The FiringSquad have a new article out Called RADEON X800 PRO Performance with Pentium 4 that looks at the different CPU scaling you get when paired with Intel's Pentium 4! Here's a snip.

As promised, today we?re here to take a look at the performance of ATI?s RADEON X800 PRO with Intel Pentium 4 processors. Based on our preview from the beginning of this month, we already know the X800 PRO is fast, nearly doubling the performance of RADEON 9800 XT, and at a price point that is $100 less than ATI?s high-end RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition. This performance is provided by its 12-pipeline R420 core, which is clocked at 475MHz and its 256-bit memory interface operating at 900MHz.

Thanks to Mackey D for pointing me in the direction of this article posted over at FurtureMarks Forum by jslattery.

For a while my tRas was set on 5, but then I changed it to 6 according to a Mushkin article on optimal timings. A lot of questions have been apparently asked about the best setting for tRas on Nforce2's regarding FSB and such. Today, I ran some benches in Sandra2004's Memory Bandwidth Benchmark to see what would work out best.

Our bro's over at Neowin.net have a new windows XP guide out Called Automatic Installation of windows updates, the batch file method !

If you regularly download the latest windows updates and security patches manually and don?t fancy or need AutopatcherXP, or just prefer to do it yourself you can save time, customize, automate and install them all at once by creating a simple batch file.

PCStats have thrown up a new beginners guide for Windows XP! From faster boot times, to speeding up your current hardware, PCstats has 99 Tips to make your computer run quicker, better, and more efficiently.

Welcome to PCStats' second massive Tips and Tweaks Guide! This time around, our focus is on making your Windows XP computer perform faster, and better! Whether this means booting and shutting down quicker, achieving better 3D gaming performance, or just making your PC feel more 'snappy,' chances are there's a tip or two in here to help you speed things up.

Just got word that Adrian has updated his premier BIOS optimization guide to 8.0 Interim Release 9! Here's some of the updates.

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Thats right, it is possible to turn your X800pro into an X800XT with a fairly simple modification! Click read more for a full guide!

Try @ Your Own Risk!

Just spotted this 64-bit driver comparsion posted over at GamePC! Here's a snip.

Here at GamePC, we've been following the development of Microsoft's 64-bit consumer-level operating system for some time. Originally set to be out by this time, Microsoft's Windows XP for 64-bit Extended Systems (commonly known as XP 64-bit) is of critical importance for AMD. Having Microsoft code an entire operating system solely around AMD?s proposed 64-bit specifications has proven to be a huge victory for AMD. If the OS is released before Intel gets their consumer-level 64-bit chips on the market, AMD has the chance to permanently associate their name with 64-bit technology.

Adrian's Rojak Pot have thrown up their new guide for turning you're Radeon 9800 SE into a Radeon 9800 Pro!

Although the ATI Radeon 9800 SE is considered by many to be a crippled card, mid-range card at best; it is actually a card with hidden potential. Believe it or not, you can mod this card into a full Radeon 9800 Pro! Today, PsYkHoTiK will show you the Radeon 9800 SE's hidden potential and how to unlock it. Check it out and unlock your card's true potential today!

Microsoft has released update guides and updates for Exchange 2003
Read more for a list of guides and updates.

Just spotted this article posted over at Overclockers.com.

Moving To A New Machine but really don't want to go through an XP format-and-reinstall? Alan Zak tells us that an XP Repair install could be a big time and hassle-saver and tells you how to do it.

Thanks to Garikfox in our forum for posting up a How to Guide for intalling a Nvidia Raid Driver on windows XP.

VR-Zone's resident hardcore overclocker, Shamino. has thrown up a new Guide to Modding your Radeon X800 Pro's voltage with a humble pencil!

The way of pencil voltage modding the Radeon X800 Pro is almost exactly the same as the Radeon 9800XT. I would suggest you to read through the previous guide done by Shamino first as it contains more information. You would need a 2B pencil, a soft eraser and a multimeter.

With the hot summer months ahead of us I got tired of my PC running in the high 38c-45c range. After doing a study on the top products available, I decided the time was now. Watercooling has many advantages over air. One of the most widely held superstitions is that watercooling will make your CPU very cold. This is not true. In fact watercooling?s main advantage is to keep your temperatures at a set rate, unlike air cooling, which has a large fluctuation in temperatures.

Tweakhound's Eric Vaughan has updated his Windows XP tweaking guide to revision 5.0! this has to be one of the best tweaking guides around. This guide is all about optimizing XP.

Adrian's Rojak Pot have thrown up Rev 3.5 of their GPU Comparison Guide with the addition of ATI's Radeon X800 XT PE GPU and NVIDIA's GeForce 6800 GT and 6800 Ultra Extreme GPUs updated the clock speeds! it's well worth checking out.

These days, there are so many graphics card models that it has become quite impossible to keep up with the different configurations. Therefore, Max_87 decided to compile a guide of the various GPU configurations in the market, including many classics. We hope it will prove to be a useful reference. We will keep this guide updated regularly so do check back for the latest updates!

The FiringSquad have a new article out Called RADEON X800 PRO Performance with Athlon XP that looks at the different CPU scaling you get when paired with AMD's Athlon XP! Here's a snip.

Due to time constraints, one feature that we?ve had to remove from our graphics performance previews as of late is CPU scaling analysis. In the past we?d rely on one or perhaps two titles to explore this topic, but this paints a fairly narrow picture of the subject matter. At the same time however, obviously the more applications and processors you add, the more time it takes: a project that may only take a day or two very quickly blossoms into three or four. Next thing you know the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) expires and it?s time to publish the article!

OC-Inside have thrown up their updated interactive AMD SocketA Rating and Product ID guide.

With this guide it's possible to identify the CPU-temperature, size of the second level cache and official FSB of each SocketA CPU type by simple selecting the numbers and characters of your CPU in the dropdown fields of the virtual processor.

Here's an article that was sent over by Neowin but with all our Database problems, we forget all about it until now! So better late than never?

After a lot of hardwork and effort, a neowin member has found the key to enabling DWM (Desktop Windows Manager, lately renamed from DCE) in Longhorn's build 4074, which was leaked last night. Build 4074 is the build leaked from WinHEC, which Neowin is attending and has exclusive coverage.

OCWorkBench have thrown up their updated unlocking Guide for AMD CPU's from week 39! Here's a snip.

Eversor, our guru has updated the Unlocking of Barton week >39 Bartons by converting it to a mobile processor. In the updated guide and related article, he teaches you how to enabled up to 24x (multiplier) on the ASrock K7S8X-E mainboard allowing up to 24x multiplier.

DriverHeaven have a new guide out! for using Creative's Audigy 2 ZS drivers on your Sound Blaster Live! - Audigy - Audigy 2 sound card! Here's a snip.

For months I have been trying to get the Audigy 2 ZS drivers to work on my Audigy 2 due to its many benefits. It took time and I got it installed, so I have made a guide on how to install the drivers on your Creative Soundblaster Live! or Audigy or Audigy 2. These drivers includes some improvements and definately worth taking a look at.