Just got word that 3DCenter's Aths and Leonidas have posted their 6 page look at the new 8x, 12x and 16x Anti-Aliasing modes on Nvidia's GeForceFX hardware.

Even while announcing the original CineFX archicture, Nvidia stated their intention to introduce new and higher / better AA modes. Specifically 6xAA under Direct3D and 8xAA for both Direct3D and OpenGL were planned, and even a 16x anti-aliasing for the professional-grade QuadroFX. Meanwhile, a few new anti-aliasing modes found their (purely unofficial) way into newer Detonator drivers: 6xS and 8xS in November, and the 4xSS, 6x and 8x modes in January. Given the appropriate drivers and tweaking tools, as their own aTuner, these are available for even Geforce 3/4 based graphics cards.

Asus is now officially marketing the new 'AI' or artificial intelligence features for their upcoming mainboards. The i875 Canterwood based P4C800 is such a board with Dual Channel DDR400 and AGP 8x support. The specific 'AI' features extend to the whole system instead of just the BIOS as many have thought beforehand. These motherboards include automatic and intelligent features for Gbit LAN, 6-channel audio, BIOS recovery technology and more.

Sony announced a new blue laser optical data storage disc drive and cartridge-type disc media (both rewriteable and write-once versions), which will be demonstrated for the first time at the Association of Information and Image Management (AIIM) conference in New York from April 7th through April 9th. The new media will offer 23.3 GB of capacity per disc, while the new drive sustains a maximum transfer rate of 9 MB/sec, making it ideal for professional data-intensive applications such as document and medical imaging, e-mail archiving, enterprise content management, multimedia projects, graphics design and audio/video editing. Both are expected to ship to OEMs this summer.

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Xbitlabs Anton Shilov has been a busy boy and tracked down the Barton processors Core-Clocks for the Athlon XP 3200+ & Athlon XP 3000+ with help of HardTecs4U!

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Plextor today announced the launch of its new internal 54x CD-ROM and 16x DVD-ROM drives. Designed for the retail and assembling market, the new models add to the company's already expansive product portfolio, making Plextor's optical range one of the broadest on the market. The CD-ROM drive - PX-54TA, has an E-IDE (ATAPI) interface and a 54x reading speed. The DVD-ROM drive - PX-116A, has an E-IDE (ATAPI) interface with a reading speed of 16x (DVD-ROM) and 48x (CD-ROM).

AMD3D, a United Kingdom based enthusiast website, has received a pre-production (?) motherboard from Asus equipped with latest i875 Canterwood chipset. The board officially supports the new Pentium 4 800Mhz FSB processors. Preliminary tests were run with a 2.4Ghz PIV and it includes some SANDRA 2003 results. The board itself carries the title AI for some special 'Artificial Intelligence overclocking feature', as well as Dual Channel DDR400 and AGP 8x. Check it out here

Just got word that VR-Zone.com have posted a piece of info on ATI R350 & R400 graphics cards from roadmaps they saw at Watch.impress.co.jp.

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Xbitlabs Anton Shilov has posted details about upcoming Intel i865 and i875P chipsets.

We continue to bring you the latest information about forthcoming products from leading manufacturers. It seems that now it is the right time to share the details about Intel?s mainboards that will be available later this Spring.

The Inquirer.net have posted news that Gainward will be releasing a liquid cooling addon for the next generation of GeForce FX graphics cards! Could it look like this design from Bit-Tech? That's a GeForceFX waterblock that was designed with a helping hand from NVIDIA and Gainward.

"How does it perform?", I hear you cry. How about 550/1100 perfectly stable, at 30°C degrees?

What's faster? AMDs Athlon XP 3000+ running on nForce2 or Intel's Pentium 4 3.0GHz running on a Canterwood i875P mainboard? Want to know? Well, then click on Read More.

ATI Technologies Inc. today announced the ALL-IN-WONDER® 9800 PRO. Available this spring, ATI's newest multimedia video card combines the world?s fastest graphics engine featuring full precision cinematic rendering with the best in intelligent TV-on-the-PC and video editing features. The ALL-IN-WONDER 9800 PRO is ideal for home theater applications thanks to EAZYLOOK?, an on-screen display for home theater settings, which is included in the product with a new version of ATI?s MULTIMEDIA CENTER software. The ALL-IN-WONDER 9800 PRO includes ATI?s newest powerhouse graphics chip, the RADEON? 9800 PRO, for outstanding performance with incredible image quality. A 256-bit memory interface and eight powerful pixel pipelines provide real-time, Hollywood-caliber graphics ? even for the most demanding next-generation games.

Watch.Impress.co.jp have spotted some engineering sample Pentium 4 processors 2.60 and 2.80GHz 800MHz with Hyper-Threading in Japan.

Xbitlabs have posted, what may turn out to be Nvidia's NV35 brand name.

Since you definitely want to learn the name of the next-generation chip from NVIDIA, let us try to guess it together. What do we actually know about the brand-name that will be given to the NV35? Firstly, it will be another GeForce, as the NV30 is a GeForce. Secondly, it is most-likely to be another GeForce FX, as NVIDIA is now heavily promoting the brand-name, as well as other FX-related things, such as CineFX.

AMD is hosting an Athlon 64 multimedia presentation previously unknown to staff. Built on AMD?s next-generation 64-bit architecture, the AMD Athlon 64 processor is designed to deliver outstanding levels of performance and customer-focused innovation to home and business users alike.

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The Nforce 2 really does support the 400MHz FSB Barton processor according to OCWorkbench. They even have a picture that they claim proves it.

Just got word that Hexus Tarinder Sandhu has posted his day out with AMD's Athlon XP1700 JIUHB CPU! and by the end of the day she was screaming for mercy! Here's a snip.

The idea of getting something for nothing is the enthusiasts' motto. The something, in this case, is an extra 800Hz+ with minimal voltage increase on all fronts. There's no denying the satisfaction one feels by running a sub-£50 CPU at speeds faster than any officially released AMD Athlon XP. Further, pairing it up with select nForce2 motherboards allows you to fully exploit the performance potential of any XP1700 JIUHB.

Just got word from Darkcrow.co.kr that they have snagged a few photo's of the Radeon 9800 Pro and Radeon 9200 graphics cards from: PowerColor - GiGACUBE - GIGABYTE - Info-Tek - FIC - TYAN. Now what beauty do you want? You can also check out what Hercules is offering here. My personal favourite...

Here's a piece of news from Anton Shilov at Xbitlabs that should have you Nvidia fans jumping for joy!

Taiwanese media-sources revealed that NVIDIA?s next-generation NV35 graphics processor will be formally announced next-month with actual graphics cards appearing shortly afterwards.

Myhard.com sends word they have snagged photo's of Asus's GeForce FX 5200 series of graphics cards.