November 2005

by Rafael Hernandez on November 16, 2005 · 0 comments

Shacknews has the skinny on the marketplace feature for Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox 360 console. The purchases are made with points you can buy for cold-hard cash although the Xbox Gold service comes preloaded with some points to spend. The feature…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 16, 2005 · 0 comments

PC Stats has a look at the PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 510 Express/SLI power supply. The company is king among PSU manufacturers, if you have the cash. Their 510 Express/SLI is more than capable of handling your monster gaming…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 16, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech spent a little time with a motherboard powered by ATI’s RD580 chipset. The AMD based chip offers two 16X SLI slots for dedicated graphics communication, a nice boost for their CrossFire platform. They don’t offer up hard benchmark numbers…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 16, 2005 · 0 comments

EETimes has the details on AMD’s planned move to quad-core processors in 2007. The first CPUs to see the added cores are no doubt going to be their Opteron line which would see great speed benefits from added cores. It…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 15, 2005 · 0 comments

DigiTimes has reason to believe Intel’s Presler core processors may be unstable. The chips are 65nm dual-core chips destined for the LGA775 socket and feature lower power consumption than their current dual-core CPUs. The Yonah chips, on the other hand,…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 15, 2005 · 0 comments

Tweaknews has a review of the Antec Super LANBoy PC case. The design has been around a while now with its light weight frame winning accolades as well as its large, slow-spinning fans which make it a quitecase option. It’s…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 15, 2005 · 0 comments

Nvidia has released an updated driver set for its GeForce graphics chip line. The 81.94 version includes the usual bug fixes and performance improvements along with proper support for the newer, and insanely fast, GeForce 7800 GTX 512 graphics board….

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 15, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at a trio of motherboards each sporting Intel’s 945P chipset. The chipset is not the most popular of options for Intel’s CPUs although it is a solid mainstream product it just doesn’t grab the attention of…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 14, 2005 · 0 comments

MSNBC has the details on AOL’s planned service which will offer three-hundred TV series over the internet. The In2TV service will offer older TV shows for free, apparently, with fewer ads and a massive number of episodes for viewing. A…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 14, 2005 · 0 comments

Computing on Demand has a look at the Antec P180 PC chassis. The case is their current top of the line for consumers boasting some interesting features and plenty of cooling options. A great choice if you’re in the market…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 14, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at the Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX 512 graphics board. The card isn’t just a 7800 GTX with more memory, it sports much higher core and memory clock rates which give it a big boost and it’s…

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