Sunday Video Card Reviews

Video Card roundup by 3DProfessor nVidia GeForce 6200 TC review by Digit-Life CP4U GeForce 6800 LE AGP review by HardwareCenter Albatron GeForce 6600 GT AGP review by OverclockerCafe Albatron GeForce 6600 GT AGP review by PCStats

Posted: January. 16, 2005 @ 02:24PM GMT +10 by erock

Thunderbird turns 2 Million

Thunderbird, an alternative email client has turned over 2 Million downloads in its first month! Goes to show that many people are willing to try somthing other then outlook. Give it a go!

Posted: January. 16, 2005 @ 08:29AM GMT +10 by erock

Elvis's MAME Cabinet

How about this for a PC modification, a MAME Cabinet! It uses a PC to play old skool games. Check it out here

Posted: January. 16, 2005 @ 08:22AM GMT +10 by erock

NVIDIA Forceware 71.40 drivers out

And another new Forceware driver in the shape of version 71.40 has hit the internet. This driver works for all NVIDIA videocards including the mobile series and works under Windows 2000 and XP. Download: NVIDIA Forceware 71.40 - TCMagazine Leave your comments and opinions in our forums here.

Posted: January. 16, 2005 @ 08:16AM GMT +10 by BenSW

IE - Unsecure again!... or still?

A computer security researcher and an antivirus company are warning Microsoft Corp. customers about an unpatched hole in the company's Internet Explorer Web browser that could allow a remote attacker to bypass security warnings and download malicious content onto vulnerable systems. Read more

Posted: January. 16, 2005 @ 08:10AM GMT +10 by BenSW

Novell offers free SuSE 9.2 download

SOFTWARE FIRM Novell said it is making SuSE Linux Professional 9.2 available as a free download. Novell said the version differs from the LiveDVD version, is a fully installable version, and is not time limited. Source: TheInquirer

Posted: January. 16, 2005 @ 08:09AM GMT +10 by BenSW

754 pin AMD mobile Semprons range

JAPANESE SITE Akiba PC Hotline said that socket 754 mobile Sempron chips at ratings of 2600+, 2800+ and 3000+ are for sale. These chips, according to site, consume 62W and are for sale at ¥10,800 (~$105), ¥13,800 (~$135) and ¥14,800 (~$145) respectively. The Japanese version of the site, with pics, is here. Here is the Babelfish version in Jinglish.

Posted: January. 16, 2005 @ 08:07AM GMT +10 by BenSW

Saturday Nite Video Card Reviews

Albatron Trinity GeForce 6600GT AGP on PCStats. Albatron Trinity GeForce 6600GT AGP on 3DXtreme. MSI NX6600GT-VTD128 GeForce 6600GT AGP on PCStats. ATi Radeon X800 XL PCIe review by DriverHeaven XFX GeForce 6600 GT AGP review by nVNews

Posted: January. 15, 2005 @ 09:49PM GMT +10 by erock

Nforce 5 up and running

Apparently the upcoming nForce5 motherboard from NVIDIA is now taped out and is running according to sources. Reference platforms have been sent to various addresses for evaluations and valuations, and the board will be released in two version! One providing SLI support and the other not. Its excepted that the nForce5 motherboard will be released in Q1 2005.

Posted: January. 14, 2005 @ 09:30PM GMT +10 by erock

Longhorn to make graphic cards important

Its suggested that Windows Longhorn will feature a graphics subset called WGF (Windows Graphic Foundation). Its goal is to unify 2D and 3D graphics operation in one and will bring 2D Windows drawing and 3D operations together. Nowadays, 3D is done using a Direct X subset with the current version 9.0c. Longhorn will also use 3D menus and 3D interfaces and will require at least Shader 2.0 compliant cards, so it will make the graphics card an important part of your PC. Nowadays, Windows doesn’t care much about graphics until you play your DVD or start a 3D game. In such cases, Windows actually benefits from graphic card acceleration whether we talk about video or 3D acceleration. Read more @ The Inquirer

