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May 7, 2002
Gigabyte overclocking software
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 7, 2002 at 6:22:38 PM
Warp2Search has the story on a new Gigabyte Windows Overlocking software.
I'll still do it in the BIOS.[PAGEBREAK]
Goto Warp2Search for more
I'll still do it in the BIOS.[PAGEBREAK]
Goto Warp2Search for more
VIA C3 866mhz review
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 7, 2002 at 6:11:32 PM
HiTechMods reviews the C3 866mhz CPU from VIA. They figured it out. They can use it for a proxy or print server! Of course, linux makes better servers than Windows. I'm getting VIA's new Eden platform system soon to test out. It is the chip on the motherboard kind.
Geforce4 killer from Matrox?
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 7, 2002 at 6:03:05 PM
Looks like its going to be May 14th for the release of Matrox's Geforce 4 killer.
According to posts over on the MURC and Matrox forums, the new card will be triple head, and support side view, which will be showcased by Doom3. Periferal vision in games...awsome idea!!!!
If the specs which have been leaked over the last few weeks are just partly true, we had better all find ourselves, some money quickly, as we are all going to want one of these. (As well as some more monitors, and desk space!!)
I'm placing my money on the 20000 3dmark2001 score being busted next week!!
Check out the new flash on matrox's website!!
A parhelia morphing into a new Matrox symbol.
According to posts over on the MURC and Matrox forums, the new card will be triple head, and support side view, which will be showcased by Doom3. Periferal vision in games...awsome idea!!!!
If the specs which have been leaked over the last few weeks are just partly true, we had better all find ourselves, some money quickly, as we are all going to want one of these. (As well as some more monitors, and desk space!!)
I'm placing my money on the 20000 3dmark2001 score being busted next week!!
Check out the new flash on matrox's website!!
A parhelia morphing into a new Matrox symbol.
Yet another Ti 4400 review
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 7, 2002 at 5:58:43 PM
EX Hardware reviews the Visiontek Ti4400.
While there are many other manufacturers out there offering GeForce4 MX cards, there are very few manufacturers that actually sell GeForce4 Ti 4400/4600 cards despite having their models announced. Thankfully, Visiontek not only managed to be the first to announce GeForce4 models but they were also the first manufacturer to reach retail consumers with their products!
While there are many other manufacturers out there offering GeForce4 MX cards, there are very few manufacturers that actually sell GeForce4 Ti 4400/4600 cards despite having their models announced. Thankfully, Visiontek not only managed to be the first to announce GeForce4 models but they were also the first manufacturer to reach retail consumers with their products!
More Pentium 4 action
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 7, 2002 at 5:49:40 PM
Lost Circuits has an excellent review of the new 533mhz Bus P4. When do I get mine? 
. I hope I get at least half as good at reviewing as these peeps.
We need to give credit to Rambus, though, the serial high-speed technology is very interesting and at or above the same performance level of DDR and had it not been to some business practices of Rambus, they might be a much bigger player in the field than they are now. Bottom line is, first there was PC600 RDRAM, then there was PC800 RDRAM to be topped by the recent addition of PC1066 RDRAM and even PC1200 RDRAM that has been demonstrated successfully in form of engineering samples. Apparently, though, it is still somewhat difficult to procure quantities of PC1066 RDRAM and PC1200 RDRAM sounds more like the results of an overclocker's kitchen than something that will be marketable in the near future.
. I hope I get at least half as good at reviewing as these peeps.We need to give credit to Rambus, though, the serial high-speed technology is very interesting and at or above the same performance level of DDR and had it not been to some business practices of Rambus, they might be a much bigger player in the field than they are now. Bottom line is, first there was PC600 RDRAM, then there was PC800 RDRAM to be topped by the recent addition of PC1066 RDRAM and even PC1200 RDRAM that has been demonstrated successfully in form of engineering samples. Apparently, though, it is still somewhat difficult to procure quantities of PC1066 RDRAM and PC1200 RDRAM sounds more like the results of an overclocker's kitchen than something that will be marketable in the near future.
