by Rafael Hernandez on May 12, 2005
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GamePC compares SLI performance on Nvidia’s nForce4 SLI chipsets. Their testbeds include both an Intel EE and AMD FX55 chip run under a number of graphically intense gaming titles. Good numbers on both platforms, although, with newer cards being announced…
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by Rafael Hernandez on May 11, 2005
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The Tech Report has a beefy roundup consisting of three dual AMD Opteron motherboards. The server boards all feature the Nvidia nForce Pro 2200 with the Tyan product going overboard with the addition of a nForce Pro 2050 daughter-chip. A…
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by Rafael Hernandez on May 10, 2005
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t-break has a review of Abit’s gamer oriented Fatal1ty AN8 motherboard. Abit is well known to the enthusiast crowd so they though they’d start up a new line with features their fans could appreciate. A good looking board with tons…
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by Rafael Hernandez on May 9, 2005
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The Tech Report has a look at AMD’s upcoming dual core chips. The Athlon 64 X2 line is designed for end-users and high end workstations that require that extra processing power a second CPU core brings to the party. Impressive…
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by Rafael Hernandez on May 3, 2005
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DigiTimes has the scoop on AMD’s price drops across its Sempron CPU lines. Their Opteron and Athlon 64 chips seem to be left out this go around but some of their budget chips see a small drop….
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by Rafael Hernandez on May 2, 2005
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LostCircuits spent some time with a Venice core AMD Athlon 64 CPU. The Venice core is a more refined process of AMD’s previous cores which improves power consumption and includes SSE3 instruction sets. A nice improvement, overall, which should help…
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by Rafael Hernandez on April 28, 2005
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The Tech Report pit the four major Athlon 64 supporting chipsets against each other. The Nvidia nForce4 Ultra, SiS 756, VIA K8T890, and ATI Radeon Xpress 200 can all handle PCI Express peripherals, some more than others, with the Xpress…
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by Rafael Hernandez on April 27, 2005
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It’s HotHardware’s turn to take a crack at the Shuttle SN25P XPC. The familiar small form factor design hold’s Nvidia’s nForce 4 chipset, for AMD Athlon 64s, as well as a host of on-board peripherals including VIA’s Envy24 chip which…
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by Rafael Hernandez on April 26, 2005
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GamePC has a look at AMD’s upcoming Turion line of mobile CPUs. The chips consume less power than their desktop brothers which, in turn, increases battery life. Power usage seems a bit high, better numbers might be seen when it’s…
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by Rafael Hernandez on April 25, 2005
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HardOCP has a look at the Shuttle SN25P small form factor PC. The barebones kit brings the Nvidia nForce 4 chipset into the smaller realm in a stylish chassis, giving an AMD Athlon 64 PCI Express capability. Great performance and…
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by Rafael Hernandez on April 25, 2005
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ZDNet has the details on Microsoft’s latest versions of its Windows Server 2003 and XP Pro x64 editions. The new 64-bit ports run on AMD’s and Intel’s latest 64-bit CPUs and are capable of running 32-bit code as well. A…
Read more Windows x64s Launched