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Thursday - September
23rd
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Act Labs GS Gun System Review 7:50
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While I was over at Anand's,
I also noticed that they've posted a review
of Act Labs GS Gun System. The bottom line is that its a great
system, but game support is essential to its success.
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Matrox G400 MAX Revisited 7:39
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Anand
Tech has revisited
the Millennium G400 MAX because of the recent driver improvements on
Matrox's part. They have posted benchmarks of the new TurboGL
driver running on a Pentium III 600 and even compare it to old
drivers. They've even updated their Direct3D scores.
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Intel Coppermine Pictures 7:37
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HardOCP
has somehow snagged a few shots of
a pre-production Coppermine running on a i810E motherboard. Format
is the same as Socket-370 Celeron's except that its green and has this
cool looking black core.
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Tweaking Your PC: Part 2 7:35
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Tweak3D
has posted the second
part of Keith "Farrel" McClellan's, "Tweaking Your
PC: Getting The Last Mile Out of Your Hardware." In this
section, he talks about Hard Drive, RAM and Windows tweaks.
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Applying Thermal Compound 7:31
PM EST - Email Us |
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AGNHardware
has posted a great article
which explains the benefits of thermal compound and how to apply it
properly. The most informative part of the article, is the
different types of thermal compound that are available.
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First GeForce 256 Review! 7:23
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The boys over at 3DHardware
were lucky enough to get their hands on a Creative Labs GeForce
Annihilator card and have posted the first known review
along with benchmarks of this card running Quake III Arena Test. They
also posted some other interesting info and a few screenshots.
This is only part 1, they plan to post even more screenshots and
benchmarks I suppose.
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Creative Labs GeForce 256 Interview 7:18
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Tech
Arena has posted an interview
they conducted with Creative Labs VP of Graphics, Steve Mosher.
There is some very interesting talk in this interview, which may or may
not be true. For example, check out this interesting tidbit:
Tech
Arena : How does 3DFX's announced delay of the Napalm impact
the market?
Steve
: 3dfx has stated that they expect Napalm to ship in mid February or
mid March. What that means is their chip has not taped out yet. They
are probably still working on the backend-- timing
and layout. If the chip works with one metal turn, they get
production in February. If they have a full base turn, they are
looking at March. The most important thing about the delay is that the
market will have changed by mid February. As you know, developers are
cranking now on incorporating T&L. We will see a bunch of titles
this Christmas, and by Spring, games with tons of polys will be in
full bloom. From a marketing perspective I don't know how I would
market a card without T&L this spring. Even low end parts will
have T&L this spring.
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Athlon 600 Is Cheaper than P3 600 7:12
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Bill over at CPUReview
has notified us that he has posted his latest version of the Athlon/Pentium
III Price Comparison. The Athlon 600 is selling for 495 on
Pricewatch, while the P3 600 is selling for 589. That means, the
cost of an Athlon 600+motherboard is now cheaper than the cost of an
Intel P3 600 + motherboard. This is great news!
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Developers on T&L vs Fill Rate 8:42
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Voodoo
eXtreme is collecting the opinions
of many of the respected game developers out there on the Transform
& Lighting vs. Fill Rate debate. This
page is being added to all the time, but there are already a significant
amount of entries and so far, most developers think T&L is more
important than huge fill rates. Looks like 3dfx
is wrong again.
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Future Power Dual Celeron Systems 8:38
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Thresh's
Firing Squad has posted a review
of Future Power's Dual Millennium power user/gamers system. This
is the first system built around Dual Celeron's that I've seen and
apparently, it doesn't come with all the components you'd except in such
a system. Head over and check it out.
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VideoLogic Neon 250 Review 8:30
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Sharky
Extreme has posted a review
of the long overdue Neon 250 card from VideoLogic. They've posted
quite of bit of information on the architecture of this card, as well as
in-game screenshots and benchmarks comparing it to a TNT2. Here is
what they thought of the card:
If the PowerVR 250 had not
experienced any delays, we would all be praising it as the Second
Coming of 3D gaming. Imagine this card competing against the TNT,
Banshee and Savage3D and you get a pretty good idea of why Videologic
was so excited about its potential. In the present however, the Neon
250 has to compete against the likes of the TNT2 and Voodoo3, and
while it certainly holds its own, it is definitely not a major step up
the performance ladder. What the Neon 250 does prove is that PowerVR
technology might still be a force in the 3D market, and it lets NEC
PCX2 fans upgrade their PowerVR technology back up to the current
level of 3D performance. Whether that's enough for the gamers out
there is an open question, but in the very least it should get you
very interested in their upcoming PowerVR Series 3 chip.
