Is there a new budget FX5900-based GPU that nVidia didn't announce officially? Today @ HWspirit we've got a Manli FX5900ZT videocard, and strangely its GPU was also marked as FX5900ZT... Take a look at the pictures here

AMD has released an updated Athlon 64 Processor Power and Thermal Data Sheet that details the recently-released Athlon 64 FX-55 and 90-nanometer 3000+, 3200+, and 3500+. The new 90-nano chips carry a Thermal Design Power (TDP) of only 67W?22W less than their 130-nano counterparts. With Cool'n'Quiet throttling the 90-nano chips at idle, TDP drops to as low as 20W, but that's only a couple of watts lower than a fully throttled 130-nano chip.

The GeForce 6800 series and the RADEON X800 series represent the best of gaming cards available, but which of those models is the better option? You'll find that out in this shootout as we present over 40 results covering 17 different tests on six power-packed cards that are spread across three major price points of US$499, US$399 and US$299

Been hearing conflicting dual core information lately? Here's a compilation of everything we have and know about Intel's dual core plans for the next two years.

sxs112 over at XtremeSystems Forum has snagged pictures for the following nForce4 mortherboards .... ABIT, Chaintech, ASUS, MSI, EPOX, DFI, ECS, Biostar, just to name a few!

Ein neuer 3DMark05 - Rekord wurde am 7.10. in München aufgestellt. Grund für den hohen Wert von 10.118 Marks ist das neue nForce4 SLi von NVIDIA. Zwei NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra im SLi - Betrieb dienten hierbei zur Grafikausgabe.
Wenn man sich den zur Zeit höchsten Wert im ORB von FutureMark anschaut, sieht man 8476 Marks (Compare-URL). Alleine ein neues Mainboard bringt einen Schub von fast 2000 Marks? Man wird sehen, wenn das Mainboard auf die Endkunden trifft. Bisher kann man auch nur Prognosen aufstellen, da man nicht viel über die Konfiguration der Testsystems weiß. UPDATE: Asus hat in einer Pressemitteilung den Namen des Mainboards, sowie den verwendeten Prozessor herausgegeben. Es handelt sich um das Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe, sowie einen AMD Athlon FX-55.
IM Mainboard vergleich liegt das nForce4 weit vor dem LGA775 - Systemen von Intel. Hier erbringen zwei GeForce 6800 Ultra im SLi - Betrieb "nur" ca. 7200 Marks. Screenshot Quelle: MyDrivers

Details about the upcoming Dual Core CPU (SmithField) from Intel, the core is based on 90nm. The NetBurst cores have each 1MB L2 cache and in total 2MB of cache, the front side bus speed is at 800MHz. This CPU will also support Extended Memory 64 Technology, this technology allows the Dual Core CPU to use a larger amount of memory. You can also turn on or off Hyper-Threading.

Accelenation has conducted a interview with XGI Technology:

XGI is a relatively new player in the graphics industry. We chat with Danny Lee, XGI's Marketing Manager, about the company's products, vision, and future.

CoolTechZone have been discussing quite a bit about low-latency modules and the future of DDR I in our freshly published memory evaluations. According to our recently confirmed reports, DDR I is here to stay for sometime and memory manufacturers will continue to develop DDR I memory products to better fit the market segment. In this analysis, we will not start our discussion on Intel?s immature platform and the future of DDR2, as we have already presented our thoughts on these subjects previously.

HardwareOC send news they've snagged ATi's latest Roadmap for their R480 XT/Pro and R430 XT/Pro both XT chipsets have 16 pipelines, while the PRO version have 12 pipelines! Click Here for more Info.

Logitech released a lower priced version of the ultra-expensive diNovo Media Desktop. The diNovo Media Desktop had bluetooth support. The new dinovo is a lower priced product without a bluetooth and cheaper mice. The bluetooth dinovo is sold for $250:
While the new lowered price dinovo cordless desktop costs $150:
It adds new features like temperature display.

NVIDIA brings PCI Express, SLI and new security features to the Athlon 64. Read on to see what else they've brought to the table.

DataFuse.net just wrote an article on Dual CPU's explained Part Deux

During the weekend I got some reactions to the previous Dual Core CPU's explained article, which you can read overhere. I can now add/update some additional information regarding the piece I wrote last week. Intel at this time doesn't really have any other option, since two Prescotts Cores in one CPU would create way too much heat. Aircooling simply wouldn't cut it, euh cool it.

This setup has all the bragging rights available, but is it actually worth its extreme price? Does buying an 800 euro cooling for your CPU improve your gaming experience? Do we need a 3Ghz FX? Find out in this overclocking extravaganza!

3DXtreme is giving away an Albatron K8X800 Pro II Version 2.0 Motherboard. Based on the VIA K8T800 chipset this board is packed with extras. It supports the AMD socket 754 CPUs extras include Gigabit Lan, 1394 Firewire and onboard 8 channel sound. This board is valued at $130 - this is the newest revision. Get in the game now to win! Good luck!

IXBT Labs has posted a test of 101 video cards manufactured from 1999 to 2004 : the latest and greatest from nVidia and ATI are naturally tested, as well as cards from XGI, Matrox, SiS, 3dfx (Voodoo4), PowerVR and S3.

DataFuse.net have thrown up an article on Intel's & AMD's Dual Core CPU's

Both AMD and Intel are racing towards the next step of processor technology. Ever since Intel's Pentium 4 it has become much harder to run cpu's at higher speeds. Although both technologies from AMD and Intel are called DualCore, the architecture and construction behind it isn't identical.

Tom's Hardware Guide has decided to take a stance on ATi's and NVIDIA's rush-to-market launches. Reviews of cards with pre-launch buggy drivers and yet-to-come updates do no service to the user. We explain why we will no longer play that game.

[H]ardOCP have thrown up some raw numbers direct from NVIDIA that show off the power of coming SLI configurations with DOOM3 and Halo. And for those of you wondering just how big SLI will make your ePenis, 3DMark05.

Athlon 64 4000+ 1GBDDR400, ASUS nForce4 SLI

Our bro's over at HardwareOC send word they've snagged some pic's of Abit's AA8 Fatal1ty based on Intel's 925X LGA775 Mainbaord with active cooling.