The Digital-Daily.com have thrown up a 30 board, Intel 865PE/875P/865P/865G Roundup! Here's a snip.

Another important question - "how long is the life of motherboards on the base of i865PE and other chipsets?". In fact, the answer is in the problem of compatibility of these boards to processors built on the new Prescott core. If there isn't such a problem, then motherboards based on the i865PE chipset will be in demand by the users until the Tejas-core processors are released.

Mit der FinePix F610 stellt Fujifilm eine kompakte Digitalkamera im vertikalen Design vor, die es in sich hat. Ihr besonderes Kennzeichen versteckt sich im Innenleben: ein Super CCD HR mit effektiv 6,3 Millionen Pixel. Hiermit wird jetzt auch bei Kompaktkameras im Konsumerbereich eine Ausgabe von 12 Megapixel erreicht, was größere Fotoabzüge erlaubt, ohne Abstriche bei der Qualität hinzunehmen. Die neue FinePix verfügt über einen 3-fach optischen Zoom mit umgerechnet 35 bis 105 Millimeter Brennweite. Fotografen, die gern experimentieren, werden viele interessante Features vorfinden: Die leicht zu bedienende FinePix F610 ist voll manuell einstellbar und bietet etliche Motivprogramme sowie Automatik-Einstellungen. Die Markteinführung wird im Februar 2004 erwartet, der Preis wurde noch nicht genannt.

ZBNUK.com have written a comparison of a handful of several professional mousing surfaces. Included in the comparison are mouse pads from Everglide, Icemat, Steel and Lian Li, as well as some of their accessories.
The article can be found here: http://www.zbnuk.com

Bisher finden sich auf Mainboards für AMDs Athlon 64 zumeist die Chipsätze von NVIDIA oder VIA. Mit ALi und SiS treten nun zwei weitere Chipsatz-Hersteller in den Ring, was HardwareZone.com zu einem Vergleich anregte (Artikel in englisch). Die Kandidaten: ALi M1687 + M1563 NVIDIA nForce3 150 SiS755 + SiS964 VIA K8T800 Während sich der SiS755 gleich an die Spitze setzen kann, liegt ALis M1687 auch nicht weit zurück (es scheint, als hätte ALi ganz besonders eng mit AMD zusammengearbeitet). VIAs K8T800 erlaubt sich - wie NVIDIAs nForce3 150 - den ein oder anderen Ausrutscher, dabei sind die Performance-Unterschiede zwischen den einzelnen Chipsätzen überraschend groß - immerhin sitzt der Speichercontroller ja in der CPU.

IP-konfig have posted new article entitled Has AMD Castrated Overclocking? . It's well worth a read!

If you're an overclocking freak, yes. With its latest release of the 64bit processors, mainly the Athlon 64 and the Athlon 64 FX, AMD is not allowing much room to the 'push for more' world. It's quite sad for a lot of us who enjoy looking for our CPUs upper limits--hitting them feels so darn cool, ya know.

TweakTown collected high-end performance parts from AMD, ABIT, ATI, GeCube, Mushkin, Maxtor and Thermaltake and built the fastest possible Athlon 64 desktop computer around. The heat is on - become part of the action and read about what this high-powered system is capable of!

OC Heaven have thrown up some benchmarks for Intel's 2.8GHz Prescott processor with a FSB 800MHz! one thing that seems strange is that the processor shows up as a 3 GHz part in Sandra results! Here's a snip as the sites in Taiwanese.

Although belongs to Pentium 4 Prescott has several editions. On the structure Prescott will release Socket 478 and LGA 775, seems like Socket 423 and later Socket 478 of original Pentium 4. New Prescott Socket 478 structure compact to Pentium 4, that is to say can be used on i875P and i865 main board according to Prescott stander, Rex will explain follow.

Intel Corporation yesterday introduced the Mobile Intel Celeron processor at 2.50 GHz for mobile PCs. These processors deliver the right combination of features at the appropriate price point for the value PC market segment. Based on Intel's 0.13-micron process technology, the Mobile Intel Celeron processor delivers Intel technology, quality and reliability to the value PC consumer market segment. The processor features a 400 MHz system bus, 256 KB of cache and is designed to fit into a 35-watt thermal envelope, making the processor suitable for full-size and thin-and-light form factors. The processor is also compatible with the broad range of hardware and software available today. In 1,000-unit quantities, the Mobile Intel Celeron processor at 2.50 GHz is priced at $149.

Saw this: Oh and I also found an interesting new enrty in the .inf file, for real:

NVIDIA_NV35.DEV_0332.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900XT"

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It's time for TweakTown's forth Gizmos, Gadgets and Goodies Guide where they look at new and funky products from Everglide, Antec, Memory.com, Kore Computers, ThermalTake and TekGems.

Go to "Not For Idiots", home of GPU rumor watch and read this editorial NOW! Uttar is closing down NFI and he is going out with a bang and not a whimper with a tell-all editorial on his views on nVidia and their latest woes/fiascos and the way they deal with rumors and information.
It can be hard to believe the misinformation customers and employees get is increased by incompetence. Here's an excellent example, the register usage and FP16 vs FP32 performance problems-time and again noted as the key failure of the NV3X architecture-remains unknown to the NVIDIA PR department responsible for dealing with its ramifications! As late as September 2003, a prominent employee in NVIDIA public relations sincerely claimed to me that FP16 is simply two times as fast as FP32. Problem is, in real games, you'll have a hard time making it run even 45% faster. With such ridiculously high expectations when it comes to your hardware, it's not hard to understand why nobody at NVIDIA seems worried-they got the "fastest" card on the market, after all.
A fascinating and provocative read, I highly recomend it! 8) thanks Digital Wanderer

According to taiwanese press Digitimes Intel early this week updated its chipset roadmap and decided to add a new Alderwood chipset to its Grantsdale family. Positioned as the flagship product in the Grantsdale line, the Alderwood chipset will be the successor to the 875P (Canterwood). The new chipset will be available in the second quarter of next year. It will support an 800MHz FSB (front-side bus) and DDR2 dual-channel memory, in common with the 875P. Intel launched the 875P in April. The chipset is the company's most expensive desktop chipset to date, priced at US$53 for a version with integrated software RAID and US$50 for a non-RAID version. The FOB (free on board) price of an 875P motherboard is over US$150 per unit, with some priced at over US$200. It is believed that the Alderwood will continue to help Intel attack the high-end DIY market and boost the company's average selling price (ASP).

