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Dell selling AMD Processors?!?
This is almost humorous! It looks like Dell is selling AMD CPU’s now. Why anyone would go to Dell for their CPU’s, I have no idea. But maybe we are *that* much closer to seeing AMD’s in Dell computers.
Grabbed from Hard|OCP.
ATI Catalyst 5.11 Beta Released
A new beta catalyst driver has been leaked by Tul. This beta includes WHQL certification and support for all Radeon cards except of the X1x00 series. This driver is unofficial and unsupported.
If you feel like being daring, you can grab the download over at NGOHQ. After giving it a run, give your thoughts in their forums.
1024MB X1800 cards possible?
Of course, we are hardly seeing the benefit of 512MB cards right now, so 1024MB is just outrageous. It’s not the fact that we need it though, it’s the fact that they are possible.
We asked around and it turns out that the R520 memory controller is very flexible, and can support even future memory standards such as GDDR4 but more interesting is the fact that it will let you use more than 512MB of memory.
If these things do come to be, then you can expect them to cost at least $200 more than a standard high-end 256MB card. Check out the full posting at The Inquirer.
Enermax Liberty 500W Modular Power Supply Review
The new Liberty series of power supplies incorporates many traditional features of Enermax units with the latest trend, modular cabling. Modular power supplies first became popular in 2004, and although Enermax can’t claim to be a pioneer in the field, you can count on their effort being worth consideration, even if the market is a bit more crowded at this point.
Modular is the definite way to go now, and Enermax reflects this. This PSU turns out to be a solid performer. If you are looking to get a great power supply for your PC, then read the review over at Big Bruin.
Gigabyte K8N51GMF-9 nForce 430/GeForce 6100 Mainboard
What you get for £52 is a solid board with very few surprises that’s good for a multitude of uses. Voltage manipulation in BIOS, better subsystem performance, and, perhaps, a sweeter bundle would garner the Gigabyte K8N51GMF-9 an instant recommendation in the budget sector. As it is, it’s decent but not outstanding, although you could do a lot worse than the K8N51GMF-9 if your budget stretches to only £50 or so and you require a S939 motherboard with onboard video and decent storage potential.
If you are looking for a decent budget motherboard, you may want to check it out. The on-board video is a great performer, for as far as on-board video can go. Check out the full look at Hexus.
MSI P4N Diamond Review
While the board did not sit on top of every benchmark, it has the potential to be one of the fastest gaming platforms for Intel. Benchmarks don’t tell the whole story though, as the P4N Diamond proved to be a reliable board throughout testing and is stacked with enough features that it should be able to survive in most people’s PC for a long while.
If you are a diehard gamer, but refuse AMD, then this board may be for you. It actually has quite a bit of funcionality, and is SLi-ready if you feel that you need it. Head on over to Viper Lair.
Thermaltake Tai Chi Case Review
Thermaltake has released a lot of products in the last few years, ranging from CPU and video card heatsinks to mid sized cases with questionable designs all the way up to full tower cases with a dozen 5.25 inch bays. There isn’t a whole lot that Thermaltake hasn’t already done in the cooling industry, so where to now?
This case is absolutely amazing.. I want one now. Not only does it have a great water cooling system built-in, it has a killer style that screams high quality. If you want a case that will make your friends envious, read the full review at Neoseeker.
S3 Graphics ChromeS20 Overview
S3 Graphics has the potential, if executed perfectly from both hardware and software viewpoints, to seriously challenge NVIDIA and ATI’s dominance in the midrange 3D market and become the third major player in the sector. Only time and a complete review of the ChromeS20-series will tell if it’s achieved it. We await a hands-on test.
With the promised specs that S3 is giving out, there proves to be a lot of potential. They will have to have some killer support and a good price range if they will want to compete with the big boys though. It’s good to see competition either way though. Check out the full look at the new card, over at Hexus.
Hardware Roundup for Nov. 4
Starting today, we are going to try a new method of posting news. Instead of having 20+ individual news posts, we are going to conglomerate most of them. Some select news will be posted as it usually is though. Cutting down on the news posts will help the front page load much faster, and helps the front page look cleaner!
- Cases
- SilverStone Sugo SG01 – PC Modding Malaysia
- XG Dragon – Red & Blackness
- Cooling
- Cooljag SFO-D(18SC) Skived Copper Opteron Heatsink – PC Modding Malaysia
- Graphics Cards
- ATi Radeon X1800XL vs. NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT – Legion Hardware
- Abit Fatal1ty Radeon X800 XL Video Card – Hot Hardware
- Gigabyte Silent-Pipe II V.S Asus Silent-Cool – HKEPC
- Sapphire Radeon X850XT PE AGP – techPowerUp!
