 Masuk Indonesia

Walaaah..Tahun 2011 bakalan terjadi gempa di dunia persilatan permotoran Indonesia kalau CBR 250 jadi dipasarkan di sini.. Memang pada awalnya banyak yang meremehkan spesifikasi mesinnya yang hanya single cylinder, namun seperti padaHonda PCX yang hanya berkubikasi 125 cc, Honda menambahkan value pada PCX125 dengan fitur-fitur yang menawan seperti alarm dan Combi-Brake.

Nah, strategi yang sama kembali tercium pada Honda CBR 250 yang berkode Honda MC41 ini. Meskipun hanya menyandang mesin CR250RE 1 silinder-DOHC, namun jika dihitung dengan bore x stroke sebesar 76mm x 55mm maka hasilnya adalah 249.6 cc..! Ini jelas lebih besar dari Ninja 250R yang memiliki 2 silinder masing-masing 62 mm x 41.2 mm, namun berkubikasi “hanya” 248.8 cc.

Mata pengamat dan pemerhati dunia persilatan permotoran akan segera terfokus kepada Kawasaki Ninja 250R..si baby Ninja yang selama ini melenggang sendirian tanpa lawan di Indonesia. Spesifikasi kedua motor ini layak dibandingkan..! 250 cc dapat dikata merupakan batas psikologis  dimana sebuah motor layak dipandang sebagai “the true bike” dan flagship sebuah ATPM. Honda jika jadi memasukkan CBR 250 di Indonesia berarti tanpa ragu menjilat pernyataan pihak mereka sendiri bahwa motor 250 cc tidak cocok di Indonesia.

Jadi bagaimana dengan Ninja 250? sampai detik ini kelebihan utama Ninja 250 menurut ane hanyalah ada pada konfigurasi parallel twin cylinder nya saja, diluar itu fitur-fiturnya 11-12 dengan motor lain. Speedometer Ninja 250 hanyalah warisan dari seri EX250 seri lama dan fitur rem terlihat standar saja.. Sementara design bodynya menurut ane kalah indah jauuhhh…

So..siap-siap deh buat Ninja 250 untuk segera operasi plastik dan operasi implant fitur tambahan, karena Honda CBR 250 tidak akan menyerang dari sisi performance aka engine namun dengan memberikan fitur yang lebih memiliki value.

Tengok saja fitur tambahan yang dimiliki, Ninja 250 tidak memiliki satu pun dari fitur yang dimiliki CBR 250 itu..seperti digital speedometer, sistem pengereman C-ABS dan last but not least yang paling subjektif adalah desain body yang futuristik dan menawan.

Dalam hal body-design, jurus Honda kali ini akan sangat mumpuni. Jika mengaplikasikan ajian “facelift” pada varian motor bebeknya biasanya kerap memperoleh celaan, maka desain body CBR 250 kali ini amatlah cantik dan selaras dengan “big brother-nya” yaitu Honda VFR1200.

Lihat bagian fairingnya yang memberikan kesan dua lapis hingga bentuk seat cowl yang njelimet namun menimbulkan aksen indah lalu tak lupa muffler knalpot midshipnya yang unik, mengikuti bentuk muffler CBR1000R. Sebuah state-of the art warisan sebuah moge yang diturunkan dengan tepat kepada motor berkelas 250cc. Honda seakan telah belajar bahwa mewariskan desain moge kepada motor bebek seperti yang dilakukan pada CS-1 adalah sebuah blunder..!

Tak salah kiranya jika dengan desain dan fitur CBR 250 ane prediksi akan menyabet penghargaan fantastis dari berbagai pihak, serta akan mampu menggeser tahta Kawasaki Ninja 250R. Jadi dalam hal ini, Kawasaki yang notabene first mover dalam kancah 250cc belum tentu mampu mempertahankan posisinya. Honda yang masuk belakangan ternyata telah siap membuat gempa dan mengamuk dengan desain dan fitur yang lebih bernilai.

Satu hal yang dapat membuat Honda CBR 250 ini gagal yaitu harga. Tengok saja PCX125 yang dibandrol Rp 32 juta. Dengan positioning Ninja 250R di Rp 46.5 juta maka dengan brand sebesar Honda, bukan tidak mungkin harganya akan lebih mahal dari Ninja 250R.

