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Tuesday
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November 23rd
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Altec Lansing ADA-880 Speakers 10:06
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Fast MHz
has posted a review
of Altec Lansing's ADA-880 "Dolby Digital" 5-piece speaker
system. Fash MHz seemed to really like the speakers, but keep in
mind that they are not a true Dolby Digital system, you have to have 5
speakers and a subwoofer to comply with the actual spec.
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Athlon Freezer (Cooler) Review 10:01
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FPS3D has
posted a review
of 3DCool's Athlon Freezer. This very thick heatsink/dual fan
cooling solution should do the job nicely for those power hungry Athlons.
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CoolWhip Heatsink Review 9:55
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Gary over at Overclocking.com
has let us know that he has posted a review
of the CoolWhip Heatsink in various flavors. They even have some
pretty nifty peltier action going on with these heatsinks, head over and
see how they perform.
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The Big 3D Fight: Part II 9:50
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The Tech
Zone has posted the second
part of their article entitled, "The Big 3D Fight." In
this part, they take a look at 3dfx's upcoming cards and NVidia's
GeForce 256.
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Sony Multiscan G500 21" Monitor 9:47
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Hardware-One
has posted a review
of Sony's CPD-G500 21" Monitor of joy. Oh you have no idea how
badly I would like one of these!
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ASUS V6600 GeForce Review 9:44
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The Guru 3D
has posted their review
of ASUS' AGP-V6600 32MB GeForce 256 card. Here is a bit from the
review:
Before you all start sending me an
e-mail on whether or not you should upgrade to the v6600 I'll tell you
this. If you have a good 3D card like TNT-2, Matrox G400(MAX) or
Voodoo3 then you should wait a bit longer. You should at least wait
until the price drops and games have better support for T&L. At
that time you might want to consider this card. If you are the owner
of cards like Matrox Millennium G200, Voodoo 1, Voodoo Rush, Voodoo 2,
Banshee, TNT, Riva 128 and other comparable card then you probably
should run to the store and get one of those babies. (Make sure that
you have an AGP slot first).
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Mid Tower Case Case Roundup 9:42
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GamePC
has posted a roundup
of 3 affordable and popular Medium Tower Cases. Head over and
check out their recommendations.
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Voodoo4/5 Updates & Info 12:36
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The
Reverned Pulpit has been keeping on top of things as far as
answering peoples questions when it comes to 3dfx's recently announced
Voodoo4 and 5 cards. Here is the latest
update:
Okay, I think people are confused with
regards to the ability of the multiple chip boards (Voodoo5
5000PCI/Voodoo5 5500AGP/Voodoo5 6000AGP) to run in "SLI"
mode plus FSAA at the same time. You cannot run both at the
same time (i.e. SLI + FSAA) for the 2-chip boards (Voodoo5
5000PCI/5500AGP) but can for the 4-chip board (Voodoo5
6000AGP).
Read the full explanation here
(in the pop-up window). There is also a lot of other information
that you may not have known.
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Aureal SQ2500 PCI Sound Card 12:31
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Exxtreme
3D has posted a review
of Aureal's SQ2500 Vortex2 based audio card. This card is
extremely attractive and is probably the best Vortex2 board there
currently is, but when you see the specs for the SQ3500, it makes you
want to wait for that instead.
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18 Nanometer Gate Developed 12:25
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According to this article,
over at MSNBC News, a professor at
the University of California, Berkeley has developed an 18 nanometer
transitor (about 100 atoms in length) and 10 times smaller than current
transistors used in the industry. The article states that chips
can potentially hold 400 times the gates while still being the same size
as today's chips. Very interesting stuff!
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Sound Blaster Live! 1024 Review 8:33
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3DSoundSurge
has posted a review
of Creative Lab's Sound Blaster Live! 1024. Same card as the
Platinum but without the bundle. Here is a bit from the review:
So far this fall we have looked at both
the Americas version and European version of Creative Labs' flagship
Live! Platinum line. But what if you don't need at that connectivity
and those music applications and want to save some money? With that in
mind we take a look at the Sound Blaster Live! Player 1024 which is
targeted at the gamer and DVD enthusiast at a very reasonable price.
