April 2007

by Rafael Hernandez on April 27, 2007 · 0 comments

techPowerUp! has a look at the Zotac GeForce 8500 GT graphics card. It sports Nividia’s latest low-end chip bringing DirectX 10 support and some welcome high-def video features. A nice enough card but don’t expect it to be much faster…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 26, 2007 · 0 comments

TweakTown has a look at the BFG Tech GeForce 8600GTS OC graphics card. It sports the first mid-range focused DirectX 10 capable GPU with a decent factory overclock from the standard settings. A decent enough performer but it has a…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 26, 2007 · 0 comments

The Tech Report has a look at the Nvidia nForce 650i SLI based Abit Fatal1ty FP-IN9 SLI and MSI P6N SLI Platinum motherboards. The boards sport similar feature sets and performance characteristics so this one boils down to your stance…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 25, 2007 · 0 comments

HardOCP has a look at the Thermaltake ToughPower 1200W powersupply. You’d be hardpressed to come up with a computer system that would strain an 800Watt powersupply a year ago but things have changed and those quad cores and Multi-GPU rigs…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 25, 2007 · 0 comments

DailyTech writes of Sony’s PlayStation 3’s dominance in Folding@Home. The console’s CPU is perfectly suited to the type of work the application does and an upcoming software update should make it even faster at that task. Impressive display by a…

Read more PS3 Grinding out the Protein Simulations

by Rafael Hernandez on April 25, 2007 · 0 comments

HotHardware has run a few tests on Intel’s V8 platform. It is, for the most part, a dual socket board capable of accepting two Quad core CPUs making for 8 physical cores which gives it quite a bit of computing…

Read more Intel Xeon V8 Early Numbers

by Rafael Hernandez on April 24, 2007 · 0 comments

XSReviews has a look at the MSI 8800GTX OC Liquid graphics card. MSI has decided liquid cooling its 8800GTX is a far better choice than using the usual, and sometimes noisy, heatsink/fan assembly. A nice card with plenty of performance…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 24, 2007 · 0 comments

PCSTATS has a look at the Biostar TA690G MicroATX motherboard. The board features AMD’s 690G chipset which sports a rather potent integrated graphics core perfect for that office PC or light 3D graphics work. A nice board if you like…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 24, 2007 · 0 comments

DailyTech has some early numbers for the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT graphics card. The board will sport a mid-range configuration of ATI’s first Direct X10 capable chip and, going by these numbers, it’s going to be some solid competition…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 23, 2007 · 0 comments

Phoronix has a look at the SilverStone Sugo SG03 SFF PC case. The “small form factor” chassis can actually hold your favorite MicroATX motherboard. The case maintains its tiny proportions by moving the powersupply over the CPU which could lead…

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 19, 2007 · 0 comments

Digital Trends has a review of the Lenovo ThinkPad T60p notebook computer. The PC is designed for the “professional” on the go sporting up to 4GB of memory, all manner of connectivity options, and ATI Mobility Fire GL V525 on…

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