June 2004

by Rafael Hernandez on June 22, 2004 · 0 comments

Legit Reviews has some time on their hands so they pushed their Intel LGA775 CPU based board and DDR2 memory to higher clock speeds with a bit more voltage and chronicled it in their forum post. Initial DDR2 performance was…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 21, 2004 · 0 comments

PCWorld writes of MTI Micro Fuel Cell’s technology which could conceivably power laptops without the need for batteries. Their Mobion technology has some nifty characteristics such as handling the water by-product its fuel cell creates internally, killing the need for…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 21, 2004 · 0 comments

DigiTimes has some predictions on just what will drive Intel 915/925 chipset sales this coming year. It seems that Intel will be launching three new Celeron processors at low price points which may drive sales of motherboards with the new…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 21, 2004 · 0 comments

AMDZone has a look at the FIC Ice Cube HU61 small form factor PC. The barebones PC is designed to take AMD Athlon 64bit CPUs of the 754 pin variety and hosts a bunch of standard features that everyone should…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 21, 2004 · 0 comments

GameSpot has a small amount of info concerning performance figures for Alienware’s upcoming dual graphics card technology dubbed “ALX”. The system runs a pair of NVIDIA GeForce 6800s tied together with some hardware and software to boost the system’s video…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 21, 2004 · 0 comments

DriverHeaven throws a testing sample of ATI’s upcoming, mid-range, Radeon X600XT PCI Express video card into a high end Intel LGA775 CPU/i925x system and churned out some numbers in today’s popular video games and other assorted applications. They didn’t bother…

Read more ATI X600XT Preview

by Rafael Hernandez on June 21, 2004 · 0 comments

CNET News writes of a movement by the caretakers of the Top500 Supercomputer list to move away from a single program that tests a large computer’s performance to a suite of apps that would test all sorts of performance characteristics…

Read more Rethinking Performance Measurements

by Rafael Hernandez on June 20, 2004 · 0 comments

X-bit labs has some information on four new LCD displays Samsung will soon or has already launched. All of the displays have sleek enclosures and minimal footprints but vary wildly on features and response times. A nice look forward if…

Read more A Look at the Lastest Samsung LCD Models

by Rafael Hernandez on June 19, 2004 · 0 comments

Intel has been working on a few new products recently that will be in a position to make use of future technologies such as PCI Express and DDR-II memory. The company has also rolled out a new pin package for…

Read more Intel's Newest Chips Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on June 18, 2004 · 0 comments

X-bit labs spent some time with the Toshiba Portege M100, a sleek little notebook that won’t be winning any speed awards but handles most mobile tasks well with adecent amount of battery time. A useful laptop PC without all of…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 18, 2004 · 0 comments

CoolTechZone has a look at a rather interesting product, the Actiontec Wireless Digital Media Center. The device is able to stream audio and video from a PC to your home theater. Unfortunately is looks to have a few design flaws,…

Read more Actiontec Wireless Media Player Reviewed