GamePC tests the Intel Xeon 5160 against the Core 2 Extreme X6800 CPU. The Xeon chip has slightly better specs at a lower pricetag than the Core 2 Extreme but lacks the unlocked multipliers enthusiasts love and which the Extreme…
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HardOCP had a chat with Scott Vouri, Nvidia’s general manager of multimedia, about PureVideo HD. Their PureVideo technology attempts to improve videoimage quality and playback performance so it’s not as reliant on the system CPU. The number of hoops you…
Microsoft has officially launched its portable digital media player called the Zune. The player has a built-in FM tuner and wireless connectivity that will let you share songs with other Zunes for a short period of time. They’re also planning…
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AnandTech has a look at Nvidia’s latest graphics card, the GeForce 7950GT in single and SLI setups. It’s your run of the mill 7900 GTX with lower clock rates so you know you get a solid foundation for graphics performance…
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Legit Reviews has a look at the ATI Radeon X1900XT 256MB graphics card. The “normal” X1900XT has 512MB of high speed DDR3 attached to it while this boards comes in with 256MB less. A solid performer and quite a bit…
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HardOCP has a look at the ASUS P5NSLI motherboard. The board accepts Intel LGA775 CPUs and supports the latest Core 2 Duo chips. It looks to be a very solid performer, at stock settings, although it lacks fancy northbridge cooling…
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The Tech Report has put the Connect3D X1900GT through one of their usual intense benchmark sessions. The GPU has a few shader processing elements shut off here and there but is still just as capable in the feature set and…
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PC Perspective has a look at the Nvidia GeForce Go 7900GTX and 7900GS. These GPUs can normally be found in notebooks and offer a better feature set and speed benefits over the integrated hardware found in most notebooks. Decent performance…
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Dell has started shipping a few new computer lines two of which offer AMD CPUs as an option. It’s been a long time coming although the timing doesn’t seem all that great with Intel the current performance king but it…
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bit-tech has a look at the fancy new Corsair Dominator Twin2X2048-8888C4DF DDR2 memory kit. The modules are designed to pull heat away from the memory with its special heatspreader attached that works well with the fan attachment they include. Insane…
Hexus.net has delved into the world of Microsoft’s DirectX 10 graphics API. The software will only be a part of their Vista OS as the company has no plans to release it for XP but it promises better performance and…
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