AnandTech has compared four audio solutions ranging from on-board, consumer level, and a low-end professional sound card. The add-on cards demonstrate better audio performance than on-board chip but it shows just how far integrated audio has come with Intel’s HD-Audio…
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Techniz has a review of the GIGABYTE GA-8I915G Duo motherboard. The board supports LGA775 Intel Pentium 4 processors and uses the i915G chipset which includes a respectable built-in graphics chip. A good choice for getting a system going out of…
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AMD and Intel have raised their respective market shares by a few tenths of a percent in the fourth quarter of last year according to Mercury Research. The gains are from the market shares of VIA and Transmeta who have…
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Extreme MHz has a look at the Arctic Cooling Freezer 4 heatsink. The cooler can handle most s478 Intel Pentium 4 processors and going by their readings it was capable of keeping a Prescott core P4 at very sane temperatures…
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HotHardware tests out VIA’s PT894 and PT880 Pro chipsets for Intel’s Pentium 4 processors. The new parts update their chipset offerings with PCi-e, DDR2, and HD-Audio support making them comparable, feature-wise, with Intel’s i9xx line. Early numbers are sub-par but…
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HardOCP does their thing with the DFI 855GME-MGF MicroATX motherboard. The board features support for Intel’s Pentium M processor normally found in laptop PCs which have now been adopted by PC enthusiasts as a very quick and cool running desktop…
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AnandTech ran various tests using Valve Software’s popular Half-Life 2 video game on a variety of CPUs from both Intel and AMD. Quite a few chips were tested measuring frame rates and how well CPUs scaled across various graphics cards….
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Overclockers Australia has a look at 6 heatsinks for Intel’s Pentium 4 (s478)processors. The batch they tested is on the smaller size of the cooler spectrum, compared to the massive heatsinks on the market, which threaten to break motherboards in…
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The Inquirer thinks that Microsoft’s Windows XP 64-bit Edition will be hitting store shelves in April. It would be big news for AMD which has been touting its 64-bit chips for quite a while and it should also make Intel’s…
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DigiTimes has a few details on Intel’s upcoming dual core processors as well as a their P4 processors which will begin to ship next month. Aggresive pricing planned by Intel for its new processors with the dual-core 820 coming in…
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Silent PC Review has a look at the Arctic Cooling Super Silent 4 Ultra TC heatsink/fan combo. The cooler has an all aluminum construction and a strange-looking fan setup which is capable of keeping an Intel Pentium 4 cool and…
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