July 2004

by Rafael Hernandez on July 23, 2004 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has put together a nice chart that lists all sorts of features for most of today’s modern CPUs. The whole naming scheme Intel introduced as well as all of the subtle changes in caches sizes which lead…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 23, 2004 · 0 comments

The average price for all sorts of high tech products has been steadily dropping according to CNET News. They have the details of an NPD Group report which tracks prices of products such as laptops and plasma TVs and noted…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 23, 2004 · 0 comments

InfoWorld has the specifics on a new line of servers that Sun Microsystems will be launching next week which feature AMD Opteron processors. Sun is going to be making full use of the chip’s features with products ranging from dual-processor…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 23, 2004 · 0 comments

DigiTimes writes of Intel’s plans to bundle some of ATI’s video cards with their 915/925 based motherboards. The deal makes a lot of sense as it is somewhat difficult to find PCI Express based video cards even though the choice…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 22, 2004 · 0 comments

HardwareZoom has looked over the new TDK AID+ 1280B 12x DVD burner which they found to be good. Just how good? Well the drive is capable of burning most major formats, excluding dual-layer discs, and comes with a shortened casing…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 22, 2004 · 0 comments

CNET News got a hold of some more details on Toshiba’s upcoming multimedia notebook. The Qosmio (yeah?) laptops will sport a TV tuner and built-in DVD player that can be loaded without having to fire up the operating system. It…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 22, 2004 · 0 comments

ExtremeTech has word that Hewlett-Packard is preparing a line of high-end gaming PCs under its Compaq brand. The Compaq-X line will sport all of the latest and greatest gear in what appears to be nicely laid out and roomy cases,…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 22, 2004 · 0 comments

HardOCP had the first, published, shot at id Software’s highly anticipated DOOM3 with today’s top video cards and the best from the last generation. The early numbers are in NVIDIA’s GeForce 6800 line of cards by quite a bit although…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 21, 2004 · 0 comments

PC Magazine has a bit of info on a few of the more interesting e-manufacturing companies that specialize in creating PCBs and CNC milled for those without the resources to own the high priced machinery. It’s a great opportunity for…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 21, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech spent some time with Intel’s Dothan cored Pentium M CPU. Their latest and greatest mobile chip is mostly based on their older chip core although, this time around, it sports a larger 2MB cache and a whole bunch of…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 21, 2004 · 0 comments

DigiTimes writes of a pair of companies working on getting displays to market which feature 10ms and 9ms total response times. This would be a big boost for many applications, though mostly gaming, which require faster displays for a smoother…

Read more Snappier LCDs on the Way