January 2006

by Rafael Hernandez on January 10, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at the AMD Athlin 64 FX-60 processor. The FX chip-line is the top of the heap for their consumer chips, this particular model rolls in with two cores running at 2.6GHz. An impressive CPU which is…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 9, 2006 · 0 comments

NGOHQ has a review of the Arctic Cooling Accelero X2 VGA cooler. The company was one of the first to bring bulkier VGA coolers to the market with their impressive Silencer line and their new Accelero maintains that great performance…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 9, 2006 · 0 comments

The Inquirer has the details on a Sapphire X1600Pro graphics card that comes equipped with an HDMI interface. The HDMI link carries digital video and audio signals which the card has covered with its own dedicated audio chip. An interesting…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 9, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech has their usual mass of information with their Day 3 coverage of the Consumer Electronics Show. Most of the focus is on various storage devices and display technology including SED. A great amount of hardware on its way, just…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 7, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech continues its CES coverage with their day 2 compilation. 21 pages of tech goodies with more info on that Quad SLI Dell gaming monster and other assorted hardware….

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 6, 2006 · 0 comments

FrostyTech has a look at how heatsink and thermal interface material testing should be done. A number of CPUs have been pushing heat boundaries lately and more than a few heatsinks have failed to cool them off properly which would…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 6, 2006 · 0 comments

A number of websites have prime info from the Consumer Electronics Show currently going on in Las Vegas. Here’s some of the coverage: AnandTech’s Day 1 bit-tech Engadget…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 6, 2006 · 0 comments

bit-tech has a look at the MSI RD480 Neo2 motherboard. The ATI CrossFire capable board is nicely equipped with plenty of SATA and USB2 ports as well as firewire connections. Impressively enough its performance with X850XT cards manages to keep…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 5, 2006 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a photo of an MSI creation that could have mobile graphics cards working SLI magic on a single board. The card has two slots for the MXM notebook graphics modules which usually feature enhanced power efficiency…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 5, 2006 · 0 comments

Microsoft has released a patch for its Graphics Rendering Engine which allowed for some malicious actions with just a simple WMF file. You can grab the update from their security bulletin or Windows Update can take care of you as…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 5, 2006 · 0 comments

Laptop Logic has a review of the Asus A7G notebook PC. The laptop pairs the usual Intel Pentium M CPU with a large 17″ widescreen display and ATI’s Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics chip. A competent portable gaming machine, and, its…

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