Tech News
-
TR CPU decoder ring
Published: Friday, July 23, 2004 | By: DennisThis is basically a huge list of current processors and their relative specs including CPU speed, voltage, FSB, etc.... Check it out and compare with your friends.
Oh wait.. That might not work.
-
Abit AV8 Review @ VR-Zone
Published: Friday, July 23, 2004 | By: Dennis"The AV8 is definitely a good overclocker. We were able to squeeze around 4 FPS more performance out of Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness while the board was overclocked. Fortunately, we are hearing from ABIT that they are working on a new BIOS that will give us even more overclockability, when we do get our hands on that BIOS we'll let you know how it does."
OMG, 4fps! don't get me wrong this is a HUGE boost in performance, back in 1998.
Good overclocking numbers though. -
GeForce 6800 and 6800 GT GPUs @ Hexus
Published: Friday, July 23, 2004 | By: Dennis"Can you tell them apart? Me neither. You have to get under the skin of the single-slot cooler reference boards (or plug them into a system!) before you can tell them apart."
Many of the new 6800 cards, including the GT and Ultra, come with reference design heatsink and fan combo. To many mfgs the stock cooler works better than anything they could design and still remain profitable. -
The Real World Truth by Real Life Comics
Published: Thursday, July 22, 2004 | By: DennisYa know Doom 3 had better be the shiz or there will be a TON of really pissed off and poor gamers out there.
The sad part is that the game doesn't "require" that great of hardware.
Fellow Pepsi drinker Greg Dean has hit the nail right on the head with his latest comic. -
WACC Dual Radiator and Passive Reservoir @ ViperLair
Published: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 | By: DennisMany of the older radiators were converted cooling coils so the tubes were made from round copper. Since then radiators similar to the ones found in your car have been released. It is too bad they didn't throw one of them into the mix.
"I've not seen any large differences in the temperatures when comparing the Three Row Rad to the Dual Row Rad, although the load temperatures are 1C lower under load on the Three Row Rad. However, do bear in mind the compact nature of the Dual Row Rad when compared to the Three Row, and of course there is the price difference too, making the Dual Row Rad a better buy for all but the most hardcore." -
Antec Super LanBoy Review @ Hardware Accelerated
Published: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 | By: DennisA good friend of mine bought one of these cases, its very light and easy two work with though once you install a system, watercooler and 3 HDDs the case isn't very light anymore.
"Being a college student I can say the worst part of moving in is relocating my computer and monitor. Making sure it's packed just right, and making sure it doesn't obtain any scratches or imperfections. Not an easy job. And with LAN parties becoming even more popular, there is a growing need for lighter weight cases"
I never liked the mesh/glowly fan thing on the front, just seems like a silly addition. -
Corsair TwinX Vs. PDP Patriot @ GuruReview
Published: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 | By: Dennis"A few weeks ago Corsair released their “Xtreme Latency” range of RAM which boasts the ultra low latencies of 2,2,2,5 at clock frequencies of 200MHz (DDR400). Corsair also claim this RAM is capable of 250MHz (DDR500) with relaxed timings of 2.5,3,3,7, this was something I was unable to find out due to other limitations which I will discuss further on."
Timings can be rather picky depending on what platform you are running. AthlonXP systems don't really have a problem though many Ahtlon64 systems aren't setup to adjust the memory timings so overclocking becomes rather difficult. -
New Advertiser Welcome
Published: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 | By: DennisI would like to welcome a new advertiser to Ninjalane, PolarFLO. For those of you that are unfamiliar with PolarFLO they design and built some of the prettiest waterblocks on the market.
Their latest creation, the PolarFLO TT, is by far one of the most ornate blocks I have ever seen be sure to check it out!. -
Old Sk00l Block - 0 - R3vi3w5
Published: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 | By: DennisWatercooling has really started to catch on though depending on what you are planning to do with your system care needs to be taken in what system you get.
- AlphaCool Cape Watercooling System @ XYZ Computing
- Kingwin Arctic Liquid Cooling Kit @ Overclocker Cafe
- Dangerden TDX @ Red & Blackness
- Swiftech 8600 Liquid Cooling Kit @ OCIA
- VoyeurMods Frostbyte H20 @ GruntvillE
Of the "stuff" listed I'd prolly go after the TDX and build your own system but if you are just looking to make your system a little quieter and don't overclock or run a fast processor the other "kits" may work just fine.
For more watercooling stuff click the following link -
Doom 3 System Requrements
Published: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 | By: DennisFor all of you waiting to get your hands on the latest id game you should check to see that you have everything you would need.
"There's that glassy stare, the twitchy hands, jumpiness, maybe even a little drooling and certainly some muttering. It's what happens when id Software says "It's done!" with its latest first-person-shooter title."
-- snip --
"Todd Hollenshead, id's chief executive, said Doom 3 will require:
• A 1.5-gigahertz Intel Pentium 4 chip or AMD Athlon 1500.
• 384 megabytes of memory.
• Two gigabytes of hard drive space.
• An nVidia GeForce 3 graphics card or better; or an ATI Technologies 8500 or better.
If your existing rig doesn't meet these specs, here's a guide to beefing it up to play Doom 3 in all its gory glory."
Looks like that 6800 Ultra isn't "needed" but what kind of gamer would be if you didn't have one.
