Games Radar reports that With Sony having just finished work on the very first prototype of the PSP, new information is emerging today regarding the handheld's capabilities.

Just spotted this article posted over at Tom's Hardware Guide!

There is nothing finer than raising the hackles of delusional AMD lovers. However, today I do so with a heavy heart. This is no time to take aim at the pompous, self-righteous head-in-the-sand-ostriches of the alternative chip lifestyle. One must embrace them, hug them and wipe away their tears.

The TecChannel recently had a chance to hang out with Brent Kerby, product manager for AMD's microprocessor Business unit! They had a look at a working 64-Bit-version of the 3D-FPS Far Cry running on a Athlon 64 FX-53 CPU which has an average 30 per cent higher Frame rate according to AMD! Click on the AMD Logo for the full article translated by Google or click Here for a Screenshot

Beyond3D reports that ATI demonstrated a demo of the upcoming, DirectX9 heavy title, Colin McRae Rally 4 on R420, which was quoted as running at 2 - 3 time faster than present DirectX9 capable hardware. We contacted ATI to verify if this was R420 and they stated?

"Home Theater PC cases come in all sizes and colors... well black and silver. Come take a look at a case designed with smaller size in mind, the Accent HT101S. This case features support for mATX motherboards and ATX PSU's, a sleek silver aluminum finish, VFD Display, and a remote control pack to finish it with style. If you are in the market for something that will blend in with your current gear this just may be what you have been looking for."

OCIA.net checks out the Eagle Touch Wireless Power Office Keyboard XP in their latest review. Below is a direct quote from the review:

"As you can see it comes with the keyboard and the wrist rest, which is seperate from the keyboard. If you're like me you probably won't find much use for it. I found the wrist rest to be a little bit too big. It put my wrists at an awkward angle. Also pictured is the nice mouse, receiver, installation CD, and the batteries for the mouse and keyboard. There was an instruction manual included, but I didn't photograph it. Why you ask? I'll get to that."

This just in from Veridian3 over at DriverHeaven a short article some of you may be interested in.

Kyle Felstein from AAC Computers recently built one of the fastest computers out there for the Vegas CyberXGames event. This computer was built to the highest specification possible and really it is just quite drool drippingly sexy. Everything is overclocked to the max with the kind of hardware we all have wet dreams about.

I just thought I would give you the heads up on the latest developments in the so called "obsolete" Athlon XP line of CPU's... The Mobile Athlon XP-M 2500+ seems to be AMD's latest overclocking king, news is strarting to spread through the various enthusiast forums now, and the resulst are amazing! Some people are getting 2.7GHz and MORE!

Just spotted this bit of Info over at TechReport

TecChannel has uncovered presentations that reveal juicy details on Intel's upcoming "CT" 64-bit extensions. Based on the leaked presentation slides, it looks like CT may be limited to Intel's Xeon processors. The presentation slides promise transparent 32/64-bit compatibility and claim that NVIDIA already has Forceware drivers available for the platform.

Thanks to Mackey D for pointing me in the direction of this article over at Rob Galbraith DPI!

In January 2003, we published a report comparing the processing performance of the Mac and the PC in pro digital photography. At that time, a single processor Pentium 4 PC was shown to be considerably quicker at a variety of tasks than a dual processor G4 Mac. It's now a year later, and a lot has changed in the Mac world:

FX 5500 is placing at the position in between FX 5200 and FX 5700, which has 270/350 MHz (core/ RAMDACs), plus, its 64MB/128 bit DDR, it is so obviously a killer nVidia uses to compete with ATI 9600 SE.

GALAXY ZEUS 5500 is using the HY 3.6n/s mBGA. It implies there are some certain way to be overclock.

AnandTech have a new article out that looks at the PCI/AGP bus on Athlon 64 and Pentium 4 chipsets , are they really locked when you overclock?