Crucial PC2700 review
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 7, 2002 at 12:26:32 PM
PC Stats has a review of a stick of Crucial DDR333 PC2700
The 8K3A+ does allow for voltages to go up to 3.2V which is nice, but it didn't help us overclock any higher. Setting the RAM by SPD allowed the Crucial PC2700 to run at 190 MHz FSB which sounds really good, but because of the relaxed memory timings the RAM didn't perform as well.
The 8K3A+ does allow for voltages to go up to 3.2V which is nice, but it didn't help us overclock any higher. Setting the RAM by SPD allowed the Crucial PC2700 to run at 190 MHz FSB which sounds really good, but because of the relaxed memory timings the RAM didn't perform as well.
Boot XP v. 2.1
Poster: DMIAD
Posted on May 7, 2002 at 12:22:40 PM
The name says it all. Customize the way your Win XP boot screen looks. Use any of the BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, PCX, TGA, TIF format images to change the screen to a desired picture.
Interested in changing the boot screen get the Boot XP here.
Make sure you have the MFC70.DLL, MSVCR70.DLL и MSVCI70.DLL files in your system files. If you do not have them download this program and run setup.
Interested in changing the boot screen get the Boot XP here.
Make sure you have the MFC70.DLL, MSVCR70.DLL и MSVCI70.DLL files in your system files. If you do not have them download this program and run setup.
Icewind Dale 2 preview
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 7, 2002 at 2:46:47 AM
CG Online has a preview of the upcoming Icewin Dale 2 from Interplay.
These are cold days on Black Isle, the role-playing division of Interplay. The wind whistles through the empty spaces left by departures of the Fallout crew, howls through the void left by key Planescape Torment personnel, and now swirls mournfully through the cavernous hollow where BioWare once pitched its tents. Rumors of doom and gloom fill the Internet, as gamers ponder the fate of what was once the premier role-playing house in PC gaming.[PAGEBREAK]
CG Online
These are cold days on Black Isle, the role-playing division of Interplay. The wind whistles through the empty spaces left by departures of the Fallout crew, howls through the void left by key Planescape Torment personnel, and now swirls mournfully through the cavernous hollow where BioWare once pitched its tents. Rumors of doom and gloom fill the Internet, as gamers ponder the fate of what was once the premier role-playing house in PC gaming.[PAGEBREAK]
CG Online
Jedi Knight 2 patch!
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 7, 2002 at 2:44:27 AM
There is a new patch for Jedi Knight 2. The new patch adds four new mulitplayer duel levels, adds EAX 3.0 and OpenAL support, adds force feedback support for mice and joysticks and fixes a number of multiplayer and single player bugs.[PAGEBREAK]
Download it here
Download it here
Jedi Knight 2 review coming soon
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 7, 2002 at 2:41:43 AM
Tom or I will be writting up a review of this game. The graphics are excellent and the game is great. Look for it sometime this week.
Today's hardware reviews
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 7, 2002 at 2:33:55 AM
Serial Addiction, Ti 4400 from Leadtek
From a stock speed of 275/400Mhz (core/memory respectively) we were able to take the card to an amazing speed of 334/688 core/mem. That's faster than a Ti4600 people I would have to attribute the cards heatsink to this huge overclock as the memory is only rated to 275Mhz (550DDR)
PC Rivals, Shuttle SV24
The Shuttle FSYS-SV24 comes in a box that doubles very nicely as a carrier. I don't know about most people, but one big reason why I would get a system this small is so that it will be portable, and its sturdy box definitely helps out. In the box, you'll find your standard stuff -- the manual and driver disks, IDE and power cables, and assorted screws. With this system, you also receive a PCI elbow adapter, and a low profile CPU heatsink.
tBreak, Asus P4T533
I think RDRAM and P4 are made for each other- both of them boast the highest clock speeds in their relevant markets and yet, the perform marginally better than their competitors. The recently released DDR-333 runs at 333MHz and coupled with the SiS 645DX chipset seems to match RDRAM that runs at 800MHz. The P4 is in the same boat as well. Thus, both of these products increase their clock speeds to keep ahead of the competition. Recently, Intel increased the FSB on the P4 CPUs from 100MHz FSB to 133MHz FSB and to accommodate these newer CPUs, they're releasing the 850E chipset with RDRAM support and the 845E chipset for DDR.