Posted: January. 14, 2005 @ 09:24PM GMT +10 by erock

Friday Nite Video Card Reviews

ATi Radeon All-In-Wonder X600 Pro review by Viperlair XFX GeForce 6600 GT PCIe review by VR-Zone Gigabyte GeForce 6600 GT PCIe review by AmdZone HIS Radeon X700 Pro 256MB PCIe review by 3dGameMan Gigabyte Radeon X600 XT PCIe review by EnvyNews Gigabyte 3D1 Dual GeForce 6600 GT PCIe review by Neoseeker ATi Radeon X850 XT-PE review by Guru3D nVidia GeForce 6200 review by Beyond3D Gigabyte Radeon X800 Pro review by PCModdingMy Sapphire Radeon X850 XT-PE review by TrustedReviews Crucial Radeon X800 Pro 256MB review by XtremeResources Gigabyte GeForce 6600 GT AGP on Legion Hardware Gigabyte 3D1 Single Slot 6600GT SLI on Neoseeker. HIS X700Pro IceQ Turbo VIVO 256MB PCI-E Video Card on 3DGameMan Gigabyte GeForce 6600GT PCI-E on Hi-TechReviews. Leadtek WinFast PX6600 GT TDH PCI-E on TheTechLounge. V-Mod Sapphire Radeon 9550 on OC-Service.

Posted: January. 14, 2005 @ 07:59PM GMT +10 by erock

Mac Mini

Apple is releasing a new mac, the Mac mini. It is the cheapest mac. For $499 for a machine with a 1.2Ghz G4 processor inside and 40GB of hard disk space, $599 for a 1.4Ghz version with 80GB, will likely attract new customers It's available in the US on January 22, and around week later in the rest of the world. Source: Neowin.net

Posted: January. 14, 2005 @ 11:17AM GMT +10 by [DBE]killer

WinXP Pro x64 Edition Nearing Completion

GamePC have thrown up their review of Microsoft’s XP Professional x64 Edition RC1! Here's a snip. We've been tracking the progress of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition since late in 2003, when we tested their first public build (1039) which was released in a pre-beta state. We've since followed up with reports of their later public builds, 1069 and 1218, both of which saw the operating system making huge strides in terms of stability, driver support, and software compatibility. While the operating system has been progressing nicely, the constant delays are enough to make anyone lose hope of a final release. We were beginning to think that the operating system would ever see the light of day, as we are now entering 2005 without a final copy in our hands and without a firm release date. Read more

Posted: January. 14, 2005 @ 08:51AM GMT +10 by BenSW

Star Wars: Empire At War Preview

Rolling right along, 1up.com has slapped up a preview on Petroglyph's upcoming Strategy title, Star Wars: Empire At War. Here's a bit on formations in the game: Quote: Empire at War is also not going to have clueless pathfinding like we saw in Force Commander. "One big problem with [Force Commander]—and lots of RTS games for that matter—has been a proper lack of formations," says Tosti. If you grouped AT-ATs with AT-STs and ground troops, each would move at its own pace. Kind of defeats the whole point of grouping forces, doesn't it? Now, troops grouped together stick together. You're only as fast as your slowest unit, and they all watch each other's proverbial backs. EA Games' Battle for Middle-earth does this as well, but Tosti promises that this will be on a whole other level. Be sure to check out the screenshots as well! Source: Futuremark

Posted: January. 14, 2005 @ 08:49AM GMT +10 by BenSW

Windows Longhorn to make graphics card i

MAJORITY OF USERS don't care about a graphics card because this majority uses only 2D operations, or should I say they need it just to draw and show picture on displays. Some will use the graphics card to accelerate video files or help decode DVD content. but that's about it. The big mass or users don't care about 3D games or any kind of shaders. This is about to change with Longhorn. Longhorn will feature a graphics subset called WGF (Windows Graphic Foundation). Its goal is to unify 2D and 3D graphics operation in one and will bring 2D Windows drawing and 3D operations together. Nowadays, 3D is done using a Direct X subset with the current version 9.0c. Read more [TheInquirer]

Posted: January. 14, 2005 @ 08:47AM GMT +10 by BenSW

The Sims 2 Patch

The folks over at Maxis have released a new patch for their hit people-sim, The Sims 2. Making some tweaks and fixing a bunch of bugs, you can find a list of what's new and the DL mirrors right here. So what are you waiting for? Get downloadin'!

