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Building a Digital Video Capture System - Part IMay 24, 2001 - in Reviews
In the first of two articles we explore the world of digital capture, getting a little background on the technology and choices facing you.
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Can't Touch This! A Comparison of 46 CPU CoolersMay 21, 2001 - in Reviews
The most extensive comparative test of all time pits the new generation of CPU coolers against the older competition. Complex designs and precious materials set the coolers apart from the pack.
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DTI's Virtual Window 3D LCD DisplayMay 16, 2001 - in Reviews
3D stereoscopic display technology makes it to prime time with the $1699 DTI 2015XLS.
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NAB 2001 - The State of Digital VideoMay 15, 2001 - in Reviews
We asked digital media analyst Wanda Meloni of M2 Research to give us her perspectives on NAB 2001, and the state of the digital video market. Here is Wanda's report.
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The First Palomino: AMD Releases Mobile Athlon 4May 14, 2001 - in Reviews
Latest since Intel's Pentium 4 launch last year people were wondering when AMD would release its next processor design to stay ahead of Intel. The code name of "Thunderbird's" successor is already known for a long while. At last 'Palomino' was finally christened 'Athlon 4' and it debuts as AMD's new performance weapon in the notebook arena against Intel's aging Mobile Pentium III. 'Palomino' will soon be available for dual-CPU workstations and desktop computers too. We have a close look at this first version of Athlon 4.
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NVIDIA New Reference Driver 12.xx More Power For Pentium 4?May 11, 2001 - in Reviews
It is still very difficult to find any Pentium 4 enhanced software titles that would show the benefits of P4's architecture. That is why nobody really expected to find the first meaningful Pentium4-optimization in an actual graphics card driver. NVIDIA's recently leaked reference driver revision 12.10 shows what difference P4-enhancements can actually make.
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A Real Nail-Biter: Four Boards With ALi Magik 1May 9, 2001 - in Reviews
The Magik 1 is ALi's bid in the DDR-enabled chipset race with AMD 760 and VIA KT266. The four boards we tested produced rather sobering results!
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Crème De La Crème: Special Edition 815 Boards and Useful Add-OnsMay 7, 2001 - in Reviews
The times when just attractive features, stability and performance defined a successful motherboard model are long gone. Motherboards from different companies resemble each other in many points. The only way to differentiate from ordinary products is to offer special editions and valuable add-ons. AOpen, Asus and Azza sent us their latest inventions.
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The GeForce2 MX400: NVIDIA's Hold On The MainstreamMay 2, 2001 - in Reviews
With the Kyro II threatening to make inroads into NVIDIA's mainstream market, the GeForce2 MX400 takes aim at the competition.
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DDR for Pentium III: 10 Boards with VIA Apollo Pro 266Apr 30, 2001 - in Reviews
The VIA Apollo Pro 266 provides a powerful argument for buying the semi-obsolete Pentium III platform - it works with DDR-SDRAM. We put a total of 10 boards to the test.
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Mobile 2.5 Hard Drive Systems: MD2-USB and MD2-FW1 from DataFabApr 26, 2001 - in Reviews
DataFab sells external storage systems both for USB and for Firewire, supporting 2.5" IDE hard drives at all capacities. Read on to find out the benefits and shortcomings of these storage solutions.
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A Speedy Tiler: Kyro II on Hercules' 3D Prophet 4500Apr 25, 2001 - in Reviews
Although NVIDIA dominates the 3D chip market, the Kyro II finally offers an alternative to mainstream products like the GeForce2 MX and GTS. Hercules is offering this competitive graphics card at cut-rate prices.
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MPEG-4: FlasK MPEG/Divx's Improved CodingApr 24, 2001 - in Reviews
Creating CD-ROM copies of your DVDs just got a lot easier to handle - we've tested the new FlasK MPEG and Divx versions. All AMD and Intel CPUs are supported now!
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Intel Pentium 4 1.7 GHz: More Power For Less MoneyApr 23, 2001 - in Reviews
Today Intel starts shipping their processor flagship Pentium 4 in a version that runs at 1.7 GHz. The sales of the Pentium 4 processor haven't done too well lately, so that new price cuts and a faster version shall improve the situation. Is Pentium 4 1.7 GHz a worthy opponent to AMD's Athlon 1333?
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GeForce3 PerformanceApr 19, 2001 - in Reviews
Sometimes things take a bit longer, but finally we are able to provide you with our performance evaluation of NVIDIA's GeForce3 chip. Besides the usual batch of 3D-games, we threw in four 3D-gaming benchmarks that use the new fancy features of GeForce3, to give you the most complete picture of this 'GPU'.
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Multimedia-Center: The Lan-Plus IntegraApr 18, 2001 - in Reviews
The Integra claims to be an all-in-one computer without handicaps. Made of common hardware components, this goal seems to be within reach.
