Creative X-Fi Scandal - Round 2

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Two weeks ago we published an article about Creative X-Fi issues. Here is what?s going on: We have received a lot of positive comments about that article. Recently, we have noticed that this article encouraged Creative?s customers to speak up and complain about the treatment they are receiving. Some people think that we have been unfair with Creative Labs, so about a week ago, we sent emails to Creative Labs?s PR in all regions (Asia, Europe and America) and asked for an explanation regarding all these issues.

ASUS M2N32-SLI (NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI) Preview

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We have more Socket AM2 goodness coming your way and this time it is in the form of ASUS' upcoming AM2 motherboard. Packed with the high-end nForce 590 SLI chipset, ASUS ups the ante with the M2N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard. We know you can't resist a sneak peek, so read on.

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Sony VAIO AR Notebook Overview: Pics, Specs

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Tonight, Sony VAIO introduced a new flagship series of notebooks to promote its Blu-ray next-generation video format, the VAIO AR, which replaces Sony's AX series in the 17" desktop replacement class.

E3 2006: Tim Sweeney says... P4 SUCKS

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Our friends at Nvnews.net have thrown up their chat with Tim Sweeney and the man from Epic Games says... P4 SUCKS But also says Conroe rocks. :-) Also commenting on Ageia performance, megatexturing and other technologies.

ASUS M2N32 Spy Pics

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We managed to acquire some pics of ASUS' upcoming AM2 motherboard based on nVidia's dual x16 chipset.

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Elite Bastards at CTS 2006

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Elite Bastards have coverage of this year's Computer Trade Show in the UK, which featured everything from AMD's Socket AM2 to NVIDIA's Quad SLI to AGEIA's PhysX boards.

Abit HDMI Certified Motherboard

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We just got word from Universal Abit that the company is on its way to unveil the first HDMI certified motherboard. The motherboard, dubbed Abit IL-80MV, is a 945GT motherboard designed specifically for Yonah (and eventually Merom).

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AGEIA's PhysX In Action: ASUS and BFG

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On Monday the first AGEIA PhysX cards hit the retail market armed with a new beta driver. The new driver claimed to resolve the performance issues that were first brought up last week, but how successful was it at accomplishing this task? Join us as we tackle this issue as well as go over the retail PhysX card offerings from both ASUS and BFG!

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Abit Fatal1ty AN9 32X Pictures

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You can check out pictures here of the Abit Fatal1ty AN9 32X Socket AM2 Nvidia based motherboard. Abit says to expect them not too long after AM2 launch.

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3dfx Voodoo5 6000 & TrackMania Nations Game: The Video

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On 3dfxzone.it forums was posted a video in AVI format (2.63Mb) that shows TrackMania Nations game, optimized by developers for nVIDIA GeForce gpus, running on a system with a AMD Athlon XP 2000+ cpu (clocked at 2083MHz), and a 3dfx Voodoo5 6000 video card. These are main graphics settings: video resolution at 1024x768, color depth at 32 bit, FSAA at 2x. The game looks nice and playable.

Additional Members of the GeForce 7 Family?

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Today we had the chance to speak with a very reliable, unofficial source who is very familiar with some of Nvidia?s plans. The same source gave us some news regarding additional members of the GeForce 7 family. Since this source is unofficial, consider the following information as a rumor: 7900GS, 7600GTX, 7600LE and 7300GT.

A 4.1 GHz Dual Core at £79.95 - Can it be True?

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The bottom line is that the Athlon FX-60 and the Pentium Extreme Edition 965 have both met their match - there's simply no escaping this conclusion! This is bound to cause lamentation among the elite circle of users who've invested big bucks in their high-end systems, if not outright wailing and rending of garments.

AM2 Performance Preview

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We managed to acquire a sample of the Athlon64 3500+ AM2 CPU and decided to quickly test a few of our standard applications. However, keep in mind that the numbers we?re posting are from a beta CPU using a beta motherboard with a beta BIOS. Lets look at the CPU-Z screenshot of the CPU.

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