Posted: January. 13, 2005 @ 09:15AM GMT +10 by BenSW

NVIDIA releases new GPUs Latest Co

Today NVIDIA announced two new products that are designed to fill holes in their current product lineup: the GeForce 6600 AGP and the PCI Express-based GeForce 6800 LE. The GeForce 6600 AGP is designed to go head-to-head with the RADEON 9600 XT, and features the same 8-pixel pipeline graphics core found in GeForce 6600 GT, although it's running at a tamer 300MHz. Final memory speed will be determined by each card manufacturer, but most are expected to run in the 250-275MHz range. The boards will officially retail for $149-$199 depending on the configuration. The GeForce 6800 LE PCI Express is based on the same technology as its AGP counterpart, featuring an 8-pipeline core running at 325MHz, and a 256-bit memory interface with 300MHz DDR memory. The card will support SLI and will be priced between $229-$279 depending on the card configuration. Both cards will be available in February. Source: FiringSquad

Posted: January. 13, 2005 @ 09:14AM GMT +10 by BenSW

AMD 'unveils' Turion 64

The first 64-bit mobile microprocessor, it's also your first, last, and only protection from cyborg dinosaurs. Turion presumably marks the first fruit of AMD's foundation last June of a Japan-based chip design taskforce dedicated with building better mobile processors. At this stage it's unclear what Turion does that AMD's Mobile Athlon 64 processors, some developed for thin'n'light notebooks, others for more mainstream machines, don't. Presumably, we're looking at improved power management and possibly greater integration - perhaps a graphics engine built into the on-die North Bridge. Not much in the way of details. Source: FiringSquad

Posted: January. 12, 2005 @ 08:55AM GMT +10 by BenSW

DVD+R DL 8X to come in 2005

THERE WAS an unusually great number of companies ready to talk about DVD standards and speeds here at CES. The last couple of months, the price of DVD recorders went significantly down and you can now buy 16X DVD-R/DVD+R recorders capable of recording DVD-R DL, Dual Layer disks at four speeds for just about $65. Dual layer drives can store a massive 8.5GB but those disks still costs a fortune as you have to spend at least $7 or €7 per piece to get them. DVD+R or DVD-R discs with 4.7 GB capacity can be found for about one €uro or even less. Even if you want to spend that kind of money, those disks are usually 2.4 speeds only and rarely can you find some 4X DVD+R DL disks. Full article here

Posted: January. 12, 2005 @ 08:52AM GMT +10 by BenSW

ATI X800 and X800XL

ATI CARDS BASED on the R430, 110 nm core can use the same printed circuit board. We spotted some Sapphire cards at the show one based on X800XL and second on X800 standard core both using the same PCB. We checked the numbers and we were right, the PCBs were the same. In Sapphire's case, both cards were VGA + DVI design and both cards hadn't a six pin power connector. Power Color card that we previewed just before CES here has different cooler that covers memory as well, dual DVI outs and six pin PCIe power connector. Read more at TheInquirer

Posted: January. 12, 2005 @ 08:48AM GMT +10 by BenSW

Intel, AMD dual core specs discussed

DEVELOPERS AT an X86-64 message board are discussing how best to get a dual core Opteron running using an Nvidia chipset. One engineer discusses some of the specs of the chip, including cache size and clock rates, although you probably need to be something of a genius to wade your way through the technicalities. And on another thread, there is a discussion of working with Intel's dual core chips, which may have core IDs as big as 256. Obviously for future use. Read more Source: TheInquirer

Posted: January. 12, 2005 @ 08:46AM GMT +10 by BenSW

Radeon X850 and X800XL review

Earlier this autumn, ATi revealed details about their new PCI-Express video cards, the X850 XT Platinum Edition (PE) and the X800 XL. While the X850 XT PE of course is the new high-end video card, the X800 XL is ATI’s answer to NVIDIA’s GeForce 6800 GT. ATI was kind enough to lend us two reference cards for a quick spin in some of our benchmarks. Read More

Posted: January. 12, 2005 @ 07:52AM GMT +10 by flawmatt

Pentium M Chips Sneak into Retail

Yet unannounced Intel Pentium M processors for 533MHz processor system bus emerged for sale in Tokyo, Japan. The products come in Intel’s typical retail packages, which implies that the chipmaker has already started to ship such central processing units to various customers including retailers. Currently Intel Pentium M processors 760, 750, 740 and 730 clocked at 2.00GHz, 1.86GHz, 1.73GHz and 1.60GHz respectively are being sold in Tokyo, Japan. All the chips are based on the core code-named Dothan with 2MB level-two cache and are produced using 90nm process technology. The processors come in mPGA479 form-factor and are intended for yet-to-be-released mobile platform code-named Sonoma and i915-series chipsets code-named Alviso which supports 533MHz Quad Pumped Bus with enhancements for mobile processors. Read More

Posted: January. 12, 2005 @ 07:45AM GMT +10 by flawmatt

MS AntiSpyware vs Ad-Aware vs SpyBot

Microsoft AntiSpyware offers plenty of features which is sure to turn some heads. Not only does it scan for spyware/adware, it can also offer real-time protection which prevents spyware from being installed in the first place. Though Microsoft’s new toy offers really nice feature as we are about to explore, how well does it match up against the already known spyware removal champs; Ad-Aware and SpyBot S&D? Let us find out. Though this review is mostly focused on how effectively each application can detect spyware and adware, I want to just mention a few features I enjoyed while using Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta. Flexbeta.net [Full Article]

Posted: January. 11, 2005 @ 09:34PM GMT +10 by S.T.x

Nero Burning Rom 6.6.0.5

Latest update 6.6.0.5: Whether you’re an Expert or Standard user, Nero 6 Reloaded makes your digital media projects a breeze to complete. Enhance your creative and technical skills with multiple tools to take you beyond the ordinary rip & burn. # Nero StartSmart 2 # Nero Express 6 # Nero BackItUp # Nero SoundTrax # Nero Image Drive # Nero Burning ROM 6 # Nero Cover Designer # Nero Wave Editor # Nero Toolkit Nero Burning Rom 6.6.0.5 Mirror 1 Mirror 2 Source: Warp2Search

Posted: January. 11, 2005 @ 09:30PM GMT +10 by S.T.x

AnandTech @ Consumer Electronics Show 20

Everything from Dual Core to DLP is covered in our CES show report... Although it wasn't heavily advertised, Intel had a 925XE system running the new Pentium 4 600 series with a 2MB L2 cache in their booth. As you undoubtedly know by now, the Pentium 4 600 series is still a 90nm Prescott but with twice the L2 cache, EMT64 (x86-64) support as well as all of the features available in the current 500 series. Read More Source: Warp2Search

Posted: January. 11, 2005 @ 09:25PM GMT +10 by S.T.x

Unlocking / Overclocking the Nvidia 6800

OCIA.net has posted an article on Unlocking / Overclocking the NVIDIA GeForce 6800. Below is a direct quote from the article: "As you may know, one of the main differences between the 6800 base model and the GT version is the fact that the GT version comes with a total of 16 pixel pipelines, whereas the 6800 only has 12. I began reading on various message boards that some people were actually able to unlock the remaining four pixel pipelines on their 6800 cards for a total of 16, matching that of the GT model. This seemed completely reasonable, as the 6800 is more or less a watered-down version of its GT counterpart. My mind began to roam, wondering if it would be possible to unlock / overclock this base model XFX 6800 to the GT level, a card that cost nearly $130 more. And so my quest began..." Direct Link

Posted: January. 11, 2005 @ 09:21PM GMT +10 by S.T.x

Intel forces vendors to buy 915

MOTHERBOARD VENDORS are saying that Intel makes them buy 915 and 925 chipsets whether they like it or like it not. Each time when they want to place an order for 875 or 865 chipsets, Intel kindly asks them to get some 915 or 925 chipset of their choice. Everybody keep saying that 915 and 925 motherboard sales were not that great and that most motherboard companies have a huge stock of those boards sitting in some warehouses in Asia. You just cannot sell enough since the demand is still not there, is the plaint. Motherboard manufacturers actually do want to buy many 875s and especially 865s as there is still strong demand for those boards. But there is a trick. Intel and its blue suited men and women made motherboard vendors buy 875 and 865 chipset only if they commit to buy 915 or 925 chips with it. It's kind of forcing your sales like an enormous radish in a nightmare grow bag but if you are the boss you kind of can do it. It's called monopolism last time I checked. Not to blame Intel, of course. Its chip division has as its mission in the boulevard to sell as many of these chips as it possibly can. You can't blame it. And the INQ doesn't blame it. Still this gives you a picture of the market acceptance of PCIe chipsets, especially Intel ones. It's a slow and painful artefaction, especially in the upgrade market. On the other hand, OEMs are doing fine with it as you, as a customer, buy a complete system that a company makes from scratch. Source: The Inquirer

