• Chartered To Make AMD CPUs In Q2 2006

    By on October 24, 2005 6:28 pm

    Singaporean contract chip maker Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing will begin producing 64-bit microprocessors for AMD late in the second quarter of 2006. “We announced the plan last year, but it is on schedule for the second quarter,” said Maggie Tan, a spokeswoman for Chartered. AMD signed a deal late last...

  • Leadtek Winfast PX 7800 GTX Extreme

    By on October 24, 2005 6:10 pm

    Today, VR-Zone takes a look at a radically different 7800 GTX. The Leadtek 7800 GTX Extreme offers a new cooling solution, with an impressive 490MHz core, and 1250MHz memory. Look here to find out how this card performs compared to a reference card!

  • Galaxy GeForce 6600LE DDR3

    By on October 24, 2005 6:05 pm

    The GeForce 6600LE provides a rather low cost solution for budget gamers. Today, VR-Zone takes a look at another 6600LE which arrived at our labs recently, the Galaxy Geforce 6600LE. Equipped with LED fans and RAMsinks, let’s see how this card fares in performance and overclocking!

  • NVIDIA Rebukes ATi’s Claim On SM 3.0

    By on October 24, 2005 4:38 pm

    NVIDIA has issued an official statement on recent ATi’s claim about NVIDIA hardware isn’t SM3.0 compliant : The current debate over WHQL waivers and SM3 compliance forces us to take a public stance regarding these issues. Microsoft is the ultimate judge of pass/fail for a particular hardware/software combination. NVIDIA...

  • Maxtor Ships 500GB Hard Drives

    By on October 24, 2005 4:33 pm

    Maxtor is shipping its next-generation SATA II and ATA/133 MaXLine® (enterprise applications), QuickView® (consumer electronics — DVRs and PVRs) and DiamondMax® (desktop) brand hard drives with a capacity point up to 500GB this quarter. Each brand leverages a core platform, advanced technologies and design and is optimized with value-added...

  • NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 For Mac

    By on October 24, 2005 4:30 pm

    NVIDIA today announced that its most advanced professional graphics solution, the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 graphics processing unit (GPU), is now available as an option in the new Apple® Power Mac® G5. The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 graphics card drives up to two high resolution 30-inch Apple Cinema HD...

  • Call Of Duty 2 Bundled w/ GeForce 7800 Series

    By on October 24, 2005 4:28 pm

    NVIDIA and Activision announced today that NVIDIA GeForce GPUs have been selected by Activision as the preferred platform for Call of Duty® 2, the highly-anticipated sequel to Infinity Ward’s 2003 Game of the Year. To enable gamers to experience Call of Duty 2 as it was truly intended, partners...

  • PWRficient vs Intel Sossaman

    By on October 24, 2005 4:08 pm

  • New 64-bit PWRficient Multicore CPUs

    By on October 24, 2005 3:33 pm

    Emerging from more than two years of stealth development, P.A. Semi today unveiled the PWRficientTM processor family—a 64-bit multicore, scalable processor line based on the Power ArchitectureTM from IBM—that delivers high performance at very low power consumption, offering up to a tenfold advantage in performance per watt over the...

  • AMD CPUs Price Cut

    By on October 24, 2005 2:50 pm

    Family Model Old Price New Price % Drop Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 902 803 11.0% 4600+ 704 643 8.7% 4400+ 537 507 5.6% 4200+ 482 408 15.4% 3800+ 354 328 7.3% Athlon 64 4000+ 382 347 9.2% 3700+ 278 243 12.6% 3400+ 198 194 2.0% 3200+ 153 159 -3.8%...

  • ASUS EAX1300PRO Card Info

    By on October 23, 2005 6:42 pm

    EAX1300PRO/TD/256M is equipped with exclusive ASUS innovations and ATI® Radeon® X1300PRO GPU, a derivative of ATi Radeon® X1800 GPU sharing many of its key capabilities and performance attributes. With a powerful combination of the industry’s fastest PCI Express architecture and rendering pipeline, ASUS EAX1300PRO/TD/256M is providing high quality, better...

  • ASUS EAX1600XT Silent Card Info

    By on October 23, 2005 6:34 pm

    EAX1600XT SILENT/TVD/256M is equipped with exclusive ASUS innovations and ATI® Radeon® X1600XT GPU. With a powerful combination of the industry’s fastest PCI Express architecture and rendering pipeline, ASUS EAX1600XT SILENT/TVD/256M is providing high quality, better performance, and affordable price. Incorporating exclusive technologies, such as ASUS Splendid, GameLive Show, GameReplay,...

  • MSI Radeon X1600 XT Card Info

    By on October 23, 2005 6:26 pm

    MSI is one of the first manufacturer to get their X1600 XT card ready and is expected to enter mass production soon. This card is clocked at 590MHz core and 1.38GHz memory while the X1600 Pro model is clocked at 500MHz core and 780MHz memory. X1600 series sports 12...

  • Intel T1600 Yonah Details

    By on October 23, 2005 6:24 pm

    We have gotten hold of a 65nm Yonah CPU featuring 667MHz FSB, 2MB shared L2 cache and VT where Intel is slated to release in January next year. This Yonah Dual-core CPU is clocked at 2.16GHz and has T1600 processor number and will be selling for $ 637 USD....

  • Fujitsu LifeBook P7120

    By on October 23, 2005 6:11 pm

    Fujitsu PC Asia Pacific today launched the new LifeBook P7120 notebook computer the successor to the award-winning LifeBook P7010. This compact personal companion retains all the multimedia features of its predecessor, except that it flaunts an even slimmer silhouette with an extensive battery life, seamlessly merging style with productivity...

  • Fujitsu DESKPOWER TX Home Entertainment PC

    By on October 23, 2005 6:03 pm

    Fujitsu PC Asia Pacific today launched the new DESKPOWER TX Home Entertainment PC system, offering home entertainment aficionados an immersive digital lifestyle experience. Perfectly blending the modern digital media centre with powerful PC functionality in a unique hybrid PC/TV package, watch your favourite television programs, surf the internet or...

  • Olympus SP-310 & SP-350 Digicams

    By on October 23, 2005 5:54 pm

    Olympus, the industry leader in opto-digital technologies and pioneer in the digital camera market, today introduced the 7.1-megapixel SP-310 and 8.0-megapixel SP-350; both are ultra-compact models with plenty of muscle in store making them ideal high-performance choices for ambitious photographers and pros looking for a compact, lightweight solution with...

  • Lenovo New ThinkCentre E Series

    By on October 23, 2005 5:51 pm

    Lenovo announced the new ThinkCentre E Series line of desktop PCs designed specifically to meet the technology needs of small businesses – ease, affordability and reliability. For the first time, ThinkCentre E50 desktops from Lenovo will offer small business users a simple combination of proven core technologies in a...

  • VIA Unveils Cluster Server Platform

    By on October 23, 2005 5:48 pm

    VIA launched the VIA Cluster Server Platform, an ultra energy efficient high density server reference design powered by the dual VIA Eden-N processor-based VIA VT310-DP Mini-ITX mainboards, at Chinas leading technology show, eMEX this week. The VIA Cluster Server Platform reference design comprises low profile 1U units each with...

  • Nokia 7360, 7370 & 7380 Fashion Mobile Phones

    By on October 23, 2005 5:22 pm

    Continuing to push the boundaries of mobile phone design, Nokia has introduced a collection of three trend-inspired mobile phones, the Nokia 7360, Nokia 7370 and Nokia 7380. Each model in the L’Amour Collection offers a beautiful mix of contrasts — infusing cultural and ethnic influences with luxurious touches of...