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Best and Worst Keyboards and Mice of the Year

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Don't go off spending some of your Christmas money on a spankin' new mouse and keyboard just yet. ExtremeTech riles up the finest (and not so fine) input devices in these categories to help us out.
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Gaming Peripherals Round Up

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Keyboards, headphones, joysticks, steering wheels and flight rudder pedals will go under the Bit-Tech microscope today as we take a look at Saitek, Everglide, Logitech and Microsoft's gaming peripheral offerings.
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DFI RD600 ICFX3200T2R/G BIOS

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Do you recall the feeling of lost and overwhelm the first time you went into a BIOS menu at the start of your DIY years? This board does it to me... Now don't laugh, I dare you to refute me after looking through the following...

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AMD to give up P-Rating - X2 6000+ coming in Q1 2007

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Once P-Rating is a very successful marketing tactic for AMD, making consumers to compare the PR of AMD's processors to the clock speed of Intel's processors. Until now, most of AMD?s processors still adopted the PR scheme for customer?s reference.
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AMD's 65nm L2 cache looks to be slower

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After we published our first look at AMD's 65nm Athlon 64 X2 processors yesterday, some of you raised questions about funky performance numbers you'd seen from these 65nm CPUs at other sites.
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Fix for EVGA 680i SATA issue *Updated*

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NVIDIA has released a Beta 2 of the P23 BIOS. This BIOS fixes a SATA issue most specifically related to the use of the NCQ function available on some SATA drives. Note this is still a beta BIOS.
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6400

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A month ago Intel launched the world first Quad Core for high-end users. Most of users and perhaps you may still wait for a reasonable price to upgrade your computer. Good news is that Intel has just announced its releasing schedule for Core 2 Quad Q6400.

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Bloomfield To Hit 4GHz & Has 8MB Cache

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Based on the 45nm Nehalem architecture, Intel aims to bring Bloomfield clock speed above 4GHz in 2008. Bloomfield will contain 8MB of shared L2 cache which is smaller overall in comparison to Yorkfield 2x6MB L2 cache.

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Intel to release Core 2 Solo ULV for Sub-Note market

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Intel just announced its plan on its Core 2 Solo single-core processors in Q3 2007. Instead of normal edition, the upcoming Core 2 Solo has ULV (Ultra Low-Voltage) edition only, targeting for the Sub-Note market. Regarding with the rumor concerning Merom based Celeron M is a dual core, Intel has also announced it should be a single core. The rumor is busted.
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Fix for EVGA 680i SATA issue

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NVIDIA would like to thank all of EVGA's customers who have purchased the NVIDIA-designed nForce 680i-based motherboards and who have patiently been waiting for a fix to the SATA issue.
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GeForce 8800 Tech Demos

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So you've recently purchased a shiny new GeForce 8800. What better way to show off the capabilities of your new hardware to your friends than with these amazing Tech Demos:
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Intel?s Upcoming Price Splash: 40% Price Cut to Core 2

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In the past, AMD once won the performance battle with Intel by its innovative and excellent processor micro-architecture, and then Intel got back the leadership by the introduction of its new Core architecture. From this history, instead of clock speed and FSB, we know micro-architecture really does matter to the performance race.
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PC Buyer's Guide Christmas 2006 @ Guru of 3D

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Kick of the new year with a new computer, ready to go for the anticipated release of Vista! Guru3D brings you the PC Buyers Guide Christmas 2006 edition . We'll present to you recommendations, they can be controversial and subjective for you to read. Be sure to read other buyer guides from other media as well to get a complete overview on what's best suited for your specific situation.
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NVIDIA nForce 680i Chipset Problems

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Out of the gate, the nForce 680i chipset from NVIDIA seemed to be the best Core 2 Duo overclocker going, that is of course when your system is not plagued with BSODs and data errors. You need to read this if you are considering a 680i motherboard.
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Antec NSK2400 Media PC Case Review

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Now that a lot of PC enthusiasts are adopting the Micro ATX design for a HTPC, companies are developing interesting cases that provide just enough space to comfortably squeeze all components with a sleek design to match the case with the rest of the home entertainment setup. Take the NSK2400, for instance.
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Mouse Roundup: 17 Tested

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With the launch of the world's first independent benchmarking system for mice, buying a desktop rodent will no longer involve guesswork and luck. Sujoy Roy has been analysing hardcore data and investigating the real world at a fundamental level since entering Cambridge University in 1994. His other passion in life is gaming, so the creation of the MouseScore benchmark makes perfect sense!
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Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 Rev 2.0

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Gigabyte will be releasing a new version of the DQ6. It is labelled rev 2.0. Let us show you the differences between the DQ6 and DQ6 rev 2.0.

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Mod of the Year 2006

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As the year closes out, we pick the 12 best case mods of this year and, in association with AC Ryan, we're asking for your help to decide on the winner. Prizes abound in this recognition of bit-tech's awesome modding community!

