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News archives from October, 2003
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Coolmax Silent Switching 450 Watt |
October 30th, 2003 - Hardware Wiz has a new review for us to check out, now get to it! 
"The truly silent power supply with a 120 mm fan. Imagine buying several 120 MM fans for your case and not having enough power. The Coolmax Silent switching 450 watt Power Supply is the perfect answer, or is it?"
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fUnc Industries sUrface 1030 Competition Mousing Surface |
October 30th, 2003 - There is a new review up of the fUnc Industries sUrface 1030 Competition Mousing Surface. Yes, this is the pad we''re giving away in our contest, so check it out!
Until recently mousepads weren''t exactly a glorious subject. Most of us used a standard issue foam pad, with a few of us sporting one of the few ''specialty'' surfaces, and plenty of us settling for our desktop or the nearest magazine. Well folks, times are changing.
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NVIDIA Editors' Day 2003 |
October 30th, 2003 - In an effort to shake things up a bit in their public relations efforts, NVIDIA held their first ever Editors'' Day on Tuesday, October 21, 2003 in San Francisco, California. They invited web affiliates and developers from around the world to be a part of this unique event. I was lucky enough to get to go to represent Bjorn3D.com. Many of NVIDIA''s representatives stressed that this event was unlike anything else they have ever done. How you ask? For one, high level people who have been crucial in getting NVIDIA where it is today were more accessible than usual.
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Abit NF7-S Rev. 2.0 |
October 30th, 2003 - Most people know that the original nForce motherboard were pretty disappointing after all the hype had been generated about them. With that said nVidia did a great job with the nForce 2 motherboards I can say after reading many reviews so I am looking forward to this review. Abit has long been a very high quality manufacturer of motherboards and video cards and this motherboard should be no different. This motherboard is the NF7-S rev 2.0 which is the newest revision, revision 2.0 features the new crush 18D nvidia chipset which should allow for better overclocking a a few new features. The specifications below are taken from the Abit website.
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GIGABYTE Announces Renewed Partnership with NVIDIA |
October 30th, 2003 - GIGABYTE Technology, the worldwide leading IT product provider, unveils its new NVIDIA graphics card strategy today. Continuing with its successful partnership of NVIDIA nForce based platforms, GIGABYTE now adds to its wide range of products, a series of NVIDIA GeForce GPU based graphics cards to fulfill the market expectations and customer demands for outstanding graphical solutions on the various computing platforms.
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nForce3 Go120 |
October 30th, 2003 - October 14, 2003 - nVidia today announced the NVIDIA nForce3 Go120 Media and Communications Processor for ultra-portable computers.
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The Athlon64 Triple-Threat |
October 29th, 2003 - So, you''ve read the reviews and now you''re considering upgrading to an Athlon 64. From what we''ve seen, that''s not a bad choice. As Marco showed in his introduction to the Athlon 64, AMD''s much anticipated processor has shown a lot of promise. There have been some delays in bringing the new chip to market, but in the end it looks like AMD got it right. But where do you begin?
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ATI chips to take half of China’s clone market this year |
October 29th, 2003 - 
"ATI Technologies, banking on the continuing momentum of its Asia Pac Partner Program (APPP) rebate program and the late September launch of its Radeon 9800XT and Radeon 9600XT chips, expects its graphics chips will capture 50% of China s clone market in the fourth quarter of this year, according to company chairman and CEO Ho Kwok-yuen."
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Updated ATI Half-Life 2 Offer |
October 29th, 2003 - It''s not all bad news for pre-purchases on Half-Life 2...
"For our customers who purchase a qualifying RADEON&153; based graphics card that includes the Half-Life 2 offer and activate their STEAM account before Half-Life 2 is available at retail, Valve and ATI have added the Valve Premier Pack FREE, which includes the games: Half-Life, Counter Strike, Team Fortress Classic, Deathmatch Classic, Half-Life: Opposing Force and Ricochet. This is a limited time bonus offer that expires once Half-Life 2 is available"
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Otellini: Intel Software Will Empower Digital Homes, Networks |
October 29th, 2003 - Intel? Software? First it''s online games now it''s an entire initiative.
ntel President and COO Paul Otellini Tuesday said the chip giant is developing an increasing amount of software that will accelerate everything from the digital home phenomenon to self-configuring networks.
