• 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...

  • ATi Radeon X1300CE Built On 80nm Process

    By on November 9, 2005 4:09 pm

    ATi will be coming out with even cheaper and lower end version of the R5xx series codenamed RV505 (TSMC) and RV506 (UMC). They will be built on a more advanced 80nm process technology instead of 90nm as initially thought. RV505/506 core will be similar to Radeon X1300LE/Pro with 120M...

  • ASUS Enabled SLI On 4 GPUs

    By on November 9, 2005 4:15 am

    It seems like ASUS has successfully enabled SLI on 4 GPUs using two EN7800GT-DUAL cards on ASUS A8N32-SLI board. It appears that no SLI bridge connector is needed but i would expect some slight degradation of performance in result of that. ASUS is still in the process of debugging...

  • AMD Socket F Opterons Has No Pins

    By on November 9, 2005 3:30 am

    It seems like the next generation Opteron based on the new Socket F will have a LGA775-like socket. The dual-core Opterons next year will move on to 1207 contact pads it appears instead of the usual pins. It will sport DDR2-667 memory support and also Pacifica Virtualization, Presidio Security, Memory...

  • Some ATi R580 Info

    By on November 9, 2005 2:31 am

    ATi R580 socket is geared specifically for a PCIe graphics adaptor, rather than a motherboard-housed GPU socket. However even with a dedicated socket, graphic card memory would still need to be soldered onto the board. R580 is some ways away, so don’t expect anything between now and CeBit.

  • NVIDIA GeForce 7200 & 7600 Launch In Q1 2006

    By on November 9, 2005 2:28 am

    NVIDIA GeForce 7600 and 7200 have been labeled as G73 and G72 internally. Expect to see the GeForce 7200 to launch sometime in February, while the GeForce 7600 in March during Cebit. GeForce 7200 and GeForce 7600 will use the same PCB as the older GeForce 6200 and 6600...

  • No Master Card Needed For X1300 & 1600 Crossfire

    By on November 9, 2005 2:26 am

    ATI X1300 and X1600 won’t need a master card but need a new driver soon that enables Crossfire over the PCIe bus on Radeon X1300 and X1600 video cards. AIB partners could not confirm as to whether separate graphic card families would also work together in Crossfire mode. Radeon...

  • NVIDIA 6800 GS 256MB

    By on November 8, 2005 8:12 pm

    We’ve just taken a look at the 6600 DDR2 from NVIDIA that was put out to match up against the ATi X1000 series of graphics chipsets. Now, we take a look at the 6800 GS, another gap filler pushed out to meet the competition. This one fits right in...

  • Creative X-FI Support In Quake 4

    By on November 8, 2005 8:02 pm

    Creative today announced that it has teamed with id Software to provide outstanding Xtreme Fidelity audio performance with Sound Blaster X-Fi™ sound card support in id Software’s recently released QUAKE 4™ PC game. QUAKE 4 is the latest of this year’s top PC games to support Sound Blaster X-Fi,...

  • GECUBE Mobile DVB-T Tuner Solution

    By on November 8, 2005 7:57 pm

    Info-Tek has announced the new release of a complete DVB-T tuner USB solution–the GECUBE™ Digital TV Walker. A mobile multimedia device that allows users to watch and record TV on the go, the TV Walker supports high-definition digital TV and radio broadcasts. The GECUBE™ Digital TV Walker is a...

  • IDF : Tulsa Wafer Exposed

    By on November 8, 2005 7:48 pm

    Intel is on track to deliver the 65nm Tulsa, a dual-core Xeon MP processor with 16MB L3 shared cache and 2 x 1MB L2 cache in H2 2006, replacing Paxville MP. Tulsa will be part of the Truland platform featuring VT and Pellston Technology and will be branded as...

  • Matrox DualHead2Go For Multi-Display Support

    By on November 8, 2005 6:53 pm

    Matrox today unveiled the revolutionary new Matrox DualHead2Go, the world’s first external upgrade capable of adding multiple monitor support to compatible laptop and integrated graphics-based desktop PCs that were previously limited to single screen output. DualHead2Go is a palm-sized box that connects to the existing single monitor output (i.e....

  • AMD Desktop CPUs Roadmap Updated

    By on November 8, 2005 6:14 pm

    Models H1 ’06 H2 ’06 Athlon 64 X2 Windsor (90nm SOI, Socket M2 940, Dual Core, 2 x 1MB L2, 333FSB, DDR2 667, Pacifica, Presidio) 5000+ / 4800+ / 4600+ / 4200+ 5200+ Athlon 64 FX Windsor (90nm SOI, Socket M2 940, 1MB L2, DDR2 667, 333FSB, Pacifica, Presidio)...

  • AMD Overtook Intel In U.S. PC Retail Sales

    By on November 8, 2005 6:09 pm

    AMD struck new ground last month when it overtook market leader Intel as the leading supplier of processors for the US retail personal computer market. In October 2005, 49.8% of the personal computers (desktops and notebooks combined) sold in the US retail market utilized AMD processors, thus allowing AMD...

  • Connect3D Radeon X800 GTO

    By on November 8, 2005 4:52 am

    The Radeon X800 GTO is ATi’s answer to the GeForce 6800 PCIe. Today, VR-Zone takes an indepth look at this Connect3D X800 GTO. Both cards feature 12 pipelines so can this card give the Geforce 6800 PCIe a run for its money? Also included is information on turning this...

  • Latest revised PureVideo support and Features

    By on November 8, 2005 4:18 am

    Like to know whether your NVIDIA products support PureVideo? Now you can by glancing through the latest revised PureVideo support table and feature & benefits. Click here for English Readers. Click here for Chinese Readers. Click here for Japanese Readers. Click here for Korean Readers. Full details here.