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Geek Recipes
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Thursday, 21-August-2008 22:05:14 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Some yummy recent threads from the Geek Recipes forum:
Thursday Afternoon
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Thursday, 21-August-2008 17:51:43 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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HotHardware report on Anand Chandrasekher's Mobility Keynote on day 2 of the Intel Developer Forum. Techgage have more Nehalem overclocking info, while Bit-Tech and HWZone continue their coverage. A machine with 160GB of RAM caught LegitReview's eye, while live IDF blogging continues on PC-Perspective.
Elsewhere in the world, OC3D report on the ASUS Advanced Overclocking Championship and Futurelooks were at Fragapalooza 2008 in Canada. In four days this huge event crams in a convention centre sized BYOC area, gaming tournaments, random draws and prizes, and more caffeine then is healthy for human consumption.
Apparently Aussies are taking up Macs quicker than people in other nations. If Mac sales continue to grow at this rate, the platform will have a double-figure market share within a few years. Wow! ;) Discussion here.
InsideHW look at multimedia streaming. If you are TV fan and you have wireless network and notebook, than you probably at some point thought how it would be nice to take your notebook and simply move to other room, go on balcony or backyard and with no interruptions from other householders watch your favorite show or some sport event.
Here's an oddball timewaster from Ashley - pimp my kettle.
Thursday Afternoon Reviews
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Thursday, 21-August-2008 17:32:20 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Cooling:
Thermaltake BigTyp VP CPU cooler on LegionHW.
Noctua NH-C12P CPU cooler on BurnOutPC.
CoolerMaster GeminII S CPU + Board Cooler on TechWareLabs.
Video Cards:
Palit GTX 260 on OCClub.
Palit GeForce GTX280 on GamePyre.
XFX GTX 280 on XSReviews.
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ on TechARP.
ASUS GeForce EN9600GT Matrix on Tweaktown.
Cases:
Danger Den Tower-26 on HWLogic.
In Win Metal Suit - GunDam Case on TechWareLabs.
Lian-Li V1100 Black on Motherboards.org.
Thermaltake Armor+ MX VH8000BWS Mid Tower on BigBruin.
Wednesday Night
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Wednesday, 20-August-2008 22:26:38 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Wayne sent word that the RBA is talking to eBay and PayPal about the recent payment rules changes. "Consistent with this, the bank will shortly be holding discussions with PayPal with a view to seeking the removal of these rules," the RBA said today.
TomsHardware report from IDF about some automatic overclocking features of Intel's upcoming i7 (aka Nehalem) CPUs. Although not quite like the retro turbo mode button found on computers of the late 1980’s, the turbo mode on Core i7 will still result in increased single threaded performance.
Actually there's quite a lot of Nehalem stuff coming down from IDF, not too surprisingly. HardOCP have some slides and a video with lots more info. Techgage have more details also.
PCPerspective meanwhile have live blogging from IDF. What does that entail? I sit in a conference hall or press meeting and listen to technical and executives at Intel and post up notes, information, pictures and more live as it happens so you get the news in as close to real time as possible.
It's been a while since we've heard anything about ATI's "All-In-Wonder" graphics/tuner cards, full of bells and whistles. HotHardware discovered a new HD version on the way. This was an area of the market where ATI had exclusivity, yet we haven't seen a new All-In-Wonder offering since May 2006. Rest assured however, ATI has not abandoned the All-In-Wonder, they've simply been working on the next iteration of the Graphic/TV-Tuner stalwart, with their latest offering coming in the form of the ATI All-In-Wonder HD.
There's a cool NES stealth PC mod worklog over on exoid.com. That's right, I will be building a retro gaming computer using my favorite mini-itx board the D201GLY2, and my trusty companion that has been in the family for longer than most of my brothers and sisters. The goal with this build is going to be complete sleeper looks. What I mean by that is that the NES will be absolutely indistinguishable from a stock NES, completely stealth.
You might remember Mr Chilled reviewing the Popcorn Hour A-100 media player a couple of months ago. Lanko069 noticed there's some new versions, and they're reviewed here on DigitalReviews. To the untrained eye, the A-100 and the A-110 are nearly identical. Both units share the same case and bar a few minor technical changes, look exactly the same. By contrast, the B-110 is a Mini-ITX variant of their Popcorn hardware - and while functionally similarly, it looks completely different.
