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by Rafael Hernandez on December 19, 2006 · 0 comments

HKEPC has news of some low voltage Core 2 Solo CPUs on the way from Intel. The chips feature the same great Core 2 architecture just clocked at much lower speeds and without the added second core. Interesting chip which…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 18, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech compares the AMD dual-core Socket F Opteron CPUs with Intel’s Woodcrest dual-core Xeons. The chips are some of the latest for the server and high-end workstation crowd offering up great performance although one seems to lend itself to more…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 12, 2006 · 0 comments

GamePC has a look at the Intel Xeon E5300 series of chips. It’s a Quad Core party with each chip adding on additional computing elements without increasing thermal loads or power consumption much. They’re theoretically faster than the dual core…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 12, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech continues their “weeks in advance of CES” trip to Taiwan getting the low-down on a batch of new products. A number of manufacturers were eager to show off their gear which seems to mostly target Intel’s Core 2 Duo…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 11, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at the performance of various graphics cards when playing back a Blu-ray movie. A certain 8 series card makes a good case for the performance crown in this test with older products trailing it by quite…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 11, 2006 · 0 comments

X-bit labs has a look at the ASUS S6F Notebook PC. The laptop is one miniscule product wrapped in a bit of leather to give it those extra style points. It’s by no means a powerhouse featuring an Intel Core…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 6, 2006 · 0 comments

PCSTATS has tested the MSI P965 Platinum motherboard. When you see that P965 you know you’re getting Intel Core 2 Duo support but they’ve also managed to squeeze ATI CrossFire support on it as well. A nice enough board with…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 5, 2006 · 0 comments

Boot Daily gathered up five motherboards each using some version of Intel’s 965 or 975 chipsets. The boards support Intel’s Core 2 Duo CPUs, of course, and provide good performance although at stock settings there’s one real standout in this…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 4, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech has some info on a batch of products making their way to store shelves soon. This time around they cover a number of motherboards for Intel and AMD processors and a rather beefy power supply. Quite a few nice…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 4, 2006 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at the ECS PX1 Extreme motherboard. The board sports the Intel 965P chipset with ATI CrossFire support as well as the ICH8DH southbridge which offers up VIIV compliance. A nice enough product but it…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 29, 2006 · 0 comments

Legit Reviews tests out the ASRock ConRoe 945G-DV MicroATX motherboard. ASRock has some interesting designs for most of their boards with this one sporting an Intel 945G chipset instead of the usual 965/975 which grace other Intel Core 2 capable…

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