Oct 31, 03 @ 08:20PM by zero in Tweaks

Need to overclock your AMD processor, there’s a BIOS setting and overclocking guide over at Mad Shrimps. Give yourself a treat for Halloween and speed up your computer.
Mad Shrimps

Oct 31, 03 @ 07:51PM by zero in Video

Gigabyte and ASUS plan to broaden their graphic card families. Today they announced that both are offering different product lines to their customer, an ATI and an NVIDIA.
X-bits Labs

Oct 31, 03 @ 07:44PM by zero in

HAPPY HALLOWEEN READER!! Here's some scary newz for all you readers! It’s heard that Intel’s Pentium 4 Extreme Edition will be out on MONDAY! Yes, that’s right MONDAY. But you better be ready to sacrifice some cash for it.
The Tech Report
X-bit Labs
the Register

Performance desktops will be using DDR2 in the late 2004? RAMping is what the English called it. Read more about it on the Inquirer.
The Inquirer

Here’s an update on overclocking opterons from OC. There’s some bad news…but read more, don’t panic. Read more at Overclockers
OverClockers

Oct 30, 03 @ 11:33PM by CrimsonA in Video

Hopefully the SiS spinoff will do better than SiS themselves in the graphics card industry. Somewhat unfortunate that the Xabre lines never really took off. Perhaps the Volari will be better? Check it out at PCStats.
PCStats

Oct 30, 03 @ 11:33PM by CrimsonA in Cases

System Cooling has a new idea to spruce up your case (well, maybe not so new). Go see what the fuss is about their case plates!
System Cooling

Oct 30, 03 @ 11:33PM by CrimsonA in Video

Guru3D has a wrapup of nVidia's editor day from California. See what nVidia has to say about their new GeForce FX line, and other development issues.
Guru3D

Oct 30, 03 @ 11:33PM by CrimsonA in

The hard drive is by far the slowest component in your computer. See if the new 73 gb Raptor from Western Digital makes a difference over the older 36 gb one.
Storage Review

For those of you with loud case fans, the new Vantec Nexus allows you to control your case fans properly. Now you can have whisper quiet Tornado fans!
Monster-Hardware

The Inquirer has news on the (upcoming?) shortage of LCD panels. This could mean higher LCD prices this Xmas season. Let's hope that doesn't happen.
The Inquirer

For laptop owners, there is always the trade-off between battery life and performance. See how much the hard drive factors into the equation.
Tom's Hardware

Oct 29, 03 @ 06:38AM by zero in

Imagine a CPU performing eight trillion operations per second. Well, an optical DSP has been developed by an Israeli startup, Lenslet. Read more about it.
The Inquirer

As we all know, Intel and AMD is having a price cut. On Digi-Life, they show some of the recent prices for the processors. If you’re planning to get an upgrade you better check this out.
Digi-Life

Microsoft is introducing DirectX 8 to PDAs and this means larger screens and resolutions. Read more from the Register
The Register

Oct 28, 03 @ 10:39PM by CrimsonA in Benchmarking

The best way to test for system stability is to use a stress test to keep the CPU busy for an extended period of time. Whining Dog has a guide on how to do just that.
WhiningDog

Oct 28, 03 @ 10:39PM by CrimsonA in Video

Some of you may remember Diamond the graphics card maker (Viper series). Now they're back, but as a distributor rather than a producer. About the only thing that hasn't changed is the company name.
Diamond

Oct 28, 03 @ 10:39PM by CrimsonA in Video

Seems like anybody and everybody is being accused of cheating these days. Just makes the life of a benchmarker substantially harder.
FiringSquad

Oct 28, 03 @ 10:38PM by CrimsonA in Video

Very bold statement being made from ATi here. In any case, they would not state something like this without a very agressive push to the market. More at Digitimes.
DigiTimes

Oct 28, 03 @ 10:38PM by CrimsonA in

Dinox PC has gotten a hold of 3 different Athlon XP 2600+. Make sure you know what you're buying before you shell out your hard earned money.
Dinoxpc

Memorex (of optical media fame) is starting a new line of trinkets under the MemorexModz brand name. Just an example of yet another company jumping onto the bandwagon.
MemorexModz

Over at the Modfathers, they have a Peltier system up and running. If watercooling didn't seem enough, see what's next for you.
The ModFathers

Of course, if you haven't even reached watercooling level, perhaps its time that you thought about doing so. Viper's Layer has a review on a Wet and Chilly watercooling system.
Viper's Layer

Sounds like QBM (Quad band memory) won't be taking off anytime soon. Via was originally supposed to create a chipset for this new memory, but it seems like the project got canned.
The Inquirer

Oct 27, 03 @ 08:48PM by zero in

Feeling rich? Plate your heatsink in 24K gold!! Actually, don’t waste your $ like that because the only advantage you’ll be getting is less corrosion. You might as well just plate it in copper.
TwinsByte

Oct 27, 03 @ 08:37PM by zero in Video

NVIDIA has a new system utility for nForce2 and nForce3-based motherboards. The new utility features overclocking, identification, monitoring and many more. It is available on the NVIDIA website and it’s full features can be found in the user guide.
NVIDIA
NVIDIA NSU User guide