August 2006

by Rafael Hernandez on August 3, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at a mobile version of the Intel Core 2 Duo, code named Merom, and the original Core Duo. The chips are both impressive performers but the Merom CPU brings along 64-bit extensions which should speed up…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 2, 2006 · 0 comments

DigiTimes has some details on Nvidia’s MCP61S northbridge chip for the AMD AM2 CPUs. The chip contains the various southbridge functions as well as integrated graphics whcih should make for some cheaper motherboards and slightly slimmer designs….

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 2, 2006 · 0 comments

gD Hardware has a look at the ASUS A7J Notebook PC. The laptop is one slick looking device featuring a 17″ display and an Intel Core Duo CPU. A nice machine but the underpowered graphics choice on these larger systems…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 2, 2006 · 0 comments

Monopoly Powers according to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. The company gained the upper hand on DRAM manufacturers by obtaining patents on technologies that were still in development and while they were a part of the industry wide design and…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 1, 2006 · 0 comments

bit-tech has a look at a number of Intel Core 2 Duo compatible heatsinks. Instead of testing them on a Conroe they slapped them on one of the hottest consumer chips known to man, the Pentium Extreme Edition 955. Some…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 1, 2006 · 0 comments

Hot Hardware has a look at the ASUS EAX1900XTX graphics card. The current top of the line from ATI features an impressive amount of processing power under the hood that makes those shader intensive games fly. A great card but…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 1, 2006 · 0 comments

HardOCP has a look at the Gateway NX860X notebook PC. The system is quite large with its 17″ display and somewhat potent, featuring an Intel Core Duo CPU and Nvidia GeForce Go 7600 graphics . A nice setup but its…

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