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Terratec Xlerate Pro Sound Card 8:27
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Speedy3D
has posted their review
of Terratec's Xlerate Pro PCI sound card. A very nice Vortex2
board with some extra features like optical S/PDIF output.
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Win ELSA's 3D Revelators + Erazor II 8:17
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SystemLogic
is giving away a pair of 3D Revelator Stereoscopic glasses and an Erazor
II to go a long with them. All you have to do is fill out their
survey which you can find here.
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9-Way Heatsink Comparison 8:17
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Overclockin.com
has put together a huge comparison
between two Socket-370 coolers, three P3 coolers and four Slot-1 Celeron
coolers.
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AMK SECC80 P2/P3 Cooler 8:13
AM EST - Email Us |
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The Tech
Zone has posted a review
of AMK's first heatsink sold under the AMK name. This thing looks
really cool, but needs a stronger fan. Head over and check it out.
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HP OfficeJet T65 Review 8:10
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The boys over at FPS3D
have posted a review
of HP's OfficeJet T65 printer/copier/scanner/fax machine, this baby does
it all!
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Wednesday
- September 22nd
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A Couple of Interviews w/NVIDIA 10:15
PM EST - Email Us |
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Are you getting tired of these interviews
yet? I just want to play with the damn card already! :) Oh
well, if you like interviews, here are a couple more for you to check
out (they do have some good info):
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New Aureal A3D Driver - 2.25 10:07
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Aureal has released a new A3D
driver for
Vortex1 & Vortex2 based cards. It seems as if these drivers
are already in the 2040 reference drivers, but if you want to try them
out, here they are:
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Aureal Vortex2 SQ2500 Review 5:20
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CGO has
posted their review
of Aureal's recently announced SQ2500 sound card which is based on a
slightly improved Vortex2 chip, has S/PDIF output, 4 speaker support and
a pretty damn good software bundle. No wonder they gave it a 5/5
:)
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Shuttle Spacewalker ME18 Mobo 5:08
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What a weird name for a motherboard!
In any case, The High Performance
PC Guide has posted a review
of the Shuttle Spacewalker ME18 i810 Socket-370 microATX
motherboard. Seems like a decent i810 board, if that's what you're
looking for.
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ASUS V3800 TNT2 Deluxe Review 5:05
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Hardware-One
has posted a review
of ASUS's V3800 Riva TNT2 Ultra Deluxe package. Not only do you
get a TNT2 Ultra card, but it also comes with those cool Stereoscopic VR
glasses which can really make some games a lot more fun to play.
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DirectX 7.0 Has Been Released! 4:56
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Microsoft has finally made their DirectX 7 Runtime & SDK available
for download. This new version is supposed to have a little bit of
a speed increase (very minor), but more importantly supports new
features in the next generation of 3D accelerators and games. If
nothing else, grab it just to have the newest stuff on your system :)
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More On The G400 TurboGL Driver 4:52
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GA Source
has posted some more benchmarks
using the new TurboGL driver for the G400 series of cards. Things
are looking good, especially for all of you who put your hard earned
money into the G400, you're finally going to be able to get performance
you deserve.
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A Couple of 3dfxCool Coolers 9:15
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3dfxCool
is taking some already good cooling solutions and making them that much
better. Check out these reviews that I saw over at HardOCP:
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FIC SD-11 Athlon Mobo Review 9:03
AM EST - Email Us |
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GamePC
has posted a short review
of FIC's SD-11 Athlon Motherboard. This board is currently the
easiest one to find and according to Anand Tech, has been the most
stable board out of all the Athlon motherboards.
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Matrox G400 TurboGL Driver 8:50
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MURC
has posted an article
which explores the performance increases of G400 TurboGL Driver which Matrox
is currently developing. This TurboGL driver is like 3dfx's miniGL
driver (smaller set of commands) which should accelerate Quake engine
games on P3's and Athlon by a very large margin. Head over and
check out the benchmarks. By the way, its supposed to be released
in the 5.30 set of drivers which should be out on Oct. 8th.
