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NL: Review Block
Published: Monday, December 8, 2003 | By: Dennis- ThermalRight SP-94 HSF Review @ GruntvillE
- M-Audio Revolution 7.1 Review @ HardExtreme
- GlobalWin Silent Stream Water Cooling Kit @ A True Review
- Ideazon Gaming Keyboard Review @ Furioustech
- Antec Performance One P160 Case Review @ Ascully
- Super Flower SF-609 Fan Master Review @ Overclockers Au
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Abit KV8-MAX3 Review @ AMDMB
Published: Friday, December 5, 2003 | By: Dennis"The latest from Abit is the KV8-MAX3 motherboard, a VIA K8T800 chipset motherboard for the Athlon 64 platform. Abit doesn’t currently have plans for a 940-pin Athlon 64 FX motherboard, but I would expect a 939-pin motherboard to be in the works for release with that processor update."
940 vs 939, there is only a pin difference but the latter is yet so much more appealing.
Check out this review for more info on the single channel 754pin VIA K8T800 solution from Abit. -
Visiontek Radeon 9800 XT Review @ Gamers Depot
Published: Friday, December 5, 2003 | By: Dennis"Snifffff…. Smell that? Nothing better than the smell of “fresh silicon” to a computer nut; especially if it’s that of a Radeon 9800 XT. Sure these cards are not really news at the moment, but what’s important here is the line-up of add-in board makers who have rallied around ATI, makers of the fastest video cards you can buy."
Fresh silicon isn't that bad though some would stay it isn't that great. Now a new Lambo on the other hand, that is a smell -
MSI to sell AMD-platform Mega PC
Published: Friday, December 5, 2003 | By: Dennis"Micro-Star International (MSI) will begin selling the Mega 180, a mini-barebone system supporting the Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Athlon XP processor, in January.
The Mega 180, currently on display at the IT Month exhibition in Taipei, is a combination of PC, stereo, MP3 player and DVD/VCD player. In addition to an AMD Athlon XP processor, the Mega 180 features an Nvidia nForce 2 integrated chipset, an LCM panel and a radio tuner. For accessories, MSI offers a remote control, speakers, wireless mouse and keyboard, and an AM/FM antenna."
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Counter-Strike Server Hosted This Weekend
Published: Friday, December 5, 2003 | By: DennisThe server will be started on Friday Dec 5th ~8:00pm (MST) Mountain Standard time and will remain online until Sunday Dec 7th at 10:00pm (MST).
The server is running the latest patch and will be limited to bombing runs and hostage maps. Check the Gamers Corner in the NinjaForum (Ninjalane Message Forum) for the server IP and game details. -
VIA PT880 Reference PREview @ ViperLair
Published: Friday, December 5, 2003 | By: Dennis"Pictured above is the reference engineering sample our VIA rep left with us. The board we have is a late revision, and has already been shipped to manufacturers. Although the board is "ready", there's likely a new revision on the way, which may explain why we still don't see any retail boards based on the PT880."
I would expect to see these boards on the market here pretty soon based on the evidence sent to me by Soltek. For those that don't know the two boards pictured in the NinjaForum (Ninjalane Message Forum) are the new dual channel solutions from Soltek. -
arctic-cooling VGA Silencer Review @ ModSynergy
Published: Friday, December 5, 2003 | By: Dennis"The arctic-cooling VGA Silencer is a big video card cooler that is designed to fit ATI Radeon graphics cards based on the PRO series. That would be the 9500 (Pro, AIW), 9700 (Pro, AIW) and 9800 (Pro, AIW) as of current. Nvidia cards that are supported are the lonely Nvidia GeForce 3 TI."
Yep the cooler is huge but nothing any larger than what you'd find on the FX5900 Ultra. The cooler appears to be all Alu with no provisions for ram cooling. -
The Ins and Outs of Taking Photos @ Dans Data
Published: Friday, December 5, 2003 | By: DennisWhen it comes to taking photos there are two approaches that I've seen over the years.
1). Buy an expensive camera and every accessory you can find, then just tell everyone that are a professional. (Not ideal, but it happens all to often)
2). Buy a very good camera, spend a few bux and take some classes to learn how the camera works and what makes a good photo. (Best combo for anyone)
Of course there are combinations of the two like the rich kid that brings a $1000 camera to photo class and has no idea how to load the film. (I've actually seen this happen in my college days; sadly the expensive camera only got him a C.)
Either way you decide to go this quote from Dan's article really sums everything up.
"As I've written on previous occasions, the secret to great photography is very large amounts of bad photography."
So so true. Give the article a read, it's full of good stuff. -
ABIT KV8-MAX3 Review @ Hexus
Published: Thursday, December 4, 2003 | By: DennisI'm thinking that may gamers will want to get one of these boards eventually though it might be a good idea to wait a couple of months to allow the technology to mature and prices to stabilize.
"Benchmarks are usually carried out with 2 x 256MB Corsair XMS3500C2 modules run at 2-6-2-2 latencies and at DDR400 speeds. Due to the test Zalman 7000Cu blocking the first DIMM slot, both modules were entered into the two available slots, namely 2 and 3. Here's where the fun started."
It would seem that slots 2 and 3 do not support DDR400 when used together even though slots 1 and 2 will. Strange how that works out but also might explain why many K8T800 boards only have 2 memory slots. -
ABIT AI7 Review @ NordicHardware
Published: Thursday, December 4, 2003 | By: Dennis"One of the big news on the ABIT AI7 is the uGuru circuit. This is an extra circuit on the mainboard which through Windows software handles a number of functions that are supposed to make the enthusiasts life easier."
The uGuru features are quite unique with most of the features being onboard hardware monitoring though with the OC-guru you can dial an overclock from inside windows.
