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Athlon64 3700+ Overclocking Fun
After putting ECT’s awsome little Prometeia Mach II GT though its subzero paces, there’s no way we can overlook a round of phase-change overclocking… so after hooking everything up, I pressed the power button and watched the temperatures drop. A few moments later the Prometeia Mach II GT powered on the rest of the computer, and I immediately loaded the BIOS and found that the processor was running at a chilly -27C.
Check out the overclocking fun at PC Stats.
Titan Vanessa L-Type Cooler Review
For some time we have been reviewing cooling products from Titan Computers and today they bring us a rather large heatpipe cooler called the Vanessa L-Type. Companies continue to try and push the limits of air cooling and with the use of heatpipe technology seem to be looking to push it even further. The Vanessa L-Type is a large stack pipe heatsink with many aluminum fins and a 120mm fan. Let’s see if it can provide performance to match its stature…
Check out the full review at 3D Xtreme.
RaidMax X-1 Gaming Case Review
Today, we have a look at Raidmax’s newest case, the Raidmax X-1. The X-1’s main attraction is an LCD on the front bezel displaying temperature, hard drive and fan activity. This coupled with useful and affordable features and an included 450w power supply makes for something that I’m sure will get your attention. Before we dive in, we want to send our thanks out to Raidmax for making this review possible. So without further delay, let’s see what the X-1 is all about shall we?
Check out the full review over at Overclocker Cafe.
Opera 8 + BitTorrent?
Opera Software today launched a technical preview (TP) of the Opera browser for Windows, Linux and Mac that includes support for BitTorrent. Integrating this popular file-downloading technology in the Opera browser offers the end user a faster download process by utilizing full bandwidth and reducing the chance of in-transfer delay when multiple users download the same file.
In another attempt to get a one-up on the competition.. I have to say this is a great idea. Even with BitTorrent though, I still wouldn’t choose a browser on it, unless it was actually *that* good. Check out the full press release here.
G70 has ‘many’ clocks – Nvidia
In regards to speculation of the 7800GTX upping the clock speed by as much as 40MHz during gameplay, Bit-Tech sat down with NVIDIA’s Chief Scientist to get the scoop.
“It’s somewhat hard for us to say ‘the core clock in G70 is this single number'”, says Kirk. “We didn’t want to be accused of exaggerating the clock speed, so we picked a conservative number to talk about the core clock speed. But, yes, that is just one of the multiple clocks.”
So it actually has more than 3 seperate clocks, possibly. It’s great tech.. and smart tech at that. Check out the post over at Bit-Tech. They will be posting a full fledged interview tomorrow, to get into more details.
Acer AL1714CB-8 17″ 8ms LCD Review
The last time we were engaged to look at an Acer product was when reviewing two Acer AL1715b 17″ LCD displays. Today, Acer is floating around Phoronix again as we take a look at another recent offering, the AL1714CB-8. This 17″ LCD is very similar to that of the AL1715b except it offers a blazing fast 8ms response and other competitive features for the budget consumer.
Check out the review at Phoronix.
PDP Gigabyte Memory Giveaway Contest
Want to get a free gigabyte of XBL-grade Patriot DDR memory for free?? Just try your gaming skills at the PDP Gigabyte Memory Giveaway Contest!
If you want a chance to win this great memory, check out all the details over at Rojak Pot.
HP Photo Printer Offers 1.5GB Storage Onboard
HP has announced what it calls “the most advanced compact photo printer in the industry” and we believe them. This new Photosmart 475 Compact Photo Printer can store up to a thousand photos internally, eliminating the need to store images on a PC or camera.
Check out all the info at Everything USB.
GeForce 7800 GTX SLI Review
Almost two weeks ago Guru3D brought you a review on the NVIDIA reference model GeForce 7800 GTX. It became obvious that the new powerhouse, which is NVIDIA’s newborn, is top of the crop, king of the hill, best of the best. The thing however is… it can get even faster. You all know very well that this card is SLI capable. Suffice to say that last week Guru3D received another GeForce 7800 GTX. Today they are providing you with a full SLI review. Two graphics cards connected together in one PC, arming you with even more rendering power.
If you want your PC to have hardcore GPU power, check out the full review at Guru3D.
