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Good Evening Folks! BW here, stopping by to let you know that we've just posted a new review of Asus' K8N-E Deluxe Socket 754 motherboard. This board, which is based on the NVIDIA nForce 3 250Gb chipset, sports a very complete BIOS and host of useful integrated features. Click here and check it out! ...
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Although AMD's socket 939 platform has moved into the mainstream with the recent release of 939-pin Athlon 64 3000+ and 3200+ CPUs, products based on the older socket 754 platform are still in demand. While the new socket 939 processors have been met with much fanfare (and relatively high price tags), the older socket 754 Athlon 64s have proven to be a solid processor. And now that lower-speed socket 939 processors have begun to arrive, the older design has started to drop in price, and socket 754 processors have become much more affordable. While socket 754 will eventually fade away at some point in the future, there is currently no sign that demand has waned. OEMs are...
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Good morning all. Asus starts our day off right, here at HotHardware.com, with a new high end GeForce 6800 Ultra card that really calls attention to itself. Asus' V9999 Ultra Deluxe is a GeForce 6800 Ultra with style, flare, a great bundle and the icing on the cake, a stock out-of-the-box overclock in its GPU. Come get some - right here....
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It seems that high-end graphics cards are always in the lime light upon the initial launch of a new graphics processor architecture from any of the major players. Although there's a limited number of potential consumers, relatively speaking, for these flagship enthusiat-class boards, they pave the way for their more modestly priced siblings, in terms of setting the standard for the base GPU architecture and how it performs versus the competition. We're sure many of you wouldn't think of dropping over $500 for an uber-class 3D card like a GeForce 6800 Ultra Extreme Edition or Radeon X800 XT Premium Edition, but there are some who will spare no expense, and these cream-of-the-crop video...
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Good morning friends, welcome back to HH. With a cold and rainy day outside, today is a perfect excuse for huddling around the warmth of my computers. With an AMD on one side and a P4 on the other, I think I am well situated for the day ;) Here is your AM shot of juice... Asus P5GD2 Deluxe review @ OCMod Shop "Because this motherboard has so many overclocking features I could tell from the start that things were going to go well. I decided to overclock normally by choosing the standard overclocking option and adjusting the FSB and voltage. After increasing the FSB and adding more voltage as needed my final result was a FSB of 265 taking my 2.8GHz P4 to 3.7GHz! With this...
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Good evening folks! Just in case you're the type who scrolls down right to the news, we want to let you know that we've just posted a new article comparing two affordably priced PCI Express graphics cards, the Asus Extreme AX600XT and the MSI GeForce PCX 5750. Click here to check it out......
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With much anticipation and fanfare, the next generation in video card interface has arrived. PCI Express, the successor to AGP, is now available on a number of Intel-based boards starting with the 900 series chipset. VIA, SiS, and others are sure to follow in the coming months. It's still uncertain when the other OEM solutions will come out with PCI-E (not to be confused with PCI-X), but regardless of potential delays, PCI-E will be universal sooner than later. The potential benefits of PCI-E over AGP are dramatic, offering peak bandwidth of 4GBps (8GB concurrent), which more than doubles that of AGP 8X. Initially, PCI-E appeared on the high-end of the scale with...
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Good morning folks! Today is definitely much busier on the news front than yesterday. I've only been away from the keyboard for a few hours (ie sleeping), and the news box is loaded with good stuff. I'm going to get right down to business and get it posted because I've got some benchmarking to do. The FedEx man was good to us today... VIA Boosts Hard Drive Security with VIA PadLock Tru-Delete Latest software utility and source code from VIA enables enhanced disk wiping performance utilizing the VIA PadLock RNG Taipei, Taiwan, September 15th 2004 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today made...
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Good morning folks! How's everybody doing today? I hope you're all doing well. We here in the HH labs are up to our usual hijinks, overclocking, benchmarking, evaluating, and the like. Before we get to posting our next review though, we've got some news to tide you over. Not too much going on this morning, but it'll pick up by tonight I'm sure... Asus K8N-E Motherboard Review @ PCStats: "In any case, in this review PCstats will be focusing on the brand new Asus K8N-E Socket 754 motherboard. This little baby is powered by nVidia's nForce3-250Gb chipset, and comes loaded with features like an additional four port Serial ATA/RAID Silicon Image controller,...
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Welcome back everyone, NJ here with another shot of juice. If the condition of my inbox this morning is any sign of things to come, today is going to be a great day for news. So, go make a cup of coffee, grab some toast and settle in. Here is your AM shot... BigBruin.Com Review: Ultra Products Xconnect 500W PSU "When I opened the box and saw the Ultra Products Xconnect power supply I was immediately impressed, but crossed my fingers that the performance wouldn't suffer for the incredible appearance. I was relieved, and even more impressed, when testing was completed and the Xconnect power supply proved that it wasn't all about looks." ASUS P5AD2 Premium...
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Welcome back HotHardware fans! Considering it has only been a few hours since my last post, things have been busy. After checking the new mailbox, I was greeted with quite a few noteworthy items. Here's what we've got so far... Sapphire Toxic X800 PRO VIVO Review @ Beyond3D: "Beyond the cooling system, and the obvious PCB colour change, the rest of the board appears to adhere to the ATI reference design. Removing the heatsink from the board reveals Samsung 1.6ns GDDR3 RAM, which should be capable of a maximum operating speed of 600MHz, which well beyond the rates that even the "APE" overclocking runs it at." Hitachi 57S700 HDTV @ DesignTechnica:...