Wednesday Afternoon Reviews #2
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Wednesday, 20-August-2008 17:34:44 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Cooling:
Thermaltake DuOrb Heatpipe CPU Cooler on BigBruin.
Sunbeamtech Core Contact Freezer CPU cooler on TechPowerUp.
Storage:
IcyDock MB453SPF-B SATA Multi-Bay Backplane Module on PCStats.
Icy Dock 3.5 Inch Screwless External Enclosure on AseLabs.
Super Talent PICO-C Gold 8GB USB Flash Drive on FutureLooks.
ATP EarthDrive USB drive on OCrClub.
Motherboards:
Gigabyte EP45-DS3L & EP45T-DS3R LGA775 boards on Phoronix.
ECS GF8200A AM2 board on OCClub.
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 LGA775 board on XbitLabs.
ECS P45T-A Intel P45 Express LGA775 board on PCStats.
ASUS Republic Of Gamers Maximus Formula II LGA775 board on Motherboards.org.
Audio / Visual:
ATEN CS1782 Dual Link DVI KVM Switch on Tweaktown.
Toshiba Regza 37XV505DB 37in LCD TV on TrustedReviews.
Denon AVR-2808CI receiver on DigitalTrends.
Philips Cineos 42PFL9703D/10 42in LCD TV on TrustedReviews.
Samsung SyncMaster XL30 LED Backlit LCD on Bit-Tech.
Aerocool Modern V Display in-bay screen on TechWareLabs.
Astro Gaming A40 headset on GamingNexus.
Flip Video Mino digital video camera on ASELabs.
Power Supply:
Corsair TX750 750W on NinjaLane.
Corsair TX750W on OCOnline.
Misc:
TRENDnet 300Mbps Dual Band Wireless N Gigabit Router on TweakTown.
Kingston HyperX PC3-14400 2GB Memory Kit on HWLogic.
Corsair 2GB DOMINATOR DDR3 2133MHz Memory Kit on LegitReviews.
LukWerks WiLife Security System on TechWareLabs.
"The Overclocker" Magazine
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Wednesday, 20-August-2008 16:23:23 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Nick Ross and Josh Collins have teamed up to create an online international magazine called "The Overclocker". It's not going to compete with anyone. It's going to bind all the world's overclocking communities together, promote overclocking and overclockers, raise the profile within the industry, and offer the odd review. If somewhere like OCAU does something interesting on overclocking we'll tell the world.
We're not going to have our own (proper) website and we're not going to have any forums. Every month we'll be asking questions and directing the global readership to a forum like OCAU for the answer. We'll also be asking questions on your behalf to major people in the industry.
You can view the first issue on their site. There's discussion going on here in our Overclocking & Hardware forum.
Wednesday Afternoon
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Wednesday, 20-August-2008 16:00:38 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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From ojk007: Heres a good article from mactalk that sums up the current state of ISP filtering in Australia. In short, we need to get off our arses before our ignorant polictians go ahead with this. I send this to you with a sense of urgency, in that unless we make enough noise we will silently lose this battle. See also nocleanfeed.com.
XbitLabs compared the Force 3D Radeon HD 4870 Vs. Nvidia GeForce GTX 260, wondering if mid-range cards are up to the task of high-resolution gaming. Today we are going to check how well 300-dollar graphics cards can perform in video games in 2560x1600 resolution.
They also have a Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX Extreme Overclocking Experience posted. Will extreme overclocking help Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX to defeat ATI Radeon HD 4800 and how greatly? Will an extremely overclocked GeForce 9800 GTX be able to complete against the new GeForce GTX 260?
HotHardware report from the Intel Developer Forum, with Craig Barrett's Keynote speech from Day 1. Gelsinger equated the childhood book series Where's Waldo with trying to figure out where in the world Intel chairman, Craig Barrett might be at any given moment. As to "Where in the world is Craig Barrett," the answer could easily be any one of over 30 countries, where Gelsinger suggested that Barrett has become the chief ambassador for the IT industry. HWSecrets have their coverage too.
TechWareLabs have some SAS RAID testing in Linux, with Fujitsu SAS Drives and a Highpoint RocketRAID 2640X4 controller. Michael Bosse tests the Fujitsu SAS hard drives in a linux environment and brings to you expected performance in an enterprise setting.
