VolariGamers has the first info on XGI's Volari 8300 (XG47) and Volari 8600 (XG45). The Volari 8600 will support native PCIE and Shader Model 3.0, whereas the Volari 8300 is an entry level PCIE card with Shader Model 2.0 support. In addition, XGI has implemented video playback enhancements such as 3:2 pull-down, HDTV output and Smooth Edge, which are similar to nVidia's PureVideo.

In this article we've got more pictures of NVIDIA's G70, pictures of all of the CrossFire motherboards from manufacturers at the show, a look at cooling at Computex, benchmarks of ULi's new Socket-939 chipset and much more.

NVIDIA's G70 graphics processor, likely to be bound up in a range of products carrying GeForce 7 branding, may have an Ultra version waiting in the wings, to counter any ATI high-end product launch.

Hexus

Hardinfo.dk has the first benchmarks of ATi's CrossFire vs Nvidia SLi on Doom 3.

The SN26P features a Socket 939, err, socket and a 350W power supply. That's a pair of Leadtek GeForce 6800 GT graphics cards in the picture. Shuttle has the SN26P running 3DMark05 in its demo system, and it all seems to work as advertised.

TechReport

Its been a long time coming but ATI have finally answered the call of Nvidia's SLI with the release of their dual card technology codenamed "Crossfire". Right now we dont have a suitable test rig to bring you figures or results but rest assured when samples are made available we will be bringing you the full rundown. For now Ill go over the information presented to me at a recent meeting and how you should expect Crossfire to improve your gaming experience. At the end of the article ill include an ATI Q&A session which will answer a good selection of questions and act as a reference.

DriverHeaven

As you'll no doubt already have noticed, today the NDA was lifted on ATI's answer to SLI - CrossFire. We've taken some time out to take a look at the technology and put together our thoughts on it at EliteBastards.

Today marked the start of Computex, the world's largest Information Technology trade show. We had the opportunity to exclusively test DFI's Crossfire motherboard as well as take a closer look at the Pentium 4 and AMD Crossfire offerings from ECS. Both Cooler Master and Thermaltake introduced new case designs, and AMD showed off it's Formula 1 racing car.

After our initial testing this morning we managed to perform some further tests. Specifically, we were able to benchmark a Crossfire system using an AMD Athlon 64 4000+ processor and two Radeon X850XT Platinum Edition graphics cards. These results were particularly interesting, because our initial testing this morning was conducted using two X850XTs (non-PE version).

The motherboard integrates Socket 479 Pentium M (Dothan) CPU, Intel?s 915G desktop chipset, and ICH6 I/O controller to become the world?s first hybrid model with combined features of powerful chipset performance and energy-saving CPU, which generates less heat and noise than desktop CPUs.

TweakTown

For months NVIDIAs SLI technology has been the only game in town for users looking to combine two cards together for more performance. But soon that will change, as today ATI is unveiling their SLI equivalent: CrossFire! ATI is taking image quality to the next level with CrossFire, supporting AA levels up to 14x and a new rendering mode used in advanced simulation systems dubbed supertiling.

Rumours are circulating that a Daughter Card will be soon available that will convert a 16X PCI-E Slot into 2 * 8X PCI-E Slots for SLI ability. More news on this as it comes in.

OCWorkBench

We?ll have to give it to ATI for keeping our gaze fixed upon their new product for so long, whilst being fed all sorts of incomplete information about prospective performance and features. Now that the curtain has dropped on ATI?s multi graphics processor solution we can only wonder what they?ve been doing for the past six months.

Hardware Analysis

When it comes to the aging Accelerated Graphics Port we're almost at an end of an era in the computing industry. Although the AGP port isn't quite dead yet and ATI as well as nVidia still recognize there is a market for users who are not yet ready to upgrade to PCI Express based systems. Today we've compared all eight of the current AGP graphics from ATI and nVidia including the Radeon X700PRO, X800XL, X850XT, X850XT PE and GeForce 6600GT, 6800, 6800GT and 6800 Ultra. Which one will it be for your AGP gaming machine? Read on for some answers at TweakTown!

As Computex Taipei draws near, the Hardware Zone team here is hard at work bringing you the latest news and happenings right in the heart of all the excitement itself. Today, we'll whet your appetite with pictures of the latest NVIDIA G70 graphics card. Yes guys, it's here and it's coming! Time to throw out the old and prepare for greater and a more fluid graphics experience.

It's Time to talk about some numbers referred to ATI crossfire Multi VPU systems. We can only used ATI own reference performance numbers seen in a document that it got in its labs.

Now that dual core processors from both AMD and Intel are shipping we take a step back and look at the bigger picture, why are these processors such a hard sell?

Hardware Analysis

VIA today launched the VIA C7 processor, a new competitor to Intel's popular mobile Pentium M processor. The C7 is based on the Esther core, it VIA claims it is the world's smallest, lowest power and most secure native x86 processor. The VIA C7 is produced on a 90nm SOI process from IBM and the 2.0GHz version uses only 20W at peak levels while idle power consumption is as low as 0.1W.

DV Hardware

Siemens posted a press photo on its web site's media area showing the "Remote Expert Center for Power Plants in Karlsruhe, Germany." The purpose was to brag aout how these experts "use state-of-the-art communications to monitor, maintain and optimize a large number of machines and facilities." I say: Forget the communications -- look at that friggin' monitor! I want one.

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If even two graphics cards in your PC are not enough, what about four? SLI typically is limited to two cards within one system, but sources told Tom's Hardware Guide that Gigabyte will soon offer a "Quad" motherboard with slots for up to four Nvidia-based SLI cards.