Intel puts Lucid Hydra on x58
IT LOOKS LIKE Intel is not content with their x58 Smackover board, and is going to add a Lucid Hydra chip to the next revision. Yup, improved in every way, plus mix-and-match GPUs, whats not to love?E
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55nm EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 Now In Stock at EVGA.com
EVGA has just released their 55nm GTX 260 212SP stock speed and SuperClocked variants. You can pick one up directly at EVGA.com. Widespread availability is expected to hit tomorrow morning.In addition
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Phenom II X4 hits 4.2GHz on air
Phenom II X4 will launch in just a few weeks and until then most people with a processor are gagged by NDAs. Even if the first benchmarks have already leaked it is the new overclocking potential that
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Lenovo launches ThinkPad W700ds: the dual-screen mobile workstation
The Lenovo (formerly IBM) ThinkPad has been doing the rounds since the early 90s, but in 2008 the brand has branched out to cover literally all areas.Early this year, it produced the super-slim ThinkP
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As Intel ships 160GB SSD, pricing nags buyers
Intel is now shipping 160GB solid-state drives as it vies with Samsung and Toshiba to deliver high-capacity SSDs that rival hard-disk drives in capacity. Price, however, remains a big obstacle for man
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VIAs Trinity platform to compete with Atom-based systems
VIAs announced their Mini-ITX 2.0 form factor three-chip HD solution called Trinity. It marries VIAs latest Nano x86-64 processor, VX800 IGP chipset and discrete S3 "Chrome" graphics on an 8
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DirectX11 cards to come in late 2009
DirectX 11 is the next big thing in graphics. It comes with Windows 7 and the first graphics cards to support it should be available by the end of the 2009. The launch should probably take place in th
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NVIDIA Ion Looks to Oust Intel Chipsets from Netbooks
NVIDIA and Intel have a long and checkered past together. The two firms battle in the integrated graphics market, where Intel dominates. NVIDIA covets Intels integrated graphics business at the same t
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Socket AM3 Phenom II X4 945 previewed
The left is AM2 Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and the right is Phenom II X4 945, ZD302112K4D12. For specs they are almost the same: 3.0GHz, 4×512KB L2 cache, 6MB L3 cache. The only difference is DDR2 or DDR
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Nvidia plans to give Intel the bumps
NVIDIA IS PLANNING to fight a battle with Intel over the future of the cut-price netbook, according to Cnet.Currently netbooks are shipping without anything really useful for graphics. The GPUs under
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AMD RV770 has 900 stream processors
The Finnish member largon of the English-speaking Xtremesystems-forum has made an interesting discovery by having a look at the RV770-GPU. To be exact he looked at the SIMD-cores of the chip on a sche
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Deal of the week: AMDs Athlon X2s and a cheap GPU
AMD quietly adjusted prices in its dual-, triple-, and quad-core processor lines the other day, and the changes have now propagated to online retailers. The cuts look especially significant in the dua
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ASUS P6T6 WS Revolution supports up to 6 graphics cards
ASUS P6T6 WS Revolution is yet another motherboard for the Intel Core i7 platform. Except from the ATX format and X58 chipset it is quite different from other boards available. ASUS is targeting the w
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Core 2 Duo vs. Core 2 Quad by Intel
We finally got an answer on what exactly Intel tells its business customers when it wants to put some contrast between dual and quad-core CPUs. Intel claims that dual-core is best for:1. Maximizing pr
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RAMPAGE II EXTREME +I7 920 tested
Test setup:I7 920G.SKILL 1GBX3 DDR3-2000 ASUS ASUS RAMPAGE II EXTREMEWater coolingGigabyte 9600 GSOSSD 30GSATA2 1000GSATA2 750GSATA2 320GThermaltake 600W
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Phenom II not quite up to Core 2 IPC, but the price appeals
A few weeks before the official launch, benchmarks starring AMD first 45nm desktop processors are starting to appear around the web. We have seen how AMDs coming processors overclocks well and can hit
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ATI RV740 - A 40nm RV770 In Disguise
RV740 is often misunderstood as the successor to RV730 which in fact is far from it. RV740 is expected to take the market by storm by Q2 next year as the best value/performance chip from AMD. It is AM
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55nm GeForce GTX260 Hit Japanese Market
We ever predicted that 55nm GeForce GTX260 would be not on sale until January 2009, but Inno3D GeForce GTX260 based on 55nm processing has managed to hit the Japanese market before Christmas. Its not
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GeForce GTX 285 gets higher frequencies at 55nm
NVIDIA isnt just planning to launch a new dual-GPU graphics card using the "new" 55nm GPUs. It will try to transfer many of its existing cards to the new and more manufacturing process and o
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AMD fixes HD 4850 CrossFireX issue with new hotfix
AMD has released a Catalyst 8.12 hotfix aimed at tackling with systems powered by Windows Vista and featuring two or more Radeon HD 4850 cards in CrossFireX. The problem targeted would see the said sy
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The new 55nm GTX 260 should look different
Nvidia will quietly start shipping GT200b, the 55nm chip for the new Geforce GTX 260 and the new 55nm chip will be clocked at the identical speeds as the 65nm predecessor. Naturally, the 55nm chip wil
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Halo 3 gets blamed for teen murdering his parents
Seventeen-year-old Daniel Petric is currently charged with and tbeing tried for killing his mother and father; and once again, the careless youth has blamed it on video games. Daniels defense argues t
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More Pics of GTX295 Leaked
As the Big Day approaches, NVIDIAs Dual-GPU VGA Card GeForce GTX295 doesnt seem so mysterious as before, especially with more specs leaked out. It features two 55nm GT200, 480 (240X2) stream processor
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Google Earth Going Photo-Realistic
According to the Google Earth blog, the company has updated the 3D buildings for New York City and the results are rather impressive. These before and after pictures should to give you an idea just ho
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VIA Trinity Platform Brings Hi-Def to Small Spaces
VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced a powerful new 3-chip silicon platform that brings HD performance to ultra compact systems for a
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 Previews Hit the Web
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 NVIDIAs dual GPU GTX 295 video card said to launch at CES 2009NVIDIA and ATI battle it out for graphics card performance bragging rights and for the last few months, the perfo
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Air cooling: I7 965 + ASUS R2E 5GHz
Test setup:i7 965A DATA 1GBX3 DDR3-2000ASUS ASUS RAMPAGE II EXTREMEi7 original fanHD-4870X2HDD SATA2 320GOP 1200W
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HIS launches first passive HD4670
One of the best things about ATIs HD4600 series is the low power consumption and the fact that these mainstream cards dont need external power. The resulting low TDP allows vendors to easily make pass
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70-85$ AMD & NVIDIA VGA cards performances contrasted
In order to avoid of the bottleneck of CPU we used Intel Core 2 Duo X6800 and we did not overclock it. As it is Vista system we used 2GB (1GB*2) memory. For the game performances test we chose Call of
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