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Intel Core i7 980X - 32nm Hexacore is here
CPU / Chipset | 2010/03/13 18:45 | Andreas Galistel

gulfss Intel Core i7 980X is the first retail processor sporting no less than six processor cores. It was released earlier this week, but we didn't get our sample until the day before the NDA lifted, and they sent it to the wrong address. It took some time to run all of the benchmarks and evaluate the da...
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Thuban becomes AMD Phenom II X6 1000T
CPU / Chipset | 2010/03/12 21:36 | Andreas Galistel

PhenomIIX61000TsAMD is preparing the launch of its first hexa-core retail CPU, code-named Thuban, which is expected to launch as Phenom II X6. It looks like we have it confirmed that the first six-shooter from AMD will be called Phenom II X6 1000T and launch in Q2 containing three different models.
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More GeForce GTX 480 box shots from Inno3D
Graphics | 2010/03/12 21:24 | Andreas Galistel

Inno3DboxsWe hope you're not getting tired of all the box shots because Inno3D wants to show its boxes too. The company has released three pictures from storage where you can see the retail boxes for its GeForce GTX 470 and GTX 480. For the first time we see a pellet with boxes and multiple boxes with the sam...
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Galaxy unveils dual-GPU GeForce GTX 250
Graphics | 2010/03/12 21:11 | Andreas Galistel

galGeForceGTS250sGalaxy isn't just working on perfecting its GeForce GTX 400 graphics card, but also spent time finalizing the dual-GPU GeForce GTS 250 graphics card that it revealed details on back in November 2009. When Galaxy presented the design for a graphics card with dual NVIDIA GPUs most were thinking of GTX...
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Creative Announces Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD and USB Sound Blaster X-Fi HD Audio
Multimedia | 2010/03/12 21:07 | Andreas Galistel

X-FiTitaniumHDs pressrelease Creative Technology Ltd. today announced the PCI-E Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD and USB Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi HD, setting the gold standard for PC audio with the first discrete audio card and USB digital audio system to include THX TruStudio PC audio technology.
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Palit shows GeForce GTX 400 boxes
Graphics | 2010/03/12 20:51 | Andreas Galistel

Palit GTX480_BoxsIt's hard to say if NVIDIA is playing us for fools now that nearly every graphics card maker has "leaked" details on their coming GeForce GTX 400 series. NVIDIA has been criticized for more or less paper-launching the Fermi family twice already, the first on the GPGPU architecture last fall, the sec...
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Galaxy GeForce GTX 470 pictures
Graphics | 2010/03/12 20:33 | Andreas Galistel

galaxy470sGraphics card maker Galaxy is taking things in its own hands and already published a Fermi microsite. There you find pictures and some specifications for the coming GeForce GTX 470 graphics card, where it prices the functions and performance of the Fermi architecture. Most astonishingly is that NVID...
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Zotac planning GeForce GTX 480 AMP! version
Graphics | 2010/03/11 20:48 | Andreas Galistel

zotacamp When NVIDIA drops the Fermi bomb by the end of March we will get the first retail cards in the form of GeForce GTX 480 and GeForce GTX 470. Like most fresh launches the cards will be using NVIDIA's reference design, but already partners are working on custom versions and Zotac has revealed to us...
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Cooler Master V6 GT on camera
Cooling | 2010/03/11 20:37 | Andreas Galistel

cmv6gt Cooler Master V6 GT was one of the products we ran into at CeBIT 2010. The cooler is designed for performance users and the tower sporting six heatpipes and a pretty big aluminum heatsink should be enough. What really makes it stand out is the fan holders that are both aesthetic and improves air...
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New SSD Delivers Both Performance and Exceptional Value to Consumers
Storage | 2010/03/11 20:31 | Andreas Galistel

onyxsSAN JOSE, CA—OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (OTCBB:OCZT), a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and flash-based storage as an alternative to hard disk drives (HDDs), today unveiled the OCZ Onyx SATA II 2.5” Solid State Drive (SSD) Series, an ultra-a...
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Zotac showed Ion 2 at CeBIT
Motherboards | 2010/03/11 19:52 | Andreas Galistel

zotacion2sZotac has managed to create a name in the niche for small yet powerful motherboards. By small we mean even smaller than micro-ATX, mainly mini-ITX, which has grown (pardon the pun) very popular lately. Zotac had several of these to show at CeBIT, but they mainly focused on NVIDIA's new generation of...
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More pictures of GeForce GTX 470
Graphics | 2010/03/10 20:28 | Andreas Galistel

