We took a second look at Conroe. We ran the AMD system with an updated BIOS, ran our own Quake 4 demo on Conroe and re-ran some of our original tests. Find out what's changed.
NVIDIA's SLI Gets Busier - Notebook and Quad SLI Versions
Not only does NVIDIA announce a new series of GPUs dubbed the 7900 and 7600, we also have the official unveiling of Quad SLI and Notebook SLI in limited form. You can't quite get it yet, but soon.
PC Perspective
PC Perspective
NVIDIA Chipset Chat
Yesterday we were holding a chat regarding NVIDIA's next core-logic technology, nForce 500 family. Here is a complete question-answer log.
Bjorn 3D
Bjorn 3D
Intel Invents 5GHz Stock Cooler
Intel has created a self-contained watercooling unit that will enable the latest Pentium Extreme Edition chips to hit 5GHz with ease.
Microsoft, Samsung Launch
Samsung will enter the US computer market in April as the launch partner for Microsoft's new UltraMobile PC. Asus will release its own model in the US in June, while Chinese PC vendor Founder will deliver one to the Asian market this summer. Samsung's unit is expected to cost under $1,000. The system will include Microsoft's new "Touch Pack" software add-on, which features a software keyboard optimized for thumb-based typing and a Sudoku game.
PCMag.com
PCMag.com
LCD Response Time is Dead
Today at CeBIT, AU Optronics and Samsung celebrated the end of the "response time". They released new P-MVA and S-PVA panels that would be, according to the manufacturers, faster than the most recent TN 1 or 2ms and despite a slower official (understand "measure") response time. Here is a description of both technologies by Behardware.com.
CeBIT : THE LCD News
CeBIT : THE LCD News
Details and Demonstration on Clovertown Quad-Core
Intel shows a demonstration of its next generation quad-core processor, codenamed Clovertown with a multi-threaded benchmark (Cinebench).
DailyTech
DailyTech
Spring IDF 2006 Conroe Preview: Intel Regains the Performance Crown
Intel gave us an hour alone with Conroe and an overclocked Athlon 64 FX-60. And you better believe we benchmarked it. Guess who's on top now?
Investigating Bandwidth on the SLI X16 Chipset
With the launch of the XPress 3200, ATI raised questions about the efficiency of NVIDIA's dual chip SLI X16 soluiton and we set to out answer them as best we could.
First Conroe Block Diagrams
As soon as we got to the Spring Intel Developer Forum 2006, Intel gave us exclusive access to the Conroe block diagram before the keynote.
DailyTech
DailyTech
ATI x16 vs x8 Performance
A couple of weeks back we looked at the performance of the nForce x16 chipset by plugging a couple of 7800GTX cards in SLI mode and finding out how much extra performance we could gain by having two dedicated PCI-E x16 lanes instead of one that?s split into two X8 lanes. The results were disappointing with only one game, Quake4, showing any performance gains.
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