Posted: January. 11, 2005 @ 02:45PM GMT +10 by flawmatt

GT4 sells 635,000 in first week

Gran Turismo 4 has squeezed out its ancestor GT3 in the sales records by moving 635,000 units in its first week in Japan. As well as a simultaneous release in China, Sony made a million units available for the Japanese launch as the US version was postponed till 2005. GT3 sold 620,000 units in the same period. Source: GamePlanet.co.nz

Posted: January. 11, 2005 @ 11:08AM GMT +10 by BenSW

The Windows XP Tweaking Companion

TweakGuides have thrown up their 170 page Windows XP Tweaking Companion (XPTC) version 1.02! The Windows XP Tweaking Companion (XPTC) is the complete Windows XP and system optimization guide. No longer do you have to put up with so-called XP Tweak Guides which have a handful of Registry tweaks and some vague optimization advice - the XPTC brings an enormous range of detailed descriptions and resources together in one free 170 page downloadable PDF file. Everything from the correct installation of Windows and critical software and drivers, through to recommendations for every significant setting in XP, all the major performance, visual and convenience tweaks, and descriptions of XP's functionality. The Windows XP Tweaking Companion V1.02

Posted: January. 11, 2005 @ 09:41AM GMT +10 by BenSW

New AtiTool Release!

ATITool is an overclocking utility designed for ATI video cards. Design target is to write a light-weight application for the enthusiast - so no questionable registry tweaks. Sorry. Main features are: * No limits overclocking. * Finding maximum core and memory overclock by rendering into a Direct3D window and scanning the output for visual artifacts. * Temperature monitoring and fan speed control (on supported cards) * Removal of Catalyst overclocking lock for 9000/9200/9550/9600 series. * Artifact scanning mode for non-ATI cards - use together with a 3rd party overclocking utility. * Loading a predefined clock profile on Application/Windows startup. * Hotkeys that can be used any time to load clocks from a profile. * 3D application detection (Direct3D 8, Direct3D 9,L) to overclock your video card only when required. * Gamma control Download AtiTool here.

Posted: January. 11, 2005 @ 09:36AM GMT +10 by BenSW

World of WarCraft: 600k sold

Blizzard Entertainment® today announced that World of Warcraft® has sold through more than 600,000* units to customers in North America, Australia, and New Zealand. The fastest-growing massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) has also shattered all previous concurrency records in North America, achieving over 200,000 simultaneous players during the holiday period. "The public’s response to World of Warcraft has been simply amazing," said Mike Morhaime, president of Blizzard Entertainment. "We are very proud and excited to see such an overwhelming demand for the game, and we hope that the enthusiasm continues to build as we further enhance our online service." Read more Source: FiringSquad

Posted: January. 11, 2005 @ 09:34AM GMT +10 by BenSW

Nvidia to finally ship 6800 U's PCI

NINE MONTHS after its NV40 introduction, Nvidia is still struggling to ship most of its PCIe high end parts based on this core. NV45, 6800 GT or Ultra PCIe series are nothing more than an NV40 chip with BR2 bridge chip and specially PCB,but so far, Nvidia has hardly shipped any of the NV45s. To be precise, Nvidia shipped some quantities of Geforce 6800GT PCIe but hardly any 6800Ultra PCIe. Luckily we heard from several sources that the first batch of NV45 based 6800 Ultra PCIe card is scheduled for end of the January. You can imagine our excitement when we heard that company can actually ship a chip announced nine months ago. Read more Souce: TheInquirer

Posted: January. 11, 2005 @ 09:32AM GMT +10 by BenSW

ATI's SB400 south bridge ready

IT'S HARD TO build a south bridge but ATI finally managed to finish its SB400 Southbridge chip. ATI told us that it was talking with its customers and learned that its customers wanted both ATI and ULI south bridge support for ATI boards. Customers can buy ATI Southbridge chips if they want to, but at the same time they can go and use ULI chipset. ULI is company that we all used to know under the ALI name and its south bridge has one huge advantage. Right now, it is the only chip that can work on the AMD platform and have Azalia audio support. Therefore some of the ATI partners would rather go for ULI than to ATI's own chipset. Read more Source: TheInquirer

