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Wednesday Morning (1 Comments) (link)
 Wednesday, 16-April-2003  10:17:50 (GMT +10) - by Mred32

Theres an 11 page review of the Canterwood chipset over on Hexus. Thanks phi.

AnandTech have got their hands on the new KT400A motherboard from Gigabyte, the 7VAXP-A Ultra. There doesn't seem to be many of the KT400A motherboards on the shelves yet but they're on their way. Thanks Sin22.

Over on Digit-Life, is a review of the Technosonic MP-101 DVD/MP3 Player with MPEG4/DivX support. DVD players that play Mpeg4 and DivX files are starting to hit the market. I wonder how the movie studios a feeling about this!

Bit-tech take a look at some of the budget offerings from nVidia, namely the FX5200 (NV34), FX5200 Ultra (NV34) and the FX5600 Ultra(NV31).

Meanwhile, on Hardware Accelerated, you can read an interview with Michael Ching, product marketing manager for the RDRAM memory line at Rambus. They ask him a few questions concerning Rambus, RDRAM, Yellowstone, and competing products.

The latest Massive Multiplayer Online First Person Shooter (MMOFPS) from Sony is called PlanetSide. Theres heaps of screenshots there for your viewing pleasure. Although a firm release date for the PC platform is yet to be announced, Planetside is being touted to rival various first person shooters like: Counter Strike, Tribes 2, and Battle Field 1942.

A 5-Way DDR Memory Shootout can be found over on Liquid Ninjas. Ram from OCZ, Corsair and Twinmos.

ExtensionTech have a play with Dave Brown’s Heatsink Lapping Kit.

Some new, well almost new Omega Drivers for ATI and nVidia cards are out. If you feel like trying an alternative, these are based on the 3.2 Catalyst (ATI) and the 42.30 Dets (nVidia). Thanks F1DarkFlash.

Iroquois stumbled across this interesting article about attempts to replace the light-bulb with LED's. Now thats a bright idea!

Todays timewaster was sent in by THX1138. Its a Juggling Simulator.

Reviews
Minolta DiMAGE F200 Digital Camera at Digit-Life
FIC Radeon 9700 Pro at TechSpot
Swiftech MCX462+ AMD Heatsink at Fragware
Gainward gForceFX 5800 Ultra at Nordic Hardware
Lian Li PC75 Case at OCIA
Antec Sonata case at EnvyNews
AMS gBOX Blue P4 Aluminum Barebone System at OCAddiction
Gigabyte GA-8KNXP Ultra (Intel 875P) at HWZ
MSI K7N2G-ILSR nForce2 Motherboard at Bjorn3D



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