AnandTech has a shootout between the Intel GMA 950 integrated graphics core and ATI’s Xpress 200. The IGPs are designed for budget systems so top of the line performance is a ways off but it is more than enough performance…
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BFG continues a fine tradition of manufacturers using confusing product names with their BFGRNF4U motherboard. The company is better known for its graphics cards which have been quite popular. HardOCP has a review of their Nvidia nForce4 Ultra powered AMD…
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Bjorn3D has a look at an AGP version of the Sapphire Radeon X850 XT PE VIVO. A fancy little bridge chip has made it possible for board manufacturers to bring ATI’s PCI Express GPUs into the hands of gamers with…
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InsaneTek has a look at Abit’s AX8 motherboard for AMD’s Athlon 64 processor. The board makes fine use of VIA’s K8T890Pro chipset which offers PCI Express support (although no SLI option). A solid and cheaper alternative to some of the…
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ExtremeTech has gathered together most of the information floating around about AGEIA’s physics chip. Their PPU has gained a bit of momentum by gaining acceptance from some of the larger game publishers and creators. A higher level of interactivity with…
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TrustedReviews has a look at the Biostar iDEQ 330P barebones SFF PC. A ton of manufacturers are putting out small form factor systems, of varying quality, but this nForce 4/socket939 setup looks to be solid and powerful competition for the…
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The Tech Report has a look at what might be the AGP slot’s last hurrah. ATI’s Rialto PCI Express to AGP chip has allowed it to bring some formerly PCI-E only boards over. TR has a look at the X800…
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X-bit labs has the details on Sapphire’s plan to use a supposed Liquid Metal cooler on a graphics board. The technology is said to improve heat transfer from the graphics chip allowing it to run cooler and at lower noise…
AnandTech had a chance to take a closer look at Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox360 console. The “hardware” was just for show but it does show off some of the important features of the console including the removable harddrive and its new…
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Hexus.net has a mini-review of the MSI Megabook S250 notebook computer. The laptop is a slim device with a small 12″ LCD screen and weak graphics adapter but a plenty powerful Intel Pentium M CPU. A nice portable system for…
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AnandTech tested out their hunch on a few budgets graphics boards and different memory timings. ATI’s HyperMemory and Nvidia’s TurboCache both rely on PCI Express’ quicker access to the system memory in order to support the meager, or non-existent, memory…
