Tech News
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GeForce FX 5700 Ultra with GDDR3 @ The Tech Report
Published: Monday, March 29, 2004 | By: Dennis"Higher clock speeds and lower power consumption highlight the main benefits of GDDR3 memory over DDR2, but the FX 5700 Ultra only scratches the surface of GDDR3's capabilities. Samsung currently makes GDDR3 chips rated for operation at speeds up to 800MHz—300MHz faster than its best DDR2 chips. And even at 800MHz, Samsung's GDDR3 chips don't require more than 1.9V."
The chips are also very cool running and shouldn't initially require a heat spreader. -
AOpen AK86-L K8T800 Review @ Hexus
Published: Monday, March 29, 2004 | By: DennisAopen review samples are VERY hard to come by so be sure to check them out when you can.
"The AOpen AK86-L, which sounds more like an assault rifle than a motherboard, aims to provide the best price-to-performance ratio yet. Let's see how it does."
Ratta tat tat. -
SilverStone Gloria TJ-04 @ FastLaneHW
Published: Monday, March 29, 2004 | By: DennisI really like this case, the design is clean and you get a good amount of features like 120mm fans front and back. The only downside is airflow, I don't see any openings to feed the big fans.
"One really neat feature about this case is the latch system on the side door. This makes it easy to attach and detach the side door without even using thumbscrews. Simply flip the latch (second image) and pull off the door. When it's in the first position, it will be locked, and the door won't end up falling off. However, SilverStone includes two thumbscrews for the door." -
NL: Review Block - Older News
Published: Monday, March 29, 2004 | By: DennisMisc:
- GeForceFX 5900XT Review @ NextGen Electronics
- Win XP SP2 Bootable Install CD @ IMNAG
Mobos:
- Gigabyte GA-8S655FX Ultra Review @ myWORLD Hardware
- Gigabyte K8NNXP 940 Review @ Short-Media
NV40:
- NV40: the first photos and reference card @ Digit-Life
- NV40 and R420/423 investigated @ EliteBastards
CeBit:
- 3DChip auf der CeBIT 2004 (gr) + good pics
- CeBIT 2004 @ HardwareZone (6 updates)
Don't get lost; we cannot be held responsible for you hitting a pr0n site.
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Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 Review @ BigBruin
Published: Monday, March 29, 2004 | By: Dennis"Not detailed in the list of specifications above is the fact that the Prodigy is based on the VIA Vinyl Envy24HT Audio Controller, which explains why VIA is the sponsor of this review."
I like what Audiotrak brings to the table, lots of connections, red pcb, gold contacts, though I'm not a huge fan of the Envy24HT. It’s not a bad chip but when you think about it why spend the bux on a high-end sound card when you could just as easily buy a mobo that comes with the same sound processor onboard. -
Intel Pentium 4 3.4E @ accelenation
Published: Monday, March 29, 2004 | By: Dennis"Today Intel brings us one step closer to 3.6 GHz by introducing the Prescott at 3.4 GHz. While the Prescott 3.4 GHz was officially launched with the Prescott 3.2 and Northwood 3.4, there were some problems getting the processor out on the market; till now."
Always an issue, never a solution. -
3.4GHz Prescott @ Legit Reviews
Published: Monday, March 29, 2004 | By: Dennis"Everything looks good when viewing the processor under CPU-Z version 1.21! Looks like a standard Prescott with a little speed boost. It's also nice to point out that the BIOS on our ABIT board noted the CPU Voltage as 1.375V, which is the same as the 3.2GHz Prescott. This is a good thing as temperatures shouldn't be impacted in a large way with the increase in core speed alone."
This processor isn't much different than the 3.2E that was released a short time ago, aside from the 200Mhz speed bump it looks identical.
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Wholy C4w what happened??
Published: Monday, March 29, 2004 | By: DennisYep I've been slacking on the Ninjalane updates but, I had some things that I really needed to complete and there is only so much time in a day. Sux to be me but hopefully sometime in the next 4 months I'll be moving into my new house, designed and built by me.
Gonna check the mailbag, with any luck something good will get posted. -
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra with GDDR3 @ HotHardware
Published: Thursday, March 25, 2004 | By: Dennis"At stock clock speeds, the thermal probe read a temperature that was only 4.5°C above ambient. At this temperature the rear of the PCB directly behind the RAM was just barely warm to the touch. As expected, when we overclocked the card, the temperature readings went way up. According to our decidedly unscientific setup, the temperature peaked at 34.4°C, which is a big jump considering we're measuring temperatures on the underside of the PCB, the actual temperature of the chips would be somewhat higher. However, at 34.4°C we wouldn't say the GDDR3 memory was running terribly hot."
In this review they did get the DDR3 memory to run at around 1.11Ghz, not too shabby considering the 1.06Ghz overclock we got from our Chaintech AA5700U using DDR2 though hardly enough to get all excited over.
It makes you wonder what the manufactures do in terms of "enhanced" clock speeds now that DDR3 is available. We should find out soon enough. -
ATI and Nvidia to roll out last AGP8X chips before PCI Express
Published: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 | By: Dennis"ATI Technologies and Nvidia will both launch new-generation AGP8X chips in the second quarter aiming to sustain their market shares before they start marketing chips supporting PCI Express standards, according to sources familiar with the roadmaps of the two companies.
The two new chips are ATI’s R420 and Nvidia’s NV40. Both chips were highlighted at CeBIT 2004 held in Hannover, Germany, this week. The two chips will be the last generation mainstream AGP8X chips before the PCI Express chips take the reins, said the sources."
This doesn't mean that AGP 8X cards will be going away any time soon but rather a slight shift in what interface the high-end video cards will come with. I think we can also expect to see many of the high-end cards being available in two flavors for at least a year while PCI-Express begins to ramp up.
