VR-Zone has posted a review on the EPoX 8RDA+ board based on the nForce2 SPP chipset! Here's a snip.

This board has fast becoming the overclockers' favorite board so I have checked out in details the overclockability of this board. The BIOS allows FSB adjustment from 100-250Mhz in 1Mhz intervals, VCore up to 2.2V, VDIMM up to 2.9V and best of all the ability to locked the AGP/PCI bus frequency. As such, I am able to increase the FSB all the way to 225Mhz at 2-2-2-5 memory timings after VDD mod and the max FSB attained is 240Mhz!

Update: the link has now been fixed

Prolink Ti4200-8x AGP Video Card.... It seems that almost everyone is anxiously awaiting the arrival of the GeForce FX boards. But lets be honest; how many of us can really afford to cough up around US$500 for a graphics board? Come join TweakTown as they take a look at the Prolink Ti4200-8x Video Card. It offers performance with a price tag that won't leave your wallet bare. Come see for yourself!

Anandtech has scored another top-notch product review. It's the latest Hypersonic PC notebook with enough horsepower to make your desktop cripple. However this comes at a price: 60°C plus warm air is coming out of the vents. This system is another indication that towersized desktop systems will vanish in the not too far away future. For the time being I wouldn't mind to have that one as a mobile computing alternative though. The Hypersonic Sonic Aviator is designed to be loaded with powerful components and that is exactly how our sample Sonic Aviator arrived in the lab. The test system came configured with a desktop Pentium 4 Processor running at 3.06GHz (on a 533FSB we might add), 1.0GB of PC2100 DDR RAM, a 40GB 5400RPM hard drive, an 8X DVD / 16X-10X-24X CD-R/W combo drive, and an ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 with 64MB DDR memory. With these components in the Sonic Aviator, the notebook was set to go faster than all but a few desktop systems out there. The Test

Today Beyond3D gets the opportunity to check out Leadtek?s K7NCR18D nForce2 based motherboard! Here's a snip.

Leadtek's line-up for nForce2 based motherboards current consists of Winfast K7NCR18D, K7NCR18D-pro, K7NCR18G and K7NCR18G-pro. Unlike other motherboard manufacturers, Leadtek's pro line is capable of adjusting the CPU, e.g. overclocking. The difference between the G and D line are the including of the graphics core or not. The G line supports the NVIDIA Geforce4 MX integrated graphics core, the D line has none -- in other words the G line uses NVIDIA's SPP and the D line the IGP. I have received the K7NCR18D, the non-graphics, non-CPU adjustable version

"I really like this card. For a card that can be picked up for £ 142 including VAT you cant go wrong. This card is Loaded with plenty of features for today and to come ...

Just got word from David Sancho that he's opened Hispatech.com! which was created as a Spanish web magazine dedicated to hardware, programing, electronics, etc. and here's their first reviews to hit the web! so go check them out.

Overclocking of a XELO GeForce4 Ti4200

Analysis of Antec Performance II SX1035BII SOHO File Server

Vantec Nexus Multi-function Panel: How many times have you wished that you could just plug in that extra USB device without having to crawl around behind your system case? If this sounds like you, then join TweakTown as they take a look at the Vantec Nexus Multi-function Panel. It offers this very capability and a whole lot more. Can it hang with the needs of an enthusiast? Let's find out!

Albatron, a new company that was established in the year 2002, was actually started by it's former company, Chun Yun Electronics. In the year 1984, Chun Yun Electronics was a display manufacturer that produced wide-screen multimedia monitors, rear projection systems, TVs, and plasma displays. But time has changed and IT era is blooming and in order to cope with the new enviroment, Chun Yun Electronics changed their name to Albatron! Now Myworld has taken a look on Albatrons latest motherboard offering, based on Intel 845PE chipset. Can it stand up against the competition?

VR-Zone has some info on the latest Triplex GeForce4 Ti 4800SE Deluxe based on the GeForce4 Ti 4800SE GPU (NV28 core). Triplex GF4 Ti 4800 Deluxe runs at 275Mhz core clock with 128MB 3.3ns BGA DDR SDRAM at 550Mhz. It comes with VIVO, TV-Out & DVI function and at a suggested retail price of US$330. Triplex GF4 Ti4800 Deluxe is expected to outperform the current GeForce4 Ti 4600 by 10% and better overclockability at 330/635Mhz.

THG have published their opinion on the possibly most efficient CPU cooling unit available for home use. The Prometeia needs special installation preparations and comes in a 34kg package due to the heavy compressor included and costs about $595 US. Still interested? Then give the 11 pages a read or head on straight to the Prometeia homepage.

