[H]ardNews 7th Edition

WinHEC 2005:

The crew at The Tech Report have posted their thoughts on WinHEC 2005. The overall theme of this year’s event is 64-bit, 64-bit and 64-bit. Here is a quote from the article to get you started:

If we learned anything from Microsoft’s Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2005, it's that the move to 64-bits will be a very quick and easy transition, with most new systems containing x86-64 processors by the end of 2005. WinHEC launched Microsoft’s long-awaited Windows x64 operating systems in XP Professional and several Server 2003 flavors. Everywhere we turned, x64 desktop and server systems were on display.

nForce4 SLI Roundup:

While we are on the topic of 64-bit technology, how about a nice little nForce4 SLI roundup over at Legion Hardware today. The roundup features boards from ASUS, EPoX, Gigabyte and DFI, head on over and see how these boards stack up against each another.

The consumer really is faced with a difficult buying decision, though on the other hand if you know what you want the decision becomes a whole lot easier. On the plus side it is hard to go wrong when purchasing an nForce4 SLI motherboard as they all seem to be such excellent products.

HiS Excalibur X800XL & X850XT-PE:

GD Hardware has both the HiS Excalibur X800XL and X850XT-PE video cards on the review bench today. You can see our reviews of the ATi X800XL and the ATi X850XT-PE here for more information.

It’s easy to see why we really value both cards, but give a bit of a nod towards the X800XL model because it offers very compelling performance at a significant price savings – a savings you can use money for a faster CPU or other critical part.