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by Rafael Hernandez on January 5, 2006 · 0 comments

Laptop Logic has a review of the Asus A7G notebook PC. The laptop pairs the usual Intel Pentium M CPU with a large 17″ widescreen display and ATI’s Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics chip. A competent portable gaming machine, and, its…

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by Rafael Hernandez on January 3, 2006 · 0 comments

Hexus.net spent some quality time with the Intel Xeon “Paxville” dual-core processors. Their quad-core testing rig is somewhat impressive but they seemed underwhelmed by the sub-systems, most notably the memory controller, that was attached to the chip. A bit weak…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 27, 2005 · 0 comments

HotHardware has a look at the latest top-end consumer CPU from Intel, the Intel Pentium EE 955. The dual core chip is made with their 65nm process which, no doubt, required the all new i975X chipset as well. An impressive…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 21, 2005 · 0 comments

Frosty Tech has a review of the EKL V8 heatsink/fan cooler. The heatsink can handle most modern Intel Pentium 4 and AMD Athlon 64 CPUs and has a very distinctive design with a huge mass of aluminum getting airflow from…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 19, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a deeper look at Intel’s mobile Yonah CPU. The dual core Pentium M based chip has great performance in multi-tasking and multi-threaded applications in a cool running CPU. A nice chip that should get wide acceptance in mobile…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 19, 2005 · 0 comments

bit-tech has more on ATI’s Avivo video technology that recently got a shot in the arm due to the company’s upcoming holiday “gift” driver set. It’s an X1X00 only feature set for the moment but its video quality improvements have…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 16, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at Intel’s dual core Xeons in a few tests against AMD’s Opteron. The Opteron has been the faster chip for quite some time now making a mockery out of Intel’s workstation/server solution but their latest batch…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 12, 2005 · 0 comments

The DigiTimes seems to think that Intel VIIV based systems will be announced in early January and begin mass production sometime in February. It’ll be the first earnest attempt to get a PC into the living room and while Pentium…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 6, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech takes some time to test the Asus P5WDG2-WS motherboard. Asus went with Intel’s new 975X chipset and piled on the features making it an extremely competitive and expandable board. A good choice to look out for if you’re in…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 30, 2005 · 0 comments

EETimes has the skinny on TiVo and a few other companies jumping in on the Intel ViiV bandwagon. The initiative is an effort to finally bring the PC into the living room with powerful hardware and, now, software. Some nice…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 30, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has an early look at the Intel “Yonah” dual-core CPU. The chip is based on their popular Pentium M mobile chip regularly found in Centrino notebooks but the added core gives it a nice kick in multi-threaded environments. It’s…

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