The card itself is the same as the Live! Platimum line and while the
Live!Player 1024 software bundle is not as impressive as the the
Platinum's it still includes a lot of useful applications developed by
Creative and some third party applications, the most notable being
full versions of the excellent EAX supporting game, Aliens versus
Predator, and the excellent software DVD player, WinDVD.
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Intel i820 Chipset Review 8:31
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iXBT
Hardware has posted a great review
of Intel's i820 chipset running with RDRAM. They even compare its
performance to the BX chipset, and VIA's Apollo Pro 133A chipset.
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Microsphere Workstation Preview 8:29
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The Tech
Zone has posted a preview
of the Microsphere Workstation seat. This one is too hard to
explain, just head over and you'll see what I mean.
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Tripp Lite BC Personal UPS System 8:27
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SystemLogic
has posted a review
of the Tripp Lite BC Personal UPS system. If you're system needs
to be up and running when the power goes down, you should definitely
look into a UPS system.
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Monday -
November 22nd
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Dual Coppermine 733 Preview 4:10
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Thresh's
Firing Squad has posted a hand-on preview
of a Dual Pentium III Coppermine 733MHz machine in action. Here is
a bit to explain exactly what they are testing:
This time we managed to procure a real
Coppermine setup. No, we didn't get some sissy single processor
system. We got our hands on a dual Coppermine P3 733 (engineering
samples) system with PC800 Rambus memory and an 840 motherboard. Check
the ID pics. Read on to find out more about what's new with Coppermine
and how the dual system performed in our benchmarks.
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3dfx Voodoo3 3500 TV Review 4:05
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SysOpt.com
has posted their review
of 3dfx's Voodoo3 3500 TV card. You can also check out our review
by clicking on the image above.
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Flat Panel Speaker War: Part 3 4:00
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3DWars
has added another set of Flat Panel speakers to their FP Wars.
They take a look at the Sonix
S-200 Flat Panel speakers and compare them to the Benwin and Monsoon
sets.
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3DfxCOOL Alpha 1HO-FAN Review 3:52
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Target PC
has posted a review
of 3DfxCOOL's Alpha 1HO-FAN Pentium III cooler. This is one heck
of a cooler, and if you want to overclock your P3, I can't suggest any
other cooler.
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How To Install a Hard Drive 3:45
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Tweak3D
has posted a guide
which walks you through the steps of installing a new hard drive.
It's actually quite an easy task, so if you don't know how to do it,
head over and check it out, it may be helpful some day.
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Rambus: Operation & Performance 3:42
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Real
World Tech has posted the second
part of their Direct Rambus Memory Article. In this part, they
talk about the memory's operation and performance compared to SDRAM and
DRDRAM of various flavors. This is the most in-depth set of
articles that I've seen thus far on Rambus memory. If you want to
get familiar with it, this is a good place to start.
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Creative 3D Blaster Annihilator 3:35
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While on the topic of SE,
I noticed that they've also posted a review
of Creative Labs 3D Blaster Annihilator GeForce card (couldn't fit that
into the header :). Here is a bit from the review about image
quality:
The image quality of any GeForce 256 is
superior to that of the TNT2 in a few significant respects. True
tri-linear filtering has been added to take the place of dithering
along with per pixel mip-mapping instead of per triangle. Other than
those specific details the image quality is very similar to that of
the TNT2, in other words, excellent.
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Sharky Extreme Private Eye Vol 5 3:32
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Sharky
Extreme has updated their fifth
volume of their Private Eye periodical. In this one, they keep
pushing at the Microsoft X-Box story, trying to figure out what it will
be based on (CPU & Video chip). They also continue on with some
Comdex highlights. By the way, you can also check out their Comdex
99 wrap-up here.
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Sennheiser Surrounder Review 3:26
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WickedPC
has posted a review
of Sennheiser's Surrounder. This thing is like a wearable set of
speakers that you can take to LAN games and such. The price is a
bit a high, and a good set of headphones looks at look more effective to
me.
