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Hey folks! I hope everyone enjoyed memorial day. Despite the thunder storms in the northeast, I managed to have a good day. Tuesday is here however, so it's time to get back into the swing of things, and time for you to check out today's news. Oh, and if this is your first trip to HH in the past few days, you should check out HotHardware's...
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Good afternoon folks! At midnight tonight, a new player in PC gaming unveiled its plans to introduce a new physics accelerator, that promises to vastly improve the realism of games. AGEIA's PhysX chip, as it's called, won't debut for a few more months, and its success depends on the adoption of the technology by the game development community,...
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Good morning folks, Happy New Year! With the holiday season coming to a close, it is back to the grind for this ol'boy. Not that I really mind though; in some sick way I am actually finding myself missing work. Nonetheless, it is getting late and I have a pile of news for you. Here is your AM...
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Hello All... Just stopping in here to formally introduce you to the newest member of the HotHardware.com team, Matt Beauvais (golf clap please!). Matt has been with us as a very active member of our forum community for years now and recently has been doing the news on a regular basis for us as well. We're breaking the man in slowly here
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Good evening friends, how was your day? I just popped some pills that should help me kick this cold / sleep tonight. So, before I loose total coherence to the world around me, let's get the news posted. Here is your evening shot of juice... Matrix Orbital MX422 LCD Review @ GruntvillE.com "The MX422 is basically...
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Good Evening All, DJ Jazzy Jay Gibson, spins all the hot stacks of wax and all the platters that matter, through the new Philips PSC724 Ultimage Edge PCI Sound Card tonight. This is a 24bit/192kHz capable sound card that steps up and takes on the likes of a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS and for a bit less out of pocket expense. Go...
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The recent trend of PC integration into the user's living space finds the once small and dingy computer room becoming a thing of the past. With manufactures now offering PC solutions which showcase features that rival many mainstream audio components, families are now finding their "digital living room" to be the new...
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Good morning friends, how was your weekend? Things in my life have been extremely hectic over the past week or so. Thankfully, it seems to be falling into place and my day-to-day schedule is reverting to somewhat sane hours. Nonetheless, there is no better way to start the work week off then sitting down with a piping hot...
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Good evening HotHardware fans! I'm here to let you all know that we've just posted a review of Plextor's PX-712SA Dual-Format DVD+/- SATA Drive. This drive is virtually identical to the very popular PX-712A we reviewed back in June, but it sports a Serial ATA interface. Click here and take a look!...
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Back in mid-June we took a look at the latest offering from Plextor, the PX-712A. This drive boasted 12X DVD+R write speeds and maintained the same level of quality we've come to expect from Plextor. For years, Plextor has been in the optical drive business and for most of that time they've been the one company all others can be...
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Good morning all. It looks like my desktop troubles are over. Man, it has been a long time since I've had problems with any of my machines and I hope this is the last of it for a while. There's nothing like a reformat once in a while to clean things up, but I was try to hold out for SP-2. Guess that wasn't in the cards....
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Greetings HotHardware Fans! Can you believe it's already Wednesday? Those long weekends really throw me for a loop! They make it seem like the week is just flying by. Then again, when you've got a pile of hardware to test, stacked from floor to ceiling, there never seems to be enough hours in the day! But that's...
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Good afternoon everyone :) After a demanding day at work, the women friend has decided that we should go out for dinner and a movie. I think a few glasses of wine, some tasty Italian food and a good action flick should calm the nerves. But, before we leave *smacks lips*, I think I am in the mood for...
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Good morning brothers and sisters, how are you? Last night up here in the Canadian portion of the HH labs, we got pounded with a torrential thunderstorm. Lots of lighting, tornado warnings, the whole nine yards. Needless to say, it was a night I was grateful to have a UPS. Anyhow, it is getting...
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We've taken a look at quite a few dual format DVD burners over the last few months, and found some to be better than others for various reasons. Most, if not all, of the drives we've reviewed shined in one area, but were lacking in another. Whether it be slower CD-R burning speeds, lack of options, or slow access times, we keep pressing...
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The Sapphire Ultimate Edition Atlantis 9800 Pro & The Sapphire Ultimate Edition Atlantis 9600 Pro A Couple of Passively Cooled, Wild Looking Radeons! By - Marco Chiappetta July 25, 2003 ATi's Radeon 9800 Pro and 9600 Pro GPUs are two of the most popular 3D chipsets on the market today. A multitude of OEMs build boards based on these...
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The Matrox Parhelia 128MB AGP Hands on testing of Matrox's High End Gaming Card By -Dave Altavilla June 25, 2002 When Matrox took the wraps off their next generation GPU, last month, HotHardware brought you a full showcase of the chip's features, new capabilities and estimated performance level. Clearly Matrox is targeting the...
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The Matrox Parhelia 512 Matrox Re-Enters The 3D Graphics Ring - Big, Bad and Pretty By -Dave Altavilla May 14, 2002 We know you've been waiting for this, haven't you? Of course you have. Since the launch of the Matrox G450, we don't know of any hard core PC Hardware Enthusiast that hasn't been waiting for Matrox to step...
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Matrox has been in the Graphics Card business since the invention of electricity. OK, so maybe that's a little overstated but when it comes to PC Graphics, Matrox is the "Grand Daddy". They have always been known for high end accelerators built with the Computer Professional in mind. CAD and other Desktop Graphics Applications...
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The Matrox Millennium G450 - 32MB Dual Head New Levels Of Integration for the Multimedia Fanatic and Corporate User By Dave "Davo" Altavilla 9/5/00 As technology moves on, new markets are exploding for Personal Computing. The Business and Corporate Sector was the dawn of the information and computing age and it is still a very...
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4/25/00 Matrox G450 - Smaller, Faster and Highly Integrated By Dave "Davo" Altavilla Graphics Chipset vendors are coming out of the woodwork this week, as the WinHEC conference shifts into high gear. Not a player to sit on the sidelines, Matrox has taken the wraps off their much rumored G450 chip,...
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614//00 Matrox's G450 - Smaller, Faster and Highly Integrated By Dave "Davo" Altavilla Montreal, Canada, June 14, 2000-Matrox Graphics Inc. today announced the Matrox Millennium G450 Series, based on the Matrox G450 chip which integrates DualHead, DVI, and TV output. This new series of graphics cards consists...
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