January 2005

by Rafael Hernandez on January 17, 2005 · 0 comments

ATI has released a new set of Catalyst drivers for its Radeon line of video cards. The drivers bring the suite to version 5.1 and it appears to be focused on bug fixes. Read more about them at DriverHeaven. Direct…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 17, 2005 · 0 comments

Gaming Illustrated has a review of the D-Link DGL-4300 Wireless 108G Gigabit Gaming Router. The device is marketed to gamers, with their latency dependant software, and it seems like it does a decent job of things, but its packed with…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 17, 2005 · 0 comments

GamePC has tested out a pair of Asus Extreme N6800 GeForce 6800 Ultra PCI Express video cards in both single card and SLI mode. Insanely fast performance in both modes and great visual quality but not much of a performance…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 17, 2005 · 0 comments

HardOCP has gathered 7 ATI Radeon X800 based video cards from various manufacturers and tested them in a variety of popular software titles (yes video games). PCI Express and AGP are both represented as are X800 XTs/XT PEs/ and Pros….

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 14, 2005 · 0 comments

VIA has put up a new set of drivers for its Envy24 family of audio chips bringing them to version 442a. Not much in the way of information on what it updates but it’s been a few months since their…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 14, 2005 · 0 comments

HotHardware has a look at the PDP Systems PDC22G4200+XBLK DDR2 2GB dual channel memory kit. Quite a bit of memory in this product which seems to perform very well, although it could be the extra 1GB of memory helping out…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 14, 2005 · 0 comments

Legit Reviews has a look at the Thermaltake POLO 735 Extreme heatsink designed for Intel P4 478 and AMD Athlon 64 processors. This cooling unit makes use of a huge number of fins, 69 to be exact, giving it a…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 14, 2005 · 0 comments

HardOCP has the ABIT Fatal1ty AA8XE on their testbed today. This Intel 925XE based motherboard is gamer/enthusiast oriented and includes just about every modern expansion port imaginable. A solid showing overall putting up numbers which make it one of the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 14, 2005 · 0 comments

NeoSeeker has a look at the Soltek Qbic SL-3901a small form factor PC featuring the VIA K8T800 Pro chipset which supports AMD’s Athlon 64 (s939). Quite a bit, feature-wise, is crammed into its small case and from a quick look…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 14, 2005 · 0 comments

Beyond3D has a review of the Nvidia GeForce 6200 chipset, one of the newer entries into the low-end graphics card market. The chip makes use of the same great architecture that powers the 6600 and 6800 lines although some features…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 14, 2005 · 0 comments

BigBruin has tested the ATake Pipe VGA video card cooler. This dual heatpipe cooler uses a massive amount of aluminum in order to pull heat of the various GPUs it supports. It’s a totally passive solution which makes it suitable…

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