Hardware Review Roundup

June 13th, 2006 by Tobias Dahl in Hardware, Nintendo DS, PC, Portable, Reviews, Software, Technology

This weeks hardware review roundup includes the new graphics card from NVIDIA, the 7900 GX2 and the first extensive Intel Core 2 Duo test, formerly know as “Conroe”.

TweakTown tests the new Intel processors, the entire Core 2 Duo series. The E6600, E6700 and the flagship X6800, also know as Core 2 Duo Extreme. In almost every test, the new CPUs beat the fastest AMD chips on the market.

Guru3D benchmarks the new 7900 GX2 graphics card from NVIDIA, along with an over clocked version from XFX.

Bit-Tech compares two of the fastest passively cooled graphics cards on the market, the Sapphire x1600 and the MSI Nx7600 GS.

GamePC also looks at the 7900 GX2, the overclocked eVGA version. It manages to keep up with two 7900 GTX in SLi configuration, at a far lower price.

Finally, ZDnet review the new Nintendo DS Lite. The DS Lite was launched in the U.S. yesterday, and features a number of improvements, most importantly, a much brighter screen.

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