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by Rafael Hernandez on October 12, 2004 · 0 comments

FiringSquad has a look at the performance that high end video cards have to offer in Valve Software’s highly anticipated and recently released Counter Strike: Source. It looks like they’re all up to the challenge, now all we need is…

Read more CS:Source Performance Comparison

by Rafael Hernandez on October 12, 2004 · 0 comments

mini-itx.com has some details and pictures from last week’s Fall Processor Forum covering VIA’s dual CPU EPIA Mini-ITX form factor boards. They also had a four processor setup going on at the show. Interesting stuff although, sadly, the CPUs aren’t…

Read more Dual CPU VIA Mini-ITX Board Displayed

by Rafael Hernandez on October 12, 2004 · 0 comments

ATI has begun shipping system chipsets for the AMD Athlon 64 platform ahead of its rivals in a whole new arena. The new PCI-E based chipsets will come in two different flavors, with integrated graphics or without, and appears it…

Read more ATI Shipping PCI-E Chipsets

by Rafael Hernandez on October 12, 2004 · 0 comments

bit-tech has a look at a pair of Intel Pentium 4 based motherboards sporting the powerful 925X chipset. The MSI 925X Neo Platinum-54G and DFI LANParty 925X-T2 come from two companies focused on releasing quality products with a bit of…

Read more Intel 925X Boards Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on October 11, 2004 · 0 comments

OCModShop is smitten with the convolutedly named Corsair TWIN2X1024-5400C4PRO 1GB DDR2 memory kit, which is able to hit some mighty insane clock rates, if you happen to have a CPU that can handle it. Some of the highest memory bandwidth…

Read more High-Speed Corsair DDR2 Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on October 11, 2004 · 0 comments

GamePC has a look at one of the more compact, dual processor Intel Xeon based boards on the market. The ASUS NCT-D E7525 has a smaller feature set compared to the other Xeon boards but still maintains great performace and…

Read more ASUS Dual Intel Xeon Board Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on October 11, 2004 · 0 comments

ExtremeTech has a review of the Samsung LT-P468W 46″ Widescreen LCD TV capable of displaying high definition content. The display features a ton of A/V hookup ports and high resolution display capabilities but its price tag is, as with any…

Read more Samsung 46" LCD Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on October 11, 2004 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at a new, low-cost entry into the video chip arena, the NVIDIA GeForce 6200. For its price range it has some decent performance numbers and it inherits the same great image quality of its…

Read more NVIDIA GeForce 6200 Previewed

by Rafael Hernandez on October 9, 2004 · 0 comments

CDRinfo does what they do best, tests out the top of the line Sony DRU-710A. This burner is capable of 16x DVD+R burn speeds and 2.4x dual layer writing making it one of the more feature packed burners on the…

Read more Sony DRU-710A DVD+-RW/DL Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on October 8, 2004 · 0 comments

Business Week has a look at some of the future challenges Intel has ahead of them from obvious competitors and their own stumbling over the past few years. Lots of missteps and pressure from many sides has bruised them up…

Read more Intel Faces Hurdles

by Rafael Hernandez on October 8, 2004 · 0 comments

SystemCooling has an in-depth look at the SilverStone Lascala LC03V, which is designed to look like an A/V piece of gadgetry, that they then go about modding up a bit, with good results. The case is roomy, capable of taking…

Read more SilverStone Lascala HTPC Case Reviewed