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Gateway's New Desktop Lineup Includes Overclocked CPUs, Graphics High-performance gaming is the hot spot in Gateway's newest desktop family, with an affordable retail model offering Core 2 Quad power and overclocked GeForce 8800GT graphics for $1,100 and direct-sales choices climbing to a $3,800 monster with overclocked 3.66GHz Core 2 Extreme QX6850, dual O/C'd GeForce 8800GTX video, dual 500GB hard disks, and a Blu-ray player. Tuesday , May 13, 2008 02:30:00 PM |
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AMD Puts Quad-Core Opteron on 55-Watt Diet Now that the "Barcelona" quad-core Opteron is finally shipping, AMD adds low-power 55-watt versions to the lineup. The five new CPUs start with a two-way server or workstation chip running at 1.7GHz and climb to a 1.9GHz four-way-server screamer, all with quad 512K Level 2 caches and 2MB of Level 3 cache plus a memory controller built in. Tuesday , May 13, 2008 10:20:00 AM |
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Ridiculous Speed: OCZ Unveils High-Density 2GHz DDR-3 Higher memory densities make it harder to crank up clock frequencies, but OCZ Technology has rabid over-overclockers to satisfy. Presto: 4GB dual-channel kits packing two 2GB modules of DDR-3 running at a monstrous 2000MHz. Friday , May 09, 2008 04:35:00 PM |
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Way More Hardcore: New Gaming PCs From Dell and Alienware Dell revamps its ceramic-cooled Godzilla gaming desktop with an Nvidia nForce 790i Ultra SLI ATX platform, overclocked quad-core Extreme QX9650 plus ditto Corsair Dominator DDR-3, dual-dual-GPU ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 graphics, and up to four-hard-drive RAID storage. Meanwhile, Alienware goes to town on a 17-inch laptop chassis with up to 1.5TB of hard disk capacity, dual GeForce 8800M GTX graphics, and Intel's excessive Core 2 Extreme X9000. Tuesday , May 06, 2008 04:30:00 PM |
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Acer Adds Ten LCD Monitors To Professional Series Both budget-minded IT managers and ergonomically conscious executives will find something to like in Acer's newest set of flat-panel displays, with standard- and wide-aspect-ratio screens ranging from 17 to 24 inches. Even the value half of the lineup boasts fast response and high contrast, with the business series adding extra ergonomic features. Tuesday , May 06, 2008 04:10:00 PM |
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Verbatim Hails Half-Terabyte Portable Storage Even higher highly portable capacity will join Verbatim's external hard disk lineup as a 500GB unit bolsters the company's 120GB and 320GB portable 2.5-inch drive lineup. PC and Mac users can choose between USB and combo USB/FireWire models. Tuesday , May 06, 2008 04:05:00 PM |
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Lenovo's Little IdeaPad Features Face Recognition Lenovo's consumer notebook line already features 17-inch hardcore gaming and 15.4-inch mainstream models, but the newest IdeaPad undercuts them both, with an 11.1-inch, high-resolution screen helping to keep system weight under 2.5 pounds. Both ultralight and plus-size battery packs are standard, as is a USB DVD burner and 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo power. Tuesday , April 29, 2008 01:00:00 PM |
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Faster CPUs, Bus, and Graphics Remake the iMac Apple revs up its all-in-one desktops with Intel Core 2 Duo CPUs with 6MB of L2 cache and clock speeds up to 3.06GHz, as well as up-to-date AMD and Nvidia graphics. Two 20- and two 24-inch-flat-screen models are available, all with the latest "Leopard" incarnation of that Vista basher's favorite, Mac OS X. Tuesday , April 29, 2008 10:45:00 AM |
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Kodak Adds To All-in-One Printer Line OK, you can find a combination printer/copier/scanner for a lot less than $170 these days. But Kodak says its newest all-in-one will earn its cost back with every page you print, thanks to half-priced ($10 black, $15 color) ink cartridges. It also lets you review, edit, and print letter-sized and smaller borderless photos without a computer. Monday , April 28, 2008 05:10:00 PM |
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eMachines Unveils $300 and $400 Desktops It's not quite a match for Wal-Mart's $199 Linux desktop, but sub-entry-level PC vendor eMachines has hit the $300 mark for a system with Vista Home Basic wrappings, AMD Sempron power, a 160GB hard disk, and DVD±RW drive. Hint: Ignore it in favor of the $400 dual-core model with double the RAM and storage. Monday , April 28, 2008 03:30:00 PM |
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WD Heralds Heat-Sinked, Super-Fast SATA Drive Tuesday , April 22, 2008 01:15:00 PM |
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IOGEAR Delivers DVI Over USB For Dual-Monitor Upgrades Tuesday , April 22, 2008 11:10:00 AM |
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Kingston Offers High-Performance DDR-2 Upgrades for Notebooks Tuesday , April 22, 2008 10:55:00 AM |
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Seagate Boasts 1 Billion Hard Disks Shipped Tuesday , April 22, 2008 09:50:00 AM |
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Canon Unpacks High-Resolution Mobile Printer Tuesday , April 15, 2008 01:50:00 PM |
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Gateway Adds 15.4-, 17-Inch Laptops To FX Gaming Line Friday , April 11, 2008 11:10:00 AM |
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Dell Notebook With Blu-ray Player (and Little Else) Is $879 Tuesday , April 01, 2008 03:10:00 PM |
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Toshiba Unveils 17.1-Inch Notebook for $750 Tuesday , April 01, 2008 03:00:00 PM |
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AMD Debuts Triple- and Quad-Core and Energy-Saving Phenom CPUs Thursday , March 27, 2008 03:00:00 PM |
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WD Intros Easy-To-Carry 320GB and 250GB USB Hard Drives Tuesday , March 25, 2008 03:50:00 PM |