Overclocking is no longer the exclusive realm of veteran gaming enthusiasts, thanks to the recent release of the XFX 650i Ultra motherboard. This new NVIDIA® nForce® 650i media and communications processor (MCP) comes enabled with comprehensive overclocking tools for greatly expanded performance right out of the box.
Specifically, the nForce® 650i Ultra MCP will immediately expand the power of a user’s PC. The motherboard features NVIDIA® nTune™ utility, which enables users to adjust CPU and memory speeds without rebooting. Users also can access most BIOS settings from inside Windows and are able to save and automatically load profiles for each application that is run.
The 650i Ultra also features a state-of-the-art Dual DDR2 memory controller that ensures that data and information are relayed through the user’s system super fast for incredible performance.
In addition, the motherboard comes with NVIDIA® FirstPacket™ technology, which gives users crystal-clear phone conversations and exceptional online gaming performance. Game data, VoIP conversations and large file transfers are delivered based on preferences established by the user through an intuitive wizard.
Other outstanding features include NVIDIA® MediaShield™ Storage, Multiple Disk Setup, DiskAlert, RAID Morphing, Bootable Multidisk Array, four SATA 3Gb/s drives, High Definition Audio and USB 2.0.
To learn more about the XFX nForce® 650i Ultra or to locate a participating e-tailer, go to www.xfxforce.com.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
And ofcourse - official Press release from.. -NVIDIA Brings Cutting-Edge DirectX 10 Graphics and HD Video to All PC Users
Features and Performance of GeForce® 8 Series Now Available at Lower Price Points
NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, today announced the extension of the award-winning NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series line-up to include three new graphics processing units (GPUs), bringing high-resolution gaming, stunning Microsoft® Windows VistaTM graphics, and stellar HD DVD and Blu-ray video playback to virtually everyone regardless of budget. The new GPUs that complete the world’s first top-to-bottom family of DirectX® 10 GPUs include:
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS $199-229
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT $149-159
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT $89-129
These three GPUs join the previously announced NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce 8800 GTS, rounding out the product family.
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Be sure to check out the podcast, where NVIDIA product manager Justin Walker discusses the GeForce 8 family of graphics processors.
NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, today announced the extension of the award-winning NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series line-up to include three new graphics processing units (GPUs), bringing high-resolution gaming, stunning Microsoft® Windows VistaTM graphics, and stellar HD DVD and Blu-ray video playback to virtually everyone regardless of budget. The new GPUs that complete the world’s first top-to-bottom family of DirectX® 10 GPUs include:
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS $199-229
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT $149-159
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT $89-129
These three GPUs join the previously announced NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce 8800 GTS, rounding out the product family.
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Be sure to check out the podcast, where NVIDIA product manager Justin Walker discusses the GeForce 8 family of graphics processors.
NVIDIA Updates Vista ForceWare Drivers
NVIDIA has updated its Vista ForceWare display drivers for all GeForce 6, 7 and 8 cards, for both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the OS. This takes the version number up to 158.18 - the drivers are still listed as being beta whilst NVIDIA continues to improve them, but they are the official drivers available through the main downloads section of the site so should be stable. You can view the range of fixes below, although there are no new features in this release.More
Fixed Issues-Windows Vista 32-bit:
Swedish locale: The NVIDIA Control Panel crashes the first time it is opened after installing the driver.
After exiting the NVIDIA Control panel Storage page and closing theNVIDIA Control Panel, the page is empty when re-opening.
Video WMV playback quality using Windows Media Player is poor.
GeForce 8800 GTX: The displays are not always enumerated after uninstalling the driver, causing subsequent driver installation to fail.
GeForce 8800 GTX: Scaling MPEG2 SD content results in videocorruption.
GeForce 8800 GTX: Elder Scrolls: Oblivion-animation is visible through the trees when HDR and NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing are enabled.
GeForce 8600: Lineage 2- antialiasing has no visible effect when set to NV-Enhanced 8x or above.
[SLI], GeForce 8800GTX, GeForce 8600: 3DMark05/06-the benchmark hangs with a black screen during the default benchmark run.
[SLI], GeForce 8800 GTX: "Display driver has stopped responding "error message appears while playing WMV9 HD files after resuming from standby.
