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ASUS DRW-0402P/D DVD±R/RW Drive Review High Capacity on a Budget By Chris Angelini January 28, 2004 It's hard to believe that the very first DVD writers were priced in the neighborhood of $16,000, especially considering the current landscape of low-cost optical hardware. There's still a market...
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Hercules Video - Prophetview 920 Pro DVI A Gamer's Flat Panel And More Jason R. Gibson January 15th, 2004 It has been a while since we at Hot Hardware have taken a look at a new Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). Back in March of 2001 my fellow H.H. colleague, Dave, ventured a look at one of the forerunners of modern LCD displays. Needless...
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ASUS SK8V K8T800 Motherboard Review Socket 940 Platform Featuring VIA's K8T800 Chipset By: Chris Angelini January 4, 2004 They say it takes years to establish a solid reputation and minutes to destroy it, which is why the office Christmas party requires a delicate balance of business and pleasure. Dating back to 1997, the folks...
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VIA PT880 Chipset Preview A Performance Preview of VIA's Dual-Channel P4 Chipset By: Chris Angelini December 8, 2003 For the first time since NVIDIA unveiled its nForce2 chipset more than a year ago, VIA is in a very promising position. To begin, AMD's Athlon 64 is upon us, bringing...
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Albatron PX865PE Lite Pro vs. Asus P4P800S-E Budget boards take a bite out of the market by Robert Maloney November 20th, 2003 With the proliferation of 800MHz FSB processors and the wide acceptance of DDR400 memory, it's quite easy to see how Springdale and Canterwood boards have captured...
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asetek WaterChill CPU Cooler Review Water Cooling for Pentium 4, Athlon XP, and Athlon 64 By: Chris Angelini August 25, 2003 When you hear one of your friends talk about a skydiving adventure, or even a bungee jump for that matter, do you tend to smile, nod, and think to yourself, "one of these days, buddy..."? There is an...
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Auravision's EluminX Keyboard Illuminating technology "Burned in" by Robert Maloney July 30th, 2003 While we here at HotHardware have written countless articles on motherboards, video cards, and the like, we haven't often found the time or reason to comment on one piece of everyone's setup, the keyboard. For the most...
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SOYO Mini DRAGON 651 A New Pentium 4 Small Form Factor PC In The Crowd By: Chris Angelini July 28th, 2003 SFF PCs are all the rage it seems and we're as much a fan of small form-factor systems as any, here at HotHardware. My personal desktop system tucks away neatly under my desk. I've also got a PC-based PVR system that could...
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ATI RADEON 9100 IGP Preview Integrated Graphics for the Pentium 4 By: Chris Angelini July 7th, 2003 ATI's engineers have worked hard this past year. At the risk of being redundant, they've escorted to market the R300 series of Visual Processing Units (VPUs), they've spun off mainstream versions of the same chip for broader appeal, and...
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The Artec 52X 24X 52X CD-RW Series The drive is on fire, we don't need no water, let that baby burn! By Tom Laverriere June 24, 2003 CD-RW drive technology has come a long way from its prehistoric introduction at 2X burn speeds. The first CD-RW drives in the mainstream took up to thirty minutes to burn a disc and it was pretty...
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The M-Audio Revolution 7.1 Viva la revolución! "Burned in" by Robert Maloney June 23rd, 2003 The history of the audio card industry can be summed up by saying there has always been Creative Lab's SoundBlaster line, and then there have been the "others". When Aureal disappeared from the picture in 2000, it seemed to...
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The Shuttle XPC SB61G2 Pint-Sized P4 Powerhouse! "Burned in" by Robert Maloney June 8th, 2003 A major trend in the technology industry is miniaturization. It's no longer good enough to be the fastest or more technologically advanced anymore. These days everything from cell phones to MP3 players to digital cameras, are...
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ATI ALL-IN-WONDER 9800 PRO Press Releases & Screenshots... CLICK IMAGE FOR AN ENLARGED VIEW EAZYLOOK MENUS: CHAPTER SELECTION INFO SCREEN LIBRARY SCREEN LIBRARY SELECTION MEDIA INFORMATION PERMANENT ICONS TRICK-PLAY MODE VOLUME CONTROL ATI's New ALL-IN-WONDER® 9800 PRO Delivers...
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Intel D865GBF 865G Motherboard Review Springdale Goes Mainstream, With Graphics By: Chris Angelini and Dave Altavilla May 21st, 2003 We've come to know Intel as a conservative company, generally unwilling to take precarious risks on unproven technology. Yet, just last month, Intel unveiled its first true flagship platform since the i850E,...
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The GeForce FX 5900 Ultra A Preview And Performance Analysis With NVIDIA's New Killer By - Dave Altavilla May 12, 2003 Here we are again, with another installment of my pixel is faster than yours. Why is it that Graphics Cards create so much buzz in the PC Enthusiast market? Perhaps it's because Processors, Motherboards,...
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The Tyan Tachyon G9500 Pro A Power-packed card for the mainstream "Burned in" by Robert Maloney May 8, 2003 Often, when you look at hardware ads in magazines, you will see somewhere in there a benchmark score. A 3DMark score to be more specific, will scream "16,348 out of the box", or list the system...
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Review on the Abit BH7 Motherboard The Legend Continues... By Robert Maloney April 9th, 2003 Everyone holds a few memories close to their heart; their first kiss, the first time they drove a car solo, and the first time they got a sweet overclock on a motherboard. OK, that last one might be a bit of a stretch, but there are a...
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The VIA P4PB Ultra Motherboard Review Intent on Total System Performance for the P4 By Robert Maloney March 19th, 2003 Our first impression of the VIA P4PB Ultra, when the box showed up on the testing bench, was that it screamed (literally) that it was here to play. From the no-nonsense black box with a guy yelling (at what we...
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ATI 'M10' Mobile Graphics Preview Mobile Gaming Diversifies By, Chris Angelini March 13th, 2003 The computer industry has been in the doldrums as of late. And as much as we want to deny it, business isn't picking up as quickly as the analysts forecasted. It isn't voodoo, though. There is no witchcraft involved in judging...
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Tyan S2662 Trinity i7205 Dual Channel DDR for the Pentium 4 By, Chris Angelini February 24th, 2003 KISS - four letters that together, can mean so many different things. It's a '70's rock band, it's a gesture of affection, and for Tyan, it's an acronym. "Keep It Simple, Stupid" - quite possibly the best way to avoid...
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The ATi Radeon 9800 Pro Full Release Review ATi Technologies Distances Itself From NVIDIA Once Again By, Dave Altavilla March 5, 2003 This article and review showcase should come as no surprise to those of you that have been following the never ending saga of World Domination in the 3D Graphics Card arena. Just a few short weeks...
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The Abit BG7E Motherboard Review An Abit Board For the Masses... By Robert Maloney February 24, 2003 A few months back, we published a three board round-up of products based on the new Intel I845PE Chipset, including one from Abit, that being the BE7-RAID. Without regurgitating facts about the chipset, suffice it to say that it proved...
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