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Monday, 09 January 2006 |
PowerColor X1600 XT & X1300 PRO @ Bjorn3D
Today I have less expensive parts to test for both middle and low-end sectors of the market. They are PowerColor X1600 XT and X1300 PRO. The first card is based around RV530 core. There should be a lot of different SKUs mainly because ATI allows for handful of configurations ie. memory size and type. As far as memory bus is concerned, it features two 128-bit rings which is essentially a 128-bit architecture (ATI calls it 256, but that's obviously wrong). It comes with 4 pixel pipelines, 12 pixel shader units and 5 vertex pipelines -- not a standard 1:1 configuration. The X1300 PRO sample came in a non PRO box though based on real specifications I can assure you it's a real PRO model (just not final retail product). This baby is equipped with 4 pixel pipelines, 4 pixel shader units and 2 vertex pipelines (1 to 1 ratio, just like R520). As with X1600 XT it's also a 128-bit offering and should be available in many different configurations.
| | | Albatron K8SLi Motherboard @ Viperlair
"The board offers some very interesting solutions. It has virtually everything onboard that any user could want. SLi, NIC, plenty of USB ports, sound, etc. It only has one onboard NIC but for most that will be more than sufficient. The SLi solution without a jumper block, or flip card worked flawlessly, and without touching the FSB/Multi etc everything worked great. Something else that immediately comes to mind about the board is although the total height of the board is ATx spec the width is significantly shorter."
| | | PimpRig Review // Super Flower Digi-Master Fanbus
"Now Super-Flower looks to follow the Fan Master with..Drumroll please. The Digi Master. The Digi Master is a separate system monitoring device that allows monitoring of up to 3 fans and 3 temp probes, but they didn't stop there. The display shows the activity of more items than Zennzzo can fry CPUs in a week. Let's take a look at what Super-Flower has to show off this time around."
| | | Anand's New Website
I've just learned that Anand Shimpi, from AnandTech, has released a new website this week, called DailyTech (www.dailytech.com), which is dedicated to daily technology-related news. The editor-in-chip is Kristopher Kubicki, who is also a buddy of mine and was working at AnandTech for a very long time. It seems that the idea was to split the News section of AnandTech to a new website, as from now on all news posted on AnandTech will be pulled from DailyTech. Since AnandTech is the biggest website about PC hardware in the world (some folks claim that Tom's Hardware has greater traffic, but I think that's not true) it may be very possible that DailyTech will be one of the largest technology news website in the very near future.
| | | Gigabyte GeForce 6600 DDR2 Review
"*The Gigabyte GV-NX66256DP2 exceeded my expectations in performance and value. No longer will you have to spend hundreds of dollars to get a card to play the latest and greatest games. For about $400 AUD you can have a SLi setup that will perform as good as the more expensive single card solutions. The silent pipe technology keeps the card cool, as well as helping cut back the db's in your rig. DDR2 has provided a great improvement from the original DDR 6600 cards. If your in the market for a high performing cheap video card, this is the one for you!"
| | | Spire Rocketeer III 500W PSU @ Techniz
"The Spire Rocketeer 500W PSU is a powerful PSU with the silver and stylish housing and the 120mm blue LED cooling fan. With the dual 12V rails of power, it will support many peripheral devices without any problems. Furthermore, this PSU is equip with the auto fan speed control for the 120mm Blue LED cooling fan. The operation noise level was very silent as well. The bad thing for this PSU is, it was not Active PFC and does not have dual PCI-E connector ready to support dual VGA card at the same time. However, you can use the extra 6-Pin PCI-E connector to run the SLI/CrossFire without any problem.."
| | | Maxtor Diamondmax 10 200 GB 16 mb @ Rbmods
It was awhile ago I took a look at a harddrive and I was in need for one for my HTPC so I decided to order a Maxtor Diamondmax 10 200GB with a 16mb buffer, as it seemed to be perfect for my HTPC. I am curious though how the buffer works' and how the drive will perform vs a normal 8mb buffer drive and vs SATA so that's the main thing we will be looking at tonight in the review. I have heard good things about these drives and this is supposed to be fairly quiet so that is something we will check out also.
| | | Galaxy TVisto Multimedia Center @ A True Review
Technology is advancing rapidly with music and movies. IPods, cellphones, X-Box 360s and many other devices are allowing for music and video to be listened to and watched anywhere the consumer wants. One place where I want to listen to music and watch movies is my home theater system. In the past doing this required a Home Theater PC (HTPC). Now there are tons of devices that can accomplish this task. One such device is Galaxy's TVisto external hard drive enclosure, provided by Geeks.
| | | Power Color X800XL 256MB @ Phoronix
"Although ATI's X1000 series graphics processors have stolen a great deal of the attention off its predecessors, there remains no Linux 3D support at this time for these latest red solutions. However, for Linux users with the present status of ATI's proprietary drivers the X800 remains a respectable solution for those not looking to fall to the green team with their overwhelming Linux presence. Up on our review block today we have the X800XL 256MB from the folks over at Power Color."
