Mb/s, and no Firewire 800 ports, even though they run at 800 Mb/s, and generally do so with much better throughput. Yes, for hard drives, SATA is the new standard, but for devices, like video recorders, Firewire b is still the best way to go. Firewire 800 is...

• -Apple's Top-Of-The-Line Desktop: The 2007 Mac Pro

Yorkfield 45 nm, 3.0 GHz, 12 MB L2 Cache, 1333 FSB RAM Corsair CM2X102408500C5D (2 x 1 GB, XMS2-8500, 5-5-5-15) Graphics Card Gigabyte GV- NX88T512H-B GeForce 8600 GT 512 MB Power Supply Gigabyte ODIN 800 Optical Drive Gigabyte G0-W20MC optical...

same number, though it goes up by one or two FPS on average. By using the GeForce 9600M GT 512 MB with our top-of-the-line model, we got a little over 60 FPS. The old generation with the 8600 GT 256 MB reached around 58 FPS. So the difference that this new...

disconcerting a first, but you soon get used to it. Unfortunately, Apple has taken the minimalist look of the case and applied the same philosophy to the outputs and inputs it offers: there are just two USB ports, one FireWire 800 a mini DisplayPort for graphics...

We'll decode the Nvidia chips for you: The first is an 8600GT, renamed as 9500GT, then as GT120; the second is a 9600 GT renamed as GT 130. Clean sound To find the iMac's speakers, you have to look on the bottom edge of the shell, behind the perforated...

3DMark05. system builder marathon. Today we build a low cost ($1,004) Media Center PC and cut corners to reduce its price to under $800. Tomorrow we'll do a top of the line model.. 3DMark05 runs a series of video source materials through the system and measures...

of the low end system Starting with the $766 build, it's possible to create a more powerful media PC and keep the price in the under $800 range. A cheaper yet power supply and DVD burner could bring the price down another $100 or so, and possibly forgoing...