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DXTC vs. FXT1 Texture Compression 8:45
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Reactor
Critical has posted a very technical comparison
between S3/Microsoft's DXTC texture compression and 3dfx's FXT1 texture
compression. It will be interesting to see which one (if any) will
become the standard.
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Intel Selling OC'd P3 500's as 600's? 8:38
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According to this article
over at the
Register, Intel is overclocking their 500MHz Pentium III CPU's,
upping the core voltage a bit and selling them as 600's. Check it
out:
Several readers claimed that Intel
itself, while corporately standing on a chair screaming its lungs out
at the very mention of overclocking, resorts to upping core voltages
to achieve reliable performance of the current top-end desktop chip,
the PIII 600.
A quick trip to the Chipzilla website revealed that they were indeed
speaking the truth.
The latest SL3JT 600MHz P3 shares the same stepping, core stepping and
tagRAM stepping as the original SL35E 500MHz chip introduced at the
beginning of the year. The only difference is an increase in clock
multiplier from 5X to 6X and core voltage from 2.0V to 2.05V.
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Apple G4 Under The Hood 8:33
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Thresh's Firing Squad has posted a very in-depth look at Apple's new G4
system. There's a lot of technical information in this article
which is actually quite interesting.
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Weekly CPU Prices Updated 8:24
AM EST - Email Us |
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Sharky
Extreme has updated their weekly
CPU price list. Normal drops across the entire board, but
there were some pretty hefty drops on the Athlon line. $58 price
reduction on the Athlon 550!
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Voodoo3 Tweak Guide 8:17
AM EST - Email Us |
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Tweak3D
has posted their Voodoo3
Tweak Guide. This article has recommended BIOS settings, the
latest drivers, tips on what settings to use in the display control
panel applets, how to overclock the V3 and lastly, it tells you how to
tweak each of the most popular games so they run optimally with the V3.
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Tuesday - September
21st
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Abit BE6 Revision 2 Preview 10:54
PM EST - Email Us |
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HardOCP
has posted their preview
of Abit's BE6 revision 2.0 Slot-1 i440BX based motherboard. So
what's new in this board? Check out this bit:
First and foremost to me
is the fact that the board has a new BIOS that is a bit different from
the previous ABIT BIOSes we have seen. There are help
screens integrated into the interface that will try to give you some
guidance in your use of the BIOS. I like this feature, it still
needs to be tweaked and is not up to ABIT standards quite yet.
Second is the addition of
the multiple FSBs. Jeez.......these guys really went off
this time. Front side bus speeds from 83MHz to 200MHz in
integers of "1". I would say this board will keep you
going for a while.
Third, they have ripped
one of the ISA slots off. Hasta la vista!!!!!!! They could
have taken the other one and I would have not cared.
Fourth, since they ripped
your ISA slot they have come back in a forgiving nature and awarded us
with ATA66 on board.
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Wingman Formula Racing Wheel 10:51
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AGNHardware
has posted a review
of Logitech's WingMan Formula Racing Wheel (not the one with force
feedback). Overall rating 7/10.
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A-Trend ATC-6240 V2 Slot-1 Mobo 10:38
PM EST - Email Us |
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Hardware
Central has posted a review
of A-Trend's ATC-6240 V2 motherboard. Seems like a decent
performer and evens has some overclocking capabilities (does any board
not have them these days?).
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Home Networking Kit Wars 10:30
PM EST - Email Us |
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3D Wars
has posted another comparison,
this time between the Linksys EtherFast Switched 10/100 network in a box
and DLink's DFE-910 10/100 network in a box. Obviously the linksys
kit, with its switching hub comes out on top when it comes to
performance, but its price is also quite a bit higher so it depends on
how much you want to spend.
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Microstar MS-6178 i810 Mobo Review 10:25
PM EST - Email Us |
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BXBoards
has posted a review
of MSI's MS-6178 i810 based Socket-370 microATX motherboard. Not
the best i810 board they've seen, but it looks like a pretty decent
solution.
