Team Group Memory Roundup: Great Expectations

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Madshrimps writes:"Team Group has recently begun an added push into the high performance PC sector and the overclocking community. Remember last fall when we first reviewed G.Skill memory when that company was a relative unknown, and we're getting similar good feelings from this company; that they are continuing a trend of Taiwanese manufacturers to bring forth excellent products at excellent prices"

ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Performance Preview

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Earlier this week we took a look at the performance of ATI's new flagship Radeon X1900 XTX and X1900 XT graphics cards, today we're here to evaluate the performance of the third piece of the puzzle, ATI's Radeon X1900 CrossFire solution. With 96 pixel shaders and 1GB of combined RAM in an X1900 CrossFire system, you can imagine that it's quite a performer.

NVIDIA G71 Comes In 2 Variants

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There is no doubt NVIDIA will be launching the 90nm G71 in March and the official name will be GeForce 7900. We came to know that there will be 2 versions; the GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB and the GeForce 7900 256MB. The GeForce 7900 GTX will be launched at CeBIT on 9th of March while the GeForce 7900 GT will be launched later on 20th March most likely together with the GeForce 7600 series.

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Radeon X1900 Hits Image Quality Snag in 3DMark06

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During the preparation of my Radeon X1900 review, I discovered a problem with Radeon X1900 cards in 3DMark06. I meant to mention it in the review itself, but things came down to the wire and I just ran out of time.

First impressions from ATI's X1900 XT/XTX

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We got a Sapphire X1900 XT and XTX models just after the official launch of the new X1900 series and here are some interesting things as well as our first impressions of these videocards. Oh yes and did I mention you can also see and hear the XTX roar (its cooling is quite loud under load).

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Intel Conroe

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Our friends over at HKEPC posted some interesting information on Intel's Conroe which will be available in 2 versions; 2MB and 4MB shared L2 cache and will be LGA775 based.

Ferrari's latest F1 launch

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Ferrari launched its new Formula 1 car this week. Designed and tested with AMD processors, we were there to get the lowdown on the technology collaboration straight from the IT guys themselves. We grabbed some nice pictures, too.

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Logitech G5 vs. Razer Copperhead

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In our last gaming mice showdown, the Logitech MX518 came on top of both the Razer Diamondback and Razer Viper. Since then however, new products have been released by both companies, and we are glad to inform you we have had several weeks to test them and report back to you.

Futuremark's 3DMark 2006 Tested: AMD vs Intel, ATI vs Nvidia

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Last week Futuremark released the latest in a long line of 3DMarks with 2006. Similar to 2005 in the tests performed for the final score 2006 adds ShaderModel 3 and HDR lighting support. The benchmark now also has sub scores for SM2, SM3/HDR, and the CPU. Today we take a brief look at the new features, and than a look at performance comparing AMD to Intel, and ATI to Nvidia. First from Futuremark a bit about 3DMark 2006.

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SLI: Myth and Reality @ Tech-Hounds

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Unless you've been living under rock in a cave deep underground for the last year, you'll probably have heard all the bells and whistles of NVIDIA's Scalable Link Interface or SLI for short. Despite all the marketing buzz around it, SLI is not for everyone. After one year of existence, SLI is getting easier to use and enjoys more widespread use, both among developers and gamers alike. In this article, we talk about why performance should never be the main reason for buying SLI - one fast card is still way better than two slow cards.

Benchmarking the new GeForce 7300 GS videocard

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On 18th January Nvidia announced new addition to its seventh series GPUs - the 7300 GS model which is aimed at the budget segment. Its recommended price will be $99 for USA and 99 Euro for Europe accordingly.

ATI Radeon X1900XT Retail Pictures

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A forum member at [H]ardForum has already received his X1900XT video card and has uploaded a bunch of pics of the box, card, packaging, etc... Care to see the X1900XT before it's even launched?

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Build a Windows Vista System Today

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Windows Vista is coming. If you plan on moving to the new Microsoft OS, or are simply curious, we offer our tips and strategies on how to build a system that will run Vista effectively.

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Quad SLI vs Quad Crossfire

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It seems like something is brewing over at ATi to fight against the Quad SLI technology from NVIDIA. Right now, ASUS strong R&D team has managed to come out with a EAX1600-DUAL card featuring two X1600 GPUs on a single PCB with Crossfire enabled. Like ASUS, Gigabyte is also researching on this area with X1600, X1800 and even the upcoming X1900 series.

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7300GS is a big, lazy GPU

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WE WERE eagerly awaitiing the first review of the 7300GS to pop up when suddenly HKEPC tests four such cards from Asus, Gigabyte, Leadtek and MSI. "TheInquirer"

DFI LanParty UT RDX200 CF-DR Mainboard on ATI Radeon Xpress 200 CrossFire Chipse

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DFI Company is very well-known for its overclocking friendly mainboards on NVIDIA nForce4 chipsets. Now they have got down to building a similar solution around the Radeon Xpress 200 CrossFire chipset from ATI. Will the new mainboard be also to repeat the success of its predecessors? Our extensive testing will reveal the exciting details.

Sapphire Posts Radeon X1900 Specs

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Sapphire appears to have leaked details on ATI's upcoming Radeon X1900 series graphics cards. According to card specs available on the company's web site, the Radeon X1900 XTX will have 48 pixel pipelines and be clocked at 650MHz core and 1.5GHz memory.

AMD Socket M2 CPUs In April

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AMD new series of processors based on Socket M2 will be launching in April timeframe and all the motherboard makers are getting ready for the Socket M2 motherboards.