Sing a song of Antec

Subject: Cases and Cooling | October 6, 2005 - 05:33 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Antec's Sonata 2 might not be a tool-less case, but it has been designed to reduce noise, and the black finish is a wonderful touch.   It migth not be big enough to fit some of the newer ginormous heatsinks and video cards, but it certainly has enough room for most systems to fit in it.  Think Computers has the full review.

'Antec, a name that pretty much anyone who is into computers knows. They make various products from top quality computer cases to lights and cables.

1 GB vs. 2 GB - The benchmark war

Subject: Memory | October 6, 2005 - 01:54 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Legion Hardware runs some tests using SiSoft, Doom3, F.E.A.R and BF2, to see what the benchmark differences are between using 1 GB or 2GB.

"Recently, Corsair released a PDF document showing quite a considerable gain in Battlefield 2 performance when moving from 1GB to 2GB's of system memory. While I do believe their findings and comments to be accurate there are a few points that need to be clarified. Firstly I feel the system Corsair put together for this presentation was somewhat unbalanced.

PS2 Modchips Legal in Australia

Subject: General Tech | October 6, 2005 - 01:19 PM | Jonathan Hung
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The Australian court has ruled that the PS2 modchip is legal in that country. Seems this is just another page in the continuing story of Sony going after the consumer to stop them from doing unintended things to their hardware (re: PSP hack firmware). However, this ruling is not the end of the road as the recent Australia vs.

AMD to Power NASCAR

Subject: General Tech | October 6, 2005 - 12:01 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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SUNNYVALE, CA - Oct. 6, 2005 - AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced it will become the Official Technology Partner of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR), the foremost sanctioning body of stock car racing in North America. Through this unique relationship, AMD plans to play a critical role in helping NASCAR improve competition on the race track and enhance the safety of its participants.

"Technology is as critical to NASCAR as fuel, tires and communications.

Have more gaming consoles than TV's?

Subject: General Tech | October 6, 2005 - 11:59 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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HardwareHell has a review of a device that those of you with multiple gaming consoles will love. It's the Hip Gear S-Video AV System Selector, which is essentially the same as a KVM switch for your PC.  Go and see how the review turned out.

"A couple of people out there may be asking: 'What's an AV system selector?

ASRock Motherboard with a split personality

Subject: Motherboards | October 6, 2005 - 11:44 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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T-break has a review of the ASRock 939Dual SATA2 up, the board with a dual personality. It will take dual core CPU's, it has Dual Channel Memory, both IDE (3) and SATA (2), an odd slot labeled "future CPU slot" and the ability to accept either an AGP 8x card, or a PCIe 16x, although not both at the same time.  All that and a price that is under $100.

"The ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 has a decent set of features supporting the 939 pin based Athlon64/Dual Core CPUs with dual channel memory controller as well a

A first look at GIMP 2.4 @ Newsforge

Subject: General Tech | October 5, 2005 - 06:41 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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If you love modifying photos, can't afford Photoshop, and don't think MS Paint is up to the task, try The GIMP.  If you have used it before, you'll be glad to hear version 2.4 is out.  Newsforge has a breakdown of what's new and improved.

A major update to the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), widely regarded as the leading free software raster image editing program, is scheduled for this month.

4 Gigs of Lightning Fast Storage

Subject: Storage | October 5, 2005 - 06:26 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The Gigabyte i-RAM, as reviewed by Hardware Zone, is a card that holds up to 4 gigs of RAM, and has a battery onboard, so data stored on the RAM will stay, even if it is moved from one computer to another, for about 16 hours.  It utilizes SATA to transfer data, and it does it at an almost unbeleivable speed.  See how it compares to one of the fastest SATA drives around.

"The new Gigabyte i-RAM is a device that uses DDR memory for storage while emulating itself as a SATA

Operating Systems Not Related To The Female Lead Of Zorro

Subject: General Tech | October 5, 2005 - 06:12 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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YellowTAB's ZETA OS (version 1.0) could be viewed as a revival of BeOS, available at the same price you can buy a retail copy of a Linux distro.  It is a fully functional OS, and includes many small games as well as the Gobe Productive suite, ZETA's own inbuilt office suite.  Head over to XYZ Computing to see what else it can do.