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Act Labs PC Gun System Review 3:23
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The
Tech Zone has posted a review
of Act Labs PC Gun system. This two piece, extremely attractive
looking set of guns seems like it can add a whole lot to gameplay as
soon as more games support it. Here is an interesting bit from the
review:
For any game you need direction, the
handheld controller is an excellent way to achieve this. With its
silver coating and symmetrical design, the handle doesn’t just look
good it also feels good. There was one draw back to the controller;
the thumb control stick didn’t offer enough resistance to my liking
(it tends to be too loose). The controller offers two buttons in the
front, there a little firm but respond well. Like any scroll mouse,
once you press down on the thumb controller there was a hidden third
button, very handy when playing Quake II.
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Sunday -
November 21st
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GeForce 256: ASUS vs. Leadtek 2:25
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Dan's Data
has posted a comparison
between ASUS AGP-V6600 and Leadtek's Winfast GeForce 256 cards.
Head over and see which one they liked better.
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Aztech Riva TNT2 32T Review 2:19
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Our good buddies at Hardware-One
have posted a review
of Aztech's Riva TNT2 32T card. Yeah its a TNT2, but its still a
great card for a great price. They were even able to overclock it
up to 175MHz! They must be getting really great yields out of the
latest batch of chips.
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Transcend TS-AWE1 i810e Mobo 2:15
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3DHardware.net
has posted a review
of Transcend's new TS-AWE1 i810e based motherboard. This board
supports the new Socket-370 Coppermine's along with the the 133MHz FSB
and ATA-66 and comes with an on-board Yamaha audio chip.
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Sound Blaster Live! X-Gamer Review 2:13
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FPS3D has
posted a review of
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! X-Gamer package. This has the
same SB Live! card based on the EMU10K processor but comes with a
different software bundle aimed at gamers.
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Saturday -
November 20th
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Logitech Extreme Digital 3D Joystick 11:42
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Thresh's
Firing Squad has posted a review
of Logitech's Extreme Digital 3D Joystick. This joystick actually
looks very good, here is a bit from the review:
Among the newest entries to the Wingman
line of gaming controllers is the "Wingman Extreme Digital 3D
Joystick" (which will be referred to as the ED3D for the rest of
the review). The feature set and price of the ED3D places it right
into the mid-range of joysticks. This means that this kind of joystick
is going to appeal to the broadest spectrum of gamers. It's not fancy
enough to satisfy the super hardcore flight sim player, but at the
same time it's got enough features to play most action games like
Descent 3, Freespace, Mechwarrior 3, etc. It's also a lot more feature
packed and sturdy than a bargain stick.
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21" Monitor Roundup 11:42
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GamePC
has posted a roundup
of four 21" monitors. Buying a 21" monitor is
quite a big purchase, make sure you know what you're getting before you
buy it and check out as many reviews as you can.
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3dfx Voodoo4/5 Preview 11:35
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Anand
Tech has posted a preview
of 3dfx's Voodoo4 and 5 cards which are based on the VSA-100 chip(s). As
usual, this article is very well written and very detailed, if you want
to know as much as possible about the new cards, this is the place to
find it.
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GeForce @150/210 In a Freezer! 11:33
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iXBT
Hardware has posted an article
which outlines their experiences with overclocking Creative Labs 3D
Blaster Annihilator GeForce. First they got it to 140/200MHz with
a few big fans and then they decided to throw the whole case into a
freezer and got it to 150/210, head over to see the benchmarks.
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Athlon/GeForce 256 Driver 11:23
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I noticed over at 3DFiles.com
that NVIDIA has released a new
driver for Athlon systems only. Here is the info from the
readme file and a link to download:
In our Quality Assurance testing,
NVIDIA and AMD discovered potential system issues when a GeForce 256
is installed in a PC using AMD's Athlon processor and 750 core logic
chip set. NVIDIA and AMD worked cooperatively to address this issue
and offer the following solution. NVIDIA's reference driver, build
#3.62, detects this core logic chip set and optimizes system settings
to correct this issue. This driver is available below.
