Marco Chiappetta
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NEXT-GENERATION AMD OPTERON PROCESSORS INTRODUCED WITH RECORD OEM DESIGN WINS AND NATIVE QUAD-CORE UPGRADE PATH - AMD Enables OEMs to Offer Quad-Core Upgradeable Platforms to Reduce Total Cost of Ownership and to Improve Performance-per-Watt in Datacenters- Sunnyvale, Calif. - Aug. 15, 2006 - AMD (NYSE:AMD) today introduced its Next-Generation...
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OCZ Technology Group Remains Performance Leader with World's First 1100MHz Memory Solution Sunnyvale, CA-August 15, 2006 - OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, today announced the first ever production DDR2-1100 modules, developed for the latest processors from AMDR...
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ASUS introduces the ASUS-Lamborghini VX1 Notebook at the 2006 Concorso Italiano Stunning Notebook Makes It's US Debut August 18th Fremont, California, August 14, 2006 - ASUS Computer International, a leading provider of high quality notebooks worldwide, will announce the availability of...
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Brent from [H] has taken a look at one of the few factory-overclocked Radeon X1900 XTX cards currently available, the liquid cooled Sappire Toxic Radeon X1900 XTX. We took a look at this card back in April when Sapphire was still calling it the "Blizzard". We ended up being impressed by the card and gave it an Editor's...
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What do you think is the greatest piece of software every written? That's probably not a question that comes up very often, but it is an interesting one to ponder. Personally, I wouldn't even know where to begin. Charles Babcock of InformationWeek, however, has put...
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The folks at HardwareZone have taken Intel's current flagship Core 2 Extreme X6800 processor, and run it through a battery of benchmarks while overclocked to 3.33GHz using a 1333MHz front side bus frequency, and while overclocked to 3.6GHz. Big gains across the board, of course...
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DriverHeaven has just posted an interview with Dave Orton, CEO of ATI, regarding ATI's future and the merger with AMD. Good information here, directly from one of the main men involved. We've also had a number of question answered directly from AMD in our Q&A, right here....
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Hello Everyone. We've just posted an article at HotHardware.com detailing the process of assembling a Centrino Duo Whitebook. We give plenty of background information regarding the different platforms and discuss the pros and cons of the DIY notebook market. Here's a snip from the...
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First it was AMD and ATI, and now it's Asus and Gigabyte. Actually, the deal between Asus and Gigabyte is quite different. Whereas AMD is merging with ATI, Asus and Gigabyte are forming more of a strategic partnership. More details of the deal are on-line in this interview posted at Tweaktown....
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DigiTimes reports that the highly publicized AMD notebooks which will be brought to market by Dell later this year will in fact be equipped with ATI graphics chipsets. At this time, it is not known how much influence AMD's recent acquisition of ATI had upon the decision to use Radeon...
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Their prices may be higher and market-share may be relatively low, but one this is for certain -- Apple knows how to design some slick looking hardware. The crew at Ars Technica was lucky enough to get their hands on one of the new Mac Pros. Powerful system for sure, but Ars had a couple of issues with it......
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Hello everyone. A little later today, NVIDIA will be releasing the Forceware v91.45 drivers and with them will be officially blessing Do-It-Yourself Quad-SLI. We've put together an article detailing the steps necessary to assemble and configure a high-end Quad-SLI rig, and give some thoughts regarding XHD gaming and the costs involved....
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[H]consumer - sister site of [H]ard|OCP, has taken a look at an EN-NE8 Nitro Extreme system from PC Club to see if they've made good on their earlier commitment to improving their technical support. According to the quote below, it doesn't seem like things went very well... "Given the facts that the support you receive may vary...
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For almost a year now, NVIDIA has been teasing enthusiasts with their Quad-SLI technology. It was back in January at the Consumer Electronics Show that we got our first glimpse of a Quad-SLI based system, the Dell XP 600 Renegade. That first Quad-SLI implementation consisted of four GeForce 7800 GTX GPUs, each coupled to 512MB of...
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After finally getting an official BIOS from Asus that supports Core 2 Duo processors, PCPer is re-testing the new Core 2 Duo T7400 mobile processor to see how performance and battery life of the Core architecture compares to the original Core Duo CPU lineup. "A big improvement here in terms of...
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What was rumor yesterday seems to be confirmed today. According to Digitimes, a joint venture between Asus and Gigabyte is in fact in the works. It's a strategic move which aims to block a potential acquisition of Gigabyte by Foxconn and lower Gigabyte's production cost to...
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We've evaluated a myriad of Asus-built products over the years here at HotHardware.com, including countless motherboards, graphics cards, notebooks, and optical drives. But to date, we have only taken a look at one of the company's LCD monitors, the PM17TU. There is a good reason for this, however, as Asus has only been selling...
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If you read our launch article from a couple of weeks ago, you already know how Intel's high-end Core 2 Duo E6700 and Core 2 Extreme X6800 processors perform. But what about the lower-end model's in the product line-up? Well, GamePC has the scoop for you, using the first full-retail Core 2 Duo E6400 and E6400 processors...
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AMD'S 50X15 INITIATIVE EXPANDS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN UGANDA - AMD shows power of the ecosystem approach; Teams with more than 15 organizations to narrow the digital divide in Africa - SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Aug. 4, 2006 - A consortium...
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Hello Everyone. We just wanted to let you all know that we've just posted a new article where we evaluate the features and performance of MSI's brand-new K9A Platinum ATI CrossFire XPress 3200 motherboard for the Socket AM2 platform. Here's a snip... "We've been able to get...
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Those of you looking for work in the high-tech field may want to pack a bag and move where the money is. This story from Forbes.com details the top 25 cities across the U.S. for high-paying tech jobs. I was surprised to find my new home-town of Norwalk, CT was number 8. Why don't some of you HH fans move to the area so we can...
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[H]Enthusiast has just posted a review of an nForce 570 SLI based motherboard from EPoX, aptly named the MF570SLI. It was a flawless performance, but the crew at [H] gave the board relatively high marks overall. EPoX has consistently made some nice motherboards, they just don't have the presence of some of the larger Tier 1...
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