May 2005

by Rafael Hernandez on May 25, 2005 · 0 comments

LegionHardware has a look at the Chaintech AE6800 Apogee graphics card. The board’s Nvidia GeForce 6800 GPU sits firmly in the mid-range of the market mixing good performance at reasonable prices but Chaintech has strapped on a high quality cooler…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 25, 2005 · 0 comments

Hexus.net has a look at the ABIT Fatal1ty AN8 motherboard. The Fatal1ty line is Abit’s spin on gaming focused motherboards. Nice touches such as the OTES cooling system keeping heat off the board’s power regulation components and a well designed…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 24, 2005 · 0 comments

PC Modding Malaysia has a look at the Vantec Iceberg 5 graphics chip cooler. The heatsink/fan combo is designed to replace your old, worn-out, or just plain loud graphics card cooler with something a bit more powerful and quieter. A…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 24, 2005 · 0 comments

Samsung has created a series of solid state storage modules that could take the place of the harddrives we all know and love. The drives consume less power than a standard drive, creates no noise, and has improved transfer rates….

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 24, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a shootout between the Intel GMA 950 integrated graphics core and ATI’s Xpress 200. The IGPs are designed for budget systems so top of the line performance is a ways off but it is more than enough performance…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 24, 2005 · 0 comments

BFG continues a fine tradition of manufacturers using confusing product names with their BFGRNF4U motherboard. The company is better known for its graphics cards which have been quite popular. HardOCP has a review of their Nvidia nForce4 Ultra powered AMD…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 23, 2005 · 0 comments

Bjorn3D has a look at an AGP version of the Sapphire Radeon X850 XT PE VIVO. A fancy little bridge chip has made it possible for board manufacturers to bring ATI’s PCI Express GPUs into the hands of gamers with…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 23, 2005 · 0 comments

InsaneTek has a look at Abit’s AX8 motherboard for AMD’s Athlon 64 processor. The board makes fine use of VIA’s K8T890Pro chipset which offers PCI Express support (although no SLI option). A solid and cheaper alternative to some of the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 23, 2005 · 0 comments

ExtremeTech has gathered together most of the information floating around about AGEIA’s physics chip. Their PPU has gained a bit of momentum by gaining acceptance from some of the larger game publishers and creators. A higher level of interactivity with…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 23, 2005 · 0 comments

TrustedReviews has a look at the Biostar iDEQ 330P barebones SFF PC. A ton of manufacturers are putting out small form factor systems, of varying quality, but this nForce 4/socket939 setup looks to be solid and powerful competition for the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 20, 2005 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at what might be the AGP slot’s last hurrah. ATI’s Rialto PCI Express to AGP chip has allowed it to bring some formerly PCI-E only boards over. TR has a look at the X800…

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