SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. has developed the high density recording technology HD (High Density) -BURN which doubles the recording capacity and data density (1.4GB) of a conventional CD-R media (700MB). This technology enables inexpensive large volume data recording. Read more...

I Can't say too much @ this stage! but it looks like we might be able to get a kick ass deal on ATi's new Radeon 9700 Pro, all I can say is that the card was Launched Yesterday.

128MB high performance quad-channel DDR memory
325MHz core frequency/2.8ns memory
Full hardware support for DirectX® 9

Just spotted this @ Theinquirer.net.

A SITE IN POLAND has reviewed the Gigabyte GA-8PE667 Ultra motherboard ? that's based on the 845PE chipset Intel is expected to unveil on October the 7th or thereabouts.

Just spotted this @ our good friends WinOsCentral.com.

There's a review of the latest generation of Xbox modchip over at xbox hacker- no solder, flashable BIOS, 15 min. install, etc. Stuff like this should make it easier for the average Xbox user to run emulators, Linux, and such. No word if it does or does not work in the latest iteration of Xbox though.

OK Peeps! Here's another review of AMD's new Athlon XP 2800+ CPU but this time using Nvidia's new nForce 2 chipset @ Aceshardware.com! Here's a snip.

While the introduction comes today, the Athlon XP 2700+ will only be available to OEMs in November, with the Athlon XP 2800+ available in small quantities in Q4. Volume is estimated to ramp up by the first quarter of next year. So, how does the Athlon XP 2800+ fare against the 2.8 GHz Pentium 4? To answer this question, we've benchmarked a number of different games and applications, including: Read more...

Ok folk's seems that Hardware-testdk.com are the first peeps that have got their hands on AMD's new XP2800+ FSB of 166/333MHz the XP2800 processor runs at 2.25GHz! Here's a snip:

It has finally arrived. The processor a lot of people have been waiting for, since AMD needs to get into the game again. In the beginning when AMD introduced their Athlon CPU, Intel started to get serious problems keeping up with the 133MHz FSB on the Athlon. But Intel has made their alterations. They started this by impressing everyone with extremely overclocking-friendly "Northwood" CPU, which is now also available in a 533MHz version. When the 2.53GHz was released it was clear that more and more people converted back to Intel. Another reason for this was that AMD wasn't developing any new processors. Instead they slowly increased the speeds of their XP processors. Now AMD has finally introduced the XP2800 CPU with a 166MHz FSB. There is a lot of expectations for this processor so let's see if it can live up to it.

VR-Zone.com has posted some pics and information on the Triplex NV28 GeForce4 Ti4200-8x Cards: Here's a screenshot, courtesy of VR-Zone.

Thanks to Techspot.com for this piece of News.

ATI Technologies recently revealed that it will launch a new R350 chip and later a more simplified RV350 to brace for the competition from Nvidia?s NV30 in the fourth quarter!

Still having no Luck with Shuttle after several emails and telephone calls to Shuttle Germany and their UK distributors! I am founding it difficult to find it in stock, or get a release Date for that matter.! Has anyone seen this board on Sale, in the UK.

I've even found a new bios for the board! So I do know @ least the Board does exist! LOL

So If anyone from Shuttle is reading this! what's happening? where is the AS45GTR Board are you releasing it in the UK and what's the point of having distributors if they don't sell your products and how about replying to your emails or aren't you bothered with selling your products!

Just got word that AnandTech and The Tech-Report have both posted Previews of ATi's upcoming All-in-Wonder Radeon 9700 Pro video cards! Here's a snip from The Tech-Report!

Today, ATI unveils the AIW Radeon 9700 Pro, adding to the AIW's impressive lineage in the process. The All-In-Wonder dates all the way back to the Rage 128, so there's a lot of history there. The experience gained over years of making AIW products has no doubt contributed to the success of ATI's current cards, which have the most complete AV/PVR feature set in consumer graphics.

Just got word from Dave @Beyond3D! that he has just put up a review of Gainward?s GeForce 4 PowerPack! Ultra/650 TV Golden Sample! Here's a snip.

