AnandTech tested out the performance of three flavors of both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems on an AMD Athlon 64 processor against a large number of applications. Definite room for improvement in the OS’ and software but it shows some…
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Overclocker Cafe has tested the new Shuttle XPC SB81P which features support for the new Intel Socket T (LGA 775) CPUs and sports the 915G northbridge. As is expected they’ve placed a whole lot of features in a small space…
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AnandTech experimented with NVIDIA’s ForceWare Multimedia software for their extensive line of video cards from the old GeForce 256 to their current high end and integrated graphics such as those found in their nForce products. It’s a full on assault…
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At this point storage sizes absolutely dwarf most people’s needs but that hasn’t stopped Hitachi from launching its 400GB Deskstar 7K400. The performance numbers for the drive are pretty impressive, barely trailing the 10K RPM Western Digital Raptor. AnandTech has…
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PC World writes of a slow drop in the browser market share that Microsoft has been facing. Their Internet Explorer browser has taken quite the beating from flaws and the large number of patches it has required which has, obviously,…
Read more IE Loses Some Ground
Internetnews.com has a write-up of a recent Q&A chat Microsoft employees who work on Internet Explorer had with a rather large group of irate users. It appeared to be a pretty nasty atmosphere for the crew but you can’t really…
Read more IE Team Grilled
The Tech Report got around to testing the Abit AA8 DuraMax motherboard based around the Intel 925X chipset and designed for the new Socket T Pentium 4s. As always, with Abit motherboards, they go the extra mile with features and…
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X-bit labs has word that Intel has begun shipping its 3.6GHz version of their new Pentium 4 processor. The Socket T compatible CPU is meant to be coupled with the company’s new i915/925 chipsets which are capable of offering a…
Read more Intel Shipping P4 560s
Legit Reviews cashes in on the DDR2 buzz with their latest article comparing the “old” DDR standard with the new. Interesting findings which may sway some opinions on whether DDR2 is worth moving to so quickly as its biggest boost…
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eWeek writes of a flaw in both Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox browsers which could lead to unscrupulous people running nasty code on your PC. The good thing is that they’ve already patched the flaw and it’s a relatively minor download…
Read more Mozilla Flaw Found, Patched
TweakTown does a bit of performance comparing with the new ATI Catalyst 4.7 drivers they recently released for their RADEON line of video cards. They toss in results for the previous 4.6 drivers and results are, for the most part,…
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