Bjorn3d, Radeon 8500LE from Herc
This is, happily, my first foray into ATIs world since the Rage chipset. I was extremely excited to test this product as there is a lot of buzz on the net about happy Radeon users. Given the street pricing of Hercules 3DProphet FDX 8500 LE cards (~$150), it certainly appeals to my Bang-for-the-Buck theory of 3D accelerators Especially since this chipset includes DirectX8.1 support in hardware and something else Ive actually missed since my S3 days: Environmental Bump Mapping. Unfortunately for ATI, there is also a lot of buzz around the net about driver failings. Ive never been able to take a stance on the subject of buggy drivers since Ive never used a Radeon equipped video card until now. In this review, Ill look at both 2D and 3D performance of the Hercules 3DProphet FDX 8500 LE 64MB AGP video card utilizing the ATI Radeon 8500 video processing unit.
Overclocks AU, Tbred and Vapochill
The long awaited Athlon CPU based on the Thoroughbred core, or Tbred to its mates, has finally arrived. Well, at least some 1900+ Engineering samples have, and yours truly had the opportunity to play with them. In this preview I will not go into the theory behind AMD's new 0.13-micron manufacturing process, as there are many others considerably well versed to provide this information. What I would like to bring to this preview is my experience tonight, with a couple of these latest offerings from A
From a stock speed of 275/400Mhz (core/memory respectively) we were able to take the card to an amazing speed of 334/688 core/mem. That's faster than a Ti4600 people I would have to attribute the cards heatsink to this huge overclock as the memory is only rated to 275Mhz (550DDR)
PC Rivals, Shuttle SV24
The Shuttle FSYS-SV24 comes in a box that doubles very nicely as a carrier. I don't know about most people, but one big reason why I would get a system this small is so that it will be portable, and its sturdy box definitely helps out. In the box, you'll find your standard stuff -- the manual and driver disks, IDE and power cables, and assorted screws. With this system, you also receive a PCI elbow adapter, and a low profile CPU heatsink.
tBreak, Asus P4T533
I think RDRAM and P4 are made for each other- both of them boast the highest clock speeds in their relevant markets and yet, the perform marginally better than their competitors. The recently released DDR-333 runs at 333MHz and coupled with the SiS 645DX chipset seems to match RDRAM that runs at 800MHz. The P4 is in the same boat as well. Thus, both of these products increase their clock speeds to keep ahead of the competition. Recently, Intel increased the FSB on the P4 CPUs from 100MHz FSB to 133MHz FSB and to accommodate these newer CPUs, they're releasing the 850E chipset with RDRAM support and the 845E chipset for DDR.
Bjorn3d, Radeon 8500LE from Herc
This is, happily, my first foray into ATIs world since the Rage chipset. I was extremely excited to test this product as there is a lot of buzz on the net about happy Radeon users. Given the street pricing of Hercules 3DProphet FDX 8500 LE cards (~$150), it certainly appeals to my Bang-for-the-Buck theory of 3D accelerators Especially since this chipset includes DirectX8.1 support in hardware and something else Ive actually missed since my S3 days: Environmental Bump Mapping. Unfortunately for ATI, there is also a lot of buzz around the net about driver failings. Ive never been able to take a stance on the subject of buggy drivers since Ive never used a Radeon equipped video card until now. In this review, Ill look at both 2D and 3D performance of the Hercules 3DProphet FDX 8500 LE 64MB AGP video card utilizing the ATI Radeon 8500 video processing unit.
Overclocks AU, Tbred and Vapochill
The long awaited Athlon CPU based on the Thoroughbred core, or Tbred to its mates, has finally arrived. Well, at least some 1900+ Engineering samples have, and yours truly had the opportunity to play with them. In this preview I will not go into the theory behind AMD's new 0.13-micron manufacturing process, as there are many others considerably well versed to provide this information. What I would like to bring to this preview is my experience tonight, with a couple of these latest offerings from A
HPQ to keep current product lines
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 7, 2002 at 2:21:32 AM
News.com reports that HPQ will retain both lines of desktop PCs
HP will continue to sell both the HP Pavilion and Compaq Presario computer lines to consumers, according to sources. It is unclear whether HP will differentiate the two product lines by price, features or where they are sold, but the two separate brands will survive the merger.
