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ATi Radeon X1950XTX Final Sample Pic

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Driven by ATi R580+, ATi Radeon X1950XTX is the next trump card from ATi. Its model code and PCB version are 215BAABKA31FG and 102-A91501-00 respectively. Same as R580, it has 16 Pixel Shader pinelines, 48 Pixel Shader processors, and 8 Vertex Shader engine. Features at GDDR4 memory, it?s equipped with 512MB 2GHz DDR.
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GeForce 7600GT Round Up @ Tech-Hounds.com

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If you're looking for an affordable mainstream card, the GeForce 7600GT is probably your best choice. It's performance is comparable if not better than the GeForce 6800GT, particularly if you're running at derault settings without AA and AF. As we promised earlier this month, today we will take a look at four offerings from different manufacturers: the ASUS EN7600GT, Gigabyte GeForce 7600GT (GV-NX76T256D-RH), Leadtek PX7600GT Extreme and MSI NX7600GT (T2D256E).
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Neuros MPEG4 Recorder - Portable TiVo

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Aside from gaming, video playing is one of the best uses of a portable device. The problem with this situation has never been playing the video, but rather recording it. That will all be changing with the release of Neuros' MPEG-4 Recorder 2, a "digital VCR for the portable video age". Think of it as a PVR (or TiVo) for your PSP or iPod Video.
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nVidia MCP61S Released as nForce 6100-405

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Geforce 6 is the soul of the graphic part of MCP61S. It supports DirectX 9 and Shader Model 3.0. Windows Vista Premium logo is also awarded. Standard Definition Pure Video and PCI-E x8 are supported also, but not PCI-Ex16. Functions of the south bridge is similar to nForce 410, with 2 SATAII supporting RAID 0, 1, and JBOD, build-in 10/100 Ethernet, 8 USB 2 interface and 7.1 High Definition Audio.

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First introduction of GDDR4: Radeon X1950XTX

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ATi scheduled to release Radeon X1950XTX, the new top model, in late Aug. The new chip, codenamed R580+, has no difference with R580 in term of design, production process, and clock speed, but featured at GDDR4 support. It keeps 16 Pixel Shader pinelines, 48 Pixel Shader processors, and 256Bit memory controller; and manufactured by TSMC with 90nm process and clocked at 650MHz. Features at GDDR4 memory, it?s the first card stepped into the era of 2GHz DDR. The price is set at $399. Figure below is the engineering sample of Radeon X1950XTX where the heat sink has improved a lot.
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Building an Athlon 64 Workstation

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From time to time everyone needs to get some work done. While it is easy to use the same computer for gaming, overclocking, and things like that, it is smart to keep your work computer distinct from your overclocking system, if at all possible. Every few years most people find myself in need of a new work computer; these systems get a lot of use so by the time they are ready for replacement they are generally on their last legs.
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10 Cool Technologies You've Never Heard Of

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PC Magazine set out to find the coolest technologies that are flying under the radar. Read about a new technique for making silicon that can bend and stretch; how nanocrystals will replace OLED displays; and a new biological light sensor for shooting bacterial photography.

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Athlon, Sempron Prices Slashed to Meet Core 2

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The ATI acquisition has been getting most of our attention this morning, but AMD has also unleashed a barrage of price cuts today as a preemptive response to the upcoming launch of Intel's Core 2 processors. The cuts are massive, with some chips seeing their price tags more than halved and the entire Athlon 64 X2 line sinking to below $301.

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NVIDIA's PureVideo HD: HD-DVD Playback on the PC

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Upcoming drivers will add support for NVIDIA PureVideo GPUs to accelerate the playback of HDCP protected content from HD-DVD and Blu-Ray devices. We take a first hand look at what this means at this early stage for high definition content distribution on the PC.

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Revisiting the BadAxe: Smashes 81K 3D Mark 01, 61K 03, 25.6K 05, 16K 06

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No doubt the ASUS P5WH is faster, having had bad luck with it, and no higher Multiplier available on the DFI 975X Infinity, it was definitely time to pay the Intel Bad Axe D975XBX Motherboard another visit! Both Cross-Fire and SLI were ran! Cross-Fire with Catalyst 6.6, SLI with modded 84.66 Forceware to run SLI on Intel Chipset flawlessly!

VR-Zone
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Mac Core 2 Performance

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We've already seen the damage that Core 2 can do on a PC. With Apple supposedly announcing new Conroe based Macs at their WWDC, we wre curious on how well they would perform inside a Mac
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Multi-GPU World Tour 2006 Part 5: Most Played Titles

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Many weeks ago Neoseeker started work in a one of a kind collaborative effort with 8 other well known hardware sites to create a Mult-GPU series of articles that would span across 8 sites, cover over 60 benchmarks, and put 3 ATI CrossFire and 3 NVIDIA SLI systems under the microscope. Last week the article series was launched and 4 articles have been published since. This is now part 5 of the Multi-GPU World Tour and we'll be looking at the "Most Played Game Titles".
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Intel Pulls ATI Chipset Licence

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ATI had its chipset bus licence pulled, or at least not renewed by Intel. I guess that means that AMD won't be making many chipsets for Intel in a year or so.

