2x1GB DDR Memory: Corsair, Mushkin and OCZ @ PureOverclock

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Games such as Battlefield 2, F.E.A.R, Quake 4, and more recently Oblivion are setting an obvious trend that will only continue. If you?re a serious gamer then you really should have 2GB of fast system memory, and if you currently have 2GB of ' value' stuff but are looking to upgrade, then the kits on test today from Corsair, Mushkin and OCZ are perfect replacements.

HD DVD vs. Blu-ray

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Just when you finished replacing all your VHS tapes with DVDs, you heard that there are two new kids on the block, HD DVD and Blu-ray. They both claim that they're the successor to DVD, and that eventually they're going to replace it completely. If you've been watching this fight from the sidelines, confused by the differences between the competing standards, keep reading, and we'll explain some of the technical details behind the marketing hype.

An iPod that's not an iPod

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A few weeks ago, I installed Rockbox on my trusty 30GB iPod Photo. Rockbox isn't one of the many applications that run on the iPod software platform; rather, it's firmware that completely replaces the iPod's, with the goal of expanding the possibilities and the limits of the existing hardware.

Merom T7400 VS Yonah T2600

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Intel keeps pushing it`s new Core architecture ahead. So does XS members keep showing exclusive previews on these new and still unavailable products.

Logitech LX7 Cordless Optical Mouse Review

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Considering the mainstream mindset, Logitech released its LX7 Cordless Optical mouse late last year. As the name suggests, it?s based on optical technology that defined and revolutionized mice, especially for gamers. Now that we can compare the two technologies side-by-side, is Logitech?s LX7 still a worthy contender? Read on and find out?

Intel ViiV vs. AMD Live!

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Everything you need to know about Intel ViiV and AMD Live! standards for digital entertainment PCs and the difference between them.

Monitor Survey: eight 20 LCD 20'' 5, 6, 8, 16 ms

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Behardware.com has tested 8 of the most interesting 20" monitors on the market. All technology is represented with IPS, TN, MVA in 5, 6, 8 and 16 ms. There is also a wide range of prices from 470 to 900 ?. 8 candidates and in the end there will be only one star.

The Creative X-Fi Scandal

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Back in the summer of 05?, Creative announced about a new revolutionary X-Fi audio processor that was supposed to change how our games sound. They said it would be a very powerful audio processor with a 51 million transistor chip. They also introduced many new features and claimed that it would be a breakthrough in multimedia audio. After Creative released their new X-Fi lineup many users complained about the following issues:

NVIDIA Quad-SLI vs. ATI Crossfire

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At this year's CeBIT the most controversial and most debated new hardware was NVIDIA's Quad-SLI, which was awarded "best product of CES" earlier this year. We had the chance to put two identical retail 7900 GX2 QuadSLI and X1900 XTX CrossFire systems right next to each other and evaluate them. There were quite a bunch of surprises.

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SLI running with ATi & Intel Yonah Motherboards

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Apparently, mod patches have been circulating around, under-table, to enable users to run SLI unofficially on Intel chipset motherboards, and even ATi chipset motherboards, such as the DFI CFX3200 DR based on the ATi RD580 chipset.

Intel Core versus AMD's K8 architecture

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How does the Athlon 64 architecture, known as "Hammer" or "K8", compare with the newly announced Intel Core architecture? Does AMD have a chance to compete with the latest state of the art Intel technology? What tricks make the Core architecture more capable than the current CPUs?

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GX2 Quad SLI Performance Preview

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Ever since it was first demonstrated at CES in Jan, we've been wondering how fast NVIDIA's Quad SLI performs in today's latest games. Well, today the wait is finally over and we can finally show you benchmarks!

Intel goes 32nm in 2009

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Intel is planning to release the first 45nm processors in 2007 and the first 32nm ones in 2009. More info over Here