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CPU News |
Friday, 23.02.2007 |
Intel E4300 Core 2 Duo Review and Overclocking
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If you go by stock speed vs. maximum stable overclock, the Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 is THE BEST overclock I've ever achieved - A true 100% overclock. Running a 1.8GHz chip at 3.6GHz pleases me to no end. And remember, this is a 100% stable result with the system running over 20-30hrs as we continuosly...
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Processor Review
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The AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ processor is the first 3GHz dual-core processor for the socket AM2 platform and is priced at half of what the 2.8GHz FX-62 cost when it was launched. We take a look at performance, power consumption and overclocking to give you a look at the big picture. While the launch o...
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Review
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AMD announced what is probably its final member of the K8 family. The Athlon 64 X2 6000+ is AMD's first socket AM2 processor to break through the 3GHz barrier. In the wake of AMD's latest round of price cuts, the X2 6000+ has an attractive price, but does that make it a good buy? AMD is now fairly c...
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Review
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AMD's native quad-core implementation, codenamed Barcelona, is currently slated for Q2 2007. In the meantime, however, AMD has added in a couple of energy-efficient processors to its line-up and bolstered the top end with the Athlon 64 X2 6000+: the first AM2 processor to run at 3GHz.
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ CPU Review, Benchmarks and Overclocking
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With the end of the K8 nearing, AMD releases its last Athlon 64 X2 processor based on the K8 architecture. The new processor is the fastest Athlon 64 to date, and reaches 3GHz, all at a cost lower than $500.
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AMD Athlon 64 6000+ X2 3GHz Dual Core CPU Review
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We have taken a look at the fastest AM2 processor to date - the Athlon 64 6000+ X2 Dual-Core processor. This processor runs at a nice 3.0GHz and comes with 2MB of L2 cache. If you are an AMD fan, you'll want to take a look at this review and see if this processor has what it takes to earn some respe...
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Review and Benchmark
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What do you get when you take one of the best performing CPUs from last year and double it? Twice as much to love, of course. We are taking a look at Intels latest Quad-Core processor, the Q6600. Let's see how it performs when compared to it's siblings.
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Misc News |
Friday, 23.02.2007 |
Sharkoon 1337 XL Gaming Mat Review
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Sharkoon has released a refresh of their 1337 Gaming Mat series. The new pads have grown considerably and carry the XL label. The big downside of the original 1337 Gaming Mat was its small size. The new XL mouse pads still have the great quality and performance of their smaller variants, while keepi...
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Gateway NX570 Laptop Review
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Overall, the laptop has an industrial look that is as modern and hip as any other competitor in its class. Aside from the power button in the upper right-hand corner next to the keyboard, there are no other buttons outside of the keyboard to complicate the layout. No volume controls, mute button, &q...
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Lite-On SH-16A7S SATA DVD-RW Review
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The SH-16A7S replaces the large bulky 40-pin flat IDE ribbon with a slim SATA cable and this small but important change helps put Lite-On above the rest of its competitors. IDE is slowly disappearing and the way of the future is SATA, not only because it's faster, but because cable managers will lov...
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Video Card News |
Thursday, 22.02.2007 |
nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS Overclocking
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For this project I have selected the Foxconn nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS as my test subject, which I reviewed here at Bjorn3D back in November 2006. Presently, the 640MB version of the GeForce 8800 GTS is the second-best video card available on the market. Gamers and computer enthusiasts alike have alre...
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EVGA e-GeForce 8800GTX KO ACS3 768MB Review
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While most GeForce 8800 GTX cards are all based on the same product, with the exact same specs, EVGA has taken the 8800 GTX a step ahead. They cherry picked cards that can run high GPU and memory speeds and engineered a card that is running at higher clocks right out of the box. In our testing we se...
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ASUS Radeon EAX1950 Pro Video Card Review
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The performance of a single EAX1950 Pro makes it a great bang for your buck video card, coming in at about $183 USD for the non crossfire card and $219 for the Crossfire version you are looking at a nice dual card set up for about $400 plus shipping. Sure your not going to see FPS in the triple digi...
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Sapphire X1950XTX 512mb Toxic Review
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To cope with the ever-increasing details in today's games the graphics card manufacturers look for all kinds of solutions. The most obvious one is making the cards faster, but such an approach has negative consequences in the shape of overheating. So if you decided to go all out and overclock your c...
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BFGTech, EVGA, Leadtek and XFX GeForce 8800 series Round-up
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Today, we have a selection of cards from BFGTech, EVGA, Leadtek and XFX that cover the three different price brackets the GeForce 8800 series currently operates in: GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB, GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB and GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB. Before we get down and dirty with the cards, it's worth givi...
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OCZ GeForce 8800 GTX and ECS GeForce 8800 GTX Compare
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We have two GTX cards from unlikely sources. OCZ - the company normally associated with system memory and PSUs - has rekindled its graphics-card lineup by introducing an 8-series card; 5 generations on from its last GeForce SKU. ECS has also signed up to the green team and is launching a top-to-bott...
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Gainward Bliss 8800 GTS 320 MB overclocked
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Introduced just this week, NVIDIA's new 8800 GTS 320 MB lowers the price of DirectX 10 graphics to $300. With the only difference being half the amount of onboard memory, we compare the overclocked Gainward Bliss 8800 GTS 320 MB to other GeForce 8800 solutions and see how it adds up.
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PowerColor X1550 512MB video card Review
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PowerColor has always produced quality video cards at good prices with all the features that the chipset they are based upon offers. The PowerColor X1550 512MB is no different in that regard. Despite being more or an entry level, budget orientated solution, the X1550 512MB comes with dual DVI connec...
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