The MOBILITY? RADEON? 9700 visual processing unit (VPU) delivers the highest standards of performance required by the most demanding notebook users. It has more processing power than ever before seen in a notebook graphic card. It redefines the mobile computing experience for the next generation of home and business users.

"Today 3DXtreme has the great pleasure of reviewing the latest AMD Athlon64 motherboard from Soyo, the SY-CK8 Dragon Plus. The SY-CK8 Dragon Plus uses the already established nVidia nForce3 150 chipset as the basis for this motherboard. "

The Inquirer reports that it's not often that rival graphics chip firms Nvidia and ATI use the same marchitectural tactics. But, this time around, it seems they don?t have any other choice. Nvidia?s upcoming NV40 and ATI?s R420 both support memory in the types DDR 1, GDDR 2 and GDDR 3, but both companies will be sticking with GDDR 2, at least at first.

XtremeSystem's "TheDude" has just published a review/guide on the nVentiv MachII cooling system. The guide is in reference to installing the Aluminum kit to match a Lian Li case, the review is an evaluation utilizing an AMD system.

TeamXbox reports that we had access to some speculative Xbox specs last month but we have held off on revealing them until more official word is given. Now that someone had the balls to do it, we'll bring you even more details based on the info we have.

TweakTown have been working with Intel over the past month to give you all the latest on their new baby - Balance Technology Extended, or BTX for short. It's what Intel are calling their upcoming form factor specification which promises to offer better cooling and quieter operation for high performance computing. Read on and learn what the future has to offer for the PC.

Today?s launch from Intel of its Prescott line and new Extreme Edition CPUs reaffirm their commitment of making sure they?re producing the fastest desktop solutions available. In fact, Intel has actually launched six new chips with this release ? ?Prescott? core chips at speeds from 2.8GHz to 3.4 a new ?Northwood? running at 3.4GHz and finally, an updated Extreme Edition P4 at 3.4GHz as well.

Looking for one of the longest range wireless keyboards and remotes to run that PC from almost anywhere in your house? Look no further as we review the Gyration Media Center Remote and Keyboard combo package here at HTPCNews.com. Featuring a 100ft range using RF technology, this thing just might take the cake when it comes to build quality and range. Check out our review to see if it's worth your dollar or if you should look elsewhere. Click here

Xbitlabs has the lastest Performance benchmarks for 14 Processors including the lastest Intel Prescott Core 3.4E, 3.2E, 3.0E.. Who will be the winner?

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New CPU sockets and DDR-2 memory may make headlines, but the replacement of your PC motherboard's PCI expansion slots -- and its AGP graphics-card interface, and your notebook's PC Card slot, and maybe system design from the ground up -- will likely be 2004's most important technical advance. Vince Freeman explains how PCI Express is ready to step out of the wings and take center stage.

AnandTech reports that VIA's 2004 chipset roadmap reveals plans to lengthen the PCI Express transition... We've been lucky enough to come across chipset roadmaps from both VIA and SiS and it looks like there will be transition chipsets for those not interested in making the full PCI Express plunge this year.

Just got word that RadikalMod have thrown up their lastest hardware roundup! which looks at AMD Heatpipe CPU Coolers from Aerocool DP101, DP102 and nPowerte NPH-2.

Heatpipe technology is not unknown among the PC enthusiasts, Zalman has created a very succesfull line for graphics card coolers and also a fanless HDD cooler. Now it reached CPU coolers as well, and since the first ones arrived to Hungary and to our test lab, we will test three heat sinks.

ViperLair reviews the Enermax EG375P Noisetaker PSU.

Though it's something that a lot of people look into, a quiet PC is something that isn't something enthusiasts really consider. Let's face it, a noisy PC usually means an overclocked and speedy one. Granted, the growing popularity of water cooling has addressed the noise problem, but there are plenty of other areas we can look into to lower the volume in the den. One area is the PSU, and Enermax has addressed this with their Noisetaker line of products. Today, we'll be taking a look at their 375W EG375P-SFMA FCA Noisetaker PSU.

Tech-Critic got their hands on a very unique item! Yes its a one of a kind! Its the mouse with a fan and blue led. Ever had one of those moments when you are on the computer for a while and your palms start to get sweaty, yes we all have once or more. No need to worry because now there is a mouse that wont ever let that happen again. Check out the review of the mouse Here

GamePC have posted their AMD and Intel CPU Comparsion that looks at Server chips in the shape of AMD's new Opteron 248 and Intel's new Xeon 3.2 GHz/1MB processors!

When looking at these two CPU's on paper, both have advantages when it comes to data serving. For example, the Opteron's integrated DDR memory controller will decrease latency to system memory, while its Hyper-Transport linked bridge chips will allow for more bandwidth with populated PCI-X bus connections. On the Intel side, the Xeon has a massive 1.5 MB of on-die cache, which runs at full 3.2 GHz clock rate, 1 GHz faster compared to the fastest Opteron's cache speeds.

Just spotted this bit of Info over at AnandTech!

We've already brought you coverage of Intel's 2004 CPU and Chipset roadmap but have failed to point out one glaring fact: none of Intel's forthcoming chipsets seem to offer AGP support.

News.Com: Intel plans to demonstrate a 64-bit revamp of its Xeon and Pentium processors in mid-February--an endorsement of a major rival's strategy and a troubling development for Intel's Itanium chip. The demo, which follows the AMD64 approach of Intel foe Advanced Micro Devices, is expected at the Intel developer conference, Feb. 17 through 19 in San Francisco, according to sources familiar with the plan. Intel had code-named the technology Yamhill but now calls it CT, sources said. Read on at sources website.

The Inquirer reports that yesterday we saw Intel's latest roadmaps which confirm that it will be able to offer a 4GHz Pentium 4 for sale by the end of the year. Intel's been broadcasting these hopes for quite a while.

And as revealed elsewhere today, Intel 925X and 915 are the names for the Alderswood and Grantsdale chipset.

The critical mass of rumours regarding 64-bit enhancements for Intel?s 32-bit processors has probably been reached recently: all the online and offline media report about Intel?s own implementation of the so-called x86-64 conception. A story at News.com suggests that Intel would demonstrate its Xeon and Pentium processors ?CT? with 64-bit extensions as early as next-month.

Linksys have released a new firmware for theWRT54G Wireless router.

This firmware is for v1 v1.1 and v2 of the WRT54G



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