Various reports online have pointed to AMD making a change in socket sometime next year as well as possibly moving to DDR2 memory technology. With some more information on the subject, I decided to show it to you for your thoughts and opinions.

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Our bro's over at HardWareOC send word of a new OTES cooling system from Abit! Check it Out Here

Ryan and I attended the VIP x64 event: Raise the speed limit with about 80 other x64 VIP's I hope Ryan will add his report here, because I'm very tired now been awake over 24 hours. I did add pics in our new picture gallery section, like a picture of the brand new x64 Intel chip:

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We heard that NV50/G70 is a dual-core monster with 32 pipelines and is based on TSMC 90nm process technology. ATi R520 is also 90nm based and contains 32 pipelines.

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Thanks to the Chinese website PCPOP and HardwareOC! we have the first benchmarks for ATi's R520 GPU using Futuremarks 3DMark05!

This article will serve two purposes. First and foremost, we're interested in the new dual core Opterons as a server solution - and we run them through our usual web and database serving tests. Next, we're going to take a look at the Athlon 64 X2 and how it compares in performance to Intel's recently announced Pentium D. We've developed even more desktop multitasking tests for this article, so we'll be able to provide you with an idea of how well AMD will be able to compete in the multi-core world.

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Earlier this month Intel debuted their dual-core Pentium Extreme Edition 840 to the public, launching the first systems based on the technology at the beginning of this week. Today it's AMD's turn, and unlike Intel, AMD is not constrained by the front-side bus. Read all about AMD's dual-core plans, including X2 and Athlon 64 FX-57, as well as the future for AMD, and of course, you'll also see how AMD's dual-core offerings compare to Intel's as well as seven other processors in our Opteron performance preview article!

With the RADEON X850 XT-PE, ATI has expanded its product lineup offering up their fastest video card for the AGP platform. In this evaluation we put it up against the fastest GeForce 6800 Ultra-based video card in DOOM 3, FarCry, Half Life 2, Need for Speed 2, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Chronicles of Riddick, and EverQuest II to see which one games best.

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The Gainward CoolFX PowerPack! Ultra/2800PCX Golden Sample has a core clock of over 450MHz and 512MB, 1.2GHz DDR3 memory.

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The same question keeps cropping up: is it better to buy an entry-level professional graphic card or a high-end general public graphic card for a computer used to play with, and to take the first steps in the 3D animation and modeling world? Behardware.com has tested 7 PCI Express 3D Pro graphic cards to measure the improvements compared to the standard versions.

Just got word from the guy's at HardWareOC that they've snagged ATI's latest GPU Roadmap. Looks like we'll have an AGP version of the R520!

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We take a behind-the-scenes look at AMD's technologies for its 90 nm SOI, duel core and Athlon 64 FX-55 and Opteron production. See what goes into the making of AMD's secret sauces.

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We just learned that Nvidia taped out its next-generation graphics chip codenamed G70. Our pro-Nvidia sources believe that it will end up faster than ATi's R520.

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The most exciting change for computer enthusiasts was easily the introduction of the PCI-E bus system, which promised to deliver the ever increasingly powerful GPUs in graphics cards from the shackles of AGP? but does it? With its increased bus bandwidth, PCI-E should allow the latest generation of graphics cards - almost little PCs within a PC, nowadays ? to fully unleash their polygon crunching, rendering and painting abilities. It is a new technology, though, and like its siblings (DDR2 and SATA) it?s aimed at providing performance increases in the long run development of components, rather than in the immediate application of current hardware.

We experiment with coolers, clock speeds and power connectors on ATI's mid-high-end graphics card. Does an external power connector provide for better overclocking? What power drain does a souped-up X800 XL have? And what results can you get with an ATI Silencer cooler?

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ATI are going on a blitz in the marketing dept. at the moment as they begin spreading their latest spiel in the form of a PDF document which highlights all the beneficial factors towards the ownership of one of their X850, X800, or X700 based graphics cards.

After benchmarking the flagship cards earlier this month with Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, today we're here to evaluate Splinter Cell performance with today's mainstream offerings in the $150-$300 price range. Included in the roundup are 128MB and 256MB X700 PRO cards, as well as the X800 and X800 XL. Does the extra memory play a role in Chaos Theory performance? Which card delivers the most bang for the buck? Find out inside!

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It isn't very often something truly, 100% exclusive and drool-worthy drops into my mailbox here, but today just happens to be one of those days - I can now present to you what is (To my knowledge) the first benchmark of a desktop dual-core AMD processor!

For our testing we simply did a couple backups of my compact flash cards and also connecting to the PC to navigate and move files. The CD311 did not require any drivers to use with the PC as it was seen by the computer as an external hard drive just as any other similar units we have used in the past. For backing up the compact media, it was as simple as plugging it into the media reader, powering on the CD311 and choosing to backup the entire contents. This unit does also provide the ability to browse any media and pick and choose files to backup also which is a nice little feature. Doing this might be a little time consuming but it offers some real flexibility of use.

Highly reliable sources have confirmed the specifications of Apple's forthcoming revisions to its Power Mac G5, iMac G5 and eMac systems, expected to start shipping within a few days of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger's April 29th release.

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