AnandTech has an early look at the AMD’s Socket AM2 performance. The new socket moves AMD to DDR2 memory which offers a bit more memory bandwidth which is a good thing when you have to feed two hungry cores more…
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Legit Reviews has a look at the Abit AN8 32X motherboard. Abit, the old enthusiast stand-by, has been quiet the past few years while it was going through all sorts of financial and legal oddities but those seem to be…
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X-bit labs has some supposed details on a number of refresh parts for ATI’s current crop of Radeon graphics cards. A number of updates/newer chips will be hitting late this summer at many different price points the most interesting of…
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Bjorn3D has a look at the Patriot PDC2G3500LLK 2GB DDR memory kit. The larger memory capacities have been difficult to find with lower latencies but this set offers up good performance at stock speeds and a little bit of headroom…
joystiq has the current rumor-mill/slip-of-the-tongue information on the Sony PlayStation 3’s pricing. The console may come in at 499 to 599 Euros or $613 to $736 and this is supposed to be a good price for a “blu-ray compatible playback…
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The FiringSquad has fired up Bethesda Software’s The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion on a number of high-end graphics cards in single-card and SLI/CrossFire mode. A great batch of info on this visually stunning game but something tells me they may have…
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DigiTimes has some information on Intel’s next chipset the G965. The chip will support Intel’s new Conroe-core based CPUs and is focused on the consumer space with improved integrated graphics focused on video playback. It’s sure to be a solid…
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HotHardware has a look at the Alienware Area-51 M5500 notebook computer. The laptop is not the overwhelming 17″ DTR you’d expect but a more modest 15.4″ laptop with Nvidia GeForce Go 6600 graphics. A good performer but dual-core machines can…
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AnandTech has a review of the OCZ EL PC2-8000 XTC DDR2 memory kit. The memory is designed for the enthusiasts among us with insanely low latencies and a thirst for high voltage it’s capable of great performance when pushed to…
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The Firing Squad has five, high-powered, ATI Radeon X1900 XTX-based graphics cards on their testbench. The boards are all identical, as is the way with a reference design, so it’s all down to their bundled gear and pricing. A great…
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PC Perspective has a review of the blazingly fast Western Digital Raptor X 150GB hard drive. The consumer focused HD features a 10K RPM speed and doubles the previous Raptor’s storage capacity. Storage may be a little tight for a…
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