Nu de GeForce3 eindelijk leverbaar begint te worden en zijn prijs naar een iets minder extreem niveau is gedaald durft Creative de chip ook te gaan gebruiken. Guru3D heeft hier de press release van de 3D Blaster GeForce3 staan, die vandaag samen met de 3D Blaster GeForce2 MX200 en 3D Blaster GeForce2 Pro is aangekondigd. De kaarten kosten respectievelijk $99, $199 en $399 en zullen nog deze maand in de schappen liggen. Naast de aankondiging van deze nieuwe Creative producten heeft Guru3D overigens ook een interview gepost en kun je er meedoen aan een wedstrijd voor het winnen van een 3D Blaster GF3
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3D Blaster GeForce3
This is the best performance card on the market at the moment. Creative's 3D Blaster GeForce3 features 64MB of 460Mhz DDR RAM memory coupled with the new generation GeForce3 Graphics Processing Unit. This remarkable card is capable of performing at more than 800 billion operations per second (BOPS) and with groundbreaking technology like the nfiniteFX™ engine, Lightspeed Memory Architecture™ and high-resolution antialiasing (HRAA) the GeForce3 produces unprecedented stunningly realistic graphics in real time. Also including a TV Out feature, this top of the range card is for those users who are prepared to pay for the best graphics available.
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NVIDIA expects to have the first NV17 samples ready in the beginning of summer already. The official announcement of the product, which can be regarded as some kind of GeForce3 MX, is scheduled for this autumn, if everything goes the right way. Costing a little bit under $150, NV17 based graphics cards will be ousting GeForce2 GTS and GeForce2 Pro based graphics cards. As for GeForce2 MX family, it will remain, however, it will be then targeted for the Low-End market. The performance of NV17 based cards is expected to be almost the same as that of the today’s GeForce2 based products. However, with the full DirectX8 support, NV17 will look much more attractive than its predecessors. Of course, NV17 will support TwinView technology and SDR and DDR SDRAM. the first NV17 based cards are most likely to be equipped with SDRAM, however, there are no exact specs available yet.
On the other hand, some market observers contend that the CD-R market is nearing maturity and new applications with large demand for CD-R discs have not emerged. The rising popularity of new storage systems like DVD-R/RW and DVD/RAM drives this year, moreover, will slow CD-R disc demand.
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Dell announced a large-scale recall of batteries used in its Inspiron notebook computers, which can overheat and may catch fire, the company said.