- Sapphire X800 GTO Ultimate – PureOverclock
- Peripherals
- Clavier HCK-1S18A Aluminum Keyboard – Club OC
- Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 – Everything USB
- Razer Copperhead Laser Gaming Mouse – XYZ Computing
- Etcetera
- Beginners Guides: Forgotten Passwords & Recovery Methods – PC Stats
- Logitech Harmony 659 Remote – Think Computers
- JVC GZ-MG70U Camcorder Evaluation – Design Technica
- Thermaltake Muse 3.5 – Extensive Mods
- ULTRA Mini Portable Disk – Bjorn3D
NVIDIA Selects Corsair as its First Certified SLI Ready Memory
Fremont, CA (Thursday, November 3, 2005) – Corsair® Memory, Inc., a worldwide leader in high performance memory and cooling products for enthusiasts and overclockers, today announced that it has became the first company in the memory category to receive the NVIDIA® SLI™ Ready certification. Recognized as the performance memory of choice for enthusiasts, Corsair added to the SLI Ready certification program by creating a new memory category to amplify user experience. NVIDIA SLI (Scalable Link Interface) technology supercharges the platforms by linking two graphics cards together to provide scalability and increased performance. In addition to motherboards, add-on cards and power supplies, Corsair’s XMS2-5400C4 family of products bring additional performance edge to an Intel based SLI system.
Check out the full press release here!
S3 unveils DeltaChrome S20 series GPUs
S3 Graphics has just pulled back the curtains on its newest series of DeltaChrome-based graphics chips, the DeltaChrome S20 family. S3 turned to a new foundry partner, Fujitsu, to produce these chips. Fujitsu manufactures the GPUs using a low-K, 90nm fab process, and S3 claims this advanced fabrication process, along with S3’s own Power Wise power management techniques brought over from its mobile products, has helped the DeltaChrome S20 series achieve killer performance per watt. Read on for the details of S3’s new GPU family.
Check out the full article at Tech Report.
Mushkin REDLINE Memory Giveaway!
MVKTech has teamed up with Mushkin Enhanced Memory to offer our readers and audience a chance and some lightning fast memory. Back in June 2005 we reviewed Mushkin’s HP3200 REDLINE DDR400 1GB Kit and was very impressed with this ultra high performance ram, now MVKTECH is going to share that performance with you! If you want to get your hands on some of the fastest ram in its class, you know the gig, just post in our forum contest thread to win 1GB of Mushkin Redline series DDR400.”
Check out all the details at Mvk Tech.
Asetek WaterChill Extreme 12V DC Pump System Review
The Asetek WaterChill Extreme not only has an incorporated reservoir, but it
is also comes with two thermal probe ports, one LED port, one LCD display
(optional) port, and two fan connector ports. The fan headers are rated at a
max of 24 watts each, and can be controlled through the supplied software. The
Xtreme and standard series pump can be purchased with or without the reservoir
and with either 3/8″ or 1/2″ I.D tubing fittings. If a water cooling pump is
the heart of a water cooling system, then this one with all its’ integrated
options is also the brains.
Check out the full review over at Modthebox.
VoIP & Internet Phone Services Compared Explanatory Guide
VoIP is one of those mysterious acronyms that almost everyone has seen by now. If you’ve read or watched TV ads for Vonage or any of the other mushrooming broadband telephone services, or read about eBay’s acquisition of Skype, you’re familiar with it. You might have experienced it without even knowing it.
Check out the article over at Design Technica.
Seagate Momentus 5400.2 120GB Hard Drive Review
The Seagate Momentus 5400.2 120GB drive sports a 2.5″ form factor intended for use in a notebook computer, but we have other things in mind for it. This drive will be evaluated in a Mini-ITX HTPC system that generates almost zero noise thanks to 100% passive cooling. Silent operation is critical for drives in such a system, and with no cooling available to the drive, they need to operate both cool and quiet.
Check out the full review over at Big Bruin.
World Premiere! First Elitegroup AMD Geode Motherboard ECS NXS7M
This motherboard carries a mini-micro ATX form factor 170 x 170 mm. It is a high performance, enhanced function motherboard that supports Socket-462 AMD Geode NX (1250,1500) processors with a 133 MHz CPU front side bus. The motherboard incorporates the SiS741GX Northbridge (NB) and SiS964L Southbridge (SB) chipsets. The SiS741GX Northbridge chipset features an AGP 8X bridge and a DDR333 Memory controller, supporting AMD Geode NX (1250,1500) series with FSB up 133 MHz. While the SiS964L Southbridge chipset provides four USB 2.0 ports, 6-channels audio speaker compliant with AC’ 97 v2.3 specification, IDE channels PIO mode 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33. This high performance motherboard is intended to give customers a high quality, multimedia solution and state-of-the-art technology. It provides an advanced full set of I/O ports in the rear panel, including PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors, S Video port, RCA Video port, VGA port, COM1, LPT, and two USB ports, one optional LAN port, and audio jacks for microphone, line-in, and line-out.
