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Hot on the heels of IDF comes CeBIT Hannover, one of the largest technology conventions in the world. Lots of coverage: Vapochill Micro first look, XFX 512MB SLi, MSI's digital SLI bridge, AMD Dual Core spotted and ATI Dual Graphics exclusive on Bit-Tech, dual 512MB 6800 Ultras, Zalman play it cool, ATI MVP Breakdown, SLi Shuttle, watercooled SLi and GROUPER takes on nF4 on Hexus, Day 1 on TechPowerUp, CeBIT 2005 impressions on TeamHardware, Day 2 on Xbit, various pics including booth babes on MadShrimps, Part 1 and Part 2 on HWZ and a general CeBIT 2005 report on Guru3D. An overview on news.com too. Phew!
TweakGuides have updated their WinXP Tweaking Companion. The Windows XP Tweaking Companion (XPTC) is the complete Windows XP and system optimization guide.
TheTechZone have a guide to taking great digital photos, while ARP cover buying used DSLR lenses. If you're into photography, check out our Photography Forum, which I'm told is one of the busiest in the country.
MadShrimps cover building a silent aircooled system.
One particular thing of interest at CeBIT is this report from Hexus on an ECS motherboard supporting both AMD and Intel CPUs - not at the same time, of course. In one fell swoop, ECS are attempting to remove the cost problem inherent in switching between an Intel or AMD machine. Hmm, we have seen this kind of thing before, and where it falls down is the expense of the converter (or in this case, the proprietary add-in board). This particular solution seems to require a specific motherboard, too. It seems likely to be cheaper to just buy an S939 board when upgrade time comes and enjoy whatever new features have arrived in the meantime. No word on pricing, though.
ExtremeTech have a bit more info about the eSATA external storage standard.
A few people sent word of new NVIDIA drivers. Matt notes that they contain a bug: GeForce 6800: The 'Temperature Settings' in the Display Properties reports an approximately 20% higher temperature than with the previous driver version. ... This issue will be fixed in the next driver release.
HardOCP have a slide presentation from ATI about their Radeon XPRESS 200 chipset launch and some thoughts about chipsets this year.
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