December 2005

by Rafael Hernandez on December 16, 2005 · 0 comments

CNN’s Game Over had a chance to play with Nintendo’s Revolution controller. The company has moved away from the usual gamepad with something a bit more interactive which enables some new on-screen movement tricks. An interesting take on control….

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 16, 2005 · 0 comments

The Firing Squad has an early look at the super “secret” ATI Catalyst 5.13 driver set. The drivers are set to be released near Christmas as a gift to users that own a X1800 card that features their AVIVO technology….

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 15, 2005 · 0 comments

techPowerUp has a review of the Sapphire PURE CrossFire PI-A9RD480 motherboard. There aren’t many options in the ATI CrossFire arena so the platform needs a good show from the ones that are available and, from the looks of things, the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 15, 2005 · 0 comments

DriverHeaven has a look at the performance difference of the ATI Catalyst 5.12 drivers in dual core configurations. The drivers give a decent boost if you’re fortunate enough to own a dual core CPU. They’ve even tossed in a mini-interview…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 15, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at the HP DX5150 desktop PC. The system seems well suited for office environments with plenty of memory and processing power but it seems a little excessive for just office applications and not powerful enough for…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 14, 2005 · 0 comments

PCSTATS has tested the Corsair TwinX2048-4000PT 2GB DDR memory kit. This high capacity RAM hit some rather high clock speeds a feat that had been reserved for 1GB kits until recently. A great set of memory if you’re into pushing…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 14, 2005 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at two Seagate Barracuda harddrives in the company’s 7200.9 lineup. There’s quite a bit of choice in the hard drive market with each manufacturer putting up similar performance numbers. While they’re not an extraordinary…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 14, 2005 · 0 comments

Nvidia is making a move on fellow chipset maker ULi. The company has created some interesting products recently that were very competitive with the best of the best but they came in at much lower pricetags. A sad day for…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 13, 2005 · 0 comments

bit-tech rolled up on DreamHack Winter 2005, the largest PC gathering around. A fair bit of gaming is sure to be going on as well as product demonstrations and PC modding how-to’s. Looks like an interesting event with plenty of…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 13, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at the ULi M1697 northbridge. The chipset is a single chip solution for AMD’s Athlon 64, which was the norm, but it doesn’t feature as many PCIe lanes as the two chip Nvidia solution. A good…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 12, 2005 · 0 comments

Bytesector has a review of the ThermalTake Swing PC case. The case comes in at a modest price with no aluminum in sight and you’ll have to supply your own powersupply but it looks like it’s a solidly built case…

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