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Latest News - December 2005
- More R580 Details
- OCZ 1024-3200 Gold Edition XTC
- Power Supply Units from Foxconn and Hiper Group
- Athlon X2 4800+ vs 3800+: Overclock King?
- Heatsink Roundup Q4 2005 Holiday Edition
- Merry Christmas!
- Bluetake BT400 G5 Bluetooth Headset
- Logitech G7 Cordless Laser Mouse Review
- Corsair XMS Pro Series PC3500LL 2GB TwinX DDR RAM
- Valve Unveils 64-Bit Source Gaming Technology
- asetek Inc. receives 4 million(EUR) in Venture Capital
- SLI Notebooks in Feb/March?
- Building a Gaming PC
- Crucial Ballistix PC3200 2x512MB
- Sicuro DEC-900 Cardbus TV Tuner with FM Radio
- A Booming Year for Apple
- Corsair Announces Corsair BattleField 2 Infantry Cup Online Tournament
- Catalyst 5.13 & Forceware 81.98 Released
- Seagate to Acquire Maxtor for $1.9 Billion
- Goodbye DVI, Hello UDI?
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All News for December 2005
The folks at The Inquirer have been one of the few people with any news this morning. Fortunately, their latest post contains some new information on ATI's upcoming flagship R580 GPU that should help you make it through this slow Tuesday morning. If the listed proposed specs don't shock you, perhaps that tidbit regarding R520's lifespan on...
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In the need for some low latency ram that's just begging to be overclocked? Overclockers Online takes a look at OCZ's 1024-3200 Gold Edition XTC. It's some great ram to have if your motherboard supports DIMM Voltage of 3.0 of higher. "For the suicide-shot overclockers, this is the memory...
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With all the system upgrading and building going on this time a year, a brand new power supply might be the last thing on your mind. The power consumption of new hardware, especially video cards run in SLI and Crossfire, can put a tremendous strain on your power supply. Unless you have a PSU that can handle the load, you're putting your system...
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Who doesn't like a good overclocking article? PC Perspective takes the Athlon 64 X2 3800+, the bottom of the line CPU in AMD's Dual Core range, and attempts to raise the clock speeds to compete with the big boys. Can it really compete against AMD's Athlon X2 4800+? "By doing our simple overclock...
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Well folks, we hope you all had a great Christmas. Can you believe it? Christmas is already over... but that means the news is back in full force, and today we're going to start off with a Q4 2005 Heatsink Roundup, brought to you bad Madshrimps."We are proud to present you with our last heatsink roundup of 2005. Featuring the latest offerings...
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Season's Greetings - From Our Family, To You And Yours... Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays !! Dave, Marco , Jeff, Rob, Sean, Matt and the rest of the HotHardware.com Team ...
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Finding a good headset to work with your cell phone is key. Not only do you want to be able to hear in virtually any environment, you want to be heard as well. Futurelooks has a look at the Bluetake BT400 G5 Bluetooth Headset which shows a lot of promise. They go over the product features in detail and tested the BT400 G5...
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OCIA.net has a look at a sweet looking cordless mouse in the form of the Logitech G7 Cordless Laser Mouse. In their quest for the perfect mouse, OCIA.net sizes up the G7's potential to see how it handles everyday use, gaming and more. The package comes with two Li-ion rechargeable batteries and connects to the PC using a tiny USB...
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Corsair is known for making industry leading memory modules of all kinds. They routinely break ground with market driving products that set them at the top of their industry. The team at Pimprig has a review their XMS Pro Series PC3500LL 2GB TwinX DDR RAM which brings high performance and overclocking potential to the forefront....
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Valve Unveils 64-Bit Source™ Gaming Technology Developed In Conjunction With AMD Available Now: 64-Bit Half-Life(R) 2 and Lost Coast™ Bellevue, WA. – December 22, 2005 – Valve, a leading entertainment and technology studio, unveiled a 64-bit version of its Source game engine technology today. The first 64-bit Valve...
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asetek Inc. receives 4 million(EUR) in Venture Capital Broenderslev, Denmark – December 22, 2005 – asetek today announced the investment of 4 million(EUR) from Northzone Ventures, Vaekstfonden and a group of existing investors. asetek is the leader in high performance and next generation mainstream personal computer chip cooling...
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Aussie website DigitalReviews.net has just published a very interesting bit of news regarding SLI-capable notebooks. According to their sources, we can expect to see a notebook featuring two GeForce Go 7800 GTX GPU's showing up in retail sometime in late February of early March. Although we can't comment on any details, you can be sure the...
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The gang at Corsair have posted an article outlining the various details of building a high performance gaming PC. Of particular interest is the section regarding overclocking the system. For those who might have limited experience in overclocking, who better to teach you the black art than one of the leading enthusiast memory vendors. Should...
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Quality RAM is a must, especially if you are one to push hardware to its performance limits. What's nice about today's market is you really don't have to break the bank to get a set of good RAM for your rig. Case in point, the Crucial Ballistix PC3200 2x512MB set is an affordable set of DDR memory that yields some impressive performance...
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When we think of TV tuner cards, we typically envision a standard PCI based card designed for PC use. For laptop users, the options are slim, but they do exist. USB or FireWire based solutions are available, but this leaves you with cable management issue on your desktop. The next option is a CardBus type tuner like the Sicuro...
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While they may not have the biggest market share when it comes to computers, from day one, Apple has been on to something with its IPOD. Today, the IPOD is a huge success with sales that continue to rise. With the holiday season upon us and new models being released regularly, Apple's momentum is showing now signs of slowing. Check...
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Corsair Announces Corsair BattleField 2 Infantry Cup Online Tournament - Dashing to the New Year, sixty-four top BattleField2 teams from around the world will meet online to battle for the first place title and over $5,000 worth of prizes - Fremont, CA (December 22, 2005) – Corsair Memory, Inc., a worldwide...
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Graphics card owners everywhere can rejoice today, as Nvidia and ATI release a holiday treat with their latest driver releases. Catalyst 5.13 is the 13th driver release for ATI this year, as they didn't want to wait until next month's driver release to unlock their new AVIVO technology. Not one to stand back and watch, Nvidia has also released...
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Some big news in the storage industry has hit the press today, Seagate is to acquire Maxtor for $1.9 Billion. After a year of the merger, approximately $300 million is expected to be saved from operating expenses. "Under the terms of the agreement, which has been unanimously approved by the...
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eHomeUpgrade has posted an interesting story this morning outlining a proposed new display interface that would replace DVI in all PC's. Apparently, a number of leading PC hardware vendors such as Intel, Apple, NVIDIA, and more are working together to develop this new specification. Who knows what features we can expect with this new technology,...
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Well, the folks at Seagate must have been jealous of all the attention NVIDIA received after announcing their recent acquisition of ULI because the company has just announced its intention to acquire Maxtor. For the time being, the two companies will remain separate. However, it will be interesting to see what new types of technologies and...
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ThinkComputers.org ponders the idea of a universal virus database. While there are a few websites out their with decent information on a wide range of bugs, there's still no official, central place to log information on all the new types of viruses, and similar software. "In response to the...
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