Posted: January. 11, 2005 @ 09:31AM GMT +10 by BenSW

Monday Night Video Card Reviews

Leadtek WinFast PX6600 GT TDH PCI-E by TheTechLounge. V-Mod Sapphire Radeon 9550 by OC-Service. ATi Radeon X850 XT-PE PCIe review by Bjorn3D HIS Radeon X700 256MB review by BonaFideReviews MSI GeForce 6800 Ultra AGP review by RBMods ATi Radeon X800 XL PCIe review by Hexus Gigabyte Dual GeForce 6600 GT PCIe review by Anandtech Gigabyte GeForce 6600 GT PCIe review by Hi-TechReviews

Posted: January. 10, 2005 @ 10:49PM GMT +10 by erock

nForce 5 Screenies

Check out Hot Hardware for screenies of a intel based nForce 5 setup. That's right people you're looking at dual PCI Express slots in a standard desktop board and we were told in a private session that these slots specifically support a dual X16 lane graphics configuration. We weren't able to pull the heatsink off the Northbridge but we are fairly certain (and it was noted to us by rep we met with) that this is an nForce based motherboards in pre-production status. The Southbridge looks to be an Intel ICH6 but we can't be too sure since it has engineering brandings on it. Regardless we thought you'd like to take a look at this up close and personal. nForce 5 for the P4 with SLI (if that is in fact what this board is) looks to be right around the corner!

Posted: January. 10, 2005 @ 08:05AM GMT +10 by erock

Get your hotmail account to 250mb

If your still sitting on 2mb and wondering how & why your not at 250mb check out this article on DV Hardware.

Posted: January. 10, 2005 @ 08:02AM GMT +10 by erock

ATI to finish Rialto in February

JUST LIKE WE previously reported, ATI will have its bridge chip ready sometime in February. There is no rush as ATI still has some 9800PRO left to fill the AGP sub $200 mainstream market but stock won't last forever. Still, at some point, ATI has to start bridging its native PCIe chips and to make AGP cards from them. We were told that X700 might be the first runner up for such a task but we don’t expect to see any of the bridged cards until sometime in March. There might be a good possibility that we might see such cards at CeBIT but no one is yet sure about that. Read more @ TheInquirer

Posted: January. 10, 2005 @ 07:45AM GMT +10 by BenSW

Leadtek Forceware 70.24/67.03

Leadtek has released a two forceware sets for the Winfast series. Grab it from Station-Drivers.com

Posted: January. 10, 2005 @ 07:44AM GMT +10 by BenSW

Intel Pentium 4 660

The chinese website HKEPC have snagged some details and slides of Intel's Pentium 4 660 series which could support EM64T! From CPU-Z Version in 1.26, we may arrive the formula not to be able correctly to demonstrate the processor name, is treated as is by mistake Intel Pentium 4,558, moreover the core is Prescott but non- Prescott 2M, similarly uses 90 奈 metric systems regulations, the voltage demonstration is 1.334v, looked like P4 6 are the processor or can use Mutil VID, the voltage can by 1.25V to 1.4V, simultaneously we may see in Instructions demonstrated it supports the x86-64 instruction, namely has the EM64T technology. When arteries aspect Pentium 4 660P is 3.6GHz, outside the frequency is 800MHz FSB, has 16K+12K L1 Cache and 2MB L2 Cache. Source: Read more

Posted: January. 10, 2005 @ 07:43AM GMT +10 by BenSW

Affordable RAID-5, X850 vs X800XL showdo

ONLYNEWZ compares five ATI X800XT PE cards. Apart from long names and distribution problems, those cards share all the good things from ATI X800 GPU. Gigabyte, Asus, Visiontek, Sapphire and Connect3D are present. Reviewing video cards using the same chipset is bound to produce the same result : boredom. All cards are within 2% of each other in most cases. Read more

Posted: January. 09, 2005 @ 05:25PM GMT +10 by BenSW

ATI RS400 puts Intel 915 to shame

AT THE SHOW we manage to see still the unannounced ATI RS400 motherboard. That is the Intel based motherboard with IGP core inside. It was funny to see motherboard with integrated graphic running some proper Shaders in medium quality and to be able to run game such as Far Cry. We saw this system side by side with Intel's 915G installed, and it was literally killing it in both performance and quality wise. The folks didn’t want to tell that it's testing it against 915G but we did the math. Read more Source: TheInquirer

