General News

by Rafael Hernandez on August 13, 2004 · 0 comments

Bjorn3D has some news from QuakeCon currently taking place in the Lone Star State. The big news, of course, at the show, is DOOM3 with everything DOOM centric being peddled and covered at the show but some interesting hardware has…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 13, 2004 · 0 comments

X-bit labs has info on AMD’s future multiple core chip plans including some new details about a quad core CPU. The company’s dual core path has been well known, with other companies designing or already having shipped similar chips, but…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 12, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a go, again, at Intel’s new 64-bit Xeon CPU, this time they pit it against AMD’s Opteron 150 server processor, a much more interesting match-up than their previous try at comparing the Xeon’s performance. A very different picture…

Read more 64-bit Comparison: Take Two

by Rafael Hernandez on August 12, 2004 · 0 comments

InfoWorld writes on AOL’s plan to launch a series of low cost PCs which will introduce its service into the less catered to markets. The catch is purchasers must agree to a year of internet service from AOL at almost…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 12, 2004 · 0 comments

Microsoft’s Service Pack 2 for Windows XP has had a few days to get into the hands of various tech savvy individuals and eWeek has combed the web to bring some user experiences to light. From what I’ve read, so…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 12, 2004 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has quite a few details on the NVIDIA NV43 graphics chipset which wil debut in GeForce 6600 labeled boards in the very near future. The chip is very similar to their current high-end offerings with a slimmed…

Read more NVIDIA GeForce 6600 Overview

by Rafael Hernandez on August 12, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech has allowed some of the initial “new product launch frenzy” dust to settle and has gathered five motherboards, all sporting Intel’s 925X chipset, and ran them through the usual barrage of tests. They all give similar performance numbers at…

Read more Intel 925X Based Board Roundup

by Rafael Hernandez on August 12, 2004 · 0 comments

ExtremeTech has the scoop on Soyo’s recently announced Cigar HD20 portable hard drive. The drive makes use of Toshiba’s 1.8″ drives enabling Soyo to make an extremely thin and compact drive you could probably fit into a shirt pocket and…

Read more Soyo Launches Portable Storage Drive

by Rafael Hernandez on August 11, 2004 · 0 comments

GamePC had a bit of fun pushing a trio of DDR2 memory from top memory manufacturers. Samsung, Corsair, and Infineon are represented this time around which they managed to coax a bit more speed out of each. They aren’t the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 11, 2004 · 0 comments

TechWeb has word that Microsoft has released a set of tools that will prevent Windows XP from automatically downloading Service Pack 2 on systems with the Auto Update feature enabled. This gives system administrators a bit more time to test…

Read more MS Releases SP2 Auto Update Blocker

by Rafael Hernandez on August 11, 2004 · 0 comments

Forbes has details on Sony’s plan to place its PlayStation 2 chips into a line of flat-panel TVs in order to “boost” its capabilities. They make no mention of which specific chips they’re placing into the TVs or how exactly…

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