Published November 7, 2006 · 0 comments

HotHardware does their thing with the ATI CrossFire Xpress 3200 based ASUS M2R32-MVP and ECS KA3 MVP motherboards. The boards support AMD’s AM2 processors and that fancy CrossFire graphics setup and while they both are similar performance wise one runs…

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Published November 7, 2006 · 0 comments

t-break has a look at three different GPUs in their mid-range graphics card comparison. The Nvidia GeForce 7900GS and 7950GT are represented as is the ATI Radeon X1950 Pro. Some fancy coolers in this roundup but picking a winner comes…

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Published November 6, 2006 · 0 comments

The Tech Report writes of the latest Folding@Home release that can run on a pair of ATI Radeon X1900 GPUs in your system. It doesn’t split the workload in a CrossFire like manner but it seems to set each GPU…

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Published November 6, 2006 · 0 comments

bit-tech has the details on a recall for boards based on Nvidia’s GeForce 8800GTX GPU. The boards seem to feature an improper resistor which can cause image corruption and reboots in some cases. The problem doesn’t appear to affect the…

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Published November 6, 2006 · 0 comments

HardOCP does they system evaluation all over the Velocity Micro Gamers’ Edge PCX. The system is decked out with a good selection of hardware including an Intel Core 2 Duo processors and SLI Nvidia graphics cards. A fast system and…

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Published November 3, 2006 · 0 comments

Digit-Life has a look at the video decoding performance and quality from ATI and Nvidia. High-def content being all the rage these days it’s a good idea to check out a card’s playback performance as well as its 3D prowess….

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Published November 3, 2006 · 0 comments

Tweaknews has a review of the APACK ZEROTHERM GX810 graphics card cooler. The unit makes nice use of heatpipes and its open design should allow for memory modules to receive adequate airflow as well. A cooler to consider if the…

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Published November 3, 2006 · 0 comments

DailyTech managed to get their hands on a sample version of the Nvidia GeForce 8800GTX graphics card. The board uses a new DirectX 10 classes graphics chip code-named “G80” which offers up insane performance. It’s good to see the power…

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Published November 2, 2006 · 0 comments

DigiTimes writes of the probability that next year memory will be quite sought after. With Microsoft’s Vista around the corner and a huge new generation of gadgets packing more capacity it’s not difficult to see why they’re predicting such things….

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Published November 2, 2006 · 0 comments

The Tech Zone has a look at the HIS IceQ3 Radeon X1950 Pro graphics card. HIS takes their simple formula (current graphics chip + impressive cooler) and applies it to the X1950 Pro with good results at stock speeds, perhaps…

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Published November 2, 2006 · 0 comments

HardOCP has a look at the Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad Core QX6700 processor. The chip features a pair of Core 2 Duo cores glued onto it making for a not so elegant but very powerful quad core CPU. It’s…

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