June 2005

by Rafael Hernandez on June 17, 2005 · 0 comments

DesignTechnica has the specs and pcitures from Hitachi and Toshiba’s respective PR events showing off their gadget lineup ranging in size (and price) from pocket sized to extremely large. Some sleek looking displays coming out soon making HDTV purchase decisions…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 17, 2005 · 0 comments

TrustedReviews has a look at Acer’s TravelMate 4401LMi notebook computer. The company has made some good gains in the retail notebook market pumping out laptops at attractive prices and this one is no different. A solid looking portable but is…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 16, 2005 · 0 comments

PC Perspective has a review of Intel’s Pentium D 2.8GHz processor. The D stands for dual core (amazing?) although you’d expect it to have a high pricetag it’ll be the cheapest dual core CPU on the market. A good chip…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 16, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech took a stroll around Kingston’s memory assembly plant in Taiwan. Kingston is one of the larger memory producers pumping out products for both retail consumption and OEMs. An interesting look behind the scenes where one of the easiest PC…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 16, 2005 · 0 comments

HTPCnews has the skinny on the VisionTek XTASY Theater Pro 550 PVR card. The board combines ATI’s Theater 550 Pro Chip with a TV/FM tuner and a software bundle that is a bit more useful than other solutions making a…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 16, 2005 · 0 comments

HotHardware has a look at Dell’s power user/gamer focused “notebook”, the Inspiron XPS Gen 2. As you would expect it’s packed with impressive features such as a 17″ widescreen LCD and Nvidia GeForce Go 6800 Ultra graphics chip give it…

Read more Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 2 Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on June 15, 2005 · 0 comments

GamePC straps some SerialATA drives into four different add-in and onboard RAID controllers. They focus on RAID 5 performance which is a favorite due to its good performance and fault tolerance. Intel’s onboard RAID puts in some surprisingly good performance…

Read more Newer RAID Solutions Tested

by Rafael Hernandez on June 15, 2005 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a review of the multimedia friendly ATI All-in-Wonder X800 XT graphics card. The board packs in a TV/FM Tuner and video-in/video-out with a Radeon X800 XT graphics chip all on the same card. It’s one of…

Read more ATI AIW X800 XT Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on June 15, 2005 · 0 comments

AMDZone has tested EA’s upcoming modern combat game, Battlefield 2, on a number of today’s graphics cards. Their method isn’t the best, limited to a third person perspective on playback, but it could be an indicator of what boards will…

Read more Battlefield 2 Performance Preview

by Rafael Hernandez on June 15, 2005 · 0 comments

PC Stats has a review of the MSI RS480M2-IL Micro-ATX motherboard. A regular old board normally would not get as much attention but this particular model packs in ATI’s Radeon Xpress 200 chipset with integrated graphics in a smallerr form…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 14, 2005 · 0 comments

Hardware Analysis has a mini-review of the Toshiba Libretto mini-notebook. The device makes use of low power versions of the Intel Pentium M CPU crammed into an ultra portable chassis. The high-res screen and small size make it a less…

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