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.

Fido over at The Inquirer has snagged a picture of MSI's Nforce 4 motherboard!

You will notice that board has only one chip covered with active cooler, PCIe 16X slot and two PCIe 1X slots, four PCI slots where one is possibly 266 MB/s fast, four memory slots, marvels eight SATA ports four of them controlled or helped by silicon image chip. The board still has two IDE channels and a floppy connector. A Via chip in front of PCIe 16X slot was one of the things that created a nice smile on my face. What an irony.

New GeForce 6200 Graphics Processor First to Deliver DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 3.0, NVIDIA UltraShadow II Technology, and High Definition Video Playback at Value Prices Here are the specs: GPU: NV43 Architecture: - 4 pipelines with 3 vertex units core: 300Mhz memory: 275 (550) 128 bit DDR1 memory (128 MB or 256MB) Shader Model 3 Ultrashadow II video enhancements 100% PCIe compliant no SLI capability Price: $129 for 128MB version - $149 for 256MB version GeForce 6200 GPUs are shipping now and GeForce 6200-based graphics boards will be available from leading add-in card manufacturers in November. Read More for some screenshots about this graphics card.

Creative has launched the first Sound Blaster card in a PCMCIA format for notebooks. It features EAX 4.0 ADVANCED HD, Dolby Digital EX and DTS-ES built-in decoding, ASIO 2.0 recording, 7.1 surround sound, and DVD-Audio 24-bit/192kHz playback. Check it out here.

Laut MyDrivers.com soll Samsung demnächst GDDR3-RAM mit 1.25ns Zugriffszeit auf den Markt bringen. In der folgenden Tabelle kann man sehen was der Sprung auf 1.25ns bringt. 2.000 ns = 500MHz
1.667 ns = 600MHz
1.429 ns = 700MHz
1.250 ns = 800MHz
Außerdem könnte dieser neue Speicher auf dem kommenden Grafikkarte von ATi mit der R480-GPU zum Einsatz kommen.

I'VE Extolled the virtues of quality power supplies so many times that saying they're the most often overlooked PC component feels like a cliche. But it's true. In my experience, poor quality generic-brand power supplies are often the root of PC stability problems. Also, as new processors and graphics cards demand more power than ever before, quality power supplies are becoming more important.

Clubic seems to know about the upcoming Logitech dinovo 2! Logitech will soon reveal two new models of the ultra expensive dinovo. Here they have a photo of the mediaplay mouse with what seems like the old dinovo keyboard. But if you look closely, the old dinovo had a dark gery color, while the one in this picture: has a light grey color. Probaly logitech will bring a dinovo bundled with the bluetooth version of the MX1000 and one with mediaplay mouse. The mediapad is expected to have a colorscreen and more capabilities.

Hardware Pacers has posted a review on the Professional Headphone and Audio Accessory Roundup.

While many people in the world find wearing headphones a 'Necessary Evil' that comes with portable music listening, HeadRoom Corporation knows about and caters to the large segment of the population that enjoy listening to music through the wonderful world of headphones. Some unsavvy consumers will find 15 dollar headphones that come with portable music players acceptable, however, many music connoisseurs have found listening to music using traditional means is lacking in quality. HeadRoom has an extensive product line that will accommodate any music buff that desires increased performance from personal audio equipment. Whether the consumer wishes to own the most extravagant audio headphones and accessories, or simply wants quality audio with a small budget, HeadRoom has the product line to meet the needs of the customer.

ATI'S NEXT FASTEST graphic thing will be based on 0.11µ (micron) architecture. This is the natural direction for ATI to migrate from 0.13µ low K marchitecture to pure 0.11µ without low K. When you make things smaller you can possibly clock a chip even higher, but we don't have any idea what frequency ATI is aiming for. That's exactly where its R480 chip is at this time. More at The Inq

Just spotted this bit of Info over at OCWorkbench

According to our sources, nForce4 will be officially announced on 20 Oct 2004. There will be 4 editions and they might be changes until the final specs are release.