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Rumours of ATI's MVP hit web

Rumours of ATI's MVP hit web

6th May 2005 Rumours of ATI's MVP architecture have appeared on the web... will it be a viable solution, or is it just a quick fix?

ABIT reports multi-million losses during 2004

ABIT reports multi-million losses during 2004

5th May 2005 £76 million losses uncertified, Taiwan Stock Exchange demands thatABIT update reports to fully reflect its financial situation.

HomePlug Networking Gains Steam

HomePlug Networking Gains Steam

5th May 2005 The Homeplug Powerline Alliance, the group that has been touting Ethernet over the mains has gotten into bed with the Big S

ATI, NVIDIA to release next generation GPU's at Computex

ATI, NVIDIA to release next generation GPU's at Computex

4th May 2005 Computex is set to be video card announcements galore, the GPU wars begin, and we wonder who'll win this time around...

Gates talks Xbox 360, new controller pics

Gates talks Xbox 360, new controller pics

4th May 2005 A picture of the new-style controller for the Xbox 360 hits the web, whilst Bill Gates is making the press tour talking about the capacilities of the console.

Apple releases revised iMacs

Apple releases revised iMacs

4th May 2005 The iMac line gets a speedbump, with faster processors and graphics cards.

NVIDIA SLI has problems with widescreen

NVIDIA SLI has problems with widescreen

4th May 2005 It would appear that NVIDIA also has problems with widescreen resolutions and SLI too, as well as interlaced High-Definition resolutions across its entire range.

AMD cuts prices of Socket 754 Semprons

AMD cuts prices of Socket 754 Semprons

3rd May 2005 May 2nd saw AMD release new prices for the Socket 754 Semprons. Prices are down in the region of 5-10% across the Socket 754 range, Socket A prices remain relatively unchanged.

AverMedia clears up Licensing laws

AverMedia clears up Licensing laws

3rd May 2005 AverMedia send out a news shot hoping to clear up the TV Licensing laws for TV tuners. The whole thing is a bit of a muddle.

Nvidia gets 70% DX9 marketshare

Nvidia gets 70% DX9 marketshare

3rd May 2005 With the latest figures in from Mercury Research, ATI are left with just 30% of the current-generation.

Gigabyte releases dual-core BIOS

Gigabyte releases dual-core BIOS

3rd May 2005 New revisions to the BIOS' of popular Gigabyte boards support the dual-core X2 Athlon 64 processor.

Apple's Tiger gets thorough mashing

Apple's Tiger gets thorough mashing

3rd May 2005 The folks at Ars Technica give the latest OS release the most thorough going over we've ever, ever seen. Simply incredible work.

NV HDTV UFO WTF?!?

NV HDTV UFO WTF?!?

2nd May 2005 Users spot strange objects appearing all over the screen when using HDTV. US military denies that objects ever existed.

ATI won't support 9200 on x64

ATI won't support 9200 on x64

2nd May 2005 ATI confirm that R2xx cards won't be supported under Catalyst drivers for Windows XP x64.

512MB cards are waiting in the wings

512MB cards are waiting in the wings

2nd May 2005 Nvidia and ATI have been talking about their plans to kit out their high-end, and not-so-high-end graphics cards with an outrageous 512MB of memory.

Farewell, Socket 754...

Farewell, Socket 754...

1st May 2005 The End Of Life date for all Socket 754 Athlon 64 processors has emerged. Sempron processors will remain on Socket 754, for the time being...

Silent Northbridge cooling by ABIT

Silent Northbridge cooling by ABIT

1st May 2005 ABIT silences Northbridge coolers forever with the introduction of Silent OTES: a chipset-mounted heatpipe cooler

Gigabyte to release inexpensive version of its 3D1

Gigabyte to release inexpensive version of its 3D1

1st May 2005 Following on from the successes of the 3D1, Gigabyte are set to release an inexpensive version of the card. The 3D1-XL will be bundled with the GA-K8N Ultra-SLI motherboard.

Gainward sneak out overclocked 256MB GeForce 6600 GT

Gainward sneak out overclocked 256MB GeForce 6600 GT

1st May 2005 Video card memory is on the increase, as Gainward sneak a 256MB GeForce 6600 GT in to its product lineup.

ATI's Radeon Xpress 200M Chipset Powers New Line of HP Notebooks

ATI's Radeon Xpress 200M Chipset Powers New Line of HP Notebooks

1st May 2005 The industry's first DirectX 9.0 chipset for AMD platforms will drive HP's full-featured, PCI Express-enabled multimedia notebooks.

Apple prepares Bullring store for Tiger debut

Apple prepares Bullring store for Tiger debut

30th Apr 2005 Apple is putting the finishing touches to its Bullring store in Birmingham, with OSX 10.4, aka Tiger, due to launch on Friday.

Dual core duel: AMD tops Intel

Dual core duel: AMD tops Intel

26th Apr 2005 ExtremeTech suggest that the X2 processor caines Intel's offerings in performance benchmarks. Is dual core for gaming dead in the water?

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