October 2006

by Rafael Hernandez on October 31, 2006 · 0 comments

AMD/ATI has released its Catalyst 6.10 driver set for its Radeon line of graphics cards. The new drivers tout bug fixes in a number of games and performance enhancements for those lucky enough to be running CrossFire on Intel P965…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 31, 2006 · 0 comments

HardwareZone has a look at the Intel Xeon 5130 and 5160 CPUs in an SMP setup. The chips leverage some powerful core technology and are especially good in multi-threaded applications. If you’re in the market for a new server or…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 31, 2006 · 0 comments

DriverHeaven has a look at the Palit 7900GS Sonic graphics card. The company takes the regular 7900GS and slaps on an impressive cooling solution, which seems to be the norm with the rest of their products. An interesting card if…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 30, 2006 · 0 comments

ThinkComputers has a look at the Dell XPS M1210 notebook computer. The system comes in with a 12″ screen so it’s nice, lite, and portable while packing in an Intel Core 2 Duo mobile chip and an Nvidia GeForce Go…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 30, 2006 · 0 comments

PC Perspective has a look at the AMD ATI Radeon X1650XT graphics card. The board houses a brand new GPU which targets the low-end of the market. It may have a “cheap” price tag but its feature set and speed…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 30, 2006 · 0 comments

HardOCP has a look at the Dell XPS 700 gaming system. While you could, theoretically, run other applications on it it’s designed from the ground up as a killer gaming machine complete with SLI Nvidia GeForce 7900GS graphics cards and…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 29, 2006 · 0 comments

BigBruin has a look at the Ultra Products XVS Modular 600Watt Power Supply. The unit does its duty with a single large fan which gives it that silent feature which is all the rage nowadays. A solid PSU but multi-GPU…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 29, 2006 · 0 comments

techPowerUp has a review of the Sapphire Radeon X1300 XT OC graphics card. Normally the X1300 is nothing to get excited over but Sapphire has souped up this version with high clock rates which gives it extremely good performance at…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 29, 2006 · 0 comments

Bjorn3D has a look at the PowerColor X1950 PRO graphics card. The board sports one of the newer mid-range GPUs out there (R580+) which features an internal CrossFire bridge that makes their multi-GPU solution a little simpler. A great card…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 27, 2006 · 0 comments

3DAvenue has a short write-up on ATI’s Radeon X1950XTX graphics card comparing it to the older X1900XTX. They both use the same graphics chip although the 1950 benefits from faster GDDR4 memory and a much improved cooler. A great choice…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 26, 2006 · 0 comments

Hot Hardware has a look at Intel P965 chipset based boards from Abit and Gigabyte. The boards feature Core 2 Duo support and their choice of expansion ports but, from an enthusiasts point of view, the Gigabyte just about steals…

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