Thanks to Mackey D for pionting out theses two article over at Xbitlabs called ATI R420 and NVIDIA NV40 Presumably Taped Out and Matrox Graphics Prepares PCI Express x16 Graphics Processor ! that's worth checking out! Here's a snip.

ATI has two high-end graphics chips in its roadmap for the first half of they year: R420 and R423. The former is designed for AGP 8x, the latter is developed for PCI Express x16. Other specs of both chips are supposed to be the same.

Just spotted this bit of Info over at Overclockers.com.

We have a roadmap for AMD CPUs for 2004. This includes all the models (including Newcastles and 90nm chips) that are supposed to come out this year. What is most noteworthy for the average person reading this is that the slowest Newcastle will run at 2.2GHz and have a 3400+ rating.

Why is that important? It is important because it almost guarantees that Newcastles are going to be expensive for a very long time to come.

The Inquirer's mole is reporting that NVIDIA's NV40 graphics chip was taped out at the back end of December 2003 and should be hitting retail shelves in April or May;

Just got words from 3dchips.co.kr that they have published a guide how to turn a GeForce FX 5900 into a 5950 by changing the bios.
Here is a snip:As you already know, NVIDIA GeFORCE FX 5900 (simply ?FX 5900?) and NVIDIA GeFORCE FX 5950 Ultra (simply FX 5950 UT) are actually the same model. Both of them uses the exactly same GPU core and they only has different level of power supplying systems and different GPU/MEMORY speed. (Different cooling solutions too) NVIDIA is used to lock the Bios Device ID in physical method from the way back. But 3DChips just have find a interesting fact that FX 5900 can be converted to FX 5950 UT by just simply replacing the BIOS data Read the complete article over here

ATi today added a new graphics card to their line of workstation graphics accelerators. The new card is the FireGL X2-256t which according to ATi delivers the industry?s fastest 3D performance for graphics cards under $1000.

AanandTech have thrown up their updated AMD 2004 CPU Roadmap!

On the chipset side, we are all waiting for Grantsdale and Alderwood from Intel, the successors to the 865 and 875 platforms. But where Intel's 2004 roadmap is pretty straight forward, AMD's is a bit more cluttered with the confusion of varying cache sizes, Socket-939 and model numbers. Although most of the information about AMD's future plans have already been leaked on the net, we decided to put together a quick reference page to AMD's 2004 CPU roadmap to go along with our recent coverage of chipset plans.

NEC Plasma Display Corporation today announced the launch of two 61-inch wide plasma monitors from the PlasmaSync(TM)61XM2+series (a grey bezel model, and a silver bezel model) that are equipped with "Enhanced Split Screen" ability - a high quality, high performance Double Picture function.

Hardware Pacers is hosting a giveaway on the Icemat Mousepad! IceMat consists of metal and thick glass. It does not bend and contains four legs to prevent slippage. Giveaway End Date: January 16, 9:00 PM US Eastern Time / 6:00PM Pacific (Friday)

Guru 3D reports that the French website x86-Secret is leaking a "rumor" on the Web about the provisional release date of AMD's Socket 939 processors. Wether it's true I dunno but according to this unconfirmed data, on March 29 we should see the announcements of the following:

Link:
extensiontech.net


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"The most fabulous thing about this 7 in 1 card reader is that it needs a 2.5" Hard Drive. "What?" you ask. Well, with a hard drive in this card reader, you download your pictures to the Best Store. The number of pictures is only limited by the size of the hard drive you install. Imagine just using one or two media cards for your digital camera. For a modest amount of money to outfit this. You'd probably spend that already in two media cards. Instead, you can download all of your media cards, then hook it up via USB, and grab them all at once. Does it get any better than that?"

Trusted Reviews.com are covering new stuff from LG, Samsung, BenQ, Creative, Panasonic, Archos and more from this years CES show. Check out the new Media Player from Creative which is a really cool gadget !!

Anandtech has some nifty info on this new DVD Video Player & PC Gaming Console. Apperently it features VIA's latest 0.13-micron C3 core running at 1.4GHz and a DeltaChrome S8 graphics core. Further this prototype features 64MB of on-board DDR memory acording to anandtech.

Just spotted this bit of info over at AnandTech!

While we're off in Vegas a very good friend of ours got us some pictures and information about the successor to Intel's Prescott - codenamed Tejas and Intel's new LGA-775 socket.

Ace's Hardware has some interesting speculation on Intel's upcoming Prescott core performance:

Now that the Prescott launch is getting closer and we have a pretty good idea what the architectural improvements are, we can make some decent predictions. To refresh your memory let me reiterate a post that I published in September 2003. Prescott is basically a Northwood Pentium 4 with the following improvements:

The World First 2-User Motherboard The MiniQ 765Twin MagicTwin barebone system is the world?s first multi-user enabled SFF solution available in the market. The special designed 2-user-system allows two users to share the computing power of a single PC system. With integrated circuitry onboard, the MagicTwin® barebone comes with innovative software, the MagicTwin, allowing 2 users to be connected to it and runs up to two (2) stations directly from it. The unique and copyright-protected technology, allows each of the 2 users to feel like having himself his own Windows-XP computer. Each user needs to have himself his own keyboard, mouse, sound device, and monitor. All remaining PC hardware will be shared, even the IP. Read More

Today one of the newest members to the DiscGamer team Jesse has reviewed the Everglide FuZe mousepad and ran it up against his RatPadz GS.

"The FuZe by Everglide is LARGER then the Ratpadz GS and even if it's just by a hair, you need all you can get. The pad is also not very deep which will help everyone with carpel tunnel syndrome problems (me). The pad itself is incredibly smooth and flat. The one thing everyone seems to notice when swapping to the FuZe (especially from a 2nd gen Ratpadz) is how you feel like your in more control of the mouse."

We go for silent! The average AMD setup still sounds like a jet taking off. Swiftech, Thermalright and other heatsink manufacturers are trying their best to provide us with a silent solution to cool these hot potatoes. Do they succeed? And which one does it best? Read it here

Facts and rumors surround the state of Xbox 2, PS3, and Nintendo's N5. What will the future bring? GaySpy's editorial staff summarize the currently available details and provide analysis.

Thanks to my bro Creamhackered over at Neowin.net for this exclusive:

According to a story on The Register this evening, Microsoft is about to "deep-six" Windows Media Center. This simply isn't true. Infact this couldn't be further from the truth. Look for some interesting new developments in Windows Media Center to be announced and ones that I'm sure many Xbox fans will welcome.

Apple engineers squeezed all the best features of iPod into a case weighing just 3.6 ounces and smaller than any cell phone. iPod mini features an anodized aluminium case that resists stains and scratches. The case weighs practically nothing, but protects iPod mini in your pocket, purse or backpack. Recessed in the case to keep its surface pristine wherever you lay it, the 1.67 inch (diagonal) backlit screen displays full song names and more.. Available on Mac and Windows for just $249.