Microsoft has decided to forgo Service Pack 5 for Windows 2000 and instead will offer an Update Rollup for their popular Operating System. It doesn’t appear to be a big issue since they weren’t planning on too many major changes…
Read more Windows 2K SP5 Nixed
Hexus.net has a review of the Gainward GeForce 6800 GT Ultra/2400 Golden Sample (uh, yeah) video card. The card is no ordinary 6800 GT, this one is topped off with a beefy cooling system and a bit of extra headroom…
VIA has a new version of its Hyperion 4 in 1 system drivers, bringing it to version 4.55, for the various Microsoft Windows flavors from 95 on up. The drivers are recommended for their more modern chipsets and, as always,…
Read more Updated VIA Hyperion Drivers Released
Spode’s Abode has an article covering current mass-market DDR and DDR2 memory and the effects certain settings can have on it. Informative details on how memory works, how latency comes into play, and what can give larger performance boosts. Something…
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OCNZ has a look at the Gigabyte GV-RX30128D X300 video card which sports a PCI-Express interface. The ATI Radeon X300 chip is about as low as you can go nowadays for entry level graphics, besides integrated graphics solutions. Its performance…
Read more Gigabyte X300 Reviewed
CNET News is covering a report by a financial analyst which finds iPod users are, or plan on, ditching their x86 PCs for Apple’s sleek systems. The premise is plausible but the sales figures of the iPod and the percentages…
Read more iPod Woos PC Users to Switch?
HotHardware has a review of another in a long line of high-end graphics cards, this time it’s the MSI RX800 XT on the testing block. Sweet speed and PCI Express compatibility are the card’s key points but it also ships…
Read more MSI RX800 XT Reviewed
HardwareZone took a look at the BenQ FP71E+ 17″ LCD monitor which offers a supposed 8ms response time. The screen performance looks to be good enough although it appears to be aimed at the normal desktop market instead of the…
Read more BenQ FP71E+ Reviewed
Home Theater PC News has a look at a product that should interest high res TV viewing fans. The VBox DTA-151 ATSC HDTV Tuner allows for over the air HDTV broadcasts to be displayed on your PC and apparently offers…
Read more VBox DTA-151 HDTV Tuner Reviewed
HardOCP does their thing with a pair of NVIDIA GeForce 6600GTs and 6800GTs (along with other boards for comparisons sake) on an SLI capable nForce4 motherboard. The article touches on compatibility concerns between different card makers and general setup of…
Read more NVIDIA SLI Previewed
AnandTech has the details on the latest mobile graphic chipsets from ATI. The Mobility Radeon X300 and X800 chips make use of the company’s latest chip technology sporting a slimmed down feature set in order to fit it into the…
Read more ATI Mobility Radeon X800/X300 Launched
