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Wednesday CeBIT Roundup @ Hexus
Hexus has CeBIT content coming out their yin and yang. Here are their Wednesday Updates:
XFX go Extreme with Smart Car
FIRST LOOK – RAPTOR-GAMING K1- gaming keyboard and M2 Gaming Mouse
Gizmondo out this week
ATI Celebrate 20 years in style
Mikhailtech March 2005 Giveaway – 2 Weeks Left @ MikhailTech
To learn more, check it out at MikhailTech.
NVIDIA nForce 4 SLI for Pentium 4 – first benchmark results @ Hexus
“From a prospective purchasers perspective, and one who has no preference which companies’ microprocessor is installed, then the obvious comparison is between an AMD or Intel NVIDIA SLI system, and for the present, if the numbers we have are correct, and we believe they are, then the choice is looking decidedly obvious – an AMD based NVIDIA SLI system looks set to simply wipe the floor with an Intel Pentium 4 SLI system.”
Results are.. not so impressive. Check it out at Hexus.
Ultra Products Titanium Finish Fans @ PimpRig
“I’ve got to take my hat off to Ultra Products. First, they took a mundane power supply and turned it into a showpiece that you would want people to see hanging in your case. Now, they’ve taken another mundane product and turned it into another item you will want folks to see hanging in your case. Ultra has taken the knowledge they garnered by doing those amazing finishes on their power supplies and applied it to their line of case fans which they call Titanium.”
Wow, what gorgeous looking fans! I can’t believe I called a FAN gorgeous! Check out the review at PimpRig.
HIS X850 XT PE IceQ II Dual DVI VIVO 256MB PCIe @ Bjorn 3D
“The quest for more speed and more power keeps going on. Not content with letting NVIDIA catch up to its Radeon X800 XT PE series, ATI has launched a series of new PCI-Express (PCIe) based cards. Today, we are reviewing a card from HIS that uses the new speed king chip from ATI, the Radeon X850 XT PE.”
Check out the review at Bjorn3D.
MBReview’s “Ultimate Motherboard”
” Motherboard manufacturers are consistently stretching the limits when it comes to developing motherboards, especially high-end products that are geared towards the lucrative enthusiast market. The last few years have seen great advances in the world of motherboard technology, more or less with expansion to more robust and powerful BIOS’ as well as advanced engineering techniques for power delivery. We’ve seen manufacturers dump older legacy ports, then bring them back, then dump them again. We’ve seen a tremendous effect on motherboards thanks to the rise of modding. Anyone else remember when motherboards were always green or worse, that horrid brown color?”
*shudder*, I do. Check out this cool article at Motherboard Review.
Corsair COOL Water Cooling @ Legit Reviews
“I really like Corsair’s “Cool”. They took an incredible design and tweaked it to perfection. Having installed a few water cooling units myself, it took me about 40 minutes to install this kit. I honestly believe that if Corsair had included an instruction manual instead of a CD, the whole process would take anyone about 30-40 to complete.”
Check out the full review at Legit Reviews.
Logitech Cordless Rumblepad 2 @ HTPC News
“Finding the perfect accessories to go with your HTPC can be a daunting task. Since I like to play games on the big screen a good quality game pad is a necessity. Having to sort through all the different makes and models, wireless, wired and etc can really be a pain. This is where today’s review comes in to play, literally. The item being reviewed? None other than Logitech’s newest creation the Cordless Rumblepad 2.”
Check out the review at HTPC News.
GeIL iBALL MPV Player @ 3D Velocity
“The product I have on review today isn’t just an MP3 player, it’s an MPV player, which means it has video capabilities built in too. The iBall is an interesting and innovative product from GeIL, a company you may know of for its great value and high performance memory products.
GeIL’s latest venture is a product line it calls DAViD, an acronym for Digital Audio Video intelligent Device, and the first product to grace this line is a tiny MPV player they’ve christened the iBall.”
Definately a unique looking MP3 player. Check it out at 3D Velocity.
