October 2004

by Rafael Hernandez on October 16, 2004 · 0 comments

PC Stats has the skinny on the Samsung HLN617W 61-inch Digital Light Processing screen. While the display is good for your usual TV and DVD watching it’s also capable of displaying high res PC output for that larger than life…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 15, 2004 · 0 comments

The FCC cleared some interference hurdles for power companies which will allow them to offer broadband internet service to customers. The broadband arena is about to get a bit more crowded now but competition is a great thing which is…

Read more Broadband-Over-Powerlines Closer to Reality

by Rafael Hernandez on October 15, 2004 · 0 comments

ViperLair tests out the new Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 which just so happens to feature Native Command Queuing support which can boost drive performance quite a bit and is one of the more compelling reasons to swith to Serial-ATA. Then again…

Read more Seagate Barracuda and NCQ Tested

by Rafael Hernandez on October 15, 2004 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a snazzy little drive on the review block today in the form of a 2.5″ drive from Seagate named Savvio. The drive has a spin speed of 10,000RPM besting the majority of 3.5″ desktop drives and…

Read more (Mini)Speedy SCSI Seagate Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on October 15, 2004 · 0 comments

Nothing better than a good round-up of products, this time HardwareZone has gathered seven (7) motherboards which feature a few different variants of the NVIDIA nForce3 250 chipset for the AMD Athlon 64 platform. Thirty (30) pages of details, benchmarks,…

Read more NVIDIA nForce3 250 Board Round-up

by Rafael Hernandez on October 15, 2004 · 0 comments

InsaneTek has a look at the Thermalright XP-90 Intel Pentium4/AMD Athlon64 heatsink. This little-brother to the XP-120 features a ton of surface area, heatpipes, and an anti-corrosive nickel plating as well as a mounting surface for 92mm fans, all of…

Read more Thermalright XP-90 Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on October 15, 2004 · 0 comments

ATI has launched its monthly release of drivers with their new 4.10 version of their software. The drivers feature their A.I. technology which can dynamically change texture filtering and other options to improve image quality and performance. Interesting features in…

Read more Updated ATI Radeon Drivers Released

by Rafael Hernandez on October 14, 2004 · 0 comments

Designtechnica has a review of the sleek and well-rounded Gateway M320XL notebook computer. The system features the ubiquitous Intel Centrino setup and uses the onboard video instead of an add-on chip which leads to some horrible 3D performance, but as…

Read more Gateway M320XL Laptop Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on October 14, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech pushes the new 90-nanometer versions of the socket 939 AMD Athlon 64 3000+ and 3500+ to their limits. The default performance for these chips is impressive but that’s not the only reason they will become popular with the enthusiast…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 14, 2004 · 0 comments

HardOCP has the enviable task of putting four NVIDIA GeForce 6800s to the test. They have a pair of Ultra boards and a pair of plain 6800s both of which are more than capable of handling today’s games with the…

Read more GeForce 6800 Roundup

by Rafael Hernandez on October 14, 2004 · 0 comments

DigiTimes has a few more details on the upcoming Abit SU-2S motherboard capable of running two AMD Opteron processors. Its choice of slots were somewhat confounding when it was announced but it all makes sense now since the board will…

Read more Abit Board Designed for Gaming Servers