THE JAPANESE EMBARGO on Intel's Pentium 4 2.80GHz chip appears to have expired because stores have started selling chips in Akihabara early, and so an enterprising journo bought parts and got his review up on the Web.

Just got word from Crow @Darkcrow.co.kr that he's snagged 5 ATi RADEON 9700 Pro boxshots from ATi , Club , Gigabyte and Hercules! Like this one.

RivaStation tried some extreme overclocking tests with the new ATI Radeon 9700 PRO. How far can you get with an extremely overclocked system?

Today I tried some extreme overclocking test with the new ATI Radeon 9700 PRO. How far can you get in an extrem overclocked system? I ran the Radeon 9700 PRO at 400MHz core and 340MHz memoryclock in a Pentium 4 system overclocked to 3624 MHz (ASUS P4T533-C). RIVA Station / THG is currently #1 (I think this will not last too long) 1000 points ahead the old number 1 :-)

Just got word that Anandtech.com have posted their Gigabyte Radeon 9700 Pro review, this beast can reach the dizzy heights of nearly 400MHz!! Here's a snip.

Powerstrip reported the core clock speed properly at 325MHz and reported the actual operating frequency of the memory at 310MHz (remember that the memory actually runs at 310MHz even though it transfers data twice per clock, which is why it is sometimes called 620MHz memory).

We played around with the settings and managed to overclock the R300 to an incredible 400MHz, an increase of 23%. The memory was only able to hit 337MHz DDR (effectively 674MHz), an increase of 8% but the core overclock was by far the most impressive of the two numbers.

SOURCES SAID that AMD's next speed step, after today's announcement of the 2400+ and 2600+ Athlon XPs, will be a 2700+ which will use a 333MHz front side bus (FSB).

VR-Zone has posted 2 previews on the new IWILL KK400 and Gigabyte 7VAXP based on the VIA KT400 chipset. IWILL KK400 supports 166Mhz FSB Athlon XP, DDR333/400, AGP8X, RAID, FI Panel and Serial ATA while Gigabyte 7VAXP supports 166Mhz FSB Athlon XP, DDR333/400, AGP8X, RAID LAN and IEEE 1394.

Be one of the first ones to own the fastest 3D gaming performance graphics card in the world. With 128MB DDR RAM, 8X AGP support and complete Microsoft® DirectX® 9 support, this board rocks.

Buy the ATI GAMER PACKAGE today! The ATI GAMER PACKAGE, comprising of the RADEON? 9700 PRO and the REMOTE WONDER?, is now available exclusively at ATI.com for $449 USD .

Just saw this @ Amdzone.com.

cat-barf discovered this Opteron HyperTransport presentation at the HyperTransport site. It has a lot of technical details about Opteron that I have not seen before

Just got this in my email box from Aron @Aselabs.com!

ASE Labs is having another giveaway, this time for something bigger than we've done before. We have an AquaStealth watercooling system up for grabs!



Brian at BeCooling has provided us with an AquaStealth water cooling kit with the winners choice of 3/8" or 1/2", black ice pro, delta fan, pvc tubing. This kit is similar to the one I posted an article for on May 24th, AquaStealth Extreme II.

X-bitlabs reports that According to our sources, VIA KT400 can support DDR400, but only with two banks, as a result, mainboards with DDR400 support enabled, cannot function with more than two DDR400 modules. Furthermore, the problem may be even worse and these devices are even not able to work with more than one DDR SDRAM DIMM module running at 400MHz. The reason of such strange KT400 behaviour is a bug in the VT8368 north-bridge that VIA has not yet managed to rectify.

Seems that PC POP have got hold of Nvidia's NV30 cos they have some benchmarks up! Hehe

HardOCP founder Kyle Bennett told an audience at Quakecon over the weekend that it will be the 2800+ Athlon XP that supports a 333MHz front side bus (FSB).

Just a quick note, to let you Peeps know that you can now pre-order your Pentium® 4 2.8GHz 533MHz FSB 512K Cache - Northwood B P4 - Socket 478 CPU for $579! ETA 08/26/02.

Jen Hsun was proud to say that Nvidia has the highest performance and feature DDR 400 chipset with the first industry support for 333 FSBs.

Investec analyst Eric Ross thinks that NV30, the next graphics processor from Nvidia, is likely to arrive in time for the Christmas selling season.

Just saw this @ 3dgpu.com

It seems that the GeForce4 Ti graphics cards are no longer the top scorers using the 3dMark2001 SE benchmark. This score is from the new ATI Radeon 9700 series. What is really impressive is that this card's drivers have not even been optimized yet.

A SHOCKED SILENCE greeted the INQUIRER this morning when we asked AMD UK to either confirm or deny it was introducing its 2400+ and 2600+ Athlon XPs on the 21st of August next.

Ah, the computer case. The barometer of the computer enthusiast. Is he/she a geek, a "l33t" user?, or a normal user with a flare for the different? Well, today I have a great looking case that would be a great upgrade for the normal computer user. Adequate cooling, internal temperature probe, lots of expansion space, stylish looks, and internal drive bay covers make this a great deal!!"

Rage3d.com reports acording to a couple of posters in our 9700 forum, the Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro is now being sold in the famous Akiba market.

Gamersdepot.com we've scored some exclusive shots of the Radeon 9700 Pro. This card uses the R300 chip from ATI, and will soon bury the competition with performance that is unmatched.