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Battle of the 500MHz CPU's 10:21
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Anand
Tech has posted their comparison
between AMD's Athlon 500MHz chip and Intel's Pentium III 500MHz &
Celeron 500 chips. Want to see which one will give you the highest performance
or best bang for your buck? Head over and check it out.
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Spectra 2500 & 3200 NT4 Driver 10:15
PM EST - Email Us |
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I noticed over at 3DFiles,
that Canopus has released a new
Windows NT 4.0 driver for the Spectra 2500 and 3200 cards. Grab it
below:
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IBM Deskstar 34GXP Hard Drive 8:24
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Storage
Review has posted a review
of IBM's Deskstar 34GXP DPTA-373420 hard 7200 RPM ATA-66 hard
drive. Performance-wise, it looks like its fits in the middle of
the crop.
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TNT2 Ultra Overclocking Project 8:17
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The guys over at the Tech
Zone are getting a little of that HardOCP
fever. They've taken a Xeon heatsink, 80mm chassis fan and mounted
it on an ASUS V3800 TNT2 Ultra using some frag tape®. Head
over and see how far they were able to overclock it.
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Keith's PC Tweak Guide: Part 1 8:13
AM EST - Email Us |
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Tweak3D
has posted an article
by Keith "Farrel" McClellan (by permission) which originally
showed up in the Ultimate Hardware Bible section of PC Gamer. If
you want to learn how to tweak your system to achieve maximum
performance, this is a good place to start.
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CPU Temperature & Life Expectancy 8:09
AM EST - Email Us |
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Overclockers.com
has posted a very interesting article
which shows you how to calculate the life expectancy of your CPU given
the temperature its running at.
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Memory Prices: Analysis & Forecast 8:02
AM EST - Email Us |
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iXBT
Hardware has posted an article
which takes a look at what has happened to RAM prices in the last 7
months and the recent hike in prices. They predict that prices
should go back down by December and continue on in the new year with a
huge price war. Sounds good to me :)
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Monday - September
20th
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Athlon Price Cuts/New Mobile CPU's 7:47
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I noticed over at Voodoo
eXtreme, that AMDZone has
posted an article
on the upcoming prices cuts to the AMD Athlon lines of CPU's. The
prices are starting to look quite good, I just wish I didn't have to buy
a new motherboard to get one. Check them out:
OEM
Athlon 500MHz - $205
Athlon 550MHz - $298
Athlon 600MHz - $459
Athlon 650MHz - $603
Athlon 700MHz - $832
BOXED
500MHz - $219
550MHz - $312
600MHz - $473
650MHz - $617
700MHz - $849
On a similar note, AMD has also announced
a bunch of new K6-III and K6-2 mobile processors, check out that press
release here.
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3dfx Interview @CombatSim 7:20
PM EST - Email Us |
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The guys over at CombatSim
have posted an interview
they conducted with Scott Sellers of 3dfx Interactive. There is
some interesting information in this interview about 3dfx's views on
other 3D accelerators and their own next gen chip.
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Creative Labs TNT/DVD Drivers 7:20
PM EST - Email Us |
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Creative Labs
has released a few new
drivers for you to play with. Grab them below:
Creative Labs 3D Blaster Riva TNT2
Fixes/Additions:
Creative Labs PC-DVD Inlay
Fixes/Additions:
- The latest navigator program (PlayCenter
UI).
- Improved detection for various
graphics cards.
- An additional feature that prevents
any on-screen interruption (eg. monitor power-saving mode), during
video playback.
- PC-DVD
Inlay Driver (Win9x - 12 MB)
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Soyo SY-6BA+IV Announced!! 3:33
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Damn was I ever happy when I got this email
from Len Fernandes of SOYO Tek.
SOYO has announced their newest i440BX Slot-1 motherboard which now has
UltraDMA/66 support. Jeez I thought it couldn't get any better
than the SY-6BA+III :) Here is the press release:
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i820 Camino Performance Update 3:25
PM EST - Email Us |
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Apex over at Got
Apex? has notified us that he has redone all the i820
benchmarks using the latest i820 drivers. The new drivers
certainly helped as the performance is now at the same level as the BX
chipset (which is significantly better than before) but still not what
most people had expected. Head over to read all the details.
