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Photo of the day: GA-8GPNXP Duo in our lab KINGMAX announces 1GB SO-DIMM DDR2-533 modules Ferrari 3200: Acer´s exclusive on Athlon 64 NEC ND-6500A: a slim 9-in-1 DVD±R recorder ABIT announces AS8 motherboard on 865PE chipset for LGA775 processors Tyan introduces Tomcat i915/i925X boards on Grantsdale and Alderwood Leadtek WinFast A400 GT TDH: a low-noise graphics card on GF 6800 GT Praktica Luxmedia 4008: a new digital camera of a new series Pentium M 715 and 725 officially announced I-O DATA introduces DDR2-533 modules Photo of the day: GA-8GPNXP Duo in our lab We are now testing Gigabyte´s GA-8GPNXP Duo motherboard on i915P Express chipset for Pentium 4 LGA775 processors with 800/533 MHz FSB. The board has 4 x DDR400/333 SDRAM sockets and 2 x DDR2-533/400 sockets. As usual, it features PCI Express x16 slot, 3 x PCI Express x1, 2 x PCI. Other features include 2 x LAN (Broadcom 5751 and Marvel 8001). The bundle that we got for testing (press kit I suppose) includes the board itself, CPU, cooler, 2 x DDR2-533 modules, GV-NX57128D graphics card (128MB, GeForce PCX 5750) and WLAN card.
KINGMAX announces 1GB SO-DIMM DDR2-533 modules KINGMAX officially announced the new 1GB SO-DIMM DDR2-533 modules designed for notebooks (in particular, those based on Alviso chipset).
 1GB SO-DIMM DDR2-533 modules will go on sale in Q3 this year along with Alviso-based notebooks. 256MB and 512MB modules will also be on sale at that time. Modules require 1.8V voltage, support ODT (on-die-termination), have bus clock 266MHz and 4.3GB/s throughput.
Ferrari 3200: Acer´s exclusive on Athlon 64 Olympus is not the only who releases Ferrari-styled products. Now Acer decided to release Ferrari 3200 notebook to celebrate its status of official supplier of Scuderia Ferrari.
 Ferrari 3200 bases on a low-voltage AMD Athlon 64 2800+ that supports AMD PowerNow! and Hyper-Transport. The model has a 15" TFT display, 128MB ATI Mobility Radeon 9700, 512MB DDR SDRAM, 80GB HDD and DVD recorder. It also has a 4-in-1 card reader (Memory Stick, Secure Digital, MultiMediaCard, CompactFlash), IEEE 802.11g and Bluetooth adapters, and 4 x USB 2.0, S-Video, IEEE1394 ports.
NEC ND-6500A: a slim 9-in-1 DVD±R recorder NEC unveiled its first ultra compact DVD recorder, ND-6500A, that supports 8x DVD±R and 4x DVD±RW speeds. The featured innovation is Active Optimized Power Control (Active OPC) technology that "dynamically monitors writing power and reflection of the media in use, calculating the optimum laser power and adjusting it in real-time." 8x DVD ±SlimWriter 8.5GB (ND-6500A) features:
ABIT announces AS8 motherboard on 865PE chipset for LGA775 processors ABIT officially released a new Intel 865PE based motherboard, AS8. It supports Pentium 4 LGA775 processors and has a dual-channel DDR400, SATA RAID, IEEE1394 controllers.
  AS8 dedicates many features to CPU, memory, chipset overclocking and utilizes OTES AeroFlow air circulation technology. µGuru now has Autodrive feature that dynamically adjusts performance depending on user needs. Besides, AS8 (as well as recently announced AG8 and AA8-DuraMAX) features Overclocking Strips (see below).
Advanced Media, a daughter company of RITEK, launched the production of dual-layer DVD±R media (8.5GB; 4 hours of DVD video, 16 hours of VHS video, 120 hours of MP3). The new media is compatible with existing DVD players, DVD-ROM drives and the new DVD±R DL products, and will go on sale in mid-July.
 According to the press release, new discs are tested and certified by DVD+R Alliance that gathers a number of vendors of recording devices and software. The new single-side, dual-layer DVD±R drive will be offered under RIDATA brand for the yet undisclosed price. We, of course, would like to know the exace numbers, because similar Verbatim media will go on sale in Europe for €15 each.
Tyan introduces Tomcat i915/i925X boards on Grantsdale and Alderwood Tyan introduced two motherboards, Tomcat i915 (S5120) and Tomcat i925X (S5130), on i915G Express and i925X Express, respectively. Novelties are positioned for a wide range of systems from office to "digital home". S5120:
S5130: 
Samples will be introduced in June, volume production will start in Q3 this year.
Leadtek WinFast A400 GT TDH: a low-noise graphics card on GF 6800 GT Taiwanese Leadtek launched sales of its new WinFast A400 GT TDH graphics card on NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT GPU. According to company´s Japanese office, the board will cost ¥58,800 ($540).
 This AGP 8X product features a low-noise cooler and doesn´t occupy a nearby PCI slot (unlike most Ultras, for example). The 60mm fan provides 30 dB noise. Other card features include 350MHz core clock 1000MHz clock of 256MB DDR3 SDRAM, 400MHz RAMDAC; D-Sub (2048x1536), DVI-I (1600x1200), S-video; DVI-RGB adapter bundled. Source: PC Watch
Praktica Luxmedia 4008: a new digital camera of a new series Praktica Germany announced Luxmedia 4008 digital camera, a 4.2-megapixel model with 8x lens. This is Praktica´s first product bearing the Luxmedia brand.
Pentium M 715 and 725 officially announced Intel updated its Pentium M processor series with 715 and 725 models. Therefore at the moment, it includes 5 models, including Pentium M 735, 745, 755. Pentium M 715 and 725 (Dothan) are made using 90nm process technology. They have 2MB L2 cache, 1.50 and 1.60 GHz clock rates, respectively. 400MHz FSB models are designed for i855 notebooks. Similar to senior models, Pentium-M features Enhanced Register Access Manager and Enhanced Data Pre-fetcher. In over 1,000-unit quantities Pentium M 715 and 725 will cost $209 and $241, respectively.
I-O DATA introduces DDR2-533 modules Japanese I-O DATA, known as a hard and optical drives vendor, introduced its DDR2-533 (PC4300) memory modules.
 As expected, the modules will go on sale early in July with MSRP of ¥26,775 ($245) for 256MB and ¥53,550 ($491) for 512MB. Source: PC Watch
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