CNET News thinks that id Software’s latest creation, DOOM3, will send computer gamers into a buying frenzy for upgrades that will make the game run smoother. The title certainly is a system abuser demanding insane hardware specs in order to…
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AnandTech loves nothing more than to get their hands on a new porduct roadmap from CPU manufacturers and dissects what it all means. This time thy’ve deciphered meaning from an Intel roadmap which apparently shows their projected timeframe for dual…
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NVIDIA has a list of companies which will be offering bundles of hardware using its PCI Express enabled system chipsets and video cores. It’s a no brainer at this point in time since both are difficult to find, but I’m…
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HP will soon start launching its nx5000 model of laptops, which comes preloaded with Microsoft operating systems, with a choice of SuSE Linux and the office suite OpenOffice. Interesting choice and it starts at a reasonable enough price point which…
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Bjorn3D set up and tested the innovative Lite-On All-Write DVD Recorder, a DVD equivalent of a VCR. The stand alone device can record video from most any source and tosses in a ton of connections and features, most importantly RW…
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The Tech Report has put the AMD Athlon 64 3500+ through its paces on a set of benchmarks, both synthetic and real world applications, to test if the CPU can pass muster. Nice results from a processor that won’t break…
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AnandTech takes a fresh look at the performance offered by the built-in video core in Intel’s 915G chipset. The company worked hard on a new chip design and was able to deliver a decent product for the majority of desktop…
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TheTechLounge has a look at the Soyo Raptor 400 Watt power supply. What makes this particular device stand out is its adjustable voltages through a drive bay mounted panel. Low voltages can lead to instability so this is perfect for…
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GamePC has another fine article, this time they compare the performance of PCI Express versions of mid-range chips from both NVIDIA and ATI against their older AGP cousins. Decent performance out of the boards though a revisit would be great…
Ace’s Hardware has received some performance numbers, from IBM, for their new line of POWER5 dual core processors in the industry standard SPEC line of benchmarks. Very impressive performance nubers but I think most chip makers can catch up once…
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Storage Review does their usual, exhaustive testing on three hard drives in their work shop. Western Digital, Seagate, and Hitachi are in the lineup this time with drive sizes coming in at 250, 200, and 400GB respectively. All three perform…
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