January 2007

by Rafael Hernandez on January 16, 2007 · 0 comments

Legit Reviews has a look at the XFX 8800 GTX XXX Edition graphics card. The card features all of the same great features found in other boards based on the same GPU but it comes fresh out of the factory…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 16, 2007 · 0 comments

GamePC pits AMD’s workstation/server class Opteron 2000 series processors against Intel’s latest and greatest Xeon lines. The chips are supported by a thoroughly modern platform unfortunately its performance isn’t up to par with Intel’s latest core designs….

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 15, 2007 · 0 comments

TweakTown has the PowerColor Radeon X1950PRO with Arctic Cooling on its testbench today. The card is a solid mid-range deal with plenty of advanced features and good performance to which they’ve strapped an Arctic Cooling cooler on. Good performance and…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 15, 2007 · 0 comments

Pro Clockers has a review of the Asrock Conroe945G-DVI motherboard. Asrock’s slightly odd approach at designing motherboards is evident here as they choose an older Intel 945G chipset to pull chipset duty for Intel’s latest Core 2 chips. A strange…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 15, 2007 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at the Asus M2R32-MVP motherboard. The board makes use of ATI’s CrossFire Xpress 3200 northbridge chip for AMD’s socket AM2 CPUs. A few inconsistencies in their design but, overall, it’s a solid performer and…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 12, 2007 · 0 comments

HardOCP has a look at the MSI 975X Platinum PowerUp Edition motherboard. The board sports Intel’s powerful, if dated, 975X chipset with ATI CrossFire support and plenty of BIOS settings to keep an enthusiast happy. A solid choice for your…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 12, 2007 · 0 comments

Another day another batch of interesting stuff that’s bound to be discovered at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show. Plenty of high-powered and just enough power gear on display this year so lets take a look at what some have stumbled…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 12, 2007 · 0 comments

bit-tech has a look at the Asus Crosshair motherboard. The board is aimed at the enthusiast crowd with some nifty features such as its illuminated rear IO plate, LCD status display (also on the rear), and endless tweaking options. As…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 11, 2007 · 0 comments

Hexus.net spotted Dell’s latest XPS gaming rig at this year’s CES sporting a little extra for pre-built performance seekers. The system shows up with a two phase system with liquid cooling and some peltier action combining to keep their Intel…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 11, 2007 · 0 comments

ExtremeTech has a batch of four Intel Core 2 capable motherboards on their testbench today. The boards are all over the price range and their feature sets aren’t exactly the same, especially when you consider the small MicroATX board, but…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 11, 2007 · 0 comments

Another day means even more hardware news from the Consumer Electronics Show. The amount of interesting hardware is surely dwindling down now but there’s surely that oddball item just waiting to be found. Driver Heaven’s coverage HardwareLogic’s coverage The Tech…

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