Kecuali Honda menggunakan strategi pricing yang berbeda di Indonesia dengan membuat varian non-C-ABS-nya seharga katakanlah Rp 40 juta dan varian ABS-nya dihargai 50 juta. Maka price positioning tersebut akan mampu “menggoyahkan iman” konsumen yang selama ini terpaku pada Ninja 250R.

Sekedar informasi, usai di launching di Thailand kemarin, CBR 250R akan dilaunching di India pada bulan April 2011. Ini informasi yang ane dapatkan dari blog bro Satadal Payeng. Di Indonesia..? Hmmm..kapan ya?

So, bagaimana menurut ente?

honda cbr 250 r

Honda CBR 250 R … Bener Bener “Mini” VFR 1200

Honda CBR 250 R … siap menyerbu pasar !

Berbagai bocor alus udah lama di beritakan oleh kang “Haji” Taufik tentang CBR 250 RR. Pas ngeliat CBR 150 R yang miniatur VFR 1200 pastinya versi 250cc juga gak bakalan beda jauh  Akhirnya tuntas sudah teka teki CBR 250 R. Tampilanya benar benar plek percis sama dengan VFR 1200 cuma lebih  kecil alias cocok banget buat postur orang asia, dan juga bila dijadikan kendaraan “komuter murni” 

Spesifikasi Lengkap CBR 250 R

MSI 785GM-P45

Company MSI prepares its fifth motherboard on base of chipset AMD 785G paired with the south bridge SB710. The card has the standard size micro-ATX and obtained the designation MSI 785GM-P45. This motherboard supports the processors AMD phenom II  AM3, contains four slots for DDR 3-1600 modules. A slot PCI- E x16 supplements the integrated graphic processor radeon HD 4200. The possibilities of expansion are two slots PCI- E x1 and one PCI.
This model has six ports SATA 3 Gbit/s, IDE, adapter gigabit ethernet, four ports USB 2.0 on the rear panel and eight-sound channel . For monitor connection, there is D -Sub and HDMI.
Among the special features, it is possible to isolate the energy-saving technology active phase switching (APS), which control the power source with the automatic changeover of phases for processor and other motherboard components .
The appearance of this model is expected already soon for 60 Euros. 

MAIN BOARD

-MSI 785GM-P45 HARGA :731,000

Detail Specifications:

CPU Socket AM3 

Supported CPU AMD Phenom™ II,Athlon™ II processors 

Northbridge Chipset AMD 785G 

Southbridge Chipset SB710 

Front Side Bus up to 2.6GHz 

DIMM Sockets 4 DDR3 Dual Channel 

Supported Memory DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600*(OC) 

