Newly created site Level 505 has leaked benchmarks and specifications of AMD?s upcoming ATI R600 graphics processor. The upcoming graphics processor is expected to launch in January 2007 with an expected revision arriving in March 2007.
Best and Worst Keyboards and Mice of the Year
Don't go off spending some of your Christmas money on a spankin' new mouse and keyboard just yet. ExtremeTech riles up the finest (and not so fine) input devices in these categories to help us out.
Gaming Peripherals Round Up
Keyboards, headphones, joysticks, steering wheels and flight rudder pedals will go under the Bit-Tech microscope today as we take a look at Saitek, Everglide, Logitech and Microsoft's gaming peripheral offerings.
DFI RD600 ICFX3200T2R/G BIOS
Do you recall the feeling of lost and overwhelm the first time you went into a BIOS menu at the start of your DIY years? This board does it to me... Now don't laugh, I dare you to refute me after looking through the following...
VR-Zone
VR-Zone
AMD to give up P-Rating - X2 6000+ coming in Q1 2007
Once P-Rating is a very successful marketing tactic for AMD, making consumers to compare the PR of AMD's processors to the clock speed of Intel's processors. Until now, most of AMD?s processors still adopted the PR scheme for customer?s reference.
AMD's 65nm L2 cache looks to be slower
After we published our first look at AMD's 65nm Athlon 64 X2 processors yesterday, some of you raised questions about funky performance numbers you'd seen from these 65nm CPUs at other sites.
Fix for EVGA 680i SATA issue *Updated*
NVIDIA has released a Beta 2 of the P23 BIOS. This BIOS fixes a SATA issue most specifically related to the use of the NCQ function available on some SATA drives. Note this is still a beta BIOS.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6400
A month ago Intel launched the world first Quad Core for high-end users. Most of users and perhaps you may still wait for a reasonable price to upgrade your computer. Good news is that Intel has just announced its releasing schedule for Core 2 Quad Q6400.
HKEPC Hardware
HKEPC Hardware
PC Graphics: Looking Back at 2006 and Ahead to 2007
The fast-moving PC graphics industry rarely produces a boring year, and 2006 is no exception. We look back on 2006 and then take out our crystal ball to make a few graphics predictions for next year.
ExtremeTech
ExtremeTech
Bloomfield To Hit 4GHz & Has 8MB Cache
Based on the 45nm Nehalem architecture, Intel aims to bring Bloomfield clock speed above 4GHz in 2008. Bloomfield will contain 8MB of shared L2 cache which is smaller overall in comparison to Yorkfield 2x6MB L2 cache.
VR-Zone
VR-Zone
Intel to release Core 2 Solo ULV for Sub-Note market
Intel just announced its plan on its Core 2 Solo single-core processors in Q3 2007. Instead of normal edition, the upcoming Core 2 Solo has ULV (Ultra Low-Voltage) edition only, targeting for the Sub-Note market. Regarding with the rumor concerning Merom based Celeron M is a dual core, Intel has also announced it should be a single core. The rumor is busted.
HD-DVD Playback - On the Xbox 360 & on NVIDIA GPUs
As a follow up to our recent articles on HD media playback, we will now take a look at a couple HD-DVD movies using the Xbox 360 player.
Fix for EVGA 680i SATA issue
NVIDIA would like to thank all of EVGA's customers who have purchased the NVIDIA-designed nForce 680i-based motherboards and who have patiently been waiting for a fix to the SATA issue.
GeForce 8800 Tech Demos
So you've recently purchased a shiny new GeForce 8800. What better way to show off the capabilities of your new hardware to your friends than with these amazing Tech Demos:
Intel?s Upcoming Price Splash: 40% Price Cut to Core 2
In the past, AMD once won the performance battle with Intel by its innovative and excellent processor micro-architecture, and then Intel got back the leadership by the introduction of its new Core architecture. From this history, instead of clock speed and FSB, we know micro-architecture really does matter to the performance race.
PC Buyer's Guide Christmas 2006 @ Guru of 3D
Kick of the new year with a new computer, ready to go for the anticipated release of Vista! Guru3D brings you the PC Buyers Guide Christmas 2006 edition . We'll present to you recommendations, they can be controversial and subjective for you to read. Be sure to read other buyer guides from other media as well to get a complete overview on what's best suited for your specific situation.
R600 has 512-bit external memory bus, Orton promises it takes no prisoners
Speaking at yesterday's AMD Financial Analysts Day, Executive Vice President of Visual and Media Businesses, Dave Orton, appeared to throw down the performance gauntlet in favor of AMD's upcoming R600 GPU.
MSI GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB PCI-E: Performance Analysis In 2560x1600
It will be an unusual article this time. The fact is our testlab got hold of several video cards based on RADEON chips of various series, plus a new card based on GeForce 8800 GTX. But they all came from the same manufacturer.
Advanced Micro Devices 2006 Analyst Day
Watch the webcast of AMD Financial Analyst Day Presentation held yesterday
NVIDIA nForce 680i Chipset Problems
Out of the gate, the nForce 680i chipset from NVIDIA seemed to be the best Core 2 Duo overclocker going, that is of course when your system is not plagued with BSODs and data errors. You need to read this if you are considering a 680i motherboard.