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SilverStone Strider Series 400 Watts PSU with PFC |
October 28th, 2003 - Is it time to purchase a new power supply? With almost every conceivable variation on the market today, it becomes hard to choose. Are you looking for the monster powerhouse or the elite and subtle laid back silent type? Silence has become as important to power supplies as the power they create Heading the main stream of your system, one may not realize how important a good power supply is. There has been many approaches to this level of noise the power supply generates trying to make them as quiet as possible today I m looking at the Strider Series SST-ST40F 400W PSU.
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AMD leaves Intel clutching at CPU pricing straws |
October 27th, 2003 - Interesting bit of speculation from The Inq as usual 
"IN THE PROCESSOR field, there have been many power shifts over the last few decades. It used to be that RISC chips were the king of the roost, but recently x86 variants are doing more than nipping at their heels. In the x86 world, there was only one name for years and years, Intel. All others copied and tweaked, but few came close. If anyone did, Intel dropped its prices a bit, hitting the competition with the price hammer."
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NVIDIA ForceWare System Utility Released!! |
October 27th, 2003 - Check out the press release from NVidia then download ForceWare 1.0 right here.
SANTA CLARA, CA OCTOBER 27, 2003 NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, today released NVIDIA System Utility, a performance tuning application for NVIDIA nForce -based PCs and motherboards. Part of the new NVIDIA ForceWare software family, NVIDIA System Utility allows users to fine-tune their PC BIOS and configuration settings for optimal performance, all within the confines of Microsoft Windows , and without the risks normally associated with overclocking.
Designed to leverage the power of the NVIDIA nForce2 and NVIDIA nForce3 media and communications processors, NVIDIA System Utility provides PC enthusiasts with an intuitive interface that allows them to change their current system configurations and also easily obtain information about their hardware components and installed NVIDIA nForce software drivers. For those users who wish to stretch the performance of the PC outside standard settings, NVIDIA System Utility affords them the ability to do so in real-time. Built-in safety features are incorporated which return the PC to normal operating conditions should any issues arise when new settings are tested. The NVIDIA System Utility software interface also provides a feature to save and load user-defined configurations for game and task-specific overclocking, enabling wide flexibility for enthusiasts.
Although discouraged by some companies, NVIDIA recognizes that there are hundreds of thousands PC users worldwide who love overclocking their PCs in order to get as much power and performance possible, said Drew Henry, senior director of platform business at NVIDIA. NVIDIA System Utility was built specifically with those users in mind and allows them to tweak their settings in a safe environment, and share those configurations easily with other users. Enthusiasts looking for the optimal PC solution have recognized NVIDIA nForce MCPs for their cutting-edge features and stability, and the free addition of this great application to our product line-up will no doubt continue that trend.
The NVIDIA System Utility software is available for download today for free from www.nvidia.com. Features and functionality will vary depending on motherboard and manufacturer, however, NVIDIA nForce2- and NVIDIA nForce3-based motherboards that expose the full functionality of NVIDIA System Utility include, but are not limited to:
* ASUSTeK A7N8X-E
* Biostar M7NCG
* Epox EP-8RDA+ and EP-8RDA3+
* Abit NF7
* Gigabyte K8NNXP
* Shuttle AN50R
In addition, NVIDIA System Utility will also be bundled with new motherboards and PC systems from a variety of motherboard and PC manufacturers. For an updated list of supported....
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Fury-Tech.com Hardware Giveaway |
October 24th, 2003 - This month we are giving away the king of mousepads, a fUnc Industries sUrface 1030 Precision Mousing Surface. This ain''t your momma''s mousepad, this double-sided pointer pancake is the real deal.
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Apple unleashes its Panther OS X |
October 24th, 2003 - Apple is launching its latest version of its operating system for Macs, nicknamed Panther.