Posted: January. 09, 2005 @ 05:25PM GMT +10 by BenSW

ATI X800 mobile runs dream notebook

ATI has a pretty large presence at the CES show, and the INQ took a few moments to talk about ATI's mobile and integrated products with Jon Carvill, who heads up the PR for that division. We spotted a couple of notebooks with a mobile version of the X800 inside, running Far Cry. The X800 mobile (aka MRX800) is a 12 pipeline part and Far Cry ran like a dream, even on the huge 17-inch screens on the systems. Whilst the systems themselves were fairly hunky-chunky, Jon said that he is working to get high-end ATI chips into some machines that are thinner and lighter, which will be good news for portable gamers everywhere that don't want a laptop that's lug-tastic. The chip in these thinner machines won't be the MRX800 though. With ATI having launched the MRX300, MRX600 and MRX800 over the last couple of months, it doesn't take a brain surgeon to work out the unannounced part that will feature. Read more Source: TheInquirer

Posted: January. 09, 2005 @ 05:24PM GMT +10 by BenSW

Nforce 5 SLI picture emerges

WE ASKED NVIDIA about Nforce 5 motherboards and Nvidia said that it isn't showing it off here. Nvidia said that we will see such boards sometimes later this quarter as it's too early to show them. However we managed to take a picture of the board when we least expected it. It is still a prototype board but it was extremely interesting to so two PCIe graphic port together with socket 775. Read more Source: TheInquirer

Posted: January. 09, 2005 @ 05:23PM GMT +10 by BenSW

The hot gadgets of 2005

Check out the latest gadgets about to hit the pavement this year! "(The year) 2005 looks more evolutionary than revolutionary," said Stephen Baker, technology analyst with market research firm NPD Techworld. "The cellphones are getting better, the flatscreen TVs are much bigger, DVD and MP3 players are getting faster and digital cameras are getting much cheaper."

Posted: January. 09, 2005 @ 04:57PM GMT +10 by erock

CES 2005 Coverage

The Techlounge has CES 2005 coverage, head over there and check out whats been happning. It has been a year since our first trip to Las Vegas for the 2004 Consumer Electronics Showcase (CES). With so much to look forward to, what better way to kick-start the New Year than drowning in an ocean of bleeding-edge technology in the city of sin? We thought so too.

Posted: January. 09, 2005 @ 04:56PM GMT +10 by erock

Internet2 in Russia?

Is it already a reality? apparently so! Internet2 in Russia — Already Reality? Corbina Telecom, Russian all-around telecoms operator, has started the Internet2 project in Moscow, which will connect the clients of Corbina Telecom — both present and future — into a high speed data network possessing much wider features in comparison with the networks of the previous generation. On December 15, 2004 the company arranged a press conference, where several features of this data network were demonstrated. Read more

Posted: January. 09, 2005 @ 04:53PM GMT +10 by erock

Firefox Security Flaw

C|Net are warning that experts have found a firefox vulnerability. This flaw allows the popularsource browser to be voilated by hackers. Story Quote: The flaw in Mozilla Firefox 1.0, details of which were published by security company Secunia on Tuesday, could allow hackers to spoof the URL in the download dialog box that pops up when a Firefox user tries to download an item from a Web site. This flaw is caused by the dialog box incorrectly displaying long sub-domains and paths, which can be exploited to conceal the actual source of the download. Firefox has been receiving rave reviews and is now arguably the worlds most popular enthusiast browser, and its growing, download firefox 1.0 here *strongly recomended*

Posted: January. 08, 2005 @ 06:39PM GMT +10 by Ps2

TheSims 2: University Q&A

Finally tonight, Fragland has sat down with Electronic Arts' Tim LeTourneau for a quick Q&A regarding their upcoming The Sims 2 expansion pack, University. Topics range from grades to E3. Snip: Fragland: “Is it possible to cheat on your exams?” Tim: “No, simply because you don’t really go to lectures or class or exams. You can’t really cheat on your exams, but you could use the 'mainframe computer system' to hack your grades . Source: HomeLAN

Posted: January. 08, 2005 @ 11:48AM GMT +10 by BenSW

AMD disappoints, on Turion, and other fr

CHIP FIRM AMD promised us earlier this week that we’d have an answer about the alleged heist of many thousands of its chips out in Asia. It has sorely disappointed us, because although it promised it would get back to us on the same day, we’re still hanging on the telephone. On another front, it also disappointed us by briefing US journals about its Turion 64, designed from scratch, which we’ve been writing about for many a week now. Read more

Posted: January. 08, 2005 @ 11:40AM GMT +10 by BenSW

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