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by Rafael Hernandez on May 17, 2005 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at AMD’s long awaited (by enthusiasts at least) Athlon 64 3800+. Their particular chip has a reworked core which is a bit more flexible with memory and tosses in SSE3 support. A nice looking…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 17, 2005 · 0 comments

Sony has announced its upcoming PlayStation 3 gaming console. Their press briefing was quite tech demo heavy but they did show off some new titles, that are in the works, which are really quite impressive. 1UP has the Sony PR…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 16, 2005 · 0 comments

Futurelooks has a review of the Corsair Cool liquid cooling system. The high-end memory company has taken a crack at cooling today’s hot running processors. A few issues greeted their reviewer, which you don’t want occuring with a liquid cooling…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 16, 2005 · 0 comments

CDRinfo has a look at Microsoft’s XP Professional x64 Edition operating system. The OS supports both Intel (sans Itanium) and AMD’s 64-bit processors which can improve performance. A number of 64-bit apps saw a nice jump while most 32-bit apps…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 16, 2005 · 0 comments

Mushkin has come up with another performance line of memory for your tweaking pleasure. The Redline XP4000 DDR kit is designed to run at low latencies and at higher than normal clock rates but it requires quite a bit of…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 16, 2005 · 0 comments

MadShrimps has a total of ten AMD Athlon 64 compatible heatsinks on their testbench. A number of the designs strive for quieter cooling, which is a welcome trend, but the Shrimps crew goes ahead and straps all manner of high…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 13, 2005 · 0 comments

Gaming Nexus has a review of ATI’s All-In-Wonder X800 XT graphics card. ATI’s All-In-Wonder line has been very popular due to its built-in TV/FM tuner and good video performance in one card. This latest version brings it up to today’s…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 13, 2005 · 0 comments

ECS has a good idea going with its ECS PF88 Extreme motherboard. At first glance it appears to be another Intel Pentium 4 LGA775 supporting motherboard, which it is, but their proprietary connector allows the user to drop in an…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 13, 2005 · 0 comments

Microsoft had their (rather weak) MTV display for their upcoming Xbox 360 console yesterday thankfully it is smaller than the previous Xbox and some impressive titles are in the works. A few sites sum up the info and hardware specs…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 12, 2005 · 0 comments

BeHardware has a pair of 23″ LCDs and a lone 24″ on their testbed today. The displays are all widescreen and offer up plenty of display area and resolution for work and entertainment. There is some work to be done…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 12, 2005 · 0 comments

Bjorn3D has a look at the Sapphire Radeon X800 XL Ultimate PCI Express graphics card. The board is based on ATI’s popular mid-range chip which balances good performance and a reasonable price-tag. A great card for playing today’s popular titles….

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