July 2005

by Rafael Hernandez on July 29, 2005 · 0 comments

LinuxHardware has a review of the Connect3D Radeon X800. They carried out their tests on, obviously, their favorite flavor of Linux operating system and with the poor state of ATI drivers things were not very pretty compared to its Nvidia…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 29, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has tested the Sapphire PURE PI-A9RX480 motherboard. The cryptic name means it uses the ATI Xpress 200 chipset for AMD’s Athlon 64 CPU bringing PCI Express support and a heap of tweaking options that rivals DFI’s latest creations….

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 28, 2005 · 0 comments

MadShrimps has a look at two “modular” power supplies. The Ultra X-Connect and Hiper Type-R PSUs help keep the interior of your case clutter free with their rounded cables and, more importantly, removable power cords allowing you to select only…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 28, 2005 · 0 comments

techniz has a review of the Akasa EVO 120 heatsink/fan combo. The CPU cooler is just plain massive, going horizontal with its heatsink fins and fans which might cause some problems with powersupplies that don’t pull air out from directly…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 28, 2005 · 0 comments

CNet News has the details on Intel’s plan to bring Pentium M like features to a Xeon line of chips for blade servers. The mobile CPUs are notorious power misers that perform very well due to its power management features…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 28, 2005 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has three Nvidia GeForce 7800GTX on their testbench today. The three boards, all based on the reference design, offer up similar performance (except for MSI’s SLI monster setup) so the real story is their bundles where XFX…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 28, 2005 · 0 comments

TrustedReviews has a look at the Samsung X50 HWM 760 notebook computer. The laptop sports a seriously slim profile for its feature set which, on their test model, includes everyone’s favorite Intel Pentium M CPU running at 2GHz, ATI Mobility…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 27, 2005 · 0 comments

Futurelooks has a review of the Cooler Master Blue Ice Northbridge heatsink/fan combo. A number of the newer system chipsets have been pumping out quite a bit of heat and when companies decide to begin including more robust graphics cores…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 27, 2005 · 0 comments

hardCOREware has a look at three of Foxconn’s latest Intel based motherboards. All three are LGA775 supporting boards with the 945G bringing a built-in graphics core and the 955 coming in with dual-core CPU support. A solid trio of products…

Read more Foxconn 945P/G/955 Motherboards Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on July 27, 2005 · 0 comments

Techgage has a small chat with Andy Keane, VP of marketing for AGEIA. The company will be releasing an add-on card which will improve physics performance in gaming titles (that support it) and possibly other software arenas, if they hop…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 26, 2005 · 0 comments

Designtechnica has a look at the Philips ShoqBox PSS110 alarm clock. It’s not just an alarm clock, it tossees in everybody’s favorite function, MP3 playing, into the mix. A sleek unit and small enough to take along on extended travel…

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