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20 inch WS: Dell 2007WFP vs. Samsung SM205BW

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Over the last year we've seen a steady trend of manufacturers moving away from the already popular and well established 19" sector to concentrate on the emerging 20" market. This has been matched by a growing demand by the consumer for a larger format and resolution, with an increased interest in the widescreen format in particular.
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NGOHQ?s Survey Shows Radeon 9x00 Still On Top

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We posted a survey back on September 5th asking our readers, ?Which GPU do you have?? and the results have shown to be very interesting. The survey ran for just over six weeks and after all the votes are in it seems that a large majority still have Radeon 9xxx series video cards. As an owner of a 9x00 card in the past, I can understand some of the respect for this card. It served me quite well until just over a year ago when I finally purchased an X100 card.
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Tricks on optimizing HD Video: Saving your battery life

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During the IDF Fall 06, Patrick Wong, Intel?s Marketing Engineer of Digital Home Group, talked about tricks for Developers to optimize HD Video playback as well as ways to saving power. Most are for developers, but there are still some tricks we may borrow to enhance our existing playback time.
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ATi R600 Card Is Long & Hot

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Since we have to go quiet for the G80 now, we will focus our attention on the ATi next generation R600.
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Two New Sockets For Nehalem in 2008

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Intel is going to implement 2 new sockets for the next generation Nehalem architecture in 2008 and they are Socket B and Socket H. As we know, Nehalem is 45nm based and we are going to see some exciting changes such as IMC (Integrated Memory Controller) and CSI. Socket B will be LGA1366 and Socket H will be LGA715.

VR-Zone
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AMD Technology on Ferrari Formula 1 Cars

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We visited Ferrari boxes today during the preparation for the last race of the 2006 F1 World Championship that will happen next weekend, to check out all the electronics involved, which is sponsored by AMD. Check it out!
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GeForce 7900GS Roundup

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The mainstream or performance sector of the graphics card pie got a little jolt this month with the introduction of the GeForce 7900GS. For the first time, you can now get GeForce 7800GTX level of performance for a little over USD 200. To add fire to the mix, manufacturers have also started selling slightly higher clocked versions of the GeForce 7900GS. Are they worth it?
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The New Graphics - A Tale of Direct X 10

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A tale of Direct X 10, and rumours of the hardware to drive it. While the demand for Direct X 9 hardware is not slipping, and more graphics cards are constantly being launched, there is much interest in this new standard and the hardware that will support it.

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ATI X1950 XTX works well in DirectX under Vista

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We previously tested an Nvidia card under Vista RC2 and now its ATI's turn. we used a GDDR 4 Radeon X1950XTX and installed ATI Catalyst drivers for Vista. We tested everything on Vista RC2 build 5744, again at 32-bit to get a valid comparison.
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Pricing for Intel's Quad-Core Chips Leaks Out

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Intel has yet to announce official pricing for its upcoming Core 2 Extreme QX6700 processor, but DigiTimes has gotten its hands on figures for both that chip and a cheaper "Kentsfield" derivative supposedly scheduled for the first quarter of next year.

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Intel ''Conroe'' Refresh Details Unveiled

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Three refreshed models will debut with the upcoming Bearlake 3 series chipsets. These models include the Core 2 Duo E6850, E6750 and E6650 clocked at 3 GHz, 2.66 GHz and 2.33 MHz respectively.

DailyTech
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ATI Radeon X1950 Pro Performance Previews

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ATI's got a new card for the $200 crowd, and it's cooler, quieter, and faster than the Radeon X1900 GT it replaces. See how the Radeon X1950 Pro performs in comparison to cards ranging from the Radeon X1600 XT and GeForce 6800 GT all the way up to the Radeon X1900 XT and GeForce 7900 GTO in today's article!
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Is ASUS Cheating?

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In the past, many accusations have been raised towards ASUS. Many websites and even competitors have complained about their ?PEG Link Mode? feature that actually overclocks the user?s graphics card without their knowledge.
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Vista ready VIA hardware for the AMD platform

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The new Microsoft Windows Vista is not far off now. We already have a lot of enthusiasts in the VIA Arena forums testing out the RC1 release. I think most computer users who use Windows XP have heard that Windows Vista requires more graphics processing power than Windows XP. There is some confusion and concern about whether current systems can run Windows Vista.
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New SoundBlaster X-Fi Cards

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Out of nowhere two new SoundBlaster soundcards joined the X-Fi Family. The SoundBlaster X-Fi XtremeGamer and the SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio. Prices of the new cards are a lot lower compared to the original X-Fi cards.
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Sony AW-G170A 18x DVD Writer Preview

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CD Freaks Review Team member, Dee-27, has just published her preview of the newest DVD re-writer from the Sony NEC Optiarc group. In particular, the Sony AW-G170A. The drive is sporting some nice specs too! 18x DVD±R, 8x/6x DVD+RW/DVD-RW, 12x DVD-RAM and 8x DVD+R DL/DVD-R DL writing, makes this a fast and versatile piece of hardware indeed.
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PCI Express Performance: Two Years Later

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With faster hardware and more powerful games, we set out to test the performance improvement x16 PCIe brings over x8. You may be surprised by some of the performance gains we found, and where we saw them in this article!

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