We have had very extensive coverage on PCIe solutions from VIA and SiS, and today we complete the circle with some in depth information from NVIDIA's CK8-04; a chipset many have already decided to call nForce4. NVIDIA takes a firm stance in its roadmaps that this next revision of core logic will not use the nForce4 misnomer, so we will continue to call it CK8-04 until NVIDIA calls it something else. We first saw CK8-04 at Computex in June - and even then it supported dual PEG adaptors.

Inno3D and Cooler Master has signed as agreement to allow solitary rights for Inno3D high end graphics cards to include the advance thermal system supplied by Cooler Master. The Inno3D 6800 CoolViva Premium Edition is born and can now reach up to 350-core speed and 800MHZ memory clock.

NVIDIA and ATI, long time rivals to each other in the graphics card market, are in a constant struggle to be at the top. ATI managed to hold the winning crown for more than a year with their GPUs while NVIDIA always lacked one step behind them, however, it seems as if the positions have changed with the introduction of ATI's X800 series and NVIDIA's 6800 series of cards.

So here we are with yet again an AMD Socket A roundup. Last time in December 2003 we saw that the field was dominated by the Thermalright SP-97 heatsink which sports heat pipe technology. Nowadays a lot of manufactures have caught up and we have a wide variety of heatsinks available which are based upon the successful heat pipe tech. Let´s find out if they can beat our Golden Oldie

We've been seeing a slew of benchmarks since the introduction of Valve's Stress Test as part of the CounterStrike: Source beta a few days ago. Well, now it's our turn to look at things here at Elite Bastards, so we've benchmarked both ATI and nVidia's more readily available boards - aka the Radeon X800 Pro and GeForce 6800GT - using this new test, as well as throwing some 6800 Ultra scores into the mix for good measure. We've tested using a host of different settings, as well as taken a look at the performance hit the two cards have with varying levels of anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering enabled.

The past 10 years of developing dedicated 3D-acceleration hardware for the consumer market brought us milestones like Voodoo Graphics, GeForce3, and Radeon 9700. Still, computer generated realtime graphics looks very "synthetic": Surfaces appear too smooth, the geometry resolution is too rough, liquids still do not look natural enough. But we also saw dramatic progress leading to the ultimate goal: Rendering photo-realistic graphics at HDTV resolutions in realtime.

Sources close to X86-Secret(French website) released some details regarding the upcoming nForce 4(codename CK8-04) chipset from NVIDIA. NVIDIA will release four different nForce 4 chipsets according to X86-Secret, the nForce 4, the nForce 4 Ultra, the nForce 4 SLI and the nForce 4 Pro. All with a lot of nice great features, cant wait for the press release from NVIDIA in September.

Robstar over at [H]ardOCP's Forum has posted the first benchies for Nvidia's Geforce 6800LE which he got from XFX as a replacement for a dead 5900XT.

Gamers Depot benchmarks ATI's latest Mobile GPU, found only in Dell Laptops! They've even thrown in some Doom 3 benchmarks at all quality settings.

ATI has really widened the performance delta between itself and the competition with the last eighteen months or so and more recently has made sure that nobody can catch them by unleashing the Mobility Radeon 9800. Long-time OEM partner, Dell, has the exclusive on this new GPU with its XPS laptop ? which is far and away the fastest unit of its kind we?ve tested.

The soon to be released Logitech MX1000 (MX laser) is up for preorder here And this forum has more info:
Apparently it will have a new Laser tracking technology.

Just spotted this bit of Info over at the TechReport

Amid the hubbub over the introduction of the GeForce 6600 line and the GeForce 6600GT's ability to work in an SLI configuration, folks from NVIDIA were dropping hints like mad at Quakecon about the company's plans for its next-gen Athlon 64 chipset with PCI Express support. NVIDIA is obviously working on a north bridge chip that will allow dual PCI Express graphics slots, and the company is confidently predicting SLI performance markedly superior to the dual Xeon-based motherboards that are powering the first SLI demo systems.

Since NV40's introduction with the 6800 Ultra the 6800 line has been fleshed out a little, with a total of three boards available in retail: 6800, 6800 GT and 6800 Ultra. In this article Beyond3D compares these three boards, looking at the configuration differences between them and, of course, their respective performances.

VR-Zone reports LGA775 Pentium 4 retail box version with EM64T has surfaced in Akiba Japan where Intel has quietly released it earlier this week. The 64-bit Prescott comes in three speed grades; 3.2Ghz, 3.4Ghz and 3.6Ghz with S-Spec of SL7LA, SL7L8 and SL7L9 respectively. Although Intel has said that they are not releasing the 64-bit Prescott as a retail CPU, however, it is packed in a retail box although the box has no color. There is no price information regarding these 64-bit Prescott at the moment.

Tweakmonster.com has a new storefront up, and to celebrate its opening we are giving away a brand new BFG GeForce 6800 GT 256MB video card to one lucky winner!

Just spotted this bit of Info over at the TechReport.

AKIBA is reporting that ASRock's P4 Combo has been spotted on the streets of Japan. This hybrid motherboard is based on Intel's 848P chipset and features both Socket 478 and LG775 for easy upgrading in the future. Of course, the board was not designed to be capable of dual processor SMP. You can only use one socket at a time.

This hasn't been an easy decision to chose one card over the other to suit my own personal needs. I'm still on the fence regarding this - so I feel what this review has done has presented enough information for the reader, yourself, to decide which card meets your needs best. The bottom line is that you can't go wrong if you are looking to upgrade your Video Card nVidia and ATI have moved the bar on what gamers expect - score one for the gamers.

DataFuse.net just finished reviewing Motorola's V600

About 4 months ago, I took an extensive look at Motorola's V500, this high-end cell-phone had quite some features, but it wasn't Motorola's flagship. Well now we do have their biggest (not litteraly) and best.

Bit-Tech takes a look at 5 NForce 3 motherboards and give you the low-down on which you should be buying. If you're considering Athlon 64, Take a look here.

Just got word from the Guy's over at PC Perspective , TechReport and Nvnews that their GeForce 6600 GPU Preview's are out!

NVIDIA chose the perfect spot to launch their 6600 graphics card based on their marketing stance as the "The Doom 3 GPU." In a convention hall where nearly 4000 people who have been looking forward to Doom 3 are gathered, you can pretty much guarantee a positive response.

PVP4U reports that NeoSol has a interesting Portable Video Player with a 2.5GB hard-drive. The NeoSol Cliod (TN-A1002) features a 2.2 inch color OLED screen and a TV receiver. The Video Player supports DivX (3.0,4.0,5.x), MP4, XVId and WMV9 decoding.