GeForce 6100/6150: The NVIDIA Control Panel crashes when attempting to open the Storage page (requires installation of NVIDIAMediaShield).
The Guru3D.com GeForce 8600 GT & GTS shootout
Hey everyone and welcome to the spring release of NVIDIA's new mid-range graphics card line-up. What we are to bring you today is something quite extensive. We have an in-depth article planned with NVIDIA's new GeForce 8600 GT and GTS based graphics cards where participating board partners like Sparkle, eVGA BFG, XFX, Galaxy Technology and Point of View have all submitted a card. All these great manufacturers and new products in one big article. A shootout on the actual launch, how cool is that?
Unfortunately, it's now Monday the 14th as I write this and the boards from eVGA have yet to arrive thanks to, who else, UPS! Sparkle won't have their samples ready until next week, so they'll forfeit on this rather big article as well. We'll move forward with what's at hand and we'll even do a little SLI testing with the new cards as well. We'll test the XFX 8600 GT (XXX) and GTS (XXX) boards, the BFG 8600 GTS (OC) board, the Point of View 8600 GTS (EVO) board and from Galaxy Technology both a customized GeForce 8600 GT and GTS.
Unfortunately, it's now Monday the 14th as I write this and the boards from eVGA have yet to arrive thanks to, who else, UPS! Sparkle won't have their samples ready until next week, so they'll forfeit on this rather big article as well. We'll move forward with what's at hand and we'll even do a little SLI testing with the new cards as well. We'll test the XFX 8600 GT (XXX) and GTS (XXX) boards, the BFG 8600 GTS (OC) board, the Point of View 8600 GTS (EVO) board and from Galaxy Technology both a customized GeForce 8600 GT and GTS.
Cool Your nVIDIA 8800GTS / GTX with Thermaltake TMG ND5
Getting the clearest image on screen is to the advantage of every professional gamer. Thermaltake is one of the world leading manufacturers in cooling technology, our newest member to the high TMG series is the ND5 for nVIDIA’s 8800 GTS/GTX graphic cards. ND5 is the fusion of efficient cooling, excellent heat dissipation as well as a high quality heatsink to cool the greatest demands of the 8800 series graphic cards.
First reviews coming up of many 8600 graphic cards!!
Tons of review on other sites... Be sure to read them before buying, so you can make the best purchase for you money!
ASUS Extreme N8600GTS TOP
Chaintech GSE86GTS-A1
ECS N8600GTS-256MX
Foxconn GeForce 8600 GTS
Point of View GeForce 8600 GTS
MSI 8600GT
XFX GeForce 8600GTS XXX
ASUS Extreme N8600GTS TOP
Chaintech GSE86GTS-A1
ECS N8600GTS-256MX
Foxconn GeForce 8600 GTS
Point of View GeForce 8600 GTS
MSI 8600GT
XFX GeForce 8600GTS XXX
NVIDIA Unveils GeForce 8600 and 8500-Series
NVIDIA pulls the wraps off its new mainstream products
NVIDIA today announced its latest DirectX 10 product offerings to serve the $129-$229 price points. The new GeForce 8600 GTS, 8600 GT and 8500 GT introduces technology previously exclusive to the high-end GeForce 8800-series to more affordable levels. NVIDIA’s new mainstream product lineup features Shader Model 4.0 support, GigaThread technology and NVIDIA’s Quantum Effects physics processing technology. The addition of NVIDIA’s Lumenex engine to the mainstream sector provides value-conscious buyers with 128-bit floating point HDR rendering and anti-aliasing levels of 16x.
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Press releases from card manufacturers:
Asus
Albatron
Bfg
Club-3d
Foxconn
Gigabyte
Leadtek
Point of View
NVIDIA today announced its latest DirectX 10 product offerings to serve the $129-$229 price points. The new GeForce 8600 GTS, 8600 GT and 8500 GT introduces technology previously exclusive to the high-end GeForce 8800-series to more affordable levels. NVIDIA’s new mainstream product lineup features Shader Model 4.0 support, GigaThread technology and NVIDIA’s Quantum Effects physics processing technology. The addition of NVIDIA’s Lumenex engine to the mainstream sector provides value-conscious buyers with 128-bit floating point HDR rendering and anti-aliasing levels of 16x.
