Tech News
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Walton Chaintech launches SLI-ready GeForce 6800 GS
Published: Monday, November 21, 2005 | By: DennisChaintech is one of our favorite builders, good quality stuff.
"Walton Chaintech launched the SE68GS, a SLI-ready graphics card utilizing the Nvidia GeForce 6800 GS graphics processing unit (GPU), worldwide on November 18, with a suggested retail price of US$249.
The Chaintech SE68GS features advanced gaming technologies – Shader Model 3.0, high-dynamic range (HDR) lighting and Nvidia Scalable Link Interface (SLI) multi-GPU technology, according to the company, adding that the SE68GS has 256MB DDR3 SDRAM plus the 6800 GS GPU’s native 256-bit memory interface. In addition, the new SLI-ready card delivers 1000MHz in memory clock, noted the company." -
Ninjalane WAN Party!!
Published: Friday, November 18, 2005 | By: DennisI know this is short notice but the UT2004 server will be fired up this weekend for some much needed stress release. For those looking to do the same or just simply want to frag the shite out of me follow the link below to get the direct link to the server.
The server will be started this evening (friday) around 7:00pm MST and will remain running until sometime Sunday night. -
Foxconn 975X-based motherboard to be available in December
Published: Thursday, November 17, 2005 | By: Dennis"Foxconn Electronics (the registered trade name of Hon Hai Precision Industry) recently introduced its 975X7AA-8EKRS2 motherboard, which is based on the Intel 975X chipset. The chipset recently appeared at the Intel website without a formal launch. According to Foxconn, the motherboard supports dual-graphics technologies, such as ATI’s CrossFire (Nvidia’s SLI is not mentioned), and features a rear external SATA II connector. The product will be available in December, the company said."
It would seem that Intel is doing a "me too", And I can't wait to test one out.
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Foxconn NF4SLI7AA-8EKRS2 (nForce 4 SLI Intel) @ Viperlair
Published: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 | By: DennisI'll let you decide how to interpret this review, there are tentative plans to get this and one other Foxconn board in the Ninjalane Labs for evaluation so stay tuned for the results.
"Packaging for this board was pretty stylish, the box has a semi transparent plastic sleeve with a window cut out that displays a chrome Foxconn badge, once you remove the sleeve the back of the box provides more info about the board."
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Gainward 7800 GT Golden Sample @ PureOverclock
Published: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 | By: DennisThis sounds like a Gainward card to me
"As the Gainward 7800 GT Golden Sample is factory overclocked to 450/1050 I wasn’t expecting it to go much further. I managed a stable 473/1200 which brought the shader and ROP clocks up to 486 MHz. This gave it a speed boost that the Inno3D 7800 GT could not hope to match with its shader and ROP clocks stuck at 459 MHz."
The thing I want to know is if the company that bought Gainward will ever bring the red PCBs back. -
XFX Revo64 Serial ATA RAID card @ Tech Report
Published: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 | By: DennisNot sure what it is about RAID controllers but I sure want to collect them all.
"The market may be brimming with multi-drive goodness, but that doesn't mean that there isn't room for something new. You see, most affordable RAID solutions, be they add-in cards or motherboard implementations, are software-based solutions and lack dedicated onboard memory. Most stick to supporting a mix of RAID levels 0, 1, 10/0+1, and 5, as well. We haven't seen much in the way of RAID 3 or hardware acceleration, and that's where XFX's new Revo64 comes in."
Maybe XFX will be nice and send us one for review as well? -
Case Window How-to Guide @ Pro-Clockers
Published: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 | By: DennisHere is a quick guide for installing a window kit. Tool choices aside they did a pretty good job on this guide. I may be a little biased but I feel that the Ninjalane method for installing windows is 100% better.
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Albatron and XFX debut new SLI-ready GeForce 6800 GS Cards
Published: Tuesday, November 8, 2005 | By: Dennis"Albatron’s new PC6800GS VGA card supports a core clock speed of 425 MHz and contains 12 pipelines. The card features a memory configuration using 256MB of DDR3 memory with a 256-bit memory bus. Albatron says that the card is now available for sale worldwide but declined to give a price range.
XFX introduced its XFX GeForce 6800 GS eXTreme and XXX series today. The eXTreme line has a core clock speed of 450MHz, whereas the high-end XXX series runs at 485MHz, according to the company." -
Mobo makers review launch of AMD Socket-M2 processors
Published: Tuesday, November 8, 2005 | By: Dennis"Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) plans to launch a series of 940-pin Socket M2 CPUs – a dual-core processor codenamed Windsor and the single-core Orleans and Manila processors – in the second quarter of 2006, according to unspecified motherboard makers that have reviewed the chip vendor’s latest roadmap. As a result, AMD’s Socket-939 processors are expected to be phased out one year after the release of the Socket-M2 CPUs, indicated the makers."
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NL: Review Block - Cooling
Published: Tuesday, November 8, 2005 | By: DennisCooling solutions come and go however sadly many of the solutions out there are really not that good (IMO). (cept for the ones posted below)
- Dynatron A41 V-Shaped Skived Athlon64 Heatsink Review @ FrostyTech
- Dynatron A22 V-Shaped Skived Athlon64 Heatsink Review @ FrostyTech
- Dynatron A22 AMD Socket heatsink @ Pro-Clockers
- Cooljag SFO-D(18SC) Skived Copper Opteron Heatsink @ FrostyTech
- Waterchill Xtreme KT12A-12VX @ XtremeResources Umm, ya extreme!
The asetek review is very extreme but only cause it comes with 6x 120mm fans and a triple fan radiator.