PDP Systems Patriot XBL PC3200 Memory @ TechFreaks
“The highly treasured Winbond BH-5 is gone from the market; thus begins a new search for the enthusiast’s new best friend. Currently contending for the right to be BH-5’s successor are: OCZ’s VX (Voltage Extreme), Micron’s G and Samsung’s TCCD. Today I’ll be looking at PDP Systems contribution to the enthusiast market, the 512MB PC3200 Patriot Memory w/ XBL Technology featuring Samsung’s TCCD ICs. PDP Systems is a relative newcomer to the memory market, at least relative to the likes of corporate giants Crucial, Corsair, Kingston and OCZ, and while their prior inexperience was shown in our review of their value module, I expect great things out of the Patriot XBL.”
Take a look at the full review at TechFreaks.
Logitech® X-530 5.1 Surround Sound PC Speakers Review @ Futurelooks
“There are a lot of speakers on the market these days, but all the excitement is with the high end. What do we do about everyone else? Logitech answers that call with the X-530’s, a good looking set of speakers that sell for a modest price. But how do they perform? Lets find out!”
Check out the full review at Future Looks.
NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology Transforms the PC Enthusiast Segment
“SANTA CLARA, CA—MARCH 16, 2005—NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), a worldwide leader in graphics and digital media processors, is proud to announce that the top systems listed on FutureMark’s 3DMark05 performance league tables are all based on NVIDIA SLI technology. NVIDIA SLI-powered systems currently hold the top 20 positions on the 3DMark05 Hall of Fame.”
I hate to say this.. isn’t this obvious? It also costs twice as much to get that 80% increase in score in the program. Check out the full press release here.
Apollo nVidia gForce 6600GT AGP Video Card @ OCIA
“So, you built that “best bang for the buck” rig last year… you spent about $1200, got an Athlon 2500+ XP that you overclocked, an nForce2 Ultra board, a gig of PC-3200 memory, a couple of SATA hard drives and a Radeon 9600Pro video card. It played Call of Duty, Battlefield Vietnam and even did a decent job with Far Cry and UT 2004. You thought this system might last you a while… maybe a couple of years. That is, until Doom 3 came out.”
Check out the full review at Overclockers Intelligence Agency.
Memory Bandwidth Shootout @ Bit-Tech
“Memory bandwidth is a phrase which is thrown around an awful lot these days. We hear about the memory bandwidth of a DDR module, the comparative bandwidth of Athlon 64 and Pentium 4, and the extra bandwidth you can add by running an enthusiast brand memory stick. Today, we’re doing two things. The first is explaining just what exactly memory bandwidth is, and how it relates to latency. The second is taking a look at 4 different modules of DDR memory and finding out which of these provides the best memory bandwidth performance for your enthusiast system.”
This is an awesome shootout, with lots of info. Check it out at Bit-Tech.
Ultra Products XL PC3200 Low Latency Memory @ SystemCooling
“These days it seems like every memory manufacturer is bringing out at least one PC3200 speed kit designed to run at low latencies. These kits are also able to be overclocked beyond PC4000 speeds with good timings. Today we’re going to look at one such manufacturer, Ultra Products that has just released their new low latency PC3200 ram into the market place. And they are doing it with a little twist, Ultra Products has specified speeds and timings for their PC3200 XL ram up to PC4200 speeds.”
Check out the full review at System Cooling.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 Details Begin to Leak
“Since it first revealed a month ago that it was pulling a U-turn by releasing a new version of Internet Explorer independent of Longhorn, Microsoft has been unwilling to share many particulars about its forthcoming browser.
Will Internet Explorer (IE) 7.0 have tabs? Will it comply with the Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) 2.0 standard? Exactly how will it make browsing more secure? Will it ship in 2005?”
Microsoft is not telling anybody anything at this point. Chances point to yes, that they will implement tabs.. since that’s almost the norm now. Hopefully as well it will support CSS 2.0. We can just hope that 7.0 will not have as many bugs as 6.0.. or we are in for another big headache. Check out the article at Microsoft Watch.
