Nvidia today announced availability of the SLI capable nForce 4 chipset for Intel's current Pentium 4 and upcoming dual-core Smithfield processors. The new chipset also adds new features - such as support for DualDDR2 and RAID5. Read more
Nvidia announced its Nforce3 chipset for AMD Athlon 64 FX processors. Read more
As Dell customer forum members tell the story, at least some customers awaiting their XPS 700 shipments are being told by customer service representatives that last-minute modifications to the on-board Nvidia nForce 590 chipset - not a fix to the cooling assembly - are to blame. Today, an Nvidia spokesperson disputed those claims to TG Daily . Read more
Gigabyte Technologies latest high-end motherboard is capable of driving as many as ten (10) displays, by way of its eight PCI-E X16 and two PCI-E X8 slots. And its innovative design enables an Intel Pentium D motherboard to use HyperTransport to eliminate the southbridge chip. Read more
We recently had the chance to play a bit of Cryostasis, the latest title supporting Nvidia's PhysX technology. In fact, we played the game on five different hardware configurations. Want to play this one? We'll tell you what you need in order to enjoy it. Read more
Hard drive capacities have increased in large increments over the last few years, while trends indicate reduced spindle speeds of 5,400 RPM instead of 7,200. We looked at three generations of Samsung hard drives to analyze the performance ramifications. Read more
This month, ATI's new Radeon HD 4770 is missing in action, since online stores are not only unable to keep it in stock, but also de-listing it completely. With violent movements in pricing, though, it'd have been taken off the recommended list anyway. Read more
Nvidia's Ion for the do-it-yourselfer launched last month in the form of Zotac's mini-ITX motherboard. Though sexy in principle, the platform had some teething pains right out of the gate. Chris Angelini revisits those issues and uses Ion as a real HTPC. Read more