Published February 21, 2004 · 0 comments

Best Data, better known for its modems, had picked up the Diamond Multimedia trademarks a while ago and is now producing a line of video cards under the brand name. Hot Hardware just so happens to have a review of…

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Published February 20, 2004 · 0 comments

Microsoft is working on a few new features for its Xbox Live online gaming service according to Forbes. The article does feature some interesting spectulation on what they’ll be rolling out but no solid evidence so far….

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Published February 20, 2004 · 0 comments

X-bit labs brings us interesting news about ATI’s appearance at the Intel Developer Forum. They, apparently, showed off a prototype version of their upcoming R420 chipset which will, supposedly, deliver amazing performance….

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Published February 20, 2004 · 0 comments

By, well, Silent PC Review. The Mappit A4F PC contains absolutely no fans so it does a good job of keeping the noise down. With that in mind it isn’t the most powerful PC out there so it’s better suited…

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Published February 20, 2004 · 0 comments

Another day at the Intel Developer Forum has passed and AnandTech has some great coverage of the goings-ons of the second day at the conference. Hexus.net also brings news of an interesting Intel “tweaking” session where they showed attendees how…

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Published February 19, 2004 · 0 comments

HTPC News put together a PC around the Accent HT101S microATX case and gives you the skinny. The cases is modeled to look like a serious piece of home theater gear so it’ll fit in with the rest of your…

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Published February 19, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech has tortured a set of Corsair and OCZ DDR550 (PC4400) DDR 1GB memory kits. They were able to coax the ram to some impressive clock speeds so if you’re into all of that PC tweaking it’s a good read….

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Published February 19, 2004 · 0 comments

ByteSector has a short review on the rather large Maxtor DiamondMax 300GB hard drive. The drive’s large capacity and slow rotational speed make it perfect for media PCs and for those pesky massive archival projects….

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Published February 19, 2004 · 0 comments

InformationWeek has gathered up some dirt on Intel’s upcoming “Dothan” Pentium M processor. The chip will feature a sick amount of cache, 2MBs worth, and when coupled with the later arriving “Sonoma” chipset, notebooks will see a heck of a…

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Published February 19, 2004 · 0 comments

X-bit labs has been busy watching tons of TV in order to bring you this article that compares six TV-Tuner cards. It’s nice to see a wider range of tuner cards out there as a few years ago you’d be…

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Published February 18, 2004 · 0 comments

CNET News has a story on Alienware landing a super computer deal. The company is primarily known for its extremly pricey gaming systems so it seems unorthodox for them to be building such a system but it isn’t such a…

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