Dell's latest XPS PC features support for quad-graphics
Filed under: PCMichael Dell's keynote at CES yesterday included news of the latest in their line of XPS PCs. The aggressively named Dell XPS 600 Renegade's most notable feature is its inclusion of four...
View ArticleSuper Console Wars puts spin on mascot Gamepires
Filed under: Arcade, Culture, Nintendo GameCube, PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Portable, Retro, Microsoft Xbox, Action, Fighting, RPGs, Video, Peripherals, Rhythm We've seen Mario in the Matrix, Luigi as a...
View ArticleGaming products dominate top tech list [update 1]
Filed under: Mac, PC, Microsoft Xbox 360, BusinessPC World's list of top 100 tech products of the year praised our sister blog Engadget and gave Apple lots of love but the categorical winner of the...
View ArticleATI teams with Havok for boundless gaming
Filed under: Hacks, Mac, PC, Action, First Person Shooters, Online, RPGs, MMOATI made some noise today with a pair of announcements regarding their new physics processing technologies. The 3D graphics...
View ArticleVirtua Fighter 5 in playable state
Filed under: Previews, Interviews, NewsAccording to an interview at IGN, Virtua Fighter 5 is running in an advanced state on PS3 hardware as we speak. All that's missing are home specific features and...
View ArticleNvidia on ATI: "basically throwing in the towel"
Filed under: PC, BusinessIt seems that graphics powerhouse Nvidia is reacting rather well to news of AMD scooping ATI off the corporate shelf and filling in coupons to the value of $5.4 billion at the...
View ArticleATI responds to Nvidia, clears up post-takeover rumors
Filed under: PC, BusinessNot too long after Nvidia CEO, Jen Hsun-Huang, described AMD's purchase of ATI as a "gift" and as a sign of their main competitor "throwing in the towel," comes this retort...
View ArticleAMD to keep ATI brand, may create more integrated chips
Filed under: PC, BusinessAfter some initial rumblings that indicated otherwise, AMD has reaffirmed their desire to attach the ATI brand to several of their forthcoming product lines. "The ATi name will...
View ArticleAsus XG Station external GPU, it works
Filed under: PC, CES, PeripheralsEngadget scored a CES hands-on look at the Asus XG Station, an external GPU capable of converting your aging laptop into a capable gaming rig. The demo featured two...
View ArticleXbox 360 Xenos GPU shrinks to 65nm this fall
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Business We know the 65nm version of Xenon, the Xbox 360's triple-core CPU, had been delayed from Q1 2007 to "mid-2007," just missing being used in the Xbox 360 Elite,...
View ArticleThe amazing 360 GPU shrinks to 65nm this Fall
Filed under: News, RumorsAccording to sources close to equipment manufacturers, later this year we'll be ushering in a new and improved Xbox 360 GPU. A Chinese report in the Commercial Times is stating...
View ArticleRevolutionary: Respectable Specs
Filed under: Revolutionary Every Tuesday, Mike Sylvester brings you REVOLUTIONARY, a look at the wide world of Wii possibilities. Nintendo still hasn't confirmed any of the technical specs of the Wii...
View Article65nm 360 chips in production 'last two quarters' - 45nm on the way
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, BusinessThough we're pretty confident the Xbox 360 price drop is coming sooner than "this Fall" - more like August 12th, if you want to be specific - we've had the...
View Article360 gets 65nm chips soon, 45nm in 2009
Filed under: NewsPC Advisor is reporting that the new 65nm chips will be making their way into Xbox 360s soon with even smaller 45nm chips being used in late 2008 or early 2009. Chartered...
View ArticleNvidia to acquire Ageia Technologies
Filed under: PC, Business Graphics whiz buys physics boffin news now, with the announcement of graphics card designer Nvidia's "definitive agreement" to purchase Ageia, developer of the PhysX...
View ArticleAnalyst blames Xbox RRoD on MS-designed graphics chip
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Business With Microsoft remaining officially mum on the reasons behind the wave of Xbox 360-killing red rings of death, owners and experts have speculated on causes...
View ArticlePS3 graphics chip going 65nm this Fall
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Business In addition to talking movie downloads, Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai confirmed at a business briefing yesterday (via Next-Gen) that the...
View ArticleRumor: NVIDIA's defective GPU woes worsen
Filed under: PC, Business While AMD is riding high after the unveiling of its brawny ATI Radeon 4870 x2, rival NVIDIA is potentially looking at more problems with defective GPUs rolling out of its...
View ArticleRumor: Xbox 360 packing 65nm Jasper boards
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Business Listen: We're not going to say that if you head out to your local GameBlast3000 retail outlet and ask the disinterested staff to find you an Xbox 360 with a...
View ArticleRumor: 'Jasper' Xbox 360 shipping, features 256MB on-board memory
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360Candid shots of nekkid motherboards? Check. Awkwardly filmed YouTube videos? Check. Rumor post on Joystiq? Very check. Why, someone must have spotted a new Xbox 360...
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