Max. Memory 16GB 

Expansion Slots

1x PCI-e 16x 2.0  

2x PCIe 1x  

1x PCI  

Parallel ATA Controller 1 

Serial ATA Controller 6 

Supported RAID SATA II 1~6 support RAID 0, 1, 0+1 or JBOD mode by AMD® SB710 

Onboard VGA Radeon HD4200 

Audio Chipset integrated by VIA® VT1708S Audio chipset

Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing  

Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec  

LAN Atheros AR8131M PCI-E GbLAN controller

Integrated Fast Ethernet MAC and PHY in single chip  

Supports 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s and 1000Mb/s  

Compliance with PCI-Express Bus specification v1.0a  

Wireless LAN  

USB 4x USB 2.0 

Display Output D-Sub, HDMI 

Internal I/O

ATX 24-pin power connector  

ATX 4-pin 12V CPU power connector  

CPU x 1 / System x 1 FAN connectors  

CD-in connector  

Front panel audio connector  

Front panel connector  

Chassis intrusion switch connector  

3 x USB 2.0 connectors  

1 x Floppy disk drive connector  

6 x Serial ATA II connectors  

1 x ATA133 connector  

1 x SPDIF-out connector  

1 x Serial port connector  

1 x Parallel port connector  

Clear CMOS jumper  

OC Switch  

1 x TPM module header  

External I/O

1 x PS/2 mouse port  

1 x PS/2 keyboard port  

1 x Serial port  

1 x Graphic Card port  

1 x HDMI port  

4 x USB 2.0 ports  

1 x RJ45 LAN jack  

1 x 6 in 1 audio jack  

Form Factor : mATX 

Warranty : 1-year Limited Warranty by Authorized Distributor

ATI Radeon HD 5670 Review

Introduction

Today you'd expect ATi to be feeling rather smug...and you probably wouldn't be wrong either. Just short of six months ago, ATi dropped a terrific bombshell with their Radeon HD 5850 and 5870 graphics cards, introducing Direct X 11 and much more in the process. Time goes on and nVidia had yet to respond...so mercilessly, team red fired another missile with the launch of their £500 ultra high end HD 5970 solution. It's not even as though ATi's R&D departments have spent the following days twiddling their thumbs either as they have also filled the Radeon HD 5 series line up with affordable variants priced in at £120, £80 and £40; the HD 5700, 5600 and 5400 series. At Overclock3D, we can safely agree that the Radeon HD 5800 series has been tested to death. Now adamant that it's time to set our sights on something new, we wish to take the XFX Radeon HD 5670 1GB GDDR5 graphics card for a spin.

First founded in 2002, XFX is a major large scale manufacturer of graphics cards. The XFX badge was once confined to products of nVidia graphics cards, only to become an Add In Board partner for ATi from Late 2008/Early 2009. The firm is well known for it's innovative products, often sporting hefty heatsinks and substantial factory overclocks. With this in mind, we have great expectations for today's review sample.

	Radeon HD 5770 1GB	Radeon HD 5750 1GB	XFX Radeon HD 5670 1GB
Stream Processors	800	640	400
GPU Frequency	850MHz	700MHz	775MHz
Memory Frequency	4800MHz (effective)	4600MHz (effective)	4000MHz (effective)
Memory Interface	128bit	128bit	128bit
Direct X	11	11	11
Idle Power Consumption	18W	16W	14W
Load Power Consumption	108W	86W	61W
Maximum Monitor	3	3	3
Current Price	~£125	~£105	~£85

Unlike certain factory overclocked XFX graphics cards, the Radeon HD 5670 operates at it's reference clockspeeds of 775MHz and 4000MHz. Now that we've covered all of the necessary background information, I believe it's time to fully commence this review.

AMD ATI Radeon HD 5670 Review

Manufacturer: AMD

512MB Model:

UK Price (as reviewed): £73.32 (inc. VAT)
US Price (as reviewed): TBC

1GB Model:

UK Price (as reviewed): £91.63 (inc. VAT)
US Price (as reviewed): TBC

AMD has been sitting pretty for the last four months atop its exclusive support of DirectX 11 and with titles supporting the new standard, such as Dirt 2 and next month’s Aliens vs. Predator, customers are being increasingly coaxed to hand over their cash for a tasty slice of red-flavoured silicon.

With Nvidia’s first Fermi products still at least a month away from our test benches, ATI has the luxury of total domination of the DirectX 11 market and has an increasingly growing family of cards based around its initial Cypress GPU architecture.

However, while most hardware enthusiasts will feel well catered for when it comes to DX11 thanks to cards such as the Radeons HD 5870, HD 5850 and HD 5770 (when they’re in stock) or even the HD 5750, the reality is that the biggest market when it comes to graphics cards is customers spending less than £80 ($100). This is where ATI’s latest addition, the Radeon HD 5670, comes in; a low cost DX11 card that, perhaps most importantly considering its mass market audience, does not require an external power connector.

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Of course, dropping an external power connector and targeting a lower price point mean that there have had to be some significant cuts when it comes to the core hardware involved. The 40nm GPU, codenamed Redwood (to the 57xx series’ Juniper and the 58xx series’ Cypress) sports a lowly 400 stream processors running at 775MHz (in comparison to the HD 5770’s 800 and the HD 5870’s1,600 stream processors, running at 725MHz and 850MHz respectively), with those 400 comprising just twenty texture units.

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The number of ROPs has also been halved from the HD 5750, from 16 down to eight, resulting in a card that is a notable step down in GPU performance, at least on paper, even from the fairly low-performance HD 5750. However, AMD has at least chosen to furnish the HD 5670 with a 128-bit memory bus – the same as the HD 57xx series - and furnished the card with GDDR5 memory in either 512MB or 1GB configurations (most cards at launch will use 1GB), with the memory running at 1GHz (4GHz effective).

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All these hardware cuts have come with the benefit of much lower power demands though, allowing the HD 5670 to tip the scales at a miserly 61W typical maximum board power, and an excellent idle power draw of just 14W. This low power consumption has allowed ATI to do away with any kind of additional power connector, crucial for the low-end upgrade market where manufactures want to simplify the installation procedure as much as possible.

