Microsoft released a trial version of their Windows XP 64-bit version for consumers that own compatible processors, which at the moment is only AMD’s Athlon 64 and Opteron. One interesting tidbit is Microsoft’s inclusion of Windows on Windows 64, or…
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1up has a rather lengthy article on what what could be a big sticking point for future Xbox 2 purchasers, backwards compatibility with current Xbox games. The biggest hurdles overall seem to be technological problems and intellectual property concerns….
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gameindustry.biz brings news of a raid, by police, at Crytek’s offices in Germany. Crytek is the developer of the very spiffy looking Far Cry video game. They were raided on suspision of using pirated development tools….
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AnandTech got a chance to spend some quality time with AOpen’s, Athlon 64 powered, AK86-L motherboard. It features a BIOS that would make any PC tweaker drool as well as sensible features such as Serial-ATA and Gigabit LAN….
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Legit Reviews gathered a few cooling solutions for Intel’s Prescott processor and has some nifty charts to show for it. One thing is certain, the Prescott core pumps out some sick heat which requires some extreme measures to cool down,…
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TechTV was lucky enough to get their hands on one of Apple’s new iMac’s which features a 20-inch LCD display, giving it a much larger viewing area than the previous 15-inch iMacs….
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LinuxHardware.org put top Intel CPUs and a single high end AMD CPU through the wringer and came up with some performance figures under a Linux operating system. It would have been interesting to see how the Athlon 64 FX-51 (dual…
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AnandTech has put together a massive comparative review between 23 mid-range to high end video cards. Some good info if you’re in the market for a new gaming card….
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Both IBM and Sony are preparing to launch slimmed down versions of some of their notebooks, allowing for considerable weight savings. While they won’t break any speed records they’re sure to lessen the burden on user’s arms. CNET News has…
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Valve Software, makers of the ever popular Half-Life game, has finally mentioned something that resembles a launch period for their hotly anticipated Half-Life 2 game. How does Summer 2004 sound? CNNmoney has all of the sordid details that goes along…
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The HyperTransport Consortium has approved version 2.0 of their HyperTransport standard. The technology, which allows chips to communicate with each other at high speeds, currently allows up to 12.8GB/s of bandwidth, the new standard allows up to 20GB/s. ZDNet covers…
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