Gigabyte has rolled out its princely 8I955X Royal motherboard. The board makes good use of Intel’s 955X system chipset, which happens to be required in order to run dual-core CPUs, on top of which they pile on their DPS module…
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arstechnica takes a trip down memory lane with a look at the history of the Graphical User Interface. The GUI made the PC user-friendlier and infinitely more productive, lifting us out of the command line dark-ages (although many still dwell…
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BeyondD ran some tests on the Sapphire Hybrid Radeon X800 XL 512MB graphics card. ATI’s recent launch of 512MB boards means its partners have similar products up their sleave. The board has a cooler similar to that of the high-end…
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The Tech Report throws everything they have at Intel’s Pentium Extreme Edition 840 CPU. The chip is Intel’s first dual-core “consumer” chip and is capable of mighty good performance. The downsides are that it requires a new, pricey, motherboard, pumps…
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3DXtreme does some testing on Aerocool’s Turbine 550Watt Power Supply. The PSU uses a single 120mm fan for cooling and lighting with its blue leds. Normally this wouldn’t be a standout product but it does have the modular cable system…
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Overclockers Online has the Antex TX1088AMG on their testbed today. Antec modifies its case lines every once in a while to keep things “fresh”, this time they’ve added a venting (or intake, depending on your heatsink) option for your CPU…
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BigBruin has a review of Ultra’s 1GB Dual Channel DDR kit. The high-end memory offers speeds that match the other top memory available but it comes in at a cost that’s also slightly above the competition. A very nice set…
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HardOCP tests Microsoft’s recently released Windows XP Professional x64 Edition against its 32-bit counterpart in a number of gaming tests. Their game lineup are all 32-bit applications so there won’t be a miraculous increase in performance, instead it’s more of…
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The Tech Report has a look at the 512MB version of ATI’s X800XL graphics card. The extra memory is tacked on for those games that require quite a bit more storage for game texture and shader information and higher resolutions…
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HotHardware has a review of the Leadtek Winfast PX6200 TC TDH 256MB. The 256MB in its name relates to how much system memory this TurboCache card is capable of “commandeering”. Good performance compared to on-board solutions and it comes in,…
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DigiTimes has the scoop on AMD’s price drops across its Sempron CPU lines. Their Opteron and Athlon 64 chips seem to be left out this go around but some of their budget chips see a small drop….
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