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X1900 XT Crossfire vs. 7800 GTX 512 SLI

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While there have been many comparisons pitting ATI and nVidia's latest graphics technologies against each other, we wanted to take a simple, focused look at each company's multi-GPU rendering technologies. Assuming money is no object, which set of graphics cards should you buy for the best overall user experience, in regards to performance, features, noise, and stability - Crossfire or SLI? Let's find out.

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NVIDIA G80 & ATi R600 Info

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We heard that G80 will be in time for launch in June during Computex and the process technology is likely to be 80nm at TSMC. In the recent statement, NVIDIA has said that they will be backing the 80nm "half-node" process by TSMC where it allows reduction of die size by 19%. We have previously mentioned that G80 is likely to take on the Unified Shader approach and supports Shader Model 4.0. G80 is likely to be paired up with the Samsung GDDR4 memories reaching a speed of 2.5Gbps.
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Video Shootout: ATI vs. Nvidia

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Graphics card reviews tend to focus on 3D performance and features. With ATI and Nvidia flexing their muscles on video performance lately, we figured it was time to see who really puts the slap-down on the other with video quality and performance.

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Microsoft Driver Bug Saps Core Duo Power

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Connect any USB 2.0 device to your notebook and lose more than one hour of battery time: Tom's Hardware Guide's tests of a Windows-based Intel Core Duo mobile processor platform revealed a serious power consumption issue that, according to Intel, is caused by a Microsoft driver bug - a bug that has been known by Microsoft for some time, but kept from the public eye until today.
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Can Burned Hard Drives Be Saved?

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Ever thrown a Western Digital hard drive into a campfire? Well, PC Magazine's executive editor Jeremy Kaplan did while on his camping trip in Maine. Why? He wanted to see if Ontrack could save his barbecued data. Find out if the company was able to save it successfully.

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MSI Upcoming Products Plan

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According to a recent leaked MSI roadmap, there are some upcoming motherboards in Q2 supporting the new dual-core offerings from Intel and AMD. There are also some notebooks using AMD Turion "Taylor" dual-core processors based on Socket M1 (638-pin) and supports DDR2-667.
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Building a $400 per component Super PC

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It's that time of the year again ? another system building article. We can't really build a killer system for $400, but our gimmick this time is setting a $400 limit per component. That way, even if you've only got $400 to upgrade your existing PC, you can get a sense of what options are out there.

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Team Group Memory Roundup: Great Expectations

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Madshrimps writes:"Team Group has recently begun an added push into the high performance PC sector and the overclocking community. Remember last fall when we first reviewed G.Skill memory when that company was a relative unknown, and we're getting similar good feelings from this company; that they are continuing a trend of Taiwanese manufacturers to bring forth excellent products at excellent prices"
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ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Performance Preview

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Earlier this week we took a look at the performance of ATI's new flagship Radeon X1900 XTX and X1900 XT graphics cards, today we're here to evaluate the performance of the third piece of the puzzle, ATI's Radeon X1900 CrossFire solution. With 96 pixel shaders and 1GB of combined RAM in an X1900 CrossFire system, you can imagine that it's quite a performer.
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NVIDIA G71 Comes In 2 Variants

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There is no doubt NVIDIA will be launching the 90nm G71 in March and the official name will be GeForce 7900. We came to know that there will be 2 versions; the GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB and the GeForce 7900 256MB. The GeForce 7900 GTX will be launched at CeBIT on 9th of March while the GeForce 7900 GT will be launched later on 20th March most likely together with the GeForce 7600 series.

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Radeon X1900 Hits Image Quality Snag in 3DMark06

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During the preparation of my Radeon X1900 review, I discovered a problem with Radeon X1900 cards in 3DMark06. I meant to mention it in the review itself, but things came down to the wire and I just ran out of time.
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First impressions from ATI's X1900 XT/XTX

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We got a Sapphire X1900 XT and XTX models just after the official launch of the new X1900 series and here are some interesting things as well as our first impressions of these videocards. Oh yes and did I mention you can also see and hear the XTX roar (its cooling is quite loud under load).

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Intel Conroe

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Our friends over at HKEPC posted some interesting information on Intel's Conroe which will be available in 2 versions; 2MB and 4MB shared L2 cache and will be LGA775 based.
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Ferrari's latest F1 launch

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Ferrari launched its new Formula 1 car this week. Designed and tested with AMD processors, we were there to get the lowdown on the technology collaboration straight from the IT guys themselves. We grabbed some nice pictures, too.

