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by Rafael Hernandez on April 24, 2005 · 0 comments

Hexus.net has a look at the SCAN 3XS ISOTOPE PC system. The SCAN people put together a mean package of components based around an AMD Athlon 64 4000+ into a “undecahedron” case with a wild sci-fi-like canister paint job. Impressive…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 22, 2005 · 0 comments

Linux Hardware has a look at AMD’s dual core Opteron CPUs. The chips are tested with various software compiled under a Linux OS. Interesting batch of test apps which covers software that truely makes use of multiple threads and shows…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 21, 2005 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has almost too much fun with AMD’s Dual Core Opteron processors. The CPUs will be making their way into servers and workstations over the coming months and by looking at the chip’s performance in their batch of…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 19, 2005 · 0 comments

DigiTimes stumbled on some pricing lists for AMDs upcoming dual core Opteron processors. The Opteron CPU line is most commonly found in servers and high-end workstations which fetches them quite a bit of a price premium. The new processors should…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 18, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech ran their suite of tests on an AMD Sempron 3300+ CPU. The chip is part of AMD’s “value” line, for socket 754 motherboards, which features a higher clock speed and SSE3 support. Good performance from the CPU although an…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 15, 2005 · 0 comments

DigiTimes has the details on Intel’s decision to delay releasing a 64-bit mobile chip until 2006. AMD’s Turion mobile CPU is set to bring power efficient 64-bit mobile computing to consumers in the next few months giving them quite a…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 15, 2005 · 0 comments

HotHardware has a look at the AMD Sempron 3300+ processor. The CPU is designed for socket 754 motherboards and sports a few enhancements over previous versions, such as SSE3 support, but it comes in with half the cache of the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 14, 2005 · 0 comments

bios has a look at the HP Pavilion zv5000 notebook computer. The laptop comes equipped with a potent AMD Athlon 3400+ CPU paired up with the somewhat ancient Nvidia GeForce4 440 Go GPU. Good performance for office apps, light-gaming and…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 14, 2005 · 0 comments

CoolTechZone has a review of the Abit KV8 Pro motherboard. The board is designed for AMD’s Athlon 64 socket 754 line which has seen a number of new products drop in supporting it. It looks like a solid board, overall,…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 13, 2005 · 0 comments

ExtremeTech has a review of the MSI RS480M2-IL MicroATX motherboard. The board uses ATI’s Radeon Xpress 200 chipset which happens to have an on-board graphics unit making a preliminary upgrade to this board a little less costly. Another solid MSI…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 11, 2005 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at the Shuttle XPC ST20G5 SFF system. The mini-system features the ATI Radeon Xpress 200 chipset for AMD Athlon 64s (s939) giving it some integrated, although slow, video capabilities. A sleek, space-saving design that…

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