Intel's dual core CPU compared to dual Xeons

TRUSTED Reviews checks the Hi touch 730PS photo Printer which is a dye sublimation model which is not your usual printing technology. It uses no ink or toner but the price you pay for each print remains the same, a bit like thermal paper for faxes. It is quite expensive and should get some real competition from inkjets both in terms of price and performance

X86secrets is one of the rare hardware websites like vanshardware which balances their passion and monetary constraints while being innovative. They provide with one of the first real comparison between a Dual Core and Dual Xeon processors. As they put it themselves, a Pentium XE 3.2GHz costs more than two 3.2GHz Xeons with a motherboard. See which is better and why. The whole range of Pentium Ds, EE and Xeons are tested as well as some 5xx and 6xx. They also fast forward and see what future CPU's will look like. Note that it is a French website.

Another French website, hardware.fr checked some affordable colour laser printers available in France. Prices start at Eur 300 including VAT coming from Samsung, HP. Epson and Canon. No Lexmark or OKI. Samples of printout are included. The Epson printer is cheaper and delivers the best printing quality. Expect more models to come in as well as functions like Network, one pass printing and recto verso printing.

AMDzone has a Microsoft AMD tech tour 2005 Dallas Coverage where some of the latest gear is on display. Asus Turion laptop, Tyan nVidia SLI motherboard, the new Ferrari laptop and a lot more information in the question and answer session at the end of the article.

Tomsharware unearth some free games in a bid to get a subjective list of the best free games worth downloading. Funny though that there is no mention of Nexuiz or that game launched by the US Army. Still Legend of Shadow or Free Civ will get you riveted for quite some time.

At Anandtech, Wesley Fink overclocks the AMD Athlon X2 4200+ to 2.7GHz using air coolers, roughly 300MHz above the 4800+ and potentially in the territory of 5000+. This baby packs lots of punch and while we might regret that it has not been the 4400+ which was tested, we can only guess that this CPU will overclock as well as its little brother.

Dan from Dandata grabs one of those Razer Diamonback mouse and show us why people do consider it as one of the best mice in the world and possibly the fastest one on earth. The Razer claims that it can track 1600 dots per inch and this has its importance in gaming as the author explains. But he ends up recommending the Logitech MX518 instead.

Last review, that of the Intel Pentium M 780 placed on an Asus CT479. It is all at Xbitlabs. The P M 780 is a 2.26GHz part . At more than $750 a unit though, you'll need seriously deep pockets. As usual, Xbitlabs goes at length to find out what makes the M780 such a special beast. µ