First All-in-Wonder™ HD from Diamond

Diamond Multimedia is the first partner to offer the recently revived All-in-Wonder series of cards. This is the first All-in-Wonder board the meets the HD spec.
 

 
Currently there are two flavors on offer by Diamond; All-in-Wonder HD & All-in-Wonder HD Premium. The difference being that the Premium bundle has an expansion plate for additional media inputs. Both cards [...]

Nvidia Pushes Back 9800GTX+

The latest word from our eastern friends is that the 9800GTX+ has been delayed by 2 weeks. Nvidia launched the 9800GTX+ exactly the day AMD launched their 4850. The difference between the launches was that Nvidia was soft launching with the street date of July 16, which gave the 4850 one month of zero competition.
After [...]

4870X2 Day is here

R700 now officially known as the 4870X2 is upon us as NDA expires. This launch is similar to that of the 9800GTX+; launch & street separated by 4 weeks. However AMD decided to restrict the amount of showing by not releasing any architecture details and limiting today's benchmarks to 4 for every publication. Head on [...]

4870X2: Savior for Multi-GPU Setups? [Updated]

Tom's Hardware (China) have scored another scoop by leaking some of the information from the R700 (now officially known as the 4870X2) press kit. One of the footnotes mention the street date as the 12th of August. Note that this is the (Sparta) 2GB model, other configurations and their street dates are unknown. Interestingly the [...]

Over 100 Notebook Design Wins for Mobility Radeon 4800

According to Jon Peddie (president  of Jon Peddie Research) the latest GPU from ATI; RV770 or Radeon 4800 has got over 100 notebook design wins. The possibility of making it to the back-to-school season is unconfirmed but may be possible by some aggressive ramping. The GPU is also perfect for the (external) XGP solution. With the XGP, [...]

R700 Launches on 14th July

Couple of weeks back, we brought you some exclusive details on AMD's upcoming flagship Radeon 4800 series card; R700. We were the first one to report a July launch, which was confirmed by chinese daily Digitimes six days later.
Again, we are the first one to bring you the exact launch date. R700 (4870X2) is currently slated for [...]

Price cuts effect Nvidia, not Partners

Hexus recently posted this little piece of gem, listing the prices Nvidia charges to their partners; pre and post price cuts. Traditionally Nvidia likes to keep atleast a 50-60% profit margin its discrete graphics products, that gives us an idea of how big of a hit the latest round of price cuts are having on [...]

Nvidia on unfamiliar territory

The latest word on the street is the price cuts from Nvidia to its AIB partners; $90 on GTX280 & $30 on GTX260. Although it was a much anticipated relief to Nvidia's partners after a slow start to the sales of the GTX 200 series, a lot of shuffling around has been done behind the [...]

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