Athlon

by Rafael Hernandez on November 29, 2004 · 0 comments

The Tech Report tested out all forms of SLI setups using NVIDIA GeForce 6600 and 6800 video cards strapped to an Asus A8N-SLI motherboard designed for the AMD Athlon 64/FX. It’s really, really fast, as is to be expected, but…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 28, 2004 · 0 comments

t-break has a review of the upcoming MSI K8N Neo4 motherboard based on the NVIDIA nForce 4 Ultra chipset for the AMD Athlon 64 (Socket 939) CPU. PCI-Express and SerialATA2 support are some of the bigger draws for the new…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 22, 2004 · 0 comments

Phoronix has a review of the Spire VertiCool SPA49B0 heatsink designed for the good old AMD Athlon XP line. As is becoming popular this cooler uses a pair of heatpipes attached to a number of fins as well as some…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 21, 2004 · 0 comments

AMDZone has a look at the EPoX 9NDA3+ AMD Athlon 64 (socket 939) based motherboard. This board houses the very versatile NVIDIA nForce 3 Ultra chipset which has received quite a bit of praise since its launch. Loads of features…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 18, 2004 · 0 comments

GamePC has a look at AMD’s Athlon 64 4000+ processor, one of the current top of the line chips the company offers. The CPU apparently runs a tight race matching the Athlon 64 FX-53 in many tasks with a price-tag…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 13, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech managed to grab a pre-release version of the Gigabyte K8NXP-9 motherboard. The board is designed for the AMD Athlon 64 Socket939 processors and uses the NVIDIA nForce 4 chipset to bring PCI Express capabilities to the platform. Nice benchmark…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 12, 2004 · 0 comments

PCUnleash has a look at one of those wild and wacky new heatsinks from Gigabyte, the 3D Rocket Cooler. The design goes vertical with its concept using multiple heatpipes and tons of fins in order to keep your favorite Intel…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 9, 2004 · 0 comments

Legit Reviews has a look at Abit’s popular AV8 motherboard for AMD’s Socket 939 Athlon 64 processors. The board is chock-full o’ BIOS options and tweaking capabilites which are second to none, which is what makes Abit’s products sought after…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 8, 2004 · 0 comments

PC Perspective has tested ATI’s latest desktop system chipset, the Radeon XPRESS 200. The new chip comes in two flavors, with or without integrated graphics and offers up PCI Express support for AMD’s Athlon 64 lineup. So far it looks…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 5, 2004 · 0 comments

The Crucible has a look at the AMD Athlon 64 supporting MSI K8N Neo Platinum(socket754) and K8N Neo2 Platinum(socket939) both of which feature NVIDIA nForce3 chipsets, 250Gb in the former and Ultra in the latter. They both perform well with…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 2, 2004 · 0 comments

HardOCP is all over Shuttle’s latest barebones PC, the XPC SN95G5. The system comes stocked with NVIDIA’s nForce3 Ultra chipset and can handle all flavors of AMD’s Athlon 64 Socket 939 chips. The performance out of this small box is…

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