The Table of Graphics (www.hwhunpage.hu/gvt_e.htm) has been updated once again by adding many recent ATI and NVIDIA products and making a few necessary corrections as well. I would like to thank everybody who contributed to this table and - as always - I count on you in the future too. Please note that from now on the table will be accessible only via www.hwhunpage.HU - www.hwhunpage.COM isn't available anymore.

The Crucible have thrown up a new guide for turning your XP Professional machine into an MP3 server! Here's a byte.

Well, I set this up basically for one reason. I like music. I like my music, and have rather eclectic/eccentric taste. So before I left the house for work the other day, I thought I would make my MP3 collection accessible from the web, so I could listen at work. Now, I'm no bootlegger, I'm just a nerd that keeps all of his CD's on his hard drive (in MP3 format), because my PC is the entertainment center in my home (I don't have cable, but I have broadband - that should clue you in to where I'm at). So now that we've established why, let's get on to the disclaimers.

Madshrimps take the last 6 ATI Catalyst driver releases for a spin on a Radeon 9600 Pro, using a wide range of benchmark programs and games we try to find out which one gives you the best performance. 10 Benchmarks, 3 resolutions, 6 drivers, 180 results sorted for your viewing pleasure!

OC Addiction have thrown up their How to Guide for overclocking your Pentium 4 800FSB processor! Here's a snip.

Today on OCA, we're going to give you a little tutorial on overclocking your new 800FSB P4. It seems these types of systems are getting much more popular, and people are getting rather insane clock speeds out of their hardware. With the 2.4C's and i865PE/875P boards, it's almost like a return to the days of the Celeron 300A and 440BX mobo's. 50% overclocks are not exactly commonplace, but with the right hardware combinations, it's definitely achievable. So, without further ado, lets get this party started.

Just got word that Adrian has updated his premier BIOS optimization guide to 8.0 Interim Release 6! Here's some of the updates.

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Just got word that Adrian has updated his premier BIOS optimization guide to 8.0 Interim Release 6! Here's some of the updates.

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PCStats has a published a Memory Bandwidth vs. Latency Timings article which is a good read. It covers the functions of today?s high speed memory and the PCXXXX marketing that comes with it. Since all memory is not created equal, nowadays you need to know which 'flavour' is best for an Intel or AMD PC if you expect the best performance back from your investment.

Ars Technica have thrown up their new guide dealing with PlayStation 2 disc read errors! Here's a snip.

Ever gotten those annoying Disc Read Error messages on your Playstation 2? If you have, I'll be the first time you saw one was on the 31st day you've had it, after the Sony 30-day warranty expired. If you're real lucky, your PS2 might last two or even three years; eventually this error will hunt down your PS2 and settle down there. If it only affects you some of the time ? you might be able to play some DVD movies, but your favorite one never loads, or you can only play PSone games and not silver-colored PS2 games

There's a thread over on the Ubisoft Raven Shield forum about a very serious flaw in Rainbow Six 3 - Raven Shield. There appears to be a problem in how the game changes video modes. As a result, several monitors have been damaged by playing the game.


For more information, here is the URL:

forums.ubi.com

Lost Circuits have thrown up their overclocking guide for AMD's Athlon 64 3200+ CPU using Asus's K8V mainboard! Here's a snip.

After the somewhat disappointing overclocking experience with the initial BIOS revision of the ASUS K8V and the Athlon64 3200+, we used the latest production BIOS Rev. 1003 that, amongst other new features allows manual changing of the frequency and voltage ID (FID and VID). Overall, the new BIOS greatly increases stability as well as overclocking potential, after all, we were able to crank up the speed to 240 MHz and run 100% stable at 235 MHz.

Just got word that Marci over at Madshrimps has thrown up his AMD Optimal BIOS settings + Overclocking Guide ! Here's a snip.

Marci shows you how to get the most out of your AMD system, whether is it for top speed during everyday usage or top scores in popular benchmarks!

The Madshrimps bring you a step by step guide on how to get the most out of your AMD setup. Overclocking tips and BIOS tweak settings discussed, as well as an overview of the more popular overclocking tools with local download links!

Start your overclocking here!

Just got word that VR-Zone have thrown up several new guides on voltage modding Athlon 64 motherboards from EPoX, Shuttle, MSI and Albatron.

If you program or play computer games or even recently attempted to purchase a video card, then you will have no doubt heard the terms "Vertex Shader" and "Pixel Shader". What do they mean, other than that marketdroids will never cease to invent crappy technology jargon? Hear all the noise about "Hardware T&L" a couple of years ago? It's all related and this article will attempt to describe it all neatly for you. Warning: mathematics ahead; this devolves into a basic 3D graphics tutorial. It's nothing more complicated than what you'll see in your final year of high school (linear algebra). If you're totally non-technical, run screaming now. View: What Are These Pixel Shaders Of Which You Speak?

Just got word from Julio Franco over at the TechSpot, that their Internet Explorer 6 & Outlook Express tweak guide is out!

Despite of increasingly stiff competition from the likes of Opera and Mozilla, Microsoft?s Internet Explorer 6 remains by large as the most popular internet browser. So if IE happens to be your browser of choice, I have no doubt it?s one of your most often used applications and you should know it offers a decent amount of customisation possibilities and a wealth of options.

One handy how-to guide for making use of that TV-Out on your graphics card.

Dave Baumann over at Beyond3D reports that ATI have produced an interesting document on modern benchmarking practices, take a look and tell us what you think:

Tamer Metwalli over at Flicker Down has posted his new Properly Installing More Than One Operating System Together and Multi-booting them Guide!

So you want to multi boot eh? Ok...you don't want any OS to take charge or change the way your PC boots? Ok...I've come up with a ?different? way to multi-boot up to 5 OSes... well actually I could make up to 31-32 OSes...theoretically.

Just got word that PC Stats have thrown up their beginners guide to Little Known Features of WindowsXP! Here's a rip.

There can be little doubt that Windows XP is Microsoft's best OS yet. While it has a few disadvantages in terms of unnecessary bloat, its balance of performance, stability and outward user-friendliness is hard to match.

Just got word that Adrian has updated his premier BIOS optimization guide to 8.0 Interim Release 5! Here's some of the updates.

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