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you mean instead of just on the HiS ATI cards?

bit-tech.net has posted an interesting interview with NVIDIA's Chief Scientist David Kirk. The article deals with the comparison between NVIDIA's FX series and ATI's R5xx series, as ATI's current X8xx series is still built on the 9700's architechure. Now as ATI switches to Shader Model 3 they...

According to CoolTechZone the $449.99 7800GT will be released during August's Quakecon 2005. Speculations have been going around for awhile about the specs of the card, and NVIDIA is keeping tight lipped about them, so I guess we wait and see. It's possible there will be a week or so delay...

The Playstation 3 will no longer act as a home network router, according to Sony Computer Entertainment boss Ken Kutaragi, who said the feature was dropped because it would have been "too expensive". Speaking to Japanese publication Nikkei Electronics, Kutaragi said that the original...

A community of devolopers named Team Xboxopensource (Team Xos) has created what they call PVNC (or PSPVNC), making it possible for a PSP user to operate a PC or workstation remotely over a wireless network. PVNC is based on the open source TightVNC v1.2.9 which has already been adapted for Palm...

As I recently reported about the usage of SLI without the bridge connector, we now have benchmarks of a 7800GTX SLI rig without using the SLI bridge connector and with it. Hardspell has the full story of just how much you give up by running "soft" SLI without the bridge connector. Tests were...

ATI and NVIDIA have recently revealed their first half 2006 plans, atleast for the high end segment. Where not much is known at this point about mainstream and value ends of the spectrum, we know NVIDIA is planning on releasing the G80/NV50 while ATI is going to "release" the R580. Hopefully ATI...

Silicon Graphics Inc, the one time high-flyer and contender to the UNIX crown, is having some rough times, with the company's stock plummeting more than 20% on Friday...well into the "penny stock" category... just days after reaching it's fiscal Q4 results. The Mountain View, California maker of...

Microsoft has officially sent invitations to their best beta testers and to the WinHEC participants for their Windows Code Name Longhorn beta program. They also unveiled a new Beta Client which promises to be better than the current beta management systems, and will replace other means of beta...

News.com is reporting on the student-assembled astronomical research balloon that crashed into the Pacific Ocean, with all data being saved due to the hardy memory cards that survived the plunge. The two inexpensive store-bought SanDisk CompactFlash memory cards survived the crash and...

Now Rambus themselves have unleashed the flurry of info on XDR2 (not the XDR from ps3). Full story at TechNewsWorld

Well it seems the Grand Theft Auto series is coming under more fire due to the mod "Hot Coffee" which unlocks certain X-Rated minigames. The ESRB is trying to figure out if the mini-games are part of the actual mod files or if Rockstar Games left coding in the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas PC...

Sorry I guess I had the cursor at the beginning when I put the URL in instead of the end. the link should work now

According to Barco of Belgium, finding a faulty pixel in your new plasma or LCD television/monitor need not mean having to put up with an annoying picture. The company has discovered a way to make defective pixels "nearly invisible" by tweaking the surrounding heathly ones. Plasma, LCD and...

It seems a gang of Chinese hackers have been rounded up in Korea, and charged with stealing around 50,000 usernames and passwords from multiplaying gamers and lots of virtual loot. The leader of this gang, Mr. Lee, is reported to have hired the hackers to send Trojan Horses to swipe identities...