HIS Radeon HD 4850 IceQ 4 TurboX 512MB

HIS Radeon HD 4850 IceQ 4 TurboX 512MB

Manufacturer: HIS
UK Price (as reviewed): £135.00 (inc. VAT)
US Price (as reviewed): $189.99 (ex. Tax)

Core Clock: 685MHz
Memory Clock: 2,200MHz (effective)
Memory: 512MB GDDR3
Warranty: Three years (parts and labour)

The Radeon HD 4850 is arguably the best bang for buck graphics card on the market at the moment and it has been a favourite in the bit-tech offices ever since its release. The cheaper models are currently sitting just over the £100 mark, with some sub-£100 deals if you're prepared to look around.

However, one thing that has concerned us—and many like-minded hardware enthusiasts—is the stock cooler's performance. Although the cooler is quiet, the GPU and memory end up running rather hot because there isn't a massive amount of airflow – we had recorded temperatures over 80°C when the stock-cooled card is idling on the Windows desktop.

With that said, 80°C isn't hot enough to cause system instabilities, but it is a little warm for our liking. This can, of course, be fixed with a simple tweak to the default fan speed using either Catalyst Control Center profiles or a utility like RivaTuner (our favoured method), but that results in more noise. That presents problem number two – most enthusiasts care about noise these days, so any increase in noise is generally a last resort.

Many would prefer to look for a third-party cooler that will enable them to overclock while keeping noise down to a minimum. This is where board partners have carved themselves a niche in a crowded market – many now have own-design Radeon HD 4850s and 4870s with custom cooling solutions and factory overclocks.

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One AMD board partner that has been doing this for a long time is HIS, famed for its IceQ series of graphics cards fitted with custom coolers. Today, we've got the company's latest addition to its IceQ range, the Radeon HD 4850 IceQ 4 TurboX 512MB. It sports a fairly decent overclock on both the core and memory—the former increased from 625MHz to 685MHz (a 9.6 percent increase) and the latter pushed up by 10.8 percent from 1,986MHz to 2,200MHz.

Aside from the healthy ten percent overclock, the biggest selling point for the card is of course the IceQ 4 cooling solution, which covers almost the whole card. It's a familiar design that works well and is inaudible above other system noise at both idle and load – it pulls air in through the radial fan and then spits it out the back after flowing over an array of aluminium fins and copper heatpipes.

In terms of temperatures, the HIS Radeon HD 4850 IceQ 4 TurboX idles at around 49°C and the highest temperature we witnessed during our testing was about 63°C. At this temperature, the fan spun up from the default 40 percent to between 60 and 75 percent, but still remained quiet enough for it to not be noticed above other system noise because of its low pitch. The differences between this version and the older model featured on the HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 TurboX is that there's an additional heatpipe and an increased surface area for the fins the two heatpipes transfer heat to.

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HIS has dyed the board blue to fit in with the rest of the card's aesthetics. It fits in really well with the UV-reactive heatsink shroud, boltgun metal PCI bracket and twin gold-plated DVI connectors. The two black and gold DVI connectors are joined by a standard HDTV out connector—also in black—that sits in between the two digital connections.

The bundle is unsurprisingly lacklustre, but everything you'll need to get the card running is included. There's a DVI-to-HDMI dongle, a DVI-to-VGA converter, a six-pin PCI-Express supplementary power adapter, a TV-out to composite adapter and a CrossFire connector. In addition, HIS includes a driver/utility CD, a paper manual and an integrated screwdriver/spirit level. Aside from the screwdriver—which is a bit of a novel inclusion—it's clear that HIS prefers to spend more on spicing up the card itself than it does on the bundle. That's the way we like to see it.

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Warranty:

HIS offers a three year limited warranty on all of its products that covers parts and labour. During the first year, this warranty is held with the retailer where you purchased the card and the remaining two years are handled by the manufacturer.

One thing that is definitely noteworthy is the fact that the warranty doesn’t start when you purchase the card, instead it starts from the day when the card was manufactured – that’s not ideal if the card is going to sit in a warehouse for six months. Despite that though, a good thing with HIS’s warranty terms is that you’re able to transfer this warranty should you choose to sell the card at a later date – this should sweeten the deal a little bit even if you’re put off by when the warranty term starts.