| | | Mashie Design Visual Audio (MDVA) Review @ MODTHEBOX.COM
"The concept for the MDVA was derived from one of Mashie's older projects dubbed Anemone which took first place in the Summer 2002 CPL Consummate Computer Competition (C3). The MDVA includes a green coloured PCB circuit board that is protected by thick black acrylic and includes pre-drilled mounting holes for simple installation into a standard case. The overall appearance is the MDVA is very clean with access to the rear of the PCB. Towards the bottom left of the PCB is the location for a 4-pin Molex connector which provides power to the unit while the right side includes a 3-pin header for the bundled Audio Y-cable."
| | | Logitech Wireless Headphones for MP3 Review
"From this angle, we have a much better look at the 3.5mm male headphone jack. If you notice, there is a gap to the right of the headphone jack. The entire headphone jack unit can actually slide from either the left or right, depending on what is convenient for the device you are connecting to. Logitech provides a small locking mechanism to keep the jack in place."
| | | CaseBuy AI-02 series PC Case Review @ ModSynergy.com
"There are a few select cases on the market today that are directed towards quiet computing. In fact there are some cases today that have support for 120mm fans in the front and rear of the case; these fans significantly reduce the ambient noise the computer makes as a whole and CaseBuy is a relatively new company that has recently introduced a new PC case that features support for 120mm fans and looks really cool to boot. Read on to see the new AI-02 series from CaseBuy."
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Friday, 30 December 2005 |
Enermax Liberty 400W PSU review @ DH
"We've looked at numerous supplies here in the past and on the whole they have all been high specification units and those generally come at an equally high price. It goes without saying not everyone has a huge budget to work with; however stability is still an important factor. So today we are going to look at Enermax's mainstream model which comes in at 400w. Enermax are not a company known for skimping on quality so we should be in for a treat at a very reasonable price."
| | | HEXUS.reviews :: Rockdirect Xtreme 64 4800+ DTR
The last six months has given Rock the time to engineer an even faster laptop, replete with a dual-core AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ processor and twin 100GB 7,200RPM hard drives. Sounds like just the thing for you? Read on to see if it's as good as it appears to be on paper.
| | | Dangerden 12V waterpump @ Rbmods
When it comes to watercooling the Eheim and Hydor pumps have been the leading ones on the market. Swiftech and Dangerden both have released their own pumps and today we take a look at a 12V pump from Dangerden that we just received for testing. The problem before with 12v pumps have been that they make quite a bit of noise. Performance wise they have been pretty equal to the bigger 220V pumps but as said noise wise they are louder. That is exactly what we will be concentrating our review on today to see how loud it is and what performance we can get out of this pump.
| | | | Bigbruin.com Article: The Thumb Drive RAID Experiment
The idea of a thumb drive RAID array might not be practical for every day needs, but it is a novel idea that could be of benefit to some people. For one, owners of mini-ITX systems that boot from a flash drive might be interested in the sizable speed burst a RAID 0 array could provide... In the end, results were achieved that showed great promise for thumb drive RAID arrays.
| | | MediainLinux v4.0 RC5 @ Phoronix
"MediainLinux, a Linux distribution formed in Italy and based upon the popular Knoppix, is different from other LiveCDs as it aims to offer a wide collection of FOSS audio, video, and graphics software. With this multimedia software MediainLinux Version 4 RC5, which was released on Christmas of this year, shapes up to be a enticing GNOME-optimized distribution."
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Thursday, 08 December 2005 |
Samsung HP-R4252 42 Inch Plasma TV Review @ Tweaknews.net
"Take it from me, there is nothing like watching a guest come into your living room and dropping their jaw on the floor when their eyes first rest on a huge 42 inch TV. The usual words are "Wow! Nice TV!" or "Where did that come from?!". Plasma TVs are a thing of beauty and if you are in the market for a new TV soon and considering a large plasma for your next purchase, you owe yourself the time to stick around and allow me to give you a quick walk-through of the HP-R4252 and what it has to offer."
| | | Logitech G5 Laser mouse review @ DH
"The adjustable weight is one of the prime features of the mouse, and very likely a world's first. By opening the metallic box, you will find eight 4.5gr weights and eight 1.7gr weights. Given that the weight cartridge can take up to eight weights as well, the weight is adjustable from 1.7gr up to 36gr, in 1.7gr steps. Talk about precision! This way, you can adjust the weight of the mouse to your liking and muscular strength. A lighter mouse will be easier to use, especially for long periods of time. A heavier mouse will be more precise and give a better feeling, but it will tire you much quicker. You can adjust the weight to achieve the perfect balance between those two for your own hand."
| | | Xbox 360 - First Two Weeks
It's been a little over two weeks since I've gotten my Xbox 360, and I'm here to give my experiences with the system so far. This console certainly has it's issues, but do the pros make up for the cons?
| | | DFI Ultra LANParty UT nF4 Ultra-D @ Viperlair
"An enthusiasts enthusiast motherboard. Tweaks, tweaks and more tweaks make this a must choice outside of an SLI solution for the overclocker extraordinaire. Sexy looks and performance to match it, DFI hits the mark, again."
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