August 2004

by Rafael Hernandez on August 12, 2004 · 0 comments

Microsoft’s Service Pack 2 for Windows XP has had a few days to get into the hands of various tech savvy individuals and eWeek has combed the web to bring some user experiences to light. From what I’ve read, so…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 12, 2004 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has quite a few details on the NVIDIA NV43 graphics chipset which wil debut in GeForce 6600 labeled boards in the very near future. The chip is very similar to their current high-end offerings with a slimmed…

Read more NVIDIA GeForce 6600 Overview

by Rafael Hernandez on August 12, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech has allowed some of the initial “new product launch frenzy” dust to settle and has gathered five motherboards, all sporting Intel’s 925X chipset, and ran them through the usual barrage of tests. They all give similar performance numbers at…

Read more Intel 925X Based Board Roundup

by Rafael Hernandez on August 12, 2004 · 0 comments

ExtremeTech has the scoop on Soyo’s recently announced Cigar HD20 portable hard drive. The drive makes use of Toshiba’s 1.8″ drives enabling Soyo to make an extremely thin and compact drive you could probably fit into a shirt pocket and…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 11, 2004 · 0 comments

GamePC had a bit of fun pushing a trio of DDR2 memory from top memory manufacturers. Samsung, Corsair, and Infineon are represented this time around which they managed to coax a bit more speed out of each. They aren’t the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 11, 2004 · 0 comments

TechWeb has word that Microsoft has released a set of tools that will prevent Windows XP from automatically downloading Service Pack 2 on systems with the Auto Update feature enabled. This gives system administrators a bit more time to test…

Read more MS Releases SP2 Auto Update Blocker

by Rafael Hernandez on August 11, 2004 · 0 comments

Forbes has details on Sony’s plan to place its PlayStation 2 chips into a line of flat-panel TVs in order to “boost” its capabilities. They make no mention of which specific chips they’re placing into the TVs or how exactly…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 11, 2004 · 0 comments

PCSTATS delves into one of the murky portions of modern PC setup; the choice of latency or bandwidth. Most current memory has a tradeoff of one for the other and by the looks of their results quite a bit more…

Read more Latency/Bandwidth Tradeoffs Explored

by Rafael Hernandez on August 11, 2004 · 0 comments

HotHardware has a rather cool piece of equipment in their possesion; the Vapochill LightSpeed. This phase change cooling apparatus is designed to bring down CPU temperatures into the sub zero realm allowing for some insane tweaking possibilities. The LightSpeed is…

Read more VapoChill LightSpeed Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on August 10, 2004 · 0 comments

Digital Daily has a look at the ABIT RX600XT-PCIE card based on ATI’s midrange chip that goes by the same name. ATI worked hard to get native support for PCI Express into its next generation designs but does it give…

Read more ABIT Radeon X600XT Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on August 10, 2004 · 0 comments

Adrian’s Rojak Pot took a detour to HP’s unveiling of its new PDA lineup. Their new line of PDAs integrates a ton of features into one of the more popular lines of Microsoft Windows PocketPC based gadgets. Overall some decent…

Read more HP's New iPAQ Lineup