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Press releases from card manufacturers:
Asus
Albatron
Bfg
Club-3d
Foxconn
Gigabyte
Leadtek
Point of View
Microsoft includes SLI/Crossfire tests for WHQL Certification Process
Microsoft announced yesterday that they have extended the requirements for WHQL driver testing. "Linked Display Adapters" are now required to be used in the testing process, meaning that SLI and CrossFire setups (plus other multiple adapter configurations) have to be included. So what does this all mean? Probably not an awful lot actually but that's a whole stack more testing before a driver can be labelled with the WHQL tag but we might get more stable multiple adapters systems out of it. Note that this doesn't necessarily mean better multiple GPU support in games, just greater stability in general usage.
However, the most important thing is that vendors will no longer be able to ship WHQL drivers for Windows XP and Windows Vista that don't correctly support dual graphics cards in that operating system - anyone trying to get SLI or CrossFire to work properly on Vista will know exactly what we're talking about here. Somewhat unusual for MS to take this kind of a stance though; perhaps it's a sign of them trying to get Vista as stable and sorted as quickly as they can, prior to them stopping sales of XP next year.
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However, the most important thing is that vendors will no longer be able to ship WHQL drivers for Windows XP and Windows Vista that don't correctly support dual graphics cards in that operating system - anyone trying to get SLI or CrossFire to work properly on Vista will know exactly what we're talking about here. Somewhat unusual for MS to take this kind of a stance though; perhaps it's a sign of them trying to get Vista as stable and sorted as quickly as they can, prior to them stopping sales of XP next year.
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Tyan K8SE Motherboard
Over the years, 3dGameMan.com has only reviewed two motherboards from Tyan. First was the Tyan Tomcat K8E Socket 939 workstation motherboard and it was Kickass! Then we reviewed the Tyan Tomcat h1000S Socket AM2 workstation motherboard and it was Kickass! Today we have the chance to check out one of their server motherboards. We will see if they can continue along their winning spree, but first a bit about Tyan for those that don’t know much about them. Based on Nvidia nForce Professional 2200 chipset...
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Seasonic X900 Power Supply
This is just an announcement of one of the best power supply manufacturers in the world
The jet black colored chassis is a standard ATX form factor so as to fit into any standard ATX system housing in the market today. Our exclusive S2FC [Smart & Silent Fan Control] technology ensures that the 80mm exhaust fan keeps the noise level as low as possible and yet at the same time maintain the proper operating temperature for the power supply.
Seasonic X900 comes with four dedicated PCI-E connectors & two 6P to 8P adapters to support extreme Quad SLI™ & CrossFire™ systems and as well, conforms to the latest Intel ATX12V & EPS12V specifications. In addition, the power supply is equipped with nine standard Molex connectors and six SATA for peripheral devices. For added flexibility, one Y cable that converts one standard Molex to FDD connectors is included for added configuration flexibility.
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Pdf with detailed info and pictures
The jet black colored chassis is a standard ATX form factor so as to fit into any standard ATX system housing in the market today. Our exclusive S2FC [Smart & Silent Fan Control] technology ensures that the 80mm exhaust fan keeps the noise level as low as possible and yet at the same time maintain the proper operating temperature for the power supply.
Seasonic X900 comes with four dedicated PCI-E connectors & two 6P to 8P adapters to support extreme Quad SLI™ & CrossFire™ systems and as well, conforms to the latest Intel ATX12V & EPS12V specifications. In addition, the power supply is equipped with nine standard Molex connectors and six SATA for peripheral devices. For added flexibility, one Y cable that converts one standard Molex to FDD connectors is included for added configuration flexibility.
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Pdf with detailed info and pictures
XFX 680i LT SLI
Several months ago the first 680i SLI motherboard first appeared on the US market. On paper this board appeared to be solution that the enthusiast community had been long awaiting to take their Core 2 Duo processors to the next level of performance. After several BIOS revisions and a less than auspicious beginning what was initially seen on paper transcended by most accounts into a fully functional, kick-ass motherboard.
Let's fast-forward a couple of months which puts us about two to three weeks ago. NVIDIA® and the same group of partners brought to market the 680i LT SLI motherboard. This product contained much of the heart and all of the soul of its big brother but was aimed more at the "Extreme Gamer" and cost approximately $50 less. We'll expound in detail on the differences other than cost later in this review.
