by Rafael Hernandez on January 18, 2005
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MadShrimps has run a total of nine(9) sets of high performance DDR dual channel memory kits through their AMD Athlon 64 Socket 939 based system and came up with many a graph to show off their performance. Speedy benchmark numbers…
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by Rafael Hernandez on January 14, 2005
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Legit Reviews has a look at the Thermaltake POLO 735 Extreme heatsink designed for Intel P4 478 and AMD Athlon 64 processors. This cooling unit makes use of a huge number of fins, 69 to be exact, giving it a…
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by Rafael Hernandez on January 14, 2005
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NeoSeeker has a look at the Soltek Qbic SL-3901a small form factor PC featuring the VIA K8T800 Pro chipset which supports AMD’s Athlon 64 (s939). Quite a bit, feature-wise, is crammed into its small case and from a quick look…
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by Rafael Hernandez on January 12, 2005
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bit-tech has tested a pair of AMD Athlon 64 (s939) motherboards one sporting the VIA K8T800 Pro chipset, the other a Nvidia nForce 3 Ultra. Abit and EPoX are both known for their enthusiast minded approach so their top-notch performance…
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by Rafael Hernandez on January 12, 2005
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Hexus.net has a review of the ECS KN1 Extreme motherboard sporting Nvidia’s nForce 4 Ultra northbridge. ECS isn’t known for its performance gear (quite frankly, the choice of colors on this product would send most people into shock) but they…
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by Rafael Hernandez on January 10, 2005
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HardwareZone has a review of the MSI K8N Diamond motherboard which supports AMD’s Athlon 64 (Socket 939) CPUs. The board makes good use of the Nvidia nForce4 chipset and brings SLI-capable PCI Express to the party. A solid design from…
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by Rafael Hernandez on January 7, 2005
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CNET News has some info on AMD’s Turion mobile processor which is set to take on Intel’s Pentium M CPU in the notebook market. Power consumption is the main problem facing mobile CPUs and this Turion chip appears to match…
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by Rafael Hernandez on January 7, 2005
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t-break has a review of MSI’s K8N Diamond motherboard for the AMD Athlon 64 (Socket 939). This particular product crams a whole heck of a lot feature wise including PCI-Express, Nvidia SLI capability, mosfet cooling, and Creative Lab’s SoundBlaster Live!…
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by Rafael Hernandez on January 5, 2005
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TweakTown has tested NVIDIA’s nForce 4 system chipset against ATI’s upcoming Radeon Xpress 200, both of which are aimed at AMD’s Athlon 64. Great performance out of both products which makes for more solid choices when upgrading in the coming…
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by Rafael Hernandez on January 5, 2005
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LinuxDevices has some more in-depth info on AMD’s Alchemy Au1200 CPU which is destined for portable media players and PDAs. The chip has a ton of features packed in and manages some impressive video playback at very low power consumption…
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by Rafael Hernandez on January 4, 2005
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ExtremeTech got to wondering whether or not AMD’s Athlon 64 3500+ (socket939) 90nm version ran cooler than the older 130nm version. Interesting results which make it very clear which chip runs cooler although it would be quite easy to test…
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