X-bit labs went through the whole product line (well almost) of a new memory manufacturer which goes by the name of Patriot. Everything from run of the mill DDR to high speed/low latency solutions was looked at. Some decent performance…
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The AMD side of the desktop computing world has been missing some key features for future upgradeability and performance scaling, namely the lack of PCI Express. NVIDIA has launched its new nForce 4 chipset for the Athlon 64 line of…
Read more NVIDIA nForce 4 Previewed
A potential licensing and pricing nightmare may be over for companies who were waiting on Microsoft’s word on whether or not upcoming dual-core processors, from both AMD and Intel, would count as two seperate CPUs in their licensing terms, which…
Read more MS Says: Two Cores = One Chip
It’s amazing how many reviews simultaneously pop up once companys announce a new product line and it’s no different with AMD’s launch of the Athlon 64 4000+ and FX-55 processors. The two new chips offer up some great performance which…
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CNET News has a hunch that AMD will be releasing some new Athlon 64 chips this week which will the raise performance bar, and pricetags, as well. The Athlon 64 FX-55 and Athlon 64 4000+ will occupy the top two…
Read more New AMD Chips on the Way
GamePC grabbed seven of the lastest video cards, featuring PCI-Express interfaces, and tested them in a widerange of benchmarks. They have cards from the mid-range, high-end, and even an NVIDIA Quadro card which are designed for workstation/3D heavy applications….
Read more PCI-E Graphics Card Roundup
Microsoft Watch has a status check on Microsoft’s upcoming R2 platform beautification project for their Windows Server 2003 Operating System. There’s word of some features being pushed back for release along side Longhorn server but the company is confident in…
Read more Server 2003 R2 Features on Back-Burner
Short-Media went about testing the now widely released Service Pack 2 for Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system to see if it slows down PC speed. The early results point to yes but with the number of fixes the Service Pack…
Read more Does XP SP2 Affect Performance?
PC Stats has the skinny on the Samsung HLN617W 61-inch Digital Light Processing screen. While the display is good for your usual TV and DVD watching it’s also capable of displaying high res PC output for that larger than life…
Read more Samsung HLN617W 61" DLP Reviewed
The FCC cleared some interference hurdles for power companies which will allow them to offer broadband internet service to customers. The broadband arena is about to get a bit more crowded now but competition is a great thing which is…
ViperLair tests out the new Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 which just so happens to feature Native Command Queuing support which can boost drive performance quite a bit and is one of the more compelling reasons to swith to Serial-ATA. Then again…
Read more Seagate Barracuda and NCQ Tested
