DV Hardware gives a list of ten cool holiday gifts. First they take a look at some more expensive products but they also list five products that are a bit more affordable.

We've been working with Asus over the last couple of weeks, testing its upcoming addition to the Republic Of Gamers product line. Meet the Striker Extreme; it's based on NVIDIA's all-new nForce 680i SLI chipset and it comes with a kitchen sink. Join us as we have a look at what to expect from Asus' next gem.

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YingTong 690G is the first mainboard that utilises the first AMD named chipset - AMD 690G formerly known as ATi RS690+SB600. It supports the AM2 processors and 4 slots of DDR2-800 memory. Integrated within is the X700 (4 pipeline) of embedded video. The board also comes with a PCIe slot and 4 SATAII ports and GbE for connectivity.

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The X1950 Pro is one of our favorite cards at the moment because of its price/performance ratio. Today we find out if two of these cards are better than one in Crossfire mode and if they can compete with higher-end cards.

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Today we have a hefty roundup of NVIDIA and ATI cards which all have HDCP capability. We'll talk about HDCP and what it's going to mean for you, as well as see how these cards stack up to each other.

The next generation Intel processor based on the Nehalem architecture is clearly exciting as VR-Zone has learned. Successor to quad core Yorkfield which forms part of the 45nm Penryn architecture.

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NVIDIA's nForce 680i chipset boasts features that should please any hardware enthusiast or gamer: three PCI Express graphics slots for expansion, support for 1333MHz FSB CPUs and 1200MHz DDR2 memory, and guess what -- the chipset is built for overclocking. Read why this just may be the best chipset for Core 2 in today's article!

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OCZ today unveiled the OCZ PC2-9200 FlexXLC 2x1GB Kit, a revolutionary new memory solution that offers unprecedented speed, signal integrity, and thermal management. These new modules feature the new OCZ FlexXLC heatsink that delivers superior heat dissipation via a hybrid copper and aluminum design alterable between passive air or water cooling.

You know you want G80, now it's time to find out which card is the best.

You asked for more GeForce 8800 overclocking results and today, we've got them at higher clock speeds! See how the overclocked GeForce 8800 GTS compares to the stock GeForce 8800 GTX. Is it really able to overtake the more expensive GeForce 8800 card in our full gamut of tests?

16 ROP units only, but is more than equal match to G80.

The highly anticipated AMD 4x4 platform will be announced on Nov 30 according to sources we heard from. NVIDIA is one of the partners readying their chipsets for the Dual Socket F, chipset is nForce 680a SLI.

Clovertown will initially be released in four bins: 2.66 and 2.33GHz with a 1.33GT/s front side bus and two lower end models at 1.86 and 1.6GHz with a 1.06GT/s bus. The highest bin has a 120W TDP, while all other models are at 80W. The 2.33GHz device will be priced at parity with the existing 3GHz Woodcrest, while the 2.66GHz part will be marketed as a higher bin and priced accordingly.

Dell XPS 710
Dell updates its XPS system with an Intel quad-core CPU and ATI CrossFire graphics. Underneath the striking red exterior of the massive red chassis beats the heart of a very average system.

Intel Chose to Debut its first quad-core processor on the desktop with the Core 2 Extreme QX6700, but quad-core's most immediate potential lies with Xeon processors built for servers and workstations. There is no shortage of multithreaded code in the enterprise world, and plenty of applications?running either natively or on virtual machines?are ready to take advantage of additional processor cores. More is at stake in the enterprise world, too. There, higher performance does more than smooth out in-game frame rates and lower media encoding times; it can increase productivity, yield a competitive advantage, or reduce the time it takes to answer important scientific questions.

Intel Core2 Duo E4300, the next Core 2 Duo processor to be released is now scheduled on 21 Jan 2007. Its market is set to value, such that it has 800 MHz FSB only, though, according to the report from manufacturers, most of their mother board could able to overclock the processor to 1066 MHz FSB without any change to voltage.

BeHardware.com has published an in-depth study of the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX & GTS. Architecture, quality of filtering, texture accesses, dynamic branching, SLI, performances?everything has been thoroughly tested.

Based around the nForce 680i chipset, ASUS' Striker Extreme motherboard is loaded with features. Its got heat pipe cooling, 3 PCI Express graphics slots, a built-in diagnostic LED panel on the back of the motherboard, and offers bus speed options up to 3.0GHz. Read our first impressions of this motherboard inside this article!

Madshrimps tests 4 after market VGA coolers from Thermalright, Zalman, Sytrin and Arctic Cooling on a hot running Powercolor ATI X1900 GT. Which one keeps the card the coolest and how quiet can it be done? Find out in this group test.

Shamino is toying around with some EVGA 8800GTX ACS3 cards and the latest test run on a single card left with with an amazing score of 17,597 3DMark06! Core clock is running at 842MHz and memory at 1240MHz with a QX6700 @ 4.5GHz.

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