Tech News
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TweakMax on IDE Cables
Published: Tuesday, October 2, 2001 | By: DennisTweakMax has a great read on the good and bad of IDE. As some of you may know the maximum cable length for ata66/100 is 18", anything longer can cause data corruption. This corruption is also the reason for the additional grounding wires in modern ATA cable, and why rounding your ATA cables is bad if not done properly and with care. Take a look at TweakMax they touch on some really good points.
And, of course if you are curious about how you can round your ATA100 cables How-To article on the subject here. -
Radeon 7500 Review @ RivaStation
Published: Tuesday, October 2, 2001 | By: DennisI must say a very impressive review. The 7500 is a die-shrunk and overclocked Radeon 1 so there isn't really that many new things to talk about except that it can outperform its price competitor the GeForce Pro.
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AOpen AK77Plus Review @ TheTechZone
Published: Tuesday, October 2, 2001 | By: DennisAopen has been known to put out some pretty nice boards and every once in awhile they surprise us with something special. The Tech Zone has a sample of their latest offering the AK77Plus which to me looks to be quite similar to the Soyo Dragon without the sound. For more on the Soyo Dragon keep an eye out for our review that will be posted soon.
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GeForce3 Titanium Previews
Published: Monday, October 1, 2001 | By: DennisThere is actually to many "previews" to count and/or list here so I'm just going to pick one and run with it. Besides I think LittleWhiteDog says it best "I'm sure there will probably be a whole crapload of TI reviews today."
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The Many Different ThermoEngines
Published: Sunday, September 30, 2001 | By: DennisBack when this heatsink first came out it had a hollow core though in the interest of cutting manufacturing costs ThermoSonic filled up the core at the cost of a slight decrease in cooling performance. The Overclockers crew looks back at this interesting heatsink and reviews the different styles and configurations.
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Quake3 1.30 Final
Published: Friday, September 28, 2001 | By: DennisQuake3 PointRelease 1.30 has been released and can be downloaded just about anywhere. I put fileplanet down since they will give you some information about the release before you download it.
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Super Fast RDRAM by Samsung
Published: Friday, September 28, 2001 | By: DennisSamsung has taken the leap and improved RDRAM by using the 0.12 micron process. So, just like processors the die shrinks and the speed increases. Here is a quote
" In the new chip, the density will increase to 567 megabits per chip and the speed will rise to 1,066MHz, vs. today's maximum of 256 megabits and 800MHz."
We will most likely not see this new memory until the new 533MHz Pentium 4 is released. -
Intel vs. Via, The Expansion
Published: Thursday, September 27, 2001 | By: DennisNope its not a new Lucas film title but Intel getting really pissed off.
"Intel expanded its legal fight with Via Technologies on Wednesday by filing patent infringement suits in Germany, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong."
This lawsuit could set one of two companies quite a few years back. The question is which one will it be? -
Sound Blaster Still Sux
Published: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 | By: DennisThis is kind of funny. ViaHardware has been following the issues behind the new "Audigy" sound card from Creative and it looks as though the same sound quality issues exist when used with a VIA enabled motherboard.
The really interesting thing is that GameSpot gave the card a 9 out of 10. -
Freeway FWD-A7KA Motherboard Review
Published: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 | By: DennisI just got done putting the finishing touches on our latest review the Freeway Design FWD-A7KA. This board is very similar to the FWD-CUPA in product features.
Plus being that it is a Freeway Product it has that Sexy Red PCB!.
