Micke’s DreamHack Modding Mania [Modding]
Bit-Tech Modding ::
DreamHack Winter has rolled around again and GoTaLL (aka Micke Gustafsson) has been working overtime to finish up a bunch of new mods to take to the show. Check out the cases here then head over and see the detailed worklogs in the forums.
Project Logs update 6 [Modding]
Bit-Tech Modding ::
We take a look at some of the hottest modding projects over in the bit-tech forums – some great potential, some great pics and some great modders.
Cold Fusion by SleepStreamer [Modding]
Bit-Tech Modding ::
Hailing from Sweden, Max Erlandsson has pulled off a stunning creation for what is, unbelievably, his first attempt at case modding. Join us for a look at the stunning worklog of this work of art.
Review Blast From The Past: Planon RC800 Portable Color Scanner
ThinkComputers :: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:44:00 EST
Here is another review blast from the past! We post these especially for our RSS readers on days we don’t have a new product review. This time we go back and check out the Planon RC800 Portable Color Scanner! From the review: Technology, I love it, if I didn’t I wouldn’t be doing reviews now would I? Anyway, I’ve always found it very interesting to watch as technology changes, I’ve noticed one major constant about most technology, as it changes it gets smaller. Take scanners for instance, I have a few of them, an older one that is pretty big, you could use it for a computer case if need be, if I lined them up in order of age you would find that they get smaller as they get newer. Today for review I have the smallest scanner yet, it’s from Planon, and they actually made it into the Guinness Book of World Records. Interested? Read on to check it out.
Check out the Product Inbox
ThinkComputers :: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:40:00 EST
Make sure you stop by the product inbox section of our forums. There you will be able to see what products we have just got in to review. So you will know what reviews to expect before we post them! Check it out!
Review Blast From The Past: PowerColor ATI X1600XT Bravo Edition
ThinkComputers :: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:30:00 EST
Here is another review blast from the past! We post these especially for our RSS readers on days we don’t have a new product review. This time we go back and check out the PowerColor ATI X1600XT Bravo Edition! From the review: Today for review I have one, what might be considered a mid-range card for review; it is the ATI X1600XT from PowerColor. Not long ago I reviewed the X1300 from PowerColor which would be considered a budget priced card. Let’s see how the X1600XT compares with the X1300 which is about half the price, and let’s see if almost twice the money is really worth it…
Intel VIIV vs. AMD LIVE!
Hot Hardware :: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:00:00 EDT
Without question, the process of choosing a standard, pre-built PCor building one yourself has become almost trivial over the last few years. Given the caliber of hardware on the market, even with just a little bit of knowledge, it is difficult to purchase a system today which would not be …
OCZ Flex XLC Water-Cooled CAS-3 DDR2-800 2GB Memory Kit
Hot Hardware :: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:00:00 EDT
For reasons unknown, a good portion of the enthusiast market still thinks that memory cooling is a fruitless effort. Many high-end users still believe that memory chips run plenty cool, and that putting heat spreaders and heatsinks on them is a superficial effort at best, and that they don’t …
Sapphire Radeon X1950 GT 256 MB
Hot Hardware :: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:00:00 EDT
There is a common occurrence in the graphics industry that happens near the launch of any major new architecture. Before a company introduces a major change in their GPU designs, they will take their existing GPU designs and offer them at a wide variety of different speeds and price points, sometimes surprisingly …
AMD’s 690G/V Series Chipset Preview And Performance Testing
Hot Hardware :: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:00:00 EDT
With no major processor architecture updatesin the immediate future and their DX10-capable graphics solutions still a fewmonths away, the new AMD seems to be slowly picking up slack as we roll through the first two thirds of Q1 ’07. Today, AMD is officially introducing their first new chipset …
HP LP3065 30-inch Flat Panel Monitor
Hot Hardware :: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:00:00 EDT
For the average business-class user, extra RAM, a faster processor or a more powerful video card won’t necessarily increase work efficiency or productivity. One of the best ways to boost your productivity is to add more inches, of screen real estate that is. If you simply add another monitor …
Dell XPS M1710 Version 2.0
Hot Hardware :: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:00:00 EDT
Last year, we had the pleasure of taking a look at Dell’s flagship Inspiron XPS M1710 notebook. Taking into account the top-notch components, excellent build quality, and best-of-classperformance, we awarded the system our coveted Editor’s Choice award. Dell has …
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
Hot Hardware :: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:01:00 EDT
