July 2006

by Rafael Hernandez on July 31, 2006 · 0 comments

Hexus.net has a look at the Vadim Fusion Cetus gaming system. The UK shop has take Intel’s impressive Core 2 Duo CPU and mated it with an Nvidia GeForce 7950GTX graphics chip all cooled by a monstrous liquid cooling kit…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 31, 2006 · 0 comments

Guru3D has part 9 of the Multi-GPU World Tour which comes up with an overall picture of the current Nvidia SLI and ATI CrossFire landscape. Some positive impressions about both camps but there are definite issues to be ironed out…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 31, 2006 · 0 comments

TweakTown has a look at the AMD AM2 platform with its fancy DDR2 memory controller and benchmarks it against the older 939 DDR arrangement. In the usual day-to-day office and media work there isn’t much of a difference but when…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 28, 2006 · 0 comments

The Multi-GPU World Tour continues with Legit Reviews pairing a number of Nvidia SLI and ATI CrossFire configurations in game performance competition. They’re not just your usual Unreals, Quakes, and Fears, these are some of the titles that get ignored…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 28, 2006 · 0 comments

ATI has launched its latest set of Catalyst Drives bringing the suite up to version 6.7. The drivers bring in the usual glut of bug fixes as well as improved CrossFire support. You can grab your own set under the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 28, 2006 · 0 comments

DriverHeaven has a look at the Alienware M5500 notebook. The system packs in an Intel Pentium M CPU and ATI Radeon Mobility X1600 for some decent (in the notebook world) 3D performance. It’s not the fire spitting monster we come…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 27, 2006 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at the Shuttle XPC SN27P2 SFF barebones. The AMD AM2 supporting system follows the usual Shuttle formula of cramming as much as they can into as small a space as possible. A nice looking…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 27, 2006 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at 320GB hard drives from Western Digital and Seagate. The Seagate is primed and ready with its fancy perpendicular recording but the good old brute force approach (more platters) employed by WD keeps the competition tight….

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 27, 2006 · 0 comments

PC Perspective has a look at the Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 Mobile CPU. The chip is the successor to the current Core Duo notebook/mobile chips and should, theoretically, bring about all sorts of impressive performance. It’s not much of…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 26, 2006 · 0 comments

PCSTATS has a look at one of the Intel Pentium D 940 CPU. The chip is one of the last in a long line of “NetBurst” based chips from the company and features two cores running at 3.2GHz. It’s not…

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 26, 2006 · 0 comments

Trusted Reviews has a look at the Sony VAIO VGN-TX3XP ultra portable notebook. The device comes in with an Intel Core Solo ultra-low voltage CPU, 11.1-inch screen, and built-in DVD Writer. An impressive array of features in a machine that’s…

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