Due to it's high latency at its debut, DDR2 has not been favoured by many enthusiasts. That, on top of the high premium one had to pay for DDR2, put off quite a few enthusiasts. However, in the past few months, the DDR2 industry has seen quite a large development with many low latency and much higher clock variants entering the market. And the prices have dropped by quite a big margin. Today, VR-Zone does a Mega in-depth DDR2 Memory Round-Up!
Logitech launches G5 and G7 mouse
Logitech today launched the G-series gaming mice with the G5 and the cordless G7 mouse. Both feature a laser-based tracking system with a resolution of up to 2000 dpi, which can be adjusted on the fly to as low as 400 dpi. More info at DV Hardware
Win a GeForce 7800 GT
It's only launch day, but already you could be in with a chance of winning a 7800 GT. All you have to do is tell HEXUS why you think you deserve to win. More details at HEXUS.net.
Logitech launches G15 keyboard with LCD display for gamers
Logitech today announced the G15 keyboard which is aimed at serious PC gamers. This is the first member in the G-series family of gaming-grade peripherals and it features a built-in auxiliary LCD display, 18 programmable keys and software, making it easy to set up custom commands for every game. The adjustable-tilt, backlit LCD can be programmed to display vital in-game information, or data from other applications, without interrupting game play. Read on at DV Hardware
Upcoming GeForce Pricing
GDHardware has the early scoop for you on NVIDIA's pending announcement today on its pricing structure. All prices listed are MSRP:
7800GT Sneak Peek
As you may know, today is the day that nVidia unveils its next card in the 7800 series, the 7800GT. You might call it a slightly pared down version of the top-of-the-line 7800GTX. We have a friend of a friend that somehow got one of these early, so we get a sneak peek.
nVidia Geforce 7800GT Tomorrow
Tomorrow nVidia will be releasing its Geforce 7800GT with a new version of ForceWare.
DFI RDX200 CF-DR Crossfire
For those of you who have been waiting in the wings to hear about the new DFI RDX200 CF-DR Crossfire motherboard, Tekheads.co.uk will be one of the first to get stock!
Creative launches the X-Fi
If you thought add-in sound cards were becoming redundant, think again. Creative just announced a mammoth of a sound card that should put onboard sound to shame. The 51.1 million transistor X-Fi is over ten times larger than Creative's previous Audigy audio processor, and some versions of the X-Fi will even sport 64MB of onboard memory.
Radeon X800 GT 8 pixel pipelines to 16?
It's based on the same R480 GPU that is used on ATI's top-of-the-line Radeon X850 series video cards with half of the pixel pipelines disabled in the BIOS. The GPU is clocked at a healthy 475MHz with eight of the sixteen pixel pipelines enabled, while all six vertex shaders remain intact.
5th-generation iPods to sport Apple scroll-wheel
When Apple Computer introduces new versions of its original iPod digital music player later this year, expect them to sport more home-grown components such as an Apple-branded scroll-wheel.
Intel's Dual-Core Yonah Roadmap
Intel's dual-core Pentium M successor "Yonah" will ship at 1.67GHz, 1.84GHz, and 2.17GHz when it debuts early next year in 2006.
LaptopLogic
LaptopLogic
Sony VGP-UMS50 USB Optical Mouse
We?ve all seen the conventional mouse design, haven?t we? Majority of us are probably using that old, two-button mouse with a scroll wheel. Well, that?s about to change with Sony?s VGP-UMS50 USB optical mouse that?s targeted as the innovative mouse of its class. And quite honestly, Sony may just have the sleekest looking mouse in the market (excluding the gun-shaped mouse).
ATI?s R520, RV515, RV530 Processors Ready for Production
According to the current PCI Express Integrators List, ATI?s R520, R520 GL, RV515 XT and RV530 XT chips for desktops have successfully passes validation procedures. Additionally, the list indicates that there are new mobile products from ATI Technologies on the pipeline: M52GL, M54GL, M56 and M58, which are also officially PCI Express compliant.
X-Bit Labs
X-Bit Labs
Lian Li F1 Aluminum Computer Desk
The Lian Li F1 Aluminum Computer Desk is nothing short of astounding. Overall design, construction & styling are brilliant. It's all aluminum, therefore light for its size & extremely sturdy. Cables can be easily hidden, & it has many drawers for storage. Being able to quickly tuck away cables is glorious because it eliminates clutter. It even comes with the all aluminum PC-V1000 case. This is without a doubt THE COMPUTER DESK!
techPowerUp
techPowerUp
ZBoard Battlefield 2 Keyset Review & Giveaway
We've played Battlefield 2 with this new keyset and once we were used to the new locations of the commonly used keys the game became much easier to play. The enlarged movement, jump and other important keys were much easier to find. We appreciate the work of Ideazon to keep the new keysets coming and making gaming easier for ZBoard owners.
First Creative X-FI listing
The German price comparison site Geizhalsis have Listed Creative's X-Fi Fatal1ty Edition Sound card for just over 200 euros.
PCI-E Modding Article on OCAU
OCAU reader "myne" has detailed his experiment in trying to get a PCI-E 16x card to work in a 1x slot and a 16x slot. It didn't quite go to plan, but it's an interesting read.
GeForce 7800 GTX Shootout
Now that you've decided you really, really want a new top of the range graphics card, and that the card has to be a NVIDIA GeForce 7800GTX, which one do you buy? Let us try to make the decision a little easier here, with a three way shootout of GeForce 7800GTXs from Leadtek, XFX and BFG.
HEXUS
HEXUS