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NL: Review Block - 6800 Ultra
Published: Friday, July 30, 2004 | By: Dennisthe 6800 Ultra is just about the hottest card on the market, in more ways than one.
- Gigabyte GeForce 6800 Ultra @ HardwareZoom
- Sparkle GeForce 6800 Ultra @ accelenation
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PCI-E - but not really - Video Block-0
Published: Friday, July 30, 2004 | By: DennisYep with enough bridges you can attach just about anything. You can also blow up a bunch of stuff by making soap but that’s a different story.
Some of the first PCI-Express video cards are actually AGP cards with a bridge to convert it to PCI-E. HDD companies have been doing the same thing with their Serial ATA products, I guess its cheaper than developing a new controller for a slow HDD.
- Gigabyte GV-NX57128D @ PCStats
- MSI PCX5750-TD128 @ PCStats
- Gigabyte GV-RX60X128V @ PCStats
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OMG Look At The Time
Published: Thursday, July 29, 2004 | By: DennisSorry for the apparent lack of news posting but things have been pretty hectic around here. Deadlines are coming up and the summer heat has really played a number on test bench overclocking. Sit tight there should be a Review Block online sometime later today to cover any losses in review postings. I know how you all love to read reviews.
I've been reading some interesting things about what people are doing to get prepared for Doom 3. Some are making shopping lists for new hardware while others are just having fun looking back at the history of id game engine releases. Did you realize that id is one of the main reasons gamers upgrade their systems?? -
Phj34r the Downtime
Published: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 | By: DennisSorry for the downtime but due to a freak accident web access to ninjalane.com was restricted for a short amount of time. The sad part of the whole deal is that the issue pivoted around a routine upgrade that was supposed to make things better. I think we can safely chalk this one up to user error with just a touch of shoddy documentation and programming on the part of the software supplier.
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Mini Gradient Mesh Tutorial
Published: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 | By: DennisThis is not really related to computer hardware and hardware review but many of us are graphical people in some form or another. One of the coolest tools that I have recently started to use is Adobe Illustrator CS. This is a vector based drawing tool similar to AutoCAD and 3dsmax so everything that is drawn on screen can be derived by a mathematical formula. (In some form or another). Illustrator just takes things a few more levels to make the images a little prettier.
Knowing this you may find it hard to believe that you can do near photorealistic drawings in Illustrator without needing to import pixel based raster images. For those interested be sure to check out this Mini Gradient Mesh Tutorial at Creative Bush -
Google IPO ready to go
Published: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 | By: Dennis"Moreover, many financial analysts note that the company may be coming into the market at the top of its value. If the stock sells at the expected price, Google would have a market value of between $29 billion and $36 billion, just shy of rival Yahoo.
``The question is, if you had $30 to $35 billion to spend, is Google what you would buy?'' said Kevin Landis, chief investment officer of Firsthand Capital Management in San Jose."
A curious question indeed... Not sure I would buy Google either.
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PolarFLO TT Review @ GruntvillE
Published: Monday, July 26, 2004 | By: Dennis"Q: How did you come up with the name of the new series of blocks, TT?
We heard (actually read) the term "triple titter" used often to describe the style of liquid heat sink we and others manufacture. Why try and come up with a better name? The consumers have spoken! "
Can't say I have ever heard the term "Triple Titter" before but it makes sense.
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CoolerMaster Cavalier 3 @ XYZ Computing
Published: Monday, July 26, 2004 | By: DennisLooking for a good ALU + Steel hybrid case?, need it to be sturdy? The Cavalier might be just what you need.
"Here is the Cav3 out of the case. Though a bit plain it is a very nice looking case. Compared to most aftermarket cases sold today it is quite understated, but there is nothing wrong with its quiet, classy look."
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Asetek Antarctica @ PC Modding
Published: Monday, July 26, 2004 | By: DennisWe reviewed this little unit not to long ago and were very impressed with the performance it is somewhat limited to usage with the asetek WaterChill due to the 3/8" ID hose requirement.
"Antarctica is Asetek’s newest water block that had been designed to achieve higher performance, which will assist in extreme overclocking. The water block comes with the two lids that supports Intel S478, AMD Socket A (S462), AMD Athlon FX (S939/S940) and also AMD Athlon64 (S754). However, fitting the motherboard on a Socket A will be possible on the motherboards that have mounting holes beside the CPU socket."
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NL: Review Block - HIS Ed
Published: Monday, July 26, 2004 | By: DennisHere is a HIS two-fer for the ATI fans out there.
- HIS Excalibur 9550 VIVO @ LAN Addict
- H.I.S. Excalibur Radeon X600 XT @ Overclocker Cafe
Read with caution, too much ATI on the brain can be harmful to... ummm... something, I just know it can.
More craziness at..