How we tested

As always, we did our best to deliver a clean set of benchmarks, with each test repeated three times and an average of those results is what we’re reporting here. In the rare case where performance was inconsistent, we continued repeating the test until we got three results that were consistent.

The tests performed are a mixture of custom in-game timedemos and manually played sections with FRAPS to record the average and minimum frame rates. We strive to not only record real-world performance you will actually see, but also present the results in a manner that is easy to digest.

ATI Test System

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (operating at 3.00GHz – 9x333MHz); Asus Maximus Formula motherboard (Intel X38 Express with two PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots); 2x 2GB Corsair XMS2-6400C5 (operating in dual channel at DDR2-800 5-5-5-12-1T); Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 200GB SATA hard drive; Enermax Galaxy DXX 1000W PSU; Windows Vista Ultimate x86-64 (with Service Pack 1); Intel inf 8.3.0 WHQL.

Graphics cards

• HIS Radeon HD 4850 IceQ4 TurboX 512MB - operating at 685/2,200MHz using Catalyst 8.8 WHQL
  
• AMD ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB - operating at 750/3,600MHz using Catalyst 8.8 WHQL
  
• AMD ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB - operating at 750/3,600MHz using Catalyst 8.8 WHQL
  
• Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4850 PCS+ 512MB - operating at 665/1,986MHz using Catalyst 8.8 WHQL
  
• AMD ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB - operating at 625/2,000MHz using Catalyst 8.8 WHQL
  
• AMD ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 1GB - operating at 825/1,800MHz using Catalyst 8.8 WHQL

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Nvidia Test System

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (operating at 3.00GHz – 9x333MHz); XFX nForce 780i SLI motherboard (with two PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots); 2x 2GB Corsair XMS2-6400C5 (operating in dual channel at DDR2-800 5-5-5-12-1T); Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 200GB SATA hard drive; Enermax Galaxy DXX 1000W PSU; Windows Vista Ultimate x86-64 (with Service Pack 1); Nvidia 15.17 nForce drivers.

Graphics cards

• Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB - operating at 602/1,296/2,214MHz using Forceware 177.92 beta
  
• BFG Tech GeForce GTX 260 OCX Maxcore 896MB - operating at 655/1,404/2,250MHz using Forceware 177.92 beta
  
• Zotac GeForce GTX 260 AMP! 896MB - operating at 650/1,400/2,100MHz using Forceware 177.92 beta
  
• Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 896MB - operating at 576/1,242/1,998MHz using Forceware 177.92 beta
  
• Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB - operating at 738/1,836/2,200MHz using Forceware 177.92 beta
  
• Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 512MB - operating at 600/1,500/2,000MHz using Forceware 177.92 beta

Games Tested

• Crysis, version 1.21 (64-bit) with DirectX 10 and DirectX 9.0
  
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, version 1.6 with DirectX 9.0
  
• World in Conflict, version 1.007 with DirectX 10
  
• Devil May Cry 4, version 1.0 with DirectX 10
  
• Half-Life 2: Episode Two, with DirectX 9.0
  
• Race Driver: GRID, version 1.2 with DirectX 9

 What can we say about this game that hasn’t been said already? Crysis was probably the most anticipated game on the PC last year and was released on November 16th 2007.

Crysis is seen by many as the poster boy for DirectX 10 and it will make your system cry, quite literally – it’s a monster! It doesn’t come as much of a surprise then, that the graphics are something special – they’re above and beyond anything we’ve ever seen in a PC game.

We tested the game using the 64-bit executable under both DirectX 9.0 and DirectX 10 with the 1.21 patch applied. We used a custom timedemo recorded from the Laws of Nature level which is more representative of gameplay than the built-in benchmark that renders things much faster than you're going to experience in game. We found that around 30-33 fps in our custom timedemo was sufficient enough to obtain a playable frame rate through the game. It's a little different to other games in that the low frame rates still appear to be quite smooth.

For our testing, we set all quality details to High and forced 8x Anisotropic Filtering in the driver menu as there is currently no support for it in game. We tested at 1280x1024, using 0x, 2x and 4x Anti Aliasing, 1680x1050 using 0x and 4x Anti Aliasing and 1920x1200 using 0x and 2xAA. By extensively testing using Anti Aliasing in very high resolutions, we'll be pushing even the bleeding edge hardware on test to the limit.

Veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered) -- That all classic Latin phrase applied to ATI last week when they released the Radeon HD 5870 graphics card; the first ever DX11 class graphics card with a lot of features and raw brute horsepower to ensure you can play your games not only in the best quality, but also with a lot of performance headroom.
There is however one slight disadvantage with the Radeon HD 5870, its price tag. Surely everybody agrees that 399 USD might be a fair price for this all new 40nm GPU based graphics card, however... it's also a sum of money that most of us can't afford to spend, especially in these harsh economic times.
Well, ATI of course will address that issue with a truckload of graphics cards that will be cheaper. But in-between now and Christmas 2009 in the high-end segment two products will make an appearance. The dual-GPU based Radeon HD 5870 X2, which will be even more expensive, but there was another product launched last week that did not get enough attention as... well the cards had not been distributed just yet. That's right, it is of course the Radeon HD 5850.
As such today we'll look into the Radeon HD 5850, we'll check both the single GPU performance but also will check it out in CrossfireX multi-GPU mode. This card promises to go neck-to-neck with the 349 USD GeForce GTX 285 in terms of performance. The Radeon HD 5850 however comes with full DirectX 11 compatibility, Eyefinity and some sheer brutal rendering performance in both gaming and compute features. It's everything the Radeon HD 5870 really is, just a slight step slower but more affordable.
Meet that mean little sister of the Radeon HD 5870... The 259 USD Radeon HD 5850 1024MB.

Radeon HD 5450 review

For a technology journalist like yours truly it is sometimes remarkable to see how quickly things can change on the hardware arena. There's always a weird dynamic happening somewhere. The past year or so I have been following the skirmish in-between ATI and NVIDIA very closely. See on the NVIDIA side we still have to wait and see their first DX11 class product, while at the other side ATI is paving away and completely filling and dominating every little gap in the market with a DX11 graphics card.
Let's go though some of the cards that ATI has launched over the past few months ever since roughly the Windows 7 (DX11) release, because it's nearly silly how many product ATI already has put out there. The current lineup consists out the of the following cards:

• Radeon HD 5650
• Radeon HD 5670
• Radeon HD 5750
• Radeon HD 5770
• Radeon HD 5850
• Radeon HD 5870
• Radeon HD 5970

And ATI isn't done yet, you can expect a Radeon HD 5830 which I guarantee you will be a very popular card in performance and price. Then we expect a Radeon HD 5500 series really soon. And today ATI is launching the most budget of low-budget series graphics cards, the Radeon series 5400.  In specific today we'll look at the Radeon HD 5450. A DX11 class product, with multi-monitor Eyefinity support (up-to three monitors) and a very low price -- set at just 49 USD.
And sure this has nothing to do with gaming, this is all about building yourself a value desktop with a graphics card that accelerates APIs here and and there, and for the money versus quality, it will actually make a bitching nice HTPC card that is in fact passively cooled as well.
Check it out and then head on over to the next page please.

AMD Radeon HD 6850 & HD 6870 Launch Review

The AMD Radeon HD 6800 series graphics cards sport a newly designed heatsink cover that eliminates much of the rounded look of the HD 5000 series. This gives the 6850 and 6870 a very modern and sleek appearance. Adding to the new heatsink cover design is a circular visual effect that surrounds the fan opening and extends to the back of the card. Just above the rear-most part of the heatsink AMD includes the model number of the product in large lettering. Overall, the look is very pleasing, distinct and even though the ATI name is gone, the ATI "look" is still intact thanks to the use of a red and black color scheme. The HD 6850 and 6870 are similar in appearance, but the HD former is considerably smaller and has lower profile fan.

The HD 6870 uses the same visual look as the HD 6850, and from the top view the only noticeable differences are the size of the PCB, model number logo and height of the blower style fan.

The first non-reference card we are going to be looking at is the Diamond HD 6870 XOC graphics card. This card uses the same heatsink cover as the reference AMD card, but in place of the red and black styling is a logo sticker that includes the Diamond brand, model number and an image of the iconic "Ruby". The included product sticker gives the card a very nice look and this will be one of just many designs we will surely see on the market. What really distinguishes the Diamond XOC product from the other 6870's that we are going to be looking at in the review is that it comes with a factory applied overclock. The reference HD 6870 comes with core/memory clock speeds of 900/1050MHz, whereas the Diamond XOC comes with out-of-the-box settings of 940/1100MHz.