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Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 air-cooled runs at 466Mhz x 6 on ES X6800

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Not using any watercooling or LN2. The Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 with our ES X6800 runs at an amazing 466MHz FSB with a multiplier of 6. Imagine your RAM is running in SYNC at 1:1 to your CPU!! That is at default voltages with PCIe fixed at 100MHz. This is just an initial test, I am able to POST up to 6 x 490 but it isn't stable to go into WIN XP.

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Dell Knew Of Burned Laptops Before Recall

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Dell grappled with severe overheating problems in scores of notebooks for at least two years before it announced a recall of 22,000 notebooks last year, according to a source close to the company.

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October Debut for Microsoft 'iPod Killer'

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Microsoft's so-called "iPod killer" could be unveiled as early as late next month, with the company preparing to build momentum towards an October launch, sources close to the situation have told BetaNews.
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First WiFi Hard Disk in Singapore

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A 1.8" Hitachi 30GB Travelstar in the Wi Drive, up to 60GB potential in this small a form factor. Definitely qualified to be coined pocket sized.

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X1950 XTX and X1950 CF Will Have Same Clocks

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ATI plans to make Crossfire and the XTX cards clock at the same speed. Both the upcoming Radeon X1950 XTX and Radeon X1950 Crossfire Edition will end up clocked at 650MHz core and 2.0GHz DDR4 512MB memory. We can now confirm that the cards will be ready for the 23rd of August.

The inquirer
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NVIDIA Quad SLI DIY Interview

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We have an exclusive interview with NVIDIA about their launch into true enthusiast Quad SLI. Today marks the release of the beta driver with official DIY Quad SLI support. We ask some tough questions and get no-nonsense answers that should help you make your Quad SLI decision.

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Vulnerability Found In D-Link Routers

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A buffer overflow vulnerability discovered several D-Link wired and wireless routers could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code and potentially compromise entire networks
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Modding and Overclocking a 3dfx Voodoo5 6000 card

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At 3dfxzone.it Hardware Modding forum some photos were posted showing fine modding work done on a 3dfx Voodoo5 6000 128Mb video card. Main modding target is to get better hardware stability with default clock values and, at last, to extend overclocking limits. Modded components were the four VSA-100 graphics processor and ram chips. Read more and view images Here
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Fight for C2E X6800, Price-Cut is the Only Way

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In the previous plan of AMD price-cut on July 24, it?s curious that AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 (2.8GHz/1MBx2 L2/1GHz HT) was excluded in the list. To compare with Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 (2.93GHz/4MB L2/1066MHz FSB), it?s no point for AMD to maintain its price in the battle. The final answer has come, AMD decided to drop Athlon 64 FX-62 from $999 to $799, 22.5% lower, according to the latest price list from AMD. The drop is also scheduled on July 24. Meanwhile, AMD has announced the pricelist for Q4 as well. Yet it has no effect on the AMD desktop processors.
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Intel Core 2 (Conroe): Thermal & Power Analyzed

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We've shown you the processor's monstrous performance, but that's just one highlight of the Core microarchitecture. Join us as we reveal to you more mind-boggling figures as we investigate the Core 2 processor's power consumption and heat output.

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ATI's R600 is a 80 Nanometre Chip

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We know that the 80 nanometre chips are a little bit cooler, they can be clocked slightly faster but I would not expect much more than 700 to 750MHz core clock. The biggest point is that the chip is 17 per cent smaller than the previous ones manufactured using the 90 nanometre process.

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Intel Xeon 7100 16MB L3 Model Launch on Aug 27

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According to the latest roadmap for Intel server platform, new multi-processor Xeon 7100 family (Tulsa) plans to launch on Aug 27, replacing Xeon 7000 (Paxville MP) to against Opteron 8 family.
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Efficiency & Performance: The Intel Core 2 Duo

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The Intel Core 2 Duo is upon us, finally... We dissect this new line of processors from Intel to see what the performance numbers entail. The big leap ahead in terms of performance is already expected by many enthusiasts...What else to expect on top of a quality main course? We find out!

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NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 1GB Quad SLI Preview

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While the appearance of video cards powered with the Quad SLI technology has been old news for a while with Dell's XPS 600 Renegade along with other various products from manufacturers that have exclusive access to the technology, consumers can now rejoice as well.
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Announcing the First Network Card for Gamers

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The new Gigabit KillerNIC is catered towards the hardcore gamer that requires every drop of performance possible from a gaming system. Utilizing a 400MHz network processor with 64MB of dedicated PC-2100 DDR memory, the Killer NIC has plenty of power to perform Gigabit transfer rates without hogging up too many CPU cycles.

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AMD To Counter Conroe With '4x4', Power Programs

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AMD executives said this week that they will promote its "4x4" enthusiast platform to counter the Core 2 Duo (C2D). AMD also plans to push a sort of "performance number" into the market to redefine how consumers should think about power. The
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6 HDD SATA Test 500 to 750 GB

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Do you need huge storage capacities? If you are ready to put your trust in a single drive to store all your vacation movies, all manufacturers except Samsung offer 500 GB hard drives. Seagate even sells a 750 GB. Behardware.com has tested 6 of these monsters to find out which was the best.

