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Trouble for ATI? R520 Issues @ PenStar Systems

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I have received some rather interesting information about some of the issues facing ATI at this time. Several months ago it was suggested that ATI would be unveiling the R520 chip in April, then that time was pushed back to May, then it was rumored that it would be released during Computex. Now, all of those times have passed, and so far no next generation product from ATI. Several pieces of information have dropped into my hands, and I thought that I would share them here.
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AMD FX-57 likely to arrive in two weeks

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The CPU itself is a logical step for AMD: the Venice core proved to be a really good product in terms of yields and clocking capabilities, so seeing AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 running at a cool 2.81GHz wasn't such a suprise. The only thing that still bothers me was the fact that the CPU-Z read FSB clock at 247 MHz on a reference ATi Xpress 200 motherboard, but that's an obvious misread - I used v1.28, since the BIOS was showing 200 MHz HT link speed with x5 ratio.

The Inquirer
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Dueling Dual Cores: AMD vs. Intel @ SimHQ

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During SimHQ's recent looks at both AMD and Intel dual-core processors, the testing of these new parts with our benchmark suite gave the expected results and showed that the PC game development community has long been accustomed to producing titles coded for single- rather than multi-core systems.
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Phantom console updates

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I was just watching "Attack of the Show" on G4 TV and the interview with the President was so absurd I simply had to comment on it.

TheSpoke
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ATI R520 scores 10K+ in 3Dmark05

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We got some numbers from this card and it turns out that R520 scores more than 10000 in 3Dmark05. We still don't know its clock speeds but we know the score. For what we know Nvidia can not mach this with G70

TheInquirer
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DVD Burner round-up: Top 16x drives tested @ TechSpot

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DVD Burners have had a long way growing towards maturity, and after reviewing these three heavy hitters, I have to say the technology has almost been perfected. Not only these will support both kinds of media and burn them at 16x speeds, but also support dual layer media, which means you can store up to 8 gigabytes of information in one disk.
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BenQ previews Blu-ray DVD burner

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BenQ demonstrated its BW1000 prototype blue-laser DVD burner at the recently concluded Computex 2005 and the company plans to start volume producing the product in the first or second quarter of 2006.

DigiTimes
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Intel Readying Dual-Core Desktop Dothan Microprocessor

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It?s a known fact that Intel has failed to deliver a viable desktop solution since it launched its Prescott microprocessor. In addition to delivering a poor and expensive solution, the abundance of technologies with its 915/925 chipsets left the platform at an almost destructive state with memory and motherboard manufacturers frustrated at the lack of sub-par sales.
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MAC + Intel: Where does the end user fit in this?

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This article on Flexbeta covers the MAC switch to x86 processors and what the switch will mean for the end user. Will more games be available for the MAC now that it will run on the x86 architecture? Will the new Intel based MAC's be more affordable? Imagine the next Mac desktop tower being under $1500 initially or the price of the Mac Mini dropping to $399.
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ATI Radeon X550 Info

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The Radeon X550 GPU is the RV370 and uses the same PCBs as previous RV370 boards (X300). However, AIBs are also allowed to perform their own modifications, for example reduce the PCB layer count.

techPowerUp
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The Dual Core AMD vs. Intel Stress Test

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You've likely heard and read a lot about dual core processors from AMD and Intel. We tested similarly equipped AMD's Athlon 64 X2 4800+ against Intel's Pentium 840 EE with SLI graphics cards and ran both systems under heavy loads. The results were...

Toms Hardware Guide
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R520 has 32 pipelines, 24 working

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We learned that R520 might be quite hot as it is the biggest chip ever with its 300+ millions transistors. Since its 90 nanometre its kind of logical that you can place quite a lot of pipelines under its hood and it turns out that ATI has managed to pack in 32 pipes.

The Inquirer
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BTX love arrives in AMD's camp

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The board is based on the Micro-BTX form factor and features NVIDIA's upcoming C51 chipset, which we reported a few weeks ago. The chipset features integrated graphics and is based on the NForce 4 MCP.

Bit-Tech
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Pentium M 'Yonah' to use 31 percent less power

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The company said Yonah notebooks will use up to 31 percent less power than current Pentium M notebooks. By 2008 Intel's goal is to reduce notebook power consumption to a point where machines can run for eight hours on a single battery charge. A thing which Yonah won't feature is 64-bit, because it would mean a big difference in battery life.. The company says it will release a 64-bit Pentium M when the market 'requires' it.

DV Hardware
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Computex 2005 Day 3

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The show stealer for Albatron was clearly the ?ATOP? AGP to PCI-E converter cards. ATOP allows a user to plug an NVIDIA AGP video card into a PCI-E riser ? allowing a user to upgrade to an nForce4 board without getting rid of their old card. While the implications are nice, the practicality of the card is still being tested and there are also issues of clearance that have not been addressed yet.
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Gigabyte presents DDR RAM based HDD

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Gigabyte is showing off its new IRam PCI add-in card with four memory slots at Computex. The solid-state device is designed to act as a fast hard drive with Serial ATA interface and it supports up to 4GB DDR memory. Extremely high access times are the main advantage over normal HDDs.

DV Hardware
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ATi Crossfire Broke 3DMark05 World Record

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ATi has revealed today in their launch party at Computex that their Crossfire platform has beaten our 3DMark05 record of 14623 set by Shamino reaching an impressive score of 15498. The world record is set by macci, one of the top overclocker from Finland using probably FX-55 and Dual Radeon X850 XT PE clocked at 904Mhz.

VR-Zone
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Win an AMD FX55 processor

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To enter simply post a FUNNY slogan in some way related to AMD and you could be the lucky winner of this extremely fast (and expensive) CPU.

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