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Nvidia GeForce2 Ti GPU.
On Board 64MB 128-bit DDR Memory 350 MHz RAMDAC
Nvidia Shading Rasterizer(tm) (NSR)
Integrated Transform and Lighting engine
32-bit Z/stencil buffer
1 Billion pixels/sec rendering power
On-board TV-out support both RCA and S-video connection
AGP 4X/2X, AGP texturing and Fast Write supports
Microsoft DirectX and OpenGL Optimizations and support
Drivers Support for Win 9X, Win ME, Win2K and win XP
Leadtek WinFox system utility with Hardware
Monitoring functions and self-diagnostic LEDs indicators

Leadtek 64Mb GF2 Titanium £59.50 + VAT or £69.91 inc VAT

A short story on The Inquirer just caught my attention. According to them and Intel itself the error five in the "erratum" sheet says that both the 850 and the 860 chipsets have problems with PCI. This limits the PCI transfer rates to 90MB/s when it should be 133MB/s, and so the external PCI disk controller is, to use a technical term we just invented, "blinkered" to rates of around 80MB/s when it's running in the desperationd derby. Check out Intel's page

A french online shop already listed upcoming GeForce 4 based products in their store list. They also listed the ABIT KX7-333 mobo based on yet to be announced VIA KT333 chipset and sporting ultra DMA 133MB/sec. via VIA VT8233A southbridge!
Officially GeForce 4 is said to be announced on February 5th. Abit and Leadtek products based on GeForce4 MX-440 chip clocked at 275 MHz 64 MB of memory Abit memory will run at 250 MHz, while Leadtek's card will apparently use only 200 MHz memory Check it out here

X-bit labs Well, the time of the first graphics cards based on NVIDIA GeForce4 chips has come. For example, this French dealer states that they will start selling Leadtek GeForce4 MX440 and ABIT GeForce4 MX440 in February. The interesting thing is that the memory frequency of the Leadtek graphics card will be standard (200MHz DDR), while that on ABIT graphics card will be 50MHz higher. The chip frequency on both solutions will be 275MHz. Now we look forward to the official chips announcement scheduled for early February.

X-Bit labs have just finished their ATI RADEON 8500 Extreme Overclocking Project.

Here's a bite from their Experience

We overclocked RADEON 8500 core up to 325MHz, but the card didn't work very stably at this frequency and hung after working for long with heavy workload. Accordingly, we had to decrease the core frequency. The ultimate top frequency of the core, at which the card worked was stably, totaled 320MHz

Well folks Abit has released a new BIOS for the KR7A series and they also let the cat out of the bag with this one. Abit will introduce a new mobo based on the KR7A-series named - the KR7A-133 and KR7A-133RAID- which are yet to be announced. It is concludeable that these will probably have the new VT8233A Southbridge from VIA which provides ATA/133 support. Read More for fixes and download...

Here's some new BIOSes that I found while surfing the net from AOpen, Asus, ECS Elitegroup, Gigabyte, MSI, Soltek!

And some Asus tools to start with :D

Asus Digital VCR 2.1
Asus Tweak Utility 3.22
Asus SmartDoctor 1.76
Asus Live 4.6
Asus Video Security 1.2

Hit Read more for the BIOS updates!

Some ASUS A7V333 (based on the KT333) info can be found at

TBreak.com Short specs listed under read more

Gainward, a leading manufacturer of high performance 3D graphics and home entertainment accelerators, announces the world?s first 128MB 3D graphics accelerator, the Gainward GeForce3 PowerPack!!! Ti/500 ?JUMBO? ?Golden Sample?. Note that it is based on an Ti200 GPU! Features:
GeForce 3 Ti200 GPU 128MB 4NS DDR-SDRAM VGA & DVI Connector Video-In/Out + cables WinDVD 3.0 + other software Gainward ExperTools Estimated retail price 299? in January 2002

Want to know how to upgrade your Radeon 8500 LE OEM to an Radeon 8500 retail! Well it's easy just upgarde your BIOS but your not sure how to do that? Well ASE Labs have the answer.

