| Leadtek Denies Exiting VGA Card Market |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: June 9, 2006 - 10:38 AM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.leadtek.com.tw/eng/company/press_1.asp?id=274 |
Leadtek has denied the rumor that it would leave the graphics card market now that Foxconn, its longtime contractor, is entering it with own-branded products. The company stated this week that it will continue to partner with Nvidia and expand its international market at an aggressive pace. It even quoted Nvidia’s CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang, who pledged ”commitment to supporting Leadtek to its fullest“.
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| Sapphire Releases Silent Radeon X1600s |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: June 8, 2006 - 8:38 AM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.sapphiretech.com/us/products/products_specifications.php?gp... |
Sapphire has launched a new series of Radeon X1600 XT video cards, called Ultimate, sporting an inovative cooling solution mixing a passive heatsink and a backup fan. This, according to the company, holds the noise level to a maximum of 22 dB. The series initially consists of two models: the X1600 XT, clocked at 600 MHz with 256 MB of GDDR3 at 1.4 GHz, and the X1600 Pro, rated at 500 MHz with 256 MB of DDR2 at 800 MHz. The retail pack includes the recently released DaVinci Code game.
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| ATI Announces Theater 650 Tuner Chip |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: June 7, 2006 - 5:36 AM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://ir.ati.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=105421&p=irol-newsArticle&ID... |
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ATI has announced the Theater 650 Pro TV tuner chip, which, according to the company, improves TV reception, picture quality and PVR performance over its predecessor (Theater 550 Pro). The 125-channel device adds a new 3D comb filter, noise reduction features, modified MPEG encoder and support for ATSC (U.S., Canada, Mexico and South Korea) and DVB-T (Europe) digital TV standards. It includes MulTView (simultaneous recording and watching), ThruView (translucent video window over other desktop applications), advanced video compression and conversion settings (MPEG2, MPEG4, DivX, WMV9, H.264) and advanced electronic program guide (EPG). Retail products will be available from companies such as ASUSTeK, MSI, Sapphire, Tul/PowerColor and VisionTek.
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| Nvidia Intros GeForce 7950 GX2 Card |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: June 5, 2006 - 12:38 PM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_7950.html |
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Nvidia today officially launched its GeForce 7950 GX2, which puts two PCBs featuring one GeForce 7900 GTX GPU each into the same package, resulting in a single PCI Express slot SLI product. The graphics card, expected to sell for around USD 600, packs 1 GB of GDDR3 memory. Clocks are set at 500 MHz (core) and 1.2 GHz, slightly below those of the GeForce 7900 GTX, but total bandwidth jumps to 76.8 GB/s. According to Nvidia, the 7950 GX2 supports resolutions of up to 2,560x1,600, while mantaining high performance.
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| PowerColor Gives Lifetime of VGA Cards |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: May 29, 2006 - 2:24 AM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.tul.com.tw/footballcrazy2006/index.aspx |
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Users have until June 7 to enter Tul/PowerColor’s ”Football Crazy 2006“ contest, which will give away a lifetime of high-end graphics cards, starting with a Radeon X1900 XTX model. A single winner will be drawn from all entrants who correctly predict the upcoming soccer World Cup’s champion. The lucky user will then have the right to return its card each year and receive a new top of the line one for free. Participants must register in the PowerColor Club.
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| GeCube Ships GDDR3 Radeon X1300 Pro |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: May 19, 2006 - 8:43 AM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.gecube.com/products-02.php?prod_cat_pid=8&prod_cat_id=140 |
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GeCube has launched a new low-end Radeon X1300 Pro card with some extra features. The Extreme model (GC-HM13PGU3-C3) is clocked at 600 MHz (up to 650 MHz through overclocking) and sports 128 MB of GDDR3 1.4 ns memory instead of the usual DDR2. It includes VGA, DVI and HDTV-Out connectors. The Radeon X1300 Pro GPU has four pixel pipelines, four pixel shader engines and 128-bit interface.
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| Biostar Launches GeForce 7300 GT Cards |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: May 15, 2006 - 12:43 PM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en-us/vga/products.php |
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Biostar has launched two VGA cards based on Nvidia’s new GeForce 7300 GT GPU, which features eight pixel pipelines and 128-bit memory interface, compared to four and 64-bit in both the GS and LE versions. The Sigma Gate V7302GT21 is clocked at 400 MHz (higher than the standard 350 MHz), with 256 MB of DDR2 at 700 MHz, while the V7303GT21 runs at 500 MHz, with 256 MB of GDDR3 at 1 GHz. Both cards have VGA, DVI and HDTV-Out connectors.
