Tech News
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Antec Sonata review @ Datafuse
Published: Monday, June 16, 2003 | By: Dennis"As the market shifts from playing games to sitting back and watching some divx'es or dvd's people tend to want smaller and quieter casing. Antec didn't really wait to long to see this, and launched their Sonata. Nothing flashy, just a very nice looking discrete case."
Nothing flashy?! I thought the times when cases looked simple and plain were gone... -
Abit IC7-G Review @ UK Gamer
Published: Monday, June 16, 2003 | By: DennisWe have reviewed the Springdale version of this board and if you compare the two you will notice quite a few differences in the layout of each board that was dictated by the targeted usage. (Springdale = mainstream/gamer, Canterwood = Workstation/high-end).
" The board comes in a fetching shade of black, which contrasts violently against the blue and purple DIMM sockets and the white PCI and CPU slots. It's not a bad colour scheme, and Abit have avoided the somewhat lame attempt by other manufacturers to jazz up their board through the use of horrible colours."
Do you think he is talking about the Gigabyte boards?
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Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000 Review @ Hardwarezoom
Published: Monday, June 16, 2003 | By: DennisThere is a ton of good info in this review around the differences between the Canterwood and Springdale chipsets. I've also noticed that this Gigabyte motherboard actually has the right amount of memory slots, the canterwood comes with 6 instead of the typical 4.
"There is only passive cooling for the northbridge chipset, which supports up to 4 RAM modules. The AGP slot is just the normal AGP8x slot and not the AGP Pro slot found in GA-8KNXP. Since this board is made to be affordable to the masses, it is justified for the manufacturer to reduce these features to cut cost." -
Coolermaster Aero 7+ Review Posted
Published: Saturday, June 14, 2003 | By: DennisIf you are looking for a very unique heatsink for that custom case the Aero 7+ might just be just what you are looking for. The Aero 7+ may not be the best choice for extreme overclocking but does do an exceptional job with a minimal amount of noise.
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Abit BH7 motherboard review @ Hardware Extreme
Published: Friday, June 13, 2003 | By: Dennis"The BH7 inherits many features that we've seen in many other i845PE motherboards in the market today, in addition to the many overclocking features that we've come to expect from Abit's production line and a 800Mhz FSB support for Intel's latest Pentium 4."
Abit has been releasing great motherboards since I can remember. This one seems to be no exception. -
DFI Unleashes The New LANParty NFII Ultra Motherboard
Published: Friday, June 13, 2003 | By: Dennis"Blazing fast AMD based solution optimized for dual channel DDR40 and 400 MHz Frontside Bus support and features RAID 1.5, dual Ethernet, and UV sensitive components for the esthetically minded enthusiasts"
Rumours say that this board is already in NinjaLane labs and will be reviewed ASAP. Make sure you check back regularly. -
Albatron KM18G Pro M-ATX nForce2 review @ MonkeyReview
Published: Friday, June 13, 2003 | By: Dennis"Performance wise, I was very impressed with the results that were delivered but i was dissapointed to see the lack of advanced bios settings. To be fair, this could be rectified in the future with a bios update."
I've never been interested in M-ATX boards. Maybe because my PC hasn't been moved from it's place for over a year now.
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Xoxide X-Dreamer *Limited Edition* review @ Modfathers
Published: Thursday, June 12, 2003 | By: Dennis"I must say, this is one nice looking pre-modded case for this price point. The side panel window is pretty large and provides a very nice view of the insides and the included thumbscrews for both side panels make for easy entry into the case.."
It seems like most of the pre-modded cases' quality these days are lagging behind their looks... -
Recordable DVD drive prices report @ Digitimes
Published: Thursday, June 12, 2003 | By: Dennis"Retail prices for DVD-RW and DVD+RW drives have recently dropped to US$160-170 from US$370-380 in the first quarter of this year. NEC has priced some products even lower than this level."
I'd be hardly surprised if in the upcoming few years DVD recordable drives will be as common as the CD recordable drives are now. -
nVidia Geforce FX 5900 Ultra review @ Tweaktown
Published: Thursday, June 12, 2003 | By: Dennis"After all the troubles that the FX 5800 Ultra had, such as poor memory bandwidth, graphic distortion with FSAA enabled and the ultra high noise curtsey of the horrid cooling solution, the NV35 is defiantly a giant leap in the right direction for nVidia. "
Glad to hear that nVidia is back on the track. Can't wait for future releases from the manufacturers!
