Athlon

by Rafael Hernandez on January 7, 2005 · 0 comments

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 · 0 comments

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 4, 2005 · 0 comments

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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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

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 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 6, 2004 · 0 comments

Hexus.net has a review of a 90 nanometer version of the AMD Athlon 64 3000+ processor in the Socket939 variety. The chip has become a favorite of those obsessed with performance on the cheap who have pulled quite a bit…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 5, 2004 · 0 comments

Phoronix has the skinny on the ASRock K8 Combo Z motherboard which has both socket754 and 939 interfaces for AMD’s Athlon 64 lines. This is not some form of dual CPU board, rather, it gives you some options on which…

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