Hexus.net has their take on Intel’s latest mid-range server CPU, the 64bit Xeon processor code-named “Nocona”. Well they do it one better and actually have a go with a dual processor Xeon setup and run it against a dual CPU…
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ExtremeTech has the skinny on AOpen’s latest small form factor barebones the XC Cube EX915. The company managed to fit an Intel 915G chipset/LGA 775 motherboard into a compact case while maintaining all of the advanced features (sans DDR2) usually…
Read more AOpen XC Cube EX915 SFF Reviewed
Virtual Zone got its hands on a copy of Counter-Strike: Source and benchmarked it on a variety of video cards. CS: Source is, in a nutshell, Counter-Strike ported over to the Source engine which Half-Life 2 will run on. Seeing…
HardOCP has a review of the Abit AV8 AMD Athlon 64 based motherboard sporting the VIA K8T800 Pro chipset. The usual plethora of expansion ports and connections are all there as well as the settings packed BIOS that Abit is…
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There’s a bit more info trickling out of this years QuakeCon with Bjorn3D’s Day 3 insight into the goings-ons at the event and now PC Perspective has some show details as well as a load of pictures to go along…
Read more Continued QuakeCon 2004 Coverage
AMD is pretty proud of itself for shipping out its first batches of 90 nanometer 64-bit CPUs. The first lot are Athlon 64s destined for low power mobile devices and we should soon see some desktop versions hitting shelves. The…
Read more AMD Shipping 90nm Athlon 64s
AnandTech has a preview of an interesting motherboard which brings together Intel’s new Socket 775 processors with their previous generation 865PE chipset. The Soltek SL-865Pro-775 allows people to salvage their “old” DDR memory and AGP video cards and upgrade to…
Read more Soltek SL-865Pro-775 Preview
ATI and VIA chose this fine day to launch some driver updates. ATI has launched the Catalyst 4.8 drivers for its line of video cards as well as a new version of its MultiMedia Center, and VIA has the Hyperion…
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X-bit labs has a look at the rather nifty Western Digital WDXF2500JB external hard drive. The device features both FireWire and USB2.0 connectivity as well as the addition of a memory card reader which is a slick addition to what…
MadShrimps takes a look at a product from the fine folks at Artic Silver, creators of one of the messiest thermal compounds around. The ArctiClean chip/heatsink cleaning system is designed to remove all sorts of residue left on a surface…
Read more Arctic Silver ArctiClean Reviewed
Microsoft has an amazingly small list of programs that they have found may encounter problems with Microsoft’s Windows XP Service Pack 2 “enhanced” security features. It doesn’t appear to be an exhaustive list but I’m sure they tested most major…
Read more XP SP2 Incompatibility List