HP will continue to sell both the HP Pavilion and Compaq Presario computer lines to consumers, according to sources. It is unclear whether HP will differentiate the two product lines by price, features or where they are sold, but the two separate brands will survive the merger.
May 6, 2002
SOYO announces the release of the P4S-645DX Dragon Ultra
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 6, 2002 at 10:32:29 PM
SOYO Announces New DRAGON Ultra Motherboard For Pentium 4 CPUs
-- New Model Features SiS 645DX Chipset, 533FSB Support,
DDR333 Memory, Digital Sound, USB 2.0, 10/100 Ethernet, Embedded RAID Chip
FREMONT, CA (May 6, 2002) - SOYO Computer, Inc. today announced a new addition to its DRAGON Ultra motherboard series for Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 CPUs, which features the new SiS 645DX chipset.
SOYO's SY-P4S645DX motherboard with SiS 645DX/961 chipset maximizes system and memory performance with 533MHz FSB support, DDR333 memory, USB 2.0; on board RAID and 10/100 Ethernet, and many advanced and easily customized overclocking features. The board delivers the memory bandwidth and optimal performance for Intel's latest 400/533MHz FSB Pentium 4 processors.
SOYO's DRAGON-brand motherboards are defined by six standard features, which are found on all boards.
The "D" in DRAGON represents DDR memory support. The SY-P4S645DX DRAGON Ultra features 184-pin DDR SDRAM 2.5V DIMM sockets with support up to 3GBs of 200/266/333 DDR memory.
R = RAID (0,1) on board. The SY-P4S645DX features an embedded HiPoint IDE-RAID chip to provide ATA133 IDE RAID at Level 0 (data striping), Level 1 (disk mirroring) or Levels 0+1.
A = Audio on board. The SY-P4S645DX includes a CMI 8738 audio chip to provide 6-channel digital audio. The sound chip eliminates the need for a sound card, saves an expansion slot, and also supports optical output & SPDIF output. SOYO is bundling a SPDIF audio card with the board, which turns your computer into a high-end entertainment system with optical and coaxial connectivity.
G = AGP Pro Slot. The new DRAGON Ultra features one Universal AGP Pro slot, which supports 1x/2x/4x mode
O = Overclocking Features. Users can customize all DRAGON series motherboards by adjusting the CPU FSB, core voltage & multiplier, or AGP Pro voltage through the Award PCI BIOS setup. The FSB can be set in 1Mhz increments through the BIOS setup.
N = NIC 10/100 Ethernet on board with a PHY controller.
The SY-P4S645DX is expandable with six 32-bit Bus Mastering PCI slots (V2.2 compliant). The board features an on board Ultra I/O chip, which supports two RS-232 serial ports (16550 UART compatible); one parallel printer port (SPP/EPP/ECP mode); one FDD port (Supports 3 mode, 1.2/1.44/2.88 MB FDD; an IrDA (infrared) port with optional cable for transceiver, one game port, and six USB 2.0 ports (2 rear, 4-pin header). The board also includes two PCI bus mastering ATA133 E-IDE ports, and an Ultra DMA 66/100/133 IDE port, which supports four independent channels to accommodate eight IDE devices, including two for RAID.
Support is also included for on-board hardware monitoring, and includes SOYO's Hardware Health Utility to streamline PC system management. Among the many hardware monitoring functions are CPU fan speed and temperature monitoring through a thermal sensor; WOL (Wake On LAN) function to simplify network management; software power-off controls and remote and/or alarm power-on control.
SOYO bundles its 8-in-1 Software CD Pack with each board. It includes Norton AntiVirus 2002, Norton Ghost, Adobe Active Share and Acrobat Reader, Vcom AutoSave, WinDVD, eWalla text & voice messaging software, and Imagemore photographic collection.
The SY-P4S645DX will be bundled with a sigma box peripheral that includes four front USB 2.0 ports. The sigma box occupies a standard 3.5-inch drive bay.
