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ATI Crossfire @ Viperlair
So, does ATI bring anything to the table that we have not seen already from NVIDIA? In some ways, they work the same; two matching series of cards, and a supporting motherboard. Unlike NVIDIA, gaming profiles aren’t required for Crossfire. According to ATI, with the correct hardware, Crossfire is something that is enabled as soon as your PC is put together. Their approach is driver independent, so in theory, older games as well as newer games should work in Crossfire mode as soon as you fire them up.
By the looks of things, Crossfire is going to be HUGE. Read about it at Viper Lair.
Computex – 2005: PowerColor demonstrate ATI Cro
With the NDA expiring for ATI Crossfire coverage around the web this morning, all the talk at Computex this morning is of partner solutions on display. I wandered by PowerColor’s stand to find it running in an unassuming box on the far wall of their stand. Using Radeon X850 XT CrossFire Edition and a regular X850 XT, the system is sat looping FutureMark’s 3DMark05 benchmark.
Check it out at Hexus.
ATI Crossfire – Technology Preview @ Hexus
Radeon’s screen tiling approach to rendering, accelerating almost everything after rasterisation if you add more GPUs, seemingly gives you compatibility with a large amount of games and can increase image quality for little to no performance cost. Screen tiles are processed by a particular GPU (or all, when anti-aliasing is being done after fragment processing) and the outputs from all are combined for display by dedicated hardware, accelerating performance and, optionally, increasing image quality.
Check it out at Hexus!
Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks Deluxe Review @ Everything USB
The Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks Deluxe reviewed today is the company’s mid-level entry into webcams geared towards laptop users. Right off the bat the feature-list is compelling with intelligent face tracking, 640×480 VGA resolution, automatic gain control, and a built in microphone, but let’s see how these all hold up in the real world.
Head over to Everything USB.
Akasa Power Plus 650W quad 12v rail PSU @ XtremeComputing
The rear of the PSU has your basic layout with the extraction fan and the on/off switch in the usual places. Looking at the fan a bit closer you will notice its not an Akasa but the well known Sanyo Denki fan that has a claimed life of 40k hours at 60C. this fan is a auto thermal jobbie which means it will adjust the speed to the temps automatically.
Check out the full review at Xtreme Computing.
ATI announces CrossFire multi-card graphics platform @ Tech Report
WE’VE WATCHED OVER the course of the past six months as NVIDIA has reaped enormous publicity benefits by resurrecting the SLI multi-GPU graphics capability that it inherited from 3dfx, and we’ve wondered when ATI would join the fray. The folks at ATI have been talking about their own multi-card graphics capability for what seems like ages, and today, they’re finally taking the wraps off of their solution: ATI CrossFire.
Check it out at Tech Report.
BENQ 1625 16X DVD LightScribe Burner @ A True Review
We have looked at a few DVD burners on our site. Depending on media, each
drive is a little bit different on performance. For most of us, a few
seconds here and there will not matter. If that is true, what makes a DVD
burner stand out from another one? How about a DVD burner that can etch
labels into the top of a CD or DVD? That’s right, LightScribe technology is
here, and BENQ’s new 16X DVD burner supports it. Let’s find out how this
exactly works.
Head over to A True Review for the full review.
Albatron K8SLI Motherboard Review @ PC Stats
The Albatron K8SLI motherboard being tested over the following pages is a compact nVidia nForce4 SLI board that packs in quite a bit into a small space. Albatron K8SLI comes with a basic set of features, such as Gigabit network ethernet, 5.1 channel audio controller (with SPDIF out), two free 32 bit PCI slots as well two PCI Express x1 & PCI Express x16 slots, and the standard assortment of SATA and IDE connectors supported by the nForce 4 SLI chipset.
Check out the full review at PC Stats.
NVIDIA 6600GT Giveaway Contest @ Rojak Pot
Wanna win an exclusive NVIDIA 6600GT graphics card with 128MB of GDDR3 memory? Then come right up and take part in our latest giveaway contest!
There can be only ONE winner! Will it be you? Let’s find out!
Check out all the details over at the Rojak Pot.
Titan Vanessa L-type air cooler heatsink review @ A1 Electronics
Straight of the bat from our review graph this excellent Titan Vanessa L-Type heatsink here is cooling the best. Interesting to see that there is very little difference in cooling performance where we have tested it at different voltages or fan speeds.
Check out the full review at A1 Electronics.
Samsung HD160JJ Serial ATA2 @ 3D Accelerated
After refreshing our knowledge about hard drive technology we finally got to sit down and take a closer look at the new Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ. This is Samsung’s first offering to the Serial ATA2 market and we were curious if it would live up to the high standards SATA has laid down.
Wondering if S-ATA2 is for you? Check out the review at 3D Accelerated.
Ulti-mat Review @ Metku Mods
You have not seen too many mousepad reviews on our site. After I invented the lighted mousepad concept, the GlowPad, I just didn’t seen any that interesting mousepads around. A year ago I spotted this product that is bit more unique than the rest of the competition. Ulti-mat is a Finnish product that offers durable and slippery mousing surface for hardcore gamers. How this is achieved is what makes the product so different from others. Read on to find out more and also see what other possible uses this kind of metallic mousepad can have. In MetkuMods style naturally! ;)
Check out the full review at Metku Mods.
