Tech News
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Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude @ Gameconnect
Published: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 | By: DennisI don't normally post game reviews (in fact I think this is the first) but this game might just be the coolest thing to be released this year. Not because of the game play but because this is an old game brought back to life and enhanced for today’s gaming world.
" Back in the days of yore, there was a game called Leisure Suit Larry. Documenting the exploits of a nerdish fellow trying to get laid, that game made more headway in getting people around the world to learn English than evey cultural initiative combined. Sure, it was adventurese English, but it taught us foreigners invaluable key phrases, such as put rubber on."
Ahh, bringing back memories of old, Larry wasn't much but about 50 pixels of shiny color on the old Tandy 1000SX but boy could he get around.
Don't mind the shoddy quote, that is what they sent -
Abit reveals Fatal1ty AA8
Published: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 | By: DennisAbit reveals Fatal1ty AA8, boards expected in stores by month-end. This is good news for Abit and by the looks of it the board is packed with gaming goodies.
"The specifications for the Fatal1ty AA8 include Intel’s newest 925 series chipset, a front side bus speed of 1066Mhz, up to 4GB of dual channel DDR2-533 RAM, one PCI Express x16 graphics slot and two PCI Express x1 slots, a Gigabit port, a 10/100 Ethernet port, Intel’s Matrix storage technology on four Serial ATA (SATA) ports, support for three IEEE 1394 ports at 100/200/400 Mbps transfer rate. Specifically for case modding enthusiasts, the Fatal1ty AA8 has a total of fifteen red LEDs onboard with eight on the front and seven on the back, according to Thirlwell." -
DFI LANParty 875P-T Review @ PCStats
Published: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 | By: DennisLooking for a high performance board using the latest Intel processor but don't want to buy a new video card, memory, and PSU?? Look no further than the LanParty 875P, this board is very similar to the SL-865Pro-775 that we recently reviewed but stepped things up a notch by using the Canterwood chipset (i875P).
"DFI's LANParty 875P-T is a very interesting motherboard, and one of only a few in its class. It allows users to upgrade to a Socket 775 Intel Pentium4 processor, while at the same time allowing them to keep all of their old hardware since. This is possible because the DFI LanParty 875P-T is based on the Intel i875P chipset."
At Computex this year I got the impression that this hybrid board wouldn't make it to LanParty status though I imagine slow sales of i915/i925 boards prompted this move by DFI. -
Asetek WaterChill @ Big Bruin
Published: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 | By: Dennisasetek is really turning up the cool with their new kits, as you may remember the WaterChill started out with a single 120mm fan radiator and simple half moon waterblock. However now the kits are coming with a dual fan radiator, and Antarctica block. While you can still get the "lesser" of the two it would seem that asetek is a little worried about the overall performance of the new kits.
"The radiator provided with this kit is just massive... It is a Black Ice Pro DUAL Radiator, which supports two 120mm fans, and as with all connections in the kit, has the push on connectors." -
PolarFLO TT Chipset Block @ GruntvillE
Published: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 | By: Dennis"It is no secret around GruntvillE that we think PolarFLO makes some of the best water cooling blocks in the business. Not only do they consistently perform at the top of the pack, but they look freakin' awesome."
Testing a Northbridge cooler might be one of the hardest things to do and what is harder still is convencing the audence that your testing method is accurate. I'll let you decide for yourself on this one. -
Dual Monitor How To @ The Tech Zone
Published: Monday, October 11, 2004 | By: DennisBe warrned this article at the Tech Zone appears to be one huge ad, and quite frankly doesn't really cover many of the basics involved in setting up a dual monitor setup.
We here at Ninjalane posted an article on dual monitor setups back in 2001. While the hardware duscussed in the article may be old the concepts are excatly ths same. -
SilverStone Temjin TJ-05 Review @ 3DXtreme
Published: Monday, October 11, 2004 | By: DennisThis might be one of the better case reviews I have seen in quite a long time, then again its just a case right?
"The SilverStone TJ05 is just a monster of a Case, it’s spacious and rigid. The quality behind this Case was never and will never be questioned. If you are looking for a LAN Party Case, look elsewhere. If you are looking for something to last a lifetime – this is it! The integrated thermal controller was a pleasure to use, as were the tool-less features."
I can see many many mod possibilities with this case, maybe we need to get a sample over there for testing. -
NL: Review Block - More Memory
Published: Monday, October 11, 2004 | By: DennisOnly one instance of DDR2 this time but as you might have heard DDR2 in stock form doesn't provide much over DDR1.
- Corsair TWIN2X1024-5400C4PRO Review @ OCMOdShop
- Mushkin PC3200 LII V2 @ Overclocker Cafe
- GeIL Ultra-X PC3200 Review @ PCStats
- SimpleTech PC3700 Nitro Series @ CoolTechZone
Until next time. -
Superman dies at 52
Published: Monday, October 11, 2004 | By: Dennis"Reeve fell into a coma Saturday after going into cardiac arrest while at his New York home, his publicist, Wesley Combs, told The Associated Press by phone from Washington, D.C., on Sunday night."
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DFI LanParty UT 915P-T12 Review @ HardOCP
Published: Sunday, October 10, 2004 | By: DennisSometimes I actually wonder how much time they actually spend reviewing products coming from second tier companies.
"One thing that I did not like about this board was the absence of a BIOS watchdog function, meaning that if I made some settings in the BIOS that did not sit well with the motherboard, I would have to physically clear the CMOS in order for it to boot again. Companies such as ASUS, ABIT, and MSI have perfected this function, and I expect DFI to have done the same by now."
As you know we recently reviewed this very board and I can honestly say that many of things they claim in their conclusion are not reflective of how our sample board worked. For instance: I'm sure there are boards with Southbridge voltage adjustments though I have not ever seen one nor do I think adjusting the voltage would help any in overclocking. (I could be wrong on this point but I think the overclocking margin would be very very small). Likewise the quote I sampled from page 7 doesn't really make much sense either, whenever our sample board failed it would always post and allow for changes to occur without the need to reset the CMOS. This is different from many of the other boards I have used that completely reset things. If this is what he is talking about he obviously doesn't understand how CMOS reloaded works.
