April 2007

by Rafael Hernandez on April 13, 2007 · 0 comments

DailyTech has some spicey details on ATI/AMD’s upcoming R600 graphics chip. Boards based on it are to be named the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT and sport a supposed 320 stream processors and 512-bit memory interface along side onboard physics…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 12, 2007 · 0 comments

DailyTech writes of Microsoft’s planned phase-out of the XP operating system at the end of this year. The company’s contract to supply the OS to OEM bulders runs until then so you can expect 2008 to be a fully Vista…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 12, 2007 · 0 comments

HARDSPELL has an AMD R600 based graphics card on their hands and they were very eager to show it off. Plenty of images including the massive OEM cooler and the bare graphics card itself. There are no performance numbers yet…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 12, 2007 · 0 comments

X-bit labs has a look at the Linksys WRT300N wireless router. It supports the 802.11N standard which offers better performance and coveraged compared to the older standards. A nice bump in speed if you need it for your mobile devices…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 11, 2007 · 0 comments

HKEPC writes of the AMD Turion mobile chips getting a die shrink soon. The chips have found a fair amount of success in the mobile market and this die shrink should help them lower costs while improving power consumption but…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 11, 2007 · 0 comments

PCSTATS has a look at the ABIT AB9 Pro motherboard. The board doesn’t stand out much on the features front, the simple Intel Core 2 support, silent chipset cooling, and plenty of BIOS options is about as good as it…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 11, 2007 · 0 comments

HotHardware has a look at the GTR GT3-BH PC Case. The snazzy looking unit is designed for MicroATX motherboards but given its highly compact form factor a bit of careful planning and delicate maneuvers seem to be required in order…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 10, 2007 · 0 comments

Boot Daily has a look at the Gigabyte GA-965GM-S2 motherboard. The board comes in the Micro-ATX form factor for that smaller PC look and feel. It features four DIMM slots for plenty of memory expansion and quite a few S-ATA…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 10, 2007 · 0 comments

Legion Hardware has a look at the 320MB and 640MB versions of the Nvidia GeForce 8800GTS based cards. It’s not always clear cut how they’ll perform given how card manufacturers pick random clocks speeds to ship them at but their…

Read more 320 vs 640 (8800GTS Comparison)

by Rafael Hernandez on April 10, 2007 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at the EVGA nForce 650i Ultra motherboard. The board sports a nice enough feature set although don’t expect SLI support or Dual ethernet ports on it. A great performer with some nice enthusiast options all at…

Read more EVGA nForce 650i Ultra Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on April 9, 2007 · 0 comments

PC Perspective has a look at the VTBook CardBus Display Adapter. The device plugs into an open CardBus slot in your notebook PC and works as a secondary graphics card for another display. It’s not the most potent of solutions…

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