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by Rafael Hernandez on August 27, 2004 · 0 comments

The Tech Report gives the FIC Condor “pseudo” Small Form Factor PC a look over. This barebones system is a bit taller than many of the other SFF systems out there but it also gives you many more upgrading and…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 26, 2004 · 0 comments

CNET News seems to think that forthcoming server dual core CPUs from both Intel and AMD will feature similar amounts of cache tied to each core. This is sure to pack quite a number of transistors into very small areas,…

Read more Intel and AMD CPUs to Double Up

by Rafael Hernandez on August 25, 2004 · 0 comments

Ok, the last DOOM3 mention ever here unless some incredible news pops up at some point in the future. X-bit labs has tested DOOM3 against a wide array of CPUs from Intel and AMD. Predictably the higher priced processors tore…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 24, 2004 · 0 comments

Legit Reviews did a bit of researching on the general lack of high performance cooling options for Intel’s latest line of high speed and high temperature CPUs. The comments they did get from company reps some to point to a…

Read more LGA 775 Confounds Cooling Manufacturers

by Rafael Hernandez on August 23, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a rather exhaustive list of info on popular CPUs going back a few years with specifications, code-names, and commentary. Quite an interesting list to look back on and it sure does show the rapid-fire of product launches both…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 20, 2004 · 0 comments

GamePC has tested Microsoft’s latest beta build of its Windows XP 64-bit Edition on 64-bit processors from both Intel and AMD. There are no consumer level benchmarks to be found but looking at the performance from server level chips it…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 19, 2004 · 0 comments

Legion Hardware asks the burning question: “is DDR2 better than DDR”. Such a question will be posed countless times over the coming months as Intel based systems begin to ship with the future proof memory standard. The results aren’t surprising…

Read more DDR2 or not to DDR2

by Rafael Hernandez on August 18, 2004 · 0 comments

Hexus.net has their take on Intel’s latest mid-range server CPU, the 64bit Xeon processor code-named “Nocona”. Well they do it one better and actually have a go with a dual processor Xeon setup and run it against a dual CPU…

Read more 64-bit Intel Xeon Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on August 18, 2004 · 0 comments

ExtremeTech has the skinny on AOpen’s latest small form factor barebones the XC Cube EX915. The company managed to fit an Intel 915G chipset/LGA 775 motherboard into a compact case while maintaining all of the advanced features (sans DDR2) usually…

Read more AOpen XC Cube EX915 SFF Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on August 17, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a preview of an interesting motherboard which brings together Intel’s new Socket 775 processors with their previous generation 865PE chipset. The Soltek SL-865Pro-775 allows people to salvage their “old” DDR memory and AGP video cards and upgrade to…

Read more Soltek SL-865Pro-775 Preview

by Rafael Hernandez on August 12, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a go, again, at Intel’s new 64-bit Xeon CPU, this time they pit it against AMD’s Opteron 150 server processor, a much more interesting match-up than their previous try at comparing the Xeon’s performance. A very different picture…

Read more 64-bit Comparison: Take Two