Bamboo

The big week for new computer tech announcements is finally here with ComputeX 2008 show.
Tons of new stuff we have all been waiting for will be officially anounced, and this thread is where all the news you come across should be posted and shared.

I will be posting as much as I can like I did for the big show back in March, but I do have to finish packing and am moving to North Carolina on Wed. And the even worse news is I don't know if I will have internet at my new apt. It was just built and actually way out in the middle of no where, and has no cable, just satellite. I don't know if I will go DSL because I don't want to sign a year contract (stupid phone company, you do know this is 2008 right?)
So I might actually be stuck with dial-up. I am only staying in the apt for 6 months though while house shopping, so if you don't hear from me for a few months, no, I wasn't kidnapped.

This is how I am feeling right now actually:



In a couple days I will be like Ewin Mcgregor in Trainspotting, in the part where his is locked in the room and the baby is crawling on the ceiling.

And to top it off, the big summer Mac convention is in a few days, where the new I-phone is supposed to be announced and who knows what other cool stuff. I may have to go buy a laptop and sit outside a store car-jacking their wi-fi................

Back to the subject at hand.
Here are the first of many articles. These are mostly dealing with ComputeX related things.

Real RV770 pics released earlier today

AMD Starts Shipping ATI Radeon HD 4850 Video Cards

ATI Radeon 4850 snapped before the show

Interesting Information From NVIDIA's 2008 Stockholders Letter

ASUS Introduces the Maximus II Formula featuring the new Intel P45 (man this board looks interesting

Computex 2008 Preview: Antec Skeleton Case Prototype

ASUS P5Q Motherboards

Nehalem and X58 show up in Taipei early

Intel Nehalem, Bloomsfield CPU and Tylersberg Chipset Close-up Before Computex 2008

An early look at DFI's P45 Lanparty mobo

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Tarthkin

Wow, that Antec case is a little nuts...i would guess you need to be in a very climate controlled environment w/ little to no dust for it to work well.

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either the RV770 is wrong or the 4850 is. The pictures are not similar, they are IDENTICAL. we are still not seeing one card.

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Bamboo

Just saw this pic that might help people start remembering Nvidia's new naming system

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Bamboo

More for today before the big flood probably tomorrow

High-end desktop Nehalem CPU, motherboard pictured

Adobe Launches Their Virtual Desktop Missiles

OCZ gaming keyboards, mice and mouse pad out soon

ABIT IP45 MAX Motherboard Pictured at Computex

10in ASUS Eee 1000 offers more than just a bigger screen

ASUS Ebox and MSI Wind(box) go head to head at COMPUTEX

GIGABYTE lets slip AMD and NVIDIA's next-gen graphics cards

Final specifications revealed for ASUS Eee Box B202?

Asus Reveals Bamboo-Trimmed U6, Ditches All-Bamboo EcoBook Concept

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SharinganTH1422

Nice updates (as always) Bamboo.

Hope you get that Internet man, it's gonna be way too quiet here without your 1337ness .

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Bamboo

New stuff for today. Read the ones you are interested in........

[ComputeX’08 Coverage] Intel X58 mobo going wild: DX58SO

[ComputeX’08] Other x58 mobos follow

ComputeX’ 08 Coverage] Intel P45 chipset official debut today

NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 280 eye candy and details

GIGABYTE shows us full range of new mobos at 101

Intel says its G45 Express is great for HTPC

Intel announces P45, G45 Express chipsets

And just in case anyone was wondering how big a deal they are making of p45, check out this pic of all the boards:

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sorry, it double posted me

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Long Bow

Would be wrong for me to drag my feet across the carpet and touch all those mobos? I would be so tempted to do that if I was there

Lots of interesting products poping up. Of course the next gen cards are what I want to see, more to the point I want benchies.

Good luck Bamboo with your drying out period, stay strong.

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Tarthkin

Wow, i have so much reading i am going to have to do this summer before i build my new rig...thanks for keeping us all updated Bamboo

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Still more:

45nm Deneb still not sampled

Geforce GTX 280 / 260 specs nailed

Radeon 4850 scores 5K in 3Dmark Vantage

Nehalem seen in action

Intel Nehalem system demo video from Taipei

Computex 2008 Starts Today

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SharinganTH1422

Erm, could this be put into context please...how much do other high/mid-end cards score roughly. From the reaction in the article it seems they're impressed, but how good is it compared with cards that are out now...

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Sharingan
This was just posted moments ago:
2.66GHz desktop Nehalem benchmarked early

They have a link to the Vantage database that you could find your answer.

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SharinganTH1422

Hmm...on what I've seen (and I've only looked for about 20 minutes or so) this 5000 score seems pretty much OK. It seems that it's better than a 3870, but not as god as a 3870X2, and around the same as a 8800GTX...again though, I always wait for the benchmark tests for games, but this gives a kind-of piece of information so we know whereabouts the card is.

And thanks for the info. Bamboo.

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Bamboo

Wow, thanks for doing the searching. Kind of busy right now.
That is very interesting that it in stock mode comes in around the 8800GTX. That card was pretty much top dog a few months ago, and selling for over $500. What did we say the ATI new card was going to cost? Wasn't in between $150 and $175.
Wonder what the overclocked ones will do once the drivers mature some.
Plus, that is their "pro" model, looking forward to seeing the XT equal.

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