300W GPUs, Conroe, HDMI Video Cards and Lots of Motherboards

It’s almost like we say this every year, but Computex hasn’t even officially started yet and we already have a lot to talk about. Everything from the power requirements of next year’s GPUs from ATI and NVIDIA to the excitement surrounding Intel’s Conroe launch is going to be covered in today’s pre-show coverage so we’ll save the long winded introduction and get right to business.

We will first address some of the overall trends we’ve seen while speaking to many of the Taiwanese manufacturers and then dive into product specific items. We’ll start with the most shocking news we’ve run into thus far - the power consumption of the next-generation GPUs due out early next year.