AMD has been fairly quiet as of late. A few months ago, we took a look at their initial Quad-FX platform and FX-70 series offerings. However,on the mainstream socket AM2 front, AMD hasn’t made any real noise since the release of the Athlon 64 FX-62 way back in May of 2006. That’s not …
Dell XPS 710 H2C Performance Gaming System
Hot Hardware :: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EDT
Last summer, Dell agreed to purchase Alienware in a controversialmerger of two very different companies. Alienware, whowas lookingtoraise capital to fund its world-wide expansion, found a good partner in Dell when it came to realize that it would be able to meet its demandswhile simultaneously …
OCZ ProXStream 1000W Power Supply
Hot Hardware :: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:00:00 EDT
A thousand watts, a kilowatt. A kilowatt or a thousand watts. We can’t decide which term sounds larger when spoken aloud. In any case, when said aloud, both terms are conversation starters when in discussion about PC power supplies. In this day and age where energy efficiency is something which many gravitate …
XFX GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB & 8800 GTX XXX Editions
Hot Hardware :: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:00:00 EDT
Here we are, barely 12 weeks out from the initial introduction of the GeForce 8 series, and NVIDIA is ready with yet another new product based on the GPU formerly code named G80. The new GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB we’ll be showcasing here today is essentially the same card as the original 8800 …
HIS Radeon X1650 XT IceQ Turbo and Radeon X1650 XT iSilence II
Hot Hardware :: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:04:08 EDT
About a monthago, we had the privilege of reviewing HIS’Radeon X1950 Pro, a mainstream oriented graphics card that performed well, but we felt ultimately came up short against the similarly priced GeForce 7950 GT. The model we received was outfitted with an oversized cooler …
ASUS EN8800GTX GeForce 8800 GTX
Hot Hardware :: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 04:00:00 EDT
With Microsoft Vista and DirectX 10 poised to flood the mainstream market, those looking to take advantage of all of the new OS’s capabilities will need a quality graphics solution to appreciate new graphical features and eventually next generation gaming. Currently, …
AMD Athlon 64 X2 65nm Brisbane-Core
Hot Hardware :: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:00:00 EDT
At the end of 2006, AMD announced the availability of processors built using the company’s 65nm manufacturing process, which is first being implemented with the Athlon 64 X2 product line. The move to 65nm brings a number of advantages for both AMD and consumers. From AMD’s standpoint, …
Sapphire Radeon X1950 XTX
Hot Hardware :: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:00:00 EDT
While we all sit and wait to see what AMD/ATI have in store for us with their next-gen, DX10-classR600, the Radeon X1950 XTX remains ATI’s current flagship desktop GPU. In light of NVIDIA’s excellent GeForce 8 series of cards, the Radeon X1950 XTX has certainly lost some of its initial …
Intel 45nm Fab Process And Penryn Preview
Hot Hardware :: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:00:00 EDT
Intel’s impressive manufacturing process capabilitiesand fab resourcesare well known throughout the industry. In fact, most would argue that their manufacturing prowess has played a large part in the company’s success. They’ve had many “firsts” over the years due to process …
Asus P5N-E SLI Nvidia nForce 650i SLI
Hot Hardware :: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:00:00 EDT
Nvidia’s newly launched nForce 680i SLI for Intel’s Core 2 processors is undoubtedly the most lavish, extravagant, and exiting chipset currently on the market. This chipset, which we recently looked at in depth with our review of the high-end Asus Striker board, features such features like DDR-1200 memory …
EVGA e-GeForce 7950 GT KO SLI
Hot Hardware :: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:00:00 EDT
As enthusiasts, we’d all love to own a killer quad-core powered rig complete with a healthy amount of RAM, super-fast hard drives, and a pair of NVIDIA’s flagship GeForce 8800 GTX cards pushing the pixels. The kind coin required to assemble a system like this puts them well out of reach …
MSI GeForce 8800 GTX (NX8800GTX-T2D768E)
Hot Hardware :: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:00:00 EDT
As enthusiasts, we are always anxiously awaiting new GPU architectures, with additional pipelines and more memory. All of these aspects usually go intocreating the next must-have flagship video card. Like us, you’ve probably been wondering when single GPU cards would sport a full gigabyte …
CES 2007 Photo Report
Hot Hardware :: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 05:00:00 EDT
Last week a few members of the HotHardware crew hopped on a plane and headed out to sunny Las Vegas, Nevadafor the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show. We make the trek every year not only to check out the latest and greatest in consumer electronics and PC technology, but to meet face to face with …
Asus Striker Extreme Nvidia nForce 680i Motherboard
