Dual everything PC makes for dual wonders

HKEPC, one of the leading chinese PC websites has a review of the new kid on the block, the Geforce 6200 TC. It pitted a 32-bit version of it against a 64-bit one, a plain Geforce 6200 and an ATI X300SE.

The results are here here and even if they are in chinese tell you a lot of things indeed, especially as ATI and XGI are on the verge of adopting that offboard shared memory architecture - essentially mimicking a processor's L1, L2, L3 cache, am I right?

At Tom's place, you can find the fifth volume of a VGA chart index which this time around gives a better place to PCI Express graphics. The number of candidates is 21 and even then, some candidates were apparently left out. The results will give you a very complete view of your forthcoming platform. Certainly no winners and no losers as usual. A pity though that older cards and less powerful platforms were not included. Perhaps after Christmas when Lars promised to update the Herearticle.

French website hardware.fr is proposing an interesting review over the new printing gadgets which have appeared lately, the 10x15cm photo printers with seven such printers in all plus a photo lab. Even if some of those printers are not available elsewhere like the Sagem Easy Photo 255, it does however give you a good idea how they perform and how much you can expect to pay for their total cost of ownership.

Hardwarezone.com, the Singapore IT protal, tested the new Gigabyte Centrino laptop, a sleek laptop with a Burgundy dress - no, we're not talking of red wine here. Vijay Anand, the reviewer is very much impressed by it as you will read here. Also pay attention to a new benchmark they made up, the portability ratio which measures battery life vs weight.

CustomPC welcomed in its labs, one of the most powerful computers in Britain, the Scan 3XS-SLI Cobra. The beast costs a hefty £3758 inc VAT and is a dual Xeon mammoth. If you want to see what it means to achieve nearly 7500 points in 3DMark 05, just pay a visit to this page and discover the best technology money can buy. Or perhaps you would like to go further away and discover what it means to take control of a handcraft computer worth four grand. Realmachines RX1 is clocked at 4.45GHz, comes with a 20.1-inch LCD screen and a Victorinox Swiss Army knife with integrated memory key. But that's not all, apparently, they hand deliver their own products and will send you a present on your birthday. The You might have to register to access this page - this is free though. µ