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Logitech G5 vs. Razer Copperhead

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In our last gaming mice showdown, the Logitech MX518 came on top of both the Razer Diamondback and Razer Viper. Since then however, new products have been released by both companies, and we are glad to inform you we have had several weeks to test them and report back to you.
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Futuremark's 3DMark 2006 Tested: AMD vs Intel, ATI vs Nvidia

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Last week Futuremark released the latest in a long line of 3DMarks with 2006. Similar to 2005 in the tests performed for the final score 2006 adds ShaderModel 3 and HDR lighting support. The benchmark now also has sub scores for SM2, SM3/HDR, and the CPU. Today we take a brief look at the new features, and than a look at performance comparing AMD to Intel, and ATI to Nvidia. First from Futuremark a bit about 3DMark 2006.

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SLI: Myth and Reality @ Tech-Hounds

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Unless you've been living under rock in a cave deep underground for the last year, you'll probably have heard all the bells and whistles of NVIDIA's Scalable Link Interface or SLI for short. Despite all the marketing buzz around it, SLI is not for everyone. After one year of existence, SLI is getting easier to use and enjoys more widespread use, both among developers and gamers alike. In this article, we talk about why performance should never be the main reason for buying SLI - one fast card is still way better than two slow cards.
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Benchmarking the new GeForce 7300 GS videocard

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On 18th January Nvidia announced new addition to its seventh series GPUs - the 7300 GS model which is aimed at the budget segment. Its recommended price will be $99 for USA and 99 Euro for Europe accordingly.
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ATI Radeon X1900XT Retail Pictures

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A forum member at [H]ardForum has already received his X1900XT video card and has uploaded a bunch of pics of the box, card, packaging, etc... Care to see the X1900XT before it's even launched?

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Build a Windows Vista System Today

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Windows Vista is coming. If you plan on moving to the new Microsoft OS, or are simply curious, we offer our tips and strategies on how to build a system that will run Vista effectively.

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Quad SLI vs Quad Crossfire

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It seems like something is brewing over at ATi to fight against the Quad SLI technology from NVIDIA. Right now, ASUS strong R&D team has managed to come out with a EAX1600-DUAL card featuring two X1600 GPUs on a single PCB with Crossfire enabled. Like ASUS, Gigabyte is also researching on this area with X1600, X1800 and even the upcoming X1900 series.

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7300GS is a big, lazy GPU

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WE WERE eagerly awaitiing the first review of the 7300GS to pop up when suddenly HKEPC tests four such cards from Asus, Gigabyte, Leadtek and MSI. "TheInquirer"
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DFI LanParty UT RDX200 CF-DR Mainboard on ATI Radeon Xpress 200 CrossFire Chipse

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DFI Company is very well-known for its overclocking friendly mainboards on NVIDIA nForce4 chipsets. Now they have got down to building a similar solution around the Radeon Xpress 200 CrossFire chipset from ATI. Will the new mainboard be also to repeat the success of its predecessors? Our extensive testing will reveal the exciting details.
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Sapphire Posts Radeon X1900 Specs

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Sapphire appears to have leaked details on ATI's upcoming Radeon X1900 series graphics cards. According to card specs available on the company's web site, the Radeon X1900 XTX will have 48 pixel pipelines and be clocked at 650MHz core and 1.5GHz memory.
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AMD Socket M2 CPUs In April

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AMD new series of processors based on Socket M2 will be launching in April timeframe and all the motherboard makers are getting ready for the Socket M2 motherboards.
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AOpen i975Xa-YDG Is SLI Capable Too

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It seems like the AOpen i975Xa-YDG is ready for SLI too where OC.com.tw has done some interesting testing on this board using 2 x 7800 GTX cards in SLI mode.

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MacBook Pro Offers More, Costs Less Than Similar Spec'd PC Laptop

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Visit any popular discussion board on the internet related to computers and operating system and eventually a comment will arise which implies that Macs are expensive. Kelly McNeill submitted the following editorial to osOpinion/osViews which clarifies a long held misunderstanding that Macs are priced out of sync with the rest of the computing industry.
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Dual-Layer Standard Continues to Gain Momentum

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Now that the industry is focused on Blu-Ray and HD DVD, we thought it would be interesting to see what media manufacturers had to say about the dual-layer standard that was all over the news in 2004 and 2005. Back in 2005, we reported that many media and drive manufacturers believed dual-layer to be a fairly stagnant standard, which wasn't going to take off.
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MacWorld 2006

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Macworld 2006 will always be remembered as the event where Apple launched its first Intel-based Macintosh hardware. The MacBook Pro is the hottest of the products to be launched, and in classic FiringSquad fashion, when no one was paying attention, Alan Dang snuck in one exclusive benchmark comparing the MacBook Pro against an IBM ThinkPad.

