ELSA GLADIAC FX 930 is powered by latest NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800/5800 Ultra GPU that is the top-end of AGP 8X graphic boards at present and takes graphics experiences to a whole new level. Powered by pure adrenaline and engineered for precision, GLADIAC FX 930 delivers unprecedented 3D graphics performance to the PC. In addition, the revolutionary new GLADIAC FX 930 introduces cinematic-quality special effects and studio-quality color to the PC. Equipped with 128/256 MB DDR-II ultra-speed memory, GLADIAC FX 930 provides IntellisampleTM Antialiasing Technology that ensures realistic color and smooth edges at all resolutions. It is also flexible in connections: Video in, Video out and DVI-I connector to perform nView dual view function.

Hardware Extreme has a roundup featuring some of the top PalmOS based PDAs on the market (and a few coming out in the 2nd and 3rd Quarter). Being a geek's gadget, everyone should check out this roundup if you are planning to get a new PDA. A snippet from the roundup: "Perhaps the idea of a PDA started off in Star Trek, where crew members use some handheld device as a communication tool, collecting data and transmits messages. Basically, like an organizer but it not only handles your daily appointments, setting alarms or reminders as such, it also acts as a good company during your long waits at the queue for your next train or sharing a head wreaking puzzles with a friend."

WD Caviar(R) Laufwerke mit 7.200 RPM ermöglichen unkomplizierte und einfache Erweiterung der Speicherkapazität um bis zu 200 GB ...

This one is interesting. ATI show their PCI Express interface card, actually a Radeon9700 Pro, at the IDF 2003 Spring. The card photo is over at this link: Gzeasy.com

Are we going to see the R350 as Radeon 9900 afterall? Take a look here: Fake or ...?

XabreGamers has got some info on the Xabre II at Platform Conference:

There are 2 models: the SiS 340 and 341 both support DX9 and AGP8x. Both models will have 500Mhz DDRII memory (!!) and will have the core clocked at 375Mhz. The only difference lies with the number of pipelines: 8 for the SiS340 and 4 for the SiS341.

Chip.de, a German website, have posted some details for ATI's upcoming graphics cards. After there visit to Intel Developer forum (IDF) in San Jose the first rumours seeped concerning ATI's Radeon 9800, 9600/Pro and the notebook variant M10 to the public. Here's a quick translation:

ATI plans a complete overhaul of its offer of wheel on chips for April 2003. Radeon 9700 pro, 9500 and 8500 and the mobile variant Radeon 9000 Mobility blocked in Notebooks are to be replaced with Radeon 9800, 9600/Pro, 9200 and Radeon 9700 Mobility.

Just got word from Crow @ Darkcrow.co.kr that after a late night op with the boy's they sneaked out of Chaintech's HQ with their FX Apogee Roadmap! Want to know what the following cards can do:

Geforce FX40, FX60, FX70, FX80, FX61 and FX81? Then click on the Nvidia logo.

Many see the Abit OTES VGA cooling solution as the mother of Nvidia's Flow FX. OTES was introduced on a GeForce 4 Ti 4200 for the first time back in 2002. Abit is going to introduce OTES v3 on their GeForce FX line of graphics cards. Furthermore there will only be limited quantities of Abit GeForce FX boards produced, according to their website. The taiwanese company says that their custom solution will be significantly more quiet than Flow FX. Picture available...

Hardware Analysis.com have posted some AMD Athlon-64 Benchmarks after a recent AMD Press event!

As promised we?ll give you an update on the performance and other features of the AMD systems that we reported on yesterday. Naturally AMD wasn?t very keen on disclosing clockspeed or detailed system configurations of the demo systems they had running, but we took advantage of a few fellow journalists entering the room and keeping the AMD PR people busy to run a few quick benchmarks on the Athlon-64 system. The Athlon-64 demo system we already reported on yesterday had a 2GHz clockspeed and used the SuSe 64-bit Linux operating system and was running the 64-bit version of Unreal Tournament 2003 as a demo.

