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Intel's New 2.4GHz Pentium 4 Northwood 200MHz more, like a walk in the park By, Dave Altavilla April 2, 2002 When Intel released it's 2GHz and 2.2GHz Northwood Pentium 4 Processors, we were here to show you the finer points of increased on chip cache sizes and a few more MHz to play with. At that point in time, did you ever think that a mere three months later, we would be back to show you Intel's flagship take another 200 steps in the right direction? Well, to be honest, we've been in possession of the 2.4GHz variety of the Pentium 4 Northwood for about a month now. So in all truth, Intel was yielding these chips even quicker than at a quarterly cycle rate. We're...
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Intel's Pentium 4 2.2GHz. and 2.0AGHz. Processors "Northwood" Enters The Arena By, Dave Altavilla January 7, 2002 Intel and AMD's perpetual GHz. race continues in the new year, at a fevered pace that is almost more than the sluggish PC Industry can absorb. Soon new machines from the major OEMs, will line the shelves of various retailers, hoping to lure potential customers with the promise of earth shattering performance and features that no one should live without. Frankly, with the myriad of choices, flavors and clock speeds available to the consumer, it's no surprise that the average prospective PC customer now looks at only a few data points on which to base their...
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The Logitech Z-560 THX Certified 4.1 Speaker System High Performance and Fidelity At A Low Price By - Dave Altavilla December 9, 2001 It's that time of year. In the PC Hardware and Peripherals industry, you almost can't keep up with the onslaught of new products hitting the market for the holiday season. Likewise, the HotHardware Test and Tech Writer Team, almost can't keep up with the volume of new gadgets showing up in the lab for test and showcase. The key word here is "almost", because we always seem to find a way to squeeze in an article on a new product or technology that really stands out and gets our attention. Perhaps, that is a bit over the top...
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The Gigabyte GA-6CXC Motherboard The i820 With SDRAM Support By, Marco "BigWop" Chiappetta - 5/9/00 Usually when Intel releases a new motherboard chipset, there is a big rush to upgrade. Power users, OEMs and do-it-yourselfers gobble up motherboards based on the new chipset to take advantage of new features, increase performance or simply to have bragging rights. :) With Intel's new i820, this hasn?t happened just yet. There has been some acceptance, but with the high price of RDRAM (or Rambus SDRAM), which is native to the i820, many users are unwilling to upgrade. When you sit back and think about it, what features over the aging BX chipset does...
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A First Look AT The ATI Xpert 2000 Pro ATI?s Entry Level Speedster There are many different kinds of 3D accelerators out there, and not every one of them is meant to be the be-all-end-all of gaming. The sub-$1000 PC market and budget gamer market are HUGE right now. Within that market you?re not going to find DDR GeForces all over the place, but people will still want decent 3D performance? Enter the ATI Xpert 2000Pro. The Xpert 2000 Pro is ATI?s answer to cards such as Diamond/S3?s Stealth III S540 Xtreme and cards based on nVidia?s TNT2 M64 chip. Although none of these cards can be considered top of the heap when comparing gaming performance numbers, they are...
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Guillemot's Maxi Sound Fortissimo A lot of bang for your buck By Marco ?BigWop? Chiappetta March 19, 2000 The Maxi Sound Fortissimo is a product for value minded people looking for high dollar quality. We know there are many people out there that would look into a Live! Platinum or an Aureal SQ2500 but don?t have $100-$200 to drop on a sound card. Should these people be deprived of such great features as EAX??or A3D??what about a Digital Output? Of course they shouldn?t be and Guillemot doesn?t think so either. The MSRP on the Fortissimo is only $49.99 yet it has those capabilities and features, and more. Does it compare with some of its higher priced competition? ...
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The FRONTX Multimedia Ports It makes life easier... By, Jeff Bouton May 1, 2001 Every once in a while a product arrives at the Hot Hardware labs that really gets our attention. It doesn't necessarily need to be the fastest, largest, or most powerful item, but rather innovative in its design. Needless to say, the FrontX Multimedia Ports from FrontX is just the kind of product that fits this criterion. When the folks at FrontX contacted us about reviewing the FrontX Multimedia Ports, I thought the timing couldn't have been better. For the last few months I've been attending local computer shows looking for a unit that would move my USB ports to the front of my machine. ...
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