PCPerspective have a sneak peek at an interesting multi-GPU technology called HYDRA. This start-up company promises to scale GPUs at nearly linear rates and is completely chipset and GPU technology independent. Is it worthy of the hype?
Dennis noticed that Australian company PC Tools has been acquired by Symantec. With the addition of PC Tools, Symantec will expand its consumer product portfolio to include award-winning PC utilities software and point security technologies.
Wednesday Afternoon Reviews
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Wednesday, 20-August-2008 15:33:04 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Video Cards:
Sapphire Radeon HD4870x2 on CPU3D
Gigabyte 9600GT TurboForce on GamePyre.
ATI RADEON HD 4870 X2 2x1024MB on Digit-Life.
Asus EAH 4850 TOP on RBMods.
ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 on TrustedReviews.
ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB on ThinkComputers.
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 on BenchmarkReviews.
ASUS Radeon HD 4870 TOP 512MB on Tweaktown.
ASUS HD 4870 X2 (EAH4870X2) 2GB on OC3D.
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 TOXIC on Bit-Tech.
Diamond HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 on LegitReviews.
ATi Radeon HD 4870 X2 on InsideHW.
Portable:
ASUS M50Sv notebook on XbitLabs.
MSI Wind mini-laptop on DigitalTrends.
The New Dell Latitude E Laptops - Serious Business Indeed on HWZone.
ASUS Eee PC 1000 40G netbook on TechReport.
Cases:
Sunbeamtech Tuniq 3 on BurnOutPC.
HFX Mini HTPC on Bit-Tech.
Interesting Forum Threads
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Tuesday, 19-August-2008 20:14:11 (GMT +10) - by Rezin
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2008 Olympics - Events & Results in Major Sporting Events.
X-Fi sound bugs? I think I have a solution in PC Audio.
Horrible pictures of dead caps in Modding.
NVidia G84 and G86 Problems in Video Cards and Monitors.
Anyone Into Photography Using Linux based Apps? in Other Operating Systems.
Solar powered exhaust fan? in Electronics.
My slow internet is costing me ~7,300 ppw in Team OCAU - Distributed Computing.
Going from 32 to 64 bit in Windows Operating Systems.
Stop Internet After Bandwidth Limit Reached... in Networking, Telephony and Internet.
CB Radio Install Advice in Electronics.
The insoluble and emotive issue of the points system in Team OCAU - Distributed Computing.
What file system are we all using for Storage? in Other Operating Systems.
Headphone recommendations in PC Audio.
ATI 4870 Driver problem? in Video Cards and Monitors.
Many members have Celerons in there system in Intel Hardware.
How to use Folding@home GPU 6.20 in Team OCAU - Distributed Computing.
9800GX2 to HD 4870 X2,WORTH IT? in Video Cards and Monitors.
FreeNAS, SmoothWall and Myth - My Dilemma in Other Operating Systems.
Guide: plugpack selection in Electronics.
Cool Cisco Switch Tool for Solving Layer 1 Cable Issues in Networking, Telephony and Internet.
Dremel cutting disc help in Modding.
want to try out linux in Other Operating Systems.
New Drivers - nVidia 177.83 WHQL, Physx included in driver in Video Cards and Monitors.
GPU Physx right here baby! in Video Cards and Monitors.
Foxconn's Black Ops
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Tuesday, 19-August-2008 12:34:15 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Windwithme has written up another detailed review - this time it's Foxconn's BLACK OPS motherboard based on Intel's X48 chipset. They're presenting this as their ultimate overclocking motherboard, and (among other things) it boasts a northbridge cooler which can handle passive and forced aircooling or watercooling. In fact, they even provide a plastic container for using liquid nitrogen or dry ice!
click for the review!
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has put together a historical timeline of the Internet, incorporating video clips, pictures, and other items from their archives. So, in twenty short years, the Internet has gone from a few networked labs and universities to a multi-layered network connecting hundreds of millions of people. What will the next twenty years hold?
Tom's Hardware Guide roundup fourteen Solid State Drives from a variety of manufacturers. Today, an SSD isn’t necessarily the better choice over a magnetic hard drive, as there is a catch with most of the options out there. Some flash SSDs are much more efficient than hard drives, others are much faster than hard drives, and only a small minority can achieve both. But all are more expensive, especially when you consider cost per gigabyte.
