Fed up of reading NV30 here, NV30 there? Me too.

XabreGamers has lots of interesting screenshots of all the new products SiS showcased at Comdex fall 2002 from the new SiS 655 chipset, to ECS Xabre 600 graphics card.

According to X-Bit Labs MSI today introduced the first Geforce 4 Ti 4800 graphics card.
The card is equipped with 128MB of BGA DDR SDRAM, D-Sub and a TV-Out connector.
The GeForce4 Ti 4800SE is nothing more than the GeForce4 Ti 4400 but with AGP 8x support.

The graphics cards (SE version) should run at 300MHz for core and 550MHz for memory; in contrast, the GeForce4 Ti 4800 and Ti 4600 run at 300/650MHz for GPU/RAM. Price and availability for the card is not available yet.

Computer gamers around the world often only look toward a desktop computer system for their gaming needs. Although as gaming increases in popularity, companies such as nVidia and ATI are working very hard to bring exciting new mobile graphics products to the market. In this investigation, TweakTown takes a look at Dell's speedy Inspiron 8200 notebook with ATI Mobility 9000 GPU and compares it to a standard desktop system with nVidia GeForce4 TI4200 graphics. Can notebook gaming really be taken seriously? We think so, and so should you!

Just got word from AC @ Nvmax.com that he's posted their GeForce FX preview and he claims that they have exclusive benchmarks between TI4600 and the FX.

Never seen such a UNIQUE casemod before. AthlonXP.com has completed a watercooling project on a double Athlon 1900MP system on an Asus A7M266-D motherboard. The mod consists of two Cooler Master 200MX cases with highend equipment.

Beyond3D has more GeForce FX details from the european launch in London, UK and a technical interview with Nvidia's Geoff Ballew, which uncovers a number of the technical details behind GeForce FX's architecture, features and abilities. Here's a snip from the interview: There was talk that FP16 (64-bit floating point rendering) could run twice the speed of FP32 (128-bit floating point rendering), is that the case?

According to tests performed at Ace's Hardware by editor Sander Sassen there are severe stuttering problems with the Audigy series when HyperThreading is enabled using Windows XP Pro SP1. I got the exact same specification of a system except that 3.06Ghz CPU so I cannot confirm the problems experienced. Rumour is that Creative is going to address this issue in a driver update. However it bothers me that they did not do this in the last update since Creative's driver politics is rather conservative (like 1 update a year if ever.)

AOpen again leading the industry by releasing affordable entry-level graphics workstation motherboard - AX4R Plus. Here is the ripped PR: Taipei, Taiwan, November 18, 2002-AOpen Inc. announced today the availability of an entry-level graphics workstation motherboard based on Intel E7205 (Granite Bay) chipset that provides 8X AGP support, dual channel DDR266 memory architecture and 4 USB 2.0 ports...

Today NVIDIA unveil more details on their hotly anticipated chipset NV30, now to be named GeForce FX. Beyond3D has a preview, based on the details that we know at present! Here?s a snip.

Colour Compression - 4:1 Z compression techniques have been implemented in prior generations of hardware; however, Intellisample now extends that into colour compression. Again, a 4:1 loss-less compression technique is enabled on the pixel colour information. The process is enabled entirely through hardware and is transparent to the application. The biggest benefits of colour compression will be seen when FSAA is enabled! The preview still leaves a number of questions unanswered, however we are at the European launch today and we?ll be endeavoring to get answers to many questions.

Just got word that NVNews have posted their GeForce FX Preview and are keeping the article updated with coverage from around the web.

Our preview of Nvidia's upcoming GeForce FX graphics processing unit has been posted. The GeForce FX is being manufactured using TSMC's 0.13-micron process allowing the processor clock speed to operate at 500MHz.

While the GeForce FX continues to use a 128-bit memory bus, it has undergone further optimizations and also uses DDR2 memory running at an effective speed of 1.0GHz.

As expected, Nvidia will take the wraps off its new GeForce FX chip, once code-named NV30, at a news conference in Las Vegas, just before the Comdex Fall 2002 trade show today.

The GeForce FX will also improve PCs' capabilities to create realistic graphics more quickly, said Dan Vivola, vice president of marketing at Nvidia. The chip can render graphics as much as four times faster than Nvidia's current GeForce4 Ti 4600 processor.

I was just over @Digit-Life.com and I noticed some new products Launched by Gigabyte , MSI and Asus! well all three manufactures have released Intel's new E7205 chipset the Granite Bay! Here's the Spec's for Asus's version P4G8X Deluxe. Intel E7205 chipset AGP 8х slot 4 DIMM sockets (up to 4GB Dual-Channel DDR333) 5 PCI slots Gigabit LAN (Broadcom) Serial ATA, IEEE 1394 (optional) C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall), Multi-language BIOS, Q-Fan, ASUS EZ Flash, ASUS POST Reporter, AGP Warning LED, ASUS EZ Plug Stepless Frequency Selection (SFS) Software included: Trend Micro PC-cillin 2002, InterVideo WinCinema (Gold version), ASUS PC Probe

Just got word that Inside-hardware.com have posted their review of Magic's 3 Playstation 2 ModChip! Here's a snip.

The Magic 3 bypasses region coding allowing you to play import games, CD backups, DVD backups, and your EA sport backups directly with no more need for patching and/or swap tricks. The Magic 3 is the successor to the Magic 2 Modchip, Magic 3 has less wires to solder, is a one chip fits all (i.e. its compatible with all 7 version PS2's), and has a smaller profile so its easier to tuck away inside the PS2 housing after installation. The kit were reviewing is from Modchip.ca (they gurantee you get real Magic 3 Chips and not clones), what other retailers offer in their kits may differ. So without further delay, lets jump in and see what arrives at your doorstep.

The TYAN Tachyon G9700 Pro card was released to the public this week, but there are still no cards on the market or reviews of the TYAN card, or is there.

Kingston a long term supplier of main stream memory modules is now aiming at the enthusiast market, rivaling shares of renowned memory makes such as Corsair, Mushkin and others. The heatspreader equipped HyperX modules come in 256 and 512Mbyte versions at PC3000 and PC3500 ratings. Read more...

Triplex has given some preliminary specs regarding the yet to be announced SiS Xabre 600 GPU: Worlds first 0.13um production process GPU chip 300Mhz core / 300Mhz memory Micro BGA DDR memory Xabre Ultra 600 / 64MB / 3.3ns / MicroBGA / DVI / TVOUT 3DMark Test: 8652 score Xabre 600 is scheduled for a mid November launch while a highend 8 pipeline SiS GPU/VPU will be announced in Q1 2003.

ATI today introduced Imageon 3200, a most advanced multimedia co-processor for handheld electronic devices such as Personal Data Assistants (PDA) and the new generation of data-enabled Mobile Phones. Imageon 3200 is a member of ATI's second-generation family of media co-processors for handheld devices. It integrates an advanced 2D graphics engine and an MPEG/JPEG decoder alongside a powerful and versatile set of peripheral I/O functions. The Imageon 3200 highly optimized architecture and features offer the highest graphics performance and frame rates while lowering the overall system power dissipation. Handheld devices using the Imageon 3200 will benefit from a much longer battery life.

XabreGamers has some interesting Xabre 600 rumors.

It seems the Xabre 600 could support Pixel Shaders 1.4 instead of 1.3 for Xabre 400!