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Good afternoon HotHardware fans! Just in case you missed the new link at the top of the page, I'm here to let you know that we've just posted a three i915P motherboard round-up. We've looked at the Abit AG8, Asus P5GD2 Premium, and Foxconn's 915A01-P. Click here and check them out......
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Some of us love lusting after the finer things in life: a Mercedes-Benz SLR, Akoya pearls, Beluga caviar, and Clos du Mesnil champagne. While Intel's 925X chipset doesn't exactly fit in with those other high-end luxuries, it does happen to sit atop a long list of distinguished core logic products, offering the latest in technology and a fair dose of performance (even if it doesn't fly above and beyond the 875P it replaces). Unfortunately, when it comes time to pay the bills, reality is more along the lines of a Honda Civic, McDonald's, a six pack (if you're old enough), and Ritz crackers. If you're finding the latest round of 925X motherboards (characterized by Gigabyte's GA-8ANXP-D, a nearly...
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Hello All! BW here to let you know that we've just posted a review of Asus' V9999 Gamer Edition GeForce 6800. ASUS went over the top with the V9999 Gamer Edition, offering a hefty collection of games, a USB camera, and several software packages to put the USB camera to good use. The card is also clocked much higher than standard GeForce 6800s, and uses the same PCB as a 6800 Ultra. Click here and check it out!...
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ASUS is often considered one of the top manufacturers of motherboards, video cards, and other computer hardware. Along with a broad product line, the company has a strong reputation for making some of the highest-quality products available. Furthermore, ASUS is one of the few companies that offers both NVIDIA- and ATI-based graphics cards, giving the enthusiast the broadest selection to choose from. Today, we're going to look at the ASUS V9999 Gamer Edition, the latest offering based on the GeForce 6800 GPU. With 12 pixel pipelines, increased clock speeds, and an elegant cooling solution, the V9999 stands out from the crowd. ASUS went over the top with the V9999 Gamer Edition,...
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Good afternoon HotHardware fans! This is BW checkin' in to let you all know that we've just posted a review of the Asus AX800 XT. This card sports all of the features of a "built by ATi" X800 XT Platinum Edition, but unlike the ATi branded cards, the Asus AX800 XT has a uniquely colored PCB, lighted cooling fan, and it ships with a beefy accessory and software bundle. We've got some screenshots and a ton of benchmarks. Click here and check it out......
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Hardcore gamers, with the large disposable incomes necessary to feed their hardware addictions, have a lot to be thankful for at the moment. Both NVIDIA, with the GeForce 6 Series of products, and ATi, with their X800 Pro and X800 XT, have extremely powerful GPUs in their arsenals that are an order of magnitude faster than the previous generation. And while the previous battle at the high-end between the GeForce FX 5950 Ultra and Radeon 9800 XT was heated, it was never quite as competitive as things are today. The 9800 XT was almost universally lauded as the "better" choice, but now the choice isn't quite as clear. Compelling arguments can be made for choosing...
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Good morning folks! As you've probably noticed, the bulk of the recent news has centered around the release of the Doom 3. Lots of benchmarks, screenshots, console commands and cheats have started circulating. And yes, we'll be doing a piece of our own shortly as well. For now though, it's time for some news. I'll call this one the "Doom 3 Free Edition" - 100% News, 0% Doom 3...everyone needs a break... PowerPC on Apple: An Architectural History, Part I @ ARS: "The 601 could spend a ton of transistors (at least, a ton for its day) on a 32K cache because its front end was so much simpler than that of the Pentium. This was real advantage for using...
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Good evening everyone, welcome back to HH. The news front has slowed down for the day, thus it is time for our daily wrap-up. Go grab a drink and settle in, here is the HH Nightcap. AOpen COM5232 Combo Drive Review @ PC Stats "In this review, PCstats.com is testing the new AOpen COM5232 CD-RW/DVD combo drive. The AOpen COM5252 is capable of burning CD-R media at 52x speeds and CD-RW media at 32x. Reading CD-ROM material hums along at 52x, and the drive can also read DVD's at 16x. Combo drives are generally great for those who need the storage capacity of a CD burner and the ability to read DVD's at the same time. As a bonus, the Aopen com5232 also comes with removeable...
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Good afternoon HotHardware fans! Just in case you missed the link at the top of the page, we wanted to let you know that we've just posted a shoot-out between two high-end i925X motherboards from the Abit and Asus, the AA8 DuraMAX and the P5AD2 Premium. These are some of the first enthusiast class boards to arrive that support Intel's new LGA775 processors. We ran quite a few benchmarks and compared them to an i875 throughout. Click here and take check them out!...
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Intel's recent new platform launch of the i915 and i925X chipsets marked a major overhaul of the Pentium 4 system level architecture and brought with it a host of new features and technologies. At the processor and IO levels, the addition of DDR2 memory and the PCI Express interface significantly increased theoretical available system bandwidth. In addition, the new LGA775 socket and accompanying package for the P4 brings significantly better thermal characteristics to the newPrescottcore, which was getting to be known as a real nuclear reactor of a chip. When all was said and done, Intel had made obvious enhancements to the platform and added new features to it, such as high-definition...
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Good evening friends, how was your day? Over the past while I have been trying to convert my eating habits. I had been consuming to much "bad" food and had not been feeling the greatest because of that. So, to go along with this health kick, I have decided to invest into a new Mountain Bike. I have not full decided on what I want to get, but it looks like it is going to cost me around the same price as cheap laptop. I just don't think I can trust a hundred dollar bike to support my six foot, 200 pound body while blazing down a trail ;) If you have any good suggestions for a bike, drop me a note. Anyhow, getting to the task at hand, here is some news......
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