Content and news by Rob Williams

Now that Quake 4 has been available here in the United States
for a couple of days along with the Linux client and server binaries,
we’ve gathered some results comparing the frame-rate performance of
Quake 4 against Doom 3, as Quake 4 is using a tweaked version of the
Doom 3 engine.

Check out the full review over at Phoronix.

The overall feel of the mouse does take some getting used to, the rubber grips on the side protrude out a bit too far in my opinion. The mouse itself is very lightweight, and moves with little resistance across my mousepad, which is an Xray Thunder9, rough surface pad. The buttons on the left side of the mouse were easily accessible, but the buttons on the right were a bit difficult to reach, especially the second one located farther back on the mouse. I found myself actually moving my whole hand over to find the buttons, the reason for this was, again, the rubber grip protrudes a bit to far, the buttons are located under the grip itself, and you have to essentially maneuver your finger around and under the grip to reach the buttons, I found this very awkward and difficult to get used to.

Check ou tthe full review at Think Computers.

Today I’m going to talk about feet, and no not your stinky feet but computer case feet. A PC case has feet just like we do that are designed to absorb shock and vibrations. Some cases have big adjustable feet which normally come on the larger cases or server cases. Then you have the smaller case or standard size case (which ever you want to call it) which has small round rubber or plastic feet on them.

Check out the full review at Extensive Mods.

Although I think that they could have compromised and installed a digital pump flow and fan speed controller for the massive overclocking market out there, saying that I suppose the unit could be modified if you simply must have these functions but it would be very time consuming and costly, and as I was saying this is designed to function silently for the HTPC market and for this function Thermaltake has equipped rhythm with more than enough cooling capabilities.

Head on over to Xtreme Computing for the full review!

Centon has really made some impressive releases through their Advanced line. Their Advanced PC4400 part uses the highly
overclockable TCCD ICs and comes with great overclocking headroom.

Check out the full review over at InsaneTek.

This product is fully featured and packed with the latest technologies for excellent performance in today’s demanding games. It’s based on the R480 chip and comes with 12 pixel pipelines, a core speed of 500MHz, and 256MB of GDDR3 1GHz memory. It’s even CrossFireâ„¢ Multi-GPU ready for hardcore gaming needs. Wicked card for the money! Watch the Video to find out more…

Head on over to 3D Gameman for the full video review!

In this Beginners Guide, PCSTATS is going to walk you through setting up a personal website on the web using Apache web server for Windows. We’ll introduce you to the terms and concepts you need to understand in order to host a website, show you how to prepare a system for web hosting, then go through the steps of configuring Apache server and hosting a website.

Check out the full guide at PC Stats.

G.SKILL uses Samsung TCCD or TCC5 chips on these DDR memory modules. The timings of 2.5-4-4-8 are pretty much what you would expect from modules using these chips. During our overclocking tests we could get DDR600 speeds out of the sticks, at a rather small voltage of 2.8V. The best about this memory? It’s the price. You can find a 2x 512MB kit for around $170 online.

Head on over to techPowerUp! for the full review!

The Sony Ericsson Akono HBH-662 Headset is a bluetooth 1.2 compatible set with small LCD window on the side that displays caller ID, battery strength, and connection status. Like any bluetooth headset on the market, it designed to be used with any bluetooth enabled cell phone on the market…

Check out the full review at Legit Reviews.

Although you may not have heard of Hiper, over the past few years they have produced some of the finest power supplies available to the mainstream user and enthusiast alike. However, their new TypeR range of PSUs is scheduled to blow competitors out of the water; with its huge 580W power output, and flashy looks. The particular model I will be reviewing is the Modular TypeR 580W model. TypeR, a name synonymous with speed and power. Let’s see if Hiper’s flashy boy racer can stand up to this prestigious name.

Check out the full review over at Pro-Clockers.

