HardOCP has a look at the Asus P5B-E motherboard. It’s yet another board designed for the Intel Core 2 lineup but it’s a tad more value oriented than the rest of the Asus lineup. A solid looking performer with plenty…
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January 2007
TechSpot wanted to know how the Intel Core 2 E4300 performed compared to the E6300. The chips are both value chips in the Intel lineup with the E6300 made from rejects of the 4MB sister versions while the E4300 is…
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Techgage has a look at how well Microsoft’s Windows Vista performs compared to the good old XP. The OS has a lot to prove given its lofty goals and its checkered past. As far as a fairly recent PC is…
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Yahoo! News informs us that Microsoft won’t be quick to cut off support for their XP operating system in the face of their Vista rollout. The company will extend their patching/maintenance of the OS until April 2009 for the Home…
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XSReviews has a look at the passively cooled MSI 7600GT. The board manages such a feat with a large amount of copper and heatpipes which for such a low-power consuming chip is a perfect cooling method. A nice enough card…
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Asus has a batch of new motherboards on tap which feature support for Microsoft Windows Vista. The boards offer support for such features as SideShow, ReadyBoost, and BitLocker with modules you can add or comes with the motherboards. A nice…
Bjorn3D has the scoop on the HIS X1650XT IceQ Turbo graphics card. The board makes use of a solid low-end ATI graphics chip and mounts a fancy cooler to it for low temperatures and quieter operation. A nice card for…
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DailyTech has the skinny on Microsoft’s Windows Vista hitting online retailer shelves a few days before launch. The new operating system is the company’s first major consumer OS release in over 5 years and it brings several new features and…
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The Tech Report runs the Nvidia GeForce 8800 series GPUs through their paces in SLI mode. The high powered cards get a rather large boost when paired together, plenty of performance to drive your large shiney display. Absurd performance, perfect…
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Legit Reviews has had a bit of fun with their AMD QuadFX based system. The platform revolves around a dual socket motherboard which can currently accept dual core chips. A nice setup but the other big name chip maker also…
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HotHardware has a look at the MSI GeForce 8800 GTX graphics card. The board is the current high-end offering from Nvidia and is also the fastest currently available. A great choice for Windows Vista, what with its DX10 support, also…
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