Wind Tunnell II Case Review
posted: May 28, 2001 @ 10:08 EDT by: ryan
IANAG has posted up a review of the Wind Tunnell II Case.
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Fasttrack ATA/100 RAID
posted: May 28, 2001 @ 10:07 EDT by: ryan
Inexpensive IDE RAID controllers abound, even being found on many popular motherboards. But anyone can play with RAID with an external card such as the Promise Fasttrack ATA/100 RAID controller. The Tech Zone has the full review.
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Tropico Review
posted: May 28, 2001 @ 10:06 EDT by: ryan
Poptop Software has done it again with their latest sim "Tropico". Being their newest release since Railroad Tycoon, this "Civilization" type of strategy game will certainly strengthen this already this popular genre. This very addictive game is more than about ruling people and resources; moreover, gamers find themselves performing actions beyond the scope of political correctness. Here's a clip from The Game Den's review:
"Tropico is not just about building and moving cargo from point A to point B. You must learn how to control people who do not want to be controlled. How to win elections through various different means and how to control the money necessary to win you the game. Tropico is a game of behind the scenes action where you are watching individual people, planning your crops, hiring the right immigrants and other such detailed work. In the beginning things start to take shape slowly and you can become a bit bored, however this is the time to learn who your opponents could be, plan your islands layout and figure out which industry will lead your people to greatness."
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Transcend ALR4 Motherboard
posted: May 28, 2001 @ 10:06 EDT by: ryan
Amdmb.com has posted a review of the Transcend ALR4 motherboard based on the ALi MAGiK 1 DDR chipset for the Athlon platform. The motherboard performed fairly well and ran stable during testing and daily operation. Also part of the review is Transcend's own DDR memory.
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Cool Case Gallery
posted: May 27, 2001 @ 9:49 EDT by: ryan
Virtual Hideout has just posted their Weekly Updates to the Cool Case Gallery!
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Unlocking Socket A Chips
posted: May 27, 2001 @ 9:48 EDT by: ryan
GideonTech has put up a quick 2 page guide to unlocking your socket A chip. Fast and simple, should have people overclocking within 10 mins!
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12X Lite-On DVD-ROM
posted: May 27, 2001 @ 9:47 EDT by: ryan
Adrian's Rojak Pot just posted a review of the 12X Lite-On LTD-122 DVD-ROM drive!
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"FruitCake" Cooler
posted: May 26, 2001 @ 9:23 EDT by: ryan
BoomGames has posted up a review of the AOC "FruitCake" Cooler. Glad I never heard of that one ;)
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Hitman 2 Preview
posted: May 26, 2001 @ 9:21 EDT by: ryan
Too all you evil-doers out there, you better start looking over your
shoulder, because guess who is back? That's right, it's good ol' 47. The sequel to the cult hit of last year, Hitman 2 has much going for it: amazing freedom when it comes to mission objectives, plus a new engine. HitmanHQ's Tech21 takes a look at this upcoming title.
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Samsung SyncMaster 800TFT
posted: May 26, 2001 @ 9:21 EDT by: ryan
PCStats has posted up a review of the Samsung SyncMaster 800TFT 18.1" LCD Display.
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Hercules 3D Prophet 4500
posted: May 25, 2001 @ 11:20 EDT by: ryan
X-bit labs has posted a review of the STM Kyro II Hercules 3D Prophet 4500 64MB Graphics Card. Sorry for the lack of news updates for the last couple of days guys ...
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IWill DVD266-R Review
posted: May 24, 2001 @ 8:10 EDT by: ryan
Hardware Analysis Update: Iwill DVD266-R Motherboard Review
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P4 1.7GHz @ 2.3GHz!
posted: May 23, 2001 @ 8:51 EDT by: ryan
Asetek has managed to get a P4 1.7GHz all the way up to 2.3GHz! Not bad heh?
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Asus V8200 GF3 Review
posted: May 23, 2001 @ 8:50 EDT by: ryan
The Asus V8200 Deluxe is the GeForce3 board for the person who has everything.
