Buyer's Guide: High End System - May 2004
This month's High End Guide is the first in the new Buyer's Guide series, with many new recommendations. The Buyer's Guides are expanding, and you will see regular...
59 by Wesley Fink on 5/26/2004Creative Lab's Nomad Muvo2 4GB - Hitting the Mark Right Below Massive Storage
Not quite a MP3 jukebox, but 4GB is still enough to enjoy more than a day and a half worth of MP3s. With a unique removable battery pack and...
15 by Andrew Ku on 5/25/2004Weekly Buyer's Guide: Mid-Range System - May 2004
This week, we continue with our weekly Buyer's Guides, for mid-range systems this time around.
25 by Evan Lieb on 5/20/2004Super Flower X-Mask: Mild-Mannered or Superhero?
Super Flower slaps a Spiderman-like theme on this gaming chassis. Will a superhero look bring about superhero characteristics? Take a look at how the X-Mask performs against its foes...
21 by Purav Sanghani on 5/20/2004OCZ 3700EB: Making Hay with Athlon 64
OCZ extends their EB (Enhanced Bandwidth) memory series with DDR466 that takes Extended Bandwidth Performance to a new high. The surprise is that they perform even better on...
12 by Wesley Fink on 5/19/2004AMD Update: Following in Intel's Naming Footsteps
FX-57 shows up on the AMD roadmaps, FX-55 wattages, and AMD's shift to product naming. If you thought AMD was surprisingly quiet lately wait till you see their...
27 by Kristopher Kubicki on 5/18/2004Sharp LL-191A-B: 16ms Response Time for 19'' LCDs
Sharp unveiled its newest 16ms panel, but can it compete with the Dell 2001FP and other low response time LCDs?
11 by Kristopher Kubicki on 5/18/2004ATI's All-in-Wonder 9200, 9600, and 9600 XT - Wal-Mart dabbles in a bit of ATI
What does Wal-Mart have to do with ATI? Well, aside from already selling their desktop cards, Wal-Mart has started to pick up the All-in-Wonder line. Read more to find...
19 by Andrew Ku on 5/17/2004Weekly Buyer's Guide: Entry Level System - May 2004
This week, we continue with our weekly Buyer's Guides, for entry level systems this time around.
27 by Evan Lieb on 5/15/2004Exclusive: Plextor 712A, First 12X DVD+R to Retail
Plextor floored us with the first retail 8X DVD+R recorder six months ago. Today, we see if they can do it again with the first retail 12X DVD+R...
11 by Kristopher Kubicki on 5/14/2004nVidia nForce2 Ultra 400Gb: Fast LAN, Firewall, SATA, RAID for Athlon XP
nVidia brings the features of their innovative nForce3-250Gb chipset for the Athlon 64 to the nForce2 for Athlon XP. Now you can get on-chip Gigabit LAN, nVidia Firewall...
13 by Wesley Fink on 5/13/2004SnapStream's Beyond TV 3 - The Must-Have Home Multimedia Software
We have taken a look at ATI's EazyShare in MMC 8.8 and NVIDIA's Forceware Multimedia is still in absentia. What are we to do until then? SnapStream works...
17 by Andrew Ku on 5/12/2004Price Guides May 2004: CPU and Video
Interested in knowning the next Intel price cuts? See what processors and video cards we recommend this week.
10 by Kristopher Kubicki on 5/11/2004Intel's 1066MHz Front Side Bus; See you in the Fall
Here is some good news that doesn't invovle Tejas or Jayhawk!
22 by Kristopher Kubicki on 5/10/2004FIRST LOOK: Foxconn 755-A01 for Athlon 64
When we found out that Foxconn was also shipping an Athlon 64 motherboard based on the SiS 755 chipset, we wanted to take a closer look. How does...
11 by Wesley Fink on 5/10/2004VIA K8T800 PRO: PCI/AGP Lock and 1000 HyperTransport for Athlon 64
VIA finally adds PCI/AGP lock to a PRO version of the K8T800. The K8T800 PRO is also VIA's first chipset with 1000 HyperTransport. While this version is...
15 by Wesley Fink on 5/6/2004Exclusive: Sony DRU-700A Dual Layer Recorder
Here it is, the first look at a soon-to-be popular first DVD+R Dual Layer drive! DVDR-9 is here, but is it worth the premium?
24 by Kristopher Kubicki on 5/5/2004