Tech News
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HIS Radeon 9800XT 256MB Review @ HardAvenue
Published: Wednesday, December 3, 2003 | By: DennisHis and Her video cards? No not really.
"he days of videocard overclocking being a task only performed by the brave warranty voiding users amongst us are now over, atleast for some ATi users anyway. New with the latest XT series, including the 9800XT and 9600XT, comes a feature called "OverDrive"."
As with many 9800XT video cards out there this one looks to be made by ATI and then rebranded for retail sale, good performance though.
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DFI Lanparty NForce2 Ultra 400 Rev B Review @ DataFuse
Published: Tuesday, December 2, 2003 | By: DennisI will admit that this board is quite amazing and seems to be the missing link between all of the previous NFII400 boards. Look for our review of the same board in the next couple of weeks.
"I started upping the FSB and I toyed around with the vdimm I got presented. After a while I was amazed by the result I got. I upped the AGP and Chipset voltage a bit and I eventually got the system to run stable at 235Mhz FSB."
The NFII Rev. A would run at 250Mhz, but wasn't really what I consider stable.
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Club 3D Ships XGI Volari Duo
Published: Tuesday, December 2, 2003 | By: Dennis"XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra graphics cards will be among very rare consumer graphics cards to be based on a pair of graphics processors. Previously all the plans to use two chips on single graphics card in an attempt to fight with conventional graphics cards with one GPU turned to be failure. The history knows a number of such examples – 3dfx Voodoo 2 SLI, ATI Rage Fury MAXX, Voodoo5 5500, etc. Will XGI Volari Duo prosper, or will it be entered in the list?"
I saw the XDI cards at Computex. The cards are pretty amazing but seem to be a little under powered. -
Playboy names Mac top product 'that changed the world'
Published: Tuesday, December 2, 2003 | By: DennisResident Mac expert, Talon, sent this tidbit of news in.
"In its 50th anniversary issue, Playboy ranked the original Apple Macintosh computer No. 1 in its "Top 50 Products That Changed The World." The Mac isn't the only Apple product on the list, however. The iPod came in at No. 12, and Apple's QuickTake 100 digital camera landed the No. 17 spot."
of course "readers"' of Playboy would have already known this.
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Abit KV8-MAX3 Review @ Legion Hardware
Published: Tuesday, December 2, 2003 | By: DennisHere is the latest Athlon64 system from Abit based on the VIA K8T800 chipset. The board comes with the MAX3 cooling system along with many things we have come to expect from Abit.
"Due to the memory controller now being integrated into the processor, there is less the chipset can offer performance wise. In the past chipsets such as the nFoce2 and KT600 have been alienated by their memory controllers. For this reason I have been seeing very little variance in performance from one K8T800 board to another. If performance has been removed from the scene as a deciding factor on which motherboard a particular user should purchase, what should we base our decision on?"
I have noticed this as well, today’s gaming systems rely on two things with the most important being memory access, with the integrated memory controller it won't really matter what chipset you go with.
Then again the jury just left to deliberate.
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Swiftech MCX478-V Review @ SubZeroTech
Published: Tuesday, December 2, 2003 | By: DennisIn keeping with previous Swiftech heatsink designs the MCX748 is a textured pin heatsink with a very thick copper base.
"The heatsink is composed of a ½ inch thick copper base with Helicoid pins attached to it. These patented pins are what made Swiftech famous. The shaft of the pins is made of a special aluminum and resemble the shaft of a screw."
The thing looks a little like a sunflower. -
United Nations in Control of the Internet?
Published: Tuesday, December 2, 2003 | By: Dennis" Critics of the global Internet idea say certain nations like China want to take away ICANN's duties and place them under governmental auspices, along with increased control over security and content, placing freedom of press and individual freedom of expression at serious risk.
"Those governments don’t have any democracy or free speech, it's dangerous and we’re trying to stop it," said Julio Munoz, executive director of the Inter American Press Association in Miami. "Of course we are concerned they will try to manipulate the free flow of information.""
I think all of us in the United States will be watching this one really closely. -
Corsair TwinX ProSeries 3200LL Review Posted
Published: Tuesday, December 2, 2003 | By: DennisGeared for the user looking to add a little flair and maximum performance from their PC the Corsair XMS ProSeries 3200LL might be just what you are looking for.
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Longhorn for Sale in Malaysia
Published: Monday, December 1, 2003 | By: Dennis" "It's not a ready product," he said from Malaysia. "Even if it works for a while, I think it's very risky," to install on a home computer, he said.
Chairman Bill Gates (news - web sites) has said Longhorn, which is not expected to be released before 2005, would rank as Microsoft's largest software launch this decade."
And when asked why piracy is such a big deal over there...
" Selvasegaram said pirates would shut their shops whenever Malaysian authorities launched a clampdown, only to reopen within days or even hours. He said software companies were working with the authorities on the problem, but the police were more concerned about controlling pornography."
One is illegal, the other is not.. -
DFI Lanparty 865PE Review @ Hardware Hell
Published: Monday, December 1, 2003 | By: DennisIt’s a LanParty in Hell and you are all invited.
Seriously though, this is the new Springdale edition to the LanParty series that is very similar in layout to the DFI Infinity 865PE that we reviewed before Computex.
"This motherboard from DFI is clearly aimed at those members of our community who are interested in the looks of their computer - specifically those people who take their computers along to LAN parties. That means this motherboard has to look stylish – as we can see from the specifications it is based on a black PCB and has areas of UV reactive fluorescent plastic on it – it looks like the motherboard should be sexy, but what about the rest of the contents?"
The site doesn't render properly in Mozilla so you're gonna need IE for this one.
