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Why Intel dropped out of the integrated graphics business

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PurSuiT

October 4, 200521 yr

250 GB Western Digital Caviar SE 7200 RPM $79 free shipping

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B.Ob.

October 17, 200520 yr

I haven't kept up much with the newer hardware, so I need some help. I need ideas and suggestions for building a good gaming machine within the $400-$500 range. Of course I use it for surfing, downloading music, video, mild application use, but these are negligable as I could just pickup a p3 for $100 if I didn't game. I have a sweet 19-inch LCD with DVI-I support, so a sweet video card of course :/ pricewatch, tigerdirect, and others for the parts...what'd you guys think about ebay? Nemesis reminded me to make sure there are warranties if I do the ebay thing. thanks for any help you guys can give, kevin

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Conan4Life

November 11, 200520 yr

PCI Express* Gigabit Performance to the Desktop Intel PRO/1000 PT Desktop Adapter $55.61

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B.Ob.

November 20, 200520 yr

Preview of NVIDIA Quad GPU SLI "Thanks to the PCI Express (PCIe) interface, combining two graphics cards in an SLI configuration is easily achieved. Just plug two identical GeForce 6 or GeForce 7 cards into the motherboard, and connect them with the SLI bridge connector. The two cards will then split the 3D rendering load between them, which can result in a performance improvement of up to 70 percent in everyday life. Now that PCI Express motherboards are available with PCIe x32 - or, more correctly, two x16 slots - there are also some new and intriguing possibilities."

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ParoxysM

December 20, 200520 yr

ATI MultiGPU Done Right: The Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition "The success of CrossFire means much more than whether or not ATI ends up at the top of some silly graphs; it will determine whether or not ATI has a chance at stealing away some of NVIDIA's very profitable Multi-GPU business. And believe it or not, CrossFire's success is very important to Intel. Intel's soon to be launched 975X platform will ship with full CrossFire support, but NVIDIA hasn't blessed it with SLI support, so Intel's only chance to be taken seriously as a high end gaming platform is with ATI's assistance." ATI Radeon X1800 XT Crossfire "Now that ATI have fully released the X1000 series…

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B.Ob.

December 21, 200520 yr

Intel's 65 nm Process Breathes Fire into Double-Core Extreme Edition "Running a multiplier of x16 allows for hitting an amazing 4.26 GHz, which is a 23% increase over the default clock speed of 3.46 GHz. At this speed, the double-core Pentium becomes noticeable warmer, but it still does not dissipate the heat levels of a 90 nm dual core Pentium D or Pentium Extreme Edition 840."

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B.Ob.

December 28, 200520 yr

New WD Raptor on the Horizon? "Rumored features of the WD1500AD (Server) and WD1500AH (Gamer) versions include: SATA-II Capabilities w/ NCQ 16MB Cache 4.5ms Seek Time 1.2 million hours MTBF"

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B.Ob.

January 9, 200620 yr

ATI RADEON X1900 Graphics Cards Surface "ATI Technologies’ yet-to-be-released code-named R580 graphics product, which commercial name is believed to be RADEON X1900, surfaced pictured on an Asian web-site. The main message that the pictures may send is that there are graphics cards based on the chip and the chip is substantially larger compared to the RADEON X1800 (R520). ... The new chip is proclaimed to be scheduled for January, 24, 2006, introduction."

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B.Ob.

January 12, 200620 yr

Nvidia to launch GeForce 7900 GTX 'at CeBIT' "...citing whispers heard during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week. According to the report, the chip will contain 32 pixel-processing pipelines in a core clocked at 700-750MHz. The GDDR 3 memory will run at 800-900MHz (1.6-1.8GHz, effective)."

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B.Ob.

January 12, 200620 yr

This hit yesterday, but I was busy trying to read these all.... Hexus.net Toms Hardware Anand Tech.com Beyond3D HardOCP For those that would like a more indepth talk with ATI on the x1900 series: R580 Architecture Interview "If you look at apps such as 3dmark05, FEAR, D3/Q4, and many new upcoming titles, you'll see that the RV530 often doubles (or more) the performance against RV515, at the same clock. Same is true for X1900 vs X1800. Having said that, if you're running older apps, yes, the extra shaders might not benefit you as much, but again, we designed these parts for an excellent performance on current games, and an even better performance on the new…

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B.Ob.

May 8, 200620 yr

theinquirer.net "factors will drive the cost of M2 or AM2 boards to be five to ten dollars higher than socket 939 or 754 boards." "Socket AM2/M2 boards will use DDR 2 DIMM sockets only, so you can say goodbye to DDR 1 memory." amdzone.com "AMD will introduce a new improved mounting for the new heatsinks. The improved mounting uses four holes instead of two."

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B.Ob.

February 26, 200620 yr

Sapphire on HDCP and HDMI "Following our previous report discussing Firing Squads HDCP article we’ve been contacted by Sapphire who presently have some experience with this issue. Sapphire are currently in the process of ramping their mass production of a line of low profile X1600 and X1300 boards specifically targeted at the High Definition Home Theater PC market with an HDMI output and HDCP built in."

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B.Ob.

February 14, 200620 yr

Gateway Computers - 21" Widescreen High-Definition LCD Flat Panel Display $599 free shipping.

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B.Ob.

February 16, 200620 yr