Windows Vista Ready LCD Monitor Round-Up ? Part 2
A good monitor is supposed to last for years, but Hollywood is going to shake things up with mandatory HDCP support for high-definition video in Windows Vista.
NVIDIA nForce 500 Series Motherboard Appears Online
A Tier-3 Chinese motherboard manufacturer has already leaked information on NVIDIA's new nForce 500 series. Shenzhen has released details of its JWNF570SLI motherboard which features NVIDIA's nForce 570 SLI MCP.
DailyTech
DailyTech
AMD Shows off Three new Sockets at Spring IDF 2006
Socket-AM2, Socket-S1 and Socket-F - all on display before the start of this year's Spring Intel Developer Forum. AMD also turns the spotlight on Live, the latest specs are inside.
AnandTech
AnandTech
Battle of the 64-bit Budget CPU - Sempron 64 vs. Celeron D 64
Which budget 64-bit CPU platform offers the best bang for buck? Read on as we investigate Sempron 64 vs. Celeron D 64.
Asus A8R32-MVP Issues
Those of you who have visited the site in the last week will have noticed that our coverage of ATI?s Crossfire 3200 has been non-existant. We have been quiet on the reasons behind this because we were working through them with ATI/Asus and our A8R32-MVP.
DriverHeaven
DriverHeaven
The 60 Inch Subwoofer
Actually, before designing it, we looked at a comparison between a large number of conventional subwoofers, or a single giant one. After we did the math, the obvious choice was the one giant woofer. It's output displacement is comparable to 160+ ten inch woofers. It can move a lot of air! DigitalGrabber
NVIDIA 7900GT and 7900GTX 3DMarks
Earlier today some preliminary benchmarks of GeForce 7900GT and GeForce 7900GTX were leaked onto the internet pending the March 9, 2006 launch.
Reduced ATI product prices announced
ATI have just officially announced the forthcoming restructured, reduced pricing for their Radeon X1000 series of parts. Elite Bastards has all the info.
HighSpeed PC Tech Station
How hardcore do you think you are? Most people upgrade their PC every now and then - that's just part & parcel of being a PC enthusiast. For some who change their internal components frequently, case screws are an optional extra - far easier to just slide the side panel into place. Bit-Tech
First Looks from Taiwan - Gigabyte's AM2 Motherboard
Today we were invited to the Gigabyte headquarters here in Taipei, Taiwan to take a hands-on look at one of their special new motherboards which will use AMD?s upcoming AM2 (formerly Socket M2) processor socket. TweakTown
Corsair 3500LL Pro 2GB TwinX Memory Review
If you're anything like us, you've got a thing for flashing lights, alphanumeric displays and stats available by the second when you need them. While the display interface of these modules might not be as informative as that of the Expert series that we reviewed quite a few moons ago, Motherboards.org
HDA X-Plosion 7.1 Sound Card Review
If you're like me, you use your rig for as many things as possible. My rig is for gaming, multi-media, software development, and basically anything else I feel like doing, such as screwing around with my guitar and surfing the web. nV News
ATI?s Radeon X1900 XTX to Cost $549
ATI Technologies, a leading supplier of graphics processing units (GPUs), is expected to drop the prices on graphics cards featuring the Radeon X1000-series GPUs shortly following the release of the GeForce 7900-series products of arch-rival Nvidia Corp., X-bit labs has learnt.
HyperTransport Link Investigation
So how much does the HyperTransport Link's speed really effect an overclocked system's performance? We aim to find out. Come have a look as we find out how much life the HT Link's current specification still has in it.
Gigabyte Socket AM2 Motherboard
Today we visited Gigabyte here in Taiwan and got some photos of their prototype AMD Socket AM2 motherboard.
SLI and CrossFire Push Power Supplies to the Limit
Power supplies are a critical, often overlooked component when building your rig. As high-end dual-graphics cards pull more power, they're creating headaches for power supply manufacturers.
Matrox TripleHead2Go Preview @ FiringSquad
What if you could connect three monitors to your GeForce or Radeon-equipped system for a wider field-of-view in games -- would you be interested? Hardware enthusiasts may recall this technology was first demonstrated over three years ago in the Matrox Parhelia. Well today Matrox brings TripleHead support to practically anyone with a laptop or PC with their TripleHead2Go module. See how it works and how much it will cost in today's article!
X-Fi's Crystalizer and Framerates?
One of the features introduced with the SoundBlaster X-Fi series is the 24-bit Crystalizer. Games, movies or mp3's sound better or at least they are supposed to. Creative even claims that a mp3 will sound better with Crystalizer enabled than it would on the CD it was taken from.
Audio Realism
Voice Communications on your headset + Ambient sound on you speakers = Ambient Audio Realism.
As gamers, we always strife to get the utmost realism out of our games, but as hard as we try and as much as we spend on hardware, not all of us get to achieve the audio realism we wish. Take that scene in ?Blackhawk Down? where Eversmann guy is calling a medic on his radio, whilst he?s in that midst big mess of AKs shooting and Choppers whirring above.
As gamers, we always strife to get the utmost realism out of our games, but as hard as we try and as much as we spend on hardware, not all of us get to achieve the audio realism we wish. Take that scene in ?Blackhawk Down? where Eversmann guy is calling a medic on his radio, whilst he?s in that midst big mess of AKs shooting and Choppers whirring above.
Apple unveils Mac mini Core Duo & iPod Hi-Fi boombox
Apple unveiled the new Mac mini with the Intel Core Duo processor, delivering performance up to four times faster than its predecessor and providing even greater expansion in the same compact design.
Mac mini Core Duo - iPod Hi-Fi boombox
Mac mini Core Duo - iPod Hi-Fi boombox