Buyer’s Guide – Entry Level to Mid-Range, March 2005 @ AnandTech
“We like to start our Guides by explaining what the target market is, just to avoid confusion. There are numerous ways to tweak any system within a given budget, and more often than not, we hear comments about why we didn’t use product X or forgot to mention feature Y. For some people, specific features and upgrades are going to be important, while others are really just interested in a decent computer that will handle the typical tasks that they are likely to perform.”
Definately a good read. Check it out at AnandTech.
Teen reporter pays price for Apple coverage
“Ciarelli is 19 years old, a freshman at Harvard. But he’s been a journalist since middle school. In 1998, Ciarelli launched an Internet site — they weren’t called blogs back then — called Think Secret, where he serves up news and rumors about his favorite electronic gadgets: the products of Apple Computer Inc.”
As with anything, doing something that a company doesn’t like, such as leaking info.. will catch up to you. Check out the full news post at Boston.com.
ATI Mobility Radeon X700 @ HardOCP
“When it comes to notebooks, size matters. A couple of years ago if you told me I’d be enjoying DOOM 3 and Half Life 2 on a thin mobile notebook I would have given you a confusing stare. Times are changing though and technology is ever progressing. Notebook graphics chips have evolved to mirroring counterparts in the desktop video card world.”
If you are thinking of your next notebook having a X700, first check out the review at Hard|OCP.
Mushkin March Giveaway Contest Results @ Rojak Pot
“The day that you’ve been waiting for is finally here. Let’s check out the winners!”
Check it out at the Rojak Pot to see who won!
Sunbeam Samurai and Transformer ATX Case Review @ 3D Xtreme
“Today 3DXtreme has the pleasure of looking at the two newest products in the Sunbeam family. These products are the mid-tower Samurai ATX Case and the full-tower Transformer ATX Case. Neither Case comes with an included Power Supply Unit, however the pricing reflects that at mere $56 and $99.”
Check it out at 3D Xtreme.
ATI X700Pro on the Clock @ Pro-Clockers
“Today, video card upgrading is one of the most popular investment. With
some many to choose from, it is hard to make up one’s mind. A top end card
can cost you well over $500USD, some topping up at $750USD. But, if you
are like me and on a tight budget, you are probably looking for something
to tide you over till those X850’s and Ultra’s become reasonably
affordable. Here is the ATI X700Pro.”
Check it out at Pro-Clockers.
Auto Assault: News for March 16th
There are a couple updates with Auto Assault this week! First off, they have announced the launch of their forums! You can access them at: http://boards.autoassault.com They are great looking forums, and I have made a couple posts there myself already. The also have update their Recon section, with a new article,
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AGP 6200s and Tuesd ay CeBIT Roundup Part 2
“There are a few 6200 AGP boards on show at NVIDIA’s partners, here at CeBit in Halle 24. Inno3D have one up for example, but Point of View’s is a bit different, since it’s not NV44A, rather NV44 and BR2. With its molex feed for power, it’s more than just a basic cheap board for the masses, rather for the tweaker on a budget. It’s one of PoV’s first boards back from production and it’s more a qualification sample than one that’s currently in mass production, but they decided to take it to CeBit and they hinted it might clock a bit.”
Check it out at Hexus! Check these out as well:
SLI running with odd BIOS ROMs at Prolink’s stand
PixelView champions MXM
Gigabyte G-Max N203 Laptop Review @ PC Stats
“Most people end up compromising with a midrange laptop that does most or all of what they want, but without the utter sleekness that three grand will get you. Today we’re going to take a look a Gigabyte’s G-Max N203 laptop in “Ruby Red”, which fits neatly into this midrange category. Features and portability are this 1.6GHz Centrino-based laptop’s primary strengths, but it can also hold its own in the office computing department, as we will see a little later in the benchmarks. The ‘Ruby Red’ N203 (which we reviewed) comes with a 1.6GHz Pentium M processor and 256MB of memory.”
Check it out at PC Stats.