Tech News
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Auras T6C Golden Heatsink Review Posted
Published: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 | By: DennisHeat pipes are not a new technology but in the past have been reserved for laptops and small form factor applications due to space restrictions. So what do you get when you take the heat pipe concept and combine it with hint of industrial style?
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Corsair TwinX1024-4000 Pro Series Memory Review @ ExtremeMhz
Published: Monday, October 27, 2003 | By: Dennis"Here at ExtremeMHz, we highly praise Corsair memory for their high performance and reliability that allowed us to take our systems to new levels. They have earned a good reputation among PC enthusiasts and overclockers with the introduction of the XMS series. Today, we not only look at one of their new XMS Pro series modules, but their current flagship product, the TwinX1024-4000PRO."
For those of you that do not know the new XMS Pro memory from Corsair features the same hand picked memory chips as before with the addition of a LED memory activity meter that lights up when your computer is processing data. -
MSI FX5900SP VTD256 Review @ 3DChip
Published: Monday, October 27, 2003 | By: DennisThe review is in German but has plenty of English style graphs.
" Wie schon bei unserer Short Review zum Leadtek WinFast A350 TDH LX erhofften wir uns vom Ultra-Design eine gute Übertaktbarkeit der FX5900SP.
Um die Taktfrequenzen anzuheben, schalteten wir per Coolbits ein Taktmenü im Detonator frei. Danach war es uns möglich in 5 MHz Schritten den Takt zu erhöhen."
I'm not sure what that says but it looks good.
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NL: Review Block - Monday Edition
Published: Monday, October 27, 2003 | By: DennisJust a few review links that came in over the weekend.
- Was ist Modding? @ Modding-Station (gr)
- ThermalTake Volcano 12 Review @ 3dXtreme
- Thermaltake Venus 12 Review @ TechTastic
- Vantec Iceberq 4 Pro Review @ GruntvillE
- Criticool Powerplant 2 PCI Relay Card @ Crazymodders
- CaseArts Brown Marble Alu Case Review @ Furioustech
- Zalman TNN-500A Heatsink Case @ enscape
- Antec Minuet Micro-ATX Review @ Epiacenter
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BFG GeForce FX 5700 Ultra Review @ Bjorn3D
Published: Friday, October 24, 2003 | By: Dennis"A lot of people have been anxiously awaiting the replacement of the 5600 Ultra since it didn't quite impress customers as much as NVIDIA had hoped. In addition to the new card, new drivers (version 52.16) are also bringing hope back into the NVIDIA camp. The mid-range performance market is certainly about to get more interesting."
I can attest to that, the FX5600 was an utter disappointment though still made for a good midrange video card. Check out our Gainward review for more information. -
Cascade and AquaGold Waterblocks Review @ Pimprig
Published: Friday, October 24, 2003 | By: Dennis" The polycarbonite top and center plate is not a as shiny and clear as acrylic. But it is also much less likely to ever crack and leak over time. It's not a overtly showy block, but the poly top is a nice touch for a windowed case. The polycorbonate was chosen as a machining convenience, not a asthetic choice."
According to the text, the blocks did pretty well. Though if you are using a Mozilla based browser you might have trouble getting the popups to open. -
Auras T6C Heatsink Review @ Frosty Tech
Published: Friday, October 24, 2003 | By: DennisIf I were to describe this heatsink with one word or less it would be, funky.
The Auras uses a heatpipe design with a very large and open radiator that sits perpendicular to the heatsink base.
" A traditional heatsink with a pair of heatpipes impinged on a set of fins, copper or aluminum, typically has a base of between 4-6mm thick. The Auras T6C comes equipped with a copper plate only a fraction of that thickness." -
VME BioDrive USB Flash Drive Review @ ExtremeMhz
Published: Friday, October 24, 2003 | By: Dennis"The drive is fairly small. About the size and thickness of your thumb. There are three LED's to indicate status, OK/NG fingerprint authentication and enrollment. There is a nice sliding clear plastic cover to protect the fingerprint sensor from scratches. There is a switch on one side that will allow you to switch between Normal mode and Enrollment mode."
This is one of the few devices that I can see needing external security measures, I mean passwords only go so far. Though the real question is how long do you think it will be before Breakdown gets one??.
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Albatron KX18D Pro II Review @ myWorld
Published: Friday, October 24, 2003 | By: Dennis"To be frank, Albatron has been producing nForce 2 board way back to few months ago where we took a look at KM18G Pro. The only thing that differ these two boards from each other was the form factor, whereby KX18D Pro II came in full ATX size."
ahhh the humanity!
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Nvidia launches NV38 and NV36 graphics chips
Published: Thursday, October 23, 2003 | By: Dennis"Nvidia today launched its highly-anticipated NV38 and NV36 graphics chips.
The NV38 chip, with the GeForce FX5950 Ultra product name, is the fastest GPU offered by the chip vendor to date, Nvidia said.
The company also announced its foundry partners for the chips. The NV38 is made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) using 0.13-micron process technology. The NV36, in two configurations (the GeForce FX5700 Ultra and GeForce FX5700), is made at IBM’s East Fishkill fab, also using 0.13-micron technology."
As always just about every hardware site has reviews posted featuring these new cards and just about every site has good things to say. That is except for [H]ard|OCP who has been slightly anti-nVidia since the GeForce FX5800 release last year.
