Xbox 360 is Backwards Compatible

Subject: General Tech | April 27, 2005 - 10:45 AM | Ryan Shrout
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It looks like the new Xbox 360 will be able to play the last generations Xbox games, a trend started by the PS2 console.  I can't imagine how this would be really difficult though as the Xbox consoles are so close to a PC in their technology.

Xbox Live is an online gaming service that works across both the current Xbox system and the future Xbox 2. You will be able to play online and compete against others across both consoles.

ATI's Multi VPU Technology to Work on Intel Chipsets

Subject: Graphics Cards | April 27, 2005 - 10:43 AM | Ryan Shrout
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At least, that is what the Inquirer is saying. 

We saw some Intel 955 motherboards with two PCIe graphics slots and when we asked around it turns out that you will be able to use ATI's cards in those boards. That is, when ATI officially reveals its marchitecture.

PC Perspective and Corsair Memory Overclocking Contest

Subject: Memory | April 26, 2005 - 03:03 PM | Ryan Shrout
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Today PC Perspective is proud to announce that Corsair Memory has agreed to sponsor our first Overclocking Contest in the PC Perspective forums.  You can win some great prizes including 1 GB Corsair memory kits as well as Corsair COOL water cooling setups.  All you have to do to enter is overclock your memory bus and post it in the thread!  All the details can be found in the contest thread here.

DDR Competition Prizes

96 processors & 192GB RAM in a Desktop

Subject: General Tech | April 26, 2005 - 11:31 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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So you figure you've got a good desktop?  Well try this box from Orion Industries, if you can be spending the $100,000 to buy it.  Currently the 'puter is running Transmeta chips, but Orion is looking into support for other chips as well.  If you could cool it, imagine what 96 AMD 64 Bit, dual cores could do for your Seti@Home, Einstein, Folding or Find A Drug production!

"It's a new phenomenon for desktops.

Case Reviews, Articles & More

Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 25, 2005 - 11:53 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Aspire's new X-Plorer has some interesting features, like a nice top blowhole with a good fan cover.  But you would much rather hear about it from the reviewers at Pimprig, right?  More case reviews follow, as usual, but at the bottom are 2 articles and a gallery.  The casemod competition might read a little easier through babelfish, but the pictures are worth 1000 words, whatever your mother tongue!

"A big bonus for the design of the case is the inclusion of a removable motherboard tray.

Sony's PS3 Cell Processor Demo

Subject: Processors | April 25, 2005 - 10:53 AM | Ryan Shrout
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Toshiba demonstrated the power of the new cell processor that is going into the Playstation 3 console recently.  It decoded 48 standard defiinition TV format MPEG-2 streams and then projected them on a 1920x1080 display divided into 8x6 cells each with a different video stream. 

In the demonstration, Toshiba used an operating system environment that it had developed to increase efficiency in the Cell software development.

Might AMD Move to DDR500 Officially?

Subject: Processors | April 25, 2005 - 10:43 AM | Ryan Shrout
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The change from DDR400 to DDR500 as the official memory standard for AMD would be quite a feat, being as no JEDEC standard exists for DDR500 at all.  But none the less, CoolTechZone thinks it might happen.

Before making the switch to other memory standards, the chipmaker has decided to extend support for DDR even further. The source said AMD would most likely support DDR500 with its Venice core microprocessors.

Abit Helped by Large Investment

Subject: Motherboards | April 25, 2005 - 10:37 AM | Ryan Shrout
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I am sure many of you remember the trouble that Abit found itself in financially when they came under investigation by the Taiwan version of the SEC, but now things seem to be looking up for the motherboard manufacturer.  A new investor in the form of the CEO of the largest transportation group in Taiwan, has put in enough of of his own money to become a majority share holder.  Now, I don't know what affect this is going to have on the company in general, their product lines or anything, but we'll be meeting with them extensivel

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Officially Live

Subject: General Tech | April 25, 2005 - 10:32 AM | Ryan Shrout
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Well, the wait is finally over.  Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is finally, a real live, non-beta, official software release today!