Well AMD is shouting about a new performance world record. This time they are showing off a score of 35,698 in 3DMark06.

The CPU in question was the Phenom II X4 940 pushed up to an astonishing 6.1GHz under Liquid Nitrogen (-188.4c). The GPUs used were two ATi 4870X2s with 830MHz core and 950MHz memory speeds. The CPU was the only part cooled by LN, the GPUs ran on the stock coolers.

Looks like MSI will be flogging a newly redesigned and supped-up GTX260.

The new card (that will sport a huge 1.8GB or GDDR3) will go by the name of N260GTX Lightning. In addition to the vast amount of RAM the Lightning will have a custom dual-slot, two-fan, five-heatpipe cooler 8+2 phase power and 5000 hour capacitors.

There is no mention of price or clock speeds but MSI will be releasing a the Lightning with a bundled AirFore panel for easy overclocking.

It seems someone managed to get a new Phenom X3 720 BE (unlocked) to hit 4.3GHz on nothing but air.

The person responsible (known as chew* on the Xtremesystems forum) managed to get to 4.2GHz with a 21x Multi and with 1.65v pumping into the CPU, a few posts later he gets a prime stable speed of 3.6GHz with 1.44v.

The big news is the 4.3GHz Air Suicide run he got followed by a whopping 5.0GHz (200x25) and a 4.7GHz SuperPi Stable OC (200x23 1.776v)shown in the YouTube video below.

It looks like Intel is giving a few of the LGA775 processors the axe. Both of the Core 2 Extreme quad core chips will be retired in June 2009.

Intel has already sent out the PDN (Product Discontinuance Notice) for both the QX9770 and QX9650 Extreme Edition chips. As a very large majority of the enthusiast community most likely already has their hands on these chips, they probably aren't moving too many of them through inventory anymore compared to their new offerings for the Core i7's. If you still want one you better grab it in the coming months before they go out of stock.

Silicon Power announced today that they have a new model in their line of SSD's.

The new 256GB 2.5" solid state drive has twice the capacity of their largest drive of the past. The drive utilizes MLC Flash and can reach a read speed of 165 MB/s and a write speed of 95MB/s. The new 256GB SSD also features an integrated ECC (Error Correction Code) to ensure an accurate data transfer, as well as built-in wear leveling technology that guarantees long-term reliability and ultra-long storage lifespan.

OCZ has expanded their Alchemy line of peripherals by introducing the Illuminati keyboard. The new keyboard is meant for multimedia consumers and has a slew of features that accommodate the needs of gamers and enthusiasts as well.

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The Illuminati gives you a choice in backlight color, red or blue. Both will allow easier use of the keyboard in the dark and coupled with the rubber coated keys for your long sessions of key-stroking it just looks gorgeous. The board also features fourteen qucik launch keys for better access to multimedia. You can catch the full details of the press release here.

The folks over at GPU Cafe were told by Asus that their new W90 notebook will launch on February 23rd. What makes it so special that that the W90 will feature the upcomming ATI Mobility Radeon 4870X2 GPU. The mobile version of the 4870X2 wll have clock speeds of 600 MHz on the core and 900 MHz for the memory.

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Is it me or has the netbook become its own monster? When the concept was first pushed out it was all about small, light, portable internet and basic office/school tasks. Now everything has changed.

If rumors are to be believed Lenovo will be dropping the new HD capable nVidia ION under the hood of its new netbooks. The new Lenovos won't be your typical netbooks, they will run in 11.6 and 21.1 inch flavors.

This could be good for Lenovo if they can get it to market before everyone else and very good for nVidia. If the Lenovo netbooks are a success it means further adoption in the market and more revenue for nVidia.

Something that falls in the interesting category crossed my desk this morning.

This is a new case for the iPhone, but it is not a simple "protect your phone" type of case. No, this case includes a battery to help increase the usefulness of your iPhone between charges.

The new gadget is called the iConn+ iBP1200 it looks like an oversized leather slide-in case for the iPhone but once you open the front flap you find out that it is much more.

Gizmodo has the details on perhaps what is one of the most promising showcases of upcoming technology from the 2009 MWC. Officially specified as "alternate MAC/PHY", you will now be able to have peer-to-peer connectivity coupled with Wi-Fi transfer speeds seamlessly and easily. Devices will shake hands via Bluetooth when paired up. Then, when any file transfer begins, communication will take place over the Wi-Fi hardware giving you a speedy wireless transfer. After the transfer is over, the Wi-Fi connection is dropped and communication is resumed via Bluetooth.

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group says that the specification will be official in April. Fortunately we might not have to wait long to be able to use it. Broadcom states that some of their current production chips already have the ability and only a software upgrade will be required to implement it.