August 2005

by Rafael Hernandez on August 18, 2005 · 0 comments

AMDZone has a look at the Sapphire Radeon X550 graphics card. It’s a typical low-mid range GPU boasting the same great image quality of the other Xx00 cards but it’s quite a bit slower. A nice, inexpensive, option if you…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 18, 2005 · 0 comments

Adrian’s Rojak Pot has a look at the Asus PEG Link Mode feature found on their newer PCI Express capable motherboards. The feature is capable of pushing a graphic card’s clock speeds higher than its stock settings which would give…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 17, 2005 · 0 comments

HotHardware details the goings-ons at this year’s QuakeCon. A great batch of new hardware was on display as well as, most importantly, new gaming titles and previews of Quake4. A ton of good information with a few images of the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 17, 2005 · 0 comments

Games Radar has the details on Microsoft’s price points for its upcoming Xbox 360 console. The base $299USD won’t include many of the features gamers are looking forward to while the $399 version, with the goodies, is bound to make…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 16, 2005 · 0 comments

TeleFragged has an early look at id Software’s Quake 4 first person shooter. The game will be using the DooM 3 graphics engine with some polish and improvements along the way. It’ll be another popular online fragfest when the appropriate…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 16, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a review of the XFX GeForce 7800GTX Overclocked. The board is your run of the mill 7800GTX with a higher clock rate than the standard giving it a good bit more speed at higher resolutions and with aggressive…

Read more XFX GeForce 7800 GTX OC Reviewed, GeForce on a speed binge

by Rafael Hernandez on August 16, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a supposed roadmap detailing ATI’s future product lineup. Interesting specs for the mid-range cards but no finalized specs on their high-end parts so far. It’s going to be a busy September/October for ATI with its Crossfire and next…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 16, 2005 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has tested a number of different motherboards all of which support Intel’s dual core Pentium D’s. The trio of chipsets, two from Intel and one from Nvidia, may support two cores but they decided to test the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 15, 2005 · 0 comments

Futurelooks has a review of the Saitek X52 Flight Control Sytem. The throttle/joystick combo features a large number of programmable puttons and a built-in LCD screen on the throttle for some current profile information, date, and time readouts. A cool…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 15, 2005 · 0 comments

Beyond3D has the details the, obvious, delays to ATI’s next generation of graphics boards and chipsets. The R5x0 codenamed GPUs and Crossfire capable chipsets have not made it to market when the company expected them to leaving Nvidia a clear…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 15, 2005 · 0 comments

Driver Heaven has a look at the iRiver H340 digital audio player. The player makes good use of its color LCD display popping up a fancy GUI and photoviewing capabilities and it includes a useful FM tuner if you’re sick…

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