Tech News
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Abit IS7-G Review @ 3dXtreme
Published: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 | By: Dennis"ABIT has managed to target every nook of the market with the IS7 series of motherboards. Below is the comparison chart which shows the IS7-G, IS7, IS7-E and the IS7-M. The flagship board being the IS7-G, which we are reviewing, includes features like PCI Sata Raid, 3 COM Gigabit LAN and IEEE1394 (Firewire). The M version has onboard video.
Abit has always been a leader in motherboard designs and innovation and the IS7 is no exception. Be sure to check out our IS7 review for comparison purposes. -
Cobalt3 Pyramid V Fan Silencer Review @ Big Bruin
Published: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 | By: Dennis"The only downside I can see with this device would be for people who may want to have some kind of manual control over their fans. Although the full automation of the device is very convenient, the lack of manual fan speed control or adjustable thermal set points will not appeal to all users."
Basically this is a thermally controlled fanbus that reads the current case temperature and adjusts the fan RPM accordingly. Not a bad little device unless the fans run at full RPM all the time.
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Soyo P4I875P Dragon 2 Review @ OcPrices
Published: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 | By: Dennis"Soyo’s boxes are the biggest in the business and its not just full of air either. As has become custom with all Dragon boards, this model comes teaming with all the features and extras you could ever want, as well as some Soyo-only goodies which cannot fail to make the board an attractive proposition. In addition to the board itself, soyo have included the following: "
I've been dr00ling over this board since it was first announced quite some time ago though I'd much prefer the platinum edition.
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Thermaltake Volcano 11+ Review Posted
Published: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 | By: DennisThermally responsive heatsinks have been avoided in the past due to the thermal sensors being located away from the CPU. The Volcano 11+ Xaser Edition builds on this downfall and includes a slim thermal probe to sample temperatures directly from the processor.
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Around the Web in a Block-o-Links
Published: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 | By: Dennis- Xoxide Dual Blue CCFL Kit Review @ Mikhailtech
- Flexible Keyboard Review @ radikalmod
- Basic overclocking @ CyberCPU
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Chaintech Zenith 9CJS Review @ Tweaknews
Published: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 | By: DennisCan you ay included features? Ahhh, I knew you could.
The Zenith doesn't come with the same items that the LanParty boards do but is still pretty impressive.
"The overclocking features are a little lean for a performance motherboard. With the updated latest 6/19 BIOS, the AGP/PCI frequency lock was removed for some reason and the CPU voltage settings were left in their stock inadequate state. The Vcore can only be raised to 1.675volts which is far lower than the industry standard of at least 1.75 or even higher. The AGP voltage is about right on par with a maximum of 1.8volts to stabilize your videocard when overclocking at extreme speeds. Now the Vdimm's maximum or 2.8volts is not bad, but I still would have liked the choice of going higher to say 3.1volts for high overclocks." -
ATI to Form New Asia-Pacific Headquarters
Published: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 | By: Dennis"ATI Technologies is establishing a new official Asia-Pacific headquarters, according to sources. Its official name and functions have yet to be determined.
The company already has branch offices in Hong Kong and Malaysia. However, most of ATI’s business in Asia, excluding Japan, is handled through its Taiwan agent AMI Technologies." -
Enermax 660Watt PowerSupply Review @ Legit Reviews
Published: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 | By: DennisThis is like putting a 454 in a go-kart.
"Today we will be looking at one of the more powerful Power Supply Unit's (PSU) on the market today. The EG851AX-VH comes with a strong-arm of 660 Watts! You don't need to know anything about computers or even electricity to know that 660 Watts is a lot of juice!" -
Logitech MX500 Review @ KEPTech
Published: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 | By: Dennis"I can tell you right now that the MX Optical Engine is the fastest out there right now. Microsoft's version 3 mice would be the next best bet and Logitech’s closest competitors. So if that's all you’re looking for then you can skip to the conclusion after browsing through some of our hot money shots."
Nothing like a good old fashioned reviewer opinion to make you skip to the end.
I have been using Logitech mice for almost ever now but have been reluctant to upgrade to the new MX series. I find the new shape to be very uncomphy with the placement of the extra buttons in the worst place ever. But that is just my opinion and thus far I have never heard of Logitech responding to any user concerns. -
Inside Windows Product Activation
Published: Monday, July 28, 2003 | By: Dennis"Unfortunately this analysis has left the question unanswered what information Internet-based product activation reveals to Microsoft and how Internet-based product activation therefore impacts the users' privacy. This question is particularly interesting, as Internet-based product activation involves transmitting an amount of data to the Microsoft activation servers that exceeds the amount of data contained in the installation ID by orders of magnitude."
They have compiled 12 pages of data that deal with how Windows product activation works. Good stuff to say the least.
