19'' LCD Monitors: The Spring 2006 Collection

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We rounded up the best-of-the-best LCD monitors available in retail channels this year - and let us just say we were not disappointed. But what ultimately determines whether a display stands out or not depends on whether you are an office user, gamer or graphic designer.

Toms Hardware Guide

Noise Cancelling Headphones Test

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Silence is golden? It could well be if you invest in one of these noise cancelling headphone sets. We have three sets of headphones from Sennheiser, Sony and Acoustic Authority. Which will prove the best value?

Bit-Tech

120mm Fan Roundup: 17 Fans Compared

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17-Way roundup of 120mm from different manufactures including Scythe, Aerocool, Nexus, GlobalWin, Spire, Coolermaster, Papst, Coolink, Acoustifan, mCubed and AC Ryan. The Madshrimps test their performance both temperature as noise wise - and include sound samples of the fans running at different voltages so you can compare them head to head. Are all fans created equal?

Sun?s T2000 ?Coolthreads? Server: First Impressions and Experiences

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Sun?s ?Coolthreads? T2000 server is an ambitious and innovative product that may provide a solid and attractive alternative to the flood of x86 based servers. So far, there have been very few independent benchmarks on the Sun T2000 server. Read about our first benchmarks and experiences in this report.

AnandTech

Techgage Contest Reminder (1 Week left)

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We'd just like to remind everybody that our contest is over in a little over a week. We have a lot of prizes to be won, so be sure to get your name in if you want a chance at them! Techgage.

ATI Physics Acceleration Gets a Voice

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ATI puts in the final word at GDC with their take on the physics processing on GPUs. They offer a great upgrade path in their outlook on physics as well as possible performance benefits over the competition.

PC Perspective

ATI and NVIDIA Benchmark Number Problem?

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Ding, Ding, Ding... Ladies and gentlemen. Your attention please. In this corner, fighting in the mainstream market, GeForce 7600 GS of Santa Clara, California. And in this corner, Radeon X1600 XT of Ontario Canada. After our GeForce 7600 GS preview yesterday ATI came running and ready to fight... see why!

AMD confirms Athlon 64 X2 5000+

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AMD will release its first batch of dual-core Turion 64 mobile processors on 9 May, lining up seven chips clocked between 1.6GHz and 2.2GHz, and accompanied by low-voltage variants, according to online claims. Separately, the vendor has itself confirmed the existence of the upcoming Athlon 64 X2 5000+.

RegHardware

DFI LANPARTY UT NF4 Venus SLI Overclocking Tests

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The DFI Venus is really a premium board targeted at fans, not just of overclocking, but of the DFI brand name. Through a series of LAN Party motherboards, DFI has built for themselves a huge fan base among the enthusiasts. We take a look at this limited edition board from them, named Venus.

VR-Zone

CPUs & Real-World Gameplay Scaling

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What do different video cards and CPUs mean to gamers in World of Warcraft, F.E.A.R., Battlefield 2, and Call of Duty 2? We played all the games with 6 different CPUs and 4 different video cards to find out the difference in real-world gameplay.

[H]ardOCP

NGOHQ Birthday Contest: 3 DAYS LEFT

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We just want to remind everybody that our birthday contest will end in 3 DAYS. The prizes in the contest consist of the following:

Killer Gaming Rig: Spring 2006

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This time, we dispense with the monster water-cooling case, and still bring you overclocking and faster performance. Powered by an Athlon 64 FX-60 and dual ATI CrossFire graphics and housed in a case you can carry to LAN parties, this rig will cause you no shame.

ExtremeTech

Socket AM2 VS Socket 939

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Our friends at HKEPC Hardware have thrown up their review of AMD's upcoming Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 4800+ processor.

Intel Dual-Core Gaming Performance Analysis

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The first thing I would like to point out about this article is that it has been a while in the making. By that I mean, not only has this been a piece that has been needed in general, but my writing of this piece has been mired with roadblocks and washouts.

NVIDIA Talks G80

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NVIDIA gave some interesting tidbits on the company's next-generation G80 graphics processing unit at the Morgan Stanley Semiconductor & Systems Conference earlier this month. We discuss these statements.

Bit-Tech

Foxconn Leaks Geforce 7900GX2 Images, Details

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Foxconn's Dual GeForce 7900GX2 1024MB adaptor sports a 500MHz core clock with 1.2GHz DDR3 memory support. These clocks are lower than the GeForce 7900GTX, which has a 650MHz core clock with 1.5GHz DDR3 memory.

DailyTech

GeForce 7900 GTX Roundup

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Last week, NVIDIA launched the GeForce 7900 GTX, GeForce 7900 GT and GeForce 7600 GT. We've managed to round up a selection of GeForce 7900 GTX's from some of NVIDIA's board partners. Does the it live up to expectations? We have all of the answers inside.

Bit-Tech

Intel's Robson Boosts Hard Drive Performance

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Imagine Battlefield 2 starting up in just a few seconds. Imagine significantly extending your laptop battery's life. Intel's Robson disk caching technology may do more to save power and speed up your system than a faster CPU.