Mice - USB vs PS/2
NewGenerationOrder.org have posted their article about: USB vs PS/2, overclocking PS/2 port! and some nice facts there.. recommended for gamers!
Audigy 2 series AD_EXT Pinout Has been Mapped
Several members of the kX Forum (mentioned below) here on Driverheaven have mapped the AD_EXT header that appears on most Audigy 2 series cards. Creative caused uproar in the modding and sound enthusiast communities by not publishing this pinout as they did for the AUD_EXT that exists on the old Live! and Audigy 1 series cards.
Thanks to forum members, Samir, Travelrec & Quennotte
Thanks to forum members, Samir, Travelrec & Quennotte
The Complete ATI Reference Radeon 9600 Pro/XT Voltage Modding Guide
When you hit a snag overclocking your ATI Radeon 9600 Pro/XT?s GPU and memory chips, what do you do? Better cooling will help but have you also considered volt modding the Radeon 9600 Pro/XT? Join Max_87 today as he goes through the different voltage modding methods for the graphics cards based on the ATI Radeon 9600 Pro/XT reference design! Read More at Adrian's Rojak Pot
Build Your Own Specialty PSU
MHW shows you how to build/modify your own power supply so it can be used to power large hi draw specialty items like a Pelt.
"To start on the power supply, I sat down with a pencil and paper and thought out the process. Modifying the existing power supply would be relatively easy, and would involve more physical work than design. However, the peltier power supply section would have to be designed from the ground up. However, our task is simplified in that a pelt is a solid state device, and does not need a sophisticated and perfectly clean voltage waveform in order to operate. Therefore, I decided upon a classic DC power supply that was based on an AC transformer with a rectifier bridge and capacitor for smoothing. Here’s the simple schematic..."
"To start on the power supply, I sat down with a pencil and paper and thought out the process. Modifying the existing power supply would be relatively easy, and would involve more physical work than design. However, the peltier power supply section would have to be designed from the ground up. However, our task is simplified in that a pelt is a solid state device, and does not need a sophisticated and perfectly clean voltage waveform in order to operate. Therefore, I decided upon a classic DC power supply that was based on an AC transformer with a rectifier bridge and capacitor for smoothing. Here’s the simple schematic..."
The Complete ATI Radeon 9800XT Voltage Modding Guide
Adrian's Rojak Pot have thrown up their latest guide for voltage modding your ATI Radeon 9800 Pro! Here's a snip.
When you hit a snag overclocking the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro's GPU and memory chips, what do you do? Better cooling will help but have you also considered volt modding the Radeon 9800 Pro? Join Max_87 today as he goes through the many voltage modding methods for the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro graphics card, including a new method he discovered and personally tested!
When you hit a snag overclocking the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro's GPU and memory chips, what do you do? Better cooling will help but have you also considered volt modding the Radeon 9800 Pro? Join Max_87 today as he goes through the many voltage modding methods for the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro graphics card, including a new method he discovered and personally tested!
MR Tech Guides
MR Tech have thrown up 3 new Guides for your viewing pleasure!
MR Tech Approved Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird Extensions MR Tech Collection of Mozilla/Firebird Hacks MR Tech Guide - Free Virus/Spyware Tools
MR Tech Approved Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird Extensions MR Tech Collection of Mozilla/Firebird Hacks MR Tech Guide - Free Virus/Spyware Tools
Run Firefox from Removable Media
This advanced tip makes it possible to run Firefox from removable media, such as a USB memory stick. This will allow you to run Firefox with your personal settings from any computer, even those that don't have Firefox installed. It has only been tested on Windows XP/2000. The basic instructions are as follows:
Interactive Benchmarks
Our bro's over at TweakPC have a new service out called Interactive Benchmarks for ATi's range of graphics cards at the moment, they'll add nvidia cards at a later date! All you do is choose the benchmark you want, set your filtering level upto 4xAA/8xAF, and resolution upto 1600x1200 ! Then hit Go.
ATI Bios, Softmod & Tweak Guide Inc X800 VIVO > XT
GamerGod over at Futuremark's forum has thrown together the complete list of the most popular Softmods and Tweak's for ATi's range of graphics cards!
NV40 Texture Filtering
Just spotted this bit of Info over at Nvnews.net!
Chris Ray a reviewer here at nV News, had undertaken a small project to investigate anisotropic filtering capabilties of NVIDIA's new NV40 GPU. Chris has a reference GeForce 6800 regular and used this to test the NV40's anisotropic filtering image quality. He has provided screen captures from Unreal Tournament 2003 with various degrees of anisotropic filtering as well as various optimizations on or off. To round up, he includes a summary of benches with the different anisotropic filtering settings.
Chris Ray a reviewer here at nV News, had undertaken a small project to investigate anisotropic filtering capabilties of NVIDIA's new NV40 GPU. Chris has a reference GeForce 6800 regular and used this to test the NV40's anisotropic filtering image quality. He has provided screen captures from Unreal Tournament 2003 with various degrees of anisotropic filtering as well as various optimizations on or off. To round up, he includes a summary of benches with the different anisotropic filtering settings.
GPU Comparison Guide Rev. 6.0
Adrian's Rojak Pot have thrown up Rev 6.0 of their GPU Comparison Guide with the addition of ATI's Radeon 9800 XL and 9550 XT and Updated specifications for the Radeon 9800 Pro 128-bit, 9800 Pro 128MB, 9800 Pro 256MB and AIW Radeon 9800 Pro cards and added a 3dfx section! 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!
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!
Optimize XP Guide v1.6.4
Optimize Windows XP to improve both work and gaming performance safely. Windows XP's default configuration is far from optimized. This guide will help you improve your overall system performance. I avoid using or recommending "all-in-one" Windows XP Tweak programs since many blindly adjust settings that can cause future problems. This guide is designed to be performed top to bottom.