Leading motherboard vendors confirm support for the VIA PT880, taking advantage of the new DualStream64? memory controller and advanced storage and connectivity technologies including Serial ATA and V-RAID. VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the VIA PT880 chipset, the latest addition to VIA's family of high-performance core-logic solutions for the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor, that has been selected by key motherboard vendors including ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI for their high end solutions. Featuring the revolutionary DualStream64? memory controller, an intuitive package of new dual channel DDR400 memory technologies, the VIA PT880 integrates support for 800MHz FSB, Hyper-Threading, AGP8X and a plethora of cutting-edge connectivity and storage technologies.

Intel Corporation today introduced the Intel Celeron processor at 2.80 GHz for desktop and mobile PCs. The Celeron processor brings Intel technology, quality and reliability to the value PC consumer market segment. Based on Intel's 0.13-micron process technology, the Intel Celeron processor at 2.80 GHz delivers the right combination of features and frequency at an appropriate price point for the value PC market segment. Intel Celeron processors are engineered to maximize reliability and compatibility with the wide base of PC software and peripherals. The processor utilizes 478-pin packaging, and features a 400 MHz system bus. In 1,000-unit quantities, the Intel Celeron processor at 2.80 GHz is priced at $117.

Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS), a leading supplier of core logic products, today participates the RAMBUS Developer Forum Taiwan (RDF Taiwan), to be one of the key-note and showcase the latest upgrade Rambus memory chipset - SiSR659. Michael Chen, President and CEO of SiS, will deliver the RDF keynote address on "PC market trends, RDRAM memory relative technologies, and SiS' market positions". SiS will also host a joint press conference with RAMBUS following this forum. At the RDF Taiwan event, the SiSR659 is the highest performance product in Intel Pentium 4 platforms. Utilizing a high speed that supports quad channel 1200 MHz RDRAM, the SiSR659 delivers an outstanding 9.6 GB/s of memory bandwidth (theoretically, Ed.)- making it the fastest chipset on the market today. To support the high speed and capacity of RDRAM, SiS implements the new Advanced Hyperstreaming? Engine (AHSE) architecture to give the SiSR659 full compatibility with 800 MHz FSB CPUs. The SiSR659 brings overall system operations to an unsurpassed performance level.

Crow over at Darkcrow.co.kr sends word that he's scooped some photo's and spec's for simFUSION 6000q ATI R300 X 4 quad VGA card!

Half a grand is a lot of money to spend on a graphics cards. In this article TweakTown examine visual gaming performance of ATI's latest GPU, the Radeon 9800 XT, in Counter-Strike, NHL 2004, Max Payne 2, Midnight Club II and Halo PC to work out if it is really worth spending all those dollars.

DFI, a worldwide leader in mainstream and performance desktop motherboard solutions, today launched its latest revisions to the unique LANParty line of motherboards ? LANParty NFII Ultra B and LANParty PRO875B. The new LANParty NFII Ultra B for the AMD platform combines popular features from the previous version while incorporating many performance integrations making it a LAN gamer's dream motherboard. The new LANParty PRO875B for the Intel ® platform supports the latest Intel Pentium 4 3.20 GHz processor Extreme Edition and the CMOS Reloaded technology to deliver one unmatchable gaming platform. Revision B General New Features Dual Gigabit LAN and 10/100 Ethernet Extra space around the AGP slot Additional south bridge heat sink to maximize cooling Mounting holes around the CPU socket for water cooling Latest Silicon Image 4-channel Serial ATA

If still another proof was required that the in-development PowerVR Series 5 (Series 3 = KYRO I/II/SE, Series 4 = finished, but never hit store shelves because of STMicro's omission as a chip manufacturer) VPU actually equals a Pixel and Vertex Shader 3.0 capable hardware piece then PowerVR Technologies - a division of Imagination Technologies Ltd. - has revealed that fact alone by some new developer relations 3D demo examples. This puts PowerVR technically on the same level with the upcoming next-gen accelerators ATI R420 and Nvidia's NV40. We can (safely) assume that the new techdemos are pinpointing in which direction PowerVR has tuned their VPU development process. The company also seems to have extended the "deferred rendering" (deferred rendering technology dramatically increases the efficiency of the 3D engine for maximum performance beyond standard z-culling technology. By maximizing effective bandwidth, deferred rendering does not leave extreme gamers short during peak 3D performance levels) concept to "deferred shading" and this to an extent where they are able to present a working demo of it. Now where do you run PS 3.0 demos on? PS 3.0 capable hardware...

Toms Hardware Guide have posted their DVD writer roundup which includes 11 drives from LG, Mitsumi, Philips, Sony and Pioneer just to name a few! Here's a snip.

Fewer than three years ago, mainstream recordable DVD players cost more than $400. To add to the pain were several different recordable DVD format standards, which rendered some DVDs incompatible with different standard players.