HardOCP has a review of the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI motherboard. It comes in with an Nvidia nForce4 chipset and ties in their SLI technology and on-board audio provided by a Creative SoundBlaster Live! chip. The HardOCP gang was able…
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The Tech Report takes the Shuttle XPC SB95P V2 for a spin. The barebones PC has all of the modern features associated with a high-end Intel 925XE based Pentium 4 system although it does away with any PCI slot at…
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GamePC has a review of the top-of-the-line, PCI Express, dual-slot cooled ATI Radeon X850XT. The board holds quite the speed record in many a game title compared to other single card setups. Nvidia’s SLI technology is capable of performing faster…
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AnandTech has tested updated versions of Intel’s Xeon and AMD’s Opteron processors in a series of database tests. A surprising turnaround for the Xeon line in this set of tests, the last test setup the AnandTech gang tried out had…
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eWeek writes of Microsoft’s Mako project which will take measures to protect a PC and the user’s information. Their “Active Protection” scheme would limit risky behavior which include blocking suspect executables from running and automatically shutting down connection ports presumably…
Hexus.net has a look at a motherboard from a little-known company, the EQS A58XK9-ALF. The board supports AMD Athlon 64 (s939) CPUs and uses ATI’s Radeon Xpress 200P chipset combo. Impressive numbers keep it competitive with Nvidia’s time-tested nForce3 250Gb…
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The Tech Report has a review of the innovative Corsair XMS Xpert memory kit. The pair of DDR memory comes with a set of LED diagnostic displays and other features such as thermal probes built-in. A slick setup which can…
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CNET News has the scoop on HP’s impending release of new servers using AMD’s Opteron CPUs. The servers will boast an updated Opteron chip which features a faster clock speed, faster Hypertransport link, and SSE3 extensions. It sounds like a…
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Neoseeker has a review of the Sapphire Radeon X800X PCI Express graphics card. The boards are finally trickling into the retail space so it’s a good time to take a look at this mid-range board. It blends the right features…
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Legion Hardware has a look at the Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI motherboard. The K8NXP-SLI uses Nvidia’s nForce4 chipset and supports their SLI technology. A nice feature is its Dual Power System which will surely help keep things stable when pushing this board…
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PC World has the details on a feature that Microsoft’s upcoming “Longhorn” OS supports which will make its way into some notebook computers. The lid LCD display, made popular by cellphones, can give users status info on various applications and…
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