"When looking for an alternative to Windows most people think of either Apple's OS X or Linux.

State Of The Art Graphics On Store Shelves

Subject: Graphics Cards | October 5, 2005 - 04:11 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Desperate for a new video card, and unwilling to wait any longer?  TweakTown reviews 2 of ATI's Radeon X800GT, the current champion of comparatively low priced video cards.  Find out which one you actually want, PowerColor or HIS.

"In August we saw the introduction of ATI's Radeon X800GT which finally gave some competition to nVidia against their mighty mid-range GeForce 6600GT.

Free Trade Publications from PCPer.com

Subject: General Tech | October 5, 2005 - 03:01 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Free stuff!!!  PCPerspective has a list of Trade Publications, available free of charge to you if you qualify, and you help out PCPer at the same time.  There are hundreds of titles to try, from InfoWorld to Laser Focus World to Bio-IT World.  You can also choose by geographic availabilty, so you don't have to fill out the subscription form only to be told that magzine is not available in your country.

1. Subscribe to free mag


2. Profit from reading free mag


3. Watch PCPer profit too!

Reviews For Your Aural Pleasure

Subject: General Tech | October 5, 2005 - 01:49 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Feeling overwhelmed with the choices for purchasing and downloading music from the interent?  DesignTechnica reviews several of the more popular services that are available, to help you decide.  Then scroll down for reviews of what you might want to listen to your new music on.

"However, all of that means the consumer is presented with a dazzling multiplicity of choices. Where do you go to find the music you want? Which is the best service?

VIA Is Giving Away Laptops!!

Subject: Mobile | October 5, 2005 - 01:34 PM | Ryan Shrout
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How about some free stuff for your Wednesday afternoon?

Entry:

Play through the 3 levels of the VIA Super Shooter VIA Soccer Camp Game to enter the lucky draw.

NVIDIA Rel80 Drivers Boosts Performance and Flexibility

Subject: Graphics Cards | October 5, 2005 - 01:33 PM | Ryan Shrout
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You can get more information, as well as the driver by visiting NZone.com.

SANTA CLARA, CA

—October 5, 2005—NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), a worldwide leader in graphics and digital media processors, today upgraded the performance of millions of customers with the immediate available of the NVIDIA ForceWare graphics driver Release 81.84.

Zalman adds to their Reserator 1

Subject: Cases and Cooling | October 5, 2005 - 01:28 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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X-bit Labs got their hands on the Zalman Reserator 1 Plus.  Find out exactly what the plus will give you, and the stylish new way they have finished their waterblocks.

"We would like to introduce to you a water cooling system from Zalman — The new modification of their exclusive Reserator solution: Reserator 1 Plus.

AMD Stealthily Releases A New Turion

Subject: Mobile | October 5, 2005 - 12:00 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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It hasn't appeared in the wild yet, but it looks like there is a new, upcoming mobile Turion from AMD, El Reg has the story.

"AMD has updated its price list to include the Turion 64 ML-42 mobile chip.

AMD Welcomes Actions by Austria and Ireland to Promote Competition in Government IT Procurement Prac

Subject: General Tech | October 5, 2005 - 11:52 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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SUNNYVALE, CA-OCTOBER 5, 2005-AMD (NYSE: AMD) supports the publication of new computer hardware procurement guidelines by Austria's Bundeskanzleramt and the National Public Procurement Policy Unit (NPPPU) of Ireland's Department of Finance.

AMD Solar Decathlon Team

Subject: Cases and Cooling | October 5, 2005 - 11:50 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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More info can be found here.

SUNNYVALE, CALIF. - Oct. 5, 2005- AMD (NYSE: AMD), a leader in developing power-efficient, environmentally-conscious innovations such as Cool'n'Quiet(tm) technology, today announced its sponsorship of The University of Texas at Austin Solar Decathlon Team (UT SolarD). The UT SolarD Team will compete in the 2005 Solar Decathlon taking place October 7-14, 2005 in Washington, D.C. Founded by the U.S.