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by Rafael Hernandez on March 28, 2007 · 0 comments

AMD’s got a bit of a press release going on detailing its new M690 chipset. It’s designed for the mobile notebook crowd where it should shine very well as its integrated graphics core is competent and can handle HDMI output…

Read more AMD Takes the 690 Mobile

by Rafael Hernandez on March 28, 2007 · 0 comments

AnandTech has some insight into the near future core designs Intel is preparing. The name of the game is die shrinks which allows them to pump out many more chips per wafer, bringing down costs, as well as a new…

Read more Penryn and Nehalem Details

by Rafael Hernandez on March 27, 2007 · 0 comments

Hardware Secrets has their own look at the ASUS M2A-VM motherboard. The board it powered by the AMD 690G chipset which features an integrated graphics chip perfect for that office PC or non-power user applications or you can add your…

Read more ASUS M2A-VM Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on March 27, 2007 · 0 comments

techPowerUp has a look at the Sapphire X1950 GT graphics card. The board sports a rather speedy low-mid range GPU although it sports less graphics card memory than higher priced cards it can still hold its own at reasonable resolutions….

Read more Sapphire X1950 GT Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on March 26, 2007 · 0 comments

eWeek writes of Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system selling very well. The OS has had its nay-sayers debating its merits and its high system specification requirements but, in its first two months, it has sold more copies (this includes preloaded…

Read more Vista Sales Doing Well

by Rafael Hernandez on March 26, 2007 · 0 comments

VR-Zone has a shot of AMD’s upcoming Radeon X2900 XTX sporting a custom liquid cooling unit. The R600 GPU and affiliated power circuitry pull in quite a bit of power which, at some point, gets pumped out as heat so…

Read more X2900 XTX Gets the Liquid Treatment

by Rafael Hernandez on March 23, 2007 · 0 comments

Gizmodo has the early stats on the Sony PlayStation 3’s Folding@Home performance and it’s looking mighty impressive. So far almost 14,000 consoles are responsible for almost 50% of the total current work units, an impressive statistic although not surprising given…

Read more PS3 Stomping Competition (In Folding)

by Rafael Hernandez on March 23, 2007 · 0 comments

PC Perspective has a look at the BigFoot Networks Killer NIC K1 network card. They also take a look at the recently released FNA Bit Torrent client designed to do background downloading while you do your gaming thing and they…

Read more BigFoot Networks Killer NIC K1 Reviewed

by Rafael Hernandez on March 23, 2007 · 0 comments

The Tech report stayed up late to get this 15 CPU (more if you count the Quad FX) comparison out there. Intel and AMD are trading blows this time of year with some great CPUs at low low prices and…

Read more Intel vs AMD Roundup

by Rafael Hernandez on March 22, 2007 · 0 comments

Legit Reviews put together a massive look at 24 different AMD Radeon configurations. The good old X300 on up to X1950XTX Crossfire is on their test bench with some interesting results for last gen’s cards. A nice effort from the…

Read more Ultimate AMD Radeon Roundup

by Rafael Hernandez on March 22, 2007 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a look at the HP LP3065 LCD display. The monitor sports a rather large 30″ widescreen panel with a maximum resolution of 2560×1600 it’s perfect if you’re handling multiple applications at once or for your gaming enjoyment. A…

Read more HP LP3065 LCD Monitor Reviewed