A short movie is available for download @VIA that shows a demonstration of the first working silicon of the upcoming VIA Apollo KT333 chipset. This isn't the final version of the chipset but what is interesting is that it's running three types of DDR333 memory modules at the same time - not to mention two USB cameras.

xbitlabs.com This is ABIT's NV7m which was seen in some Japanese shops this week. ABIT NV7m is a MicroATX Socket A mainboard based on NVIDIA nForce 420D. Its characteristics look like this: 2 DDR DIMM slots supporting PC2100/PC1600 DDR SDRAM and Twinbank Memory Architecture, integrated graphics core, AGP 4x slots, three PCI, integrated sound with MCP, support for 10/100Mbit Ethernet. This mainboard is available for $150.

On a sidenote if there's any manufactures that would like their kit reviewed by warp2 then get in touch with me or Degger or Rancho!!!

After turning their backs on Nvidia and joining the ATI camp like Gigabyte did, Hercules now announced their first Radeon 7500 based video card the: 3D Prophet ALL-IN-WONDER 7500! Hercules is also said to have taken over the exclusive distribution rights of ATI products in Europe, meaning all built-by-ATI products will be Hercules products. This would explain the Radeon 8500 shortage in the UK reported earlier by TheInquirer

This time the story is real :) A short movie is available for download on the Fun Downloads page. It shows a demonstration of the first working silicon of the upcoming VIA Apollo KT333 chipset. This isn't the final version of the chipset but what is interesting is that it's running three types of DDR333 memory modules at the same time - not to mention two USB cameras.

Just got an email from Visionary@vr-zone.com telling me that the battle for P4 Northwood speed world record has been very intense. It is really interesting to see the record being broken twice since last week and the current record clock speed stood at P4 2.2Ghz@3.8Ghz! The road to 4Ghz Northwood is getting nearer and we may get to see one in the near future. Also we have some early overclocking results for P4 Northwood 1.6A@3.2Ghz and 1.8A@3.4Ghz

So for more info warp to vr-zone.com

Epson has reached the perfection resolution with their new Scanner 1250. According to them, it isn't the fastest USB scanner but it does a remarkable job.

Read more at : Scoutch Industries

Based on the Morgan AMD today announced it's value PC targeted flagship of the Duron processor series. Here's a bit from the press release: SUNNYVALE, CA -- January 21, 2002 -- AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced a new desktop processor for the mainstream PC market, the 1.3GHz AMD Duron? processor, offering best-in-class performance on digital photo, audio and Internet applications.
As with all AMD processors, the 1.3GHz AMD Duron processor is optimized for the Microsoft® Windows® XP Home and Professional operating systems and supports Double Data Rate, or DDR, memory.
?With the 1.3GHz AMD Duron processor, AMD delivers tremendous performance to mainstream PC users. DDR memory taps into the processor?s performance potential even further. In tandem, AMD Duron processor-based systems with DDR memory can offer cost-conscious purchasers better performing, more cost-effective PCs than widely available competitive products,? said Ed Ellett, vice president of Marketing for AMD?s Computation Products Group. Customers interested in reviews can take a look here: Duron 1.3Ghz @ AMDMB Duron 1.3Ghz @ Tech-Report Duron 1.3Ghz @ 3DVelocity Duron 1.3Ghz @ TecChannel (german)

ExtremeTech reviews four of the biggest IDE harddrives available on the market today. The models tested are: Seagate ST380021A (Barracuda IV) - 80GB Western Digital WD1000BB - 100GB Maxtor D740X - 80GB Maxtor 544GX - 160GB If you're on the lookout for some storage space hit the review via above link.

TheInquirer.nets mole has managed to dig it's way into AMD files and look what he found!!

X-bit labs have managed to get hold of the Real NV25 Details!!! So what do u think are these's the real details or not.

Hit read more for details.

hardtecs4u.com Seem to have put up some AMD ClawHammer 3400+ benchmarks and as the name suggests the AMD hammers the Intel in to the dust. So break out your translators cos it's in German or just look at the benchmarks!!!

Oh did I say that the Intel is the new Northwood 2.2ghz CPU that's been overclocked to 3ghz.

This Deal is ONLY FOR TODAY so get on your bike and paddle as fast as your Little legs can carry u!!!!

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