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DFI Unveils the RS482 Infinity Motherboard

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DFI, a world leader in stable and high performance corporate desktop motherboard solutions, today launched the highly anticipated RS482 Infinity motherboard. Designed for the new AMD Socket 939 platform, the RS482 Infinity features ATI Radeon Xpress 200/SB450 chipset, which comes with X300 graphic core built-in, and features support for DDR400 memory in dual channel mode, S-Video TV-out, HDTV, DVI-D, 16-pipe PCI-Express video cards. HardwareXL has more
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AMD to support M2 launch with X2 5000+ and FX-62 CPUs

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While Intel is busy bringing its next processor generation, based on the Merom core, up to speed, AMD is adding the final touches to its DDR2-based Socket M2 Athlon 64 platform, TG Daily has learned. AMD is preparing 12 M2 processors for Q2 launch, spanning the Athlon 64, X2, FX and Sempron series of CPUs. Part of the launch will be an Athlon 64 X2 5000+ and an Athlon 64 FX-62 chip.
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Intel Centrino Duo Launch Report

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Intel has an interesting launch on their latest Centrino Duo mobile technology over at Hard Rock Cafe earlier this week and we are pleased to hear from Gary Willihnganz, the Director of Marketing from Intel Technology Asia sharing with us the direction of the new platform. "Intel is focused on creating an innovative mobile computing platform that ushers in a new era of working, playing and living," he said. Gary also added that the Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology platform creates a new leap in how people work and play, taking advantage of a new generation of uses and experiences. VR-Zone
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Quad SLI Technology Explained

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Our friends over at HKEPC posted some interesting information on the NVIDIA Quad SLI technology through an interview with NVIDIA desktop chipset manager, George Myers. Apparently, the SLI technology on the Gigabyte 3D1 and ASUS Extreme DUAL cards is different from the Quad SLI technology.

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RADEON X1900 benchmarks

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A little earlier today my Fanny cracked opened the can, and spilt the green HEXUS.beans on the forthcoming NVIDIA GeForce 7900, so I thought it would be rude not to prepare you a large portion of red HEXUS.beans. We know you love em!
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CES 2006 Photo Journal Part 2

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Here are the second set of photos from the event floor at CES 2006. This time around, we serve you 129 photos of mega-sized LCD and plasma TVs as well as micro-sized MP3 players. Look on!

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High Watt Power Supplies Ready for 2006

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Ever since NVIDIA's SLI debuted, we've been hearing about high powered power supplies, which were supposed to have surpass the 700W+ limit in order to support the power hungry SLI setup, but as we found out, all of such news had no merit. Back in 2005, however, we were on the lookout for high powered PSUs and thanks to a Japanese manufacturer, we even saw 900W power supplies enter the Japanese market, which further led the community to believe that high powered PSUs were right around the corner.
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Call of Duty 2 Dual-core Performance: AMD & Intel @ FiringSquad

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Infinity Ward has joined Raven/id in providing a patch that's been designed to deliver performance improvements for users with dual-core, SMP, and Intel's Pentium 4 with Hyper-Threading CPUs. In this review we've taken the new patch our for a test spin on the Athlon 64 X2 4200 and 4800+ with four different ATI graphics cards ranging from the X800 XL to the X1800 XT, as well as Intel's Pentium Extreme Edition 840. See how CoD 2 scales over the various CPUs and graphics cards in today's article!
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The World's Smallest Power Supply Unit

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This year at CES members of the press got to grab a glimpse of the world's tiniest power supply. Well actually it is the world's tiniest 12V snap-in ATX DC-to-DC power supply, but you get the idea. This unit produces 120W of power and is about the size of two AA batteries. It is specifically designed for use with Mini-ITX motherboards, but can be used in many other applications.
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Intel Plans to Update Core Duo in Few Months

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As many of us know, Intel launched its Core Duo mobile platform at the Consumer Electronics Show 2006 earlier this year. While Intel's partners were excited about launching their notebook products equipped with the new platform, Intel was busy making plans to revise the platform in the upcoming months to increase its overall performance.
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Apple: The Intel era begins

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And so it begins. After much speculation, Apple yesterday announced its new line of Intel-powered systems, featuring a brand new 65nm dual-core processor: the Intel Core Duo.

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ATI Mobility X1800XT

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Yep, the title says it all. The next crop of Dell laptops featuring the Yonah CPU will also have an option of using the Mobility X1800XT chipset. This chipset is to compete with the 7800GTX MXM card. The snapshot below tells all. The clocks?
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World's first single-card solution for digital stereoscopic monitors

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Montreal, Canada, January 10, 2006 -- Matrox Graphics Inc. introduces Parhelia Precision SDT, the world's first single-card solution for digital stereoscopic (stereo-3D) monitors like the Planar SD1710. Such displays have 2 polarized LCD flat panels mounted one over the other and a special glass mounted between them. A realistic 3D view can be seen when looking at the glass though correspondingly polarized glasses.
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DDR2 Expected to Take off with AMD's M2 Socket

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According to memory makers, DDR2 is steadily growing and the transition from DDR to DDR2 is rather smooth as well, but in order for DDR2 to really take off, at least in the enthusiast market, AMD would have to be a key supporter.

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