Radeon X1950Pro DUAL – a "two-headed monster" by Sapphire.... but can it outperform 8800GTS?
Just my quick comment - Well you must have think that I've gone mad.. 'cause this is after all SLI-Nvidia type of blog.
But you can clearly see how much Nvidia 8800 is great, since this dual graphic card from Sapphire had trouble to perform against single 8800GTS. As you can clearly see from benchmark of F.E.A.R below..
We are reviewing a rather unusual video card by Sapphire Technology – Radeon X1950 Pro Dual. It was first demonstrated at CES 2007 where its detailed specifications were also made public. At last, Sapphire X1950 Pro Dual arrived at our test lab. We'll be exploring its performance in benchmarking suites and games, but first let's examine the exterior and features of the video card.
Comparative tests of chipsets for Intel's CPUs
While choosing a motherboard, many of the readers proceeded from their own knowledge and experience, advice from friends, from conferences, and our comparative tests. Normally, comparative tests cover 10-15 motherboards, which is rather hard to perceive. Therefore, we made the task of choosing a motherboard easier and compiled a reference material on the chipsets. In particular, today we are reviewing chipsets for the Core architecture processors.
We have repeatedly mentioned advantages of these CPUs. So we are not dwelling at them and just briefly note their very high performance level at very low power consumption. We are not including all the known chipsets for Intel products but rather stop at those used in the manufacture of motherboards for Core 2 Duo.
It should be noted here that all the motherboard of the previous generation are incompatible to new processors (although are of LGA775 Socket). And it is neither the developers nor chipsets that are to blame for that, because the motherboards had been developed before the Core 2 Duo specifications were received. The power supply module of these motherboards does not allow using Conroe processors (a module meeting the VRM 11 specification requirements is needed). Many of the previous-generation boards built on i975X and NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition, as well as i915/925X, i945/i955X fall within this category.
For now, there exist motherboards with support for Core 2 Duo based on Intel 975X and P965 chipsets, as well as NVIDIA nForce 570/590 SLI IE and nForce 650i/680i SLI
Just my quick comment is that you can see that nForce chipset has really matured, and is able to overclock like Intel-chipset motherboards
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We have repeatedly mentioned advantages of these CPUs. So we are not dwelling at them and just briefly note their very high performance level at very low power consumption. We are not including all the known chipsets for Intel products but rather stop at those used in the manufacture of motherboards for Core 2 Duo.
It should be noted here that all the motherboard of the previous generation are incompatible to new processors (although are of LGA775 Socket). And it is neither the developers nor chipsets that are to blame for that, because the motherboards had been developed before the Core 2 Duo specifications were received. The power supply module of these motherboards does not allow using Conroe processors (a module meeting the VRM 11 specification requirements is needed). Many of the previous-generation boards built on i975X and NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition, as well as i915/925X, i945/i955X fall within this category.
For now, there exist motherboards with support for Core 2 Duo based on Intel 975X and P965 chipsets, as well as NVIDIA nForce 570/590 SLI IE and nForce 650i/680i SLI
Just my quick comment is that you can see that nForce chipset has really matured, and is able to overclock like Intel-chipset motherboards
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Well If other can.... - Alienware Aurora mALX 19" Gaming Notebook
Why can't I make some more SLI blogg news? It's not a problem :-)
And beside that, decision day is tomorrow, so here goes..
Alienware Aurora mALX 19" Gaming Notebook
The following are the options you can get on the Alienware Aurora mALX system. Unlike other Alienware systems, the Aurora mALX does not come with a choice of CPU or graphics options. The mALX only comes with a pair of GeForce Go 7900GTXs SLI enabled, Nvidia Mobile nForce 4 SLI Chipset and AMD Turion ML-44
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And beside that, decision day is tomorrow, so here goes..
Alienware Aurora mALX 19" Gaming Notebook
The following are the options you can get on the Alienware Aurora mALX system. Unlike other Alienware systems, the Aurora mALX does not come with a choice of CPU or graphics options. The mALX only comes with a pair of GeForce Go 7900GTXs SLI enabled, Nvidia Mobile nForce 4 SLI Chipset and AMD Turion ML-44
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