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Minor Improvements in Creative’s Audigy 4 Pro
Four is the new three. Or at least that’s what Creative’s model numbering system would have us believe. The company went from the Audigy 2 to the Audigy 2 ZS, and then went straight to its new Audigy 4. We’ve generally been impressed with the Audigy 2 series of sound cards, and Creative still has…
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The Napoleon of PCs: Shuttle’s Socket 939 SFF PC
The small, cube-shaped PCs pioneered by Shuttle are becoming almost blasé. We’re starting to see an endless stream of small-form-factor systems based around the Intel 865G chipset or, more recently, socket 754 systems in miniature. Shuttle seems to be the only manufacturer who tries to push the performance envelope in these tiny PCs. The company…
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AOpen i855 Motherboard and Intel Pentium M Processor Review
When the first Centrino notebooks were introduced in 2003, they were an immediate hit. The name Centrino is really just a marketing term for Intel Pentium M mobile CPUs sold in conjunction with 802.11 wireless modules, and the Pentium M CPUs were what really made Centrino notebooks shine. Code-named Banias, the first Pentium M processors…
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Cisco Routers Gain Power
Cisco Systems Inc.’s Integrated Services Routers provide outstanding throughput and encryption performance, making the devices an attractive option for small and midsize businesses or branch offices that want to simplify their network without sacrificing security or application support. Click here to read the full review of Cisco’s 2800 Series routers. Cisco Systems Inc.’s Integrated Services…
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On the Bench: nVidia’s AGP-based GeForce 6600 GT
In the latest running of the GPU bulls, there was a bit of a snag in the red cape—the platform transition from AGP to PCI Express. Because large OEMs were locking and loading to put PCI Express systems in the market, and because OEM business carves out 85–90% of the discrete PC graphics pie, both…