SOYO will offer single board and volume discounts. Single board list price of the SY-P4S645DX is $180 (US) with volume discounts available.
ABOUT SOYO COMPUTER, INC.
SOYO Computer, Inc was founded in 1985, with worldwide headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan, and branch offices in Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, and Korea. The company sells its products through a select group of distributors, resellers, system integrators, and VARs worldwide.
SOYO's U.S. headquarters are at 41484 Christy Street, Fremont, CA 94538. For information, call 510-226-7696 or visit http://www.soyousa.com.
-- New Model Features SiS 645DX Chipset, 533FSB Support,
DDR333 Memory, Digital Sound, USB 2.0, 10/100 Ethernet, Embedded RAID Chip
FREMONT, CA (May 6, 2002) - SOYO Computer, Inc. today announced a new addition to its DRAGON Ultra motherboard series for Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 CPUs, which features the new SiS 645DX chipset.
SOYO's SY-P4S645DX motherboard with SiS 645DX/961 chipset maximizes system and memory performance with 533MHz FSB support, DDR333 memory, USB 2.0; on board RAID and 10/100 Ethernet, and many advanced and easily customized overclocking features. The board delivers the memory bandwidth and optimal performance for Intel's latest 400/533MHz FSB Pentium 4 processors.
SOYO's DRAGON-brand motherboards are defined by six standard features, which are found on all boards.
The "D" in DRAGON represents DDR memory support. The SY-P4S645DX DRAGON Ultra features 184-pin DDR SDRAM 2.5V DIMM sockets with support up to 3GBs of 200/266/333 DDR memory.
R = RAID (0,1) on board. The SY-P4S645DX features an embedded HiPoint IDE-RAID chip to provide ATA133 IDE RAID at Level 0 (data striping), Level 1 (disk mirroring) or Levels 0+1.
A = Audio on board. The SY-P4S645DX includes a CMI 8738 audio chip to provide 6-channel digital audio. The sound chip eliminates the need for a sound card, saves an expansion slot, and also supports optical output & SPDIF output. SOYO is bundling a SPDIF audio card with the board, which turns your computer into a high-end entertainment system with optical and coaxial connectivity.
G = AGP Pro Slot. The new DRAGON Ultra features one Universal AGP Pro slot, which supports 1x/2x/4x mode
O = Overclocking Features. Users can customize all DRAGON series motherboards by adjusting the CPU FSB, core voltage & multiplier, or AGP Pro voltage through the Award PCI BIOS setup. The FSB can be set in 1Mhz increments through the BIOS setup.
N = NIC 10/100 Ethernet on board with a PHY controller.
The SY-P4S645DX is expandable with six 32-bit Bus Mastering PCI slots (V2.2 compliant). The board features an on board Ultra I/O chip, which supports two RS-232 serial ports (16550 UART compatible); one parallel printer port (SPP/EPP/ECP mode); one FDD port (Supports 3 mode, 1.2/1.44/2.88 MB FDD; an IrDA (infrared) port with optional cable for transceiver, one game port, and six USB 2.0 ports (2 rear, 4-pin header). The board also includes two PCI bus mastering ATA133 E-IDE ports, and an Ultra DMA 66/100/133 IDE port, which supports four independent channels to accommodate eight IDE devices, including two for RAID.
Support is also included for on-board hardware monitoring, and includes SOYO's Hardware Health Utility to streamline PC system management. Among the many hardware monitoring functions are CPU fan speed and temperature monitoring through a thermal sensor; WOL (Wake On LAN) function to simplify network management; software power-off controls and remote and/or alarm power-on control.
SOYO bundles its 8-in-1 Software CD Pack with each board. It includes Norton AntiVirus 2002, Norton Ghost, Adobe Active Share and Acrobat Reader, Vcom AutoSave, WinDVD, eWalla text & voice messaging software, and Imagemore photographic collection.
The SY-P4S645DX will be bundled with a sigma box peripheral that includes four front USB 2.0 ports. The sigma box occupies a standard 3.5-inch drive bay.
SOYO will offer single board and volume discounts. Single board list price of the SY-P4S645DX is $180 (US) with volume discounts available.
