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I'm yet to grow bored of counter-strike, which is pretty impressive. Half-Life was released *ages* ago, and counter-strike quite a while ago as well, yet it's still as addictive as it was when I started playing. It's really weird. Anyway.. cashing in on that are two new counter-strike games in the works.. the Counter-Strike: Condition Zero one that was mentioned a few posts ago, and Counter-Strike 2. CS:CZ is basically going to be a mission pack for the existing cs/hl engine so great gameplay, same graphics. Counter-Strike 2 is going to be based on the TF2 engine, so much better graphics, yet to know about the gameplay. Hope the actual game physics stay ~ the same. Getting back to the overclocking news..
A reader who we will refer to as *G* has written in to inform us of this. I strongly hope it's just a prank.. the thought of a pixelated Britney Spears running across my screen scares me. And why do we refer to him as *G*? He dosn't want to be associated with it :P
Iceman has written in to tell us that Dan of DansData is keeping quiet of late. He hasn't been sending out his usual "I've got a review up, link to it before I send my tank around" type emails. And he's got more than A review up.. he's got several. He's reviewed some shiny input devices.. namely an Ortek keyboard and mouse that are, well, shiny. He's also looked at an Aten USB Docking Station for your laptop, and finally a Hercules Game TheaterXP. AAAnd, he, like most producers of internet content, is feeling the pinch.
Review-Zone are rubbing the crystal ball and taking a look into the future to see what the tech scene is going to present us with. I havn't read it yet, but umm, not much would be my guess. GeForce3, Pentium4, Tualatin, Athlon4/Palomino are all with us now.. better go read it and see if I'll have anything to write about soon ;)
FiringSquad have taken a squiz at the Asus A7A266, ALi DDR-based mobo. And they reckon it's a pretty good alternative to AMD760-based boards like it's cousin the A7M266.. except it's commonly outperformed by KT133A boards with the once-cheaper-but-now-about-the-same-price PC133 modules. And speaking of that, DDR board prices are also starting to fall. Seems like now's the time, all you need is the cash. Which.. I.. Don't.. Have.
Thanks to Peter for sending this in.. a US release date for the X-box! I'm not overly excited about the whole platform myself, but alternative uses for the hardware.. that's interesting ;)
The Det's just keep on getting higher, now up to 12.40, and thanks to Julian for the link.
Many thanks to Daniel who sent in this little non-overclocking article. Apparently, a laptop running Linux is a bomb. No joke, it don't boot windows, it must'nt be a laptop. Hmm.. *looks under desk*.. *rests foot on bomb thats redirecting my packets* pretty smart bomb. Maybe that's the problem?!?!
Cheers to mr_9mm who msg-ed me on irc with this article. Pretty interesting, talks about Intel's upcomming Tualatin (TWO-ala-tin) processor.. It's not going to be cutting egde, buuut, I wonder how well it'll overclock? You'll need a new motherboard to find out, so I dont expect for it to be that much of a hit, unless of course it o/c's like a champion.
Futurelooks has reviewed a PCcard that works as a fingerprint ID device, the Ethentica MS3000. It dosn't authenticate, it Ethenticates. Yes, very modern. Remember tho, a system is only as strong as it's weakest link, so if you're running Win9x.. goodbye.
Electic have a press release up from AMD that basically gloats that the Athlon CPU is being used in Supercomputers ar various educational and research institutions around the world.. and good on 'em, they deserve to gloat.
ChunkyHardware have reviewed a Simtech self-powered USB hub that sits in a floppy drive bay. :D
Finally tonight, Lesley Clark has sent in a quick note saying that he's seen some benchies run on a Dell Inspiron 8000, a P3 laptop with a 32Mb GF2Go chipset.. 4400 3Dmarks.. 3dmark 2000 that is, not 2001. Still, fairly snappy for a laptop, definatley up to Duron/GF2MX standards.
Reviews:
OCZ Glacier-II hs/f with copper inserts on ipKonfig.
DLink DWL-650 Wireless LAN card on SystemLogic.
Samsung SW-12 12/8/32 CD-RW on EXhardware.
MinionS Colorcases on Inside-Hardware.
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