A desktop and server version of OS X version 10.3 will be available through Apple Stores from Friday evening.
"We''re delivering innovations today that will not be seen in any other operating system for years to come," said Apple''s Philip Schiller.
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The Last Bout of NVIDIAs GeForce FX 5700 Ultra |
October 24th, 2003 - Our introduction to NV36 in the form of the GeForce FX 5700 Ultra has really been a different experience than we expected. We thought we would see similar gains on the 5600 that we saw the 5950 make over the 5900. We also didn''t expect NVIDIA to drop the veil they''ve had on the technical aspects of their products.
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NVIDIA releases 64-bit Detonators |
October 24th, 2003 - NVIDIA has released a new set of Detonator display drivers for Windows XP 64-bit edition. The new driver release supports AMD''s 64-bit processors, and is nearly the same revision as NVIDIA''s 32-bit Windows driver. Nearly. NVIDIA''s 64-bit display driver is based on Detonator version 52.14, but the latest 32-bit Windows drivers are version 52.16.
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Albatron K8X800 ProII |
October 24th, 2003 - For a company just over a year old, Albatron has staked a name for itself under the leadership of CEO Jack Ko as a pioneer when it comes to adopting new technology. Since its inception, Albatron has produced a good many enthusiast-friendly motherboards, and so many users have been patiently waiting to see what Albatron has to offer before jumping into an Athlon64 motherboard of their own.
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TwinMOS 512MB TwiSTER PC4000 DC-DDR Kit |
October 24th, 2003 - TwinMOS is a memory brand that we haven''t spent much time with, but they are looking to change that. We have a sample of their DDR500/PC4000 they call Twister, in a doubled up 512MB total Dual-Channel kit. The DIMM is a single-sided module packed with a heat-spreader, just like all the other PC4000 memory we have tested.
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Nvidia FX5950 Ultra Review |
October 24th, 2003 - The 3d card market has been rocked by a lot of surprises and controversy this year - it''s become a sort of soap opera of the technology masses. What''s become apparent from our reporting standpoint is that Nvidia is beginning to suffer from its position as the top video card supplier in the world, while ATI is winning a lot of hardcore and early adopter confidence with its products: it''s the same Jason versus Goliath story being told on the Intel/AMD front. Is Nvidia really beginning to lose its glitter? Is it becoming the behemoth that no longer respects the hardcore users that it had won over during its early battles with 3dfx? Nvidia doesn''t think so, but the enthusiast crowd has definitely been wooed over by ATI''s price to performance ratio, and many of them are now wary after all the negative press that Nvidia has been receiving.
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Doom 3 Capped at 60FPS! |
October 23rd, 2003 - According to CEO Todd Hollenshed Doom 3 is in fact capped at 60 frames per second. Why? Read on...
We checked with John Carmack himself about why DOOM 3 will be hard-capped at 60fps in the renderer, and he had this to say:
"The game tic simulation, including player movement, runs at 60hz, so if it rendered any faster, it would just be rendering identical frames. A fixed tic rate removes issues like Quake 3 had, where some jumps could only be made at certain framerates. In Doom, the same player inputs will produce the same motions, no matter what the framerate is."
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AMD to Follow Intel with Price Cuts |
October 23rd, 2003 - What''s that? Price cuts? Let''s all hope these rumors don''t vaporize. 
Intel Corporation set the date of its 26th October''s price reduction quite long ago and there are no surprises that next week Intel will cut down the pricing of some of its processors truly significantly. However, not only Intel, as unofficial sources reveal, will change the pricing of its CPUs early next week. As this Chinese web-site reported, AMD is very likely to follow Intel with its price-cut move. The Sunnyvale, California-based company will adjust the pricing of its higher-end AMD Athlon XP chips, such as AMD Athlon XP 3200+, AMD Athlon XP 3000+, AMD Athlon XP 2800+ and maybe some others. Since lower-end AMD Athlon XP chips pricing is in step with comparable Intel Celeron processors value, I would not expect them to fall in pricing as well, because Intel sources have not reported about Celeron price reductions in late October.
