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by Rafael Hernandez on January 3, 2005 · 0 comments

Legion Hardware has put the NVIDIA nForce 3 Ultra powered Shuttle XPC SN95G5 to the test. This barebones system comes in the popular small form factor and supports AMD’s Athlon 64 Socket 939 CPUs. A feature rich setup and solid…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 3, 2005 · 0 comments

NewsFactor has the details on a new chip, from AMD, dubbed the Alchemy Au1200. The processor is capable of speeding up video playback and is intended for PDAs and portable media players. A great feature set by the looks of…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 3, 2005 · 0 comments

HardOCP has a review of the ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard designed to bring PCI-Express and NVIDIA’s SLI technology to the AMD Athlon 64 CPU lineup. A very feature rich product and one of the few choices available if you want…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 23, 2004 · 0 comments

hardCOREware has a review of the Abit AV8 motherboard based on the VIA K8T800 Pro chipset. This Athlon 64 (Socket 939) board is a solid performer with a load of tweaking options in its BIOS, one of the few top…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 22, 2004 · 0 comments

Hexus.net has a review of the Rock Quaddra 64 3.7, another in a long line of desktop replacement notebooks. This particular rig sports an AMD Athlon 64 3700+ processor and an ATI Mobility RADEON 9700 making it a very capable…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 21, 2004 · 0 comments

NVIDIA’s SLI technology is set to hit the AMD Athlon 64 platform in the coming weeks with the company’s nForce4 chipset leading the initial charge. The Asus A8N-SLI will likely be one of the first SLI boards on the market…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 16, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at the Foxconn Winfast 755FXK8AA sporting the SiS 755FX chipset. The northbridge/southbridge combo is designed for the AMD Ahlon 64 Socket 939 CPUs and supports all the great modern features other chipsets in its class handles….

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 14, 2004 · 0 comments

Hexus.net has a look at the Soltek 8KAN2E-GR motherboard sporting the NVIDIA nForce3 250Gb chipset. This AMD Athlon 64 (socket 754) based board features most of the options we’ve all come to know and love as well as good performance…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 13, 2004 · 0 comments

vnunet has the details on an improved strained silicon process, that AMD and IBM have been working on, which could see cooler running and higher clocked processors from both companies. They claim the technique could lead to 24% faster transistors…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 8, 2004 · 0 comments

SystemCooling has a look at the Aerocool HT-101JR heatsink assembly for the AMD K7/K8 and Intel P4 Socket 478 platforms. This particular heatsink features the now popular heatpipe and massive number of fins design which has proven effective in the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 7, 2004 · 0 comments

The Register has a bit of information on some supposedly shipping 90-nanometer variants of AMD’s 64-bit capable Opteron CPU. The shrunk-down version would allow for cooler running and/or higher clocked processors which is always welcome in the server/workstation arena where…

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