Tech News
-
Taipei Computex 2003 Expected to be Biggest Ever
Published: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 | By: Dennis"The Computex 2003 exhibition, which will be held from September 22-26, is expected to be the largest ever, according to organizers Taipei Computer Association (TCA) and China External Trade Development Council (CETRA).
A total of 1,195 companies have registered as exhibitors, up nearly 8% from last year, occupying a total of 2,471 booth spaces. “The number is still increasing, as the show is still two months away,” said Nick Chang, sector chief of CETRA."
The cool part this is that Ninjalane will be there,
provided I can find a hotel room. -
PNY GeForce FX 5900 Ultra Review @ Extreme Overclocking
Published: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 | By: Dennis"The FX5900 beat out our Radeon 9800 Pro in a number of tests. In fact, the 9800 Pro was only faster in three out of our twenty tests. The 5900 Ultra was faster but not by enough to notice. This makes purchasing the fastest video card from NVIDIA a tough decision. We personally do not think that the small gain in performance is worth the extra $100 dollars over a 9800 Pro. For enthusiasts it will come down to things like image quality, driver support, and for some, which company they are loyal to (if any)."
I can't remember the last time the competition between two flagship video cards has been so close. Even at extremely high frames, the difference between the two seems to be minimal. -
AOpen's HP-590 Headphones Review @ Techwarelabs
Published: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 | By: Dennis"AOpen has developed a very unique feature with their HP-590 headphones, dubbed "Vibration Bass." Basically, this pair of headphones features a second 30mm "vibration" driver that is specially designed to translate low frequency sounds into vibrations. This is designed to add to the overall audio sensation by accenting bass with a tactile response."
I've never liked headphones, but these seem to be quite neat for gaming. Make sure check out our own review on the same headphones. -
ATI All-in-Wonder Radeon 9800pro Videocard Review @ Tweaknews
Published: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 | By: Dennis"With no competition in sight, ATI's All-in-Wonder 9800pro is nothing less than a dream card for the computer enthusiast. Not only does it handle any game on the market with the quality at maximum, it does so with amazing framerates. Gaming aside, you just have to understand the capabilities of this card for it's price. With a one card solution, you practically turn your computer into a home theater system, a gaming system and a full featured multimedia center."
The ATI All-in-Wonder series has always distinguished themselves in the market of video cards by great performance and a load of features. That is for those willing to spend an extra bux. -
Danger Den Maze4 Review @ HexaPlague-Hardware
Published: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 | By: Dennis"Overall, I like the Maze 4. It looks to be an excellent block from a company who is no stranger to quality. The price is right up there in the range with other quality blocks (excluding the white water, which frankly I am not robbing a bank for) and it delivers solid performance."
Danger Den has been making great water blocks for quite a while now. Their latest, Maze4, seems to be one of the best waterblocks currently on the market. -
Athenatech Pearl White A100 Mini-ATX Case review @ XtReMoDs
Published: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 | By: Dennis"There's is not much diversity form the every day Mini-ATX cases that are shipped out now a days you get a square front and a window on the side. Well after a while that gets boring, you need to spice things up a little with some style. If you are tired of the pre-modded windowed cases then you might be interested in Athenathech's Pearl White A100 case."
Lack of diversity in Mini-ATX cases can be explained by the lack of interest in the consumer market. However, something different is always welcome. -
Xaser III V2000A review @ Ohls-Place
Published: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 | By: DennisThe place of Ohl has another ThermalTake review up this time they take a look at the snazzy news Xaser III case.
"Don't take all of this to mean that I am trashing the case, because I am far from doing that. I just think that a couple of these items a good Q & A program would have caught. When one pays more for a quality case, one would like to think the workmanship and reliability went into it as well. I think with a little work Thermaltake would have top notch case that would compete with anything out there."
The review almost seems like a ongoing complaint than a review, but you can still get an idea as to what the Xaser III brings to the table. -
Corsair TWINX1024-3700 Review @ 3dXtreme
Published: Monday, July 21, 2003 | By: Dennis" Our set of Corsair XMS3700 ran flawlessly up to 255 mhz fsb. A 255 mhz front side bus equates to DDR510. Running Memtest at 2.85v anything above a 250 mhz front side bus generated 2 errors in test 5 however we experienced no problems throughout our real world testing. Having the ability to run DDR510 3-4-4-8 puts Corsair’s XMS3700 performance above the spec of their new XMS4000 even. The only issue that really bothererd us was that the XMS3700 had to be run at 3-4-4-8 even if you are running it at DDR400."
Not a bad overclock though the memory voltage seems to be a little high for normally running, but to each his own. Seeing these scores I can't wait to get my hands on some of that Corsair TwinX XMS4000. -
FX5900 vs Radeon9800Pro @ Digital-Daily
Published: Monday, July 21, 2003 | By: DennisWith these two cards on the market you may wonder which one will give you the most bang for your buck. Unfortunately I don't think this review will help you all that much they still provide a little insight into each of the two video cards. "The inquisitive reader might easily point to the lack of NV35 on sale, while Radeon9800Pro has been on sale for a month. That's true, but let's be indulgent. If NV35 has been sent out to testers, it means the video card does exist and let's hope it will not suffer the fate of its predecessor, and the production in sufficient quantities will be arranged anyway."
??? -
Thermalright SLK 900U Review @ PC Abusers
Published: Monday, July 21, 2003 | By: DennisNow here is a heatsink that can take a fare amount of abuse and accommodate a rather large variety of high and low speed fans including some at 92mm.
"Other than the missing instructions, which can be found here, the whole package was as complete as can be. Including two mounting options for P4 users and featuring a very well thought out method for mounting through the motherboard, eliminating the annoyance of having to deal with bolts and nuts. Just screw the standoffs in with the right washers and you're set!"
