Tech News
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DDR Ram Guide II
Published: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 | By: DennisBring your frames compliant browser and check out the DDR Ram Guide at Overclockers New Zealand. There is some really good info in the review and a very patient reviewer.
" The PC-3500 Ultra uses hand picked 4.5ns ram chips, with an allowable voltage range of 2.6V to 3.0V. As far as I can tell, most manufacturers require people to up the V/DDR to 2.6V or 2.7V for high speed DDR modules."
Sounds like overclocking to me.
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Busy Busy Busy
Published: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 | By: DennisMan thinks have been running a mile a minute here in the Ninjalane Labs but that is how things go. I've been working on an email system to send out press release information along with an opt-out control. In the mean time if you have any news that you would like to submit to Ninjalane for posting consideration send your requests to news@ninjalane.com. Be sure to include a news posting email address since I’ll be adding you to my distribution list.
Ninjalane is also accepting link exchange requests, so if you’d like to exchange affiliate links send your request to the same address.
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Corsair TWINX512-3200LL Review @ Nordichardware
Published: Monday, March 24, 2003 | By: Dennis"When we confronted the problem with testing Corsair TWINX512-3200LL we became very insecure of how we were supposed to perform the tests."
Here is our review of TwinX for comparison.
They did get some pretty good overclocking numbers out of their modules despite using an Epox 8RDA+ as their test system.
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AOpen HP-590 Headphone Review @ 3dXtreme
Published: Sunday, March 23, 2003 | By: Dennis"Cranking up the volume I noticed the bass on the headphones was much more pronounced however there wasn't a vibration that I was expecting. At this higher volume I then began to play with the dial to adjust the amount of Bass and with the on/off switch. I was now aware that the vibration I was looking for wasn't in the form of a Force Feedback type vibration but it was more of a vibration within the headphones themselves that created the sense of subwoofer type bass. In games I could really feel the explosions, the bass was very pronounced, I then proceeded to put in a DVD and again I was impressed with the amount of bass these headphones produced. "
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Logitech Z-680 Speaker System Review @ Designtechnica
Published: Sunday, March 23, 2003 | By: DennisDesigntechnica has posted a rather short review of a new speaker system from Logitech called the Z-680. I recently saw these at CompUSA and they actually looked pretty impressive especially since they have digital optical inputs though I'd hardly call them a bargain.
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Koolance Exos Review @ MonkeyReview
Published: Friday, March 21, 2003 | By: DennisFor those of you that don't know the Exos is an external and completely self contained water cooling system.
"The unit is geared towards those interested in Liquid Cooling and desire either better temperatures or a quieter running system, without the hassles of installing a full liquid cooling system in their case. "
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Intel Delays Springdale Launch
Published: Friday, March 21, 2003 | By: DennisBut only by 8 days...
"Intel has decided to postpone launching its Springdale products from May 12 to May 20 in response to client requests for more distribution time, as PC makers fear that deliveries might be affected by the US-Iraq war, sources said."
That pesky war, we all hope its over soon.
"Motherboard makers, however, voiced concerns about how long the war might last. They noted that if the war ends quickly, consumer confidence in the North American market is likely to increase. However, if the war drags on, it may not be favorable to business in general." -
800Mhz Overclocking Options on i845PE
Published: Friday, March 21, 2003 | By: DennisIt would seem that some mobo makers are going to target the low end Springdale market by overclocking their current i845PE motherboards to handle the new chips.
"Though the 845PE is cheaper than the Springdale chipset, to be launched in May, the sales prospects of 845PE, 800MHz-supporting motherboards are still unclear, as the 845PE lacks dual-channel DDR support and 800MHz FSB Pentium 4 processors are more expensive than 533MHz versions."
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AOpen AX4R Plus Review @ HardwareZone
Published: Friday, March 21, 2003 | By: DennisHardwareZone has posted another Granite Bay motherboard review this time featuring the AX4R Plus from AOpen, based on the included features I would have expected more but it appears to have some high FSB stability issues.
"the overclockability of the board was less than desirable. We managed to push the board to run at a system bus setting of only 145MHz and even then, we did not seem to get great stability. At frequencies higher than that (about 150MHz), most applications would run but 3D benchmarks would fall out or crash rather easily." -
AOpen HP-590 Vibrating Headphone Review Posted
Published: Friday, March 21, 2003 | By: DennisDespite what you might be thinking this set of headphones from AOpen is really a quality peice of work. Not only are they confortable but they are able to reproduce the full frequency spectrum of human hearing, and they vibrate too
