Early AMD ATI ''R600'' Specs, Benchmarks Leaked

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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AMD to give up P-Rating - X2 6000+ coming in Q1 2007

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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

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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*

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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

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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.

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Bloomfield To Hit 4GHz & Has 8MB Cache

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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.

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Intel to release Core 2 Solo ULV for Sub-Note market

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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.

Fix for EVGA 680i SATA issue

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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

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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

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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

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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.

NVIDIA nForce 680i Chipset Problems

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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.