PCworld.com have posted their article looking @ Intel's new Hyperthreading technology. they tested 3 3.06gHZ Hyperthreading enabled systems and for good measure they tested the P4's with HT against a P4 2.8gHZ , P4 2.53gHZ . Dual 2.8gHZ Xeon and an AMD Athlon XP 2800+ system! Here's a byte.

On our PC WorldBench 4 test suite, hyperthreading produced little positive effect--as we expected given that the multiprocessor-aware OS imposes a performance penalty because it requires additional resources to run (see " Test Center: Notes From the Lab"), and PC WorldBench 4 uses many standard office apps that can't take real advantage of hyperthreading when run singly. The Athlon XP system scored 130, besting all three P4 PCs as well as the dual-Xeon unit. In fact, the score for each P4 system was the same or slightly worse with hyperthreading turned on. The Falcon suffered the biggest drop, from 127 with the feature disabled to 121 with it enabled.

Today Beyond3D puts PowerColor?s 128MB Xabre 400 under the microscope to see what this board can offer. The Xabre 400 is powered by SiS?s recent Xabre series of graphics processors! Here's a snip.

With regards to 3D support, this is a DirectX8.1 chip with support for Pixel Shaders up to version 1.3. Although SiS have included Pixel Shader capabilities in the chip, they have not decided to use hardware Vertex Shaders, instead relying on the software Vertex Shader path. Interestingly, although they didn't include Vertex Shaders, they do have a hardware Transformation and Lighting Engine - a slightly odd mix you may think, but one that probably suits the current mix of gaming titles quite well.

LSDsmurf writes: I let them all burn for almost an hour and when I came back I noticed that the lamps felt quite hot, the inverters only a little. Compared to Sunbeams CCFLs these run much hotter, but hey they?re almost twice as bright so I think you?ll have to choose between brightness and heat!

Our Overclocking Guru OPPAINTER has just finished up his review of the improved cooling solution from Asetek, the Vapochill PE. This system of cooling uses the Vapor Phase Change, or refrigeration style of direct die(cpu) cooling, which is becoming the wave of the future for the hardcore high performance computer enthusiast.

Antec PlusView 1000 AMG Enclosure: It wasn't too long ago that any PC you looked at had a very drab and common appearance. Since that time, more manufacturers than ever have jumped aboard the "Looks Cool" bandwagon. Come join TweakTown as they take a look at the Antec PlusView 1000 AMG case that falls into this new category for enclosures. Though Antec has been making high performance cases for some time, can they now do it with style? Let's find out!

One of the first things we noticed was how heavy the grills were. After opening the package this became pretty self explanitory, they were about twice as thick as the other grills we have looked at. The design we received may not be optimized for maximum air flow, but it's our opinion that they do provide adequate airflow and that they look very sweet!

Gigabyte 8INXP E7205 Motherboard ....Since the rocky inception of Intel's Pentium 4 processor, we have seen a lot of solid chipsets and products from most manufacturers who have extracted everything out of the processor and given us an array of wonderful workings. The newest chipset to come from Intel is the codename Granite Bay E7205 which adds AGP 8x and dual channel DDR to an already very workable platform. Come join TweakTown as they take a look at Gigabyte's 8INXP motherboard which is based on this very chipset!

So, you want bragging rights. You have the latest video card, the fastest processor overclocked to stupendious speeds complimented with as muchram you can muster to squeeze into the available slots on your motherboard that can do pretty well everything other than take your dog out for a walk. How about your monitor? Is it the everyday CRT? If yes, shame on you!!! What they will be reviewing today is THE largest multifunction TFT LCD on the market. This TFT does everything from DVD's to TV and yes, as a minor point, you can use it as a monitor and a huge one at that!

For the lovers of digital cameras, visit Slipstreamx.net.

The FinePix digital camera range from FujiFilm heralded the combination of snazzy compact style with superb functionality, not forgetting good digital photography for a reasonable price and a total out-of-the-box solution. FujiFilm introduces another FinePix contender and this time the manufacturer is aiming its new camera at novice users on a budget.

[H]ardOCP has posted their review of the highly anticipated Tyan Radeon 9700 Pro graphics card. Sporting a unique cooler unit, a blue PCB and hardware monitoring you may want to find out what this fellow is able to do. Here's a snip: One very important feature of this card, one that we mentioned earlier, is the hardware monitoring. The software can monitor the voltage, temperature, and regulate fan speed on this video card. Unfortunately, our card is an engineering sample and does not have the hardware monitoring that the production boards will have. [...] Tyan Tachyon G9700 Pro overclocking is probably what most of you want to hear about. I don't know where the rumor about it started, but there was a lot of talk about the Tyan 9700 Pro card coming clocked at an overclocked state, near 400MHz at default. Well, that isn?t the case; this card is not overclocked by default. It comes clocked at the standard 325MHz core and 620MHz DDR memory speed. Tyan 9700 Pro Review