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NVIDIA TO SHOWCASE NEXT-GENERATION NVIDIA NFORCE PROFESSIONAL 3000-SERIES CORE-LOGIC SOLUTIONS AT COMPUTEX New NVIDIA nForce Professional 3000 Series MCPs Will Bring New Levels of Performance and Manageability to Enterprise Computing Markets SANTA CLARA, CA - JUNE 7, 2006 - NVIDIA Corporation...
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It's a shame, really. After nearly one year on the market, Socket-939 Athlon64 motherboards are finally getting to a point where we've always wished they would be. Feature packed, refined, tweakable, and quiet. Why is this a shame? Well, as AMD is transitioning to their new...
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Ever wondered who the analysts quoted so often in news reports and articles are and what they do? Ars hunted down a couple of analysts to ask what makes them qualified to expound on technology-related issues, products, and news. "Analysts cover everything. They are quoted in stories about...
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VIA Extends Licensing Agreement with ARM VIA licenses ARM9 family processors aimed for integration into next-generation communication and multimedia solutions Taipei, Taiwan and Cambridge, UK - 7 June 2006 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, and ARM [(LSE:ARM);...
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Well the event has finally kicked off, and we're looking forward to seeing what this year's Computex has to offer. NGOHQ has some good coverage of the first day, a few gadgets and plenty of booth babes. "The people are friendly, and Computex has finally started today. Just in time,...
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Intel Expands Commitment To Multi-Billion Dollar NOR Flash Embedded Market Segments Intel Discloses Plans to Extend Embedded Product Family and Enters Serial Flash Memory Market Segment SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 6, 2006 - Intel Corporation...
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Kingston and ASUS Bring 1066-MHz HyperX Memory Modules to Market Kingston HyperX 1066-MHz memory and ASUS P5B Deluxe motherboard tested for optimal performance Fountain Valley, CA (June 6, 2006), - Kingston Technology Company, Inc...
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The folks over at OCModShop.com have some good tips for Bethesda's latest RPG. The tips aren't anything amazing, but there are some good ones, such as dodging enemy arrows and then picking them off the ground for an almost infinite(and free) supply of them. ...
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ATI announced today their plans for "boundless gaming" which includes new hardware physics acceleration. To those interested in seeing how the ATI cards perform physics, Tweak Town has coverage of the ATI presentation at Computex, which demonstrated their "True-to-Life Gaming Reality". They also posted a short...
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ATI CrossFireT introduces 'boundless gaming' to the world CrossFire increases performance, adds asymmetric physics, and simplifies the experience for gamers MARKHAM, CANADA & COMPUTEX, TAIWAN - June 6, 2006 - ATI Technologies (TSX:ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT) is loosening the ties that bind...
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Personally I've never even considered trying this, but apparently it works out ok. The folks over at Hardware Zone even fashioned a clever Y-shaped ATX power cable for the project. The two system's aren't any kind of powerhouse(no SLI), but you'd be surprised just how little power is being consumed....
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For a time it seemed like AGP was long gone, but we're still seeing more cards put out in the aging format. HIS has produced an AGP version of ATI's X1600, and while it's certainly not top of the line, it's still a decent upgrade if your going from say, a GeForce FX5200 or something of that caliber. "With VGA manufacturers...
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New Chip Delivers Exceptional TV To PC Users Around The World Enjoy a new way to experience PC multimedia entertainment with ATI Theater(TM) 650 Pro and Catalyst Media Center(TM) MARKHAM, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - June 6, 2006) - ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY)(NASDAQ:ATYT) announced the...
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Costing around $3200, the Alienware Aurora 7500 is not for those looking to pinch pennies. Featuring an Athlon 64 4200+ (Dual-core), 2x 7900GT cards in SLI, and Alienware's liquid cooling system, you know the system is ready for games like F.E.A.R. and The Elder...
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VIA Launches New Initiative to Drive Connected Client Computing in the Enterprise VIA Technology Forum 2006 track to define strategies for overcoming today's enterprise computing challenges and highlighting the benefits of VIA Connected...
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As the title implies, TweakTown has a quick introduction to this year's Computex 2006 show in Taipei. From Intel to ATI, there should be some good hardware to get excited about this year. "For us, as an PC enthusiast consumer...
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All of today's big news is regarding the official release of NVIDIA's GeForce 7950 GX2. If you missed the frash link at the top of the page, you can read our review right here, but we've also pulled together a few other articles from around the web to give you some different perspectives... GeForce 7950 GX2 Reviews: The Tech Report...
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In January of this year, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NVIDIA and Dell jointly unveiled an ultra high-end gaming system equipped with a pair of specialized graphics adapters that were each powered by a pair of GeForce 7800 GTX GPUs and 1GB of memory. The final configuration...
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Digging around for a good movie on a rainy weekend, like we've been having up here in the Northeast recently, can be a challenge for sure. Team Ars thinks brick and mortar movie rentals are going the way of the dino and we'd have to agree. Netflicks sent me an...
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NVIDIA's budget GPU with gas is on the bench at CPU3D. The boys there test up the Inno3D 7600GST which is an overclocked 256MB card, competitively priced and ready to rumble. "The card performs very well at default speeds, and with the potential for further overclocking, it's...
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We spent some time in conference with AMD during their analyst call last week and for sure they are working real hard to keep Intel at bay, providing further innovation and continuing engineering on their existing platforms. RealWorld Tech has a perspective as well, with respect to what AMD is conjuring for their roadmap efforts....
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There is a very good write up posted at GamePC evaluating Intel's new 5000 series dual-core Xeon processors. GamePC tested the new CPUs with Intel's new chipsets and FB-DIMM memory as well. "Today at GamePC, we've decided to take a thorough look at Intel's new dual-core Xeon...
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