Tech News
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ABIT SI7-G R658 Motherboard Review @ TweakTown
Published: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 | By: DennisYou don't see many P4 motherboards supporting RDRAM anymore since Intel gave Rambus the boot but that doesn't mean that other companies have to follow their lead.
"For an RDRAM based board, overclocking was beyond fantastic, 800MHz FSB CPU’s ran without a single problem, in fact performance was fantastic with 1200 RDRAM and 800MHz FSB. While not being able to match the I875P Canterwood but ABIT’s SI7-G is still a great candidate for the value end of the 800MHz FSB section."
If anything check out the unique turn to the CPU socket and reddish orange PCB color.
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ASUS P4C800 Deluxe Review @ HardwareZone
Published: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 | By: DennisThis is one of them fugly brown boards but comes from Asus with the Canterwood chipset so all is not completely lost.
"Similar to a lot of Canterwood boards we've recently reviewed, the ASUS P4C800 Deluxe also comes with a lot of on-board features and peripherals. On top of that, you'll find the familiar five PCI slots for added expandability. Unlike some of the other 875P board, ASUS has always catered their boards for high-end workstations and that's why the P4C800 came with an AGP Pro slot."
It has been awhile since we've seen a board with an APG Pro slot! Good job w00t! -
Soltek SL-75FRN-L Review @ TwistedMods
Published: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 | By: DennisThis review looks familiar for some reason, oh ya, check out our review of the same board here. This isn't a bad review and covers just about everything and then some.
"Splat, protein stains in the pants. I think it’s a nice board don’t you?"
Not much in the way of overclocking, but they did notice that the FRN doesn't unlock lower multipliers on the TBred processors without a little help. -
EPoX 4PEA800 Review @ TweakTown
Published: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 | By: Dennis"Intel introduced the I875P chipset to officially support the 800MHz Pentium 4 CPU. This new chipset brings many great features, but at a rather high price. While it is still some time till Springdale makes it way onto the market, there has to be a medium that can handle the current CPU without costing an arm and a leg - well there is.
A few brave companies such as EPoX, Abit and Albatron are three who have taken up the challenge of supporting this new CPU without changing too much. These three companies have taken Intel’s last I845 chipset to be made, the I845PE, and ramped up the speed to 800MHz FSB."
You can add Soltek to that list too; they have released a new bios flash that will support the 800Mhz P4 processors through overclocking. -
Inno3D GeForce FX 5200 Review @ BoogleTech
Published: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 | By: DennisThis is a pretty good review of the new "budget" card from the FX line. The list below should be helpful too.
"Before we go any further, lets break down the product line compared to the 'old' GeForce4 line:
FX 5800 Ultra - Ti4800 (Ti4600)
FX 5800 - Ti4800SE (Ti4400)
FX 5600 Ultra - Ti4200
FX 5600 - MX460
FX 5200 Ultra - MX440
FX 5200 - MX420
So you can see this FX 5200 being reviewed here is extreme budget, and should be very slow! Also of interest is that the closest ATI has to this card is the Radeon 9000, basically DX8 rather than DX9." -
Chenbro SR-104 Review @ 3dXtreme
Published: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 | By: Dennis"The SR-104 is an entry level server tower case that is available in black or white."
Server cases don't make for good modding but generally have better airflow off the shelf. -
Coolermaster Aero Review @ DataFuse
Published: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 | By: DennisThis is basically a XDream SE with a variable speed blower motor on it.
"At top speed this fan is incredibly loud, and when I say loud I really mean screaming LOUD. If you put this cooler at topspeed you will have a real performance king." -
Bugz Worked Out
Published: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 | By: DennisWell hopefully all of the bugs have been worked out with the server and we can get back down to the business of reviewing hardware.
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Alexa Website Reviews
Published: Monday, April 28, 2003 | By: DennisHello everyone, this isn't really tech news but I'm going to post it anyway. There is a funky site out there called Alexa and aside from being a "Download our toolbar cause we want to collect everything about where YOU go" sort of site it is actually a pretty good resource for gathering user submitted information about websites on the net.
So, if you feel like voicing your $0.02 and think you might have something decent to say follow the link below.
" Let the world know what you think! Share your thoughts by writing a review. Please be sure to focus your comments on the site's content, functionality, or service. Read our review guidelines for more information.
OK. Let's get started!"
Thank you for your support. -
2003 Computex May not Happen
Published: Monday, April 28, 2003 | By: DennisIf it doesn't then I won't feel to bad about not getting my act and finances together in time to head out in June.
"The 2003 Computex trade show in Taipei, originally scheduled for June 2-6, may be delayed or even canceled as a result of the worsening SARS outbreak, according to the Taipei Computer Association (TCA), one of the sponsors.
The TCA said it expected to decide on the issue next week based on a survey of registered participants. The survey should be completed on Monday or Tuesday, the TCA said."