Both the HD 6870 and HD 6850 are smaller than any AMD model using the Cypress core. The HD 6870 is the larger of the two cards, but still is only 9.65" long. The HD 6850 has a smaller footprint and measures roughly 8.9".

The HD 6870 and HD 6850 do not include the back plate that is found on the high-end HD 5800 series, but this is understandable due to their status as mainstream cards. Other than the lack of the back plate, there is little on the back to distinguish the 6000 series from the 5000 series.

Both the HD 6870 and HD 6850 include a single CrossFire connector, so these cards are not capable of 3 or 4-way CrossFire. This could be a potential downside to the Barts, but 3 and 4-way CrossFire is usually only utilized in the high-end market

Other than the size of the PCB's, there is one major aesthetic difference between the two models: the HD 6870 has red and black accents found on the side of the card that surround the entirety of the heatsink cover, while the HD 6850 only has one red layer.

The HD 6870 has two 6-pin power connectors which will allow the card to be supplied with up to 225W of power. The HD 6870 actually has a much lower TDP of only 151W though. It seems a bit odd to add an additional power connector that will only be supplying 1W, but this does give a good buffer for overclocking. The HD 6850 on the other hand uses only a singe 6-pin power connector and has a max TDP of 127W.

The rear I/O options on the HD 6800 series see a major overhaul and now include a HDMI 1.4a port, dual Mini DisplayPorts, one SingleLink-DVI port, and a DL-DVI port. The most exciting change is that the dual Mini-DP ports are now using the newer 1.2 version spec. This gives the DP ports higher bandwidth and refresh rate, which allows each port to support Stereoscopic 3D, A/V and even multiple displays through a single port. The HDMI port is also updated to support the latest technologies and the 1.4a connection now adds support for stereo 3D with AMD's HD3D Technology.

Each included Mini-DP 1.2 port can support up to three monitors, so with two included ports the 6800 cards can technically let you run up to six monitors via the DP ports alone. This will make setting up Eyefinity much easier and eliminates the need for Eyefinity 6 edition graphics cards.

Contoh Aplikasi Manajemen Proyek & Resiko

Konsep manajemen proyek meliputi :Proyek merupakan suatu kegiatan yang sifatnya sementara dengan tujuan tertentu dan memanfaatkan sumber – sumber daya

1. manajemen proyek adalah proses pencapaian tujuan proyek dalam suatu wadah tertentu
2. manajemen proyek meliputi langkah – langkah perencanaan, pelaksanaan, pengawasan, dan penyesuaian proyek.
3. kendala / hambatan proyek adalah spesifikasi kerja, jadwal waktu dan dana
4. bentuk organisasi atau wadah yang dimaksud dalam manajemen proyek adalah organisasi fungsional, koordinator gugus tegas dan matrik

Menurut para ahli pengertian menajemen proyek sebagai berikut:

• H.Kurzner

Manajemen proyek adalah merencanakan,menyusun organisasi, memimpin, dan mengendalikan sumber daya perusahaan untuk mencapai sasaran jangka pendek yang telah ditentukan.

Manajemen proyek merupakan suatu usaha merencanakan, mengorganisasi, mengarahkan, mengkordinasi, dan mengawasi kegiatan dalam proyek sedemikian rupa sehingga sesuai menjadwalkan yang telah ditetapkan.

Aplikasi dari manajemen proyek ini misalnya sebuah perusahaan pertambangan batu bara, dimana dalam perusahaan tersebut terdiri dari :

A. Pemimpin perusahaan

B. Manajer umum

C. Manajer teknik

D. Manajer keuangan

E. Menajer produksi

F. Pengendalian mutu

G. Biaya dan jadwal

Setiap pimpinan diatas mempunyai tanggungjawab satu sama lain yang bergerak secara bersama-sama supaya perusahaan menghasilkan keuntungan sesuai yang di kehendaki..