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Lightfax 5600 USB Modem Review 3:25
PM EST - Email Us |
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Dan's Data
has posted a review of
the Lightfax 5600 USB modem. If you need a relatively cheap, quick
modem that you can easily transport, check this one out. Just
beware if you don't like the color green :)
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Matrox Millennium G400 Review 8:45
AM EST - Email Us |
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3DSpotlight
has posted their review
of Matrox's Millennium G400 card. If you haven't already seen enough
reviews of the card and are planning on buying one, head over and check
out what the guys at 3DSpotlight thought about it.
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MS Sidewinder Gamepad Pro Review 8:45
AM EST - Email Us |
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ActiveWin
has posted a review
of Microsoft's latest game controller, the gamepad Pro. This thing
looks really awesome, I can't wait to get one.
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AMK-810 24" Full Tower Case Review 8:43
AM EST - Email Us |
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The Tech
Zone has posted a review
of AMK Services AMK-810 24" Full Tower case. This thing is
unbelievable, you have to at least head over and check out the picture
if nothing else. Here is a bit from the review:
The AMK-810 has to be the wildest case
I've ever seen. First built as a one of a kind test model, it is now
being considered for production. If you're looking for the highest
performing case money can buy, the AMK-810 may very well be it. The
810 in the name stands for the amount of air this case moves in one
minute. 810 cubic feet! With this kind of air movement, I bet it can
cool down your room as well as the case.
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Building Your Own Rig: Part 2 8:38
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SystemLogic
has posted the second
part of their guide to building you own system. Here is what
they cover in this section:
In Part 1, I showed you how to install
the motherboard in the case, how to install the processor and how to
go about connecting the drives. In Part 2, I will finish up the basic
hardware installation by showing you how to install the video card and
installing the RAM, I will also give you a checklist to go by to make
sure you didn't leave anything out as far as powering up the system,
and I will take you through the first "test" bootup.
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Savage 2000/Viper II Preview 8:38
AM EST - Email Us |
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3DAlpha
has posted a preview
of S3's Savage2000 chip, specifically in the form of Diamond's upcoming
Viper II card. Just remember that whatever you read now is all
speculation until the final product is on the store shelves.
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VideoLogic PowerVR Neon250 Review 8:29
AM EST - Email Us |
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PVR Net
has posted a review
of VideoLogic's PowerVR Neon250. I remember this card being talked
about so long ago, remember it used to be called the PVRSG? Well
its finally out and rivals current 3D cards on the market, but next
generation cards are right around the corner.
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Voodoo3/Banshee Driver For Linux 8:26
AM EST - Email Us |
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3dfx
Gamers has posted some new Linux drivers for the Voodoo3 and Banshee
based cards. They will not work on the Voodoo/Voodoo2. Head
over using the link below to get all the info and download the drivers:
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The Upgrade PC Pricing Guide 8:22
AM EST - Email Us |
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Thresh's
Firing Squad has updated their PC
Upgrade Pricing Guide with the latest and lowest prices of the best
hardware around. Head over and check it out if you want to build
an ultra powerful system for the cheapest price or just want to upgrade
one or two components in your existing system.
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Turtle Beach Montego II Quadzilla 8:18
AM EST - Email Us |
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While over at Sharky's
place, I noticed that they've also posted a review
of Voyetra Turtle Beach's Montego II Quadzilla card. If you don't
already know, this card+breaker board package is based on the Aureal
8830 Vortex2 chip and supports 4 speaker output as well as S/PDIF
output.
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A-Trend ATC3970 Savage4 Pro 8:15
AM EST - Email Us |
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Sharky
Extreme has posted a review
of A-Trend's entry into the Savage4 Pro market, the ATC3970. It's a tad
cheaper than other Savage4 Pro cards but according to SE it also has
slower memory performance than those other cards.
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Freetech P6F107 Socket-370 Mobo 8:13
AM EST - Email Us |
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Anand
Tech has posted a review
of Freetech's P6F107 i440BX based Socket-370 ATX motherboard.
Looks like an average board, nothing special about it.
