December 2004

by Rafael Hernandez on December 23, 2004 · 0 comments

PC Stats puts the Corsair TwinX1024-4400C25PT PC4400 memory kit through its paces at some extreme speeds. The 1GB DDR memory kit can be run at some tight timings at “normal” speeds and has shown some impressive headroom when clocked above…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 23, 2004 · 0 comments

hardCOREware has a review of the Abit AV8 motherboard based on the VIA K8T800 Pro chipset. This Athlon 64 (Socket 939) board is a solid performer with a load of tweaking options in its BIOS, one of the few top…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 23, 2004 · 0 comments

DigiTimes writes of a pair of new, lower cost, chipsets from Intel for its LGA775 series of Pentium 4 CPUs. The 915 line is very feature rich platform but has had little success in the market due to its DDR2…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 22, 2004 · 0 comments

ViperLair has a look at the ASUS P5GDC Deluxe motherboard which can play host to Intel’s LGA775 Pentium 4. The board comes equipped with DDR and DDR2 memory slots for greater choice in future memory upgrades. Interesting feature but most…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 22, 2004 · 0 comments

MetkuMods tested some Mushkin PC2-5300 rated DDR2 memory against Corsair’s PC2-5400 labeled RAM. They coaxed some good performance from both sets of memory sticks but they didn’t stress them too much as they weren’t even able to hit their rated…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 22, 2004 · 0 comments

Hexus.net has a review of the Rock Quaddra 64 3.7, another in a long line of desktop replacement notebooks. This particular rig sports an AMD Athlon 64 3700+ processor and an ATI Mobility RADEON 9700 making it a very capable…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 21, 2004 · 0 comments

NVIDIA’s SLI technology is set to hit the AMD Athlon 64 platform in the coming weeks with the company’s nForce4 chipset leading the initial charge. The Asus A8N-SLI will likely be one of the first SLI boards on the market…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 21, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at the top of the line, DDR2, OCZ PC2-4200EB memory. Their latest product is low-latency DDR2 memory designed for the newer Intel Pentium 4 based systems (for the moment). The memory is quite speedy posting the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 21, 2004 · 0 comments

Beyond3D has an in depth review of the ATI Mobility Radeon X800 designed for all manner of portable computers. This and other modern mobile chips have been pushing the performance barriers in mobile computing showing performance numbers and image quality…

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 20, 2004 · 0 comments

Hexus.net has the Twinhan DTV MagicBox and VisionDTV Mini Ter on their testbed today. The devices are able to pull digital TV signals out of the air and display them on your PC, well in the UK at the very…

Read more Digital TV on PC Devices Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on December 20, 2004 · 0 comments

Beyond3D has a look at the Point of View GeForce 6800 GT video adapter. The card features great image quality and performance we’ve all come to expect from the chip line, it just happens to come from a little-known company….

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