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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/review/088/1050088/intel-s-ssd-line-up-reviewed By the Inquirer. How in the heck did they get the new drives before anyone else? Spinning disks don't even compare anymore. They did not bother to put up a seek graph, because its totally uncomparable.

http://downloadmirror.intel.com/15886/ENG/relnotes_winvista64_gfx.htm DirectX* 10 support Direct3D* Intel® G35 Express Chipset Mobile Intel® GL960 Express Chipset Mobile Intel® GM965 Express Chipset

Does anyone know before I possibly b0rk my machine by trying to patch up Unreal Tournament 2004 with the last patch. I'm sure it was meant for XPx64, but do the benefits also translate over to Vista64? Any issues or should I just stick with the 32-bit patch.

http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?event=viewProduct&cid=9&scid=51&localeCode=EN%5FUSA&pid=1647&j=1402249&l=798379_HTML&u=166579378&mid=20032&jb=0 Just got this in my email. They are for sale starting right now. A cool thousand per nic to be the first on your block with a 10 gigabit network over...

I'm going to be releasing a paper on a study done about what aspect ratio people prefer (or are at least more proficient in), standard 4:3 all the way to the widest of widescreen aspect ratios. Its interesting, but in early results just slightly past 4:3 seems to invoke more visual accuracy...

This is my major upgrade/downgrade/sidegrade in two years, so I thought I'd share my overclocking experiences. New system is an Asus P5LD2-VM, Celeron D 331 (2.66Ghz) stock cooling, OCZ 1GB DDR2 Gold dual channel, eVGA 6800GS, Seagate 7200.8 SATA, Soundblaster 2zs oem, and a Hauppuage Win-TV...

If you are an IPD/reseller you know where to go. Great deal, one per IPD/company.

Ok, so here I sit on day two of an install of a system that only has 16KB cable (approx 5x faster than dialup) download ability. The BITS has hijacked the internet line for the first day downloading critical updates basically making the computer useless for one whole day. Of course SP2 will...

http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/gma950/index.htm No flames please, I'm just the bringer of news. Its hard to ignore the videochipset that take up the majority of starter systems. What has been really nice about the intel chipset since the GMA900, is that if you did get a better...

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=22734 Its a great technology. And damn am I glad ATi decided to make it open, and Nvidia for not looking down upon a good thing. An olive branch extended so that we can all benefit without having to constantly get mired in technologies that duplicate...

I've been on the quest for a perfectly quiet PC for a long time now, so I decided to buy a fanless PSU and give it a spin. I found that a lot of times, even with a well designed system, it would get awfully hot. What did not make sense to me was that the casing of the powersupply had plenty...

I just got finished talking to a guy who put a really weird answer for a final networking exam: It was some really hard networking question phrased like "In this situation, where this is not working, and you have this happening, what would you do to resolve the situation?" His answer was...

OMG is it a doozy, you know where to go: IPD's be sure to check out the TST training offer this spring, for a *very* reasonable price, you can build a brand new Pentium M 760 with 915GM chipset < The newest of the new. Its a Quanta KN1 with 512MB DDR2 memory.

Futureshop made a huge misprint in their ad this week. There were a few lucky people (including me) who managed to get a MX510 for $14.99 Cdn. However because of their little misprint, they are now offering a MX500 for $14.99 one per customer...

This is basically the same 2D Sakuras visual distortion you get when you lay down a repititious 2D texture grid on a flat 3D plane with minor variations. At first I thought it was my videocard or the game video engine going screwy, but then I noticed it also moved when I moved my head, and...

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=13762&promoid=1048 Add about $11 shipping, still a great deal for the THX version with firewire (this is not the regular Audigy 2 oem) While you are there, if you need some IDE/cdrom audio cables, they are going for 9 cents (max 10) One per customer.

http://intel.seminars.net/icconline/ I didn't *miss* ICC, but they usually give out the dolls anyways. Only missing the silver one in the range of colours.

In games anyhow... http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=dothandesktop&page=11 This amazing little 21 watt chip can equal or beat a FX53/55 and just stomp on the Pentium 4 line in games. The synthetic benchmarks are not impressive, as are other things like encoding, but if you...

Its up. Go, Go, go... Free haloween weekend open to everyone, just like the E3 event. Sure beats handing out candy.