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NVIDIA G80: Image Quality Analysis

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With every new hardware generation comes an expectation of better image quality and more performance, and with G80 NVIDIA deliver that in pretty big spades. Outwardly the hardware is capable of all the big feature checkboxes, such as "HDR+AA" and very high quality filtering. Digging deeper you find true 8x multisample AA, coverage sample AA, filtering of data in non-linear colour spaces and more.
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NGOHQ December Contest

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This month we are giving away a single Gainward Bliss 7600GT (PCI Express) Graphics Card to one of our readers. All you need to do is to make a small NGOHQ slogan and post it in the thread. The competition ends on the 11th of January, and the person with the best slogan will win this cute card.
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Gaming Mouse Group Test

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We put five mice to the test to see how much bang you can really get for your buck. With Santa-time approaching, what festive rodent should you ask for in your stocking?
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AMD announces its first 65nm processors

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The rumors were true: AMD has officially launched its first batch of processors built on 65nm process technology. The new chips are part of the Athlon 64 X2 line and fill gaps in the existing 90nm lineup, which was stripped of chips with 1MB of cache per core earlier this year.

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Nvidia Reality Tour Report Singapore Stop

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Nvidia Corporation, the world's leading graphics technology company held their last stop of the Nvidia Reality Tour at Funan Digitalife Mall, Singapore. VR-Zone brings you some exclusive feeds and updates on the exciting event itself!
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Spiderman 3 by Matt Fielder

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Spiderman 3 rocks up to the cinemas next year, and in anticipation of this, Matt Fielder has gone modding crazy with this spectacular Cooler Master case mod. Some stunning visuals make this one of the best mods of the year.

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NVIDIA 7950 GT Roundup - Speedbump to High End @ Madshrimps

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At the beginning of September NVIDIA released their reincarnation of the G71 based GeForce 7900 GT. As midrange card the 7900GT seem to be the best buy for a big group of gamers in the first half of 2006. This time around they?ve given the mid-range card a speed boost to high end! With world leading VGA partners offering their version right away let's see which can give us the best 7950 GT.
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27'' Dell Display En Route

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Samsung Electronics said that it has signed a long-term contract to provide Dell with 27-inch LCD panels, Samsung?s projected specifications for its upcoming 27-inch panel features a 1920 x 1200 resolution, 1000:1 contrast ratio, 500 cd/m2 and a response time of 8 ms grey-to-grey.

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AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 4x4 Performance Preview

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After months of waiting, AMD's quad-processing solution previously codenamed 4x4 is finally here! 4x4 involves much more than just a new CPU however, as the new Quad FX Platform also encompasses a new chipset and motherboard. See how the new processors perform with NVIDIA's GeForce 8800 GTX GPU in today's article!
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How to Quiet Your PC

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Rubber grommets, sound-dampening material, quiet power supplies?will this stuff really quiet down your PC? We take a typical high-end system and case and try to get the sound levels down.

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R600 will be DirectX 10.1?

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Further speculation has recently surfaced in regards to ATI's upcoming R600 series GPU (their answer to NV's G80). Apparently its been discovered that this monster will in fact natively support Microsoft's upcoming DirectX 10.1 (due sometime during Q2 next yr).
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Holiday 2006 - Know your HDTV Options This Holiday Season

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So you?re finally ready to ditch that 15-year-old, 21 inch, colour-distorted, sound-crackling beast of a television and trade up more deserving of your 20/20 vision. But with so many options out there, how can you be sure that you?re making the right choice? We?ll talk about all the options available today and help you find right HDTV for the family this Holiday.
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Abit Overclocking Competition 2006

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On the 26th November 2006, abit sponsored it's third Overclocking Competition in Singapore. After a 6 month break from our previous Overclocking Competition, have the gears gone rusty? Will the previoous winners get to the finishing line first again?

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ATI's R600 Pictures Surface

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A Chinese site by the name of ZOL has posted some die shots of ATI's upcoming R600 graphics processor. The shots show the R600 side-by-side with its predecessor, the R580, and there are a couple of notable differences.
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High End DDR2 Memory Roundup - Corsair, OCZ, Mushkin, Team

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For some people, fast just isn't fast enough. When you want to build a really high end system, you must search for the best memory out there. Today Madshrimps takes a look at 4 memory kits that are positioned at the upper end of the performance spectrum. Let's find out which kit comes out on top.
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Ten Cool Holiday Gifts

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DV Hardware gives a list of ten cool holiday gifts. First they take a look at some more expensive products but they also list five products that are a bit more affordable.
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First Look: Asus Striker Extreme

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We've been working with Asus over the last couple of weeks, testing its upcoming addition to the Republic Of Gamers product line. Meet the Striker Extreme; it's based on NVIDIA's all-new nForce 680i SLI chipset and it comes with a kitchen sink. Join us as we have a look at what to expect from Asus' next gem.

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