• Vantec 3.5″ NexStar 3 Enclosure

    By on March 29, 2005 12:30 pm

    Vantec is going to release 3.5" NexStar 3 External Enclosure in Mid-April. Form and functionality collide with style in the NexStar 3 External Hard Drive Enclosure from Vantec. With its mirror finish, sleek curves and bold colors, the Vantec NexStar 3 stands out from the crowd. The sturdy drive...

  • NVIDIA Special Bundling w/ Intel

    By on March 29, 2005 12:27 pm

    NVIDIA today announced a special bundle programme with Intel Corporation designed to encourage Asia-Pacific computer users to migrate to the PCI Express (PCI-E) platform. Joining NVIDIA and Intel in the promotion are four NVIDIA add-in-card manufacturers and motherboard partners: ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, and Albatron. Through April, the award-winning NVIDIA...

  • Windows XP Home/Professional Edition N

    By on March 29, 2005 12:26 pm

    Microsoft will rename a product it was ordered by the European Commission to offer–a version of Windows with its media player removed. The product, which Microsoft had wanted to be called Windows XP Reduced Media Edition, will now be known as either Windows XP Home Edition N or Windows...

  • AMD Names Enterprise Multicore Head

    By on March 29, 2005 12:25 pm

    AMD has hired former Newisys chief technical officer Rich Oehler to manage its enterprise multicore computing program. Oehler previously worked for IBM, where in his 30-year tenure he was named an IBM Fellow, elected to its Technology Council as well as the IBM Academy of Technology. Oehler will be...

  • Nvidia ForceWare Performance Investigated

    By on March 29, 2005 4:34 am

    Origo|3D.com did a comparison betwen the various versions of Nvidia Forceware Drivers available throughout the net, including the latest WHQL and beta versions and different modified drivers such as those by DNA-Force, TC-Force & Xtreme G.

  • Soltek QBIC Mania EQ3901-300PW Review

    By on March 28, 2005 10:51 am

    Soltek began their QBIC line during the Nforce2 and i845 heyday and offers unique features like the ability to use aftermarket heatsinks and including 802.11g wireless network adapter and carry-all backpack. Lets see how the EQ3901-300PW fairs against a bigger brother.

  • Sim Lim Square – A walk around (25-26th March 05)

    By on March 28, 2005 3:05 am

    On a lazy weekend, VR staff took the weekend off and visited Singapore’s IT Hypermart, Sim Lim Square. Here are some of our interesting discoveries… Click to find out more!!!

  • Chaintech VNF4 Ultra Voltage Mod

    By on March 27, 2005 4:23 pm

    Soki shows you how to voltage mod your Chaintech VNF4 Ultra to ram up the memory clocks.

  • AMD Turion 64 @ IDF Video Clip

    By on March 27, 2005 11:04 am

    Earlier this month, Ben sent over a photo taken over at San Francisco while Intel IDF is running where AMD took to the sky with a message about their new Turion 64 mobile technology. Now here’s the link to the video clip for your viewing pleasure hosted at AMD...

  • CPU-Z 1.28 Released

    By on March 27, 2005 11:03 am

    CPU-Z 1.28 has been released. This new version includes the following additions : - Support for SiS chipsets improved : 648FX, 649, 655FX, 655TX, 656 - Support for nVidia nForce4 SLI Intel Edition - Support for Intel Pentium D, Pentium XE, AMD Turion, Opteron 252 - New F7 key...

  • Intel To Intro 64-bit Into Pentium 4 & Celeron

    By on March 27, 2005 10:58 am

    Intel is hoping the market will migrate from 500-series Pentium 4 CPUs to 64-bit 600-series by the third quarter of this year, with the chip giant promoting the fact that 915- and 945-series chipsets will support the 64-bit CPU platform. However the quotes for the 600-series Pentium 4 processors...

  • Shuttle To Release 3 BTX XPCs In 2005

    By on March 27, 2005 10:44 am

    Shuttle anticipates that demand for BTX systems will not pick up until next year, while projecting that 5% of the 750,000 XPCs it expects to ship this year will be BTX systems. Shuttle will roll out three new BTX XPCs this year, each of which will be built using...

  • ATI Posts Strong Sales & Profits In Q2

    By on March 25, 2005 12:57 am

    ATI announced a 31 percent increase in revenues and a 20 percent improvement in net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 as compared to the same quarter last year. Quarterly revenues grew $ 145 million to $ 608 million relative to the second quarter of fiscal 2004...

  • AMD Lower Power x48 HE Opterons

    By on March 25, 2005 12:55 am

    AMD introduced low-power HE versions of its 2.2GHz Opteron model 148, 248, and 848 processors. The new processors each consume approximately 55 watts of power, compared with about 87 watts for the standard versions of the chips. The first model to ship, the 248 HE is designed for single-...

  • Powercolour X850XT PCIe offer for all VR-Zone members!

    By on March 24, 2005 9:37 pm

    We are having a very special promotion for all VR-Zone forumers, on this ultimate gaming card For more info, please click here

  • OCZ PC-3200 Gold Series w/ 2-2-2 Timings

    By on March 24, 2005 9:44 am

    OCZ today announced the release of the ultra-fast PC-3200 Gold Edition DDR. As part of the award winning OCZ Gold series, PC-3200 Gold is built with leading edge technology designed to provide users with performance features capable of excelling in even the most demanding computing environments. At DDR400, PC-3200...

  • Voltage modding the Asus 6200 PCI Express

    By on March 24, 2005 12:46 am

    Make your Asus 6200 PCI Express overclock higher with some voltage modding tips from our forum member soki!

  • Intel Chipsets Price Cuts In Apr & July

    By on March 23, 2005 5:45 pm

    Following its planned price cuts on April 3 of this year, Intel will follow with price cuts on four of its 915-series and two of its 945-series integrated graphics chipsets on July 3. On April 3, Intel will lower the prices on its complete lineup of 915 core-logic chipsets...

  • Elpida 800Mbps 256MB DDR2 SDRAM

    By on March 23, 2005 5:41 pm

    Elpida today announced the industry’s first 256 Megabit DDR2 SDRAM devices that achieve 800 Megabits per second (Mbps) operation. The monolithic devices are available in either x 8- or x 16-bit widths and are intended for use in DDR2 Unbuffered DIMMs targeted for the high-end PC market. They are...

  • Inno3D 6600GT AGP Voltage Mod

    By on March 22, 2005 3:57 pm

    Want to hit that sweet 600Mhz core mark with your 6600GT? Give it a little boost with just a pencil then!