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Hi! Ok...some news here and there...nVidia has made its first GeForce7 series GPU (abb. Graphic Processing Unit) - GeForce 7800GTX. Now it's selling anywhere in the world. First company to introduce this is LeadTek. Er...256MB DDR3 memory and it's SLI-enabled, which means two PCI-express cards joined together by SLI system. See picture below:

Picture shown with nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra. (C) Nvidia Corporation 2005

Well...can you all see the "joiner" for the 2 graphic cards! Graphics shown on your display screen will be processed by instead of 1, but 2 GPUs! Good hah!

Next...ATI is introducing its first CrossFire (TM) graphic cards. Somehow similar to Nvidia SLI technology as above, but not with the "joiner" as you see above. But according to some test, its data tranfer across is faster than that of Nvidia. However, this series from ATI can limit to 3 display screen (as in monitors) while Nvidia up to 4 monitors. ATI new series will be introduced worldwide next year or so! So be patient for all ATI supporters.

Lastly...AMD and Intel have finally made debut for their dual-core processors, Athlon 64-bit x2 and Intel Pentium D. Athlon 64-bit x2 processor is not up in sales yet. However, Intel Pentium D has been in stores for at least a month. Pentium D comes in 3 series - Intel Pentium D 820, 830 and 840 (820: 2.8GHz, 830: 3.0GHz, 840: 3.2GHz). This Pentium Processor is suitable for only LGA 775 motherboards, but not any kind of LGA 775 Motherboard. The Northbridge and Southbridge must be at least an Intel 945/955X chipset or Nvidia nForce4 SLI (must be Intel Edition). See the logos below:

Pictures shown (from the top to the right): Nvidia nForce4 SLI Intel Edition and Intel 955X Express chipset (diagram says supports Intel Pentium Processor Extreme Edition - it's also a dual-core processor so also supports Intel Pentium D.) (C) Intel Corporation 2005 and nVidia Corporation 2005

Pictures below show AMD and Intel dual-core logos: