February 2005

by Rafael Hernandez on February 24, 2005 · 0 comments

Information Week has some info on AMD’s demonstration of its dual core CPUs. The chips should be hitting PCs in the second half of this year, for consumers, and will help to speed up applications which can handle multiple instruction…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 24, 2005 · 0 comments

Neoseeker has a look at what all the fuss is about surrounding the DFI LanParty UT nF4 Ultra-D motherboard. The board foregoes the old serial and parallel ports for modern features. All sorts of speed records have been set with…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 24, 2005 · 0 comments

XYZ Computing has a look at the Puredepth MLD-3000 LCD display. The monitor contains two seperate LCD screens sandwiched together which is capable of giving some depth to images and nifty effects when use with multi-monitor supporting graphics boards. A…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 23, 2005 · 0 comments

Gaming Illustrated has an early look at Sony’s PSP portable gaming system. The console is set to hit North American shores next month and is the company’s first try at the lucrative, for Nintendo at least, portable gaming market….

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 23, 2005 · 0 comments

TechWeb has the details on a patch for a flaw in a trio of Microsoft operating systems. The flaw, which can cause random blue screens of death, is found in XP SP2, Server 2003, and XP Tablet Editions. It doesn’t…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 23, 2005 · 0 comments

HotHardware has a look at the Sapphire Hybrid Radeon X800 XL graphics board. The card has been touted as a speedy mid-range solution for weeks but has only recently started hitting store shelves and at prices nowhere near their MSRP….

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 22, 2005 · 0 comments

HardOCP has a review of the DFI LANParty SLI-DR motherboard. The board features the Nvidia nForce4 chipset with SLI support tied to extensive BIOS options and voltage settings giving it plenty of headroom when overclocking. DFI has garnered a number…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 22, 2005 · 0 comments

The Inquirer wrotes of the eventual move from AMD’s Socket A platform. The chip connection has been around for a good long time which replaced the Slot A connector that supported the early Athlon chips. Socket 754 with compatible Sempron…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 22, 2005 · 0 comments

Red & Blackness has a test of the Alphacool Cora 6 Radiator system. The modular system fits in place of traditional fan cooled radiators and instead uses its massive surface area to pull heat from the cooling liquid. An innovative…

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 22, 2005 · 0 comments

GamePC has a review of the Asus A8V-E Deluxe. The AMD Athlon 64 based board features VIA’s new KT890 chipset which supports PCI-E cards, but no Nvidia SLI support, as well as an on-board 802.11G wireless chip with antenna connector….

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by Rafael Hernandez on February 22, 2005 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a review of the Shuttle XPC SN25P barebones small form factor PC. Shuttle has finally gotten around to creating a performance minded AMD Ahtlon 64 (s939) machine. The system is based around Nvidia’s nForce4 chipset and…

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