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Abit BE6-II Slot-1 Mobo Review 11:20
AM EST - Email Us |
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AGNHardware
has posted a review
of Abit's new BE6-II Slot-1 i440BX based ATX motherboard. This
board has 5 PCI slots, the HPT-366 ATA-66 controller chip and FSB
increments in 1MHz for the ultimate in overclocking potential.
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3dfx Voodoo3 3000 PCI Review 11:18
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Sharky
Extreme has posted their review
of 3dfx's Voodoo3 3000 PCI card. If you're sporting an old
motherboard without an AGP slot and don't plan on upgrading your
motherboard anytime soon, this card will give you maximum 3D
performance. However, I'd rather spend the money on the 2000 PCI
as you can probably overclock it to 166MHz but it probably won't make
much of a difference because your CPU will be the limiting factor.
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Comdex Report: Gigapixel 11:06
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Beyond3D
had the opportunity to speak with Gigapixel at Comdex and they managed
to squeeze a little bit of information
about their new tile-based rendering chip which has full scene anti-aliasing
with no performance hit. They said to expect hearing announcements
of boards using this chip in the first half of next year.
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Creative Annihilator GeForce Driver 10:44
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Creative Labs
has released a new
driver for their 3D Blaster Annihilator GeForce card. Here are
the details and a link to download:
- Allows standby mode in AMD/ALI
chipset based systems
- Enables LAVA to run smoothly
- Allows the 3D Blaster Annihilator
(GeForce) to run as secondary display adaptor in Windows 98.
- Is based on NVIDIA reference driver
v3.48
- 3D
Blaster Annihilator Driver (Win9X - v2.02 - 2.9 MB)
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Creative Nomad 64MB MP3 Player 10:40
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Digital-Clips
has posted a review
of Creative Labs Nomad 64MB MP3 portable players. This is one of
the better portable players out there, head over and see what they
thought of it.
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Friday -
November 19th
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The Last Wave of Comdex Reports 9:23
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Comdex has finally come to an end and
surprisingly, there was not a whole lot of exciting news other than
3dfx's announcement. Anyway, here are the latest wave of comdex
reports.
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All-in-One Graphics Boards Roundup 9:18
AM EST - Email Us |
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Tom's
Hardware Guide has posted a huge roundup
of All-in-One video cards. They include: 3dfx's Voodoo3 3500 TV,
ATI's All-In-Wonder 128, Matrox's Marvel G400-TV, ASUS's AGP-V3800
Deluxe and ELSA's Erazor III Extreme.
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Diamond Viper II (Sav2000) Reviews 9:10
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This controversy over no T&L support on
the Savage2000 is making for a lot of debate recently. Some people
are getting reports that S3 says T&L was dropped and only supported
in software and others are getting reports that S3 is saying it does
support T&L but the drivers to support it won't be available for a
while. I don't know what to make of it, but in any case, check out
these two great reviews to see how the card really performs:
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Voodoo4/5 & AAlchemy Preview 9:05
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SystemLogic
has posted a preview
of 3dfx's recently announced Voodoo4 and 5 cards and Quantum3D's
AAlchemy product which will use up to 32 VSA-100 chips at once and up to
2 GB of memory.
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Future x86 CPU Brief 9:02
AM EST - Email Us |
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Cool
Computing has posted a chart
of all the upcoming x86 CPU's as well as what new features they will
bring to the table and expected release dates.
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Which Celeron Is Best For OC'ing 8:59
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Extreme
Hardware has posted a blurb
on the current state of Celeron's in the market and which one would be
best suited for overclocking. Head over to see their
recommendations.
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A Look @ 3dfx's VSA-100/Napalm 8:51
AM EST - Email Us |
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The
Reverend Pulpit has posted an article
which takes a look at all the things 3dfx announced at Comdex 99.
It's a nice wrap-up of all the cards and their features as well as
explanations of everything.