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VIA Apollo KT266 Revisited - Much Ado About NothingApr 16, 2001 - in Reviews
Since our first tests of MSI's VIA Apollo KT266 platform last week there has been a new BIOS release. MSI as well as VIA had big hopes that this new BIOS would make KT266 perform better than in the initial test. Let's see if this wish has come true.
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Backup Masters: Three Streamers at 10, 50 and 100 GBApr 12, 2001 - in Reviews
After several hard disk and CD recorder reviews, we now take a look at other common backup solutions. One consumer and two high-end products arrived at our lab.
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VIA's DDR-Runner For Athlon - The Apollo KT266 ChipsetApr 9, 2001 - in Reviews
VIA doesn't like to rush things. The Taiwanese chipset maker always takes a bit longer to provide the latest technologies, especially for AMD processors. Finally VIA is able to provide a SocketA-platform with DDR-support. Now the long expected Apollo KT266 has to stick up against AMD's 760 DDR-platform. Is it a worthy competitor to AMD's product?
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We Have a Winner - Seagate's 'Cheetah X15'Apr 4, 2001 - in Reviews
Finally, we received one of Seagate's 15,000 rpm monster hard drives. Get ready for one of the most interesting high-performance SCSI drives available, and see how it compares to typical 10,000 rpm models.
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AMD Releases Duron 900Apr 2, 2001 - in Reviews
It was only a question of time until AMD would make the next logical step and launch the next fastest Duron processor, running at 900 MHz. The computing power of this new low-cost processor is getting impressively close to the performance leaders from a year ago, the Giga Hertz Pentium III and Athlon CPUs.
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Low Cost, Mid-Range or High-End? Three CD Writers at 8, 12 and 16 speedMar 30, 2001 - in Reviews
Yamaha, AOpen and Mitsumi have different products for different sectors of the market. We wanted to know whether it makes sense to purchase a high-end drive like the Yamaha CRW2100E or if a simple mainstream drive will suffice.
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AMD Launches Athlon Processor at 1300 and 1333 MHzMar 22, 2001 - in Reviews
Only a few weeks ago we learned from AMD's president Hector Ruiz that AMD is not feeling under any particular pressure to release the next speed grade Athlon processor, as long as the current models are successfully competing against the Pentium 4 products of archenemy Intel. A handful of reviewers and analysts know very well that samples of Athlon 1333 processors are running flawlessly for more than a month now. Today, on the first day of CeBIT2001/Germany, the world's largest computer convention, AMD is finally releasing its new high-speed Athlon processors. We have put them through rigorous testing.
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Tabula Rasa: Six Boards for the Pentium 4Mar 21, 2001 - in Reviews
The successor of the i820/Camino and the i840/Carmel chipset is i850/Tehama. We tested six boards for the Pentium 4.
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CPU Scaling Analysis, Part 2: Intel Pentium III Scaling and UpgradingMar 19, 2001 - in Reviews
Part 2 of this analysis deals with Intel's bestseller, the Pentium III. We will also tell you how to upgrade existing Pentium II and Pentium III systems in order to run faster processors.
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Working on Two Fronts: ATi's Radeon VE Handles Two MonitorsMar 16, 2001 - in Reviews
Matrox was the first with Dualhead. Then came GeForce2 MX Twinview by NVIDIA. Now ATi is the third producer in the trio with a graphics card capable of supporting two monitors. This product, marketed under the name Hydravision, even offers support for monitors with different resolutions.
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Athlon Boosters - Three AMD 760 Boards for DDR SDRAMMar 14, 2001 - in Reviews
Three boards with the new AMD chipset line up for comparison: The Asus A7M266, the Biostar M7MIA and the Gigabyte GA-7DX. One question remains however. Will motherboards with this chipset soon become collectables? Will AMD continue to produce the 760 chipset once VIA's KT266 becomes widely available?
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Ready for CeBIT: Fujitsu, Maxtor and Quantum's latest High-Performance IDE DrivesMar 12, 2001 - in Reviews
Fujitsu sent us one drive of their MPG family, Maxtor their DiamondMax Plus 60 and Quantum the Fireball Plus AS. All drive families store 20 GB per platter, but which one is the best?
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CPU Scaling Analysis, Part 1: AMD AthlonMar 8, 2001 - in Reviews
Once again it is time for a look onto processor performance. Part 1 analyzes AMD's Athlon Thunderbird.
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Lord Kryo - Part 2: 24 CPU Coolers in ReviewMar 6, 2001 - in Reviews
In the second round of cooler reviews, two particularly powerful models appear on the scene: The Silverado and the new Swiftech both put the pressure on the competition!
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