With the new high end cards announced and all utilising the latest GDDR3 memory, you may be forgiven if you overlooked the fact that these uber-expensive, and barely available, boards were not the first to bring the latest GDDR3 memory into consumers hands ? it was in fact the second revision of the performance mainstream board GeForce FX 5700 Ultra that first supported the new memory type. Here Beyond3D takes a look at this newer version of the 5700 Ultra, comparing it against its GDDR-II counterpart.

IWILL Corporation, an industry leading manufacturer of dual processor workstation motherboards, will soon release its barebones for two AMD Opteron microprocessors.

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X-Bitlabs have thrown a new article which looks at the advantages and shortcomings of the move from DDR to DDR2 memory technology! Here's a snip.

The next divergence between the memory types is in DDR2?s ability to do Variable Write Latency. DDR always has a write latency of 1T. This time is dictated by the specification and cannot be changed.

Deric over at PCPop has got the scoop again! Looks like the 6800 non-Ultra will be a 350/800 card scoring about 8600 on 3dm2k3....but you can go check yourself as the chinese language ain't really my native tongue. (Oh, and MSRP is $299 making this card start to look like a serious player. )

Thanks to Mertsch in our Forum for the heads up! for this article posted over at X-Bitlabs.

A leading producer of high-end computers for gamers and professionals ? Alienware ? revealed some additional details about its new initiative to install two graphics cards into one PC for hardcore gamers. It seems that the new ALX computers will greatly use Intel?s server technologies to make games run faster.

VIA, Taiwanese chip and chipset maker, has announced the details of the company's upcoming C5J core processor. The new core is expected to bring security along with low-power consumption, low heat throughput, and small, low-priced integrated devices. VIA is following AMD and Intel on low heat throughput and low-power consumption startegy on consumer's demand.

Bink.Nu reports that on the morning after Microsoft's exclusive E3 drinks reception in Hollywood, where the likes of Allard, Peter Moore, Shane Kim and the European Xbox team mixed with a handful of sweaty hacks, the Xbox creator was in an open mood when we spoke with him. He discussed the current state of play for the Xbox business and beyond, offering insights into next-gen software development and how it will change the way we experience videogames.

The guy's over at T-break have thrown up their Preview of Intel's soon to be lauched 915 chipset! Here's a snip.

The new Intel 915/ICH6 chipset supporting the upcoming Socket 755 is scheduled to debut in about a month?s time. Some information about this chipset has been making rounds on the Internet, like the lack of an AGP interface and Win 9X drivers.

AnandTech have snagged AMD's latest CPU Roadmap!

FX-57 shows up on the AMD roadmaps, FX-55 wattages, and AMD's shift to product naming. If you thought AMD was surprisingly quiet lately wait till you see their most recent update. Oh, and RIP Duron 2000-2004.

AMD today announced availability of Ubisoft?s impressive Far Cry PC game with the purchase of any AMD Athlon? 64 FX or AMD Athlon 64 processor-based system from participating system builders worldwide through June 2004 or while supplies last.

The ASUS A8V mainboard is likely to be the first platform available for AMD’s 939 pin processors.
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Today nVidia and the world's leading notebook manufactures in Taiwan will unveil MXM - a new technology to easily upgrade the graphics inside future notebooks. Read on as TweakTown dissect the marketing material and give you the complete run down on MXM and how it intends on revolutionizing the mobile graphics market.

There seems to be quite a fuss about the way ATI forces bilinear/trilinear filtering on their new range of Radeon x800 series of cards following an article posted over at Computerbase.de.

Dave Baumann over at Beyond3D has done a screen grab of compressonator images for Ati's X800 XT, 9800 XT and a Geforce 5950 for comparison.

My friend Azrael did a small research about Mid end and low end history. Funny thing that these 2 have the biggest chunk of the video card sales, yet people seem to forget about them. It's interesting to see how new High End parts make the old counterparts the new budget solutions.

Intel had set the prices for its Pentium 4 processors with enabled Extended Memory 64 Technology, X-bit labs has learnt. Apparently, the chips will not be more expensive compared to the products with no 64-bit capability.

Just got word from my mate Sean Pelletier over at PC Perspective that his NVIDIA and ATI: Image Quality and CPU Scaling Performance article is out! Here's a snip.

Over the course of the last year, we have witnessed a heated debate over optimisations, image quality, and performance. As architectures began to show their age, questionable tactics began to emerge on every front. Fortunately, those days are now largely a thing of the past as NVIDIA and ATI have emerged with new architectures that raise the bar on all fronts. Both the GeForce 6 and Radeon X800 architectures fail to be mere iterative steps forward in terms of speed and features. Rather, these new products manage to answer nearly all our complaints regarding previous architectures.

The new processor will use 1066Mhz Front Side Bus and will be based on the next generation desktop architecture. The chips will initially operate on a 800Mhz Front Side Bus. Intel also plans to launch the company's highly awaited 915 series of chipsets.

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Chinese web site PC Pop have some images and information regarding the GeForce6800 Non-Ultra. You can take a look here:

For an English translation of the specs and projected retail dates provided by the sites editor, take a look here:

Gamespy have thrown up their hands-on experience with Nintendo DS handheld console!

Before I get into how and why the DS nudged its way into my heart, lets go over the specs. The prototypes I saw were approximately 7x4x1-inches large. This is probably the only thing I didn't like about the DS: it's definitely not a system that you can easily slip into your pocket, unless you name is Shaquille O'Neil.

The Register has scoop the first Picture for Nintendo DS handheld console.

DS is largely viewed as Nintendo's response to Sony's PlayStation Portable, or PSP, a new system that will play both movies and video games stored on mini DVD discs. Sony has announced plans to release PSP in Japan later this year and in the USA in 2005.