One of the more interesting PSUs we tested in our PSU group test was the AOpen AO700-12ALN, a 700W unit that managed the full 700W of output power without issue, at high efficiency (80%+ !), with the four independant +12V rails making it ideal as an enthusiast class supply. Shortly after publishing, FSP let us know they were bringing a similar unit to market under the Epsilon brand name and they were very confident the FSP700-80GL would show all the same performance traits that the AOpen did.

Check out the full look at Hexus.

The G7 has a decent amount of heft to it, but it’s considerably lighter than Logitech’s previous wireless mouse offering, the MX1000. The G7 probably weighs the same as a G5 with a fully loaded weight cartridge. Precision was spot-on in our testing with Counter-Strike: Source. Pro gamers still might not be ready to trust wireless or the extra weight, but casual and hardcore gamers will be more than pleased with the performance of the G7.

Check out the full review over at Gamespot Hardware.

Let’s talk about the laser bit first, it’s much more fun than extra software features after all. The Laser Mouse 6000 gets it’s name from fact, it is indeed a laser mouse and it can apparently track and send 6000 bits of data per second back to your PC, yes this does make it a USB only mouse and relates to roughly 2000 dpi, no more crappy PS2 port thankfully.

Check out the full look at Game Slave.

Yes, after months of waiting, Doom is finally in theatres today. I personally have no interest in it, especially after the first trailer a few months ago. It appears that there’s very mixed emotions over at Rotten Tomatoes as well.

“The only downside is that you can’t use cheat codes to reach the end of the movie.”

If you are trying to decided whether to see or pass, check out the full quotes page at Rotten Tomatoes.

With so many video games out on the market, the entire business can easily become over saturated. Mediocre to downright crappy games and rip-offs of rip-offs appear in droves. At fifty bucks a pop on average, a gamer has to be careful when it comes to finding the right game. Sometimes though, we get lucky and find ourselves falling in love with well trusted and consistently good series.

Even though this package has been out for a few months, it’s a good one. If you are still wondering wether you should play this one, check out the review at Game Chronicles.

Need for Speed Most Wanted is a return to roots in a sense, shifting away from the heavily mod-influence of the NFS Underground series, and returning cops and high-speed chases to the forefront. Players win races to earn money, and use money to unlock new cars and kits, but the focus is on steet racing and cop evasion.

This is an impressive list and I have no complaints. Especially since they included my dream car, the BMW M3. Check out IGN for the full list.

Internet pirates with prerelease movies in their shared folders will face stiffer federal penalties starting Monday.

The U.S. Sentencing Commission on Wednesday approved an emergency set of rules that would boost prison sentences by roughly 40 percent for people convicted of peer-to-peer infringement of copyright works “being prepared for commercial distribution.”

Read all about it at News.com.

The NGO NVIDIA Optimized Driver is a tweaked version of the NVIDIA ForceWare driver. The main purpose is to satisfy the users with better performance and image quality. The Driver has support for all Geforce cards.

I love NGO drivers and have never had any issues with them. Definitely check them out at NGOHQ.

Lian-Li has been around in this harsh business for 20 years already… 20 years! And to celebrate that they designed the PC777 series Aluminum PC case. The PC-777 series casing is a mid-sized tower with in it 6×5.25”, 6×3.5″ internal with a FDD bezel and 1x CD-ROM bezel. There’s more to the Lian-Li case though, this model has 2 additional 120 mm fans located internally in the front and rear of the casing. Not your regular fans, nope we’ll show you in the photo shoot how weird (in a mostly good way) everything is with this PC case.

Check out the full review at Guru 3D.

Although Winbond UTT is not as popular as before, there are still enthusiasts who love memory based on the IC. Centon is here to
satisfy those enthusiasts with the Advanced PC4000 memory.

Centon is not a company I’ve paid much attention to, but these results are impressive. Although it’s a lot of voltage, they managed to keep the 2-2-2 timings up to DDR520 speeds! Check out the full review at InsaneTek.