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Thursday Morning (3 Comments) (link)
 Thursday, 20-July-2006  03:06:17 (GMT +10) - by Agg

A bit more Conroe stuff. Motherboards.org have a Core 2 Extreme / Duo review, while Bit-Tech ponder memory timings and LegionHW overclock the E6700. MaXitmag looked at the low-end E6300 while LegitReviews compared the E6700 and A64 5000+.

BleedinEdge have a 3-part heatsink roundup.. so here's part 1, part 2 and part 3.

Marty noticed that THG have some PhysX food for thought. Since our previous article covering the Ageia PhysX processor we have continued our work in the labs to get a better handle on what this hardware can do.

From Parnet: Hope this news isn't too late.. i just wanted to mention on the front page that Winternals and Sysinternals have been bought out by Microsoft. download your system tools while you still can..

Adr_an spotted this computer game shop in Japan that is pretty insane. I felt like a kid in a candy store. I didn't know where to start.

Hexus have a 4-vendor roundup of Radeon X1900 XTX video cards. We grabbed Radeon X1900 XTXs from GeCube, ASUS, Sapphire and MSI - and ran them through the mill.

From Murray: Technology that helps airlines keep track of baggage and sounds an alarm when a shoplifter tries to leave the store may be able to stop surgeons from losing a sponge inside a patient, a study said on Monday.

Bit-Tech ponder the life of a Web Hermit. I'm sure I have no idea what they're talking about..

TweakGuides have a guide to Gamer's Graphics & Display Settings. I looked around and realised that many of the most basic and commonly used graphical and display-related settings such as FPS, Resolution, Refresh Rate, Triple Buffering and VSync are never really explained in sufficient detail in plain English, particularly with a gaming audience in mind.

ARS consider some Digital Rights Management issues from the last few years. Like it or not, DRM has become a fact of life in the 21st century. Ars takes a look at some of the more noteworthy hacks of the past several years and what the future might hold as Blu-ray and HD DVD take hold.

Interesting Forum Threads:
Finally you can find out actual CPU core temps....NOT mobo sensor in AMD Hardware.
Intel Slips In Sub-9W "Yonah" in Intel Hardware.
Zune - Microsoft's iPod Killer in Audio Visual.
Symantec Norton Antivirus deleting my files?! in General Software.
Easiest beginner PLC/PIC programming in Modding & Electronics.
How to power 4x 3W Star LED modules? in Modding & Electronics.
NZ to shrink coins, eliminate 5c: should Australia follow? in Current Events.



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