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New FIC AD11 Review
posted: May 23, 2001 @ 8:50 EDT by: ryan
T-Break has just published a review of FIC's AMD761 chipset based AD11. Here's a bit from the review:
"Good thing about this board is that it provides excellent means of overclocking by letting you adjust the voltage and clock multiplier- although this is done by means of dip-switched instead of the BIOS. The location of these dip-switches is however, somewhat less than desirable."
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Blizzard S370 Copper Heatsink
posted: May 22, 2001 @ 7:03 EDT by: ryan
FrostyTech has posted up a review of the Blizzard S370 Copper Heatsink:
"Like its' brother the S370-L, the Blizzard S370 sports a set of thick copper fins, and a solid copper construction. Armed with a much more powerful Sanyo Denki fan this copper heatsink promises some very sweet performance characteristics.
There are a couple of points which make this model stand out from the S370-L we looked at previously. First off, the S370 is not angled in the manner the other Blizzard was, but rather the fan sits in a pure impingement orientation."
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Win Some AMD Stuff
posted: May 22, 2001 @ 7:02 EDT by: ryan
LITTLEWHITEDOG.COM is giving away a plethora of AMD Swag!
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New Abit KT BIOS
posted: May 22, 2001 @ 7:02 EDT by: ryan
Paul and his Abit KT7/KT7A/KT7E have whipped up an unofficial bios for the Abit KT line of motherboards. This bios is based on the latest Abit "ZT" bios but also incorporates the latest Highpoint bios along with an option to disable ACPI in the bios, a trick long learned to help improve stability. Here is a snip:
"Based on the official TY and ZT BIOS releases respectively, each not only includes the new Highpoint 1.11.0402 BIOS release for the HPT370 (RAID) controller but also come with options to enable and disable ACPI in the BIOS and enable/disable Gate A20. ABIT normally remove the ability to disable ACPI in the BIOS in order to earn Microsoft's seal of approval, but it is a popular feature amongst users struggling to achieve stability!"
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Skyhawk Aluminum Case
posted: May 22, 2001 @ 7:01 EDT by: ryan
VoidYourWarranty just finished another review
"Most of the case is held together with thumbscrews. The case has removable side panels that are held on by two thumbscrews each. The top of the case is also removable and held on with 2 thumbscrews in the rear of the case...The side panels have no handles or indentions, so they look extremely clean but are a bit more trouble to remove."
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Xeon DP Review
posted: May 21, 2001 @ 4:19 EDT by: ryan
Hardware Analysis Update: Intel Dual Xeon DP Review:
"Intel's Xeon DP was officially introduced today, featuring the well known Pentium 4 core and adding dual processing, SMP. Judging by its feature set it could very well offer a great high-end workstation platform."
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CPUfx Core HSF Review
posted: May 21, 2001 @ 4:19 EDT by: ryan
Virtual Hideout has posted another HSF review, this time of the CPUfx Core HSF:
"I found the performance of the Core good but not outstanding as I expected. Looks Marvelous. With the overwhelming size and the CNC Machined perfection Comes with Arctic Silver 2 and shims for both AMD and Intel. Which as far as I know, no other HSF comes with. Figure about $8 per shim and $7 for AS2. Thats pretty good. However comes with no fan. But that gives you option of high speed/high noise Delta, or other high speed (less than Delta)/moderate noise fans. I can't say to buy this, or not to buy this item. This time its all up to you. The price is too big a factor for me to blab my mouth about with these less than perfect temps."
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Soltek SL-75KAV Review
posted: May 21, 2001 @ 4:17 EDT by: ryan
With all this Geforce 3 action, and also Xeon news, and not forgetting
the Booth Babes from E3 there has been some need for a motherboard review, of the Soltek nature.
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Bungee Pro Mouse Pad
posted: May 21, 2001 @ 4:16 EDT by: ryan
Today Savagezone has reviewed a rather extraordinary mousing surface. Take a look at our conclusion to get a good glimpse of what it is like:
"Glass is awesome and so is the Mouse Bungee Pro. The logo changing idea is great and the main graphic they included is quite nice. The pricing is pretty near to that of other PMS offerings (save the ratpadz). IMHO Hacking off the Bungee would reduce the price and making a better product at the same time, but then again I'm just a crazy wacko. =P"
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Elan Vital T10 Case Review
posted: May 21, 2001 @ 4:15 EDT by: ryan
Elan Vital T10 Case review. URL:
"With the T10, Elan Vital has managed to assemble what has to be one of the world's worst cases ever. The odd thing is that on the inside of this horrible case they've included some very cool features.... That's of little comfort however, considering how badly the case has been designed on the outside. H'mm... a case that works well on the inside but is impossible to use. Great - just what we all need!"
