Tech News
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CoolJag JVC682A K8 Heatsink Review Posted
Published: Monday, July 19, 2004 | By: DennisI have been a huge fan of hybrid heatsinks for quite a number of years and have discovered that copper usage is very important in making the heatsink work properly.
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some second-tier mobo makers still in red
Published: Friday, July 16, 2004 | By: DennisThe numbers quoted in the article are in Taiwanese NT Dollars, divide by 30 and you will get a "close" US equivalent.
"A number of second-tier Taiwan motherboard makers were still operating in the red in the first half of this year despite increased shipments amid strong PC demand, according to sources at the makers.
Companies likely to suffer losses in the first half include Epox Computer, Soyo Computer, Chaintech Computer and Albatron Technology, the sources noted." -
Intel to Decide if on Alviso Delay
Published: Friday, July 16, 2004 | By: Dennis"Intel is likely to officially announce in the next few days whether to delay the launch of its Alviso chipset to the first quarter of next year, one quarter later than it originally planned, according to sources at Taiwanese makers and brand vendors like Dell and Hewlett Packard (HP).
A delay would confirm a DigiTimes June 16 report.
A delay has been expected since Intel informed local makers in late June that it found some problems in the extended VGA functionality of its PCI Express-enabled Sonoma-based platforms, the sources said."
For those that don't know the Alviso chipset is the moble edition to the current DDR2 line of Intel chipsets (Alderwood and Grantsdale) -
Alphacool Basic 80 mm Waterkit @ R&B
Published: Thursday, July 15, 2004 | By: DennisThese little 80mm watercooling kits appear to be little "toys" when compared to some of the others available and aside from having more parts they can be just as noisy as a similarly sized heatsink.
"Since this is a German online store the text on the bottle is in german and I cannot translate it for you :) I believe it's distilled water though. The radiator is very small compared to Blackice radiators but it's pretty thick which should not be a problem when mounting it in the case though. We have very very small fittings on the whole kit and therefore I think that this will be a perfect kit to mount in" -
Alphacool Cape Red Water Cooling Kit @ nVPlanet
Published: Thursday, July 15, 2004 | By: DennisThis reviewer has a good modding sense and though I suspect the way the review panned out was a complete mishap it did turn out to look very good. If only we all could be so lucky.
"The Alphacool Cape looks awesome, all our connections are sealed. We are confident that the system is stable and ready for some performance testing. We used a stock Intel HSF, our in house watercooling kit and the Alphacool Cape. Let's go check out some temperatures."
According to their "real-world" testing results the Alphacool Cape is right on par with the asetek WaterChill. -
Powercolor Radeon X800 Pro @ OverclockersClub
Published: Thursday, July 15, 2004 | By: Dennis"When I opened the UPS box that contained the Radeon X800 Pro, I was expecting to see the normal retail type box that most ATI Radeon cards come in. Instead, I saw a black backpack with Powercolor's logo engraved on it. It probably took me five minutes to find all of the cables and the video card itself, because this bag has so many pockets!"
It's not every day you pay for a free backpack with your video card. -
NL: Review Block
Published: Thursday, July 15, 2004 | By: DennisYet another addition of reviews without comment, cause we're like that at times.
- Corsair TwinX 3200XL @ OcPrices
- Corsair Twin 1024 - 3200C2PRO @ Reviewnz This is actually XL Pro memory so I dunno what is going on
- Corsair TwinX-1024 3200XL PRO @ MadShrimps
- Alpha S-PAL8055 FU @ InsaneTek Guess what the FU stands for
- AOpen GeforceFX 5900XT Review @ 3DX
- Super Flower Fan Master Review @ PC Modding
- Arctic Silver Thermal Compounds We have been using this brand of stuff here in the Ninjalane Labs for quite some time, stuff works great!
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Doom 3 Has Gone Gold!!
Published: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 | By: Dennis"IT'S DONE!!!!!!!
Yes, this is the official word that DOOM 3 has been code released and has been approved for manufacturing!
It won't be long now until the anticipation ends and the PH34R begins ;-) We literally just hung up with
Activision and have confirmed that our latest release candidate has been mutually approved and is finally
GOLD."
The peeps is saying Aug 5th, just two days after the previous "unofficial" release date but still out way before HL2.
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Verax Polargate AL Review @ Frosty Tech
Published: Monday, July 12, 2004 | By: Dennis" A couple other insightful thermal design choices come into play, and add up to a nice thermal improvement over past Verax heatsinks, without much sacrifice on the noise front. The downside to all of this innovation is the Polargate's $149USD price tag, through North American distributor VeraxFans.com. There has always been a high premium on low noise cooling, but this may be hard for a lot of mainstream consumers to justify."
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Vantec iCEBERQ BGA Ramsinks @ hi-techreviews
Published: Monday, July 12, 2004 | By: DennisThese are a really hi-tech let me tell ya
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"So we need a way to better protect our memory from overheating should we decide to push the limits of the memory. That is where the Vantec iCEBERG Copper BGA Ramsinks come into play, with this kit you are provided with 8 copper ramsinks which come with thermal tape pre-applied to the backs of each ramsink to make installation a snap."
CoolerMaster had something similar back in the day, not sure if the items are still part of their catalog or not but they did work quite well.
