Tech News

  • More red PCB action this time from MSI

    Published: Thursday, May 10, 2001 | By: Dennis

    It would seem that more and more companies are seeing the benefits of what I like to call the "iMac effect" where you offer products in different colors in hopes to sell more of them. MSI has announced a Limited edition K7T Turbo full of features and a Red PCB to boot.

    For the curious here is an article on how a motherboard is built.

  • GeForce3 Stepping Info

    Published: Wednesday, May 9, 2001 | By: Dennis

    It would appear that in the interest of getting the GeForce3 to market there were two versions of the chip released. A3 and A5, the offical statement is that the A3 chip is less stable than the A5.
    It is unknown at this time how this will effect performance, but I gather it has something to do with overclocking. Just a FYI to all of you that are planning on getting one of these cards.

  • VisionTek GeForce3 Cards Seen @ CompUSA

    Published: Tuesday, May 8, 2001 | By: Dennis

    Sources close to Ninjalane have confirmed seeing GeForce 3 cards at CompUSA. These are the VisionTek models that the Hard|OCP likes so much so if you have the cash and an itch for something new here is your ticket.

  • Inno GeForce2 MX Review @ EXhardware

    Published: Tuesday, May 8, 2001 | By: Dennis

    This card is actually old news considering that Inno was one of the first companies to have GeForce2 cards on the market. I should know I have a PCI version of this very card.

  • Dust, and why it sux

    Published: Monday, May 7, 2001 | By: Dennis

    The CaseJunkiez have an interesting article up on Dust, Computers, and You. They suggest the best way to keep dust out of your case is to place filters on your intake fans. I actually went down that road once with my original case mod, I found the filter to be restrictive and ineffective.
    Then again I was using the foam style filter which was a bad choice on my part, pantyhose tend to work much better.

  • More pictures of GeForce 3 cards

    Published: Friday, May 4, 2001 | By: Dennis

    Riva Station has some photos up showing the popular Hercules 3D Prophet III and the new "sexy" red PCB on the CARDEXpert GeForce 3.

  • Gainward CARDEXpert GeForce 3

    Published: Friday, May 4, 2001 | By: Dennis

    Now here is a GeForce 3 card after my own heart. The Red PCB is just to hard to resist, plus it would be the perfect match to the FWD-P3C4XD motherboard that is in my system currently. Don't know how well it performs though I'd expect a par rating to the other offering.

    Now where to get one.. hummm

  • ThermoEngine Comparo

    Published: Friday, May 4, 2001 | By: Dennis

    The hot new heatsink from Thermosonic called the "ThermoEngine" has been redesigned. The new design now has a solid core instead of being hollow like it was previously. FrostyTech takes a look at how the redesign effects the performance.

  • Dual Processor DDR Motherboard @ 2cpu

    Published: Wednesday, May 2, 2001 | By: Dennis

    Iwill has extended its DDR line of motherboards to include the P3, and not only for one processor but 2. The board even came with a couple heatsinks and fans as an added bonus.

    Now if you will remember the layout of this motherboard is poor at best but from a performance standpoint it does quite well, for VIA.

  • New Banners

    Published: Tuesday, May 1, 2001 | By: Dennis

    Well I've refreshed my banner ads. I never really noticed until today but just about every company that had an ad on my site is no longer in business. I guess that is what I get for not paying attention.

    Speaking of paying, never mind that never works.