May 2006

by Rafael Hernandez on May 12, 2006 · 0 comments

The Electronic Entertainment Expo is the gaming industry’s chance to show off their latest titles and hardware along with a healthy dose of good old vapourware. Come see what a few websites have uncovered at this year’s show: AnandTech Guru3D…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 10, 2006 · 0 comments

Guru3D has a look at the HiS Radeon X1800 GTO IceQ3 graphics card. The x1800gto is a slightly crippled version of the x1800XT/XL chip destined for the mid-range of the market. While it does have a missing quad of rendering…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 10, 2006 · 0 comments

HardOCP(Consumer) has a look at one of Puget System’s Custom Gaming PCs. It’s not a true SFF, but a fully featured MicroATX system packed with some great hardware. A nice PC but it’s on the very pricey side and their…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 9, 2006 · 0 comments

Alienware, the high-end gaming PC people, have launched their latest notebook line. The two systems come in your choice of 17″ or 19″ versions with the 17″ limited to SLI Nvidia 7900GS graphics and the 19″er coming in with two…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 9, 2006 · 0 comments

DailyTech has some of the details on Sony’s plans for its PlayStation 3 game console launch. The system has dropped its boomerang controller in favor of a heavily modified version of its dual analog stick design. Its pricing starts off…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 8, 2006 · 0 comments

PC Perspective has a look at the BFG AGEIA physics processing card. The board will, eventually, help add mounds of interactive elements to games without the usual system crawl when stuff gets blown up. Interesting things happening in the gaming…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 8, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at the DFI CFX3200-DR motherboard. It’s based on ATI’s RD580 CrossFire capable chipset which brings a full 16 lanes to each graphics card. A great performer from the start but its overabundance of BIOS settings can…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 8, 2006 · 0 comments

SimHQ has their take on the ATI Radeon X1900 XTX. The gang looks at it from the simulation perspective which can be a bit more system intensive than the run of the mill first person shooter. A great option for…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 5, 2006 · 0 comments

t-break has a review of the Toshiba Qosmio G20 notebook PC. It’s hardly a portable machine with its massive 17″ screen but it is a polished beast with plenty of media touches which make it a good desktop replacement. A…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 5, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech has an early look at the Asus AGEIA PhysX physics processing board. The card has been much talked about by the gaming community wondering if the card could deliver the goods. Initial results aren’t all that impressive but there…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 4, 2006 · 0 comments

HTPCnews has a review of the nMedia HTPC 300SA PC case. The setup is an ATX form-factor allowing for plenty of expansion options for your media rig but it’s not very well equipped to handle many storage drives. A decent…

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