Published June 27, 2006
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AnandTech has an early look at the Nvidia nForce 590 SLI Intel Edition chipset. Intel’s 975X is the current big-name for Intel’s high-end dual core CPUs and future Conroe core chips but it has so far been limited to ATI…
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Published June 27, 2006
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PCSTATS has a review of the Epox 9U1697 GLI ULi M1697 AMD Socket 939 motherboard. The board’s ULi chipset isn’t as well known as the Nvidia and ATIs of the world (although Nvidia has recently purchased the company) it’s a…
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Published June 26, 2006
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CPU3D has a review of the abit AW8D motherboard. The company was thought to be in dire straits last year but with an opportune buy-out they’re ready to tackle the enthusiast market again. The Intel 975X powered board looks like…
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Published June 26, 2006
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OC3D has gathered up four water cooling kits from various manufacturers and giving them a thorough testing. The all-in-one kits on the market all use varying levels of quality parts which can be “dangerous” when dealing with fluids and the…
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Published June 26, 2006
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HotHardware has a look at the Sony VAIO VGN-SZ150. As with Sony’s other notebooks this one is quite stylish but it also packs in a fair amount of power with an Intel Core Duo processor and Nvidia GeForce Go 7400…
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Published June 22, 2006
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AnandTech has a look at the Foxconn C51-XEM2AA and Gigabyte GA-M59SLI-S5 AMD AM2 based motherboards. They both feature Nvidia’s nForce 590 SLI chipset and various levels of enthusiast features. An odd pair but they both perform well and sport features…
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Published June 22, 2006
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Overclocker Cafe has a review of the HIS Radeon X1900XT IceQ3 graphics card. The board would be your standard setup if not for its Arctic Cooling Silencer-like heatsink/fan assembly. A quiet alternative to the other boards that use the reference…
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Published June 22, 2006
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The Tech Report has an Ageia PhysX board on their testbench and has some thoughts on the first consumer oriented Physics Processing Unit. The chip has stirred up quite a bit of excitement but few titles are taking advantage of…
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Published June 21, 2006
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Legit Reviews has a look at 8 power supplies and how they handle the stressful task of powering ATI CrossFire and Nvidia SLI rigs. Quite a bit of load placed on the PSUs and it’s nice to see a number…
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Published June 21, 2006
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PC Perspective has a preview of the Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 “Conroe” CPU. The chip is still a little over a month away but we’ve been inundated with its performance capabilities for months now. A killer chip for sure…
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Published June 21, 2006
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SilentPCReview has a look at the AOpen i975Xa-YDG motherboard. The board supports Intel’s Core Duo mobile chip which is quite the performer and a power miser. A feature-packed board but with Intel’s “Conroe” a month away it might be better…
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