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Intel's Pentium XE 965 and 955 Processors

Intel's Pentium XE 965 and 955 Processors

29 Apr 2006  /  By Vijay Anand

Succeeding their lackluster predecessors, the new Pentium XE processors based on the Presler core sport some serious specs. With clock speeds of up to 3.73GHz, loaded with 4MB of L2 cache and taking advantage of a 1066MHz FSB, they seem to instill fear into AMD's A64 FX series; but are they that extreme?

MSI NX6600 Diamond (AGP & PCIe Combo Review)

MSI NX6600 Diamond (AGP & PCIe Combo Review)

07 Mar 2005  /  By Vijay Anand

Using a standard GeForce 6600 GPU, but coupled with better components found on MSI's expensive 6600 GT products, the NX6600 Diamond edition strikes a unique performance point with superb overclocking potential and more. Find out if it has what it takes to win you over.