Turion Photographed for Sale

Subject: Processors | April 13, 2005 - 05:03 PM | Ryan Shrout
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The Asian news is on top of things today.  Here are some photos of the sale of Turion processors.  Thanks to HardOCP for the heads up on this one. 

As for Turion 64 for Mobile of the AMD64 architecture adoption which the AMD announces formally in March with new model CPU, electric power consumption is lined up the ML series of the 35w and the MT series of the 25w.

Dual Core Opteron Benchmarks Hit

Subject: Processors | April 13, 2005 - 05:01 PM | Ryan Shrout
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We knew it would happen soon, and the Japanese website HKEPC has gotten it first.  I can't understand a word of it, but the benchmarks seem to be readable. 

Hardware MPEG2 TV Tuner Roundup

Subject: Graphics Cards | April 13, 2005 - 04:59 PM | Ryan Shrout
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Tech Report has taken a look at three MPEG2 TV Tuner cards, one from ATI, one from NVIDIA and one from Hauppauge.  Take a look!

PCs ARE SLOWLY creeping into every room of the house, particularly the living room, where home-theater PCs (HTPCs) have become popular among enthusiasts seeking to integrate multiple audiovisual devices into a single system.

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Review

Subject: Motherboards | April 13, 2005 - 04:57 PM | Ryan Shrout
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The guys at PC Stats have reviewed the new MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum motherboard. 

MSI's new K8N Neo4 Platinum motherboard is based around the nForce4-Ultra chipset, this board can use any Socket 939 Athlon64/FX processor and can be stuffed with up to 4GB of PC3200 DDR RAM.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 to be the name for Desktop Dual Core?

Subject: Processors | April 13, 2005 - 04:56 PM | Ryan Shrout
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Might we already know the name of the new, upcoming Athlon 64 dual core desktop parts?

The flagship AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ will have both its cores operating at 2.4GHz, the same frequency as the AMD Athlon 64 4000+, and we'll be surprised if this doesn't obliterate the already impressive Pentium Extreme Edition 840 we reviewed here.

Get your heatsink pimped out & More

Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 13, 2005 - 11:40 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Come on, you know you want it!  A nice big chunk of gold, sitting in the middle of your case, LED lights glinting off of it, as everyone stares in envy.  Mikhailtech reviews the Aerocool GT-1000, and finds that not only does it look good, but it will do so in just about any system, SocketA, S939 & S754 or the P4 478 & LGA775.    Plus, it cools your CPU too!

"As you may have guessed, the entire heatsink is gold plated. This is more of a cosmetic feature, but it doesn't hurt performance either.

VIA Releases new Hyperion 4.56 Drivers

Subject: Chipsets | April 12, 2005 - 10:16 AM | Ryan Shrout
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VIA has released new chipset drivers for in the form of a Hyperion v4.56 release.  Catch them over at VIA Arena.

VIA Hyperion drivers are suitable for any VIA chipset and all Microsoft Windows 32 bit Operating Systems. Please read the information about all VIA chipset driver choices, however, so that you chose the drivers that can best be recommended for your system.

VIA Releases Linux Open Source Driver Source Package

Subject: General Tech | April 12, 2005 - 10:14 AM | Ryan Shrout
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VIA Releases Linux Driver Source Packages

Freely available driver source code eases the development of tailor-made applications for the latest Linux distributions

Taipei, Taiwan, 12 April 2005 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the extension of its open source support with the release of driver source codes for specific VIA hardware.

Of particular interest to the growing number of Linux enthusiasts and customers utilizing VIA EPIA mainboards, is

Shuttle XPC ST20G5 XPRESS 200 SFF

Subject: Systems | April 12, 2005 - 10:12 AM | Ryan Shrout
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Tech Report has written up a review of the Shuttle XPC system based around the ATI Xpress 200 chipset for the AMD platform. 

Unfortunately, the box isn't perfect. The ST20G5's USB and Gigabit Ethernet performance are disappointing, and our sample's VGA signal quality had some issues above 1024x768 at 75Hz. The BIOS also needs a little work, most notably support for higher HT link speeds and 0.5x CPU multipliers for overclocking.

