Tech News
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CrossFire: The Biggest Vaporware of the Year?
Published: Thursday, October 6, 2005 | By: DennisI caught a little bit of the "crying like a little girl with a skinned knee and shit" ranting over at HardOCP. I tend to agree when it comes to paper vs product launches because really it only hurts the company making the claims.
"Well, these are the facts. And how about CrossFire? When will it arrive? Nobody knows for sure. Kyle says November. If is that so, ATI will be one year delayed to the party. With nVidia having 90% of AMD discrete motherboard market share, ATI will face a really hard time to stand up and
gain market share after being burned that way. Frankly, for me ATI today is like a flying saucer: there are people that say that have seen one, but at the end it is a matter of believing it or not. My badge reads “skeptic”. I only believe on CrossFire after it really arrives at the stores."
Interesting how Kyle is quoted in this blog entry. I guess the skinned knee tactic is working.
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NL: Review Block - Mobos part deux
Published: Thursday, October 6, 2005 | By: DennisYet another edition of "Reviews without my excessive babbling".
- ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 @ t-break
- Abit Fatal1ty AN8 SLI @ InsaneTek
We have a couple boards roasting on the ole test bench, stay tuned for the results. -
PowerColor X800 GT EVO Liquid Cooled @ Bjorn3D
Published: Thursday, October 6, 2005 | By: DennisGainward had a watercooled video card once, it was very expensive and performance wasn't that great do you think PowerColor can pull off doing something similar?
"Today we are looking at something special from PowerColor. Something overclockers will drool at. What if I told you we have a card equipped with its own liquid cooling system? That's right, it's the first card ever to be coupled with Thermaltake's TideWater system. No other AIB used this type of solution before. The card I'm referring to is PowerColor X800 GT EVO based on R480. Let me tell you, it rocks like crazy in our system! " -
Creative X-Fi Sound Card Review @ AMD Review
Published: Thursday, October 6, 2005 | By: DennisI've been baggin on Creative for years now and I'm not about to stop however spec wise this card looks to be the bomb dizzl3
"Overall, this sound card rulez, and the fact I heard that made me want to review this card was that the Audigy2 had 4.6 million transistors of audio power and this new series has 51 million, thats huge, and that makes me a happier gamer.
I gave this card a 9 only because of what I have heard about the higher end versions, and it sounds like I am going to have to save the 10 for the Elite and Fatality versions." -
Albatron K8SLI nForce 4 SLI Review @ OcPrices
Published: Thursday, October 6, 2005 | By: DennisThis might be one of the shortest mobo reviews I've seen in a long time but the memory clock selections really caught my attention.
"As you can see, I was not kidding about the size. This board is smaller than a Hollywood actress on a hunger strike. That said, Albatron has still managed to squeeze on two standard PCI and two PCI-E slots (with one positioned above the top video card slot, which I like), two IDE and four SATA ports, two USB headers for a total of eight USB ports, a Realtek AC97 chip for 5.1 onboard audio, and finally a Vitesse CIS8201 chip for gigabit Ethernet. "
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NL: Review Block - Playing catch up.
Published: Wednesday, October 5, 2005 | By: DennisHere is another edition of reviews without my blabbin.
Cases Galore
- Titan Robela Watercase Review @ Techgage
- Antec Sonata 2 Case Review @ ThinkComputers
- Tt Tai Chi Water Cooled Case Review @ Overclocker Cafe
Memories
- Mushkin eXtreme Performance XP4000 2GB Review @ MVKTech
- Crucial Ballistix PC4000 2GB Dual Channel Kit @ InsaneTek
- Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC2-5300 Review @ Legit Reviews
HDDs
- Western Digital Caviar SE16 @ TechwareLabs
Stay tuned for more news stories, and stuff. -
Foxconn 955X7AA-8EKRS2 Review @ Digit-Life
Published: Wednesday, October 5, 2005 | By: Dennis"The 955X7AA model is designed in traditional Foxconn red-black-white colors, packed in a very convenient box (which resembles a chest :)), made of pressboard with a magnet latch. The contents and the box design are well matched:"
Sadly only one photo of the packaging.
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Foxconn NF4SLI7AA-8EKRS2 Review @ PCStats
Published: Wednesday, October 5, 2005 | By: DennisNow that Soltek has folded from the motherboard market I need to find me another "favorite" in the industry. Foxconn is shaping up to be that company.
"Based around the versatile nVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition chipset, the Foxconn NF4SLI7AA-8EKRS2 motherboard which is the focus of this review boasts support for Socket 775 Pentium 4/D/XE and Celeron D processors running on a 533/800 and 1066 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB)."
I guess all that is left is to get them to send me some products. -
Quake4 Gone Gold
Published: Tuesday, October 4, 2005 | By: DennisI was intending to post some hardware related news last night but whouldn't you know it, the fuckin DSL went out on me.
"The long awaited sequel to QUAKE II, QUAKE 4 enlists gamers in the role of Matthew Kane, a member of the Earth Defense Force's legendary Rhino Squad, to penetrate deep into the heart of the Strogg war machine and engage in a series of heroic missions to destroy the barbaric alien race. "On October 18, QUAKE is dialing it up to 4.0 on the Richter Scale with this new chapter in Earth's war against the Strogg," said Todd Hollenshead, CEO, id Software. "Fusing an epic war-story driven single player campaign, and fast-paced QUAKE III Arena inspired multiplayer, QUAKE 4 delivers a gaming experience fans will be raving about for years.""
I can't wait!
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Soltek out of Business?
Published: Thursday, September 29, 2005 | By: DennisThe current news that I'm getting is that Soltek closed up shop and is no longer building motherboards.. I have yet to confirm this however considering that all of my contacts within the company no longer work there I have little reason to doubt anything.
Soltek was not a huge brand here in the States but they did make a very solid product that responded well to overclocking and general performance mods, not to mention being one of the original companies to offer a sexy red PCB and a variety of themed motherboards that appealed to casemodders and enthusiasts alike.
Also not to mention the qBIC SFF case, I still wished I could have reviewed one or three but I never could convince them to actually send a sample after promising that one would be sent.
Anyhow, If anyone has any solid news on this please send it over.
*update* found this in the PC Per forums. http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?p=3601444&postcount=3