Spotted this @ Flexbeta: Korean DRAM maker Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., said today (February 19, 2003) that a number of DDR400 double data rate synchronous DRAM components and modules have passed a test set by Intel Corp. that confirmed they could be used with Intel's so-called 'Springdale' chipset for personal computers.

Cellar_Dweller writes: Well it looks like PNY is offering two different versions of the GeForce FX card. One is priced at 399.00 and the other at 329.00. Both cards can be ordered at CompUSA. The pre-order for the cheaper card just went up today. They have since taken down the more expensive card pre-order from the PNY site. I of course ordered the more expensive one and should receive before the end of the month, expected date was March 4. The cheaper card states expected April 1.

We all know that new cards from ATI are coming soon. We don't know when exactly, but rumors suggest CeBIT event will be used to launch some of these new cards. We all know the code-names so far: RV280 for a low end 8x AGP card, RV350 for the mainstream market and R350 for the high-end market.

The recently launched Catalyst 3.1 driver update now tells us what these code-name chips will likely to be called when the final products arrive. This is as follows:

RV280 is likely to be called Radeon 9200. This card will appear in both Pro and Non-Pro versions. RV350 is likely to be called Radeon 9600, and there is no mention of Pro or Non-Pro versions in the drivers (at this time). R350 is likely to be called Radeon 9800 (not 9900 as recent rumors suggest) and again there's no mention in the drivers at this time of Pro or Non-Pro versions of this chipset.

That is all the drivers revealed so far, and you can confirm this information above by opening up any of the key ATI driver files (eg. ati2mtag.sys) with any text or hex editor.

February 17, 2002 --- SiS (Silicon Integrated Systems Corp) announced the first Xabre600 graphics chipset solution with VIVO functionality. Xabre600 incorporates the Bt835 multimedia chipset from Conexant Systems Inc., which enables advanced video-in capability. SiS and Conexant worked jointly to develop this solution.

A picture is making its round today. Darkcrow.co.kr also has posted this board photo of ATI's R350 (red) and RV350 (green) graphics boards. What do you think? Rancho*: Guess they are fake. But you never know...

Just spotted this @ Reactor Critical.com:

We managed to get the latest version of Nvidia's Detonator drivers, 42.68, that is now available over here for your pleasure.

An interesting fact I noticed in the *.inf file is that NV31 and NV34 chips are supported by the driver. It means that both have already been taped out and now are being tested at Nvidia's labs. That is a Great news, I believe. For more info, hit the above link.

I just spotted this @ Pcpro.co.uk:

Microsoft is set to unveil a cut-down version of its Xbox console at this year's E3 event in the US, according to numerous well placed industry sources. The new version of the hardware is thought to be more akin to Sony's PlayStation 2 console in size, boasting flatter casing, ideal for stacking.

Just a quick note to let you know that Komplett.co.uk are listing the AMD Barton processors....I got say that the AMD Athlon XP2500+ looks good @ 132 pounds and with abit nforce2 NF7-S mainboard @ 90 pounds you have yourselve a great kick ass PC for 222 pounds! They should have them in stock next week.

XP3000+ 2.167 GHz 333 MHz bus Socket A (Barton) processor @ GBP 450.10 inc.VAT

XP2800+ 1.833 GHz 333 MHz bus Socket A (Barton) processor @ GBP 287.13 inc. VAT

XP2500+ 1.833 GHz 333 MHz bus Socket A (Barton) processor @ GBP 132.04 inc. VAT

Western Digital zeigt auf der CeBIT 2003 Festplatten mit 80 GB pro Platter / Neues WD-Caviar-Laufwerk mit 250 GB Kapazität für höchste Ansprüche ...

Mit neuen Festplatten der Enterprise-Klasse können Unternehmen ihren ständig wachsenden Speicherbedarf auch in Zeiten knapper IT-Budgets erfüllen ...