Dec 28, 2010
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MSI’s R6970 Lightning and N580GTX Lightning sneak peek

Two big, expensive and powerful cards

AS OF LATELY, MSI has gained a bit of fame with the graphics card overclocking community largely thanks to its N480GTX Lightning and we can now offer you a sneak peek at what MSI has coming next, namely the R6970 Lightning and N580GTX Lightning. Both boards use a much larger PCB than you normally get on a graphics card, akin to the N480GTX Lightning, but MSI has come up with a new cooling solution called Twin Frozr III which aesthetically looks much better than the older card.
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Dec 24, 2010

Gigabyte reveals first glimpse of the G1-Killer

As part of a series of desktop wallpapers

GIGABYTE HAS BEEN extremely secretive about its G1-Killer motherboard which is set to launch at CES alongside its already revealed line of Sandy Bridge compatible motherboards. However, today the company revealed a small sneak peek of what to expect as part of a series of desktop wallpapers and although it doesn’t reveal too much in terms of details, it does give away some interesting features.
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Dec 22, 2010

Plenty Sandy Bridge boards on sale, in Taiwan

Not a single CPU in sight

AFTER HAVING SEEN that Intel’s upcoming Sandy Bridge processors had gone on sale in some parts of the world already we decided to head over to the computer market in Taipei to see if we couldn’t coax up a CPU, but alas, none of the shops we talked to had any in stock. On the other hand, we spotted plenty of motherboards, but they’re not going to be much good without a CPU.
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Dec 21, 2010

Elpida shows the world a working 30nm process

4GB DDR3 SO-DIMMS are about to hit prime time

Much to chagrin of graphics chip Etch-a-Sketcher’s everywhere, Elpida is rolling out its new DRAM chips on a 30nm process.  Sampling of certain 4GB DDR3 SO-DIMM modules has already begun, and large-scale availability of these minified silicon marvels is expected in Q1 2011.  Benefits of this process enhancement are good for everybody as chips will be smaller, cheaper, larger, and faster and consume less power to boot.
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Dec 15, 2010

We take a look at MSI’s P67 lineup

Plenty to choose from

YESTERDAY WE TOOK a look at MSI’s H67 boards and today we’ll take a closer look at some of its P67 boards, as although MSI has released details and pictures of some of its upcoming models, we have gotten our hands on some additional pictures and some information about some more models. MSI seems to have pulled out all stops to try and crowd the market with as many different models as possible, although we’re fairly certain that not all models will be on sale everywhere. 
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Dec 13, 2010
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The secret of the AMD 6900’s second switch

Forget NDA’s, we never liked them anyway

AT SEMIACCURATE WE never met an NDA we did like and most sites seem to ignore them on a whim to whore views, so now seems as good a time as any to violate a few about the AMD 6900 series. We don’t want to feel like loners. Some of the card’s secrets have leaked by now, but the biggest one, the second switch, hasn’t even made the speculation circuit yet.
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