Driver Heaven revisit the Intel Skulltrail platform, by using it to compare performance with three GeForce GTX 280's in Tri-SLI and two Radeon 4870X2's in Crossfire. Even though comparisons will be made, our intention is not to directly compare ATI against Nvidia in this article, but more to see how both leading ultimate solutions will run on a system which should in theory be less CPU bound than most.
Bit-tech Interview ASUS' Richard Liu, senior director of their motherboard division. In amongst the hundreds of litres of liquid nitrogen we had a chance to ask a few questions to Richard Liu, Senior Director of Motherboard Division at Asus. Sadly due to a typhoon in Taipei, we were unable to sit down and get one on one with him, but we were still able to pose him some questions on Nehalem, X58, overclocking and ExpressGate via email.
Tom's Hardware got their hands on an AMD's Athlon 64 2000+, which operates at only 1GHz and draws a maximum of 8W. With the development of the Atom processor, Intel introduced a totally new chip design that consumes very little energy. AMD had to strike back, and did so by clocking down its Athlon 64, employing the K8 micro architecture, down to the lowest possible frequency of 1 GHz.Discussion on the forum.
X-bit Labs continue their series of 19-inch LCD monitor reviews. It covers eight models with a screen aspect ratio of both 5:4 and 16:10. Although the latter aspect ratio is quickly penetrating the low-end market sector, classic 5:4 models are in demand still. Moreover, it is among these classic models that you can occasionally see 19-inchers with matrix types other than TN whereas widescreen 19-inch models are all based on TN technology with its notoriously small viewing angles.
Tech ARP have updated their workstation graphics card comparison guide. These days, there are so many workstation graphics card models that it has become quite impossible to keep up with the different configurations. Therefore, we decided to compile this guide to provide an easy reference for those who are interested in comparing the specifications.
Monday Night Reviews
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Monday, 18-August-2008 22:35:25 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Video Cards:
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 280 on Tweaktown.
Leadtek WinFast PX9800 GTX+ on Bjorn3D.
Motherboards:
ASUS P5Q Deluxe LGA775 board on MikhailTech.
ASUS P5Q Deluxe LGA775 board on Tweaktown.
Gigabyte EP-45 Extreme LGA775 board on OCClub.
Cooling:
Thermal Paste Roundup on APHNetworks.
NZXT Cryo LX Notebook Cooler on Virtual-Hideout.
Portable:
iPhone vs iPhone 3G on TechWareLabs.
Navman S50 3D GPS on TrustedReviews.
Audio / Visual:
Philips DVP3980/05 DVD Player on TrustedReviews.
Sony Ericsson C702 Cyber-shot camera on TrustedReviews.
TrekStor i.Beat Motion 1GB mp3 player on TrustedReviews.
Sennheiser MM 50 iP Headset For iPhone on TrustedReviews.
InFocus IN80 DLP Projector on TrustedReviews.
Misc:
Level One WBR-3460, WBR-3408 & WAP-0006 routers on InsideHW.
Thermaltake Xaser VI MX Midtower case on Pro-Clockers.
Photography Gallery
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Monday, 18-August-2008 20:11:42 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Some recent highlights from our Photography Gallery forum:
Monday Evening Reviews
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Monday, 18-August-2008 19:03:19 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Video Cards:
Skulltrail - XFX GTX 280 XXX 3-Way SLi /4870X2 CFx on DriverHeaven.
BFG GeForce 9600 GT OCX and 8800 GT OCX on Guru3D.
Foxconn GeForce 9500 GT G96 on BenchMarkReviews.
Zotac 9800GTX+ AMP Edition on TBreak.
ASUS EAH4870 Radeon HD 4870 on TechARP.
PowerColor HD 4850 PCS 2GB on OC3D.
Storage:
Vantec NexStar USB/eSATA Hard Drive Dock on ThinkComputers.
Thecus N5200 NAS network storage on HWSecrets.
Thecus Thecus N5200B PRO Five Bay NAS Network Attached Storage on Tweaknews.
Memory:
OCZ Technology 4GB PC2-6400 Fatal1ty Edition on OCIA.
OCZ SOE Urban Elite Edition DDR3-1600 2GB Dual Channel Memory Kit on ThinkComputers.
Power Supply:
Silverstone Zeus ZM1200M 1200W on JonnyGuru.
Kingwin 1220 watt Mach 1 on OCrCafe.
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