X-bit labs got their hands on a pair of AMD processors featuring a newer core revision. The “E3” core CPUs feature SSE3 support and other enhancements which can improve performance. AMD Athlon 64 3800+ (Venice core) AMD Sempron 3100+ (Palermo…
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GamePC has a review of the Shuttle SN25P barebones PC. The small form factor kit crams Nvidia’s nForce4 chipset and AMD Athlon 64 support into one of those sleek little cases they love to create. A good choice if you’re…
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HardwareZone has complete its testing of five motherboards based on VIA’s K8T800 Pro chipset. The chipset is designed for AMD’s Athlon 64 processor line and implements older forms of expansions slots such as AGP and plain-old PCI. A good batch…
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neoseeker has an in-depth look at the various settings one can change on an AMD Athlon 64 platform and how it affects performance. Each setting, by itself, has little to do performance wise but by mixing and matching enthusiasts have…
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The Tech Report has a review of the Gigabyte GA-K8VT890-9 motherboard. The product uses VIA’s K8T890 chipset which is another solution that brings PCI Express support to the AMD Athlon 64 platform. It isn’t much of an enthusiast board but,…
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The Tech Report has a look at what 64-bit computing can do in theory and have some results from the “real world”. AMD Athlon 64 and Intel EM64T enabled chips are tested under Windows XP Pro and its 64-bit version….
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HardwareZone has a review of Abit’s KV8 Pro motherboard. The board is one of the few to take VIA’s K8T800 Pro chipset and bring it to AMD’s Socket 754 based Athlon 64s. There are faster options available for the 754…
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The Tech Report has a review of the Abit Fatal1ty AN8 motherboard. The board is designed for AMD’s Athlon 64 CPUs and uses Nvidia’s nForce 4 Ultra chipset to support the latest PCI Express video cards. It’s quite the performer…
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Legit Reviews has a look at the Corsair COOL water cooling system. The kit includes everything you’d need to get your Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 system water-cooled. It appears to be a well planned out product which…
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HotHardware has a review of the Asus Z80K desktop replacement notebook. The system supports AMD’s Mobile Athlon 64s and tosses in the potent ATI Radeon 9700 Mobility. It appears to be very upgradeable should newer processors or mobile graphics modules…
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Abit’s Fatal1ty brand of motherboards has finally hit AMD’s Athlon 64 processor line. The Fatal1ty AN8 is geared for gamers/enthusiasts for whom they toss in features and BIOS options capable of pushing hardware to its limits. SLI isn’t available on…
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