• ASUS EN7800GT-DUAL 2/2000 Edition Review

    By on November 15, 2005 6:10 pm

    In order to get a system to run in SLi mode, you would usually have to buy 2 graphics card of the same model. But today, VR-Zone takes a look at this physically large graphics card, that actually has 2 7800GT cores on a single PCB, connected via NVIDIA’s...

  • Sapphire Radeon X1800XL 256MB

    By on November 15, 2005 5:38 pm

    The Canadian Giant, ATi has been releasing a lot of information to media about the X1000 family of graphic cards. Does the X1800 family of graphic processor live up to all of the hype that has been spun around it? Today, we will take an insight on one of...

  • Intel 865PE Supports Presler?

    By on November 15, 2005 4:38 pm

    Intel has just launched the 975X chipset and so far only first tier motherboard makers like Gigabyte and ASUS have finished developing their boards based on the chipset. The new 975X chipset supports the upcoming 65nm Dual core Pentium XE and D processors codenamed Presler as well as the...

  • Intel 65nm Presler Hit Snag

    By on November 15, 2005 4:32 pm

    Sampling Intel’s 65nm dual-core Presler processors has revealed some stability problems, according to unspecified motherboard makers, adding that the problematic CPUs include the 2.8GHz 920 and 3.0GHz 930 series. Launch of end products based on the Intel Presler core may be pushed back from the January 2006 date originally...

  • ASUS EN7800GT Blue LED Edition

    By on November 15, 2005 3:55 pm

    ASUS has been a forerunner in the graphics scene. Although the ASUS EN7800GT Blue LED Edition doesn’t boast a higher-then-normal operating clockspeed, it does adds that special effect to your beautifully crafted case. Find pictures of this cool looking card in this review!

  • Nvidia Shop Deco Competition: Mega Pictorial Thread!

    By on November 15, 2005 2:55 am

    Stratix had just posted his impressive collection of pictures taken during the mega scale NVIDIA Shop Deco Competition. Do take a look at it, in our forums: http://www.vrforums.com/showthread.php?t=43463

  • 512MB 7800GTX Voltage Mods

    By on November 15, 2005 12:47 am

    The NVIDIA 512MB 7800 GTX is an awesome performer, with great overclocking potential. As it is, the cards produce quite an amount of heat so if you do plan on doing some voltage modding to enhance overclocking, make sure you have aided cooling. Then, you can head this way…

  • Intel Yonah Logos

    By on November 14, 2005 8:09 pm

           Single-core Yonah will be officially known as Intel Core Solo while dual-core Yonah will be known as Intel Core Duo. The Napa platform on Intel Core Duo will be known as Centrino Duo while on Intel Core Solo will be known as Centrino Solo.

  • NVIDIA’s New 512MB 7800GTX: New Records in 3D!

    By on November 14, 2005 5:23 pm

    We have done some initial testings on the new NVIDIA 512MB 7800GTX. These run at default clocks of 550Mhz Core and 1700Mhz Memory. With a single card, we’ve hit 13,396 points in 3DMark 05 with 810/2000Mhz! In SLI mode, the cards broke 18,000 3D Marks!

  • Intel To Release P4 672 & 662 w/ VT

    By on November 14, 2005 5:13 pm

    Intel is expected to unveil two new desktop processors Pentium 4 672 and 662 on Monday that come with hardware support for virtualization technologies, but users won’t be able to take advantage of that technology for some time. Virtualization technology allows PC and server users to run multiple operating...

  • Sun UltraSparc T1 Server CPU

    By on November 14, 2005 5:08 pm

    Sun announced a server chip that it claims will deliver more performance while requiring less electricity than competing microprocessors. The UltraSparc T1 processor, code-named Niagara, has eight computing engines on a single chip, with each core capable of handling up to four tasks at once. The UltraSparc T1 chips...

  • Intel 965 Express Chipsets In Q2 2006

    By on November 14, 2005 4:40 pm

    Platform Chipset Specs Price (US$ ) Bridge Creek (Consumer) G965 (Broadwater GC) 533/800/1066MHz FSB, Dual Channel DDR2-800, Intel GMA 42 P965 (Broadwater P) 533/800/1066MHz FSB, Dual Channel DDR2-800 38 Averill (Enterprise) Q965 (Broadwater G) 533/800/1066MHz FSB, Dual Channel DDR2-800, Intel GMA, iAMT, SIPP 42 Q963 (Broadwater GF) 533/800/1066MHz FSB,...

  • Asus P5N32-SLI Deluxe Preview

    By on November 13, 2005 1:42 pm

    VR-Zone brings you a preview of the Asus P5N32-SLI Deluxe mainboard, an Intel Nforce 4 mainboard that consist of the Original Intel Nforce 4 C19 SPP, and an addition of the Nforce 4 SLI CK804 MCP, delivering up to 40 lanes of PCI-Express goodness. Let’s take a look at...

  • ASUS @ WCG Grand Finals

    By on November 12, 2005 2:30 pm

    ASUS is official sponsor for the motherboards and graphics cards powering the 600+ WCG Grand Finals systems. VR-Zone is going to tie up with ASUS to showcase our SLI rig of the month using ASUS A8N32SLI Deluxe and EN7800GTX  cards. We will also see the ASUS EAX1800 XT card...

  • DFI nF4 SLI-DR Expert w/ FX-57 @ 3.9GHz!

    By on November 10, 2005 4:57 pm

    We took this new motherboard from DFI for some overclocking tests and put a naked FX-57 under some cascade cold treatment. With a better board layout/design and more tweakable options in BIOS, we are able to overclock the FX-57 to 3.9GHz and is stable under 3DMark benching. We will...

  • ATi RV560 Info Emerged

    By on November 10, 2005 3:01 pm

    Although ATI has just announced the Radeon X1000 family consists of X1300 (RV515), X1600 (RV530) and X1800 (R520) but the internal department isn’t too pleased with their performance so far. Therefore, ATi is stepping up their effort on the next generation R580 and has already completed the design and...

  • XGI Volari 8300 For Desktop & Mobile

    By on November 10, 2005 2:38 pm

    XGI today launched a new member of its graphics family, the Volari™ 8300, with a press event held in Beijing, inviting over 100 IT journalists to the affair. The new PCI-Express based Volari™ 8300 graphics chipset is designed with XGI’s flagship video processing technology, TrueVideo™ Engine, to satisfy the...

  • Futuremark 3DMark2006 Info & Screenshots

    By on November 10, 2005 5:26 am

       Futuremark has started talking about their next 3DMark publicly over at Beyond3D interview. The key feature and effect present in 3DMark2006 are Shader Model 3.0 support and HDR implementation that requires full SM3.0 support and FP16 textures & blending. Others cool implementations and changes include CSM (Cascaded Shadow...

  • NV Shop Deco News Flash: Mad Mod Mike appearing LIVE in Sim Lim Square this SATURDAY!

    By on November 10, 2005 5:01 am

    Date: Saturday, 12 Nov 2005 Time: 12 PM ~ 7 PM Location: Level 4/5/6 @ Sim Lim Square, Singapore In conjunction with our mega scale NVIDIA Shop Decor competition, we will be having a special Sim Lim Square “walk about” session this weekend. We, the crew of VR-Zone invite...

  • Sapphire PURE Innovation A9RX480 Motherboard

    By on November 9, 2005 5:34 pm

    With a stunning white PCB and fury red component slots, this is one of the most fanciful motherboard we’ve seen so far. With 4V for VDimm and over 2.0V for Vcore, this board promises to be an overclocker’s dream. VR-Zone takes a deeper insight into this board that is...