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Sennheiser HD 600 Headphones 8:46
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Sharky
Extreme has posted a review
of Sennheiser's HD 600 Headphones. Are you prepared to spend $350
on a set of headphones?!? I'm not, but its still interesting to
read why they cost so much.
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ATI Rage Fury MAXX Preview 8:42
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iXBT
Hardware has posted a preview
of ATI's Rage Fury MAXX card (previously code-named Aurora). This
bad boy has two ATI Rage 128 Pro chips and up to 64 MB of SDRAM.
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New Abit BP6 BIOS w/HPT 1.21 8:30
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I noticed over at HardOCP
that Abit has released a new BIOS
update for the BP6 support. Looks like quite a few items were
incorporated, check it out:
1. Supports 533(66), 550(100) and
600(100).===> but not with
???? (dunno, it just dropped off) :(
2. Fixes the STD function.
3. Updates the HPT 366's BIOS to rev. 1.21.
4. Add the "A, EXT, C" option.
5. Fixes the general password issue.
6. Supports the 37GB hardisk.
7. Supports MPS rev. 1.4.
8. Supports Power recovery function after the AC power back.
(You may enable it under INTERGRATED PERIPHERALS of CMOS SETUP.)
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Thursday -
November 18th
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Site Updates 9:50
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The new server is running great, isn't
it? Cash over at Fresh3D is
telling me that the server load usually hovers around 0% .. awesome
stuff! Anyway, I got all excited and made some updates to our site
too. First of all you'll noticed that we've changed the poll
question and are now using a new (and better integrated script).
Thanks to everyone who voted on the last one, it seems that 61% of you
(including me) want an Athlon for their next system upgrade. By
the way, if you have any ideas for polls mail
it to us! Secondly, I've updated the script on the Hardware
Forum. It now has a top 10 posters page and some bug
fixes. And finally, I updated the search engine on the Archive
page, which now runs a bit faster and looks better too.
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Tekram DC-390U2W SCSI Controller 7:47
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Active
Hardware has posted a review
of Tekram's DC-390U2W PCI Ultra 2 SCSI controller card. Let's not
kid each other here, Adaptec's stuff is way too expensive and Tekram is
a great alternative that provides the same capabilities (and speed) for
a much lower price.
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More Comdex Coverage 7:41
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Is anyone getting tired of this stuff
yet? Well in case you're not, here is some more coverage of this
years less than stellar Comdex:
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Coppermine 550 Socket-370 Report 7:36
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BXBoards
has posted a short report of
Intel's Coppermine 550E Socket-370 CPU. They've also posted a
benchmark of the chip running on an i810E motherboard. There is
quite a bit of interesting information you should check out before you
head out and buy one of these chips.
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ASUS AGP-V660 GeForce Review 7:34
PM EST - Email Us |
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PC
Gunk has posted a review
of ASUS's AGP-V6600 GeForce 256 card. If you're planning on buying
a GeForce any time soon (or just love seeing benchmarks), head over and
check it out.
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BIOS Optimization Guide v5.1 7:30
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Adrian over at Adrian's
Rojak Pot has notified us of his latest enhancements to his
extensive BIOS
Optimiziation Guide. He is now on revision 5.1, and the following
new info is included:
- AGP Aperture Size
- IDE HDD Block Mode
- HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability
- Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk
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Sharky Extreme's Private Eye 5 8:31
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Sharky
Extreme has posted their latest
issue of their Private Eye article. In this issue they talk
about some of the interesting things at Comdex and more interestingly,
more information on Microsoft's X-Box. Check out this bit:
Microsoft should be looking at the
bottom end of the CPU scale in terms of price (how else are they to
keep the unit at $299?). Thus we think that the lowest possible speed
'bin' will be sought after, whether that be from Intel or AMD. Just
like last time, if we had to bet on it and based on a few more
conversations at Comdex, we'd predict the CPU as being an AMD K6-2/3E
(Microsoft seems to be leaning more towards AMD than Intel at this
time). This low-cost, .18micron solution would be what's required when
coupled with a graphics subsystem capable of some 2 Gigapixels per
second (yes you read that right). We've heard that Microsoft wants a
performance level that's even greater than the just announced Voodoo5
6000's paper specs of 1.3 Gigapixels/second.