SunbeamTech Chromatic Windmill Review
Sunbeam is back with another computer accessory to add to your collection. The new Chromatic Windmill provides both fan
controls and temperature sensors.
Check out the full review at InsaneTek.
Biostar’s iDEQ 330P SFF System Review
SINCE SHUTTLE STARTED the small form factor craze with the seminal SV24, other manufacturers have been eager to carve themselves a slice of the market. Rather than simply releasing XPC clones, these new entrants have usually offered interesting new features and chassis designs, injecting a little flavor into a market largely dominated by Shuttle.
Head over to Tech Report for the full review!
Corsair XMS PC3200XL 1GB Kit Contest
Corsair is providing us great support by not only sending us samples for reviews but also sponsoring this latest contest.
Up for grabs is the Corsair XMS PC3200XL 1GB Kit. The contest will run for 2 weeks and will end on July 20th, 2005. If you’re in
need of some good memory, be sure to hurry up and join!
Check out all the details at Insane Tek.
G. Skill PC4800 1GB Dual Channel Kit Review
G. Skill has come through with a high quality, high performance DDR product. With stock speeds of 300MHz guaranteed you can’t really go wrong here. The graphs in the testing portion of the review show that the stock settings perform as well as other overclocked TCCD modules. The ability to run with 1T timings provided a nice boost, but is by no means guaranteed.
Not good memory to overclock, but what performance without it! Check out the full review at Big Bruin.
Plasma or LCD Television Set – Which is better
A Plasma HDTV or a LCD Television – Is this your dilemma? This is a rather difficult and complicated comparison between two technologies that process the image in a totally different manner. This article highlights the pros and cons of plasma versus LCD as applicable to a television display. It also presents a set of guidelines to help you determine where either of these two flat panel display technologies fit best.
Check out the full article at Bona Fide Reviews.
NVIDIA Preps More GeForce 7 Graphics Chips
Since we are on the NVIDIA topic.. X-Bit Labs also has an editorial speculating on the leaked 80.40 drivers.
NVIDIA’s ForceWare 80.40 drivers, which were recently leaked on the Internet and are available at 3DChipset web-site, list G72 and NV48 graphics processing units, which were not yet released, among all the graphics chips the driver is capable of support. The driver also supports yet unreleased, but already somewhat known – GeForce 6600 LE, nForce4 C51 IGP, G70GL and Quadro FX 4500 – products.
Of course, we won’t know for sure until they are actually released. It’s going to be fun times though.. R520 has to make an appearance soon.. or ATI will be hurting. Check out the article at X-Bit Labs.
7800GT Coming soon?
NVIDIA is preparing their GeForce 7800 GT for launch within this week and similarly retail stores worldwide will carry the stock as soon as it is launched. GeForce 7800 GT possess 24 pipes and 8 vertex shaders just like the 7800GTX except that the core and memory clock speeds are lowered. The reference 7800GT card is supposingly clocked at 335MHz core and has 1.1GHz memory clock using 2.0ns GDDR3 memories. No doubt, some card manufacturers will be fitting 1.6ns memories on this card to make their 7800GT cards more attractive. The best thing is that this card will be priced at US$499 which is $100 lower than the current 7800GTX card.
Whether or not this is entirely true or not, we will only find out. $499US isn’t exactly that cheap though. Considering that the average 6800GT was around $400US a couple months ago.. they just slapped another $100 on the price. Good thing is though.. that the 6×00 series should definitely be going down in price. Source: VR-Zone.
MSI Radeon RX850XT-TD256E Videocard Review
PCSTATS is testing the MSI RX850XT-TD256E videocard, which does not feature CrossFire. Based on the Radeon X850 XT, this PCI Express card is backed by 256MB of GDDR3 memory and supports VIVO, TV/S-Video output and component output. The ATi X850 series of GPUs are the current 3D performance leaders and the XT is the second fastest available GPU in the line. As usual for MSI Computer, the software package is among the best on the market and includes full versions of XIII, Uru and Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow. Other software includes FarStone’s VirtualDrive and RestoreIT! software as well as CyberLink’s DVD Solution software.
Check out the full review over at PC Stats.
MMO Wage Slaves
Gold farming has always been a huge problem in most MMORPG’s.. and this article brings us behind the scenes to see how it’s done in some places. Seriously scary..
