March 2005

by Rafael Hernandez on March 29, 2005 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a review of the Gigabyte GA-K8VT890-9 motherboard. The product uses VIA’s K8T890 chipset which is another solution that brings PCI Express support to the AMD Athlon 64 platform. It isn’t much of an enthusiast board but,…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 28, 2005 · 0 comments

Bytesector has a look at the ThermalTake BigWater cooling kit. The setup includes everything you’d need to cool most modern CPUs. They ran into a few build-quality issues, which you don’t want when dealing with a water cooling setup, but…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 28, 2005 · 0 comments

HardOCP has a review of the EPoX EP-9NPA+ Ultra motherboard. The board uses an Nvidia nForce 4 Ultra chipset so it isn’t SLI capable but it has many other great features such as an uncluttered component layout and BIOS options…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 28, 2005 · 0 comments

Phoronix has a review of the D-Link Wireless 108G Gaming Router. The device has a number of “optimizations” for gaming and multimedia traffic as well as gigabit ethernet ports and 802.11g WiFi support. A powerful device if you’re a gamer…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 28, 2005 · 0 comments

techPowerUp has a review of the Thermaltake Schooner fanless video card cooler. The cooler is a complicated and large mass of aluminum and copper with a bit of fin action sticking out the back if a case. Interesting design which…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 25, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at the 3Dlabs Wildcat Realizm 800 graphics board. The card is a mid-high end 3D workstation graphics card which pairs two of their graphics chips and a ton of onboard video memory for good performance in…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 25, 2005 · 0 comments

Designtechnica has taken a liking to the Gateway M210XL notebook computer. The slim and trim laptop makes use of an Intel Pentium M processor and the unfortunately slow integrated graphics of the system chipset. Great space saving design for productivity…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 25, 2005 · 0 comments

Legit Reviews has their own take on the ASUS Pentium M to Socket 478 adapter. They directly compare their setup to the DFI 855GME motherboard which natively supports the CPU. A good speed boost from the increased memory bandwidth the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 25, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at the ASUS CT-479 Pentium M to Pentium 4 Socket Adapter. The devices allows you to use a Pentium M CPU in, well, at least ASUS boards that support the chip, other manufacturers will have to…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 24, 2005 · 0 comments

PCSTATS has tested the Gigabyte GV-RX80L256V ATI Radeon X800XL based graphics board. The card comes strapped to a beefy passive heatsink for that totally quiet operation that’s all the rage these days. Good speed and fantastic image quality make this…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 24, 2005 · 0 comments

NeoSeeker has a look at the BenQ FP71G+ LCD display. The monitor boasts an 8ms response time with the drawback of having a screen that uses fancy dithering techniques to fool the eye into seeing colors. A definite drawback but…

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