Tech News
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SilverStone TJ03 Case Review @ PCmoddingmy
Published: Friday, February 4, 2005 | By: Dennis"According to SilverStone, most of the cost of TJ03 did not come from it being all aluminum even though it is more expensive to produce compared to steel. The majority of the cost comes from the aluminum finish that they have applied to the case with their top of the line brush anodized treatment on the exterior and chromate treated interior."
From a modding standpoint Alu cases are not the way to go. Don't get me wrong they look great and are very light but once you start hacking up the interior they tend to get very weak. -
Gainward to sell brand name to Palit
Published: Wednesday, February 2, 2005 | By: DennisSad times in the Ninjalane Labs
"The acquisition of the Gainward brand will help Palit to make inroads into the high-end graphics-card market as well as boost its sales in the channels in the US, Europe and Japan, where Gainward-brand graphics cards are highly recognized, market sources said. Palit, which shipped about six million graphics cards in 2004, is currently focusing on the entry-level and OEM segments, the sources said."
Never actually used a Palit video card but they don't really look that cool so they’ll prolly be off the list. -
DFI's 855GME-MGF Review @ The Tech Report
Published: Wednesday, February 2, 2005 | By: DennisI think this paragraph says it all.
"Holy poop! The Pentium M blows away the Pentium 4 in Doom 3. At 2GHz, the Pentium M beats the P4 Extreme Edition 3.4GHz and nearly ties the Pentium 4 570J at 3.8GHz. The 2.4GHz Pentium M leaves the P4 in the dust and beats out the Athlon 64 3800+, which also runs at 2.4GHz. Very impressive."
Maybe I need to start saying that more. hehe
BTW Soltek makes one of these boards with quite a few more features. These new M boards could be worthwhile to check out. -
NL: Review Block - Watercooling
Published: Wednesday, February 2, 2005 | By: DennisI haven't seen many new things in the world of watercooling but it seems that more companies are jumping on the bandwagon.
Take Corsair for instance, they have released a new watercooling kit that looks pretty darn cool. That is until you discover that it really is just a re-branded Swiftech cooler.
Viperlair has a scoop: though don't expect to see a shot of the waterblock, they seemed to have left it out of the review.
Swiftech H20-120 REV. 3 Liquid Kit @ Viperlair
Hexus is also reviewing the Cooler Master Aquagate that we looked at not to long ago. Check it out
Cooler Master Aquagate ALC-U01 @ Hexus
And now the moment you have all be waiting for........ *drum roll*.......
The shortest review ever, (almost
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AeroCool Gatewatch Review @ AMDReview
Until next time click the link below, or better yet click on some banners. -
Firefox Usage Up
Published: Monday, January 31, 2005 | By: DennisI was checking the stats the other day and it would seem that many of you are now using Firefox instead of Internet Exploder.
Keep up the good work!
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Ninjalane WAN Party 2005!!
Published: Friday, January 28, 2005 | By: DennisThe first WAN party of the New Year!
Logn to the Ninjalane Message Forum, head to the Gamers Corner to get the IP address.
Frag and Enjoy!!
*Edit* Thanks to everyone that logged into the server over the weekend. -
Phjear my lack of news
Published: Friday, January 28, 2005 | By: DennisIts not really the lack of news but the lack of time to post it. sorry guys I'll see about getting caught up this weekend.
Until then the new hizzy calls. -
AMD to launch dual-core Toledo to counter the Intel Smithfield
Published: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 | By: Dennis"Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will take on Intel’s dual-core desktop Smithfield processor by introducing a dual-core counter version, codenamed Toledo, in the third quarter of this year, according to market sources."
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Tyan launches platforms based on the Nvidia Nforce professional
Published: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 | By: Dennis"Workstation and server applications are constantly driving the call for higher-power systems. In order to deliver the next-generation of platforms to meet the most demanding application challenges, Tyan has partnered with Nvidia in the development and release of two new platforms."
These are some pretty hot looking mobos, check them out. -
Overclocking the Pentium M @ MadShrimps
Published: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 | By: DennisMost people view the Pentium M as a mobile processor and for the most part you would be correct. The Pentium M is designed for mobile applications that typically have power limitations and strict guidelines as to heat output. Well all of those mobile'esq qualities have come to the desktop with the help of some special motherboards.
"Intel does not want this Pentium M to be used in desktop PC's so you won't see a Dell or HP tower with an "M" tag any time soon. Third party motherboard manufacturers however have taken it upon themselves to give the enthusiast a possibility to run these laptops CPU in desktop motherboards."
And why do you suppose that is...