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| PhysX Accelerator Card from ASUS |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: May 12, 2006 - 2:56 PM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://usa.asus.com/news_show.aspx?id=2941 |
ASUS has also start selling a PCI accelerator card based on Ageia’s PhysX processor. The P1 features 128 MB of GDDR3 memory, connected through a 128-bit interface, and supports 22 billion instructions as well as 533,000 complex collisions per second. The PhysX chip promises additional dynamic motion and interaction, which translates into more realism in effects such as explosions, water splashes and wind-driven movements.
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| XFX to Sell ”Fatal1ty“ Branded Cards |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: May 12, 2006 - 2:46 AM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.xfxforce.com/web/gamerscentral/viewNews.jspa?newsId=256380 |
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XFX is the latest company to resort to Johnathan ”Fatal1ty“ Wendel to better market its products to enthusiast users. The graphics card maker will listen to the top gamer in order to design co-branded models. The ”collaborative efforts“ are set to begin in mid-2006, but XFX did not specify when the first cards will be available. ABIT, Creative and Zalman are among the companies that already sell ”Fatal1ty“ branded products.
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| PowerColor Launches Radeon X1900 GT |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: May 11, 2006 - 2:07 AM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.powercolor.com/global/main_product_detail.asp?id=118 |
PowerColor has launched a video card based on the recently released Radeon X1900 GT. The CrossFire-compatible model runs at standard 575 MHz and packs 256 MB of GDDR3 memory at 1.2 GHz. It includes VIVO, dual DVI and HDTV connectors. The Radeon X1900 GT has 12 pixel pipelines, 36 pixel shaders engines and 256-bit interface.
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| BFG Ships Ageia PhysX Accelerator Card |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: May 9, 2006 - 5:14 PM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.bfgtech.com/physx/index.htm |
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BFG this week started to ship its Ageia physics accelerator cards. The PhysX promises to enable a ”new class of PC gaming with dynamic motion and extreme physical interaction“. The PCI card features 128 MB of GDDR3 on board memory, connected through a 128-bit interface, and is capable of approximately 533,000 max collisions and 22 billion instructions per second.
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| ATI Officially Releases Radeon X1900 GT |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: May 5, 2006 - 9:07 AM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.ati.com/products/RadeonX1900/index.html |
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ATI today added a GT model to its Radeon X1900 high-end graphics card series. The new CrossFire-compatible product is clocked at 575 MHz with 256 MB of GDDR3 at 1.2 GHz. It has 12 pixel pipelines and 36 pixel shaders engines instead of the 16 and 48 present in the XT and XTX versions. Suggested retail price is USD 300.
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| EVGA Launches Signature Series |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: May 5, 2006 - 2:26 AM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=256-P2-N569-SG |
EVGA has launched its Signature Series of graphics cards with a GeForce 7900 GT model. The product is overclocked to 600 MHz (core) and 1.6 GHz (memory). The special series, ”approved“ by company directors, offers priority phone and email support, eligibility for EVGA’s Step-Up upgrade program, a free game and lifetime warranty. The e-GeForce 7900 GT Signature packs 256 MB of GDDR3, copper fan and dual DVI-I and HDTV-7 connectors.
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| S3 Finally Releases MultiChrome Cards |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: May 4, 2006 - 5:42 AM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.s3graphics.com/en/technology/multichrome |
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S3 Graphics officially introduced this week its MultiChrome multi-GPU technology enabling two cards to work together through the PCI Express interface. The feature is currently supported only by the eight-pixel pipeline S27 GPU, which is compliant with DirectX 9.0, but lacks Shader Model 3.0. The cards are clocked at 700 MHz with 128 MB or 256 MB of GDDR3 memory also at 700 MHz.
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| VESA Approves DisplayPort Standard |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: May 3, 2006 - 1:06 PM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.vesa.org |
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Members of the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) have approved the DisplayPort interface standard. It promises higher resolutions and refresh rates as well as interactive communications between computers and other devices. Like HDMI, another format competing to succeed DVI, DisplayPort allows high-definition digital audio to be available to the display device over the same cable as the digital video signal. Dell, HP and Lenovo are among the companies backing the VESA format.
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