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Nvidia rolls out mobile graphics add-in card formatMay 17, 2004 - in News
Nvidia today rolled out its Mobile PCI Express Module (MXM) specification, a move it hopes will one day see notebook users swapping out old graphics chips for new ones as easily as desktops users do today.
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Nvidia's MXM to allow faster deployment of notebook graphicsMay 17, 2004 - in News
Nvidia today announced its graphics module MXM as solution to accelerate the development of graphics boards for notebooks, enable notebook manufacturers to select and switch graphics solutions during the lifecycle of a product and allow users to upgrade the graphics cards of their mobile computers.
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Two Xeon CPUs Are Better Than One Intel P4 Extreme PlatformMay 14, 2004 - in Reviews
Who would have thought? A Dual Xeon system is often cheaper and frequently offers higher performance than a Pentium 4 Extreme platform. Our analysis and benchmark tests for Intel's dual-processor E7505/Placer chipset show why.
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Sony plans video version of Vaio pocket deviceMay 14, 2004 - in News
Sony's new portable audio player competing with Apple's iPod will be accompanied this year by another device which can play video and beam it to a TV, the Japanese company said on Friday.
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ATI Catalyst drivers for Windows 2000/XP 4.5 unveiledMay 13, 2004 - in News
This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability.
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Radeon X800PRO exposedMay 12, 2004 - in News
Three of ATI's close partners have decided to introduce their Radeon X800PRO cards.
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Modding The Xbox Into The Ultimate Multimedia CenterMay 11, 2004 - in Reviews
Like a teenage kid with a genius IQ who is addicted to video games, Microsoft's Xbox offers a lot of untapped potential. THG downloads a version of Xbox Media Center software and installs it on an Xbox mod from FriendTech to show just what the game console is capable of.
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Rambus starts selling DDR RAM interfacesMay 11, 2004 - in News
In a surprising move, Rambus has announced that it will start producing DDR interfaces. While the company claims that this move is a natural expansion of its business, it is an interesting twist that Rambus now intends to sell its interfaces to the companies it has been suing for patent infringements for several years.
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Nvidia ships TV, PVR cards to US, EuropeMay 11, 2004 - in News
Nvidia has launched its latest alternative to arch-rival ATI's All-in-Wonder series of graphics cards, this one based on its GeForce FX 5700 graphics chip.
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ATI to market Radeon 9550 graphics card globallyMay 11, 2004 - in News
ATI Technologies will start shipping its "Chinese-only" Radeon 9550 graphics cards outside the China market, according to company sources.
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AMD may showcase its 939-pin Athlon 64 processor at Computex 2004May 10, 2004 - in News
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) may showcase its desktop-use 939-pin Athlon 64 processor at the upcoming Computex Taipei exhibition from June 1-5, according to sources at Taiwanese motherboard makers.
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What's next for ATI: Interview with Dave OrtonMay 7, 2004 - in News
Dave Orton is President and Chief Operating Officer of ATI Technologies and will be become the company's next CEO on June 1, 2004. Tom's Hardware Guide sat down with Dave Orton to discuss the transformation of ATI into an admired chip manufacturer and how Orton intends to keep and increase ATI's lead.
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Locking Down Your Passwords with KeePassMay 7, 2004 - in Reviews
A freeware utility called KeePass encrypts your passwords and pin numbers in a locked-down database that also goes wherever you go. THG takes you through the setup process and details how the utility can make your life safer.
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Double-Layer DVD: Sony DRU-700AMay 7, 2004 - in Reviews
Sony has unveiled what many have been screaming out for: a DVD player with double-layer technology for DVD backup and storage with an 8.5 GB capacity.
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Good things come in small packages: Waitec Action 8/ LiteOn 851SMay 6, 2004 - in Reviews
More and more 8x DVD burners are coming onto the market. The Action 8 from Waitec (identical to LiteOn 851S in North America) must be the most compact of them all. Does its performance come up to size, too?
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AMD introduces low-power 64-bit processorsMay 6, 2004 - in News
AMD today added two new low-power mobile processor for the thin and light notebook segment. The mobile Athlon 64 2800+ and 2700+ sharply decrease the power consumption of other mobile Athlon 64 processors.
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Samsung surpasses rival LG.Philips in PC displaysMay 6, 2004 - in News
Samsung Electronics overtook archrival LG.Philips in the first quarter as the world's top maker of high-resolution computer monitors, according to industry data, and Samsung is set to keep its lead.
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ATI to promote 9100 Pro IGP with aggressive pricing, X800 delaysMay 6, 2004 - in News
ATI Technologies has adopted aggressive pricing to promote its new integrated graphics solution.
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Microsoft shelves security project NGSCBMay 5, 2004 - in News
In a surprising move, Microsoft has dropped its security project, Next Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB). According to company officials, the controversial platform was shelved because partners of the company were not willing to rewrite their applications using the NGSCB API.
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VIA's K8T800 Pro Bumps up HyperTransport Speed, But Lacks PunchMay 5, 2004 - in Reviews
The Pro version of the K8T800 boosts the chipset's HyperTransport bus speed from 800 MHz to 1 GHz, and has a couple of other tweaks as well. But do the improvements translate into noticeable performance gains?
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ATi's X800 Pulls Off Another Coup in the Graphics Performance WarMay 4, 2004 - in Reviews
ATi drops its bombshell after NVIDIA's more-than-impressive launch last month of its GeForce 6800 Ultra. With its debut today of the Radeon X800XT Platinum Edition and the X800 Pro, has ATi managed to win back the graphics performance fiefdom?
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AMD beats Intel on desktop shipments.May 4, 2004 - in News
Figures from market research companies agree that AMD has started to bite into Intel's desktop market share, but to what extent depends on which set of analysts you choose to believe.
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ATI launches Radeon X800May 4, 2004 - in News
ATI has today launched the Radeon X800 VPU - supposedly the world's fastest visual processor.
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ATI to ship R420May 4, 2004 - in News
ATI today began shipping its next-generation graphics chip, the R420, as the Radeon X800 Pro, with a faster version, the equally anticipated Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition, to ship later this month.
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ATI's Radeon 9100 Pro IGP Takes Aim at Intel's Chipset LaunchMay 3, 2004 - in Reviews
The Pro version of ATI's 9100 IGP chipset is loaded with new features. But will improved memory compatibility, better AGP performance and a new Southbridge design be enough to go head to head with Intel's upcoming 915 chipset?
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IBM rolls out Power 5-based iSeries serverMay 3, 2004 - in News
IBM on Monday took the wraps off its first server fueled by its long-awaited Power5 chip, with the system also containing software to run four different operating system simultaneously including Windows, Linux AIX 5L, and the newly revamped OS/400.
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Gigabit Ethernet: On-Board Chips ReviewedApr 30, 2004 - in Reviews
Vendors are increasingly adding Gigabit Ethernet controllers to their mobos. Tests show performance gaps vary from one vendor to another, while Gigabit Ethernet is becoming a must-have for the enduser.
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ATI's Radeon X800XT ends up flying fasterApr 29, 2004 - in News
ATI decided to increase the frequency of its soon to be released X800XT cards that will be presented in just a few days, on May the fourth.
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Coolermaster Hyper 6Apr 28, 2004 - in Reviews
Does it always have to be water-cooled? Coolermaster presents a brand-new cooler that can be run passively or with a fan.
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Smaller, Faster and Sexier: iRiver iGP-100Apr 28, 2004 - in Reviews
The iRiver iGP-100 digital music player with a micro hard drive shows just how the MP3 player market has come. For less than $200, iRiver's latest player offers a fresh design and hours and hours of music play.
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