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ATI Radeon X1650 XT Performance Preview

Published 2006-10-30 17:57 by Newsfactory 0

With a 575MHz clock speed, 24 pixel shaders, 8 vertex shaders, and a $149 price tag, the Radeon X1650 XT has all the right specs on paper to do extremely well in the mainstream graphics market. But does this new GPU deliver the goods in real performance? Find out, as we test the Radeon X1650 XT against seven other cards ranging from the GeForce 6800 GT to the recently announced Radeon X1950 Pro and GeForce 7950 GS!

FiringSquad

Geforce 8800GTS and Geforce 8800GTX Preview

Published 2006-10-27 19:38 by Newsfactory 0

Just got word from the Chinese site PC Show that their Geforce 8800GTS and Geforce 8800GTX Preview has been posted!

Intel P965: DDR2-667 Memory Performance

Published 2006-10-27 18:54 by Newsfactory 0

After a flood of emails we take a look at DDR2-667 memory performance on our Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 motherboard.

AnandTech

The Gaming Case Showdown

Published 2006-10-27 17:56 by Newsfactory 0

Four mid-size cases arrive in time for the holiday season. Which one should you buy?

GeForce 8800 GTX benchmark?

Published 2006-10-26 18:47 by Newsfactory 0

Victor Wang has thrown up the first Benchies for Nvidia's upcoming GeForce 8800 GTX for both 3DMark05 and 3DMark06.

Radeon X1950 Pro CrossFire Performance Preview

Published 2006-10-26 18:27 by Newsfactory 0

In today's article we're evaluating ATI's X1950 Pro CrossFire, and find that while we like its built-in CrossFire support, all isn't perfect with the solution just yet. See how the X1950 Pro cards running in CrossFire mode compare against the GeForce 7900 GTX, Radeon X1900 XT, and GeForce 7900 GTO in this article!

FiringSquad

Intel Caneland, Tigerton Demoed and Pictured

Published 2006-10-26 17:54 by Newsfactory 0

These products are still a ways off on its roadmap, but Intel already has working preliminary hardware for its next-gen Caneland server platform and Tigerton quad-core processor. TechReport editor Geoff Gasior is visiting Intel's offices in Oregon, and he sent along these pictures from a live demo of four Tigerton processors running in a quad-socket, Caneland-based system.

Single Core Battle : Intel Wolfdale-L vs AMD Spica

Published 2006-10-25 20:06 by Newsfactory 0

We have discussed about the performance and mainstream Yorkfield and Wolfdale processors from Intel and compared to the AMD offerings; Altair and Antares for year 2007. Now we will tell you more about the value offerings from Intel and AMD for next year. As previously reported, Intel will release native 2MB L2 cache Conroe early next year to cut costs and better position against 65nm AMD Brisbane processors.

VR-Zone

Analyzing L2 Cache in Modern Dual-Core Processors

Published 2006-10-25 05:36 by Newsfactory 0

It's known that Shared L2 Cache makes a significant microarchitectural difference between modern dual-core processors from Intel, based on the improved P6+ microarchitecture and the new Intel Core microarchitecture, and competing solutions (i.e. AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processors). And dual-core processors from AMD are notable for individual L2 Cache of a fixed size for each core.

Asus EN8800GTX (GeForce 8800 GTX) Details & Specs

Published 2006-10-25 05:10 by Newsfactory 0

An Asian web-site has published several details concerning Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX graphics card from Asustek Computer that do not reveal any performance or micro-architectural peculiarities of the chip code-named G80, but do reveal some information regarding the details of graphics cards powered by Nvidia?s forthcoming graphics processing unit (GPU).

Sony Explains Battery Problems

Published 2006-10-25 04:40 by Newsfactory 0

Sony has provided greater detail about a battery manufacturing problem that is expected to see the replacement of up to 9.6 million laptop computer battery packs.

PC World

20 inch WS: Dell 2007WFP vs. Samsung SM205BW

Published 2006-10-25 04:08 by Newsfactory 0

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.

NGOHQ?s Survey Shows Radeon 9x00 Still On Top

Published 2006-10-25 03:49 by Newsfactory 0

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.

Tricks on optimizing HD Video: Saving your battery life

Published 2006-10-23 18:21 by Newsfactory 0

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.

ATi R600 Card Is Long & Hot

Published 2006-10-20 17:57 by Newsfactory 0

Since we have to go quiet for the G80 now, we will focus our attention on the ATi next generation R600.

Two New Sockets For Nehalem in 2008

Published 2006-10-20 17:13 by Newsfactory 0

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

AMD Technology on Ferrari Formula 1 Cars

Published 2006-10-20 16:20 by Newsfactory 0

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!

GeForce 7900GS Roundup

Published 2006-10-20 15:23 by Newsfactory 0

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?

The New Graphics - A Tale of Direct X 10

Published 2006-10-18 19:11 by Newsfactory 0

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.

Toms Hardware Guide

ATI X1950 XTX works well in DirectX under Vista

Published 2006-10-18 19:06 by Newsfactory 0

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.