GamePC has a look at the Intel Core 2 Duo desktop chip (Conroe) and the mobile version (Merom). It’s an interesting test as the system using the mobile version, with the appropriate motherboard, uses up much less power than the…
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BeHardware looks at Samsung’s push for their LCDs to do away with some of its perceived image flaws. Samsung plans on inserting some intelligently calculated images between actual frames in order to make ghosting/afterglow a thing of the past….
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The Tech Report has a look at the Nvidia nForce 590 SLI chipset for Intel processors. It’s obviously aimed at the latest Core 2 Duo CPUs and offers a good mix of on-board feature support. A nice chipset choice to…
GamePC has a look at the Nvidia nForce 570 and 590 SLI chipsets for the Intel Core 2 Duo CPU. The chipsets offer up multi-GPU gaming features and while you’d expect the 570 to be slower in such a situation…
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Hot Hardware has a bit more information on AMD’s 4×4 computing platform. The initial launch will be focused on a dual socket motherboard with two dual core CPUs which can later be upgraded to their K8L chip allowing for two…
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ProClockers has a look at the Asrock ConroeXFire-eSATA motherboard. Asrock is up to its old tricks again with a decent board featuring ATI CrossFire and Intel Core 2 Duo support all on the older Intel 945 chipset. It’s a strange…
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ViperLair has a review of the Abit AW9D-MAX motherboard. The board sports the Intel 975X chipset which features dual PEG slots for that fun ATI CrossFire support and, most importantly, Core 2 Duo support. A solid board with plenty of…
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Epiacenter has a review of the transtec SENYO 600M small form factor PC. Don’t lets is diminutive size fool you it’s crammed with a powerful Intel Core 2 Duo CPU although you do have to live with integrated graphics. An…
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Hexus.net has a look at the MESH Elite Fire X1950 PC. The British PC builders have put together a monster of a system with CrossFire ATI Radeon X1950s and an Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 processor which make sure it…
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AnandTech has compiled a list of motherboards, with information directly from the manufacturers, on which of their boards should support Intel’s “Kentsfield” Core 2 Quadro CPU. It’s quite the potent chip for workstation applications and it seems it’ll have great…
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The Tech Report just so happens to have an early sample of Intel’s upcoming “Kentsfield” CPU. The chip features 4 cores, basically two Core 2 Duo chips on one package, and, as you might expect, absolutely rips through multi-threaded applications….
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