GamePC has a review of one of the few hard drives available with a native Serial ATA interface. The Maxtor DiamondMax 10 they reviewed came in at 300GB of storage space and 16MB of cache and has some other tricks…
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The Tech Report seems to enjoy a good benchmarking session so they tested the heavily reviewed DOOM3, from id Software, against video cards that are sure to be found in alot of PCs, in other words no x800s or 6800s…
Read more DOOM3 Performance Compared (Again)
Flexbeta checked out the revamped firewall that’s now a part of Microsoft’s Windows XP Service Pack 2. So far it looks like a decent enough solution for most users but they do have a major gripe with two aspects of…
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Bjorn3D continues their coverage of QuakeCon, the largest id Software centric conference and LAN party in existence. The make note of a short chat with the fine people from AMD at the show extolling the benefits of 64-bit processors….
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AnandTech has a look at a new contender in the relatively sparse 12x DVD burner arena. The Sony DRU-540A supports all of popular burning formats and comes with a sleek look but how does it stack up against the current…
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CNN’s Game Over column has a few quips and quotes attributed to id Software’s CEO Todd Hollenshead. Some interesting tidbits on projects they may or may not be working on and word on a sequel to the Quake franchise which…
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AnandTech took a look at the high end Voodoo Envy M:860 desktop replacement notebook. The system packs in a huge number of high performance features, such as an Athlon 64, DVD burner, and an ATI Mobility Radeon 9700, much to…
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Bjorn3D has some news from QuakeCon currently taking place in the Lone Star State. The big news, of course, at the show, is DOOM3 with everything DOOM centric being peddled and covered at the show but some interesting hardware has…
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X-bit labs has info on AMD’s future multiple core chip plans including some new details about a quad core CPU. The company’s dual core path has been well known, with other companies designing or already having shipped similar chips, but…
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AnandTech has a go, again, at Intel’s new 64-bit Xeon CPU, this time they pit it against AMD’s Opteron 150 server processor, a much more interesting match-up than their previous try at comparing the Xeon’s performance. A very different picture…
Read more 64-bit Comparison: Take Two
InfoWorld writes on AOL’s plan to launch a series of low cost PCs which will introduce its service into the less catered to markets. The catch is purchasers must agree to a year of internet service from AOL at almost…
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