Gainward?s philosophy towards board making is to, where appropriate, discard the reference board design and get their own engineers to design a new board platform. The primary aim of this redesign is to be more optimal than the reference designs. As a product of this, and careful selection of their graphics cores and memory, Gainward feel that in some cases they can supply boards clocked higher than the nominally suggested by the IHV for a particular chip shipped. Alongside their normally clocked board, Gainward also produce the ?Golden Sample?s with increased performance

With modern motherboards continuing their push to the next level, it can sometimes be difficult to find memory that is up to the task. Come join TweakTown as they take a look at the newset offering from Corsair; namely their XMS3200 DDR Memory Modules. They're marketing it as capable of delivering DDR400 compatibility with CAS2 Latency Timings. That's a pretty big claim, so come join us as we find out if it can really perform at this level!

It looks sleek. Has just the right colour. Is roomy. Keeps cool. Is silent. I will show that the case can do all of that and much more. How's that for an introduction? Sounds like a sales pitch but kinda is. When I first spoke to Antec about doing a review on this case I pointed out that a lot of people said I coudn't keep my SCSI drives cool and that no case was able fit all of my junk. I disagreed and so did Antec Inc.

We can't substantiate those rumours at press time. But one reader said that he saw a 3.06GHz P4 for sale late Friday and rang the firm.

An Australian web site is apparently selling a 3GHz (3.06) Pentium 4, as you can see here, for AUS$1466 (~US$796) That, however, would mean that Intel has also brought forward the launch of chipsets that will support hyperthreading.

When you think about overclocking, one company comes right to mind: one of the first names you will hear is Thermalright. This is because they are one of the best heatsink companies around...

Want to know? what you would score in 3DMarks 2001SE and PCMark 2002 using AMD's new XP2800+ CPU with the new 333Mhz FSB on Nvidia nForce 2 chipset . Here's the system that was used!

Unreleased AMD XP2800+ Asus A7N8X (Nvidia nForce 2 chipset) 2 x 256 Mb Corsair PC3200 CL2 DDR ATI Radeon 9700 reference board

Even though the nVidia Ti4200 GPU is getting to be old-hat, there are still a few tricks available for it. Come join TweakTown as they take a look at the Abit Ti4200 OTES Graphics Board and see exactly what we're talking about. With an innovative touch and some interesting results, there may just be a reason to look again at the affordable Ti4200 series of video card. Come see for yourself!

TNR has just put up a review on Abit?s IT7-MAX2 and Media XP. I believe we are the first site to review the Media XP and only one of several who have reviewed the IT7-MAX2. Here?s a snippet:

?I have owned an IT7-MAX for many months now. I?ve gotta say this has been one of the best boards I have ever owned. So when I got the new IT7-MAX2 I was somewhat hesitant to take out my MAX and put in the new board for fear that I would never again have the harmony with the universe I had enjoyed. Well, this soon passed and as you?ll see so did the MAX2"

The 'Photo Roundup' of the new GeForce 4 MX's with 8x AGP has been updated again by DarkVision

It now list photo's of the following 3D Cards :

The AOpen Aeolus MX440S 8X AGP
The MSI MX440-VTD8X
The Gainward GeForce4 PowerPack! Pro/600-8x TV HS
The ABIT SILURO GF4 MX-8X
The PixelView MX440-8X
The ASUS V9180 Magic GeForce4 MX440 8X
Inno3D TORNADO GeForce4 MX440 AGP 8X
ELSA GLADIAC 518TV-OUT
Inside MX 440-8X
Triplex Millennium Silver TX-680 GF4 MX440-8X
S/U/M/A, Platinum GeForce4 MX440
SVideo Mate GeForce4 MX
Chaintech A-G480


View the Eyecandy @ DarkVision

Just spotted this @3dxtreme.org!

With all this talk on 3dXtreme about switching to Intel, I decided it was time to bring some AMD Excitement back in, and was able to get my hands on this 1800+ TBRED. These are TECHNICIALLY Mobile TBREDS used for Notebooks, but there really is no difference between the desktop and notebook version. Also the CPU came FACTORY UNLOCKED! Anyway, here are my results so far, and I want to emphasize, that this CPU was overclocked on air, with a Thermalright SLK-800 and a Mechatronics 80MM 53CFM Fan. I didn't need one of those damn loud Vantec Tornado's. Anyway, here are my results! I hit 195FSB as you can see.