• SOI Memory For Future AMD CPUs

    By on January 19, 2006 3:47 pm

    AMD has signed a technology license for “floating-body” silicon-on-insulator (SOI) memory developed by Innovative Silicon Inc. AMD is interested in the Z-RAM (zero capacitor) technology for use in its microprocessors. ISi has claimed that Z-RAM can achieve five times the density of embedded SRAM, the conventional memory choice for...

  • ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Voltage Mod

    By on January 19, 2006 1:26 am

    The ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe is one of the most painstakingly engineered board x16 SLI motherboard based on the AMD S939 socket. It tries to win in all areas from the looks to the overclockability and stability with its 8-phase power circuitry. Even though the board provides ample voltage adjustments...

  • NVIDIA To Release Forceware 85 Soon

    By on January 18, 2006 8:23 pm

    NVIDIA is getting ready to release the miraculous driver that is supposed to beat ATI in Video performances. The driver will ensure that IGP 6150 integrated graphic core and 6200 low end core can play H.264 content at 720P resolution. Faster cards should be able to play 1080 P...

  • X1900 XT Crossfire To Win 7800GTX-512 SLI

    By on January 18, 2006 8:11 pm

    Monday will be the day for NVIDIA, as R580, Radeon X1900 XT Crossfire edition with another X1900 XTX card will outperform NVIDIA’s GTX 512 SLI in almost every single case. It runs faster in games and synthetic 3Dmark benchmarks. It is simply faster in most ways, even when you...

  • Lexar 133X CF & SD Memory Cards

    By on January 18, 2006 7:32 pm

    Lexar announced availability of its new Professional CompactFlash® (CF) and Secure Digital(TM) (SD) flash memory cards designed to deliver optimal performance in all digital SLR cameras. Speed-rated at 133X, Lexar’s new flash memory products are capable of a minimum sustained write speed of 20MB per second and signify the...

  • 3DMark06 Released

    By on January 18, 2006 6:10 pm

    ontinuing forward in the development of advanced game performance benchmarks, Futuremark announced today the release and immediate availability of 3DMark06. A more comprehensive and unrestricted benchmark than previous versions, 3DMark06 includes an array of 3D graphics, CPU and 3D feature tests for overall performance measurement of current and future...

  • Inno3D GeForce 7300GS

    By on January 18, 2006 3:53 pm

    InnoVISION is pleased to announce Inno3D GeForce 7300GS, the latest baby to NVIDIA 7 series family. An added new feature for HDR has improved the graphic performance and with PCI Express support that will guarantee excellent speeds with the unbeatable NVIDIA 7 series technology. Built-in with all NVIDIA 7...

  • HIS Radeon X1800XT OC Edition

    By on January 18, 2006 9:04 am

    The HIS Radeon X1800XT OC Edition is another card that comes overclocked straight out of the box. Featuring 700MHz core and 1600MHz memory straight out of the box, look into this review and see how this card stacks up against the top end NVIDIA 7800 GTX 512, and other...

  • VIA Eden ULV CPUs For Fanless Designs

    By on January 18, 2006 2:02 am

    VIA today announced the new fanless VIA Eden™ processor family with the VIA V4 bus, including the ultra low voltage VIA Eden ULV processors that offer unbeatable power efficiency in design and performance within the compact nanoBGA2 package of 21mm x 21mm . Taking full advantage of the advanced...

  • Seagate Ships 160GB Momentus HD

    By on January 18, 2006 1:55 am

    Seagate has begun shipping the industry’s first 2.5-inch notebook PC disc drive built on perpendicular recording technology to the worldwide distribution channel. Delivering up to 160GB of capacity, the most available in a 2.5-inch disc drive, the Momentus family continues to close the capacity and performance gap between desktop...

  • NVIDIA Backs TSMC 80nm Process

    By on January 18, 2006 1:48 am

    TSMC has started manufacturing circuits using an 80-nanometer “half-node” process. This sits between 90-nm and the next step on the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors at 65-nm. Fabless graphics chip companies ATI and NVIDIA have both indicated backing for the move. The provision of a half-node step allows designers...

  • Launch of nForce4 SLI XE and nForce Ultra 4 Intel

    By on January 17, 2006 4:57 pm

    NVIDIA held a Press Briefing at the Swiss Hotel in Singapore for the launch of the nForce4 SLI XE and nForce Ultra for Intel Platforms. NForce 4 SLI on the Intel platform is nothing new, but this time, it is brought to the mainstream market with its competitive pricing…

  • XFX GeForce 6600 512MB Review

    By on January 17, 2006 6:30 am

    The Nvidia 6 series has been around for quite some time and we have seen many unique iterations of them such as a very overclockable Geforce 6600 vanilla equipped with GDDR3 RAMs and some Geforce 6200 beefed up with 512MB of RAM. Today, we’ll be looking at a new...

  • AMD Socket M2 CPUs In April

    By on January 17, 2006 5:08 am

    Family Core Model Clock Speed L2 Cache Athlon 64 FX Windsor FX-62 2.8GHz 2 x 1MB Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6GHz 2 x 1MB 4800+ ? ? 4600+ ? ? 4200+ ? ? Athlon 64 Orleans 4000+ 2.6GHz 512KB 3800+ 2.4GHz 512KB 3500+ 2.2GHz 512KB Sempron Manila 3500+ 2.2Ghz...

  • Intel 946GZ & 945PL Slated For Q2 Launch

    By on January 17, 2006 3:40 am

    Intel is on track for a second-quarter roll-out of its 946GZ and 946PL low-end chipsets to replace the 945GZ and 945PL. The roll-out will complete the Broadwater product line, with the new chipsets joining the 945P/945G-replacement P965/G965 mid-range and the 955X-replacement 975X high-end chipsets. Intel is pushing the Broadwater...

  • ASUS A8R-MVP Xpress 200 Crossfire

    By on January 16, 2006 4:04 pm

    ATi Radeon Xpress 200 CrossFire chipset RD480 has been out for some time. However, most of the motherboards based on this chipset runs with the ATi SB450 Southbridge. The ASUS A8R MVP comes with the ULi M1575 SB instead, and it offers the advantages of SATA II support and...

  • Kingston microSD Support New Smartphones

    By on January 16, 2006 3:29 am

    Kingston Technology Company, Inc., announced its major support of the growing multifunction mobile or “Smartphone” market with the release of microSD expansion memory cards as well as larger capacity miniSD and MMCmobile cards, all shipping immediately. Anticipating the need for greater storage capabilities as new multifunction phones emerge, Kingston...

  • ASUS A6J Centrino Duo Notebook

    By on January 15, 2006 3:23 pm

    VR-Zone will be taking a first look at the ASUS A6J Laptop, a desktop replacement model featuring the latest Intel Core Duo Processor based on the dual core Yonah and other cutting edge technologies. Do read on to find out more!

  • AOpen i975Xa-YDG Is SLI Capable Too

    By on January 15, 2006 1:26 pm

    It seems like the AOpen i975Xa-YDG is ready for SLI too where OC.com.tw has done some interesting testing on this board using 2 x 7800 GTX cards in SLI mode. Of course, NVIDIA has not officially support SLI on Intel based chipsets therefore the Forceware drivers they are using...

  • Intel To Drop Pentium Brand Name

    By on January 15, 2006 12:14 pm

    Intel will drop the Pentium name without making a major announcement, but simply transition to processor names such as “Intel D 920″ or “Intel 672″ without introducing a new brand. Apparently, the transition is planned to begin in the immediate future. Intel has informed OEM’s some time ago that...