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Abit launches their latest entry-level value-platform motherboard, the I45D. The abit I45D motherboard supports Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme/Core™ 2 Duo/Pentium® Dual-Core/Celeron® Dual Core processors. Other than the 65nm processors, you are ready for the next generation 45nm processors with up to 1333 FSB as well. Whether it is gaming, digital photography, or video editing, you are able to experience Intel’s latest breakthrough technology- Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme, with the I45D. The DIMM sockets support Dual channel DDR2 667 modules while the high definition on-board audio offers the flexibility to use regular stereo PC speakers or any modern surround sound system up to 5.1 channels. In addition, the PCI-EX16, PCI-EX1, and 3 PCI-E offer essential expansion you need.

Palit Microsystems today announces its own design GeForce 8800GT Sonic which offers something more and above the other GeForce 8800GT in the market. Sonic Version Palit GeForce™ 8800GT is overclocked to a core speed of 650 MHz and an incredible fast memory speed of 1.9 GHz, provides highly boosted performance compared to the default 8800GT.

3-Phase Power Supply System for Palit’s own design GeForce 8800GT allows a better power solution than 2-phase power supply system in the market; as a result, the whole graphics card is able to stays in a lower temperature meanwhile lengthen the life of the graphics card and also enables the overclocking ability.

MSI's NX8800GT-T2D512E-OC videocard is powered by the up and coming nVIDIA GeForce 8800GT core. Code named the 'G92' core, the big slab of silicon you see on your left is manufactured by TSMC on the 65nm process. It contains 754 million transistors.As usual, the new G92 core includes some tweaks that others in the Geforce 8800-series lacked. It integrates the video processing engine (which was previously a separate chip with GF 8800GTX/GTSs) into the core, and increases the number of texture address units.

Apple has recently updated its MacBook Pro with a bunch of options, which put it right back at the top of pile for hardware specifications. For the first time, you can now have the 17in wide screen kitted out with a 1,920 x 1,200 resolution - the same size as on most 24in monitors, making for a very high pixel density and effective screen space (great for those working with large megapixel pictures and HD video). Naturally, there's a webcam nestled inside the bezel at the top. There's now an option for a 250GB internal hard drive, for all the media storage, and the machine can accommodate up to 4GB of speedy DDR2 667MHz memory. The raw power has been enhanced with a Core 2 Duo that goes up to 2.6GHz, and the standard graphics is a GeForce 8600M GT, with 256MB of RAM - pretty handy for kicking back with a game when it all gets a bit much.