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by Rafael Hernandez on November 28, 2005 · 0 comments

Techniz has a look at the Thermalright V-1 VGA Cooler. The mound of aluminum and heatpipes is a slick way to get around massive two slot coolers by bringing the bulk of the fins and the fan over to the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 28, 2005 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has the Abit Fatal1ty AN8 SLI motherboard on their test bench today. The board sports Nvidia’s nForce 4 SLI chipset and a few nifty features like active cooling of its power regulation system. A great board but…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 16, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech spent a little time with a motherboard powered by ATI’s RD580 chipset. The AMD based chip offers two 16X SLI slots for dedicated graphics communication, a nice boost for their CrossFire platform. They don’t offer up hard benchmark numbers…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 15, 2005 · 0 comments

Nvidia has released an updated driver set for its GeForce graphics chip line. The 81.94 version includes the usual bug fixes and performance improvements along with proper support for the newer, and insanely fast, GeForce 7800 GTX 512 graphics board….

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 14, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at the Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX 512 graphics board. The card isn’t just a 7800 GTX with more memory, it sports much higher core and memory clock rates which give it a big boost and it’s…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 7, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a review of the Nvidia GeForce 6800 GS graphics chipset. The card is based on their last generation of chips paired with a lower pricetag. Its performance is still good and it offers SLI support making it a…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 4, 2005 · 0 comments

Trusted Reviews puts the Alienware Aurora 5500 through its paces. The system they tested comes fitted with an AMD Athlon 64 3800+ CPU, Nvidia nForce 4 SLI motherboard, and a single GeForce 7800GTX graphics card. No matter the brand the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 4, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at the Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard. The board features Nvidia’s nForce4 northbridge and southbridge combo which allows for 16 lanes on the second SLI slot. Good speed improvements in SLI, 8 phase voltage regulation, and mounds…

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 3, 2005 · 0 comments

GamePC has a look at the Tyan Tiger K8WE Dual AMD Opteron motherboard. The board makes use of Nvidia’s nForce4 Pro chipset giving it PCI Express capabilities but it does not support NUMA which would’ve given it a sizable memory…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 27, 2005 · 0 comments

HardOCP has a look at Nvidia’s SLI technology and how long it takes to set up and get going. The early days of SLI, like any technology, were difficult to downright frustrating for many. A year later and it seems…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 27, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at the Asus P5N32-SLI motherboard. The board uses Nvidia’s nForce 4 SLI chipset for Intel CPUs but this time they’re able to handle two full speed PCIe 16X slots with some extra lanes left open of…

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