December 2006

by Rafael Hernandez on December 12, 2006 · 0 comments

HardOCP has their evaluation of the Alienware Area-51 7500 R3 custom built system. Alienware is the big-daddy of the “boutique” PC builders what with Dell’s backing and what-not. A speedy machine they put together but they seem to lack the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 12, 2006 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at the MSI mPC 51PV small form factor PC. The system comes in with support for AMD’s AM2 socket CPUs courtesy of the Nvidia GeForce 6150 chipset which just so happens to feature an…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 12, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech continues their “weeks in advance of CES” trip to Taiwan getting the low-down on a batch of new products. A number of manufacturers were eager to show off their gear which seems to mostly target Intel’s Core 2 Duo…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 11, 2006 · 0 comments

Virtual Hideout has a look at the Sapphire Ultimate X1950PRO graphics card. Their particular thoughts on “ultimate” lend itself to a snazzy pre-installed Zalman GPU cooler, which allows for lower temperatures and a quieter card, and a rather meager bundle…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 11, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at the performance of various graphics cards when playing back a Blu-ray movie. A certain 8 series card makes a good case for the performance crown in this test with older products trailing it by quite…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 11, 2006 · 0 comments

X-bit labs has a look at the ASUS S6F Notebook PC. The laptop is one miniscule product wrapped in a bit of leather to give it those extra style points. It’s by no means a powerhouse featuring an Intel Core…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 8, 2006 · 0 comments

SilentPCReview pairs the AOpen i945GTt-VFA motherboard and Silverstone LC-12 PC case into one review. The board packs in quite a number of features in its mini-ITX frame which the Silverstone compliments very nicely. It’s not for performance seekers and the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 8, 2006 · 0 comments

the inquirer seems to believe that OCZ will make a jump into the graphics card realm shortly. The company is most famous for its line of memory products although it has spread out into other areas recently. It should get…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 8, 2006 · 0 comments

Network Performance Daily has a look at some of the changes in Microsoft’s Windows Vista TCP/IP network stack compared to their earlier operating systems. A number of interesting changes that will be beneficial to home users as well as business…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 7, 2006 · 0 comments

TechSpot has a look at the ATI Radeon X1650XT graphics card and pits it against the Nvidia GeForce 7600GT. It’s a battle at the low-end to mid-range with the 7600GT putting up a nice effort but shader heavy titles fall…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 7, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech takes a trip to Taiwan to visit with some hardware manufacturers to find out the latest in gear that’ll be stocking store shelves next year. There’s plenty in the way for performance gear planned and it seems that Shuttle…

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