October 2005

by Rafael Hernandez on October 24, 2005 · 0 comments

hardCOREware has a look at the DFI NF4 Infinity motherboard. You won’t find SLI or many fancy features on this product, it’s a simple and inexpensive PCIe capable AMD Athlon 64 based board that happens to include a mound of…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 24, 2005 · 0 comments

Beyond3D delves further into the performance and image quality of ATI’s X1800 XL and XT graphics cards. A wide aray of synthetic and game benchmarks thrown about with image quality screenshots tossed in for your enjoyment. A nice card which…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 24, 2005 · 0 comments

DigiTimes has the story on AMD’s latest CPU price cuts. The largest cuts come to their mobile Turion chips which see quite a drop in price and welcome cuts to their X2 dual-core chips and Sempron line. The Opteron, FX,…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 21, 2005 · 0 comments

GamePC does a number on a pair of dual-core Intel Xeon processors. The SMP setup is a mass of physical and logical CPUs with its HyperThreading capability and it has some mean chipset hardware to back it up. A nice…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 21, 2005 · 0 comments

Overclocker Cafe has a look at the Lian Li PC-777 Aluminum PC Case. The chassis marks Lian Li’s 20th anniversary in style(?) with the form of a seashell or a number six(6) if you prefer. It may make for some…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 21, 2005 · 0 comments

Overclockers Online has a review of the Foxconn WinFast 6150K8MA-8EKRS MicroATX motherboard. The board uses Nvidia’s GeForce 6 6150 chipset which provides on-board video and a 16x PCIe slot for future upgrade-ability. A nice starter board but don’t expect insane…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 20, 2005 · 0 comments

Byte Sector has a review of ATI’s Radeon X800 XT All in Wonder graphics card. As with the other AIW line-up this board includes a TV and FM tuner on board with a set of breakout boxes that allow for…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 20, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech tests out F.E.A.R. on a selection of graphics cards. The new title is one of many coming up that will be stressing gaming systems when its graphics settings are at high quality. It shows that even the latest and…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 20, 2005 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at Zalman’s CNPS9500 LED CPU heatsink. The cooler has the usual heatpipes found in performance oriented coolers but instead of aluminum fins they bring out the all copper action. A nice product but, for…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 19, 2005 · 0 comments

Legit Reviews has a look at a set of three DDR2 memory kits each boasting PC2-6400 compatability. The high speed memory is designed for those that enjoy pushing the envelope with their systems which is made somewhat easier by Intel’s…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 19, 2005 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at the AMD Opteron 254 CPU. The processor is capable of working in a two CPU configuration but it’s still a single core chip. The lack of a second core may hurt it in…

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