Tech News
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Inno3D GeForce FX 5200 @ PC TechZone
Published: Friday, April 18, 2003 | By: DennisIn the past I've had good luck with the Inno3D stuff, its a cheaper alternative to the "name brand" video cards out there while still providing good performance.
"For a card that has 250 clock and 400 memory it is going from strength to strength. At the start of the review I was saying that this card would only be good for casual gamers. Now after running some intesive graphical games on it and not forgetting that the Ti4200 card has a higher memory speed I am absolutely asstounded ! I did not expect this kind of performance from the card whatsoever. It is the low end card from the new FX range and it can do this, its pretty amazing."
The card features passive cooling as well, not sure if that is a bonus or a negative but it's available. -
Albatron PX845PE Pro II Review @ bit-tech
Published: Friday, April 18, 2003 | By: DennisThey cover a wide variety of Albatron boards in this review all with similar names so be sure to pay attention.
"I have heard mixed feelings over the silver colour of this board. On one hand, love the silver (even nicer than the blue PCB that the PX845PEV Pro comes with). On the other hand there are those who would rather have something in black."
At least the floppy connector isn't under the last PCI slot.
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Women Need Wider Screens for Virtual Navigation?
Published: Thursday, April 17, 2003 | By: Dennis"Women who navigate around 3D computer-generated environments for a living - or even for fun - are having their style cramped by ultra-narrow computer displays and graphics software that favours men."
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"It may sound like sexual prejudice, but it seems that men's much-debated ability to navigate slightly better than women applies in virtual environments as well as the real world. And on average, says Microsoft computer scientist Mary Czerwinski, men are quicker to create a mental map of an environment and orient themselves within it."
Hummm,
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Albatron PX845PEV-800 Review @ myWorldHardware
Published: Thursday, April 17, 2003 | By: DennisThis Albertron is a black beauty of a mobo if I do say so myself, though it still has the floppy connector under the last PCI slot.
The overclocking performance seems to be typical of most i845PE motherboards (including the Soltek we have here in house) though I have seen better.
"Impressively, I managed to overclock the FSB to 155MHz, that was 155 x 4 = 620MHz Quad-Pumped speed. There are a few times when I failed to reboot the computer with the new clock settings, leaving my comp hang." -
Crucial PC2700 Review @ Adrians Rojak Pot
Published: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 | By: DennisI never actually tried to overclock Crucial memory since the modules tend to lack in the aggressive timings department. Though the rojakpot.com guys had no problems what so ever. Just to think 412Mhz from a module without heatspreaders.
"Note that Crucial absolutely does NOT support overclocking. Running Crucial memory outside of specifications will void the warranty. When you overclock Crucial's DIMMs, you are doing so at your own risk. But frankly, with such a excellent memory module, it would be hard not to overclock it. In fact, overclocking it is a piece of cake! Overclockers should definitely consider this DIMM for their systems."
Not to be left out in some free advertising, Buy your Crucial memory now from Crucial.com!.
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800MHz FSB P4 Shipments Back to Normal
Published: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 | By: DennisStarting next week.
I didn't actually post news of the P4 Shipment halt since I didn't expect it to last more than a week or so. Looks like I was right. The Pentium 4 3.00Ghz 200Mhz FSB processors are back on track, yeah!! -
Intel Grants SiS a New P4 License
Published: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 | By: Dennis"Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) on April 16 announced that it has signed an agreement with Intel, obtaining technology licensing for the 800MHz FSB (front-side bus) standard used in Intel’s new-generation Pentium 4 processors and chipsets.
With the agreement, SiS is now the second chipset designer to acquire the technology license, following VIA Technologies, which gained the same right in a settlement with Intel on April 7."
I was halfway thinking they got this thing for free.
"Some observers in the chipset industry noted that Intel’s terms with the two major Taiwanese chipset designers suggested not only Intel’s solid market position but also the chip giant’s intention to re-ignite the war between VIA and SiS."
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More Gainward CoolFX Pictures
Published: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 | By: DennisTons of pics!
" However the most important thing about this new revision of the water-cooling solution is that it can be used on other Gainward cards. The fittings were removed from the dummy 5800 Ultra board and placed on a Gainward 5200 Ultra. Quickly we saw massive overclocks and low temperatures (26-27C whilst running 3DMark 2001). For reference, we usually see temperatures of 59-64C on the 5800 Ultra cards."
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Canterwood(875P) memory recommendations from Corsair
Published: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 | By: Dennis"There has been some confusion on which memory is best for new motherboards based on the Intel Canterwood (875P) chip set. At this point, Corsair is recommending that people use pairs of either XMS3200C2 or XMS3500C2 modules. They do, however, not recommend the use of XMS3200LL modules, including TwinX 'LL'. This recommendation is based on results they have received in their motherboard lab."
I haven't posted much on the Canterwood release but we are still early in the product cycle, considering that we are early I'd expect these Corsair recommendations to change as Canterwood matures in the marketplace. -
Color Change Rheobus Review @ Twisted Mods
Published: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 | By: Dennis" The front of the unit disappointed me; it was so raw, it was unattractive. It was pretty much just a sheet of half polished metal with some writing and a really half-assed design on it in blue ink. The writing consists of Fan1, Fan2, Fan3, Fan4, and the voltages printed beside each knob. The look of the front is not exactly exciting to the modder who strives for perfection."
Never really liked these things, drive bays should have drives in them. Besides I'd much rather have a thermally controlled fan system over one with a dial.