GeForceGTX470s In about two weeks NVIDIA will finally launch the much anticipated GeForce GTX 400 series. The Fermi architecture that is the base of GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470 has been postponed so many times and NVIDIA has a lot of things hanging on this launch. So far it has been quite good at keeping the inf...
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Cooling | Video staring Cooler Master Project HB6
2010/03/10 20:21 | Andreas Galistel

ProjectHB6Cooler Master sticks by the name and decided to show several new processor coolers during CeBIT. One of these was Project HB6 that is estimated to become a new performance model costing only $50. In other words quite affordable if the performance measures up. For the best possible cooling the cooler...
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Motherboards | Manli Introduced Motherboard Manli H55-ITX WiFi
2010/03/10 20:13 | Andreas Galistel

ManliH55-ITXWiFispressrelease Taipei – Manli Technology, a leading manufacturer of graphics cards, motherboards, netbook/notebook and multimedia. Now Manli introduces its latest product – Motherboard Manli H55-ITX-WiFi.
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CPU / Chipset | NVIDIA VP Jen-Hsun Huang interview on coming legal battles with Intel
2010/03/10 19:45 | Andreas Galistel

nvidialogoNVIDIA's outspoken VP Jen-Hsun Huang has offered his views on the current legal battle with Intel during an interview with Fortune Magazine. Intel started by suing NVIDIA for making chipsets without proper license, and NVIDIA countered by suing Intel for hindering competing companies from using its...
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CPU / Chipset | Intel preparing dual-core Atom N500 CPU for netbooks
2010/03/10 19:30 | Andreas Galistel

Netbooks usually have single-core Atom processors under the hood and even if Intel's dual-core Atom 330 CPU was found in a lot products they were usually desktops or storage solutions. With the second generation Atom family Intel is said to be planning a dual-core for netbooks, i.e. portable comput...
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Memory | Kingston Technology Releases Worlds First, Fastest Low-Voltage, Ultra-Low Voltage Performance Memory
2010/03/10 19:18 | Andreas Galistel

pressrelease lovosFirst to Market with HyperX 1.25 Volts at 1600MHz; 1.35 Volts at 1866MHz
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Notebooks / Mobility | MSI Proudly Unveils the X-Slim X360
2010/03/10 19:04 | Andreas Galistel

X360spressrelease MSI’s X-Slim X360, with the Intel Arrandale ULV processor, comes equipped with the Intel Core i5 processor with Intel’s Turbo Boost and Hyper-Threading technology for excellent processing performance and up to 9 hours of battery life. Graced with MSI's exclusive stylish rhombic pattern, the...
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Motherboards | Motherboard price war pending?
2010/03/10 18:57 | Andreas Galistel

ASUS is the world's biggest manufacturer of motherboards, but that latest reports indicate that runner-up Gigabyte is closing in. According to recent estimates Gigabyte has shipped between 3.1 to 3.3 million motherboards during the first two months of 2010, compared to 3.2 to 3.3 million boards fro...
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Notebooks / Mobility | ASUS Eee PC 1005PR - HD netbook
2010/03/09 20:12 | Andreas Galistel

EeePC1005PRsThe default question to any netbook manufacturer is if it is planning any 10.1" models sporting High Definition displays. The answer is usually no and this was very much the case at CeBIT last week. In the days that followed the event we have learned that ASUS will presented the Eee PC 1005PR based...
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Graphics | XFX 5770 Eyefinity5 coming
2010/03/09 19:48 | Andreas Galistel

xfx5770Just like PowerColor XFX will launch a custom version of Radeon HD 5770 with support for more than three monitors. XFX Radeon HD 5770 Eyefinity5 will ship with five mini-DP video outputs. The  Juniper GPU hardly has power to run games at these extreme resolutions, but for those who need some serio...
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Graphics | EVGA GeForce GTX 480, 470 box shots
2010/03/09 19:40 | Andreas Galistel

EVGAGeForceGTX480sEVGA is one of NVIDIA's closest partners and while waiting for the launch of GeForce GTX 400 series, on March 26th, the company is doing its best to tease us by releasing pictures of the retail boxes for EVGA GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470. Hardly the kind of information that we usually search for, b...
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