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Intel Core Microarchitecture Overview

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MBReview has taken a look at Intel's Core Microarchitecture. The processors being announced today all operate off of this new uArch, and it looks to be quite impressive. If you're interested in checking out the new performance and power management features of the Core microarchitecture, head on over and give the article a look!
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Zune Will Hook into 360, Not Play Games

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More details on Microsoft's worst-kept-secret continue to filter out through the blogosphere. Both Engadget and Gizmodo have updates on the device from their sources, details further cementing the idea that Zune, at least in its initial release, will not have anything to do with games. That doesn't, however, mean there won't be Xbox 360 hooks.

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GeForce 7800GS AGP Black Screen Issues

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Many users are complaining about black screen issues while using GeForce 7800GS AGP . Most of the reports are from users that share common symptoms and issues. The most affected hardware is on the EVGA and XFX boards. Both firms have confirmed these issues and EVGA has even offered a beta BIOS as a workaround. However almost nothing has been solved regarding these issues. Both firms got frustrated and stopped trying to investigate and attempt to fix these issues.
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Details for Santa Rosa, Supports DX10 and Release in 07 Q2

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In August, Intel is releasing its latest Core based Merom processor. At that time, Merom coupled with the existing products is spirit of ¡§Napa Refresh¡¨. But the full power of Merom is only brought till the release of Santa Rosa platform in 2007 Q2!
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ATi PowerColor Cross-Fireage on DFI 975X Infinity @ VR-Zone

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Though I'm stuck on the 11x Multiplier and 380+MHz FSB choke on the DFI 975X Infinity, I decided to do some Cross-Fireage overclocking for the hell of it. Setup Consists of Intel Core 2 Duo X6800, DFI 975X Infinity, ATi Powercolor X1900 Cross-Fire running mildly chilled water and 2 x 512MBCorsair 5400UL @ CL4-3-2-1 480MHz! It scores some impressive 3D Mark performance numbers with "only" 4.2GHz Conroe!
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Multi-GPU World Tour Part II: GPUs

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Part II of the Multi-GPU World Tour involves the selection of ATI and NVIDIA GPUs for Entry Level ($1000 US / £650 GBP), Enthusiast ($2000 US / £1300 GBP) and Bleeding Edge (unlimited) price brackets. Read on to find out what choices were made, and why.

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The Definitive Multi-GPU Roundup

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This is the introduction to a nine part series covering the multi-GPU space from both ATI and NVIDIA perspectives. Nine sites around the world have combined to work together to achieve what we feel is the definitive Multi-GPU roundup of products and technology. We look not only at the cards being presented, but of the entire ecosystem of parts supporting this technology. We compare 6 full multi-GPU systems from ATI and NVIDIA, and try to expose the strengths and weaknesses of each setup. Here is a direct quote from my introduction to the series.
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VIA C7M focus on UMPC & CX3M as the Secret Weapon is Coming in Q3

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With the advancing of Intel and AMD, VIA C7-M define its focus on UMPC market. C7-M has the advantage on its power and size, making it suitable for power-limited UMPC instead of performance based Intel Pentium M ULV and AMD Turion ULV. C7-M 779 (1GHz/128KB L2/400MHz FSB) for example, it consume at a maximum of 3.5W, average on 0.75W, and 0.25W only in C4 mode.
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World's First Pics of Vista D3D10 Hardware?

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Rumour has swirled for a while now about S3 Graphics not creating any D3D9 Shader Model 3.0 part, instead going straight to building a D3D10 Shader Model 4.0 GPU, given the proximity of their dev schedule to the release of Microsoft Windows Vista.

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GeIL?s new memory is an enthusiast?s wet dream

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At Computex 2006, we had the chance to see a new memory module from GeIL. EVO ONE is its name, and it is the enthusiast?s wet dream. These days, memory plays an important role in running today?s games and applications. However, some motherboards can be a bottleneck when it comes to high performance memory. Most of the motherboard manufacturers today are drawing voltage from the 3.3v rail to power memory modules. Only one manufacturer is using the 5v rail, which allows the user higher overclocking.
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FX-64 Lunch Earlier in Q4 & 5200+ at 65W Only

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Sources indicates that AMD Athlon 64 FX-64 is lunching in Q4, clocked at 3GHz, possessed 1MB x2 L2 Cache, and kept in 125 TDP. It is expected to price at US$1031, while AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 will drop to US$999, fighting with Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800. As expected, Intel also plans to release new Intel Core 2 Extreme into this war.
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AMD New Policy on Frequency Multiplier: Stepping on 0.5x

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According to the latest white paper for AMD?s CPU, the frequency multiplier for the upcoming 65nm products included AMD Athlon 64 FX, AMD Athlon X2 (Brisbane) and AMD Sempron (Sparta) have been changed to 0.5x. The integral multiplier limited a 200MHz (by Hyper-Transport Bus) separation between each existing model. The change of the multiplier could lower the separation to 100MHz, making the product line be more flexible.

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