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Having lots of fun with the Optus@Home service tonight.. they've decided to impliment a transperant FTP proxy, similar to the transperant HTTP proxy they implimented some time ago. However, like the HTTP proxy, it has it's issues. Like.. it gives everyone effectivley the same IP adress. Which means servers which only allow one connection per ip are difficult to use. And there are even problems with using sites that you can actually get access to. I suppose they are all teething problems that will (hopefully) be sorted out quickly. I read somewhere that it takes 3yrs for Optus to make back their money from a customer that only subscribes to the cable service. So I 'spose they have their reasons.
If you're keen on the see-thru acrylic look for your PC, it seems a company, ClearPC, is going to make you one. Soon. They just have pics of a prototype up for now, expect finished product pics soon. And apparently they have an aus distributor as well. Look pretty shmick, not ~overly~ sure about the products utility, but I'm sure we'll find out soon.
If you're a win2k user, 3dspotlight have a guide on optomising the operating system for gaming tasks. Alot of people swear by Win2K, of the opinion that WinME is crap.. but configured correctly (ie. system restore disabled) it's pretty decent. Sure, the stability isn't there, but the speed is. And the simplicity. That's what matters to me.
If you are a hardcore user of 3D-Studio MAX, X-Bit Labs have a pretty neat guide up on choosing the right hardware to build an ultimate 3DSM machine. I'm sure there are a few of you out there, overclocking is not just for games and 3DSM is always hungry for more MHz.
Still on performance, Guru3D have a guide to benchmarking.. and no matter if you're using it to brag, or to actually determine your systems strengths (and weaknesses), being able to benchmark properly is a pretty handy skill in the overclocking world. More FSB or more CPU MHz? The Benchmarks have The Answers.
Well, there are a few decent LAN events comming up soon.. first of all is the Darwin BioHazard LAN, set to be the biggest event the top end has seen. For people a little further away from the equator is QGL being held at ANZ Stadium (Brisbane) over two days on the 2nd->3rd June. Rego's are filling fast, with half the spots already taken and it's only been 5 or so hours since they opened. Of note is that you can stay overnight at this event, good if you can't get enough fragging action, can't get home, or don't want to pack up twice or leave your gear unattended. Quite a few OCAU people are going, so you might see some of us there. Look for the [OCAU] tags in cstrike games.
Overclockers Melbourne have reviewed the CPUfx DTS440 Socket-A shim. The little bugger is not only blue, but anodized as well.. so it's non conductive. So it makes it harder to fry your processor, something ~someone~ around here is almost an old hand at ;) Nice and cheap too, especially when compared to the purchase-a-new-cpu alternative.
AcidHardware have some info up on their news page about a new Gigabyte "Blue Thunder" i815EP mobo supporting Tualatin. Looks pretty sweet, that blue ZIF socket is a bit odd tho.
More Gigabyte motherboard, this time a 7DXR AMD 760-based board reviewed on AMDmb. And speaking of 760-based boards I've yet to see any official about the A7M266, what some consider to be a pretty decent DDR board, being discontinued. I've seen all sorts of anecdotal comments around, but nothing official. Anyone got any *solid* evidence for me?.
If you've got a laptop, chances are better than average of you having a few PCMCIA Cards, or PC Cards as they are more commonly referred to nowadays. Icrontic has reviewed a PCI device that will allow you to read the cards in your desktop PC as well.
Well, it seems the Intel vs AMD war is really starting to hot up with some solid competition from both sides. Following the release of Palomino, not only has Intel attacked AMD on the laptop front with Tualatin, they're also going to take them on in the server front with the P4 Xeon, to be referred to as "Intel Xeon". Anandtech has a review here. The thing that catches me out is that if you want a SMP Intel system now, it's going to have to be a Xeon. That's right, no SMP Pentium 4.
GazG pointed out this quite amusing MS KnowledgeBase article about little icons getting grey hair from too many users. Heh, more proof that some MS programmers have a sense of humor. I hope.
Tigger also pointed out this amusing Salon article about iMacs and.. iHats, to match? oookkk..
Finally, Agg has pointed out this fairly beasty P3 system.. it uses the same case as VooDoo's BorgII case, so it looks like he's got some competition. Still.. I don't think a P3@1GHz is up to the same levels of performance as his current Dual P3's, and not that close to his planned Dual Palominos.. madness..
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