Check out the full look over at AMD Board.
XFX GeForce 6600 256 MB gDDR2 Review
Let’s talk games. If we look at the somewhat older titles then this card just chews them up easily. Modern titles can be played at a resolution of 1024×768. For example you’ll be able to play Doom 3 at high quality with an average of 81 Frames per second and it is still playable with 37 FPS when we enable 4xAA and 8xAF. Halo at that same resolution manages to squeeze out 57 FPS with 16 levels of AF. Even Far Cry at the highest possible Image Quality setting did 39 FPS with 4xAA and 8xAF enabled. That’s just great for the money isn’t it?
Check out the full review over at Guru3D.
Intel Lindenhurst Xeon DP Platform Discussion
The Paxville generation of Xeon is dual-core and uses the latest generation of Netburst microarchitecture, making the DP version ostensibly a clone of the Pentium D 820, but with the ability to also turn on HyperThreading for both cores. The DP version of Paxville, at $1080 in volume, is only available in 2.8GHz form for the time being, MP variant available at up to 3GHz. It supports everything the dual-core Pentium D does, including SSE3 instructions and rides the same 200MHz system bus (800MHz effective).
Check out the full preview over at Hexus.
Workstation Graphics Card Comparison Guide Rev 3.3 Posted
hese days, there are so many workstation graphics card models that it has become quite impossible to keep up with the different configurations. Therefore, we decided to compile this comprehensive guide to over 70 workstation graphics cards.
We hope this comparison will provide an easy reference for those who are interested in comparing the specifications of the various workstation graphics cards in the market as well as those already obsolescent or obsolete. We will keep this guide updated regularly so do check back for the latest updates!
Check out the full review at Rojak Pot.
AMD Socket 939 Athlon Motherboards Review List Update
In these handy review pages motherboards from Abit, Albatron, AOpen, ASRock, Asus, Biostar, Chaintech, DFI, ECS, Epox, Foxconn, Gigabyte, MSI & Soltek.
Check out the very in-depth list over at A1 Electronics.
Corepad Eyepad Mouse Surface
I have the previous experience of many games to help me make decisions in new ones. I have good reflexes that will probably only deteriorate over time. I am at the age where money is not so hard to come by, so my gaming equipment is generally top notch. However recently something has seemed to be missing. I realized what that was when trying out this fine piece of gaming equipment from CorePad (kindly supplied to us by Everglide.co.uk), a true gamers mouse mat.
Check out the full review over at Pro-Clockers.
Vantec Lapcool 3 Notebook Cooler Review
As our desire to take computer gaming mobile increases in unison with the advancing technologies of today’s computer world, there is always one negative factor that increases as well—heat. Many of today’s notebooks, especially the larger gaming rigs that are often comparable in power and features of full-sized desktop computers, pump out enormous amounts of heat that ends up drastically increasing the chassis temperature and often decreasing performance. The LapCool 3 from Vantec presents a formidable solution to that problem and through minimalism and meticulous design allows any notebook user to cool their machine and maintain the performance that is expected.
Check out the full review at Think Computers.
Flexiglow Cyber Snipa Mouse Pad and Gaming Keypad Review
Do you like first person shooter games such as Doom 3 and Metal of
Honor? If you do then you know the keyboard and mouse are the tools of the
trade. Are they the best tools though? What if you had a customized
keyboard like the Cyber Snipa Gaming pad from Flexiglow that puts every
needed key at the tips of your finger? This would improve your movement and
weapon selection. Still your targeting and aiming would hold you back. That
is why Flexiglow also produces the Cyber Snipa aluminum mouse pad to allow
for a quick, smooth movement with a mouse. In theory these items are great,
but is the performance really worth the money? Let’s find out.
Head over to A True Review for the full review.
Corsair XMS PC-3500LL Pro 2GB Kit Review
Those with a good eye will notice that the XP-90C heatsink in this picture is mounted upside-down. The heatspreaders make these modules too tall to fit under the fins and in the dimm slots. Thankfully, it just barely cleared my videocard when mounted upside down, and I was able to fit the modules without issue. This is something everyone should be aware of.
Check out the full review over at OCIA. Check out our review of the same modules here!
SinTek 500 SLI 500W Review
The power supply is the most important piece of hardware in your system. A newcomer by the name of SinTek steps into the
competition with their modular power supply. Do external adjustable potentiometers sound good?
Check out the full review over at InsaneTek.