Hot Hardware :: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 02:00:00 EDT
There are only a few motherboard makers today who don’t design boards with the enthusiast in mind. It’s been proven that the enthusiast market, as small as it is, gets the most press coverage of any segment of motherboards. Thus, enthusiast markets do have the ability to influence purchases of an entire …
CES Report – ASUS
Hot Hardware :: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:30:00 EDT
Showcased by none other than our own Dave and Marco, we see the upcoming refresh of the ASUS Lamborghini VX1 notebook which we previously reviewed with positive results. This new system addresses all of the minor gripes we had with the previous model, …
HIS Radeon X1950 XT IceQ3 Turbo
Hot Hardware :: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 11:45:00 EDT
A few weeks ago, we looked at the HIS Radeon X1950 Pro IceQ3 Turbo, a mainstream graphics card set to do battle with the GeForce 7900GS in the $200 price segment. Based on the RV570 GPU, the X1950 Pro brought a host of features to the table including native CrossFire. While X1950 Pro is a good …
975X Express Motherboard Round-Up: Foxconn, Abit, and MSI
Hot Hardware :: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:00:00 EDT
To coincide with the launch of the Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme processors, many manufacturers released new or updated motherboards to support Intel’s cutting edge CPU. Over the past few months, we’ve taken a look at a handful of these motherboards, including products based on chipsets …
Gigabyte GeForce 7950 GT
Hot Hardware :: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 12:00:00 EDT
NVIDIA has enjoyed quite a bit of success the last couple of years thanks in part to its GeForce 6 and 7 Series graphics cards. Like every other company in the world, NVIDIA likes to ride its success as long as possible. In NVIDIA’s case, this can be done with product refreshes. The most …
ASUS EAX1950CROSSFIRE/HP/512M and EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M
Hot Hardware :: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:00:00 EDT
While NVIDIA is marching forward with its DirectX 10 capable GeForce 8800 series, ATI is still mum on their next generation graphics cards.Which is somewhat surprising, as one would think this time of year would be ideal for new product announcements. But while Vista is …
GDC Slideshow
Extremetech :: Saturday, March 10, 2007
AMD to Announce $250K Prize for Wiring Third World
Extremetech :: Saturday, March 10, 2007
At the TED Conference in Monterey on Friday, AMD and Architecture for Humanity is expected to announce a new open architecture award that will be handed out for the best design of a computer lab that can be adapted to meet local needs in underserved populations and connect them to the Internet.
Microsoft Natural Wireless Laser Mouse 6000
Extremetech :: Saturday, March 10, 2007
Review: As a tribute to Spring Training, Microsoft releases a mouse in the shape of a baseball. We took a few swings with the 6000 and found a lot to like–and a couple of warts.
XP or Vista? Organize Drivers, Power Supply Advice
Extremetech :: Saturday, March 10, 2007
This week our forums yielded a wealth of sound advice and some opportunities for you to show off your tech chops. Among the top threads: IE7 tabs, HD acoustic settings, and Vista troubles.
Can PC Gaming Survive in a Console World?
Extremetech :: Saturday, March 10, 2007
News: GDC 2007: Four game-industry celebrities discuss PC gaming and its future in a world saturated with game consoles.
Top Tip: How to organize my drivers?
Extremetech :: Saturday, March 10, 2007
i am looking for a small program that will collect all of the drivers installed on the system and place them inside of the folder that it is ran from. i do not want the program called driver collector 1.2 as it does not do what i just explained i wanted. thanks for any help.
Top Tip: Windows XP or Windows Vista?
Extremetech :: Saturday, March 10, 2007
I have been using XP for several years now and I like it very much. My concern is Vista. I feel like its being pushed on us and we don’t have a choice. Businesses such as BestBuy etc, are selling computers with Vista only. You can’t go to a store and purchase one with XP. XP has been pulled from the shelves making way for Vista. Has anyone heard if Microsoft has set a date for withdrawing tech support and updates for XP?
Top Tip: Slow tabs in Internet Explorer 7?
Extremetech :: Saturday, March 10, 2007
Does anyone know why Internet Explorer 7 could be taking about 10 seconds just to open a new tab by clicking the right part of the tab bar? And more to the point, does anyone know how to remedy this?
Top Tip: What size PSU do I need?
Extremetech :: Saturday, March 10, 2007
I am needing to replace the guts of my PC after an unfortunate explosion and am wondering what strengh PSU I will need.
Welcome to Our Forum Software Upgrade!
Extremetech :: Saturday, March 10, 2007
The ET forums have been upgraded to the latest version of Community Server!
I Got My Own DVD-R Copy of Windows Vista… Shipped by Microsoft
Hardware Secrets :: Saturday, March 10, 2007
Last Saturday I got my copy of Windows Vista, generously sent by Microsoft. The thing that immediately caught my eye was the “type” of copy they sent: a plain DVD-R. What is the message…
