Just spotted this @ The Inquirer.net, where they spill out there usual case sensitive rumours:

IT FINALLY MAKES SENSE why Nvidia does not like 3dmark 2003 and why the company has even made public statements against it. We managed to get scores from the latest Futuremark benchmark tool after running it on 2 Nvidia cards that are yet to be introduced. They were the performance mainstream card NV31, likely to be called Geforce FX 5600, and the NV34 mainstream card with the possible name of Geforce FX 5200.

Just got word from Robert @ TecCentral.de the he's posted a couple of new items. The first one is a review for the Verax P14Cu radiator box and the second item is a guide to volt modding your Epox 8RDA+. They managed to hit 190 Mhz.

Epox 8RDA+ VDD Modding

Verax P14Cu Review

PC PoP have posted a photo and some details of ATI's upcoming Radeon 9600 RV350! Here's a quick translation as the site in Chinese.

ATI will name the RV350 the Radeon 9600 and the card will appaer at CecBit on 4th March 2003 . Radeon 9600 will support DirectX9.0, RV35O core frequency will be between 350MHz to 375mHz, and will use 256 bit DDR as same as the Radeon9700 Pro! RV350 will have 4 pixel pipelines compared to the R300 8, but will it be 1 or 2 Texture Memory Units we are not sure. Finally RV350 fixed price is about 200 American dollars,

Mydrivers.com : sent in photo's of AMD Quadruple and Dual Opteron prototype servers and some details of these prototype servers! as the site in Chinese, I've added a babelfish translation to the link.

We seem to have missed the Press release for Creative's new line of 2.1 speakers the I-Trigue? 2.1 3300 speakers! Better late than never?

Creative® I-Trigue? 2.1 3300 speakers combine superb style and advanced technology for a better audio experience. The two 9-Watt RMS satellites, with their unique design and innovative titanium drivers, deliver exceptional sonic accuracy as well as a stunning appearance. The 25-Watt RMS wood subwoofer incorporates a long-throw driver and dual flared port tube for power and precision. The system, with its advanced micro-driver technology, can be used with laptop PCs, MP3 or CD players and other audio sources, satisfying every listener who demands better audio and a distinctive appearance. To ensure maximum comfort and convenience the wired remote, which controls power, volume and bass, includes a headphone socket.

Thermaltake have released some VGA Cooler concept art for Nvidia's NV30! giving sufficient cooling for performance video boards without the use of a fan! and don't you think that it looks a lot like Zalman's HP-80 Heatpipe cooler ?

Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS), Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung), ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (ASUS) and Rambus Inc. announced the cooperative development of the next-generation RDRAM-based chipset, the SiSR659, which is targeted at the performance computing and multimedia gaming markets. The R659 chipset represents the second offering from SiS?s family of RDRAM products. Incorporating high-speed interface and memory controller technology from Rambus, the R659 chipset drives four channels of 1200MHz RDRAM memory resulting in 9.6GByte/sec of memory bandwidth. This represents a 50% higher performance gain than competing dual-channel DDR chipsets. The chipset also includes architectural enhancements for higher performance through faster response time, as well as up to 16GByte of total memory capacity.

3DChipset.com have got their hands on the final retail photo's of BFG Tech Asylum GeForce FX 5800 Ultra and GeForce FX 5800 graphics cards. Head over if you're interested in viewing them.

have updated their frontpage asking the question Are You Ready For More ?. Actually this one is quite funny, don't you think?

ELSA GLADIAC FX 930 is powered by latest NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800/5800 Ultra GPU that is the top-end of AGP 8X graphic boards at present and takes graphics experiences to a whole new level. Powered by pure adrenaline and engineered for precision, GLADIAC FX 930 delivers unprecedented 3D graphics performance to the PC. In addition, the revolutionary new GLADIAC FX 930 introduces cinematic-quality special effects and studio-quality color to the PC. Equipped with 128/256 MB DDR-II ultra-speed memory, GLADIAC FX 930 provides IntellisampleTM Antialiasing Technology that ensures realistic color and smooth edges at all resolutions. It is also flexible in connections: Video in, Video out and DVI-I connector to perform nView dual view function.

Hardware Extreme has a roundup featuring some of the top PalmOS based PDAs on the market (and a few coming out in the 2nd and 3rd Quarter). Being a geek's gadget, everyone should check out this roundup if you are planning to get a new PDA. A snippet from the roundup: "Perhaps the idea of a PDA started off in Star Trek, where crew members use some handheld device as a communication tool, collecting data and transmits messages. Basically, like an organizer but it not only handles your daily appointments, setting alarms or reminders as such, it also acts as a good company during your long waits at the queue for your next train or sharing a head wreaking puzzles with a friend."

WD Caviar(R) Laufwerke mit 7.200 RPM ermöglichen unkomplizierte und einfache Erweiterung der Speicherkapazität um bis zu 200 GB ...

This one is interesting. ATI show their PCI Express interface card, actually a Radeon9700 Pro, at the IDF 2003 Spring. The card photo is over at this link: Gzeasy.com

Are we going to see the R350 as Radeon 9900 afterall? Take a look here: Fake or ...?

XabreGamers has got some info on the Xabre II at Platform Conference:

There are 2 models: the SiS 340 and 341 both support DX9 and AGP8x. Both models will have 500Mhz DDRII memory (!!) and will have the core clocked at 375Mhz. The only difference lies with the number of pipelines: 8 for the SiS340 and 4 for the SiS341.

Chip.de, a German website, have posted some details for ATI's upcoming graphics cards. After there visit to Intel Developer forum (IDF) in San Jose the first rumours seeped concerning ATI's Radeon 9800, 9600/Pro and the notebook variant M10 to the public. Here's a quick translation:

ATI plans a complete overhaul of its offer of wheel on chips for April 2003. Radeon 9700 pro, 9500 and 8500 and the mobile variant Radeon 9000 Mobility blocked in Notebooks are to be replaced with Radeon 9800, 9600/Pro, 9200 and Radeon 9700 Mobility.

Just got word from Crow @ Darkcrow.co.kr that after a late night op with the boy's they sneaked out of Chaintech's HQ with their FX Apogee Roadmap! Want to know what the following cards can do:

Geforce FX40, FX60, FX70, FX80, FX61 and FX81? Then click on the Nvidia logo.

Many see the Abit OTES VGA cooling solution as the mother of Nvidia's Flow FX. OTES was introduced on a GeForce 4 Ti 4200 for the first time back in 2002. Abit is going to introduce OTES v3 on their GeForce FX line of graphics cards. Furthermore there will only be limited quantities of Abit GeForce FX boards produced, according to their website. The taiwanese company says that their custom solution will be significantly more quiet than Flow FX. Picture available...

Hardware Analysis.com have posted some AMD Athlon-64 Benchmarks after a recent AMD Press event!

As promised we?ll give you an update on the performance and other features of the AMD systems that we reported on yesterday. Naturally AMD wasn?t very keen on disclosing clockspeed or detailed system configurations of the demo systems they had running, but we took advantage of a few fellow journalists entering the room and keeping the AMD PR people busy to run a few quick benchmarks on the Athlon-64 system. The Athlon-64 demo system we already reported on yesterday had a 2GHz clockspeed and used the SuSe 64-bit Linux operating system and was running the 64-bit version of Unreal Tournament 2003 as a demo.

Spotted this @ Flexbeta: Korean DRAM maker Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., said today (February 19, 2003) that a number of DDR400 double data rate synchronous DRAM components and modules have passed a test set by Intel Corp. that confirmed they could be used with Intel's so-called 'Springdale' chipset for personal computers.