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by Rafael Hernandez on June 17, 2004 · 0 comments

TweakTown grabbed a trio of ATI Radeon X800 Pros and ran them through a standard set of gaming tests we should all be familiar with. There isn’t a huge difference in the performance of each card so it all boils…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 17, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech played around with the 64-bit drivers both ATI and NVIDIA have released for their various graphics boards for the Windows XP64 OS. They tested both company’s latest high-end boards. Of course neither the drivers nor the OS are final…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 16, 2004 · 0 comments

HotHardware has a review of the new Plextor PX-712A DVD+/- R/RW drive capable of 12X DVD+R burn speeds. As always this drive’s feature set is huge as Plextor is about the best consumer optical drive maker out there. There’s also…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 16, 2004 · 0 comments

GamePC pulled some strings and have a review of two new Intel Pentium M processors previously code-named “Dothan”. The 745 and 755 (great naming scheme Intel!) are 1.8GHz and 2.0GHz parts respectively each sporting 2MB of cache which gives the…

Read more Visiting the Dothans (Again)

by Rafael Hernandez on June 16, 2004 · 0 comments

Sudhian Media ponders where the mid range choice for PC peripherals has gone. The argument has some merit, companies are not releasing mid-range versions of their latest products anymore, instead they choose to target the different markets with completely seperate…

Read more Where are the Choices?

by Rafael Hernandez on June 16, 2004 · 0 comments

CNET News has the story on a flaw found the Linux kernel which could cause operating systems based on it to crash. This doesn’t seem to be a major problem as they make no mention of it causing a buffer…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 16, 2004 · 0 comments

eWeek has a few interesting rumors that may have Microsoft porting some of its security enhancements in its upcoming Windows XP Service Pack 2 to its other current OS’ and may go back and move those fixes to Windows 2000…

Read more SP2-Like Fixes for other MS OS'?

by Rafael Hernandez on June 15, 2004 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has some coverage from last weeks VIA Technology Forum who’s main theme for the show was “Digital Brilliance”. VIA has certainly spread itself into varying markets with compelling products for each, although, I’d personally like to see…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 15, 2004 · 0 comments

eWeek makes note of Microsoft’s release of its Windows XP: Service Pack 2: Release Candidate 2 software to beta testers. The software will roll all released patches since Service Pack 1 was launched in late 2002. It will also include…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 15, 2004 · 0 comments

CNET News writes of Intel’s planned launch of its first 32bit/64bit processor code-named Nocona coming up later this month. The CPU will initially be targeted to the server markets where they’ll no doubt earn a hefty price tag. It will…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 15, 2004 · 0 comments

AMD has completed its design for their dual-core Opteron CPUs which should be ready to ship next year. Dual-core chips will be all the rage for the next few years, with smaller manufacturing processes and much greater performance improvements versus…

Read more AMD Doubles Up