HEXUS.net has managed to take some pictures of two XFX GeForce 6800 Ultra 512MB cards running in SLI. These are reported not to launch until tomorrow, so this is a first look at them in action. The system itself (which has until now had its case panels securely in place) is being showcased at XFX's stand at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany. These cards bring an unprecedented 1GB of video memory to gamers.

CoolTechZone is proud to partner with SunbeamTech for this giveaway. The rules are fairly simple; all you need to do is register on the forums and have a minimum of five posts. The contest will only be for two weeks. After the contest ends officially, we will randomly select a winner. Welcome to CoolTechZone forums.

Samsung will be showing off a new cell phone which runs on Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system which features a built-in hard drive. The SGH-I300 will offer 3GB of storage which allows you to store up to 1,000 songs on it for playback through the music player. The 3GB hard drive is similar to the type of hard drive that is found in Apple's Mini iPod. These 1-inch drives with very low power requirements, are ideal for cell phones and other mobile devices. Read more..

AMD has revealed additional details on its Turion 64 mobile processor, but the company's latest press release leaves more lingering questions than it answers. Turion-based laptops from Acer and Fujitsu are expected to arrive in distribution channels and retail before the end of the month, but actual chip specs remain elusive. A new series of model numbers has been introduced to help consumers better understand the Turion line, though.

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CD Freaks is especially proud to bring you this excellent article written by two of our own in-house staff, along with a wonderful input and cooperation from the companies behind these two new, fascinating blue laser technologies. We truly feel that this paper can satisfy the experts out there and yet at the same time, help an enthusiast to understand exactly what is going on "under the hood" with these two awesome formats.

6,650 words. 75 images. 24 pages. Athlon 64 FX and Opteron 252 CPUs tested. In our nForce4 SLI motherboard roundup, Chris tests NVIDIA's last 3 driver releases and SLI motherboards from ASUS, DFI, Gigabyte, and MSI, as well as Tyan's ultra high-end K8WE nForce Professional 2200/2050 motherboard. See who comes out on top, as well as the staggering memory bandwidth figures the Tyan board dishes out with dual Opteron CPUs in this article!

TrustedReviews has teamed up with Shuttle to give away one of the brand new SN25P nForce 4 based barebones. The competition is open to anyone living in the EU.

With the exclusive AI Selector, users of the A8N-SLI Premium, the enhanced version of the popular A8N-SLI Deluxe, no longer need to open the PC case and unplug and plug the selector card on the motherboard to change graphics card modes. The A8N-SLI Premium is the only motherboard on the market equipped with programmable switch IC to eliminate the hassle of opening the PC case to switch between two PCI Express x8 SLI mode and one PCI Express x16 mode.

Asus Press Release

SINGAPORE - January 7, 2005 - Creative (NASDAQ: CREAF), a worldwide leader in high-quality audio for the PC, today announced the USB Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS Video Editor, the first ever Sound Blaster with video editing capabilities. This ultra-sleek high-end audio system combines premier audio playback with award-winning video technology in one easy-to-use solution for audio and video that connects to the PC via USB 2.0, all for the estimated street price of only US$259.99.

SINGAPORE - March 9, 2005 - Creative Technology Ltd. (NASDAQ: CREAF), the creator of Sound Blaster®, the worldwide standard for high quality PC audio and a worldwide leader in digital entertainment solutions, today announced Sound Blaster Live! ADVANCED MB audio. This simple online upgrade allows PC users with motherboard audio produced by Analog Devices, Inc. to upgrade to Sound Blaster audio quality for only US$19.99. The Sound Blaster Live! ADVANCED MB audio solution is now available for PCs equipped with the Asus model P5P800 motherboard.

Mihai posted the A4 Tech Round-up, there are three mice reviewed.

We start the round-up with the latest innovation from A4 Tech. After quite some time, we have the great pleasure to review some of the finest, and newest, products from A4 Tech. A4 Tech boldly states this optical wireless mouse doesn't need any batteries to work. How can that be possible? Simple, physics. Hard to believe, isn't it?

Available since the end of last year (the AGP version was first released and the PCI Express followed several months later), sales of the GeForce 6600 GT have exploded. If you are interested in buying a GeForce 6600 GT, you might first want to take a look at the survey of eleven 6600 GT graphic cards, 4 of them AGP and 7 PCI Express by Behardware.com.

NGO Competition will take place at the 31st this month. Exactly at 16:00 GMT. I will edit one of my latest posts in the forums. And I will add: ?password = xxxxxxxx?. The first person to find the password has to login into http://www.ngohq.com/competition/ and he or she suppose to find an email in there. The first person to email me with his details would win this High-end Card + Shipping + Customs refund.

At least some partners of chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices have received AMD Athlon 64 4200+ microprocessor which is made using 90nm process technology and sports numerous enhancements over currently available Athlon 64 4000+ and FX-55 models.

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From the HEXUS.review : 'Intel will argue that it's not just about the heat, that it enables smaller x86 PCs due to the thermal reorganisation. Tell that to SFF PC makers, the guys pushing picoATX, VIA and their EPIA platform and many others. PCs will get smaller without BTX and ATX chassis engineers are getting smart and sorting out the thermal issues even with current "put your components anywhere you like" ATX mainboard designs. And where's BTX for larger mainboards?'

A month has now passed since we posted a few pictures below of the actual beast so as to dispel a few false rumours. There were many opinions that flew around the internet stating that the card didn?t exist!

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Gamers Depot's wrap-up of this Spring's IDF noteable technologies is up:

Every Spring and Fall, Intel hosts its own mini-trade show called the ?Intel Developer Forum? ? it?s essentially a twice a year event that gives them the chance to flex their muscle with new product announcements and a time in which they have direct access to media, industry analysts and varying hardware manufacturers. Additionally, they provide many sessions in which someone from Intel ? or a guest speaker ? will give the audience an overview of new technologies and industry initiatives etc.

XtremeSystems have snagged the first Picture of AMD's Turion 64 2800+ - 1.6 GHz - 1M L2 - Core 90nm Rev 'E' - TDP 25W Socket754 CPU!

XFX have informed us that a 512MB PCIe 6800 Ultra will be exhibited at CeBIT, with cards available to buy at the end of the month.

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The FiringSquad article has been updated with ATI's performance numbers for the X850 XT 512MB, X850 XT 256, and X850 XT PE in DOOM 3 Ultra quality mode, Half-Life 2, and Far Cry.