ABOUT SOYO COMPUTER, INC.
SOYO Computer, Inc was founded in 1985, with worldwide headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan, and branch offices in Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, and Korea. The company sells its products through a select group of distributors, resellers, system integrators, and VARs worldwide.
SOYO's U.S. headquarters are at 41484 Christy Street, Fremont, CA 94538. For information, call 510-226-7696 or visit http://www.soyousa.com.
Another Radeon 8500 Vs. GeForce3 Ti500 test
Poster: Subjugation
Posted on May 6, 2002 at 8:43:06 PM
Which is better? Read this article
Silicon Art
Poster: Warlock
Posted on May 6, 2002 at 3:50:47 PM
I saw this linky over at the Inquirer about various displays of silicon art. For those that are unfamiliar, silicon art refers to a 'signature' if you will of the engineer(s) involved with designing an electronics chip as a finishing touch to thier achievement. It is etched into the silicon wafer at the microscopic level and can only be seen with a powerful microscope. Here is a site that lists many of those 'works of art'. Chipworks Silicon Give it a bit of time to load the images, as the site is a bit slow loading.
Multiple P4 2.53ghz, 533mhz fsb review
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 6, 2002 at 1:25:23 PM
The Pentium 4 bus has been given an upgrade to 533mhz. New chips that have been released such as the 2.4ghz and the 2.53ghz can use this new bus speed.
Anyway, I've been running at 533mhz operation for some time now, yes it does offer improvement. It is no big this, the move to 533mhz as most people are already running it.
Some reviews:
Anandtech
ExtremeTech
TweakTown
HotHardare
Tech-Report
Tweak3D
More will be coming out in the day I'm sure and this will be updated.
Anyway, I've been running at 533mhz operation for some time now, yes it does offer improvement. It is no big this, the move to 533mhz as most people are already running it.
Some reviews:
Anandtech
ExtremeTech
TweakTown
HotHardare
Tech-Report
Tweak3D
More will be coming out in the day I'm sure and this will be updated.
May 5, 2002
Clear case review
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 5, 2002 at 10:52:21 PM
Such a nice case at MikhailTech.
Every case we've reviewed up to this point has had one thing in common: invisible insides. The materials may have been different, ranging from plastic to aluminum to steel to a combination of them all. Now we add another one to the list: acrylic. And another category: see-through cases. With a market full of hardware and manufacturers trying to make their piece more appealing in every possible way, external appearance becomes a major concern. This is why we see multi-colored motherboards, video cards, drives, fans, etc. Even power supplies now come in several "flavors". But what's the use of building a matching system if no one can see what's inside?
Every case we've reviewed up to this point has had one thing in common: invisible insides. The materials may have been different, ranging from plastic to aluminum to steel to a combination of them all. Now we add another one to the list: acrylic. And another category: see-through cases. With a market full of hardware and manufacturers trying to make their piece more appealing in every possible way, external appearance becomes a major concern. This is why we see multi-colored motherboards, video cards, drives, fans, etc. Even power supplies now come in several "flavors". But what's the use of building a matching system if no one can see what's inside?
Water cooling guide
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 5, 2002 at 10:44:31 PM
The peeps at amdmb have made a nice water cooling guide.
In the spirit of my previous articles, this series will consider the science behind the various components that comprise a water cooling system. We’ll take the mystery out of what makes it work and differentiate between fact and fiction, reality and hype. By the time we are done, I’ve no doubt we’ll all know a lot more than when we started, myself included. What we will not do is discuss any particular supplier or product. This is the realm of reviews and I’d rather supply you with completely objective information that you may apply to the available suppliers.
In the spirit of my previous articles, this series will consider the science behind the various components that comprise a water cooling system. We’ll take the mystery out of what makes it work and differentiate between fact and fiction, reality and hype. By the time we are done, I’ve no doubt we’ll all know a lot more than when we started, myself included. What we will not do is discuss any particular supplier or product. This is the realm of reviews and I’d rather supply you with completely objective information that you may apply to the available suppliers.
