by Rafael Hernandez on October 5, 2004
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ExtremeTech has some details from the Fall Processor Forum, going on this week, concerning AMDs plans for its dual core chip design of the Opteron CPU. Some hints on clock speeds and estimated performance gains in the server world as…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 5, 2004
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HardOCP has a review of the DFI LanParty 925X-T2 motherboard designed for the Intel LGA-775 CPU line. DFI has made quite a name for itself with products that contain just the right selection of components and firmware features to keep…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 4, 2004
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AnandTech has tested out various video cards under a Linux OS to see just how well NVIDIA and ATI are up to the task of providing performance for the growing share of systems. The results are pretty abysmal for ATI….
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 4, 2004
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The Tech Report tested out the newest, die shrunk, version of the AMD Athlon 64 running on a socket 939 system. The 90 nanometer chip offers the same performance as the 130nm version but consumes quite a bit less juice….
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 4, 2004
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AMDboard has the scoop on a dual processor, AMD Opteron motherboard which Abit is working on. The board is obviously destined for server work, what with its lack of an AGP or PCI-Express slot and the like, but it does…
Read more Abit Dual Opteron Motherboard Details
by Rafael Hernandez on October 4, 2004
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PC World has the specs for the new Tungsten T5 PDA from PalmOne (formerly Palm). The new device sports a beefy 256MB of flash storage, which can be used as a removable drive. On top of that they pile on…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 3, 2004
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Hardware Analysis has some after thoughts on Intel’s LGA-775 platform after having lived with it for a good 3 months. Nice touch by these folks to go back and share their insights which they’ve had some time to stew over….
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 3, 2004
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Ars Technica takes it to the Apple Power Mac G5 Dual 2.5GHz with their usual analytical minds and reports back with more technical details than you can imagine as well as a few snapshots of its inner-workings and benchmarks to…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 1, 2004
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X-bit labs tests out both Intel and AMD’s latest line of low-cost processors aimed at the value market. The Intel Celeron D and AMD Sempron CPUs try to balance price and performance and pull it off pretty well sporting some…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 1, 2004
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Spode’s Abode takes a look at no less than ten different PC cases with quite the critical eye. Many current day chassis’ have horrible build quality on top of hideous design schemes, and extremely poor airflow so choosing the right…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 1, 2004
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X-bit labs has good reason to believe that NVIDIA and ATI will not update their product offerings before the end of this year and instead will make a push starting early next year. The story is plausible due to the…
Read more Video Card Landscape to Maintain, For Now