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Memorex nods to the mods |
October 23rd, 2003 - LMFAO!! If I could only calm down and take them seriously for a second. Nah..
The company, known for its CD and DVD drives, on Tuesday launched its Modz line of accessories, which are designed to make PCs more colorful from the inside out.
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How ABIT's FX5800 sported wiser cooling... |
October 23rd, 2003 - The Inq speculates on Abit''s role (or lack thereof) in the FX5800 cooling solution...
ABIT, as one of Nvidia''s partners, produced version of the NV30 card but they decided not to go for the now well-known Dust Buster solution. Rather, the company wanted to go for its own solution based on its own OTES cooling. Well, we all know that all NV30s came from Flextronix and that no one else could change a thing apart from the cooling in the case of the NV30 Ultra, or in the case of the Geforce FX 5800 Ultra, not even that.
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AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Goes Below $400! |
October 22nd, 2003 - "In less than one month time, despite of some difficulties Advanced Micro Devices had with supplying the AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Athlon 64 FX-51 microprocessors in quantities, its Athlon 64 3200+ processor fell in price from above $500 to below $400, according to X-bit labs Check Prices engine."
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Notes from NVIDIA Editor's Day 2003 |
October 22nd, 2003 - "Yesterday, NVIDIA held an editor''s summit in San Francisco to address a number of common misconceptions regarding its GeForce FX architecture. NVIDIA was uncharacteristically open about what''s going on under the hood of its latest GPUs, and five senior engineers were on hand to answer questions about the FX chips, their drivers, and DirectX 9 and benchmarking in general. NVIDIA also rounded up half a dozen game developers, including representatives from Epic, Gearbox, and id, to sing the praises of not only NVIDIA''s GeForce FX cards, but also the company''s efforts to work closely with developers to optimize game code without having to resort to questionable driver optimizations."
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(2 Months left) TwistedMods.com URL Photograph Contest |
October 22nd, 2003 - "TwistedMods.com is holding a contest to see who can submit the most creative and appealing photograph involving one of the following; "www.TwistedMods.com" or "TwistedMods" as well as the submitter''s username (the TwistedMods logo does not count, but may be added in addition)...Feel free to be creative, because there are NO LIMITS to what you can submit - let your imagination run wild!"
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Antec TrueBlue 480 |
October 22nd, 2003 - Antec is renowned for its top of the line power supplies and cases. The True series is a popular choice for overclockers and generally power hungry rigs. This week Gruntville brings us a review of the Antec TrueBlue 480.
"As you can see from the specs, this unit should be able to handle almost anything you can throw its way. Now enough with what this thing says it can do. I live in the Show Me state, so it has got to show me what it can do."
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Swiftech MCX159-R Chipset Cooler |
October 21st, 2003 -  Check out the mother of all chipset coolers as MODTHEBOX drools over the Swiftech MCX159-R:
As the cooling market continues to grow with new competitors, the common tendency to stick to popular companies is often still enough to easily sway a buyer s decision. The name Swiftech is known by virtually any overclocker and cooling enthusiast. The design behind well-known MCX line of heatsinks which allow Swiftech to rank as one of the top air cooling manufactures has since been adapted into a new cooling product designed for extreme duty Northbridge cooling. Earlier this month MTB had the opportunity to put the Micro Cool Northbridge cooling solution to the test, Today in MTB Labs, we will be evaluating the Swiftech MCX159-R Chipset cooler.
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Speed Strip - Athlon XP Unlocking Device |
October 21st, 2003 - Overclocker Cafe checks out a cool new product for those of you who need to unlock your XP''s without the big mess: Speedstrip!
We have all seen several different models of Athlon XP unlocking kits on the market. They pretty much all include some form of permanent conductive marking, a magnifying glass and a stick pin or something similar to apply your conductive material with. The principle behind the Speed-Strip is that many people don''t want to permanently alter their chip or may be nervous that their hand may be not quite steady enough to connect small bridges on a processor with a pin; so why not make it easier?
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