June 2005

by Rafael Hernandez on June 30, 2005 · 0 comments

GameSpot has the probable/possible price point for Sony’s Playstation3 console. At $399 the device is a bit above what many believe to be Microsoft’s Xbox 360 launch price and the console will be hitting the streets many months later. A…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 30, 2005 · 0 comments

Hardware Secrets has a look at the XFX GeForce 7800 GTX graphics card. The board has quite a bit of performance under the hood able to push out framerates at higher resolutions than previous generations and with improved image quality,…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 30, 2005 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a review of the Western Digital SE16 250GB hard drive. The drive is an all black deal sporting 16MB of cache and SerialATA 300 and is set to take on its competitors with those two features…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 30, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech got a chance to test Sun’s dual core powered V40z. The system features 4 AMD Opteron CPUs making for 8 physical cores in the system which is quite a bit of processing power. A barn burner for sure with…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 29, 2005 · 0 comments

BIOS has a look at the IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T43p notebook computer. The usual great build quality seems to be there as are other important features such as a nice LCD screen and Intel Pentium M CPU. A solid laptop for…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 29, 2005 · 0 comments

XYZ Computing stopped by the C3 Expo and grabbed some shots of SilverStone’s upcoming line of computer cases. A few interesting designs are sure to catch some attention with their HTPC/LCD touch screen version leading the charge. An innovative batch…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 29, 2005 · 0 comments

GamesIndustry.biz reports on some comments by one Mr. Gates which states Microsoft is considering an HD DVD drive for future versions of their Xbox 360 console. The first shipping versions will include a standard DVD drive but if they do…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 28, 2005 · 0 comments

Silent PC Review takes some steps to make their Antec P180 PC enclosure a silent and cool running beast. The new model case makes use of larger fans which can move more air than regular system fans while spinning at…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 28, 2005 · 0 comments

PC Pro has the details on AMD’s lawsuit against Intel for various anti-trust infringements in the US. The various lawsuits between the major microprocessor manufacturers is nothing new and it’ll take a good amount of time for any verdict, or…

Read more AMD Files Anti-Trust Suit Againts Intel

by Rafael Hernandez on June 28, 2005 · 0 comments

Reuters writes of IBM/Sony/Toshiba’s Cell processor making its way into new fields. The CPU was designed, mainly, for Sony’s upcoming Playstation 3 console but a medical/military device manufacturer is taking a look at the chip, no doubt intrigued by its…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 28, 2005 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at the Foxconn NFPIK8AA nForce Pro powered motherboard. The AMD Opteron single socket board uses a pair of the nForce Pro chipsets to offer up quite a number of PCI Express lanes and S-ATA…

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