GamePC has the scoop on the AMCC 3Ware 9550SX-4LP SATA-II Controller card. The controller they have access to can handle 4 SATA-II capable harddrives in a number of RAID configurations. Another choice for your redundancy needs but it does look…
September 2005
AnandTech takes a look at Valve Software’s High Dynamic Range lighting technology. Their recent release of Day of Defeat: Source added the feature to their title with their upcoming map, Lost Coast, for Half Life 2 set to fully take…
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EPoX has a new toy on its hands labeled EP-8NPA SLI. The board is the first SLI capable motherboard for AMD’s single channel Socket 754 Athlon64s and Semprons. An interesting option for those that already own a 754 CPU and…
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Gaempyre has a pair of XFX GeForce 7800GT graphics board set up in that gaming goodness knwon as SLI. Twice the number of GPUs would, theoretically, mean twice the performance but it doesn’t work out that way unfortunately. Ffortunately it…
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Hexus.net has a look at the PowerColor Radeon X850 Pro graphics card. While the X8xx line is no longer considered high-end they still offer good performance and image quality and with newer cards taking up the higher pricing spots cards,…
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hardCOREware weighs the pros and cons of going the barebone SFF PC route or putting a microATX system together. Two different form factors with the MicroATX allowing more flexible add-on card upgrade options. A tough choice but the SFF barebones…
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Hexus.net thinks they’re on to ATI’s pricing structure for their Radeon X1xxx series of graphics cards. The top end MSRP seems reasonable for a 512MB graphics board and they have something for every price range which is nice thing to…
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AnandTech does their thing with an ATI Radeon X800GT graphics card. The board targets the low end of the gaming market offering respectable speed in today’s titles at a decent price. A nice option if you’re in the market for…
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AMDZone has done some benchmarking with the recently released Call of Duty 2 demo. A number of interesting results came out of their testing, most notably, a serious performance lead for the 512MB version of the ATI Radeon X800XL. As…
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Bjorn3D has a look at the Biostar NF4SIE-A7 motherboard. The board brings SLI support to Intel’s LGA775 CPUs with the help of Nvidia’s nForce 4 SLI edition chipset. A nice looking product but it’s worth mentioning that Biostar doesn’t go…
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MadShrimps has a look at the Vantec Stingray liquid cooling kit. The package contains everything you’d need to cool your processor, northbridge chipset, and graphics card all at a reasonable price. A nice looking set that performs very well but…
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