Tech News
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Foxconn NF4SLI7AA-8EKRS2 Review @ Sudhian
Published: Saturday, March 11, 2006 | By: DennisThis is the latest nVidia chipset designed for the Intel 775pin processor. SLI hasn't been very big on the Intel side of things so it will be interesting to see how well it takes off.
"Foxconn’s NF4SLI7AA comes in a red color that matches most red ATI graphics cards perfectly—ironically the board is designed with SLI in mind. The PCB is accompanied by black and white slots that are plain but not visually distracting. Power connector placement is a bit disappointing. Although the 24-pin ATX connector is placed ideally towards the edge of the board next to the PATA ports, the auxiliary 12v connector is placed near the north bridge. This placement can become a pain when you’re routing cables since the cable may get in the way of the CPU fan."
There is also a huge ass fan on the Northbridge chip.
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NL: Review Block - Memory Style
Published: Saturday, March 11, 2006 | By: DennisThe news never stops.
- Super Talent PC2-6400 T800UX2GC4 DDR-2 Memory Review @ PCstats
- Crucial Ballistix 1GB Kit PC4000 @ OC Inside
- Crucial Ballistix DDR500 PC-4000 @ MVTech
- Mushkin 2GB XP2-5300 Extreme Performance DDR2 @ Rojak
- OCZ PC2-6400 Gold Series EL review @ DH
- OCZ PC-3200 2GB Gold Edition GX XTC Review @ Virtual-Hideout
- OCZ XTC DDR2 PC2-4200 Dual Channel Memory Review @ OCModShop
- GSKILL 2GB F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ PC4000 Review @ HardwareXL
- Patriot PDC1G4800+XBLK 1024MB DDR-600 PC4800 Dual Channel @ Pro-Clockers
Check back soon for the first of several memory reviews currently roasting on the Ninjalane Test Bench. -
Diamond Viper X1900 XTX Released
Published: Thursday, March 2, 2006 | By: DennisMy first nVidia card was a Diamond, The Viper V770, aka TNT2 Ultra. The card was great and still works to this day, (cept for the fan, it died some time ago)
"The X1900 card represents the pinnacle of achievement in a wide-ranging series of high-performance graphics cards produced by Diamond and featuring the powerful ATI Radeon chip. The X1900 also features DirectX9, which brings three times the shader power to applications such as 3D games and fully supports the state-of-the-art Shader Model 3.0 architecture.
The X1900 is also equipped with ATI’s Avivo video and display platform, which enables a High-Definition visual experience, and allows for universal connectivity to various digital devices, including home theater systems, LCD monitors, HDTVs, projectors and notebooks. With resolution as high as 2560 x 1600 (used in Apple Cinema, for example), the X1900 is powerful enough to drive two LCD displays while maintaining stunning clarity. Avivo offers sharper display for video and photos compared with conventional cards, as well as "universal display connectivity" – which eliminates the long-standing barrier of being able to display PC graphics on a variety of consumer electronics devices, including big-screen televisions.
Yet another breakthrough is the X1900’s support of High Dynamic Range (HDR) with full post-processing capabilities, including anti-aliasing."
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Some hot casemod action
Published: Thursday, March 2, 2006 | By: DennisOver the past couple weeks I've been busy doing a minor case mod to integrate a watercooling system into one of my soon to be server cases.
The worklog pics have been posted, follow the link below to check them out.
(you'll need to be logged into the Ninjalane Message Forum to see the photos but registration is free) -
3 Items from Pure Overclock.
Published: Sunday, February 26, 2006 | By: DennisGainward rumour a 7800GTX 512MB 'GLH'
"Gainward’s GLH version is rumoured to be clocked somewhere around 600-650 MHz on the core and a mind blowing 2.2 GHz on the memory. If this turns out to be more than a rumour it will most likely be faster than a 7900 GTX."
Gainward BLISS 6800 GS ‘Goes like hell’
"Gainward’s BLISS 6800 GS GLH is no reference board. Sure, the core headroom is still up to the gods, but the memory headroom will destroy the competition. I managed to clock the memory to 1480 MHz at its peak. Just try and do that on any other 6800 GS with 2.0ns memory, it just won’t happen"
Now this is a super sweet board!!