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Saturday - September
18th
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New Matrox G400 Driver For NT4 7:17
PM EST - Email Us |
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Matrox
has released a new G400 Driver
for Windows NT 4.0. No notes on whats new, but grab it anyway for
the fun of it:
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Two Motherboards & One Cooler 12:18
AM EST - Email Us |
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The
High Performance PC Guide has been extremely busy lately with all
their product reviews. They've posted a couple new motherboard
reviews and a cooler review. Check them out below if you're
interested in any of them:
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TB Montego II Quadzilla Review 12:05
AM EST - Email Us |
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3D Alpha
has posted their review
of Voyetra Turtle Beach's Montego II Quadzilla sound card.
This card is based on Aureal's Vortex2 chip, has 4 speaker support and
very nice S/PDIF output.
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MS Intellimouse Explorer Review 11:59
AM EST - Email Us |
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While I was over at Gamespot
UK I also noticed that they have posted a review
of Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer.
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Creative Labs DTTS-2500 Review 11:54
AM EST - Email Us |
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Gamespot
UK has posted a review
of Cambridge Soundworks (a division of Creative Labs) DTTS-2500 Dolby
Digital 5.1 Speaker set. They liked the sound reproduction of this
system but thought they were a tad underpowered.
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New ASUS Video Card Drivers 10:01
AM EST - Email Us |
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I noticed over at Betanews,
that ASUS has released a driver which
works with all the cards listed below:
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5-Way BX Motherboard Roundup 9:55
AM EST - Email Us |
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Tom's
Hardware Guide has posted a roundup
of 5 of the latest BX motherboards available. I'm disappointed
they didn't include the Soyo SY-6BA+III in this roundup.
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Abit Hot Rod 66 ATA-66 Controller 9:15
AM EST - Email Us |
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iXBT
Hardware has posted a review
of Abit's Hot Rod 66 UltraDMA/66 Controller card. In case you
don't have the new Abit motherboards, but still want to get ATA-66, this
is a quick and easy way to do it. Be aware, that there are other
options like that from Promise Technologies.
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Friday - September
17th
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Another MC1000 Peltier Cooler Review 8:38
AM EST - Email Us |
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Thresh's
Firing Squad has also posted a review
of Swiftech's MC1000 Peltier cooler. Again, performance was
amazing, but with the money you spend on this baby, you could probably
buy a processor that is a couple grades higher anyway. On the
other hand, It's still very fun to play with and see how far you can
push a processor, besides what else are we going to do with our
computers if we don't overclock? :)
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Creative Labs CDRW 4224 Review 8:34
AM EST - Email Us |
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Gamewire
has posted a review
of Creative Labs CD ReWritable 4224 IDE drive. They seemed to like
the drive very much giving it an overall rating of 9/10.
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Interview w/ Intel @SystemLogic
8:23 AM EST - Email Us |
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SystemLogic
has conducted an interview
with Howard High of Intel's Press Relation Department. There is
some pretty interesting information in this interview, but like every
other company, they won't disclose any goodies about next generation
stuff :)
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Aureal SQ2500 Sound Card Preview
8:14 AM EST - Email Us |
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3DSoundSurge
has posted a preview
of Aureal's freshly announced SQ2500 Vortex 2 based sound card.
This isn't your regular Vortex 2 card though, check it out:
The SQ2500 is apparently not just
another Vortex 2 card. It includes what Aureal is referring to as a
"new optimized Vortex2 chip" and has a coaxial S/PDIF out
instead of optical. The specs I have seen also mention an improved s/n
ratio of 98 dB (vs the 95 dB listed for the SuperQuad). Included with
the card are several audio applications, including their new Aureal
Vortex Player and Techland Software’s Future Beat 3D as well as full
versions of Drakan and Heretic II and a demo version of Slave Zero.
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Explanation on Rising SDRAM Prices
8:11 AM EST - Email Us |
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Bill over at CPUReview
has posted an article
which takes a look at some of the reasons which may explain why SDRAM
prices have gone up so much. Just make sure you don't buy any RAM
now, wait until they go back down ... if you need it urgently, borrow a
stick from a friend :)
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Alpha Pentium III Cooler Review
8:06 AM EST - Email Us |
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HardOCP
has posted a review
of Alpha's specially designed cooler for the Pentium III. Lots has
been changed in this P3 version, for instance, it now has a copper
insert for even better heat conduction. This baby was able to beat
the Tennmax P3TF and the highly touted Vantec P3D-5030 by 13% and 11%
respectively. That's some amazing cooling!
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