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(link) Tuesday, 20-November-2001 11:27:40 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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There's a load of Xbox stuff today: HardOCP have played with one for a little while then ripped it to peices to see what's inside, as did VansHardware and TechTV (despite the name, not a video review). Icrontic did a similar thing but also tried modding it a little. Apparently the Xbox has Sony thinking about a PS3 earlier than anticipated. However, anthroxx notes that it's not entirely without problems, as this image (on sqellen.d2g.nu) and this video (on www.copyxbox.com) show. YYK spotted this article about the Australian Xbox plans.
Sun's UltraSparc III processor will apparently hit the gig mark very soon. We kinda forget that people other than Intel and AMD make CPU's these days.
A new version of SiSoft Sandra, a long-standing favourite benchmarking tool, has been released. This has support for WinXP among other improvements. IANAG have some screenshots and info about their experience with the new version.
G3D compared some ramsinks.
Some software pirates got busted bigtime, thanks YYK.
If you've tried WinXP but decided you want to go back to your old OS, it may be possible, thanks thetron. If you're sticking with WinXP, you might want to try this memory tweaking guide from 3DSpotlight. Yaleman spotted this list of patches for XP while Dirk noticed Tweak UI / PowerToys for XP has been released.
Sick of hearing about how WinXP has it, Stanza has written a Sub-pixel Rendering HOWTO for Linux.. on WinXP it's called ClearType.
HardOCP went crazy with the video cards and compared the entire VisionTek line of cards aimed at Gamers. They also see if DirectX makes a speed difference.
PCHardware have a cooler roundup posted.
This has been around for years but a few people sent it in recently. Telnet to towel.blinkenlights.nl and you can see (most of) the film Star Wars presented in glorious ASCII-character monochrome. Someone with waaaaaaaay too much spare time.
BlueSmoke have a Case Gallery happening. Similar to our PCDB but not as interactive.
Eric spotted this Ghetto Hardware site.. funny/sad. :)
OCdCafe reviewed some Titan Coolers including the Majesty Twin we had the first review of, right here. They thought it was pretty good, so maybe it's been improved (again). The last improved version did this to a CPU of mine so I doubt I'll be experimenting with any new revisions of that cooler.
TR have written up their COMDEX report for this year, and so do TheTechZone. AnandTech are just teasing us with the motherboards to come that were previewed at COMDEX.
LivePC have a guide to mounting an LCD in your case.. a video review, so not for the bandwidth impaired.
Alex sent in this neato guide to using a remote control on your PC.. like TV remote, not remote-console remote.
OtakuPC have a simple mod guide to make a USB drive bay cover thingo.
There's a poll happening in the forums to let us know where in Australia you are from.. or if you're not.
There's a LAN party happening this weekend in Sydney(ish), courtesy of LanDAG in Cranebrook.
The latest issue of ZZZ Online has been posted, full of gadgety goodness.
Reviews: DigiDoc5 thermal controller on ExtremeOC, our review here. VisionTek XTasy Everything GF2MX400 video card on HotHardware. Logitech Z-560 THX-certified speakers on Max3D. TDK Tremor S150 flat-panel speakers on DansData. Creative DTT2200 speakers (too!) on Digital-Explosion. Antec PID-100 scanner on JSIHW. ProLink Pixelview GF3 Ti200 video card on Digit-Life. Epox 8KHA+ KT266A-based SocketA DDR motherboard on Bench-House. 4Q Budget PC fulltower case on TweakMax.
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