High Tech - News, Reviews and Tests
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Facry v1.2 Patch DoneJul 21, 2004 - in News
The new patch comes with a bunch of game optimizations but no word on Shader Model 3.0 support for NVIDIA GeForce 6800 cards.
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Gainward's CoolFX Ultra/2600 Runs Water Cool and Performance HotJul 21, 2004 - in Reviews
Gainward's latest is its massively overclocked, completely watercooled CoolFX Ultra/2600 graphics card. Touted by Gainward as the world's fastest mass-produced graphics card, this masterpiece also commands an extreme price - and don't forget your screwdriver. THG shows what the GeForce 6800 Ultra is really about.
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Intel fills gaps with low-power processorsJul 21, 2004 - in News
Intel introduced four low-power processors for notebooks as new members of the Celeron M and Pentium M series.
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NVIDIA Forceware v61.72 DriversJul 21, 2004 - in News
The new NVIDIA graphics drivers v61.72 add support for GeForce 6800 series and all PCI Express models.
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Prices of ATI's and Nvidia's high-end cards reach record levelsJul 20, 2004 - in News
UPDATE- Buying one of ATI's and Nvidia's recently announced high end graphic cards of the $500 range can be frustrating: X800 XT's as well as Geforce 6800 Ultra's are virtually impossible to get, and if they are in stock, expect to shell out extra dough for the privilege to own one of the fastest graphics chips.
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No More Cable Clutter: Antec Neopower 480Jul 20, 2004 - in Reviews
Traditional power supplies are overflowing with plugs, connectors and cables. In everyday use, however, only a small portion of them is actually used. Now, Antec has come out with a model that lets users decide which cables they need, which should make for better organization inside the PC case.
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Altec Purports Pro Sound with Lansing FX 6021 SpeakersJul 20, 2004 - in Reviews
Altec purports to have packed its latest Lansing FX 6021 speakers with sound technology that enabled the company to establish a legacy stake in the professional sound reproduction world. Does Altec's high-end 2.1 speaker system live up to the company's marketing pretenses?
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FRAPS v2.2.4 ReleasedJul 20, 2004 - in News
FRAPS is a game benchmarking, screen- and video capturing tool. Check out the new version.
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AMD rolls out new mobile AthlonsJul 19, 2004 - in News
AMD today announced new processors for notebooks. The Mobile Athlon 64 processor 3400+ extends the product line on the top-end, the XP-M 2200+ allows AMD to enter the Tablet PC market.
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Looking ahead to Intel's 925XE chipset and FSB1066Jul 19, 2004 - in Reviews
While Corsair, Crucial and Samsung are already starting to deliver DDR2-667, Intel is also getting ready to ship the 925XE this quarter, which offers 266 MHz FSB and will be the basis for the Pentium 4 720 with 3.73 GHz. We already took a look at what benefits the FSB clock increase will bring. Also, we benchmarked with 280 MHz FSB and DDR2-730.
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New XGI Reactor v1.05 DriversJul 19, 2004 - in News
XGI released a new driver for Volari based graphic cards.
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Farcry Patch 1.2 still put on holdJul 19, 2004 - in News
The new Patch v1.2 with Shader Model 3.0 support is still not available yet.
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University of Tokyo and Fujitsu show first single-photon emission in data transmission wavelengthsJul 16, 2004 - in News
The University of Tokyo's Nanoelectronics Collaborative Research Center and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
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Your Own Server Part 2: Windows Server 2003 InstallationJul 16, 2004 - in Reviews
We detail the step-by-step process of installing Windows Server 2003 software. While walking you through the process of selecting general system options, including network interfaces, DNS and DHCP options and active directories, we show you how to avoid certain pitfalls inherent in setting up Windows Server 2003.
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Corsair In The Fast Lane: DDR2-667 and DDR400 With Extreme TimingJul 16, 2004 - in Reviews
The low-latency DDR400 modules going by the name of 3200XL Pro have already been in the stores for some weeks now. New in the portfolio is the brand new DDR2 memory, which can handle clock speeds of up to 333 MHz (DDR2-667).