Intel Moves up Release of Dual Core Extreme Edition

Subject: Processors | April 12, 2005 - 10:10 AM | Ryan Shrout
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In a move that will definitely confuse many, Intel has decided to move UP the release of the dual core Extreme Edition processors and the corresponding 955 chipset.  Being as I don't even have a sample of the product yet, its really hard for me to even tell you if this is good or bad, but weighing in the difficultly Intel had getting parts out to the press, I can't imagine this being a very wide release at all...

Intel will move up the launch date of its dual-core series Pentium Extreme Edition 840 CPU

Some Graphics Card Reviews

Subject: Graphics Cards | April 12, 2005 - 10:08 AM | Ryan Shrout
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I have a few video card reviews that were sent into me this weekend for posting, so I'll finally get them up today.  Enjoy!

• Beyond3D reviews the ATI All-in-Wonder X800 XT and the Abit RX700 Pro


• HardwareZone reviews the Gigabyte branded GeForce 6600GT in SLI mode


• PCStats.com has a review of a

Cases for Spring & More

Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 11, 2005 - 11:52 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Sooner or later we will all be using BTX cases, but the change is coming slow.  Currently we have several of the innovations being touted for BTX being incorporated into our current ATX form factor, though we are still waiting to see if the "You got chocolate in my peanut butter" idea will work as good for tech as it did for snacks.  In this Enermax case that PureOverclock reviews, a wind tunnel to isolate the CPU fan is the biggest innovation brought from BTX, although maybe not for DFI users.  Read on to see w

Chaintech motherboard give away!

Subject: Motherboards | April 8, 2005 - 09:45 PM | Joe White
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Chaintech is giving away a VNF4 Ultra Socket 939 motherboard! All you have to do is drop by this thread and post your input on what you think would be the ideal motherboard. You must be a member of the PC Perspective forums and submit your entries to this thread by posting. Contest ends on April 15th. Good Luck!

 Chaintech wants to know what improvements their fans would like to see on future Chaintech motherboards.

A Trip to Chaintech

Subject: Motherboards | April 8, 2005 - 09:34 PM | Joe White
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One of our very own Moderators, UncleBob, was invited to Chaintech America in Fremont, CA. to take a tour and discuss their products. UB details his visit and recounts what they discussed, including the S1689, the VNF4, dual core support and more.

ASUS P5ND2-SLI Deluxe Motherboard Series with Exclusive Features

Subject: Motherboards | April 8, 2005 - 02:11 PM | Ryan Shrout
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*UPDATE* I just got this photo in an email from Asus.

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A quick once over of this board shot shows some interesting stuff, like the external, rear SATA channel by the audio output connectors.  The passive heastsink on the north bridge is pretty dang big, as is probably needed for the heat the NVIDIA NF4 Intel chipse

Venice Core Seems all the Rage

Subject: Editorial | April 8, 2005 - 12:44 PM | Ryan Shrout
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It seems my Venice core article has gotten quite a few links in from around the web and has gotten a lot of reads over the last couple of days.  I have gotten a lot of positive emails and the discussion in the forums is good as well.  I'm glad to see people excited about these parts again, as I know a lot of the online media is too.

I've still got a few articles in the pipeline, two of which are based around the Pentium M and two of which are graphics c

Pair of Watercooling Reviews & no More

Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 8, 2005 - 11:37 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Sorry guys, I've only manged to spot 2 Watercooling reviews, and no phase changed ones ...  but hey, it's quality, not quantity, isn't it?

Danger Den's Maze 4 Waterblock was built with AMD in mind, and GideonTech takes a look.  They had to put a little extra work into it, but the temperatures they got made it well worth it!

"To connect the Maze 4 block to the CPU socket using the 4 holes in the motherboard, the kit comes with an unusually large selection of threaded rods, nuts, thumb nuts, washer

Corsair Unleashes XMS2 6400

Subject: Memory | April 8, 2005 - 06:17 AM | Joe White
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Fremont, CA (April 8, 2005) - Corsair® Memory, Inc., a worldwide leader in high performance memory and cooling products for the enthusiasts and the overclockers, today unveiled the industry's first DDR2800 MHz memory modules optimized for the latest NVIDIA®