By
Lars Weinand - Editor In Chief RIVA Station / Editor Tomīs Hardware Guide
VIA
I would say that VIA held the most chaotic press conference
of this year's Computex. Other colleagues, whose names I'd prefer not to mention, went as
far as to call it the most unprofessional event they had ever attended.
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Tyan Tachyon G3300
with S3 Savage XP |
S3 Savage XP |
Not amused: This
speaker couldnt get
a word in edgewise
thanks to an
overzealous Chinese |
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| C3 CPU now with 1GHz |
C3 Mainboard |
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Originally the press conference was
scheduled to last for several hours, 3 ― to be exact. After the assembled journalists
pointed out that there was more on their schedules than VIA's presentation, the program
was condensed into just over one hour. The result was naturally a very hectic atmosphere.
One question that remained unanswered and mystifies me still: What exactly was that
ominous Chinese voice that inexplicably found its way into the PA system at the beginning
of the press conference saying? Whatever it was, it certainly made the already nervous VIA
staff even more jumpy.
ASUS
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NVIDIA SoundForce
Panel for nForce
mainboards |
nForce Riser Card |
A7N8X
NVIDIA Crush 18G |
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A7V8X
VIA KT 400 and
Serial ATA |
K8M mit AMD
8xxx Chipsatz |
Vapochil Overclocking |
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| MyPal A600 |
The new Deluxe series
with copper cooler |
New stereo
3D shutter glasses |
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| Intel "Support" |
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ASUS introduced the new Deluxe line of their
GeForce 4 TI cards. In addition, ASUS also showed off many PDA-based products and several
new mainboards.
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