March 2005

by Rafael Hernandez on March 17, 2005 · 0 comments

TechFreaks tested the PDP Systems Patriot XBL PC3200 DDR memory to its limits. The stock clock for the memory module is the usual safe 200MHz but they’ve managed to coax quite a bit more from the RAM. Tighter timings at…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 17, 2005 · 0 comments

XYZ Computing compares a Nvidia GeForce 6600GT and ATI’s Radeon X700Pro graphics cards(chips). The mid-range offerings have been a popular choice offering good speed and the great image quality of their faster, and pricier, cousins. Some performance surprises in this…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 17, 2005 · 0 comments

Hexus.net has a review of the Cooler Master Dual Storm cooling fan. The fan has an unusual setup of two sets of spinning fans, stacked one on top of the other, which would theoretically increase airflow. Interesting setup but their…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 17, 2005 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a review of the Abit Fatal1ty AN8 motherboard. The board is designed for AMD’s Athlon 64 CPUs and uses Nvidia’s nForce 4 Ultra chipset to support the latest PCI Express video cards. It’s quite the performer…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 17, 2005 · 0 comments

Xtreme Resources has a look at the Silverstone Strider SST-ST46F 460 Watt power supply. The PSU provides two 12volt rails with enough amps to power even a power hungry rig and it also makes use of a single large fan…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 16, 2005 · 0 comments

Bjorn3D has tested out the HIS X850 XT PE IceQ II Dual DVI VIVO 256MB PCI Express graphics card. With a product name that long you can be sure it has tons of features going for it one of which…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 16, 2005 · 0 comments

Driver Heaven has a look at the Asus GeForce 6800GT graphics card and compares it to ATI’s X800XL. This battle of the mid-range is interesting, having thoroughly trashed the X800 Pro the 6800GT was a sure bet for great performance,…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 16, 2005 · 0 comments

HardOCP has a review of ATI’s Radeon X700 Mobility graphics chip. The GPU is making its way into a number of new notebook PCs as it’s the company’s mid-range product.. Good performance and nice image quality from this option and…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 16, 2005 · 0 comments

Legit Reviews has a look at the Corsair COOL water cooling system. The kit includes everything you’d need to get your Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 system water-cooled. It appears to be a well planned out product which…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 16, 2005 · 0 comments

GamePC has a look at dual CPU boards for Intel’s Xeon CPU and AMD’s Opteon processor each supporting PCI Express peripherals. The boards allow some powerful consumer boards to be matched up with equally speedy CPUs, all they need now…

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 15, 2005 · 0 comments

DigiTimes has the details on a planned pricecut by Intel on its Pentium M processor line. The chips are commonly found in Centrino labeled notebooks and these price drops bring it down to a price level where it can compete…

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