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Playing around with a new video card from S3

Published 2006-04-12 16:47 by Newsfactory 0

One of the things we have to do in the VIA Arena labs is to familiarize ourselves with VIA's new products as they come to market (and often beforehand). We plug them in, test their drivers, check out their features. As they get released we then keep an eye on issues that may be reported in the forums and then provide reports back to VIA engineers. We recently received the latest S27 cards from S3 and this guide provides an overview of the control panel options.

LCDs with Persistent Images

Published 2006-04-12 16:36 by Newsfactory 0

?Long live the Overdrive!?, game fanatics say. The only problem is that manufacturers have some trouble evacuating the charges induced. This is the phenomenon of ?marking? on monitors, a type of noticeable burn in of images that appears. Behardware.com called several manufacturers to find out whether if their warranty covers this type of problems. There were various responses and not all were positive.

LCDs with Persistent Images?

ATI Radeon X1900 GT

Published 2006-04-11 18:18 by Newsfactory 0

According to internal documents, ATI is set to release a single-slot Radeon X1900 GT with 36 pixel shaders. The card is in effect, a cut-down version of the Radeon X1900 XTX and is positioned to go toe-to-toe with NVIDIA's popular GeForce 7900 GT in performance and in price. CrossFire support can be enabled with an external cable connection to a Radeon X1900 512MB CrossFire Edition graphics card.

DailyTech

AMD Athlon FX-60 vs. X2 3800+ - Game Performance

Published 2006-04-11 18:10 by Newsfactory 0

Is it worth spending an extra $700 on a processor? Today we compare the AMD Athlon FX-60 and X2 3800+ as gaming CPU's.

TweakTown

AMD Socket-AM2 Performance Preview

Published 2006-04-11 18:06 by Newsfactory 0

We've been testing AMD's Socket-AM2 platform since January and after several revisions we have what may end up being near-final performance numbers. Read on to find out how much you should expect from AM2.

Gigabyte's GeForce 7 Series Tested

Published 2006-04-10 17:20 by Newsfactory 0

Gigabyte's range of mid to high-end GeForce 7 series cards are on the test bench today. We test in SLI and single modes.

TweakTown

ATI R600 Details Revealed

Published 2006-04-10 16:39 by Newsfactory 0

After convincingly taking away the performance crown from NVIDIA, ATI seems to be on a roll. The R580 was a smashing hit, but the R600 seems to be even more stunning. If our sources are to be believed, then the specifications sheet for the R600 will look something like this.

NVIDIA G80 Delayed

Published 2006-04-10 16:28 by Newsfactory 0

While we don?t know the exact schedule and launch dates for NVIDIA?s newest core, we have been able to find out a couple of interesting things. Obviously, we couldn?t get an official confirmation from NVIDIA, but the following points are interesting enough to share.

Deeper with the GeForce 7900GTX

Published 2006-04-08 00:14 by Newsfactory 0

we wanted to let you know we've uploaded a new review - this time we put the GeForce 7900GTX to the test. After spending some time with this card, even though it is just a 'faster GeForce 7800GTX', gamers everywhere should take a close look at the card. Personally, i'm just grateful we finally have a card that can provide playable frame rates with 4x transparency antialiasing at 1024 x 768.

X1800 GTO Unlocked to 16 Pipelines

Published 2006-04-07 23:54 by Newsfactory 0

The Chinese website HKEPC Hardware has discovered an interesting fact about ATI's Radeon X1800 GTO graphics card: while advertised as a 12 pipeline part, it's possible to unlock some cards to 16 pixel pipelines by flashing them with a Radeon X1800 XL BIOS. This is no surprise, since the X1800 GTO and X1800 XL both use the same R520 core, but such unlocking is not always successful.

The TechReport

Apple: iMAC Windows Benchmarks Revealed

Published 2006-04-07 23:41 by Newsfactory 0

We finally benchmarked the Apple PC in Windows successfully, thanks to the latest video driver release. It seems to struggle a bit in games with the level of detail increased, but it?s certainly not terrible, it?s about as good as a mid range notebook system.

Intel Pentium D 805 - Dual Core on a Budget

Published 2006-04-07 23:28 by Newsfactory 0

For a little over $130 you can now buy a dual core processor but the question is, is it any good? We answer that question and a few more in the process in our first ever cheap dual core shootout.

BTX Lives!

Published 2006-04-06 16:05 by Newsfactory 0

BTX hasn't gotten much traction in the homebrew PC community, but it's becoming more common in off-the-shelf systems. Will BTX ever be viable for build-your-own?

ExtremeTech

NVIDIA Disables SLI Patch of ULi m1697 chipset

Published 2006-04-06 15:55 by Newsfactory 0

SLI patch was probably the last secret weapon of ULi before it got acquired by NVIDIA earlier this year. It is now confirmed that the SLI patch function on the Uli 1697 will no longer work with Forceware 81.98 and later.

GeForce Go 7900 GTX Soon

Published 2006-04-05 17:39 by Newsfactory 0

We heard that NVIDIA is preparing the highest performing flagship GeForce Go 7900 GTX for launch soon after the GeForce Go 7900 GS pre-announced by Toshiba earlier on and the 3DMark05 score for GeForce Go 7900 GS is around 4700.

VR-Zone

ASUS N4L-VM DH Core Duo Motherboard Sneak Preview

Published 2006-04-05 17:37 by Newsfactory 0

We have just received an ASUS N4L-VM DH Core Duo Mini-ATX Motherboard for testing. Finally we can start to run our Yonah and see how good performing and efficient this alternative form of set-up can get.

Conroe First Benchmark

Published 2006-04-05 17:02 by Newsfactory 0

Looks like Conroe ES are spreading. Victor Wang our own XS XIP introduced first initial results with CoreDuo E6600. Using upcoming mainstream i965 based mainboard and without any overclocking Super PI 1M test passed in just 21 seconds.

XtremeSystems.org

AMD Technology: Powering the Scuderia Ferrari Team

Published 2006-04-05 16:42 by Newsfactory 0

For more than 3 years, AMD has been the official sponsor and technology partner for the world's fastest red racing group: the Scuderia Ferrari team. In this feature story, we'll take a deeper look at the technological partnership that has since yielded numerous victories for the Prancing Horse.

An AMD Update: Fab 36 Begins Shipments, Planning for 65nm and AM2 Performance

Published 2006-04-05 16:33 by Newsfactory 0

AMD finally begins shipping revenue generating parts from Fab 36, updates the world on their plans for 65 and 45nm and as a whole grows as a company.

AnandTech

Philips 190G6FB 19

Published 2006-04-05 16:12 by Newsfactory 0

LCDs are all the rage these days, with prices crashing to acceptable levels; it has never been easier and indeed more beneficial to have an LCD panel than today. However, is it good enough to just have an LCD panel? Shouldn?t there more to it? Shouldn?t it, for example, be more of a display than just a monitor?