October 2006

by Rafael Hernandez on October 26, 2006 · 0 comments

bit-tech tossed a few what-ifs at Microsoft over its activation program for its upcoming Windows Vista operating system. Enthusiats have been a bit worried on whether or not their constant need to upgrade may invalidate their OS purchase. The terms…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 26, 2006 · 0 comments

PCSTATS has a look at the MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE graphics card and compares it to the reference Nvidia 7950GX2. The board is a monster with two cards doing their SLI duty in a single slot which allows for a pair of…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 25, 2006 · 0 comments

Hexus.net has a short write-up on AMD/ATI’s move toward a combo CPU/GPU processing chip. It’s an expected move but nobody, outside of the two companies, knows what it will lead to yet though with the boundless imaginations everyone has both…

Read more On the Fusion of CPU and GPU

by Rafael Hernandez on October 25, 2006 · 0 comments

GamePC has a look at the Intel Core 2 Duo desktop chip (Conroe) and the mobile version (Merom). It’s an interesting test as the system using the mobile version, with the appropriate motherboard, uses up much less power than the…

Read more Core 2 Duo Mobile Versus Desktop

by Rafael Hernandez on October 25, 2006 · 0 comments

techPowerUp has a look at the ATI Radeon X1900 XT 256MB graphics card. The card sports 256MB less video memory than the three boards above it in ATI’s line up which can hurt it in high resolution/high image quality situations…

Read more ATI Radeon X1900 XT 256MB Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on October 24, 2006 · 0 comments

neoseeker has a look at the Sapphire Pure CrossFire 3200 motherboard. Sapphire is best known for their ATI based graphics cards so a motherboard using ATI’s latest AMD AM2 capable chipset the RD580. It’s an impressive enough performer with a…

Read more Sapphire Pure CrossFire 3200 Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on October 24, 2006 · 0 comments

PC Perspective has a look at the Enermax Galaxy 1000W power supply. The unit sports a modular cabling system which is welcome especially when you consider the huge amount of room the supply can take up. Such a product would’ve…

Read more Enermax Galaxy 1kW PSU Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on October 24, 2006 · 0 comments

BeHardware looks at Samsung’s push for their LCDs to do away with some of its perceived image flaws. Samsung plans on inserting some intelligently calculated images between actual frames in order to make ghosting/afterglow a thing of the past….

Read more 100Hz and LCDs

by Rafael Hernandez on October 23, 2006 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at the Nvidia nForce 590 SLI chipset for Intel processors. It’s obviously aimed at the latest Core 2 Duo CPUs and offers a good mix of on-board feature support. A nice chipset choice to…

Read more Nvidia nForce 590 SLI for Intel Evaluation

by Rafael Hernandez on October 23, 2006 · 0 comments

PC Modding Malaysia has a review of the Inno3D GeForce 7900GS graphics card. The 7900GS is just a step below the 7900GT speed wise but it enjoys most of the same image quality and SLI benefits as its bigger brother….

Read more Inno3D GeForce 7900GS Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on October 23, 2006 · 0 comments

HardOCP has one of their informative system evaluations on the Vigor Gaming Force Recon L2 PC. The system has the usual compliment of budget-minded gamer hardware at a decent price but it still ensures a good gaming experience overall….

Read more Vigor Gaming Force Recon L2 Evaluated