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by Rafael Hernandez on October 4, 2005 · 0 comments

Big Bruin has a look at the HEC Group ACE 580UB ATX Power Supply. The 580Watter comes in a slick glossy black finish and is cooled off by a pair of blue LED lit fans. There are no fancy modular…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 4, 2005 · 0 comments

MVKTech has a review of the Mushkin eXtreme Performance XP4000 2GB dual channel memory kit. The larger memory densities aren’t known for their performance prowess but Mushkin did a bit of tinkering and is able to get some good results…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 3, 2005 · 0 comments

Yahoo! News has an AP story on the increase in digital music sales, to the tune of more than 300%. The sales are a small portion of the money the music companies generate but if it can continue growth rates…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 3, 2005 · 0 comments

Futurelooks has a review of the IOGear Laser Mouse. It’s your usual mouse with five buttons except it’s using a laser for movement detection which should improve precision. An interesting product, just don’t go shining it into anybody’s eyes….

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 3, 2005 · 0 comments

techPowerUp has what appears to be promotional material for ATI’s upcoming Radeon card line. The boards are a bit late to market giving the competition several months of free reign at the top end but, if these graphs hold true,…

Read more ATI's new Radeon Sell Sheets

by Rafael Hernandez on October 3, 2005 · 0 comments

BeHardware has a guide on the varying levels of quality in LCD panels/monitors and what to look out for. The number of acceptable stuck or dead pixels and non-uniform screen lighting can be an annoying struggle when picking up a…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 30, 2005 · 0 comments

GamePC has the scoop on the AMCC 3Ware 9550SX-4LP SATA-II Controller card. The controller they have access to can handle 4 SATA-II capable harddrives in a number of RAID configurations. Another choice for your redundancy needs but it does look…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 30, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech takes a look at Valve Software’s High Dynamic Range lighting technology. Their recent release of Day of Defeat: Source added the feature to their title with their upcoming map, Lost Coast, for Half Life 2 set to fully take…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 30, 2005 · 0 comments

EPoX has a new toy on its hands labeled EP-8NPA SLI. The board is the first SLI capable motherboard for AMD’s single channel Socket 754 Athlon64s and Semprons. An interesting option for those that already own a 754 CPU and…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 29, 2005 · 0 comments

Gaempyre has a pair of XFX GeForce 7800GT graphics board set up in that gaming goodness knwon as SLI. Twice the number of GPUs would, theoretically, mean twice the performance but it doesn’t work out that way unfortunately. Ffortunately it…

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by Rafael Hernandez on September 29, 2005 · 0 comments

Hexus.net has a look at the PowerColor Radeon X850 Pro graphics card. While the X8xx line is no longer considered high-end they still offer good performance and image quality and with newer cards taking up the higher pricing spots cards,…

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