by Rafael Hernandez on October 22, 2004
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PC Stats has a review of the MSI Radeon RX800XT-VTD256E video card. The board makes use of the X800XT specifications/chip which is just a bit underclocked from the top end ATI X800XT Platinum line so they can create a whole…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 22, 2004
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GameSpy has a preview of the newest/upcoming entry into the Elder Scroll RPG line The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Tons of graphical advancements and, no doubt, monster slaying in store in the next release and with its large landscapes tons…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 22, 2004
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HardwareZone takes a gander at the Shuttle XP17 LCD monitor. The display is designed to complement their small form factor barebone PCs with its sleek and minimalist design and, apparently, it does a good job at displaying video output from…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 22, 2004
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DigiTimes has a small bit of info on a pair of new LCD displays from BenQ one of which sports an 8ms response which should, theoretically, get rid of all of those “ghosting/image smearing” problems of the past. The displays…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 21, 2004
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SystemCooling has a go at the Jetart AquaCool AK1000, an external liquid cooling device. The system combines the reservoir, pump, fan, and radiator into an external package which does an admirable job of cooling a CPU even though it’s smaller…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 21, 2004
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GamePC has a look at the somewhat strange Asus NCCH-DL motherboard which sports support for dual Intel Xeon processors but forgoes the usual server chipsets and places the desktop friendly i875p chipset in the mix. Surprising performance and price for…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 21, 2004
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X-bit labs has the low-down on some of XGI Technology’s plans for their future graphics chips. Their previous chips have had a less than cordial reception in the computing world, because of various reasons, but they’re trying to turn themselves…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 21, 2004
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Guru3D tests out the 6x.xx series of ForceWare drivers from NVIDIA for their GeForce line of video cards. The later drivers contain all sorts of new tweaks and techniques that should boost performance and compatibility with software. So far the…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 20, 2004
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X-bit labs has a review of the stylish ASUS V9999 Gamer Edition graphics card. The card features NVIDIA’s GeForce 6800 GPU clocked a bit higher than the normal operating specs. The end result is great performance at a somewhat reasonable…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 20, 2004
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DigiTimes has a write-up on why it’s been difficult to find the latest mid-range video cards from NVIDIA and ATI in the market. It would appear their substrate supplier wasn’t able to produce enough chip substrates due to a water…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 20, 2004
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HotHardware tries out a reference design of S3’s upcoming OmniChrome graphics card/TV Tuner combo. The card isn’t a screamer when it comes to today’s latest games but the tuner functionality coupled with a, supposedly, lower price tag should make it…
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