Unex NexGamer Kit
Poster: Warlock
Posted on May 5, 2002 at 10:14:05 PM
Got the urge to have a LAN party but don't want to deal with some aspects of the setup? The Unex NexGamer Kit would seem to be ticket. It uses a USB to ethernet adapter, so you can use any length ethernet crossover cable between your machines. (Although the kit comes with a good sized piece already.) Check out this unique bit of hardware over at Guru3D.
Athlon Thoroughbred and Today's Motherboards
Poster: Warlock
Posted on May 5, 2002 at 9:31:20 PM
Ever wonder if those new Athlon's with the thoroughbred cores has your name on it and a place in your existing motherboard? From the looks of it it might very well be in most cases. Read on for a few more bits of info at X-Bit Labs.
Forum Contest Winner!
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 5, 2002 at 8:28:52 PM
User id: 538
Name: hazeldene
Your name has been picked out of a hat by one of my friends to be the winner. I'll be contacting you shortly to arrange shipping.
Everyone else, sorry you didn't win. There is another contest starting soon!
Name: hazeldene
Your name has been picked out of a hat by one of my friends to be the winner. I'll be contacting you shortly to arrange shipping.
Everyone else, sorry you didn't win. There is another contest starting soon!
Forum Contest Over
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 5, 2002 at 4:48:17 PM
I will announce the winner later today. Thanks for playing .
.Copied Xbox games: Project X cracks the Xbox
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 5, 2002 at 4:46:01 PM
Cracking the Xbox games for burnable CDs...
A team called ProjectX has released around 23 iso games, people have questioned if they work on normal consoles and not the dev units. People have said that ProjectX is Echelon+Kalisto working together as a team. Theres even a video showing someone loading a burned Xbox game onto a normal unit and not a dev.
IB Elite has more
A team called ProjectX has released around 23 iso games, people have questioned if they work on normal consoles and not the dev units. People have said that ProjectX is Echelon+Kalisto working together as a team. Theres even a video showing someone loading a burned Xbox game onto a normal unit and not a dev.
IB Elite has more
Tribes: Aerial Assault Interview
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 5, 2002 at 1:48:32 PM
HomeLan Fed has an interview with Chris Mahnken about the new PS2 (NOT PC) game, Tribes: Aerial Assault. Why they are making this is beyond me. Work on Tribes 3 .
The Tribes franchise of PC first person team games has continued to be popular and now Sierra is expanding that franchise to the Playstation 2 with Tribes: Aerial Assault, which will be one of the first PS2 games that will support Internet online play. HomeLAN got a chance to chat with Sierra's producer of the game, Chris Mahnken, as he reveals more about their plans for Tribes: Aerial Assault, which is being developed by Inevitable Entertainment.[PAGEBREAK]
HomeLan Fed
.The Tribes franchise of PC first person team games has continued to be popular and now Sierra is expanding that franchise to the Playstation 2 with Tribes: Aerial Assault, which will be one of the first PS2 games that will support Internet online play. HomeLAN got a chance to chat with Sierra's producer of the game, Chris Mahnken, as he reveals more about their plans for Tribes: Aerial Assault, which is being developed by Inevitable Entertainment.[PAGEBREAK]
HomeLan Fed
CS 1.4 includes wall hacks!!!
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 5, 2002 at 1:37:51 PM
Valve screwed up on this one:
There are built in wall hacks and a zoom script in CS 1.4. All it takes is a simple 2 line config script and you have yourself a working wall hack. The zoom script also serves as a wall hack if used properly.[PAGEBREAK]
For More information click here. This will NOT give you the wall hack either.
There are built in wall hacks and a zoom script in CS 1.4. All it takes is a simple 2 line config script and you have yourself a working wall hack. The zoom script also serves as a wall hack if used properly.[PAGEBREAK]
For More information click here. This will NOT give you the wall hack either.
Dual Motherboard Review for P4
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 5, 2002 at 1:32:50 PM
Why is AMDWorld reviewing Intel stuff? Whatever.
They review two motherboards, one from Epox and one from MSI (Pentium 4). Yeah, I don't think I'm going to post news to them anymore because I can't cut and paste from their website, AND THEY ARE AN AMD SITE!
