3DsoundSurge has a review of the Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro sound card. This is one of the pricier consumer audio solutions on the market but they toss in a ton of features for the price as well as…
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January 2005
CNET News has some info on AMD’s Turion mobile processor which is set to take on Intel’s Pentium M CPU in the notebook market. Power consumption is the main problem facing mobile CPUs and this Turion chip appears to match…
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t-break has a review of MSI’s K8N Diamond motherboard for the AMD Athlon 64 (Socket 939). This particular product crams a whole heck of a lot feature wise including PCI-Express, Nvidia SLI capability, mosfet cooling, and Creative Lab’s SoundBlaster Live!…
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AnandTech has tested an early version of Gigabyte’s dual Nvidia GeForce 6600GT GPU video card. This is quite different than the two graphics card technique used in Nvidia’s SLI setups but it appears to offer some performance benefits over the…
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Hexus.net has an early look at ATI’s upcoming, mid-range, Radeon X800 XL graphics card. The first batch of mid-range cards released last year had their fair share of problems keeping up with the competition’s similarly priced products. This time around…
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Microsoft has released a beta version of its Windows AntiSpyware program for use on its Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003 platforms. The software is a small step towards more secure computing for the majority of its customers and, hopefully, they’ll…
MadShrimps has a pair of Intel based, LGA775 capable motherboards each sporting a different chipset. The Intel 865P and 915P each has their own strengths and weaknesses with the 865P supporting cheaper and more abundant DDR memory but is limited…
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AnandTech sat in on Microsoft co-founder Bill Gate’s keynote speech at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show going on now in Las Vegas. Interesting products being shown off with tons of media-centric focus possibly making a case for the PC in…
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AnandTech has a review of the high performance ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition. ATI foregoes the red PCB for a cool blue motif but beyond that the board sports a similar feature set compared to its PC based cousin…
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TweakTown has tested NVIDIA’s nForce 4 system chipset against ATI’s upcoming Radeon Xpress 200, both of which are aimed at AMD’s Athlon 64. Great performance out of both products which makes for more solid choices when upgrading in the coming…
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Gamers Depot has their own view on what the top hardware of 2004 was. An interesting selection of products, many of which are spot on but some are questionable especially when you consider that the particular products (SLI) did not…
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