CPU Thermal-Throttling and Clock Throttle BIOS update
Just spotted this update posted over at Adrian's Rojak Pot!
Thanks to Jan Kivar, I found a major mistake in the CPU Thermal-Throttling and Clock Throttle BIOS features. So much for relying on motherboard documentation! I have completely rewritten the two BIOS features so please check them out! Thanks
Thanks to Jan Kivar, I found a major mistake in the CPU Thermal-Throttling and Clock Throttle BIOS features. So much for relying on motherboard documentation! I have completely rewritten the two BIOS features so please check them out! Thanks
X800Pro - XT Softmods Guide
Some of you guy's have been asking for the bios and flash tool to successfully softmod your X800 Pro Vivo based cards into XT's, enabling the extra 4 pipelines and which cards have been successfully modded! then head the way to 3DCenter's Forum!
The Radeon 9800 Pro To Radeon 9800XT Mod Guide Rev. 4.0
Adrian's Rojak Pot have thrown up Rev. 4.0 of their flashing your Radeon 9800 Pro To Radeon 9800XT Mod Guide by adding the following pages: identification of moddable Radeon 9800 Pro cards and specific details on the moddable 256MB Radeon 9800 Pro cards and identification of the R360 core in 128MB Radeon 9800 Pro cards! Here's a snip.
The 256MB ATI Radeon 9800 Pro is probably the least popular ATI graphics card. It is a lot more expensive than the 128MB variant and the extra 128MB of memory proved rather useless. But while you may think that it is a sheer waste of money, it may actually turn out to be a real steal! Why? Because Now, what is interesting is the new batches of 256MB Radeon 9800 Pro graphics cards are actually Radeon 9800XT cards!
The 256MB ATI Radeon 9800 Pro is probably the least popular ATI graphics card. It is a lot more expensive than the 128MB variant and the extra 128MB of memory proved rather useless. But while you may think that it is a sheer waste of money, it may actually turn out to be a real steal! Why? Because Now, what is interesting is the new batches of 256MB Radeon 9800 Pro graphics cards are actually Radeon 9800XT cards!
Quieting a PC on the cheap @ TechReport
I TOO find myself turning into an old man when it comes to my tolerance of noise. Just the other day, I opened up my window and told those "young whippersnappers" out on the street to "turn down that racket."
ATI Radeon To ATI FireGL Mod Guide Rev. 2.0
Adrian's Rojak Pot have thrown up their new guide for turning you're ATI Radeon into a FireGL!
Want a FireGL workstation card but can't afford to pay ATI's exhorbitant prices? Well, why don't you grab a Radeon desktop card and mod it into a FireGL card? Yes, you can easily mod a Radeon into the FireGL with just a simple BIOS flash! Our guide will go through all the possible FireGL mods for the Radeon 9500, 9700 and 9800 series of cards and teach you just how to mod your Radeon into a FireGL!
Want a FireGL workstation card but can't afford to pay ATI's exhorbitant prices? Well, why don't you grab a Radeon desktop card and mod it into a FireGL card? Yes, you can easily mod a Radeon into the FireGL with just a simple BIOS flash! Our guide will go through all the possible FireGL mods for the Radeon 9500, 9700 and 9800 series of cards and teach you just how to mod your Radeon into a FireGL!
The Complete ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Voltage Modding Guide
Adrian's Rojak Pot have thrown up their latest guide for voltage modding your ATI Radeon 9800 Pro! Here's a snip.
When you hit a snag overclocking the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro's GPU and memory chips, what do you do? Better cooling will help but have you also considered volt modding the Radeon 9800 Pro? Join Max_87 today as he goes through the many voltage modding methods for the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro graphics card, including a new method he discovered and personally tested!
When you hit a snag overclocking the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro's GPU and memory chips, what do you do? Better cooling will help but have you also considered volt modding the Radeon 9800 Pro? Join Max_87 today as he goes through the many voltage modding methods for the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro graphics card, including a new method he discovered and personally tested!
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra Voltage Mod with Pencil
VR-Zone's resident hardcore overclocker, Shamino. has thrown up a new Guide to Modding your GeForce 6800 Ultra voltage through resistor or a humble pencil to improve overclockability!
Look for the chip at the back of the card as shown. You can measure the voltage of your 6800 ultra from the point shown below. Without drivers loaded it should be around 1.13v with drivers loaded it should be 1.43v. To increase voltage, you can solder a 100K variable resistor to the point shown.
Look for the chip at the back of the card as shown. You can measure the voltage of your 6800 ultra from the point shown below. Without drivers loaded it should be around 1.13v with drivers loaded it should be 1.43v. To increase voltage, you can solder a 100K variable resistor to the point shown.
Ten Steps to a Secure PC
PCStats have thrown up a new beginners guide to securing your PC againist viruses, Trojan horses and more! Here's a snip.
With this guide, PCstats has set out to inform you clearly and concisely of the dangers you face, and the steps you can take to avoid them. Once you look through, I think you'll be struck by how little effort is required to make your PC more secure. Even performing the first five steps of this guide will make your system better protected than the vast majority of Internet connected PCs. It is not wise to rely on the comparative anonymity of the Internet to keep you safe. If you do, you will be burned eventually and inevitably. Secure your PC now to avoid future regrets.
With this guide, PCstats has set out to inform you clearly and concisely of the dangers you face, and the steps you can take to avoid them. Once you look through, I think you'll be struck by how little effort is required to make your PC more secure. Even performing the first five steps of this guide will make your system better protected than the vast majority of Internet connected PCs. It is not wise to rely on the comparative anonymity of the Internet to keep you safe. If you do, you will be burned eventually and inevitably. Secure your PC now to avoid future regrets.
