Tech News
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XFX 8800GTS 512 MB Alpha Dog Review @ Gamepyre
Published: Thursday, January 3, 2008 | By: DennisHere is one crazy video card, its still only a GTS but with a half gig of video ram.
It seems that NVIDIA is bent on just taking over the entire VGA arena in both the high and low end market at the same time. This can be clearly seen with their recent release strategy, and ATI is an unloaded gun when it comes to sheer product awareness across the spectrum. XFX will most likely have a few different variations of this card available from standard clocked models and a few overclocked types as well. This card beats almost the rest of the NVIDIA lineup other than the Ultra and is a very solid gaming solution. Pricing however is much higher than the 256MB GT, which is around the $200.00 mark as this card sells for about $350.00 give or take a few bucks in either direction.
We are never big on quoting prices here at Ninjalane, Instead we figure if you want it you'll do what you can to get it with cost becoming secondary. Of course we all know how frugal y'all is which is why sites like Pricewatch and Pricegrabber exist.
Bjorn3D also reviewed this card.
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Foxconn might become the head of Taiwan ODM motherboard makers, says paper
Published: Wednesday, January 2, 2008 | By: DennisWith Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) having recently landed orders to produce own-brand motherboards for Intel, while it is also competing with Pegatron Technology, the spun-off ODM subsidiary of Asustek Computer, over Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) desktop PC orders, it has shown that the maker is eager to achieve the number one spot in the motherboard manufacturing market, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.
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Happy New Year
Published: Tuesday, January 1, 2008 | By: DennisHappy New Year everyone. I know this post is a little late but we did a little too much partying here at Ninjalane last night
Lets make this year the best one ever!
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Athlon X2 is dead; long live Athlon 6000
Published: Thursday, December 27, 2007 | By: DennisAMD has recently outlined the phase-out schedule for several of its Athlon 64 X2 CPUs, while the Athlon brand name will be re-purposed for upcoming dual-core CPUs based on the K10 core, according to sources at motherboard makers.
AMD will stop taking orders for Athlon 64 X2 6400+ black edition and 89W version Athlon 64 X2 6000+ processors in the first quarter of 2008. Last orders for 125W Athlon 64 X2 6000+ and Athlon 64 X2 5600+ processors will be at the end of the first quarter, the sources detailed.Sadly I just bought one of the 5000+ processors, good to know it was due to be axed.
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New Upgrade Alley Systems
Published: Thursday, December 27, 2007 | By: DennisSay it ain't so plucky, say it ain't so, well it is so, there will be some new Upgrade Alley systems in January. The current plan is to have Workstation and Gaming updated before CES and then the lower grade systems shortly after.
At least now you'll have something to spend that Christmas money on
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NL: Review Block - Misc stuffs
Published: Sunday, December 23, 2007 | By: DennisNothing really to report here, just a list of some other reviews from around the inbox.
Cases
- GMC AVC-S7 Slim HTPC Case review in Metku
- In Win Allure Designer Computer Case Review @ Tweaknews
- Driver Heaven Review: CoolerMaster 690 Chassis
- Ultra m998 PC Case Review @ ThinkComputers
Memory
- Cellshock DDR2 1066 MHz CL5 2 GB Kit @ techPowerUp
- Crucial Ballistix DDR3 1600 MHz CL8 2GB Kit @ techPowerUp
Cooling
- Auras SLC-747 Heatsink Review @ Frostytech
- Thermalright HR-11 Videocard Backside Cooler Review @ Tweaknews
- Danger Den NVIDIA 4101 H20 Water Cooling Kit Review @ Madshrimps <-- Steaming mad at shrimps ))
- GlacialTech Igloo 5610 Silent and PWM Coolers Review @ HardwareLogic
Motherboards - nVidia 7xx series
- Gigabyte 780SLI-DS5 Motherboard Review @ Digit Life
- EVGA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard @ Hardware Secrets
- XFX nForce 780i SLI Motherboard Review @ Legit Reviews
- NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI @ HotHardware
Speaks
Hey another edifier review
- Edifier E1100 2.1 Speaker System Review @ Hardware Canucks
That will be it for our holiday news post, see you again after Christmas. -
NL: Review Block - DFI Motherboard
Published: Sunday, December 23, 2007 | By: DennisJust a little something, be sure to check out our own line of DFI motherboard reviews, the latest being the 790FX-M2R.
- DFI LANParty DK P35 T2R/S at Overclockers Online
- DFI LanParty UT NF680i SLI-T2R @ NordicHardware
- Pro-Clockers Christmas Wish List Motherboard Edition @ Pro-Clockers <-- this is a neat little thing ))
- PCSTATS Maximum Overclocking Charts @ PCSTATS <-- Kind of a year end look at overclocking. Interesting read.))
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Foxconn Mars Motherboard Review Block
Published: Sunday, December 23, 2007 | By: DennisWe've been looking to get our hands on one of these boards for quite some time now, you see Foxconn never did overclocking very well and to remain competitive they needed something in that space. According to my contacts at Computex they worked with DFI to create a fancy new motherboard that is supposed to do just that.
- Foxconn Mars Intel P35 Express Motherboard Review @ PCSTATS
- Foxconn MARS (Intel P35) @ HardwareZone
- Foxconn Mars @ Bjorn3D
Mars news in the future, we hope
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Lian-Li PC-7 SE-B III Case Review @ MadShrimps
Published: Friday, December 21, 2007 | By: DennisFor some reason this case looks like every other Lian-Li case in existence but I find their comparison charts to be rather humorous.
PC-Cooling.de send us an affordable mid-tower case from Lian-Li, this light weight aluminum case comes with three silent 120mm fans preinstalled and lots of tool less features. Let´s find out if a high end system can be kept cool inside. -
NVDA video by Wallstrip
Published: Thursday, December 20, 2007 | By: DennisThis might be a month old but its humor is timeless.
