by Rafael Hernandez on October 28, 2004
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One of the lesser known motherboard manufacturer’s gets the star treatment from AnandTech today. The Soltek K8TPro-939 comes in at a nice price-point but it still offers all of the great features an AMD Athlon64 board is expected to deliver…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 27, 2004
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GamePC does their thing with the AMD Athlon64 FX-55, the current top-of-the-line processor in AMD’s lineup. The chip has some of the fastest performance seen in a dekstop chip, now it’s just waiting for chipsets that can complement its power…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 19, 2004
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The AMD side of the desktop computing world has been missing some key features for future upgradeability and performance scaling, namely the lack of PCI Express. NVIDIA has launched its new nForce 4 chipset for the Athlon 64 line of…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 19, 2004
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It’s amazing how many reviews simultaneously pop up once companys announce a new product line and it’s no different with AMD’s launch of the Athlon 64 4000+ and FX-55 processors. The two new chips offer up some great performance which…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 18, 2004
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CNET News has a hunch that AMD will be releasing some new Athlon 64 chips this week which will the raise performance bar, and pricetags, as well. The Athlon 64 FX-55 and Athlon 64 4000+ will occupy the top two…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 15, 2004
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Nothing better than a good round-up of products, this time HardwareZone has gathered seven (7) motherboards which feature a few different variants of the NVIDIA nForce3 250 chipset for the AMD Athlon 64 platform. Thirty (30) pages of details, benchmarks,…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 15, 2004
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InsaneTek has a look at the Thermalright XP-90 Intel Pentium4/AMD Athlon64 heatsink. This little-brother to the XP-120 features a ton of surface area, heatpipes, and an anti-corrosive nickel plating as well as a mounting surface for 92mm fans, all of…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 14, 2004
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AnandTech pushes the new 90-nanometer versions of the socket 939 AMD Athlon 64 3000+ and 3500+ to their limits. The default performance for these chips is impressive but that’s not the only reason they will become popular with the enthusiast…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 12, 2004
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ATI has begun shipping system chipsets for the AMD Athlon 64 platform ahead of its rivals in a whole new arena. The new PCI-E based chipsets will come in two different flavors, with integrated graphics or without, and appears it…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 7, 2004
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Sudhian Media measures the heat output of the new 90 nanometer, die shrunk AMD Socket 939 Athlon 64s on the market. In general these early die shrinkings turn out to be a nightmare for cooling as you have less surface…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 5, 2004
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AMDZone takes a gander at the low-cost Chaintech SK8T800 motherboard for the AMD Athlon 64. The company keeps the numbers of features they toss on to the socket 754 board to a minimum but it still provides great performance and…
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