Hardware Central newsletter for June 14, 2005
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Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Volume 8, Issue No. 24
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In this issue:
* Report
- Friday Platform Trends: ATI Catches Nvidia in the CrossFire
Installing two graphics processors in one system isn't a new idea, but
Nvidia's SLI technology has captivated PC gamers, workstation users, and
performance junkies like nothing else in quite a while. Now archrival ATI
has unveiled its own, arguably more flexible dual-card platform -- but will
real-world testing uphold CrossFire's potential?
* Latest News and Analysis
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Friday Platform Trends: ATI Catches Nvidia in the CrossFire
Can It Top Its Rival's Red-Hot SLI Technology?
Ever since 3Dfx released the first Voodoo card, PC gamers and 3D graphics
buffs have known there's always something faster around the corner.
Recently, Nvidia Corp. continued the graphics-accelerator assault with its
nForce4 chipset's Scalable Link Interface (SLI) technology, which enabled
two PCI Express GeForce cards to work in tandem to produce unprecedented 3D
performance.
Since then, Nvidia has also released an nForce4 SLI chipset for Intel
desktops, letting Pentium 4/Pentium D buyers in on the dual-GPU game. A few
competitors like VIA offered promises of SLI challengers, but the company in
the best position to offer any real competition, ATI Technologies, was
noticeably silent. But that silence has now ended, and with the introduction
of ATI's aptly named CrossFire technology, we seem to have a real gunfight
on our hands.
Nvidia's nemesis has dipped its toes into the dual-GPU waters before, but
these were unwieldy and expensive designs with two chips on a single
graphics card. Now that ATI has moved into the chipset market, it's in a
natural position to utilize more flexible platform design and compete
directly against SLI by allowing two physical graphics cards to work as one.
At first glance, while Nvidia's SLI is a forward-thinking initiative with a
combined graphic and platform strategy, CrossFire looks more like a catch-up
mechanism that adapts current Radeon X800 and X850 cards to dual-card
configurations in ATI-chipset desktops. These existing ATI cards were not
designed with screen-sharing in mind, so there is no on-card mechanism for
dual-GPU processing. Instead, CrossFire involves taking a current Radeon
X800/X850 graphics card and combining it with a specialized X800/X850
CrossFire card, which features additional Compositing Engine silicon to
support a multi-GPU format ...
Vince Freeman
Hardware Central
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Latest News and Analysis
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Lexmark P4350 All-in-One Review
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multifunction inkjet that we applauded five months ago. What's the catch?
What's the difference? What's the optional accessory that triples its
text-printing speed? (
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Toshiba Intros Nine New Qosmio and Satellite Notebooks
Ranging from 5.3 to 9.5 pounds, Toshiba's new laptop lines highlight 14-,
15.4-, and 17-inch wide-aspect-ratio TruBrite screens; Intel Celeron M,
Pentium M, and Mobile Pentium 4 processors; and Intel, ATI, and Nvidia
graphics accelerators. One Windows XP MCE entertainment center even has twin
Serial ATA hard disks. (
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New Seagate Drives Range from 8GB (1-Inch) To 500GB Serial ATA 2
8GB of storage in a CompactFlash card? A half-gigabyte external hard disk
that's fast enough for running applications as well as backing up files? A
notebook drive that securely encrypts all data and another one that uses
radical perpendicular recording technology to hold a hefty 160GB? Sounds as
if Seagate Technology plans to keep busy this year. (
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