May 2005

by Rafael Hernandez on May 10, 2005 · 0 comments

PC Pro has the details on the deluge of spy shots taken of Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox”2″ console possibly ruining their design surprise. Barring a last second switchero gamers will be seeing a whiteish colored system that’s, thankfully, smaller than the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 10, 2005 · 0 comments

t-break has a review of Abit’s gamer oriented Fatal1ty AN8 motherboard. Abit is well known to the enthusiast crowd so they though they’d start up a new line with features their fans could appreciate. A good looking board with tons…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 10, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a test of Crytek’s 64-bit patched version of their popular Far Cry first person shooter. The game was one of the first to heavily push graphics and shader usage and along the way they’ve added new effects which…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 9, 2005 · 0 comments

Bytesector has a look at the Sharp Aquos LC45GX6U LCD display. The 45″ screen can work as a massive monitor for your PC or, more sanely, as the center of your high-end home-theater system. Quite a lot of real estate…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 9, 2005 · 0 comments

BIOS has a review of Dell’s gaming oriented XPS Gen 2 laptop computer. The massive notebook sports an Intel Pentium M CPU paired with a Nvidia GeForce Go 6800 Ultra graphics chip. The included, massive, 17″ widescreen LCD makes it…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 9, 2005 · 0 comments

InsaneTek has a look at the Kingmax SuperRAM PC3200 dual channel memory kit. The DDR kit is not the top performing memory its competitors are known for but it does hold up very well and can manage some minor clock…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 9, 2005 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at AMD’s upcoming dual core chips. The Athlon 64 X2 line is designed for end-users and high end workstations that require that extra processing power a second CPU core brings to the party. Impressive…

Read more AMD A64 X2 Previewed

by Rafael Hernandez on May 6, 2005 · 0 comments

Techniz has a look at Thermaltake’s Silent 939 CPU cooler. The heatsink/fan combo has a number of heatpipes running from its copper base to the aluminum fins distributing heat a bit more evenly which just may account for its good…

Read more Thermaltake Silent 939 Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on May 6, 2005 · 0 comments

HardwareZone has a review of the GeCube X800XLA-VIVO. The board is ATI’s popular PCI-Express X800XL GPU paired with an AGP adapter chip. A good mid-range choice for the AGP crowd who don’t want to move on to the PCI-E route…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 6, 2005 · 0 comments

Viper Lair has a look at the Soltek EQ3901-300P small form factor PC. Taking its design ques from the BMW mini the system is a bit taller than the average SFF which allows it to accept two optical drives. LGA775…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 6, 2005 · 0 comments

PC Perspective has tested versions of ATI and Nvidia’s budget graphics chip for the PCI Express interface. PCI-E allows for quite a bit of bandwidth to system memory which makes these budget boards a bit more potent than the cheaper…

Read more Budget PCI Express GPUs Reviewed