Gone are the days when processor names were something as simple as their clock speeds. If you wanted a nice and powerful 3GHz processor, you simply asked for a P4 3.0GHz and that was it. Ever since Intel has decided to revamp its naming conventions, the confusion makes you wonder if the whole idea of renaming was a smart move.

It seems like ASUS has successfully enabled SLI on 4 GPUs using two EN7800GT-DUAL cards on ASUS A8N32-SLI board.

VR-Zone

MSI has decided to integrate an Audigy 2 into some of it's K8N et P4N motherboards.

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With a 425MHz graphics core and 500MHz memory, NVIDIA's GeForce 6800 GS is well-equipped to take on the ATI RADEON X1600 XT. NVIDIA has even spiced up the package further by using the 7800 GT PCB and throwing on copper cooling, making this board ideal for even higher clock speeds.

Want to upgrade your Intel processor and platform? Don't quite have the cash to fund a whole new wadge of memory too? Gigabyte and VIA might just have the answer.

Bit-Tech

Choosing a mid-range graphic card is always tricky as there are many products at a variety of prices. Several new products have recently hit the video card market. There are the cards based on the X1800 (ATI´s new high end product) and X800, and then those derived from the NVIDIA 6800 and 6600. What's the best choice? The X1600 XT ? X1300 Pro ? X800 GTO ? X800 GTO ? X800 GT ? 6800 XT ? 6600 DDR2 ? 6600 GT ? 6800 GS? Behardware.com has tested all these cards to give you an answer.

We want to let you know that the second part of our comparison between the Radeon X800XL and GeForce 6800GT is up. We take the two cards for a spin in F.E.A.R, Quake 4 and Serious Sam 2. We've also conducted a CPU to GPU scaling test to see which card scales best and under what condition.

Tech-Hounds

'Tis the season for giving! There's a gadget or gizmo in this story to make nearly everyone on your gift list happy! Choose from gamer gear, kids' stuff, audio devices, phones, PDAs, and more.

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Siemens has launched a new colour display screen that can be printed onto paper or cardboard, it's thin and flexible.

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Both Intel and AMD will be introducing new processors in 2006. Intel will debut a new architecture and AMD will move to a new socket and support DDR2. We take a closer look at what both manufacturers will be introducing in 2006.

Hardware Analysis

Dual graphics cards for gaming is nothing new. We first had a glorious taste of SLI when we paired two Canopus Pure3D 2 3dfx Voodoo 2 based cards what seems like so many years ago. Our ultimate goal was getting Quake frame rates up as high as possible. Today we bring you some of the first benchmarks comparing ATI's CrossFire and Nvidia's nForce 4 SLI and 16X SLI. Quake frame rates are again a major benchmark, and so things change, but stay then at the same time stay the same.

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We take an in-depth look at how the new Radeon X1800 XT compares to the competition in eight games including Quake 4 and F.E.A.R. We tell you which card provides the best gaming experience. We also scrutinize the heat and noise produced by our contenders. This is a must-read for the video card or gaming enthusiast.

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My article about building my new PC brought a lot of folks out the woodwork who shared similar problems with their nForce4-based systems. I work with nForce4 test rigs almost daily and have for the last year, and I've become acutely aware of some of the chipset's weaknesses and purported issues. Online forums are brimming with discussions of several key problems, as well. I noted some of these problems in my initial review of the nForce4 one year ago, and some of them persisted in April when the nForce4 SLI Intel Edition was introduced. From what I've gathered, the problems fall into a few main areas.

We asked around and it turns out that the R520 memory controller is very flexible, and can support even future memory standards such as GDDR4 but more interesting is the fact that it will let you use more than 512MB of memory.

TheInquirer

GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB will most likely be launched in about a week and even if we haven't seen any official information about the card's frequencies some new information has sirfaced that indicates that we are talking about one major frequency jump. At MVKTech they've gotten their hands on a BIOS for XFX's GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB graphic card and this BIOS reveals the cards frequencies, both memory and GPU.

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HEXUS are in the process of evaluating the latest Intel Xeon DP platform, codenamed Lindenhurst. The new Paxville Xeon processor is the brains behind the operation and sports dual cores and HyperThreading on each. Join me as I discuss the platform in advance of our analysis, as I think about possible performance.

It?s that time again people! - MVKTECH has teamed up with Mushkin Enhanced Memory to offer our readers and audience a chance and some lightning fast memory. Back in June 2005 we reviewed Mushkin?s HP3200 REDLINE DDR400 1GB Kit and was very impressed with this ultra high performance ram, now MVKTECH is going to share that performance with you!

S3 Graphics has just pulled back the curtains on its newest series of graphics chips, the Chrome S20 family. S3 turned to a new foundry partner, Fujitsu, to produce these chips, as we reported yesterday. Fujitsu manufactures the GPUs using a low-K, 90nm fab process, and S3 claims this advanced fabrication process, along with S3's own Power Wise power management techniques brought over from its mobile products, has helped the Chrome S20 series achieve killer performance per watt.

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Remember the sheer fanatical speeds we always talk about when we discuss the Cell processor? Well, how would you like to see it integrated right in your cell phone? If Sony is to be believed, that?s exactly what the electronics giant is hoping to accomplish in the future.

Our connection for NVIDIA beta drivers has been sampling a laptop that won't be out until next year that features the Yonah CPU and the new NVIDIA FX 350 GPU (NVIDIA_G70.DEV_009C.1 = "NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M"). I'm not entirely sure what the FX350 features, but below is a snapshot of the display properties featuring the clock/memory speeds of this workstation GPU:

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