Does the Intel Core 2 need fast DDR2 memory to perform at its best? In this article Madshrimps compares different memory speed and timings to provide you with the answer. Read on to find if cheap memory is enough to feed the Conroe

XtremeSystems have found the first screenie of AMD's 65nm AM2 CPU.

We have exclusive information on ATI's upcoming RD600 CrossFire Xpress 3200 IE chipset for Conroe ? Overclocking anyone?

Our overclocking Buddy from Taiwan, Coolaler has been up to some Liquid Nitrogen mischief again! This time, he acheives some very impressive scores in 3D Mark 2001 with his Intel Core 2 Duo X6800 running 3D at 5200MHz!

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CoolerMaster has been sponsoring reviews and giveaways here at OCIA.net for several years now and we are pleased to be working with them again on what is easily the biggest giveaway news in site history. Each month this year, Coolermaster will be sponsoring a different giveaway here in the OCIA.net forums just for you guys! CoolerMaster is committed to giving back to the community as shown here by their efforts and generosity.

We got word that there will be three models of X1950, the first is the X1950XTX CrossFire edition, the 2nd is X1950XTX and there is a X1950Pro.

OCWorkbench

Futuremark, the leader in making 3D Benchmarks, has just opened up the floodgates to allow users to publish their Intel Core 2 Duo results. We have ran SLI @ x16 x16 with Intel Core 2 Duo and published some orthodorx SLI results using Futuremark Approved Drivers. Interesting results from a chipset you have not seen much of yet.

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With the outrageous performance of Conroe, we thought we'd round up some of the best heatsinks on the market for the LGA 775 socket. If you're looking to get a Core 2 Duo, check out our opinions on the best cooling options.

Bit-Tech

At last we are ending today with the definitive Multi-GPU World Tour as part 9 has been posted today on Guru3D.com The Definitive Multi-GPU World Tour is a collaboration between nine respected sites around the world to cover the entire ecosystem of products that make up the multi-GPU marketplace. In this comprehensive series of articles we cover the basics of implementing a multi-GPU setup and the technology behind it, what products we feel represent the best performance and feature-set for each price point, and how each setup performs using 60+ applications and benchmarks.

Over two years ago, I wrote an article called "The End of the Era of Speed." That article talked about CPUs, though we did note later on that it was a matter of time before the GPUs caught up.

In our extended tests with some of the 965p boards, we noticed that CrossFire can't be enabled properly. It pops up an error message when enablling CrossFire option. An error msg "CrossFire cannot be enabled because some 3D applications are running or the interconnect cable is not connected to the motherboard has not communication channels between PCI-E express slots." will pop out. Crossfire can't be enabled.

OCWorkbench

AMD's new Socket AM2 platform is here and today we take a look into AM2 vs. 939 and the performance of DDR and DDR-2.

TweakTown

Well well I'm very impressed! You don't need super cooling and super voltage modding skills to do some super high Front Side Bus Speed on the Core 2 Duo! Just takes the right chip and the right board to do it. Our Forum Member clon22 proves that to us. He just bought an Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 and hits 501MHz FSB easily on his Gigabyte 965P-DQ6!

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The newest generation of monitors with richer colors has been delayed. However, the most awaited technologies are introduced on other types of displays, TVs, and notebooks. Behardware.com has tested them to give you a preview of the next generation of monitors.

Today the famed Multi-GPU World Tour comes to St. Louis, Missouri for some uncommon benchmarking at the offices of Legit Reviews. We benchmark eight common games that do not have built-in benchmarking utilities and see how CrossFire and SLI do in games that don't get much attention with the media. The results are interesting and a must read for any gamer considering SLI or CrossFire!

AMD will be showing us their first true quad core processor based on the new architecture(K8L - Deerhound) end of this year and the actual images and testings of Intel's quad core Kentsfield have already emerged across many websites and the results were nevertheless not amazing but absolutely stunning! How far K8L will do? Who will prevail in this quad core battle? You be the judge! As for the moment we have gathered information from rumors up to the facts brought up together for comparisons.

A couple of weeks ago the Develop Conference and Expo took place. Develop is a UK-based multi-day conference designed to get the entire games industry -- from ISV to IHV and everyone in between -- together in the same place to talk tech and development.

According to Vincent Lee, Intel?s Regional Sales Manager of South China, he admitted that nVidia has authorized Intel mobile chipset for SLi support. The first support is given to i945GM/PM Express under Centrino or Napa Refresh platform. Centrino SLi Notebook is no longer impossible! Although i945GM/PM haven?t got dual PCI-E x8/x16 interface, it?s possible to make SLi form PCI-E x16 + x4 interface by the build-in PCI-E lanes of its south bridge. The i945GM/PM SLi function indeed is available in the official release of Forceware 91.31, although the product is no ready yet.

HKEPC Hardware

Last week we visited the TEAM Group memory factory here in Taipei, Taiwan. We cover RAM production from start to finish.

TweakTown

The MPAA has is in the process of being challenged over it?s aggressive legal threats. Shawn Hogan was contacted by a lawyer for the MPAA last year, claiming that Shawn had illegally downloaded the film ?Meet the Fockers? via BitTorrent. The MPAA then demanded $2500 in damages.

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