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Stephen over at Sapphire sent over one of their X800 256MB VIVO AGP cards to put through it's paces. The X800 uses the same R430 core from the X800 series with the standard and Pro utilizing 12 pipelines while the… Go To Full Article

This article details how linear & switching power supplies work, and answers such questions as Power Factor & Power Factor Correction, Efficiency, Voltage Regulation, Operating Conditions, and much more! Article URL: Go To Full Article

With today’s CPU’s running hotter and hotter and with noise being a issue with more and more people, keeping your computer is becoming more complicated than ever. Water cooling is quickly becoming more popular and has even made it’s way… Go To Full Article

Heat is the enemy. Every computer has some sort of cooling system; from a simple set of fans for the average out-of-the-box desktop to the enthusiast’s overclocked custom job with a water cooling system. The Antec Notebook Cooler provides a… Go To Full Article

IN A MOVE THAT WILL come as a surprise to absolutely no one, Rambus today announced that it is the memory genius behind the PS3. If anyone was still wondering, the new console will be the showcase product for XDR… Go To Full Article

THE WEATHER IN LA this time of year is supposed to be nice. Can you imagine my surprise when I got there, and shortly after, hell froze over? The picture shows erstwhile bitter rivals from ATI… Go To Full Article

NVIDIA COULD not contain all the information about G70 forever and we finally found a way to learn some more about it. It turns out that the G70, also known as the Geforce series 7, is… Go To Full Article

WE managed to get a few more details about ATI's soon to be released Multi VPU marchitecture. We heard it might be branded as Crossfire but we are still not sure if this is its final name. Go To Full Article

The recent Hyper-Threading vulnerability announcement has generated a fair amount of discussion since it was released. KernelTrap has an interesting article quoting Linux creator Linus Torvalds who recently compared the vulnerability to similar issues with early SMP and direct-mapped caches… Go To Full Article

PalmOne has introduced the first device in their new line of Mobile Manager handheld devices. The LifeDrive includes an embedded 4GB Hitachi Microdrive and additional software for file/folder synchronization. The device includes both WiFi and Bluetooth. Price tag on the… Go To Full Article