August 2005

by Rafael Hernandez on August 31, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has the XFX GeForce 7800 GT Overclocked graphics card on their testbench today. The concept behind the card is simple, take the standard GeForce 7800 GT GPU and memory and push them beyond the normal clock rates. A great…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 31, 2005 · 0 comments

Legion Hardware has a look at the Termalright V1 graphics card cooler. With its fancy heatpipes it’s capable of outperforming Arctic Cooling’s Silencer cooler which is quite an accomplishment. A nice option but it might run into trouble in SLI…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 30, 2005 · 0 comments

Legion Hardware has a look at Nvidia’s 7800GT and GTX GPUs. The chips have much in common although the GTs have a few pipelines disabled and come in at a lower clock speed. The two cards are very impressive and…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 30, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has tested the Creative Labs SoundBlaster X-Fi Elite Pro sound card. Creative’s new top of the line features a new DSP and all sorts of improved audio performance. A nice audio card line which all sorts of gaming titles…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 30, 2005 · 0 comments

Laptop Logic pits Intel’s Dothan Pentium M CPU against AMD’s newer Turion mobile chip. They, somehow, found a pair of laptops with similar specs, both from Acer, and ran them through a good batch of tests that covers most everything…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 29, 2005 · 0 comments

Hexus.net has a look at the SAPPHIRE PURE Innovation A9RX480 motherboard. The board makes fine usage of ATI’s Radeon XPRESS 200P chipset and has been engineered with the constant tinkerers in mind. A nice alternative to DFI and Abit but…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 29, 2005 · 0 comments

Microsoft Watch has the details on Microsoft’s apparent behind the scenes work on their WinFS file system. The feature was removed from their Vista(Longhorn) OS which had been a heavily touted feature. It now appears they’re working on launching beta…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 29, 2005 · 0 comments

MVKTech has a look at the HIS X800 GT IceQ II Turbo graphics card. The board matches up fairly well with Nvidia’s 6600GT chipset, putting it in the low-mid range performance category, which is still the best bang for the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 26, 2005 · 0 comments

bit-tech tests out the Intel Pentium 4 670 and Pentium D 820 processors. The CPUs bring great multitasking performance, doubley so in the case of the dual-core Pentium D, improving speed when running multiple tasks. If you’re a single task…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 26, 2005 · 0 comments

AnandTech has some coverage from the 3rd and final day at Intel’s Developer’s Forum. Tons of great new gear has been announced and some very impressive uses for the new hardware have been presented. CPU/VRM/Northbridge on a Chip Rattner Keynote…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 24, 2005 · 0 comments

Intel kicks off the second day of its developer’s forum with more in-depth info on their new CPU lineups and the types of gadgets that could be powered by them. Anand on Server Chips Anand on VIIV The Tech Report…

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