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Aopen's XC Cube Shows Barebones is Getting Better All the TimeJul 15, 2004 - in Reviews
Aopen's XC Cube Barebones is unbeatable design- and feature-wise. With a Linux OS that comes included, five seconds are all you need to get the DVD player, TV/radio tuner and other goodies up and running.
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Crucial launches performance memory lineJul 14, 2004 - in News
Crucial, the direct sales arm of DRAM manufacturer Micron, goes ballistic: The company today announced a new performance line of DDR and DDR2 memories "Ballistix", aimed at enthusiast users. We were lucky enough to already get our hands on the modules.
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Shuttle XPC SB81P Barebones Runs Cool and QuietJul 13, 2004 - in Reviews
Shuttle's new XPC SB81P Barebones for Socket 775 with PCI Express manages to impress, even though it is still in the pre-launch stage of its development. A new type of cooling system keeps the unit cool, despite its small housing, while a reasonably low noise level is maintained.
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Intel's 865/875 Superior Performance Song Remains the SameJul 12, 2004 - in Reviews
The truth remains more evident than ever. As we documented last month, Intel's socket LGA 775 "platform of the future" does not match the performance of its previous line of 865/875 chipsets for socket 478. We now back our conclusion with an exhaustive battery of tests on no less than 16 mobos in combination with 13 memory modules.
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Nanotechnology seen as solution for growing need of data storageJul 12, 2004 - in News
Nanotechnology soon could emerge as a universal storage solution for a broad range of devices. A report released today by research firm NanoMarkets suggests that the technology is likely to succeed popular storage solutions such as Flash and mini harddrives to cope with virtually unlimited amounts of information.
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Logitech New Mouse Range Goes Back to the FutureJul 9, 2004 - in Reviews
Logitech has boosted accuracy, precision and response for its latest crop of gaming mice. Other standard "lifestyle" mice in the new range are a lot smarter. In addition to putting the devices through an exhaustive battery of tests, we interviewed Logitech founder Daniel Borel to learn about Logitech's vision thing.
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MSI's DVD Drive Gets The SATA ConnectionJul 9, 2004 - in Reviews
MSI has gone where no other drive maker has gone before with its launch of the first DVD/CD-RW combo drive with an SATA interface. THG takes a look to see how the drive's transfer rate, read capabilities and other performance benchmarks measure up.
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Intel forecast to cut P4 price by up to 34%Jul 8, 2004 - in News
Intel will trim its Pentium 4 and Celeron D prices on 22 August, Taiwanese mobo maker sources have claimed, ahead of the anticipated launch of the 3.8 GHz Pentium 4 570.
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ATI Catalyst Drivers v4.7Jul 8, 2004 - in News
ATI released a new version of their Catalyst video card drivers.
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Double-Layer DVD: Lite-On, LG and BenQJul 7, 2004 - in Reviews
Double-layer technology, which makes it possible to store 8.5 GB of data or four hours of DVD quality video (MPEG-2) on a DVD, is finally here. We tested the Lite-On SOHW-832S, the LG GSA-4120B and the BenQ DW-1600 to see what this technology is about.
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CERN demonstrates first 64/32-bit gridJul 7, 2004 - in News
The CERN Openlab demonstrated for the first time the integration of 64-bit Itanium 2 servers in its Large Hadron Collider computing grid project (LHC). So far just a proof of concept, the technology is believed to be the foundation for the most powerful distributed scientific computing infrastructure over the next 15 years.
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Maxtor, LSI and Vitesse show multi-TByte SAS/SATA arrayJul 6, 2004 - in News
Maxtor, LSI Logic and Vitesse Semiconductor announced today that they unveiled the first public demonstration of a multi-TByte storage array based on the new Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) standard at the Storage World Conference in Long Beach, Calif.
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Sony launches 2 GByte mini harddriveJul 6, 2004 - in News
A one" external harddrive extends Sony's "Micro Vault" personal storage line.
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Intel resumes Grantsdale shipmentsJul 6, 2004 - in News
According to reports from mainboard manufacturers in Taiwan, Intel has resumed deliveries of its 915-chipset, formerly code-named Grantsdale. The company recalled the chipset after a defect was found in late June.
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Chenbro's Granite Case ReviewJul 5, 2004 - in Reviews
Can server cases be fun and exciting? Chenbro's Granite line of cases offers some cool and interesting features.
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