ATI's latest Athlon 64 chipset has been announced, and with it comes PCI-Express support. Both VIA and NVIDIA also have PCI-Express solutions for the Athlon 64, so ATI need a chipset that delivers without fail! HEXUS.net have a review.

Boiling down my thoughts on this impressive card and chipset is practically a no-brainer. If you are considering buying an enthusiast videocard and were leaning towards the 6800 Ultra, don't bother. Grab a 6800GT, overclock it and smile knowing you have just kept $150 in your wallet with the same performance.

According to Mushkin, with the proper timings set, you should be able to push this memory up to and possibly beyond DDR500 speeds. For our overclocking tests we ran this memory up to 250MHz HyperTransport speed with a resulting SiSoft Sandra memory score of 6904/6793 at timings of CAS3 4-4-8.

OCIA.net has posted a review of the Thermalright XP-90 Heatsink. Below is a direct quote from the review:

The second thing I noticed were the quad heatpipes protruding from the base of the heatsink. Heatpipe technology has recently found its way to aftermarket heatsinks and, if implemented properly, can produce very nice results. Another notable feature of this sink is the ability to work across multiple platforms. Should you decide to upgrade your system, there is a good possibility that you will not need to purchase a new heatsink.

3DVelocity casts a rather belated eye over the recently announced A64 4000+ and FX55 from AMD.

AMD keep turning up the revs and the A64 somehow keeps responding, though it should be said that in the case of the 4000+ AMD have increased the L2 cache to 1MB rather than incresing the core frequency This means three of their CPU's (five if you include the two flavors of FX53) now run at 2.4GHz, there's the 3700+ with its 64bit memory controller, the 3800+ with its 128bit (dual channel) memory controller and only 512k L2 cache and finally the 4000+ with both a 128bit dual channel memory controller and also 1MB L2 cache.

I've been working non-stop on our preview of the AGP version of NVIDIA's GeForce 6600 GT AGP since last Thursday. While there just wasn't enough time to include all of the content I had originally planned , it really doesn't impact the conclusion. I might be going out on a limb here, but I see the GeForce 6600 GT AGP as being the true successor to the mystic surrounding the GeForce4 Ti 4200, which was an immensly popular graphics card back in 2002.

While we were extremely impressed with the GeForce 6600 GT when it was launched back in September, the card's PCI Express X16 interface left us longing for an AGP flavor. It's wasn't that we didn't like PCI Express, but the only commercially available PCI Express platform was saddled with the Pentium 4's comparatively poor gaming performance. Since September, we've previewed Athlon 64 chipsets with PCI Express support from ATI, NVIDIA, and VIA, but none are available in production motherboards just yet. You'll still need an LGA775 Pentium 4 or Celeron processor if you want to get in on PCI Express graphics.

eDimensional is one of the few retailers still selling stereoscopic 3D glasses on the web. TechSpot recently had the opportunity to take a look at their new AudioFX Force Feedback headset.

As you may tell from its name, the AudioFX was designed with gaming in mind, while carrying a not so standard feature for a pair of headphones, force feedback vibrations are an integral part of this bundle. According to eD, AudioFX's bass amplifier interprets audio frequencies below 20Hz and transforms them into vibrations making for a more immersive environment. Read the full article for our impressions on this headset.

For those of you looking for a budget board to run the latest and greatest AMD A64 chips on, HTPCnews has one up for review that you very well might be interested in. Seems to pack in a great deal of options for the price; including on-board LAN, Passive chipset cooling for silence, 5.1 Audio that even includes the desired SPDIF for sending your Digital audio to a receiver / preamp... Just to name a few of the HTPC related options they found nice to have.

Today VR-Zone Hardware bring you a review of ATI's newest Multimedia product, the ATI HDTV Wonder. How does ATI's latest addition to the TV Wonder family perform? Come and take a closer look.

Installation was a breeze and the instructions were very nice and clear. This is still a very nice little controller and I don?t have any problem recommending this to anyone looking for a nice monitoring device for their system.

Intel have to to play bit of catch-up with AMD in the price/performance sector. Their new 3.8ghz 570J carries a hefty price tag, but does bring high performance. However, you have to ask yourself if it's worth the money. HEXUS.net have put it to the test

Hardware Pacers has posted a review on the E-Power Technology Warrior Gaming PC. Here is a snippet:

One of the newest products from E Power Technology is the Warrior Gaming PC Case. Its sleek and stylish design create a bold looking PC case that any gamer can be proud of. The 450 watt power supply that comes standard with the case can power virtually any system in today's market.

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"Antec has always been quite the innovative company. Thinking about their PSU's they always seem to outperform or outdo the competition. Moves like putting 120mm fans inside their Power Supplies instead of 80mm fans or simply no fans at all, really make the difference. "

OCIA.net has posted a review of the Logisys Dracula Case. Below is a direct quote from the review:
"The design of the side panel is unique however -- this same exact design that looks like a bat wing (Dracula), is "mirrored" on the other side of the case as well. Mounting the fan at an angle is a nice touch to make it fit with the design. Though a little hard to see in the picture, thumb screws are included for both side panels of the case."

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"If you are constantly getting flack for being too loud, maybe it is time to take a look into investing into a quality gaming headset to enjoy your gaming and music listening without alienating everyone around you. In some cases people say, I like gaming headsets but the full blown studio headsets sound good, but they make my ears sweat and the standard version never has the sound quality I am looking for. Well, not anymore, as you will learn today, you now can have the best of both worlds."

In this article we take a look at various characteristics of 4 popular image formats and let you decide which one is best for which situation. We look at file sizes, compression options and other features.
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We're rapidly approaching the point where these HSF (Heat Sink Fan) combinations are simply too large and heavy to mount on our motherboards. Given the benefits of H20, it's only a matter of time until most CPU´s are water-cooled. Madshrimps takes a closer look at Alphacool's NexXxos XP water block. Can it keep an overclocked Prescott running cool at 4Ghz? Read on to find out.

It seems lately that LCD Monitors are becoming more and more popular. Thanks to lower prices the average consumer can pick one up for around 300$ and up. With lower prices one would assume that the quality and performance on these lower priced LCD Monitors would be quite lacking and in most cases this is true.

Today we take a look at a reasonably priced LCD Monitor from Samsung their SyncMaster 710N which combines both affordable price and good performance.

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This got to be the sexiest MCE based HTPC to date, with the PC part built in to the back of a High-Def 32in TFT display with a resolution of 1,344 x 768. Other features includes a built in DVD writer, 3GHz P4 processor, memory card reader, a Hauppauge dual TV tuner as well as a stand alone tuner for the display that can be used independantly from the HTPC. Check it out over at TrustedReviews