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All 8800GTX Cards Being Recalled

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We have received news that all the 8800GTX cards out in the channel are being recalled due to manufacturing defect. We heard it is probably due to a resistor controlling 2D/3D switching and that leads to 3D corruption.
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NVIDIA ''G80'' GeForce 8800GTX Performance Explored

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NVIDIA is set to launch its upcoming G80 GeForce 8800GTX and 8800GTS graphics cards next week, however, DailyTech has managed to obtain a GeForce 8800GTX board to run a couple quick benchmarks on.
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Intel 975 Chipset Mobo Roundup

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Back in January Intel introduced the world to the D975XBX motherboard which was the first retail board based on the 975X chipset. Since then motherboard manufacturers have been releasing their own boards based on the same chipset. Two of the most recent efforts come from DFI and Abit.
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ATI And NVIDIA Graphics Cards In Video Decoding Tasks

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Our theoretical article about ATI AVIVO technologies had been published long ago. But we had no time to test hardware accelerated video playback. It had to do with the fact that both ATI and NVIDIA were developing support for video decoding in drivers so actively, that nearly each release introduced lots of new features.
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Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Quad-Core Performance Preview

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Boot Daily not only has one of the first reviews up of Intel's new Quad-Core CPU but also includes new benchmarks from Valve Software's Source Benchmark tool for Multi-Core and the Supreme Commander MP Beta which supports four cores.
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Nvidia GeForce 8800 Specs a Week Before Launch

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Sources in Taiwan again confirmed that Nvidia's upcoming GPU (graphics processing unit) GeForce 8800 (formerly codenamed G80) is designed to fully support Microsoft's DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0 technology.
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ASUS G2P First Impressions

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With their G2P notebook, ASUS has their sights set on the gaming notebook market. The system supports the latest Core 2 Duo CPUs, an 8ms LCD display, and ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 graphics. Read our first impressions of this system in today's article!

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ATI Radeon X1650 XT Performance Preview

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With a 575MHz clock speed, 24 pixel shaders, 8 vertex shaders, and a $149 price tag, the Radeon X1650 XT has all the right specs on paper to do extremely well in the mainstream graphics market. But does this new GPU deliver the goods in real performance? Find out, as we test the Radeon X1650 XT against seven other cards ranging from the GeForce 6800 GT to the recently announced Radeon X1950 Pro and GeForce 7950 GS!

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The Gaming Case Showdown

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Four mid-size cases arrive in time for the holiday season. Which one should you buy?
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GeForce 8800 GTX benchmark?

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Victor Wang has thrown up the first Benchies for Nvidia's upcoming GeForce 8800 GTX for both 3DMark05 and 3DMark06.
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Radeon X1950 Pro CrossFire Performance Preview

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In today's article we're evaluating ATI's X1950 Pro CrossFire, and find that while we like its built-in CrossFire support, all isn't perfect with the solution just yet. See how the X1950 Pro cards running in CrossFire mode compare against the GeForce 7900 GTX, Radeon X1900 XT, and GeForce 7900 GTO in this article!

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Intel Caneland, Tigerton Demoed and Pictured

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These products are still a ways off on its roadmap, but Intel already has working preliminary hardware for its next-gen Caneland server platform and Tigerton quad-core processor. TechReport editor Geoff Gasior is visiting Intel's offices in Oregon, and he sent along these pictures from a live demo of four Tigerton processors running in a quad-socket, Caneland-based system.
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Single Core Battle : Intel Wolfdale-L vs AMD Spica

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We have discussed about the performance and mainstream Yorkfield and Wolfdale processors from Intel and compared to the AMD offerings; Altair and Antares for year 2007. Now we will tell you more about the value offerings from Intel and AMD for next year. As previously reported, Intel will release native 2MB L2 cache Conroe early next year to cut costs and better position against 65nm AMD Brisbane processors.

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Analyzing L2 Cache in Modern Dual-Core Processors

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It's known that Shared L2 Cache makes a significant microarchitectural difference between modern dual-core processors from Intel, based on the improved P6+ microarchitecture and the new Intel Core microarchitecture, and competing solutions (i.e. AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processors). And dual-core processors from AMD are notable for individual L2 Cache of a fixed size for each core.
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Asus EN8800GTX (GeForce 8800 GTX) Details & Specs

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An Asian web-site has published several details concerning Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX graphics card from Asustek Computer that do not reveal any performance or micro-architectural peculiarities of the chip code-named G80, but do reveal some information regarding the details of graphics cards powered by Nvidia?s forthcoming graphics processing unit (GPU).
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Sony Explains Battery Problems

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Sony has provided greater detail about a battery manufacturing problem that is expected to see the replacement of up to 9.6 million laptop computer battery packs.

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