GamePC has posted a review
of Sony's absolutely beautiful G500 21" flat CRT monitor. I
don't think you'll be able to find a better monitor!
D-Link
10/100 Network In a Box
11:05 PM EST
3D-Unlimited has posted a review
of D-Link's 10/100 Ethernet networking kit in a box. If you want
an easy way to setup a high-speed home network, this is a good way to
get started.
Interesting
News @OW
11:02 PM EST
Chin over at the Overclocker's
Workbench has sent word of quite a few interesting new posts for
today. Here is a quick summary of the items you can find at their
site:
Intel "Quad-Pumped" processor bus
Will upcoming i815 chipset kill Camino?
VIA Joshua to be released soon
Plextor
PlexWriter 8/4/32 CD-RW Review
10:58 PM EST
Hot Hardware has posted a review
of Plextor's PlexWriter 8X Write, 4X ReWrite, 32X Read CD-RW
drive.
Creative
GeForce Pro Review
10:57 PM EST
Overclockers Australia has
posted their review
of Creative Labs 3D Blaster GeForce Pro DDR card. Do I really need
to mention that this card kicks ass?
NVIDIA
Detonator 3.75 For Win2K
3:57 PM EST
I also noticed over at 3DChipset,
that unofficial Detonator 3.75 drivers for NVIDIA's chips has been
released. Apparently, this new version allows GeForce + Athlon
owners to use AGP2X mode! Grab it below:
Sharky Extreme has posted a preview
of Transmeta's Crusoe processor. It's very detailed and has some
information I haven't seen anywhere else.
Fuji
SuperCCD Technology
3:37 PM EST
I noticed over at Hardware-One,
that Fuji has announced new Digital Camera's based on their new SuperCCD
Technology. This new technology goes leaps and bounds over what's
currently available. For example, this new Fuji FinePix S1 Pro has
a 3.2 million pixel SuperCCD sensor which produces a 6.1 million pixel
image. You can read more about it here.
A
Couple of Case Reviews
3:32 PM EST
Here are a couple of new case reviews for those of you looking to build
a new computer on your own:
Anand Tech has posted up a very
information article
on the performance of Intel's i820 chipset when using SDRAM. Here
is a bit from the article:
We've said it
before and we'll say it again, the BX platform is still the most
attractive platform in terms of stability and performance for the
newer Pentium IIIs based on the Coppermine core. Even with SDRAM the
i820 loses its appeal because of the heavy performance penalties
associated with using a MTH in order to gain SDRAM support.
New
Interesting Products PR's
2:45 PM EST
James over at CNewz
has sent word of a couple new product press releases this morning.
Firstly (and most interestingly), National Semiconductor has announced
the first 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet chip. Can you imagine how fast
you could transfer files over a 1000Mbps LAN?? Secondly, Seagate
has announced their Barracuda 7200 RPM ATA/66 hard drives. Head
over to see the actual press
releases.
3DfxCOOL
7HO Alpha Cooler Review
2:42 PM EST
SystemLogic has posted a review
of 3DfxCOOL's 7HO Alpha PPGA cooler. A great heatsink, which I'm
currently comparing to some other PPGA big ones, like the FDP32
ASUS
K7M Review
2:40 PM EST
The Tech Zone has posted a review
of ASUS's K7M Athlon motherboard. Still one of the best out there,
so head over and check it out if you're thinking of upgrading to an
Athlon.
Update: ASUS has released a new BIOS update for this
board. Grab it here.
Sunday
-
January 30th
Powertweak
2.01 Released
6:45 PM EST
While browsing the net, I noticed that Powertweak
2.01 has been released. The program is no longer in beta and
contains hardware optimizations, system monitor and a processor cooling
function. Grab it below:
Another email just came in from BXBoards,
notifying us that they've posted a review
of TennMax's Lasagna X BGA cooler for video cards. They tested it
on a GeForce chip.
Shuttle
ME64 i810e Mobo Review
6:43 PM EST
BXBoards has posted a review
of Shuttle's ME64 i810e based Slot-1 and Socket-370 board. Even
though it supports both types of interfaces, you can only use one at a
time.
EPoX
6VBA2 Review Part1
6:40 PM EST
Overclocker's Workbench has
posted part 1 of their review
of EPoX's brand new 6VBA2. This board is based on VIA's Apollo Pro
133A (694x) chipset.
Aureal
SQ2500 Vortex2 Review
11:10 AM EST
Dan's Data has posted a review
of Aureal's SQ2500 Vortex2 PCI sound card. Head over and see what
Dan thought of it.
Anand
Tech Motherboard Reviews
11:07 AM EST
Anand Tech has posted a
couple new motherboard reviews, if you haven't already checked them out:
Chin over at Overclocker's
Workbench has notified us that AMD has announced their K6-2 533MHz
CPU which runs on a 97MHz FSB (so make sure you're motherboard supports
that FSB speed). Check out the press release here.
How
To Paint PC Cases
10:54 AM EST
Tech Junkie has posted a rather
interesting article
on how to paint your PC case. If you want to spice up your case a
bit, check out this article :)
Ultimate
Hard Drive Cooler Review
10:51 AM EST
Overclockin.com has posted a review
of The Ultimate Hard Drive Cooler. This baby has dual fans and a
huge heatsink!
BX
vs. i820 Benchmarks
10:47 AM EST
Overclocker's Workbench has
translated a Chinese article which compares the performance of the BX
chipset vs. the i820 (ASUS P3C2000) and both of VIA's new chipsets 693a
and 694x (Apollo Pro 133 and 133A respectively). Looks like the BX is
still the winner. Check it out here.
