by Rafael Hernandez on July 18, 2004
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GamePC spends some time exploring the Matrix RAID feature of Intel’s new ICH6R southbridge which is usually coupled with their new 915/925 northbridge chipset. The technology is able to create both RAID1 and RAID0 partitions on a pair of disks…
Read more Intel Matrix RAID Explained
by Rafael Hernandez on July 17, 2004
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HotHardware has a review of the rather interesting MSI XA52P CD/RW, DVD-Reader combo drive. Normally the standards it supports would be nothing to write home about but it is about the second Serial ATA (limited to Intel chipsets only sadly)…
Read more SATA Combo Drive Reviewed
by Rafael Hernandez on July 17, 2004
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Intel has delayed the launch of its “Alviso” chipset designed for notebook PCs. CNET News cites design issues and timing as the main causes for delay which could push back full scale shipments into 2005. It is an impressive chipset…
Read more No Alviso This Year
by Rafael Hernandez on July 16, 2004
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HotHardware pit two new Socket T boards, from top tier manufacturers, against each other. The Abit AA8 DuraMAX and the ASUS P5AD2 Premium both sport the Intel 925X chipset and a huge number of on board features with the ASUS…
Read more Pair of 925X Boards Tested
by Rafael Hernandez on July 15, 2004
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CNET News has info on a new variant of the newest Pentium M design that Intel has launched without much fan faire. The new chip, based on the Banias core, matches the 1.5GHz clock rate of the previous lowest end…
Read more Low-end Pentium M Quietly Launched
by Rafael Hernandez on July 13, 2004
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DigiTimes has word that both ATI and NVIDIA have scaled back their low-end graphics chip production a little bit due to Intel’s i915G chipset and the respectable performance it pumps out. Few system vendors will toss in an added card…
Read more i915G Affecting NVIDIA and ATI
by Rafael Hernandez on July 12, 2004
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X-bit labs tests out the integrated graphics core in the new Intel 915G northbridge for its latest batch of processors. Normally built-in graphics solutions have trailed dedicated cards by miles, and it still holds true when comparing high-end solutions, but…
Read more i915G Video Performance Analysis
by Rafael Hernandez on July 12, 2004
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GamePC has access to the recently launched Intel Xeon 3.4GHz which just so happens to sport a 64-bit core under the hood. In good review fashion they decided to pit the new comer against the “matured” AMD Opteron platform with…
Read more Nacona and Opteron Duke it Out
by Rafael Hernandez on July 11, 2004
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Overclocker Cafe has tested the new Shuttle XPC SB81P which features support for the new Intel Socket T (LGA 775) CPUs and sports the 915G northbridge. As is expected they’ve placed a whole lot of features in a small space…
Read more i915G Based Shuttle Reviewed
by Rafael Hernandez on July 9, 2004
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The Tech Report got around to testing the Abit AA8 DuraMax motherboard based around the Intel 925X chipset and designed for the new Socket T Pentium 4s. As always, with Abit motherboards, they go the extra mile with features and…
Read more Abit AA8 Reviewed
by Rafael Hernandez on July 9, 2004
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X-bit labs has word that Intel has begun shipping its 3.6GHz version of their new Pentium 4 processor. The Socket T compatible CPU is meant to be coupled with the company’s new i915/925 chipsets which are capable of offering a…
Read more Intel Shipping P4 560s