Ok, so I'm checking out ATi and find out they are doing the corporate/medical/2D CAD thing and are making some high-end 2D quality quad output capable videocards. http://www.ati.com/products/firemvseries/specs.html But since when is DMS59 industry standard as opposed to DVI or SVGA...

Heads up for active IPD's, Intel looks to be pushing a top end Pentium M today with their price drop for the rest of the Pentium M line. You know where to go.

Just thought I'd give a heads up for those who know about this particular model of APC's battery backups. It looks like its finally going to be hitting the shelves - that is if you can get one. The website description is very vague now because I think the first batches have already been...

Ouch, no review board for tommy, he's steaming mad at the literally last second launch/announcement of the 6200. Really funny picture of Ruby and Nalu duking it out though... Its exactly what has been happening in the videocard industry. Won't post the link, if interested you can find it.

http://usa.aopen.com/products/mb/i855GMEm-LFS.htm Its about freaking time... I was desperately looking for a Pentium - M compatible motherboard so that I can make a completely Fanless system. For all you noise freaks out there, this is the mobo for you.

Since ATi seems to be vertex happy with their new X700 its has renewed my faith that Truform (or some form of teselized DX9 vertex shader) will make a comeback in the near future. Although Morrowind is a very old game, it has tons of rocks and trees that are "meant" to be round. Its also a...

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=12706&vpn=R9550-V&manufacture=ABit&promoid=1056 This a great card for SFF (or smaller) users. Its easy on the powersupply, and its covertable to halfheight, yet its still got plenty of speed for DX 7 and 8 games at conservative resolutions. Fanless...

http://www.ati.com/companyinfo/press/2004/4781.html Next gen video-input is here, and it includes onboard audio. No more audio-video crossbar, which always had a chance of de-synching and/or causing the whole thing not to start up in the first place. 12-bit ADC, so it should work great...

They have some pictures over at Beyond3D. OMG, gold chrome for everything including the backplate :eek: Noticable things: The tuner part is *tiny* now. I remember someone at ATi saying they were worried about the longevity of the AIW line because of the size of the tuner chips, I...

Well it came in a few days ago, I assembled it in less than an hour. Toughest part was remembering to take off the keyboard screws from the bottom of the laptop before attempting to remove the keyboard itself from the top of the laptop. Specs are as follows Pentium M Dothan 1.6 Ghz...

Just thought someone might save some time by mentioning: I've tried doing a fresh install of XP and updated straight to Service Pack 2, only to find that the Catalyst 4.8's absolutely need SP1 to install. It wont install on a fresh XP nor SP2.

Just showed up.. I don't even know if I will bother to speed test these as I'm sure they are pretty well the exact same capability as the Dell switches (Marvell Prestera chipset) and there are plenty of people who have benched the Dells. Not rackmountable, but they are definitely more...

Actually they've been up for a few days now, but noone bothered to mention: http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html?type=linux&prodType=graphic&prod=productsLINUXdriver&submit.x=11&submit.y=8&submit=GO%21 Supports Desktop Radeon 8500 up to the X800 (7500 and below are...

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx Not the really hard to install MSDN or distribution versions, this is the "just install it" version.

Wish me luck, all the components should be in a couple weeks: Asus M6000BNE Series Centrino Barebone Notebook (Pentium-M /ATI 9700 /15.4" WXGA+ /NIC/56K) PC2700 512MB DDR 200 pins SODIMM Notebook RAM Samsung Spinpoint M series MP0402H 40Gb 8mb cache 2.5" notebook hard drive OEM Asus...

Y'know, I get the feeling Intel should just plain give up trying to make integrated 3D chips. You have not seen bad visual quality until you have seen this: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2143&p=11

Buy Doom3, get KOTOR free ($30 value)

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/ati-powercons.html Quick take, but you should still read it anyways (extremely well done article) The X800XTPE consumes 63.23 watts at stock using their measurements and burn in tests. (17.62 watts when idle) Of note to overclockers: They...

Don't suppose its really all that important, as peeps are probably getting more than adequate FPS but I'm surprised there aren't more out there who will try to void their warranty and figure out how to voltmod their X800PRO/XT. Slap on a two-slot cooler with a big fan, or at least some...

You know where to get it. Now includes SSE3 optimizations for what they claim is up to 15 percent peformance increase. Also supports multiple B-frames now.