Here's a bite from their review:

I'm not only going to go over the numbers of the card itself, but how I turned this humble little Radeon LELE into a retail Radeon, in the process, saving a pretty penny. Please don't try to upgrade your Radeon unless you are sure that you have tested it to make sure it will work or you are a complete nut like me and just did it. Since this is my first real video card review, all the options that I wanted to test didn't work correctly for me so this review may be a bit light on the benchmarks, but there is enough to determine the quality of the card.

NOMAD II (0MB on board firmware update 3.00.233)

CN2-FWARE-6-US

This is a new stand-alone firmware release of NOMAD II (0MB on board firmware) for users running on Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows 2000 and Windows ME only.

This release includes support for 128MB SmartMedia and is meant for NOMAD II O MB (Model DAP0001/DAP0002) only.

Note: This release is NOT TO BE USED with any other models other than those stated above.

MSI have released new BIOS files!

Fdrsoft have got their hands on new ACORP bios files!

This was a bit surprising but eventually foreseeable. Since Hercules kicked Nvidia with their Kyro lineup last year this has been a company for ATI to aim at. Well sorry to see the blue Orb GeForce cards vanish... Here is the press release: Munich, Germany and La Gacilly, France, January 10th, 2002 - ATI Technologies Inc. (TSE: ATY, NASDAQ: ATYT), a world leader in the supply of graphics, video and multimedia solutions, and Hercules (Euronext Paris, Guillemot- 6672), European leader in graphics retail boards, announced today a strategic partnership to develop a range of graphics products, including high-end boards for the hardcore gamer and the family user. Hercules will market through a European Exclusive Agreement ATI's new ALL-IN-WONDER® products including ALL-IN-WONDER® RADEON? 8500 DV technology in retail and distribution channels. This exciting technology is number one worldwide and already counts for 14% of the United States 3D retail market value (NPD Intelect/PC Data: January to November 2001). Hercules will also have worldwide access to the latest ATI 3D graphics technologies, including ATI's RADEON? 8500 chip. ATI products have been designed to support the latest DirectX® 8.1 3D application-specific interface (API), resulting in support for more games and delivering the most realistic images possible on a PC screen. Hercules will take advantage of this technology to manufacture the most powerful high-end graphics cards in its 3D Prophet? branded product offerings.

FdrSoft have found some new Iwill BIOSes:

Iwill KK266plus (Product No. 35104) BIOS Date Code: Jan.04.2002 Iwill KK266plus-R (Product No. 35105) BIOS Date Code: Jan.04.2002 Iwill KA266plus (Product No. 32403) BIOS Date Code: Jan.04.2002 Iwill KA266plus-R (Product No. 32402) BIOS Date Code: Jan.04.2002 Iwill KD266 (Product No. 32500A) BIOS Date Code: Jan.04.2002 Iwill KD266Plus (Product No. 32501) BIOS Date Code: Jan.07.2002

Here's some new bioses files that I found while surfing the net from Abit, Asus, ECS Elitegroup, Gigabyte, MSI, Shuttle, Soyo, Tyan !!!

Saw it just over @ 3dSoundSourge that Creative has released their new Sound Blaster Extigy. Creative Technology has unveiled the Sound Blaster® Extigy(TM), the first external Sound Blaster in Creative's history. Creative doesn't specifically state it but it appears to be basically an Audigy in a compact external device that connects to the notebook or desktop via the Universal Serial Bus (USB) port. It can also be used without the PC as a Dolby Digital decoder for a set-top DVD or the X-Box. 3dSoundSourge reports also, that the card ship this month at an estimated street price of US$149.99.
Read More for technical details

MSI have released some new BIOS Updates. Use caution when flashing your BIOS. For update details check with the appropriate MSI page.

Hit read more for the full list.

Time Magazine Canada added a little spice to todays overkill of PC hardware news. Apple is about to release the next generation of their iMac desktop PowerPC series.

A new day, some new BIOS updates: Und hier sind mal wieder einige BIOS Updates von Asus:
A7N266-E ACPI BIOS 1001.B final
A7V266-E ACPI BIOS 1005 final
A7V133-M BIOS 1005.A final
Be careful when you flash your BIOS and please check the readme first to determine if you have grabbed the right BIOS.