AnandTech has a look at a somewhat late entry into the AMD Socket 939 motherboard arena, the Epox 9NDA3+. The board’s NVIDIA nForce3 Ultra chipset gives it a ton of onboard features but early BIOS problems give it a black…
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X-bit labs has some info, from AMD, which shows that the latest die-shrunk versions of their CPUs consume less power than their previous versions of the same chips. The “finding” isn’t all that surprising but it does lessen the burden…
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Bjorn3d has a review of the innovative Ultra X-Connect 500 Watt Power Supply. This particular model features hefty removable power cables which can tidy up the inside of a case considerably allowing for better airflow and a cleaner look for…
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PC Stats has a review of the MSI Radeon RX800XT-VTD256E video card. The board makes use of the X800XT specifications/chip which is just a bit underclocked from the top end ATI X800XT Platinum line so they can create a whole…
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GameSpy has a preview of the newest/upcoming entry into the Elder Scroll RPG line The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Tons of graphical advancements and, no doubt, monster slaying in store in the next release and with its large landscapes tons…
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HardwareZone takes a gander at the Shuttle XP17 LCD monitor. The display is designed to complement their small form factor barebone PCs with its sleek and minimalist design and, apparently, it does a good job at displaying video output from…
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DigiTimes has a small bit of info on a pair of new LCD displays from BenQ one of which sports an 8ms response which should, theoretically, get rid of all of those “ghosting/image smearing” problems of the past. The displays…
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SystemCooling has a go at the Jetart AquaCool AK1000, an external liquid cooling device. The system combines the reservoir, pump, fan, and radiator into an external package which does an admirable job of cooling a CPU even though it’s smaller…
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GamePC has a look at the somewhat strange Asus NCCH-DL motherboard which sports support for dual Intel Xeon processors but forgoes the usual server chipsets and places the desktop friendly i875p chipset in the mix. Surprising performance and price for…
X-bit labs has the low-down on some of XGI Technology’s plans for their future graphics chips. Their previous chips have had a less than cordial reception in the computing world, because of various reasons, but they’re trying to turn themselves…
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Guru3D tests out the 6x.xx series of ForceWare drivers from NVIDIA for their GeForce line of video cards. The later drivers contain all sorts of new tweaks and techniques that should boost performance and compatibility with software. So far the…
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