7900 GTX specification confirmed @ Pureoverclock
"A source has let us know the specifications for the upcoming 7900 GTX. The part will allegedly have the following specification; a core clock of 650 MHz; a memory clock of 2.0 GHz; 24 pixel pipes, not 32 as predicted early last year"
Looks like Gainward is trying to make a comeback with some sweet hardware, too bad their website hasn't been updated and nobody else is reporting anything. -
AMD Opteron 165 and 180 processors @ The Tech Report
Published: Sunday, February 26, 2006 | By: DennisI'm working on building a sweet Opteron system and choose the 148 (2.2Ghz) 940 processor, Looking back the dual core would have been a better choice but I couldn't seem to let myself go below my Mhz barrier, (even if on paper its faster)
"This change has most likely provoked a whole other bundle of pyschological issues—namely, an identity crisis. Take the Opteron 180, for example. With 1MB of L2 cache for each of its two CPU cores and a 2.4GHz clock frequency, the 180 looks for all the world like an Athlon 64 X2 4800+. The main difference between the two? The name, pretty much. Now, that doesn't make the Opteron 180 a bad product—far from it, in fact—but it may never escape comparisons to its Athlon 64 doppelganger."
On the 939 front I'd be all over the slower dual cores and then overclock the sn0+ out of them. -
Corsair Nautilus500 External Watercooling Kit
Published: Sunday, February 26, 2006 | By: Dennis"Fremont, CA (February 22, 2006) – Corsair® Memory, Inc., a worldwide leader in high performance memory products, took its acclaimed watercooling product line to a new level today with the release of the Nautilus500™. As the latest generation of external watercooling units, the Nautilus500 boasts the industry’s easiest installation procedure while delivering chilling performance of 30% more efficiency compared to air cooling.
Outstanding Cooling Performance
Designed with enthusiasts in mind, the new Nautilus500 brings 30% more CPU and 40% more GPU cooling efficiency without excessive noise. While overclocking is not guaranteed by any one component, the degree of system overclock generally correlates with the degree of component cooling. The new Nautilus500 brings a new cooling solution to overclockers with its all-copper CPU block and Micro Channel Technology™. The Nautilus500 CPU cooling block provides maximum heat absorption and most efficient heat transfer. Fan speed can be adjusted to suit individual needs. When high fan speed is enabled, cooling performance is maximized. When low fan speed is selected, the Nautilus500 cools effectively with minimum noise generation." -
XSPC X20 universal Liquid Cooling Kit review @ techniz
Published: Sunday, February 26, 2006 | By: DennisSudo self contained watercooling without the self container
"To date this is the biggest radiator I have seen on a water cooling unit, again it looked and felt very well made. The radiator has three main componets, the radiator itself, 120mm fan and rubber gasket.
The radiator is all black, with 2 white screw caps at opposite corners to each othe, these are for the in and outlet connectors and pipes. The radiator also has screen holes on both sides, for attaching the fan and gasket, and screw holes for attached the radiator to brackets or to a case."
You think that is big, check out the triple threat we reviewed from asetek! -
Western Digital Raptor X @ t-break
Published: Sunday, February 26, 2006 | By: DennisJust imagine 2 or 3 of these all working together in a Raid 1 or better yet a RAID 3 (if you have 3 drives).
"The new Raptor also has something added to it in terms of looks- WD adds a window on top of the drive and you can now actually see the disk spinning and the head moving. While that offers nothing in terms of performance, it does make the drive look very cool."
The only thing that would be cooler is to have the windows facing out so you can see them in action.
The only downside.... they are hella spensive! (at least right now) -
XFX Nvdia 6600GT PCI-e @ Marns CDA
Published: Sunday, February 26, 2006 | By: DennisToday we are going to take a look at the XFX 6600 GT PCI-e video card. In the past we examined the XFX 6600 GT AGP solution and as many of you know XFX makes probably dollar for dollar the cheapest NVIDA solutions on the market. Remember that is a generalization and I am talking averages.
I'd agree though these days the 6600GT is pretty easy to come by so prices are already rock bottom.
XFX rox btw, to bad my contact there in the marketing department often forgets to continue answering my emails.