They review two motherboards, one from Epox and one from MSI (Pentium 4). Yeah, I don't think I'm going to post news to them anymore because I can't cut and paste from their website, AND THEY ARE AN AMD SITE!
Spider-Man Box Office Total...
Poster: Subjugation
Posted on May 5, 2002 at 5:13:52 AM
While this is off-topic for this site, Spider-Man made...
$41 MILLION ON FRIDAY!!! To put this in perspective, many movies never even reach that mark in their total release.
Early box office reports are coming in, and it would appear that Spidey might have grossed over $41 million and change on Friday alone.
Read more about it at Super Hero Hype.
$41 MILLION ON FRIDAY!!! To put this in perspective, many movies never even reach that mark in their total release.
Early box office reports are coming in, and it would appear that Spidey might have grossed over $41 million and change on Friday alone.
Read more about it at Super Hero Hype.
Release Dates Almost Done
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 5, 2002 at 4:26:19 AM
The Release Date section of the site is almost done. Tom will be heading it up so fire him a few emails if you have any questions.
May 4, 2002
Dell Latitude C840 Laptop Review
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 4, 2002 at 10:42:50 PM
ZDNet has a review of the Dell Latitude C840.
The Latitude C840 got down to business in our labs' benchmark tests. Equipped with 256MB of DDR SDRAM; a smoking 64MB Nvidia GeForce4 440 Go graphics chip; a 40GB, 4,200rpm hard drive; and Windows XP Pro, the notebook posted an overall SysMark score that tied with the 1.7GHz P4-M-based Gateway 600XL's and finished a hair ahead of the Toshiba Satellite 5105-S607's, even though both competitors carried double the Dell's RAM. Battery life was good; the C840's powerful, 14.8V/3.9Ah lithium-ion battery held out for 162 minutes in our drain tests, 75 minutes longer than the Toshiba's weaker 10.8V/3.6Ah cell and 7 minutes behind the Gateway 600XL's 11.1V/5.7Ah battery. The P4-M's ability to knock its power consumption down from 1.3V to 1V during less battery-hungry periods undoubtedly helped.
The Latitude C840 got down to business in our labs' benchmark tests. Equipped with 256MB of DDR SDRAM; a smoking 64MB Nvidia GeForce4 440 Go graphics chip; a 40GB, 4,200rpm hard drive; and Windows XP Pro, the notebook posted an overall SysMark score that tied with the 1.7GHz P4-M-based Gateway 600XL's and finished a hair ahead of the Toshiba Satellite 5105-S607's, even though both competitors carried double the Dell's RAM. Battery life was good; the C840's powerful, 14.8V/3.9Ah lithium-ion battery held out for 162 minutes in our drain tests, 75 minutes longer than the Toshiba's weaker 10.8V/3.6Ah cell and 7 minutes behind the Gateway 600XL's 11.1V/5.7Ah battery. The P4-M's ability to knock its power consumption down from 1.3V to 1V during less battery-hungry periods undoubtedly helped.
No modding of the Geforce4 to Quadro
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on May 4, 2002 at 10:37:47 PM
Tech-Junkie has found out that you can't mod the GF4 to a Quadro.
The purpose of this article is to see if such a hardware hack actually does work from results gained from benchmarks. This article also looks at one more possible method of converting the GeForce4, and that is through a BIOS transplant from the Quadro4.
I wont keep you in suspense, neither the resistor mod nor the BIOS transplant transformed the GeForce4 Ti 4600 to a Quadro4 900XGL. For this article, a genuine Quadro4 900XGL and a GeForce 4 Ti 4600 were used. Both boards are reference NVIDIA boards from the previous article.
The purpose of this article is to see if such a hardware hack actually does work from results gained from benchmarks. This article also looks at one more possible method of converting the GeForce4, and that is through a BIOS transplant from the Quadro4.
I wont keep you in suspense, neither the resistor mod nor the BIOS transplant transformed the GeForce4 Ti 4600 to a Quadro4 900XGL. For this article, a genuine Quadro4 900XGL and a GeForce 4 Ti 4600 were used. Both boards are reference NVIDIA boards from the previous article.