ExtremeTech has word that Hewlett-Packard is preparing a line of high-end gaming PCs under its Compaq brand. The Compaq-X line will sport all of the latest and greatest gear in what appears to be nicely laid out and roomy cases,…
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HardOCP had the first, published, shot at id Software’s highly anticipated DOOM3 with today’s top video cards and the best from the last generation. The early numbers are in NVIDIA’s GeForce 6800 line of cards by quite a bit although…
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PC Magazine has a bit of info on a few of the more interesting e-manufacturing companies that specialize in creating PCBs and CNC milled for those without the resources to own the high priced machinery. It’s a great opportunity for…
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AnandTech spent some time with Intel’s Dothan cored Pentium M CPU. Their latest and greatest mobile chip is mostly based on their older chip core although, this time around, it sports a larger 2MB cache and a whole bunch of…
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DigiTimes writes of a pair of companies working on getting displays to market which feature 10ms and 9ms total response times. This would be a big boost for many applications, though mostly gaming, which require faster displays for a smoother…
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CNET News has info on a new Dell initiative to inform its customers on the various threats, such as spyware, viruses, and the like, that can bring their PC down hard. A great idea which may save them a bit…
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X-bit labs has yet another huge comparative review of 160GB hard drives to go along with their previous 80GB and 120GB round-ups. They threw a whole bunch of software benchmarks against the drives with some clear winners and losers emerging…
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ByteSector has an early look at a new line of hard drives Maxtor will be launching soon. The MaXLine drives feature come with either Serial-ATA or the old stand-by PATA interface and pack a whopping 16MB of data cache on…
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Google’s recent acquisition of Picasa, makers of photo management software, has put them in a generous mood with their offer of free downloads of their application. A nice gesture from the company, that almost everyone likes, which competitors may look…
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The Houston Chronicle has an article covering id Software’s upcoming DOOM3 where they spell out what the minimum requirements for the game are and their PC guru’s takes educated guesses on what the best “bang for the buck” hardware choices…
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The Register has the details on a trio of low voltage Intel Centrino CPUs. They come in speeds of 1.4GHz, 1.1GHz, and 1GHz and sport 2MB of cache just like the new Dothan core mobile CPUs from Intel but they…
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