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FarCry Patch v1.2 With Shader Model 3.0Jul 5, 2004 - in Reviews
A new patch is out for the eye-candy heavy shooter FarCry, bringing with it a number of changes and improvements. Owners of a GeForce 6800 video card will find this patch especially interesting, as it finally brings adequate image quality and a performance boost, thanks to the addition of support for Shader Model 3.0.
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Report: LCD prices drop sharplyJul 2, 2004 - in News
DisplaySearch believes that prices for LCDs will drops faster than initially expected. Despite strong LCD TV shipments, inventories were growing in the first quarter of this year, the market research firm said Friday.
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Casio triples EL display brightnessJul 2, 2004 - in News
Casio Computer has managed to successfully triple the brightness of an organic electroluminescent (EL) display, which puts it on the same level as plasma televisions, reports the Nihon Keizai Shimbun.
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Intel and ATI integrated chipsets to squeeze value VGA cardsJul 2, 2004 - in News
The launch of the Intel 915G integrated chipset and the expected introduction of the ATI Technologies RS400 and RS480 integrated chipsets in August are expected impact the entry-level graphics card market, said sources at Taiwanese motherboard makers.
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Gigabyte: 30 percent market share for PCI Express graphic cards in 2004Jul 1, 2004 - in News
Taiwan-based manufacturer Gigabyte expects that PCI Express not to conquer the graphics market in 2004. Instead, AGP is likely to stick around for a while. PCI Express products however will be widely available, including a Gigabyte board with support for Nvidia's SLI for dual graphic cards in Q4 of this year.
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Corsair and OCZ release low-latency DDR2 modulesJul 1, 2004 - in News
Corsair and OCZ simultaneously released new version of DDR2 products. Both manufacturers target the low-latency memories at the high-performance market.
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Hands Across Four Water Cooling SystemsJun 30, 2004 - in Reviews
Common wisdom dictates that water cooling systems might offer better performance but are hard to install and represent a cumbersome amount of extra components. But can external water cooling systems prove naysayers wrong? THG tested four models to find out.
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Ex-employee sues Sharp for flat-screen patentJun 30, 2004 - in News
A former Sharp employee has sued the Japanese consumer electronics maker for $US4.6 million over key technology he claims to have developed for use in flat screen products, reports have said.
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Benq takes axe to LCD monitor pricesJun 30, 2004 - in News
Major monitor manufacturer Benq - pronounced Benqueue - has started cutting prices on LCD monitors to rid itself of excess stock, according to today's Taipei Times.
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Ultra-X introduces harddrive cleaning utilityJun 29, 2004 - in News
Ultra-X, known for its professional hardware and software diagnostic tools, has introduced a simple, OS-independent tool to safely erase data from IDE harddrives.
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Harddrive duplicator Sonix launchedJun 29, 2004 - in News
Logicube announced a new one-to-one drive duplicator named "Sonix".
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One Open-E Flash Module + One IDE Interface Equals NAS StorageJun 29, 2004 - in Reviews
Open-E has debuted a flash module with an IDE interface for almost-instant NAS storage on x86 PCs or servers. Setup is done with a Web browser in about five minutes. Can high-powered NAS storage really be that easy?
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Alienware's Video Array compared to NVIDIA SLIJun 29, 2004 - in News
Alienware reacts on the recent presentation of NVIDIA's new SLI solution and explains the similarities and differences of both technologies.
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Nvidia adds double graphics processing to GeForce 6800Jun 28, 2004 - in News
Nvidia's Scalable Link Interface (SLI) lets users integrate two GeForce 6800 PCI Express graphic cards in one PC. SLI itself is a concept which first was introduced by 3dfx back in 1996 with the Voodoo 2 SLI and Nvidia believes that its new concept can almost double the performance of one 6800.
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Nvidia releases PCI Express-based Quadro familyJun 28, 2004 - in News
Nvidia today introduced four new Quadro professional graphics solutions based on PCI Express.