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MSI 3D AGPPhantom TNT2 Review 8:27
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Hardware
Unlimited has posted a review
of MSI's 3D AGPPhantom TNT2 card. Strangely enough, we haven't
seen too many reviews of this card and it seems to be a very decent
board.
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Guillemot 3D Prophet Review 8:22
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GamePC
has posted a review
of Guillemot's 3D Prophet GeForce 256 card. Guillemot has a good
reputation for building top quality cards at a great price. If
you're interested in a GeForce card, you should definitely check this
one out.
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More Comdex Coverage 8:15
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Here are some more Comdex '99 coverage
articles which you may want to check out. There are some very
interesting devices that companies are showing off this year:
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Guillemot Maxi Gamer Cougar 8:13
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Hardware
Central has posted a review
of Guillemot's Maxi Gamer Cougar video card which is based on NVIDIA's
TNT2 M64 chip. If you need a very cheap 3D card, take a look at
this one.
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Wednesday
-
November 17th
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Abit's New Graphics Cards 6:20
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In case you missed it, Abit
has announced their entry into the graphics board market with their new
Siluro series of cards, based on NVIDIA's TNT2 and GeForce
chips. In case you want to know more, 3DWars
has written up an article
about these new cards and some of their features.
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ASUS V6600 GeForce Review 6:15
PM EST - Email Us |
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Dan's Data
has posted a review of
ASUS's AGP-V6600 GeForce 256 card. Here is what Dan had to say
about the GeForce 256:
If you've got a decent 3D card at the
moment (a TNT or TNT2, or a Voodoo 3, for instance) and you're
considering upgrading, I recommend you hold off until the games catch
up with the hardware. If you've got a graphics card with lousy-to-no
3D capability, though, a GeForce bought today will not fall far behind
the pack for quite a while. It's not the greatest of bargains, but
neither is it ludicrously expensive.
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Linksys 4-Port USB Hub Review 6:12
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SystemLogic
has posted a review
of Linksys' 4-Port USB Hub. If you have a bunch of USB devices and
not enough ports, this is what you need.
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Wow Thing Review 5:37
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SystemLogic
has posted a review
of "The Wow Thing." What exactly does this device do?
Check it out:
Millions of people listen to music on
their computers, ranging from the kid who downloads all the mp3s he
can to the businessman who listens to his CD’s on the computer at
work. Most people are content with the sound quality that the computer
speakers and sound cards produce but others demand every ounce of
response and bass from their systems as they can. This is where the
WOW Thing from SRS Labratories, a name synonymous with audio
technology, comes in. The WOW Thing is basically an audio enhancement
device that changes the structure of audio signals so it sounds
better.
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Voodoo4 and 5 Board Pictures 9:15
AM EST - Email Us |
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Beyond3D
has scored some photos
of 3dfx's Voodoo4 and 5 boards. They 4-chip Voodoo5 6000 is going
to need an external power source! Head over and check them out here.
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D-Link DFE-910 Network Kit 9:05
AM EST - Email Us |
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The
Tech Report has posted a review
of D-Link's popular and very decent DFE-910 10/100 Mbps networking
kit. This kit comes with everything you need to setup two
computers on a LAN and all you have to do to add more computers is add a
NIC and buy some cable.
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New S3 Savage4 Drivers 8:38
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I noticed over at ParaKnowYa,
that S3 has released some new drivers
for the Savage4. Grab them below:
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Quantum Fireball Ict Hard Drive 8:31
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Storage
Review has posted a review
of Quantum's Fireball Ict QM326000LCT-A hard drive. This 5400 RPM
ATA-66 drive is the first 5400 RPM drive with a seek time under 9ms and
has 8.7GB per platter. Sounds impressive, but unfortunately, the drive
is a little lagging in performance.