GTA: SA: Boomtown looks at Xbox and PC versions
A short walk from Fulham Broadway tube station, past the evil edifice of Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge, lies the London headquarters of Rockstar Games. The glass and steel structure is a far cry from the gritty streets of San Andreas. But it was here that I had the opportunity to play both the
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Firefox Still Climbing
According to the latest update to w3schools browser statistics, Firefox has climbed to 25% of the browser market and Internet Explorer 5/6 has dropped to 64.8%. W3schools is a very popular site with web developers and has shown Firefox increasing and Internet Explorer decreasing since before Firefox hit version 1.0 (although they classed it as just Mozilla back then). If you add the full Mozilla suite’s market share to that of Firefox, then the Mozilla browsers are just under 30% market share now.
As much as I love Firefox, the fact that it is becoming more popular doesn’t impress me, but the fact that IE usage is decreasing makes me satisfied. Check it out here.
Google Giveaway: Strategy
Chief Executive Eric Schmidt shared the dirt in Seattle last week at the Technology Alliance luncheon: “Every few months we announce a new strategy,” he said, “which is basically the old strategy modified.”
So that’s what it takes to reach a $266 stock price.
Well, it’s obvious Google has one hell of a strategy, that works. Check out the full article here.
What do you look for most in a computer case? @ Phoronix
For the month of May in our Phoronix contest, we asked our readers “What do you look for most in a computer case?” Well, now that the contest is over, we have randomly selected a mere 500 of these results to publish. Check out this 10-page article to see just what enthusiasts like you are after in a computer chassis.
Wow, this is a huge list. Some comments are extremely half-assed, but fun to read none-the-less. Check it out at Phoronix.
Phoronix June Giveaway @ Phoronix
After our first successful monthly contest here at Phoronix, we are back at it again this June. For this month, we have THREE items to award TWO randomly selected participants. These items include one Ripper XL, one Mad Dotz Monster Pack, and one Mouse Bungee (white). The June question of the month is “What three items are most important in making an excellent mouse pad?
Entering is easy, so check it out at Phoronix.
Geeks.com 12-in-1 USB 2.0 Card Reader @ ThinkComputers.org
Today we’re looking at a rather rarely-seen-reviewed and inexpensive computer peripheral—the “card†reader. In terms of “cardsâ€, it is referring to the CompactFlash/Smart Media/Secure Digital/Microdrive/xD-picture/Memory Stick type of card products used today in the extremely popular market of portable media devices. However small it may be, I realized recently (in a bit of frustration) that your card reader’s performance is something that no matter what portable media device you have, is important.
Great portable device for reading/writing to your memory cards while on the road. Check it out at Think Computers!
ATI CrossFire Info @ Inquirer
The Inquirer has a lot of leaked info on the new ATI CrossFire. How accurate all of this info is, we can’t be sure until it’s officially unveiled at Computex.
Apparently, you will need a “Master Card”, which is an official ATI produced video card, that will connect to your other ATI card. ATI is supposed to be the only company to produce the Master Card. You can actually see a picture of the card here.
They also have a picture of how the two cards will be connecting, via the external dongle. You can see that pic here.
The editor notes that unlike SLi, CrossFire will improve ALL games, not just the ones with set profiles. Also, two X850XTPE’s beat out two 6800U’s by 10% in 3D Mark 2005. They even said that it is 60% faster in NFSU: 2, and 100% faster in ‘a’ Splinter Cell game.
More information and stats can be found here. Again, the resource may be incorrect on some things. We will find out a lot more I’m sure this coming Tuesday, so stay tuned.
Corsair COOL Watercooling Kit @ InsaneTek
Corsair continues their watercooling line with products from Swiftech. Sure they didn’t actually manufacture it but they do make a nice bundle at a great price. Plus you get a green bracket that Swiftech doesn’t offer.
Check out the full review over at InsaneTek.
NeroLinux – Free Trial Available
Finally, Ahead has released a trial version of NeroLinux, which you can snag here. It still will cost a lot if you wish to purchase it though, but it is still worth checking out.
You can check out our review of the program here, for info. Thanks to Fabio for letting us know about the free trial.
Ocz DDR 3200 2*512mb Titanium series @ R&B
We all know that OCZ has made themselves very famous for reliable and fast memory and they just released this Titanium series that is supposed to be stable for servers, gamers etc. We got a sample of their dual kit to try out to see how it performs and if it really is as stable as they say it is, so we decided to compare it to OCZ gold series and a pair of Mushkin sticks to see the difference.
Check out the full review at Red & Blackness.
Synnex Datago Media Center @ Toms Hardware
Home Theater PCs are all the rage these days, but is it possible to find a model that can fit into your living room without looking horribly out of place? While most geeks can easily build one from a small-form factor PC, it might look strange sitting next to your TV and VCR.
Check out the full review at Toms Hardware.
OCZ DDR Booster @ AMDZone
You’ve tweaked and tweaked your system, but you realized your ram is holding you back. Now as most overclockers know, you can gain some stability and a few more MHz from your RAM if you up the voltage. Unfortunately a lot of motherboards max out around 2.8V while most quality ram sticks can increase their top speed safely by just pushing up the ram voltage to 3.0V.
This is quite an innovative product! Check it out here.
Shuttle XPC ST20G5 @ Hexus
All wrapped up in the very stylish G5 XPC chassis, the ST20G5 has a whole lot going for it. Until Shuttle pair nForce4 with the G5 chassis, there’s arguably no better teeny PC to place a Socket 939 CPU and a PCI Express graphics board into.
Check out the full review at Hexus.