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Saturday, 10-March-2007 03:52:10 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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SilentPCReview have a recommended fans guide. It is a concise practical summary about the technologies, techniques and art of using quiet fans in computers, along a short list of the best candidates.
LegionHW consider the performance requirements of Supreme Commander and the Command & Conquer 3 demo.
Tweaktown meanwhile looked at SLI performance using two GeForce 8800GTS 320MB video cards. We clearly felt that if we were going to test SLI 8800’s, it had to be done properly - the Dell 30” LCD with its lovely 2560 x 1600 resolution was pulled out and SLI was tested in style.
From Matt: On Wednesday of this coming week my girlfriend will be shaving her head for charity. She's doing it as part of the World's Greatest Shave. I've also got a current thread in the For Sale forum which is selling a hair straightener for the cause (Don't you love the irony).
Tweaktown have a giveaway: We've currently got some upcoming games to give away in 2 copies of Theatre of War by Battlefront.com. Each winner gets a copy of TOW plus one of Battlefronts back catalogue games. This game is developed by 1C Company famous for IL2 Sturmnovik and Pacific Fighters. It's open to all people world wide and ends April 7.
Nodus8 has some more info on the "vomit beam" story from Wednesday's news post: Sounds like Hypersonic sound technology. Pretty dangerous stuff! Wouldn’t like to be on the receiving end of this. Also used for advertising in the states. The official site is here. Here is an article that elaborates on the dangers of the technology.
Nick spotted a special deal for Australian uni students wanting Office 2007. However, the effort may be all for naught unless Microsoft reins in its Windows Live OneCare security software which in some cases identifies the site as a potential phishing scam.
From Skit at Furycog: We asked Director David Kazim a few questions about the upcoming gaming event GO3 in March. Thought OCAU'ers might enjoy the read. :)
XbitLabs played with some new coolers and overclocked CPUs. We were lucky to get our hands on two new cooling solutions, so we decided to get down to another test session right away. In our new article you will see six highly efficient coolers tested on two platforms to determine the winner!
TechWareLabs report on an electronic home expo, while an IT Show in Singapore was visited by HWZone. Techgage meanwhile went to a photography show and cover some new cameras.
Nigel sends word that Commodore (as in C64, and Amiga) are set to re-enter the gaming PC market. Specifics of the computer remain scarce, but Commodore CEO Bala Keilman promises that the new Commodore PC is going to bring the Commodore brand back into the gaming industry.
Phoronix compared the performance of Fedora and Ubuntu Linux distros. In this article we have enclosed benchmarks from Fedora Core 6, Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft, Fedora 7 Test 2, and Ubuntu Feisty Fawn Herd 5. In gaming and desktop benchmarks, which of these Linux distributions is faster?
LegionHW have an E6400 overclocking guide. Overclocking has never been easier and the fact that users have the option to run the Core 2 Duo E6400 at 3.50GHz with DDR2-800 memory is impressive!
ZXR says this weekend holds another bonus for Australians, with it being a "free Xbox live gold" weekend. Whatever that means. :)
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