Sometimes things are not as they appear. Nowhere is this more true than the Computer Industry. Technology should be very straightforward, but all too often, marketing concerns get thrown into the mix and we end up with specifications with a marketing slant. It has been observed in reviews of the nForce3-150 boards that they often overclock better than VIA K8T800 boards. The nF3 sports a PCI/AGP adjustment in BIOS and it is usually stated that the nF3 should overclock better because of the fixed AGP/PCI bus.

The possibility of serious reliability problems with certain of IBM's GXP-series hard drives has been well documented. High failure rates may have forced IBM's decision to sell its hard drive business to Hitachi, and anecdotal evidence has been overwhelming, spawning a massive thread that will not die here at TR, as over a thousand posts have rolled in over time detailing users' experiences with drive failures, failures of replacement drives, and struggles to get IBM to honor its warranties. The fiasco led to the filing of a class-action lawsuit against IBM on behalf of GXP failure victims. However, IBM has consistently denied unusually high failure rates on its GXP drives.

HTPC News takes a look at two of the options you'll have when you decide to connect your PC to your HDTV. The two options we are taking a look at today are the Crescendo Systems Transcoder and the ATI HDTV Dongle. This is a dual review and a comparison between the two choices. These both allow the user flexability to watch DVD's in 1080i and higher resolutions as allowed by their TV's. Compare this to the maximum of 480p on any progressive scan DVD player and you have a winner:

OCIA.net checks out the TweakMonster RAMsinks / Fan Bracket Kit in their latest review. Below is a direct quote from the review:

"However, it is not the typical thermal tape that you might be used to seeing. It is applied in the same manner that you would apply 3M double sided tape, but it is actually a gel instead of tape. Granted, using something like Arctic Silver Adhesive might work better, but using the Frag Tape will allow you to take the RAMsinks with you to your next video card. I went ahead and used it for the purposes of this review. Only about half of the tape is needed to install all eight RAMsinks, so you should have enough left over to move the sinks to another video card if you so choose to."

Uttar has posted some information over at Beyond3D about Nvidia's upcoming NV40! Here's a snip.

I'd just like to post a (originally short, now long) summary post of the current information, reliable or not, we have regarding the NV4x's "pipeline" technology. None of this information is guaranteed at all; and it's likely at least some of it, if not all of it, is wrong. IMO, though, it's the more logical and up-to-date info you'll find Most of it has already been posted at nV News in the NV40 thread.

Rambus is going to show off its first XDR RAM products at next weeks Intel Delevoper Forum in San Francisco. Rambus will show off some 512-megabit XDR DRAM memory and Samsung is also planning to showcase its XDR DRAM at this event. This memory runs at 3.2GHz and offers eight times the bandwidth of today's DDR400.
More info here

Thermaltake has been increasing their line of Xaser products for a long time now. Their Xaser line of cases is popular amongst the enthusiast crowd. The cases are rugged, durable, and reliable. We reviewed one of the first Xaser cases from Thermaltake ? V1000A. It was great except for its weight and the fact that it used steel. Then Thermaltake released a new case known as the Xaser Lanfire Edition, which further extended the Xaser case line.

"Aftermarket GPU-cooler designers have to find a balance between noise, cost, and size. Vantec's Iceberq 4 Pro tries to meet these requirements with style, but can this small heatsink / fan combination outperform the larger G4-VGA offering from Thermaltake?"

OCIA.net checks out some Corsair TwinX 1024-3200LL Pro RAM in their latest review. Below is a direct quote from the review:

"The next step in the process was to increase the FSB. I increased the FSB to 210 with the same 9.5 multiplier. Right away then SAMSUNG failed and try as I might it refused to boot on anything above 200. I changed the RAM out and the CORSAIR XMS PRO booted the first time. I then ran the Sisoft Sandra 2004 memory bandwidth test below and noticed improvements right away. I next tried 215 FSB and ran Sisoft Sandra again and again I had improvements."