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MS Sidewinder Dual Strike Review 8:28
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Extreme
Hardware has posted their review
of Microsoft's Sidewinder Dual Strike joystick/gamepad (I don't know
what to call them anymore!). They gave it an overall rating of
7/10.
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Tuesday -
November 16th
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A Few Comdex '99 Reports 10:05
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Wondering what's going at this years Comdex
in Las Vegas? Well here are a few reports to help you out:
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Full Diamond Viper II Review 10:01
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Thresh's
Firing Squad has posted a full
review of Diamond's/S3's Viper II Z200 Savage2000 card.
They've posted tons of benchmarks so you can make a definitive decision
on whether or not you want this card. You should also keep in mind
that these tests were done with early drivers and are bound to get
better, but then again both Diamond and S3 suck with drivers updates!
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Double Speed 1394 Firewire 9:58
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According to this
article over at the Register,
the Firewire high-speed digital connection standard is going to hit
800Mbps in the first quarter of next year. Seems like the USB vs.
Firewire war is heating up even more.
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Altec Lansing ACS54 Speakers 9:54
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3DSoundSurge
has posted a review
of Altec Lansing's ACS 54 PowerPlay Plus 4.1 speaker system. Altec
Lansing has been providing awesome speaker systems for the longest
time. I've been a bit skeptical of them lately, especially with
their marketing techniques, but nevertheless, 3DSoundSurge should set
the record straight and tell if these speakers are worth the money or
not.
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Coppermine FC-PGA on Socket-370 9:47
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Apparently, Ron Henderson over at HardOCP
has figured out a way to use the soon to hit the streets Coppermine FC-PGA's
on your good old Socket-370 motherboard. Check out the article here.
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Microstar MS-6167 Athlon Mobo 9:44
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While I was over at Sharky's,
I noticed that they've also posted a review
of MSI's MS-6167 Slot-A ATX motherboard which is also based on AMD's 750
chipset. Here is a bit from the review:
MSI should be proud of the last minute
clean up work that went into the MS-6167's engineering, as it has
clearly delivered the desired effect AMD was looking for in terms of a
solid Athlon platform. We look forward to MSI's future high-end
desktop platforms, including their VIA KX133-powered Athlon board as
well as their upcoming i820 Pentium III platform.
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Diamond Viper II 16 MB Benchmarks 9:42
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Sharky
Extreme has posted a quick
take of Diamond's Viper II (Savage 2000) card. They've posted
a little bit of info as well as some benchmarks to give you a good idea
of what this card will provide.
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Monthly Hardware News Overview 9:39
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iXBT
hardware has posted their Monthly
Hardware News Overview for the month of October 1999. If you
were away for the month or were just too darn busy to keep up, head over
and read this great overview.
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Gigabyte GA-7IX Athlon Mobo 9:36
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Anand
Tech has posted a review
of Gigabyte's GA-7IX Slot-A motherboard which is based on the only
Athlon chipset available, the AMD 750. Head over and see how it
compares to the other boards currently available.
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3D Chip Table - 3rd & 4th Generation 9:24
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3D Concept
has updated their infamous
3D chip chart with information on 3rd and 4th generation cards such
as the GeForce 256, ATI Rage Fury MAXX and 3dfx's recently announced
Voodoo4 and 5.
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Article: 3dfx's Demise? 9:17
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Ga'ash Soffer over at Voodoo
Extreme, has written up an article
on where he thinks 3dfx is heading. It's an interesting read, some
of you may agree and others will fire off some hate mail to Ga'ash, head
over and check it out.
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i820 Chipset Officially Announced 9:12
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Intel has
officially announced their i820 chipset today. I guess all the
problems have finally been worked out, can't wait to try it
out. Check out the full press release here.
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Wooohooo! We're Back In Business! 9:00
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I know you guys missed us, but there was
nothing I could do other than bug the server admins to hurry up and
re-create our FTP login to update the page. Don't ask me why it
loaded a cached page from October 27th, but hopefully this new Server
will kick ass when its finally up and running.
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