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Intel launches 32/64-bit Xeon processor "Nocona"Jun 28, 2004 - in News
Intel today made its first step into the 32/64-bit arena with the launch of its next generation workstation processor. The new Xeon, formerly code-named "Nocona", comes with the 64-bit extension set EM64T and catches up to AMD's Opteron approach.
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NVIDIA Takes a Walk on the SLI Side with Double Graphics ProcessingJun 28, 2004 - in Reviews
NVIDIA's GeForce 6800 processor lets you double your graphics fun. By incorporating SLI (Scalable Link Interface ), a mobo with two x16 PCI Express slots and two GeForce 6800 cards makes it possible to harness the power of both graphics cards at once. Yes, Alienware has already put its dual-graphics card stake in the ground, but NVIDIA has taken a far different tack.
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AMD: Move to 64 bit can accelerate applications by more than 50 percentJun 28, 2004 - in News
In a newswire release preceeding Intel's 32-/64-bit processor "Nocona" announcement later on Monday, AMD claims that 64-bit applications will significantly outpace their 32-bit counterparts.
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Taiwan mobo makers see increasing barebone shipments to OEM clientsJun 28, 2004 - in News
Taiwanese motherboard makers expect shipments of barebone systems to increase from the second half of this year and continue into 2005 amid increasing demand from OEM clients, according to sources at the makers.
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Nvidia goes for Nforce 4Jun 28, 2004 - in News
NFORCE 4 will be the name of the project that will finally bring PCI Express to the Athlon K8 market.
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Cheap and Reliable RAID 5 Storage ComparedJun 25, 2004 - in Reviews
Serial-ATA hard disks offer an affordable and seemingly reliable alternative to SCSI. We put five controllers to the test from Adaptec, HighPoint, ICP Vortex, LSI Logic and Promise.
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THG's All You Ever Wanted to Know About Graphics and Displays GuideJun 25, 2004 - in Reviews
Welcome to THG's new Graphics & Displays Guide, a standalone Web site dedicated to graphics cards, displays and video technologies.
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Intel releases Celeron D processorsJun 25, 2004 - in News
Intel today announced the availability of four Celeron D processors for entry level PCs.
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ATI breaks revenue recordJun 25, 2004 - in News
ATI yesterday said its third quarter had yielded record quarterly revenues, with sales up 38.2 per cent on the Q3 2003 but a less impressive six per cent on Q2 2004.
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Burut CT releases Kreed demoJun 24, 2004 - in News
Burut released new fodder for your GPU. Kreed is a fist person shooter based on a new developed 3D Engine with lots of DX8 shader usage.
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Samsung forced to lower LCD TV pricesJun 23, 2004 - in News
Samsung Electronics recently lowered LCD TV prices by 18-20% due to inventory pressure from poor sales in the US, according to sources in the industry.
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Kingston launches DDR2 memory for Intel 915/925 platformJun 22, 2004 - in News
Kingston has begun shipping DDR2 400- and 533- MHz memory modules for Intel's recently announced Express Chipsets 915G and 925X, previously code-named Grantsdale and Alderwood).
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NVIDIA PCI Express AnnouncementsJun 22, 2004 - in News
With the launch of Intels i915/925 chipset last weekend, PCI Express was officially introduced.
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Maxtor announces nearline SATA II harddrive with up to 300 GByteJun 21, 2004 - in News
Maxtor announced its third generation Maxline drive targeted at the growing nearline segment. The drive offers SATA II features and is available in capacities of 250 and 300 GByte.
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Terratec's Aureon 7.1 FireWire Attempts Plug-and-Play with Pro Sound Card PerformanceJun 21, 2004 - in Reviews
Terratec says its Aureon 7.1 FireWire offers a plug-and-play sound card setup via an external FireWire connection. So while you can forget about your screwdriver and worrying about whether or not you have the right PC slot, THG investigates Terratec's easy-setup and performance claims.
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