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Ninjalane Review Block
Published: Wednesday, October 8, 2003 | By: DennisHome to the stuff that lives without comments.
- Thermaltake Xaser III Review @ GruntvillE
- A Voided Sleeving Guide
- Super-Flower Fan Master @ Extreme Overclocking
- PNY GeForceFX 5200 Ultra Review @ Intelforums
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Abit IC7-Max3 Review @ NordicHardware
Published: Wednesday, October 8, 2003 | By: DennisI was able to see this board up close at Computex and was very impressed with the feature set and layout unfortunately I wasn't sold on the OTES cooling (Outside Thermal Exhaust System), it just didn't seem like it was a needed addition.
" Above the socket is the OTES cooling (Outside Thermal Exhaust System). The target is, as aforementioned, to cool power supplying components and capacitors to increase the stability of the system, especially when overclocking." -
Tyan Tachyon G9800Pro-M Review @ Digit-Life
Published: Wednesday, October 8, 2003 | By: DennisNice rock formation.
" TYAN was wrong when selected such name for its product. The concept of the imaginary mass doesn't suit a video card with such a massive heatsink :). However, the marketing departments like to use beautiful names that imply some unique things.
So, this Tachyon version is much closer to our understanding, i.e. to the RADEON 9800 PRO accelerator. "
Ugliness aside the card is blue and features a Hercules'esqe heatsink fan combo. -
Fall 2003: Hard Drives (8MB Buffer) Roundup @ Digit-Life
Published: Wednesday, October 8, 2003 | By: DennisEven though SATA is slowly taking over the market, the ATA drives still get the job done. Especially, if they have 8mb cache and high RPM's like these ones.
"In the DiamondMax Plus 9 line the drives with the 8MB buffer can have the capacity of 80, 120, 160 or 200GB. These drives are produced with the record density of 60 GB and 80 GB per platter. First we thought that the drives with the firmware version ending in "VWO" have 60GB, and those with the letters "BV0" have 80 GB per platter. But then the company released a hybrid - the drives with the firmware version ending in "BV0" and 60GB platters. After long experiments our colleagues from F-Center found a new identification method - the second figure in the serial number indicates the number of heads. That is why we tested both drives." -
Noise Isolator Water-Cooling Review @ Water-Cooling
Published: Tuesday, October 7, 2003 | By: DennisWith watercooling making it's way to more PC's than ever, no wonder that many companies try to develop their own kits, that delivery good performance for relatively low price. Is Noise Isolator one of them? Read and make your own judgement.
"I have been interested in reviewing a noise isolator block for a while now. Going from the past information and reviews that I have read I did not have high hopes for the performance of this kit. This seemed strange as the block looked decent quality and looked to have a solid copper base. As you will find out from the rest of this review we were pleasantly surprised at the performance of this kit and the ease of setup." -
FIC Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB Review @ Bjorn3D
Published: Tuesday, October 7, 2003 | By: DennisThe 256MB of video memory is a huge amount for today's games and applications, so it's a big question if anyone would find a use for that much. However, if you think 256MB is the way to go, take a look at this review from Bjorn3D.
"I think the main question that we want to be answer with this review will be, "Does the extra memory really increase performance?" I know we have all heard that there really isn't that many opportunities for a graphics card to utilize all 256MB of memory it has available. Hopefully, we can help shed some light on this subject with some straightforward numbers." -
Dothan notebooks may hit shelves in early 2004
Published: Tuesday, October 7, 2003 | By: Dennis"Compared to the current Pentium M processor, codenamed Banias, Dothan features higher clock speeds and will be manufactured on a 90-nanometer (nm) process instead of the original 0.13-micron. The new chip will also support a 2MB power-managed L2 cache."
Xeon in a notebook? -
AMD 64 Sold Out In UK
Published: Tuesday, October 7, 2003 | By: Dennis"The company has unveiled four Athlon 64 processors for PCs and notebook designed to offer comparable performance to Intel's leading 32-bit Pentium 4 processors while future-proofing customers for the arrival of 64-bit software applications.
But the small amount of early stock has already been snapped up, according to distributor Microtronica.
"It has sold out," said Les Billing, managing director of Microtronica. "Supply has been constrained and the channel has not got a lot of it."
We will be hearing a lot of this, at least for the next 6 months due to the limited supplies. Some of you may remember the same thing happening when the Pentium 4 first hit the market. -
Athlon64 3200+ with Gigabyte GA-K8VNXP Review @ HardwareZoom
Published: Tuesday, October 7, 2003 | By: DennisHardware Zoom and their latest review on Athlon64 and Gigabyte motherboard with the latest chipset from VIA. A combination of these two deliver a great performance. Check it out and see what this hype is all about.
"Overclockers will be glad to see that there is a wide range of CPU voltage you can choose from. Up to 1.700V at 0.050V step. You can also increase the AGP and DIMM voltage up to +0.3V. With memory controller inside the Athlon 64 CPU itself, the front side bus is actually 'eliminated', however you can still overclock the CPU by increasing the CPU clock, which is similar to the traditional FSB." -
AMD Athlon 64 3200+, VIA K8T800, nForce3 150 Review @ Hexus
Published: Tuesday, October 7, 2003 | By: DennisThis is actually a rather good review covering the AMD 64 line of processors and the two major contenders in the respective chipset market. It is definitely worth the 20 or so minutes to read.
"The AMD Athlon64 FX-51 is a monster performer in most respects, that much has been made plainly clear. However, with its roots very firmly entrenched in the Opteron camp, which is primarily a server / workstation-class CPU, the FX-51's need to use registered memory will no doubt put a number of enthusiasts and gamers off. If that's not enough, the ~ £700 price tag will position it as a CPU limited to those with a penchant for cutting-edge components and extremely deep pockets."
