000018 - 02-20-06 (Updates Monday, Wednesday & Friday)
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All the news that's fit to print, and some that's not. Enjoy this cold Monday update.
ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe Preview
VR-Zone has a nice preview in their forums of the new ASUS motherboard based off of the ATI RD580 Chipset. Nice shots of the board are included in the forum post.
6800GS or 7800GS or X850XT or ???
It would seem the options for a good AGP card are fading. Not everyone wants to upgrade their whole system to get a PCIe card. So will one of these AGP cards breathe new life into an old system? See what they think at the Tech Report.
Pentium M 760 vs AMD Turion 64 ML-44
A rather interesting and heated conversation at THG about these two new mobile chips.
Deal of the Day
Logitech Cordless Desktop LX 300 $36.64!
Free shipping, nice cordless keyboard and mouse combo.
Past deals of the day
WoW Mods
Here's a good discussion at Ars Technica regarding some of the better add-on modifications for World of Warcraft.
High Tech Jobs
Looking to get a job with a high tech computer company? Read through this thread at Anandtech for some helpful pointers.
Poll - HDCP
Is support for the next generation HD video encryption important? See the poll at the Hardforum. HD-DVD and or Blu-ray will probably use HDCP encryption so without it you won't be able to watch these formats on your computer. (Not that you can now anyways).