With Christmas just around the corner, Leadtek Research Inc. presents its new WinFast PX9800 GTX+. Keeping the best-in-class performance, the size of the new WinFast PX9800 GTX+ is reduced to 9.45 inch to increase flexibility Continue reading “Leadtek Unleashes Smaller WinFast PX9800 GTX+ Graphics Card With Better Cooling”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 4, 2008 at 10:11am
ZOTAC unleashes its first Graphics Plus capable mini-ITX motherboard the ZOTAC GeForce 8200-ITX WiFi. Powered by an NVIDIA GeForce 8200 mGPU, the ZOTAC GeForce 8200-ITX WiFi delivers NVIDIA unified architecture, NVIDIA CUDA, NVIDIA PureVideo HD Continue reading “Zotac Announces Mini-ITX Geforce 8200-ITX WiFi Board”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 4, 2008 at 10:01am
Auzentech has unveiled the X-Fi Forte PCI-Express sound card. The Auzen X-Fi Forte 7.1 is the first Low Profile native PCI express audio card that Auzentech has designed especially for gamers and audiophiles. Compared to Continue reading “Auzentech Launches X-Fi Forte 7.1 Native Low-Profile PCI Express Soundcard”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 4, 2008 at 9:51am
On the heels of other tech company layoffs, Adobe Systems said Wednesday that it will cut 600 jobs or about 8 percent of its workforce because of the global economic downturn and slow demand for Continue reading “Adobe to cut 600 jobs, report lower fourth-quarter revenue”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 4, 2008 at 8:37am
A new crop of video games is encouraging fans to ignore their parents’ advice and play with their food. Fans slice, dice and feel the heat of the kitchen with a new crop of foodie Continue reading “New videogames lure players into the kitchen”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 4, 2008 at 8:35am
Several top-ten PC vendors including Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Acer and Asustek Computer are expected to reduce their PC order volumes in the first quarter of 2009 by around 50% compared to the same period in the Continue reading “Several top-10 PC vendors to cut order volumes by 50% on year in 1Q09”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 4, 2008 at 8:34am
AMD today announced that it expects revenue from continuing operations for the fourth quarter ended December 27, 2008 to be approximately 25 percent lower than third quarter 2008 revenue of $1.585 billion, not including process Continue reading “AMD Updates Fourth Quarter 2008 Outlook”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 4, 2008 at 8:32am
G.Skill recently launched the Worlds Fastest DDR3 2000HMz 6GB (2GB x 3) PI Black series memory products designed for Intel Core i7 processors / Intel X58 Express Chipset. Launching at the Taiwan event held by Continue reading “G.Skill Announces PI Black 2GHz Triple-Channel Memory Kits”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 3, 2008 at 8:11am
Windows enthusiasts were buzzing on Tuesday over a Microsoft blog posting that makes it seem as if a beta version of Windows 7 should be ready by next month. In a blog posting on Microsoft’s Continue reading “Windows 7 beta To Be Released on January 13, 2009”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 3, 2008 at 7:33am
AMD plans to launch a new entry-level IGP chipset, the 760G based on RS780 architecture, in January 2009. The chipset will support DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4.0, but will not support Unified Video Decoder Continue reading “AMD updates chipset schedule for next year”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 3, 2008 at 7:30am
OCZ Technology today introduced the CrossOver USB 2.0 Flash drive, the latest line of flash media that also doubles as a microSD and microSDHC card adapter. For the on-the-go student, gamer, or professional, the OCZ Continue reading “OCZ Announces CrossOver USB Flash Drive”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 2, 2008 at 5:20pm
Today, mechanical computer-aided design (MCAD), digital content creation (DCC) and broadcast applications received a major performance boost with the introduction of the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 ultra-high-end professional graphics card. With advances in GPU architecture, Continue reading “NVIDIA Launches QUADRO FX 4800 Graphics Card”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 2, 2008 at 2:59pm
Billionaire media mogul Sumner Redstone and his holding companies have sold his family’s 80.3 million shares in Midway Games Inc. for less than a penny each, according to a Monday securities filing. The sale means Continue reading “Redstone sells Midway Games stake at a huge loss”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 2, 2008 at 11:45am
Expreview has one of the first pictures of the upcoming 55nm GeForce GTX 260 cores on hand today. The core is marked GT200b, so the die will change from the 65nm G200-103-A2 to the G200-103-B2. Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 55nm Update Coming Next Month”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 2, 2008 at 11:42am
While its nettop products have not sold as well as expected since debuting four months ago, Asustek is introducing a Celeron version of the Eee Box priced at NT$7,988 (US$240) in order to increase shipments Continue reading “Asustek to replace Atom with Celeron in Eee Box to boost sale”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Dec. 2, 2008 at 11:33am