<strong>myWORLD Hardware, TrustedReviews, Bjorn3D, Tweaknews, Designtechnica, HWZ, OCIA, 3DChip</strong>

Gigabyte GA-8S655FX Ultra Review @ myWORLD Hardware

"The GA-8S655FX Ultra is an excellent performing board and it does pose a threat to Intel’s mainstream i865 platform with its value pricetag. From the benchmark results, SIS’s 655FX Chipset does hold some solid ground on the Pentium 4 platform. It’s about time that an alternative showed up to give Intel some deserving competition."

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ATi Mobility Radeon 9700 @ TrustedReviews

"One of the headline features of the MR 9700 is its improved gaming power. This is a true, four pipeline DirectX 9.x VPU offering just about everything that can be found on ATi’s desktop graphics chips".

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Stuff on show from — MSI, DFI, Zalman, VIA @ TrustedReviews

"With tiny hard drives becoming cheaper there has been an explosion in small MP3 players and if you read my previous coverage from MSI you’ll know that it has several on offer. But MSI was also showing off a small removable 1in hard drive with 1.5GB capacity and a fold out USB connector. If the price is significantly lower than a 1GB USB flash memory key, MSI could be onto a winner."

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NEC Multisync LCD 2080UX+ Review @ Bjorn3D

"Ever since I started reviewing monitors, I have been dreaming of finding a 20”+ LCD with a 16ms or lower response time. After reading about and seeing pictures of NVIDIA booths at gaming events and trade shows, I decided to ask them what they use. They told me NEC/Mitsubishi is the main line of monitors that they use. After looking around on the web and trying to find a suitable monitor in the size I was looking for, I saw that Alienware sells the NEC 2080UX as their top of the line offering. This is a 20” LCD with a 25ms response time, which is fast but not as fast as I was looking for. NEC, however, also makes the 2080XU+, which is the same as the 2080XU except for a 16ms response time."

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Intel Prescott 3.4E Processor Review @ Tweaknews.net

"It´s honestly a tough call on the new Prescott core and Intel´s new flagship CPU. On one hand you have just a couple core revisions for improved speed scaling and performance improvements when the 1MB L2 cache and the new SSE3 instruction set is used, but there are some definite drawbacks that have to be addressed in order for this CPU to become a popular and safe desktop CPU for the enthusiast or the everyday consumer.
For one, the heat generated by this little powerhouse is downright astonishing. At a full load temperature of 95 degrees Celsius using a copper heatsink and a powerful fan, my thoughts were starting to be directed to the fact that this CPU is ~5 degrees from the boiling point of water which is concerning if perhaps your CPU heatsink came off for some reason. All I have to say is I hope you have your shutdown temperature settings in your BIOS enabled, because if something goes wrong, this CPU will cook in seconds."

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HP Photosmart 7760 Printer Review @ Designtechnica

"At a reasonable price, the HP Photosmart 7760 truly offers high performancephoto printing and is versatile enough to handle small office printing. Thisflexible and attractive printer easily accommodates the needs of most homeor small office users whether it is high-quality color photo prints orspeedy black and white documents.
The ability to use in standalone mode is a plus for those users that don´town a computer or just wishing to print on the fly. Those looking for astandalone printer may want to consider the 7760 as HP has includedeverything the average user will need to edit, sort and print directly fromtheir digital camera or memory card."

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Imation 8x Dual format Internal DVD Burner @ HWZ

"With a horde of 8x DVD writers on store shelves these days, it’s getting harder to make a decision when these speedy writers spot identical specifications. However, with the Imation 8x Dual format writer´s low price and good performance, we believe this drive will make your next upgrade decision an easy one to make."

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Fujitsu S6130 Centrino Notebook @ HWZ

"Light and small footprint have always been the basis for Fujitsu´s ´S´ series of notebooks. The S6130 in our lab is driven by a speedy 1.6Ghz Intel Pentium-M processor and comes with all the usual trimmings expected from a Centrino based notebook. So will it deliver the Centrino performance promise? Or will it turn out to be an expensive paperweight?"

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NZXT Guardian Case Review @ OCIA.net

"This steel chassis mid-tower case brings a unique look as well as providing some nice ease of use features, including an almost completely screwless design. Its most prominent feature though has to be its unique "Guardian Eye Motion LED", which could make you the envy of any LAN party."

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Cebit 2004 report: Review on a nice weekend @ 3DChip

"3DChip went onto the Cebit in Hannover at the weekend. We bundled our new information round new 3D Hardware in a CeBIT-article.
Beside many impressions you can find some curiosities round new PCI Express Graphic cards form nVIDIA (PCX5950), which we analyzed on the Cebit. We also found a new ForceWare in version 60.30 and made a picture of it. Of course you can find many pictures of new products in the article. Who wants to have a little insight into the Cebit has to read it."

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