The real money is made by the people with the resources and the right programs. Rich Thurman earned $100,000 by farming 9 billion gold in Ultima Online. A longtime user of the macro easyUO, Thurman says he had “up to 30 PCs running at once, automatically collecting gold for me.”
Whether you play MMO’s or not, it is definitely worth check out this article.
Optorite ML100 Laser Mouse Review
When we think of Optorite, most people out there think of CD ROM’s, CD Writers, and DVD Drives. The truth is, Optorite has been slowly diversifying their product mix. We take a look at one of their first new products in the mix: A Laser Mouse.
It’s a good looking mouse.. resembles the Logitech MX series somewhat, but it’s much glossier! Check it out at Future Looks.
nForce4 Ultra Round-up
In the last year, NVIDIA has risen to the top of the AMD Athlon 64 chipset market with their nForce series of single-chip solutions. As Socket 939 has matured, nForce4 has gained the dominant position in the AMD motherboard market. VIA, who has never been able to ship a competitive solution to NVIDIA’s SLI, has moved down the pecking order somewhat, and is now more regarded as a value chipset, along with SiS, in the Athlon 64 market.
This is an amazingly in-depth article if you want to know which nF4 Ultra motherboard to buy. Check it out at AnandTech.
Sony vs PSP Hackers
Hackers have cracked piracy protections on Sony Corp’s PlayStation Portable in the United States, the latest chapter in the company’s battle to block unauthorized game use on its new hand-held device.
The world’s top maker of video game consoles rolled out a downloadable fix for the software flaw that opened the door for the latest attack by hackers, who quickly cracked the original version of the PSP shortly after its release in Japan late last year.
I am sure this won’t be the first fix that Sony released. I see a big battle in the future, no doubt. Check out the post at Yahoo.
Battlefield 2 Patch 1.01
Looks like a BF2 patch was released today as promised. Here is what it fixes:
Fixed in issue that caused the Multiplayer Browser to become unresponsive.
Fixed an issue where some game controls were not available to be rebound within the Options menu.
Fixed an issue with increasing performance degradation on servers.
Fixed a problem with shader caching on client/host : after the first map in a rotation, shaders would be loaded on the fly during gameplay.
Fixed a crash with rebinding LMB
Fixed a problem that caused environment mapping to not appear on reflective surfaces.
Fixed a crash that happened when a client picks up a kit that doesn’t exist anymore.
Fixed a problem with AI when the game was paused for a long time: bots would become unresponsive and also shoot more accurately.
LOD distances tweaked on certain objects.
Grab it over at 3D Gamers.
CMI Computer’s cs807b Mid Tower Case Review
Are you one of those people who doesn’t want to spend hundreds of
dollars on a case just for looks. But you still want both worlds, you still
want the computer case to look better than a plain grey box. If this is
your mind set, I suggest you check out CMI Computer’s cs807b Mid Tower
computer case.
Head over to A True Review for the full review.
Grandioso Bosendorfer 290 Review @ Cyberwizard Pit
Arugably the world’s most-loved, and not to mention most popular instrument, the piano has awed many since the beginning of its creation, to the present – and is very likely to continue far beyond towards the future. As time went by, mankind advanced, technology grew, and the piano evolved, eventually taking on possibly the ultimate form of musical splendour – the modern concert grand, where its unparralled power and expressiveness makes it one of the legendary instruments that have shaped music through the ages, enjoyed only by a privileged few. However, today’s technology has come to the point where it is capable of capturing the very essence of a piano and the ability to play it back as one wishes, with incredible realism; the sampling era has begun. One such sampled instrument that has been garnering rave reviews is the East West PMI Grandioso Bosendorfer 290, in our hands today; let’s take a closer look at this package and see what it has to offer.
Check out the full review at Cyberwizard Pit!
ThermalRock Eclipse mid-Tower Computer Case Review
Who can say this Eclipse is not a great design case from ThermalRock. We think it will fit in with all modern design rooms and offices. What more can one ask for. And the inside is soh designed that up to 11 drives can be installed as well, for those of you with that many in a computer case. Then there are the two decent 120mm fans to ensure adequate cooling without going deaf.
Check out the full review at A1 Electronics.