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Gigabyte 7DXR Motherboard
posted: May 21, 2001 @ 4:12 EDT by: ryan
Amdmb.com has reviewed the Gigabyte 7DXR motherboard based around the AMD 760 chipset. This motherboard had a VERY good showing, being the first DDR motherboard to offer full overclocking options along with being very stable.
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Digital Doc 5 Review
posted: May 20, 2001 @ 8:45 EDT by: ryan
AMDMB has taken a look at the Digital Doc 5 Hardware Monitor. It allows the user to monitor upto 8 different temperatures and control the activity of fans as well.
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CrazyPC Shim Review
posted: May 20, 2001 @ 8:44 EDT by: ryan
Extreme Overclocking has just posted a review on some non-conductive shims from CrazyPC. These shims are 100% non-conductive and are excellent quality.
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CoolerGuys interviewed
posted: May 20, 2001 @ 8:08 EDT by: ryan
Coolerguys.com interviewed. Nuf' said.
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Gigabyte GeForce3 Review
posted: May 20, 2001 @ 8:08 EDT by: ryan
AcidHardware have just posted their review of the Gigabyte GF3000D GeForce3 based video card:
"One of the most innovative features the GeForce3 offers is its nfiniteFX engine. The GeForce2/256 GPUs had a set amount of features that developers could use and in my opinion, could not be considered a GPU because of the lack of programmability. The GeForce 3 delivers what developers have been asking for for quite a while now. A fully programmable engine that gives developers the ability to program a virtually infinite number of special effects and custom looks. This in turn gives developers the opportunity to create games and other graphic-intensive applications with more exciting and original visual effects. There are two things that make the nfiniteFX engine what it is, Vertex shaders and Pixel shaders."
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Anarchy Online Screens
posted: May 19, 2001 @ 1:36 EDT by: ryan
Fresh today on EuroGamer are the statutory three new screenshots of Anarchy Online, snapped from a beta copy of the massively multiplayer RPG.
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E3 Day One Coverage
posted: May 19, 2001 @ 1:35 EDT by: ryan
Maximum3D is out in LA at E3 2001. They just posted their Day 1 coverage:
"One question I needed to know was why the new Athlon4 was released in a mobile format first. Since the new design is offering up to 14% more speed clock for clock when compared with the current Thunderbirds, it seemed like a missed opportunity to kick Intel in the nuts again. We were told that while AMD has been steadily gaining in market share in the desktop segment, their current K6-2/3 mobile processors were not faring as well. From a business sense, they needed to gain a foothold in the lucrative mobile market, and the Athlon4 was the answer."
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Abit KT7E Mobo Reviews
posted: May 18, 2001 @ 6:35 EDT by: ryan
HardOCP takes a look at the Abit KT7e mainboard. Hexus.net has a review as well.
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MSI K7T Turbo Review
posted: May 18, 2001 @ 6:33 EDT by: ryan
ViaHardware has just posted their review of the MSI K7T Turbo Limited. This board may be the top KT133A board to get. With features matching that of other popular boards and them some, along with great stability and overclocking options. All of that on a Red PCB to boot. Here is a snip:
"Despite being red, MSI realized that in order for it to sell, it somehow had to distinguish itself from their ordinary K7T Turbo. MSI decided to continue with the red look and developed a jazzed up box and manuals to compliment the board."
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Future of Black & White
posted: May 17, 2001 @ 10:23 EDT by: ryan
GameSpyDaily has a special report on the future of Black & White.
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BIOS Optimization Guide
posted: May 17, 2001 @ 4:45 EDT by: ryan
Adrian's Rojak Pot just posted rev. 6.0 of their BIOS Optimization Guide. Quite a good read if you ask me.
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