Dari setiap pemimpin diatas mulai dari tertinggi mempunyai hak dan kewajiban.

a. Pemimpin perusahaan

Pemimpin perusahaan mempunyai wewenang penuh dalam pengelolaan proyek pertambangan batu bara, sebagai komando tunggal yang memiliki wewenang dan tanggungjawab yang jelas dan sasaran spesifik, menanggapi dari setiap perubahan dan mengambil keputusan yang tepat.

b. Manajer

Manajer dari setiap bagian mempunyai tugas dan tanggungjawab yang besar terhadap pemimpin yaitu sebagai berikut:

1. Mempunyai orientasi yang kuat dalam pencapaian pertambangan batu bara, harus berinisiatip tinggi,luwes, bertanggungjawab, kritis.

2. Semangat dalam menghadapi tantangan.

3. menguasai aspek hubungan antara manusia karena adanya hubunganvertikal dan horizontal.

4. Generalisasi dan spesifikasi

5. Kekuasaan berasal keahlian mengajak anggota dan pekerja tanggap terhadap keinginan manajer.

Adapun tugas dari setiap manajer atau kepala bagian dari perusahaan pertambangan perusahaan ini adalah:

A. Manajer umum

Mempunyai tugas untuk mengelola kegiatan dan harus mampu mengintegrasikan menjadio suatu kegiatan yang terpadu.

B. Manajer teknik

Bertugas untuk menyiapkan desain engering, membuat daftar harga barang untuk pembelian alat dan alat material lainnya, dan pemakaian subkontraktor bila diperlukan.

C. Manajer keuangan

Bertanggungjawab dalam mengelola keungan perusahaan baik yang masuk dan keluar, membagi upah dari setiap karyawan.

D. Manajer produksi

Bertanggungjawab besar terhadap hasil perusahaan pertambangan batu bara, supaya hasil maksimal.

E. Pengendalian mutu

Bertugas mengendalikan mutu agar sesuai dengan standar mutu.

F. Biaya dan jadwal

Bertugas terhadap biaya terhadap semua operasional dan penjadwalan pertambangan.

Manajemen risiko merupakan aplikasi dari manajemen umum yang secara khusus membahas strategi untuk mengatasi aktivitas-aktivitas yang menimbulkan risiko yang terjadi.

Contoh Proyek yang ada dilingkungan kita:

1. Proyek konstruksi yaitu Hasilnya berupa pembangunan jembatan, gedung, jalan raya,

dsb.

2. Proyek Industri Manufaktur Kegiatannya mulai dari merancang hingga terciptanya

suatu produk baru.

3. Proyek penelitian dan pembangunan: Melakukan penelitian dan pengembangan hingga

tercuptanya sebuah produk tertentu dengan tujuan untuk memperbaiki atau

meningkatkan suatu produk, pelayanan atau suatu metode tertentu.

4. Proyek padat modal: Suatu proyek yang memerlukan modal yang besar. Misalnya

pembebasan tanah, pembelian dan pengadaan suatu barang, pembangunan suatu

fasilitas produksi dsb.

5. Proyek Infrastruktur: Penyediaan kebutuhan masyarakat luas dalam hal prasarana

transportasi, Waduk, pembangkit listrik, instalasi telekomunikasi dan penyediaan

sumber air minum.

Jadi dapat kita simpulkan dari masing-masing pengertian manajemen dan proyek. Apabila digabungkan, Manajemen Proyek adalah kegiatan merencanakan, mengorganisasikan, mengarahkan dan mengendalikan sumber daya organisasi perusahaan untuk mencapai tujuan tertentu dalam waktu tertentu dengan sumber daya tertentu pula. Manajemen proyek sangat cocok untuk suatu lingkungan bisnis yang menuntut kemampuan akuntansi, fleksibilitas, inovasi, kecepatan, dan perbaikan yang berkelanjutan.

Kegiatan proyek biasanya dilakukan untuk berbagai bidang antara lain sebagai berikut:

• Pembangunan fasilitas baru. Artinya merupakan kegiatan yang benar-benar baru dan belum pernah ada sebelumnya, sehingga ada penambahan usaha baru.

• Perbaikan fasilitas yang sudah ada. Merupakan kelanjutan dan usaha yang sudah ada sebelumnya. Artinya sudah ada kegiatan sebelumnya, namun perlu dilakukan tambahan atau perbaikan yang diinginkan.

• Penelitian dan pengembangan. Merupakan kegiatan penelitian yang dilakukan untuk suatu fenomena yang muncul di masyarakat, lalu dikembangkan sedemikian rupa sesuai dengan tujuan yang diharapkan.