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• Yeong Yang 5603 Mars Case Review @ PimpRig

  Published: Thursday, April 29, 2004 | By: Dennis

  Nice looking case, though something seems to be missing.
  "YY wanted us to know the packaging was strictly a “sample only”, box and not the final packaging. I’m sure they’ll come up with some kind of graphic to attract customers and beautify dumpsters. Personally, I think double boxing looks very attractive. Of course I’ve been emotionally scarred at the sight of a mirror finish black WaveMaster with its side panel viscously dented in and may not be the best judge of that."
  Its what is inside that counts. Seriously though we all hate it when things get broken along the way but if you are all hung up on how many ply's the cardboard is you have too much time on your hands.

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• No Joy for 98 and ME

  Published: Thursday, April 29, 2004 | By: Dennis

  "Intel said it won't have any drivers for future Grantsdale/Alderwood chipsets. I think it's about time to use its commercial names, 925P and 915P for discrete and 915G for the one with integrated graphics."
  Those buggers! It would appear that the reasons behind this surprise move are based on Microsoft support, or the lack thereof. Intel figures that since Microsoft has disbanded DOS based OS's they can do the same.
  
  I'm going to venture a guess saying that Linux will also be unsupported since Microsoft has disbanded that OS as well.

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• Minor Web Poll Update

  Published: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 | By: Dennis

  Since nobody could decide if they needed/wanted a new NV40 based video card I decided to add a few options to the current web poll.

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• Albatron GeForce FX5700P Turbo Review @ 3DXtreme

  Published: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 | By: Dennis

  "A closer look at the video card itself shows a pretty normal design on a blue PCB. Albatron has provided a nice looking cooler for this GPU and ram sinks to keep things cool. As mentioned in the introduction, this video card is designed around a 6 layer PCB which helps to decrease noise and increase the stability of operation."
  Two pages of video card review goodness, how much you wanna bet that the majority of readers only read 3 lines.

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• Radeon X800 Pro/XT Pre - Review

  Published: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 | By: Dennis

  The forum thread is in German but I think everyone can read the numbers on the charts. I have no idea if this stuff is real but I have a feeling that someone will come forth with the truth fairly soon.
  
  If what is being shown is true, the NV40 might be dead before its even on the shelves.
  
  If you have comments feel free to send them in.

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• AMD to introduce 32-bit K8

  Published: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 | By: Dennis

  "Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) aims to strengthen its position in the entry-level processor market by introducing a 32-bit CPU, codenamed Athlon XP Paris, in the third quarter of this year, according to sources at Taiwanese motherboard makers.
  
  The 754-pin Paris will be targeted for the desktop and will be fully based on the K8 micro-architecture, with 256KB of L2 cache, but will not support AMD64, i.e. x86-64 technology, said the sources.
  
  With the introduction of the Athlon XP Paris, AMD’s existing Athlon XP Socket A/462 processors will be gradually phased out, the sources said."

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• NL: Review Block - Trimmed Edition

  Published: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 | By: Dennis

  Been awake too long, need sleep...
  
  Memories - huh?
  - Geil Ultra PC3200 Review @ FastLaneHW
  - GeIL Ultra Platinum PC4400 @ Envy News
  Video
  - ATI Radeon 9600XT All In Wonder Review @ Ascully
  - Galaxy and Gainward GeForce FX 5900XT Reviews @ Beyond3D
  Case Stuff
  - SilverStone SST-TJ04 PC Case Review @ ShortMedia
  - Fanless Water Cooling System @ CustomGinun
  - Lighted ATA Cables @ Raptor-Mods
  - Evercool SCP-A Fan Controller @ HardwareHounds
  
  Don't forget who hooked you up.

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• Asetek Antarctica WaterChill Review @ OverclockersClub

  Published: Monday, April 26, 2004 | By: Dennis

  "he Waterchill package is pretty darn big, about 2 feet in length, in fact. Made from a plastic corrugate (I believe) the package itself is fairly side, and all of our components are nestled securely inside wedged between two thick pieces of foam. Everything arrived safe and undamaged. "
  I can attest to that, the box and WaterChill package is pretty big but works great.

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• Interactive L Bridge Painting @ ocinside

  Published: Monday, April 26, 2004 | By: Dennis

  Here is a fun little utility written in Javascript to help you when it comes to painting the bridges on the Athlon XP.

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• Intel blames motherboard manufacturers for broken socket 775s

  Published: Friday, April 23, 2004 | By: Dennis

  I had a feeling something like this would happen.
  " Intel has ordered manufacturers to use this new 775 socket and this time you have to place the CPU on top of the pins praying that all 775 pins actually touch the right connection on the 775 points of the Prescott.
  
  It you do this correctly then everything is fine and dandy, but if not you can damage either the board or the CPU or both, we have learned."

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