Sep 30, 04 @ 10:24PM by zero in Benchmarking

Can you get it? Don?t worry, Epox has provided an extra mirror for us!
The Inquirer

Sep 30, 04 @ 10:24PM by zero in Video

Once the release of 3Dmark05 arrived, ATI came out with their new Catalyst 4.10. The driver is also called 8.07 and it fixed the memory allocation problem for all of its 256MB cards. Woohoo! Download it and test out your card on 3Dmark05.
The Inquirer

Sep 30, 04 @ 10:24PM by zero in General Hardware

Now that 64 bit processors are becoming more popular, AMD has made it?s move in promoting 64 bit gaming. The very first 64-bit game was released, ?Shadow Ops: Red Mercury? and some screenshots were taken. More on PC Perspective.
PC Perspective

Sep 30, 04 @ 10:24PM by zero in General Hardware

Hexux.net has just posted a review on the socket 939 Shuttle XPC SN95G5. However the price is a bit too high for a SFF?:(
Hexus.net

Sep 30, 04 @ 10:24PM by zero in General Hardware

Internet Week has an article on an upcoming browser war, due to the flaws in Microsoft?s Internet Explorer. Interesting read.
Internet Week

Sep 29, 04 @ 09:28PM by CrimsonA in General Hardware

With megapixels going up and SLRs getting cheaper, memory working at 4x just doesn't cut it any more. Sandisk's new Extreme 3 line writes at 20 Mb/sec, which is double all previous records.
Anandtech

Sep 29, 04 @ 09:28PM by CrimsonA in General Hardware

Hard drives in notebooks have been growing slowly in size and performance lately. Seagate gives it a kick in the pants with the release of the their 5400 rpm 8 mb cache Momentus.
X-bit Labs

Sep 29, 04 @ 09:28PM by CrimsonA in Processors

Athlon 64s, still lacking the all-important PCI-Express slot, will see a flood of products on the market in Q4, with chipsets from ATi, nVidia, Via and SiS.
Digitimes

Sep 29, 04 @ 09:28PM by CrimsonA in Video

ATi's R500 technology (the sucessor to the X800 family) will be ready by Q1 2005, specifically for the Xbox 2 platform. At the moment dev kits only reach 10 fps, which means that if a game needs to run at 60 fps, the R500 will be 6 times more powerful than the dev kits they have right now.
The Inquirer

Sep 29, 04 @ 09:28PM by CrimsonA in Video

It's not old news yet, but ATi is owning nVidia in the new 3DMark 2005 benchmark - until nVidia implements SLi, which isn't really a comparable process anyway.
nVidia.com

Sep 28, 04 @ 08:52PM by zero in Benchmarking

Before it?s actually launch, the Inquirer already had its hands on some scores. Nvidia?s 6800 Ultra scores 5000 points, while ATIs X800XT PR scores 4500. More scores will be posted tomorrow!
The Inquirer

Sep 28, 04 @ 08:52PM by zero in General Hardware

By the end of the first quarter of next year, the Xbox 2?s chip will be complete. More news on the Inquirer.
eWeek

Sep 28, 04 @ 08:52PM by zero in Video

The Radeon 9800 Pro is still a highly recommended graphics card, mainly because it has potential to be boosted to a full Radeon 9800XT. Check out this mod on Adrian?s Rojak Pot.
Adrian?s Rojak Pot

Sep 28, 04 @ 08:52PM by zero in Video

If you?re looking for a cheap and non-gaming graphics card, but also want full DirectX 9 support. You might want to read this review on the X300 by TweakNews.
TweakNews

Sep 28, 04 @ 08:52PM by zero in General Hardware

Just when you thought a DVD was enough space, a lecturer from Imperial College London invents a optical disc that can store up to one terabyte of data (1000GB).
Xbit Labs