Hardware

The GeForce 8800 GT 256MB (available in standard and XXX Editions) features award-winning color clarity with true high-definition video and smooth, stutter-free playback. It is the first XFX graphics card to support PCI Express 2.0 architecture in a single slot solution. It will be marking its territory as of next week, landing in retail for an expected reseller price of 149 € excluding VAT.

The new Graphic Cards from ATI are built on 55nm. They will be using PCI-e 2.0 Technology. Below are some specs and details of the upcoming cards. ATI RadeonHD 3870 (first picture): Dual-slot, 256bit, 512MB GDDR4, 16Mx32, 825MHz core and 2400MHz memory clocks, DirectX 10.1 support, and PCI-e 2.0 technology. While ATI Radeon HD 3850 (2nd picture) will be clocked at 700MHz/1800MHz core/memory with DirectX 10.1 support and PCI-e 2.0.

Hardspell had just unveiled some benchmarks of the newest chipset from NVIDIA, the nForce 780i SLI. It features 3-way SLI with special 3-way bridge. This chipset is basically only an upgraded version of 680i SLI plus as you can see from the images below.

Phenom processors are set to arrive next month and will be clocked at 2.5 GHz. In the meantime AMD already talking about 45nm processors which being made in Dresden. These 45nm products will be introduced to both server and desktop markets, with additional guidance in December. It is known that 45nm still uses the existing materials.