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After a short break we are back with a new look, new name and a new review. We are now 3DXtreme located at www.3dxtreme.net (no more .org) and we've updated our site layout to something a bit more professional and stylish!

..and here is our first review
Leadtek WinFast A350 Ultra TDH MyVIVO Video Card Review at 3DXtreme

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"The A350 differs from the all the other standard 5900 boards by integrating ViVO features on the Leadtek model. The Leadtek A350 ViVO includes features like PIP, Direct Burn and it's a damn fast gaming card...."

OCIA.net checks out the Diabolic Minotaur Mid-Tower ATX Case in their latest review! Here's a snip.

You will notice the monster 120mm fan that provides for most of the case?s airflow. There is always a debate over whether negative pressure or positive pressure is better for airflow. I personally prefer negative pressure because it allows cool air to be pulled from any opening in the case. This is not the case with CPU coolers, however, but that is a different story all together. One other thing to point out here is the mechanism above the expansion card slots. This is a hold-down for the expansion cards that replaces the normal screw hold-downs. A very nice feature IMO, as I tend to change out PCI/AGP cards on a regular basis.

OCIA.net checks out the I-Star D300 Storm Rackmount Case in their latest review. Below is a direct quote from the review:

"The case cools just as well as the YY-Cube I was currently using. All of the aluminum on this case is definitely appealing to the eyes, as is the overall design of the chassis. There were no sharp edges on the case that I could find, or at least not any place that you would normally have an extremity near, hehe. I also looked at the specifications for this case on the manufacturer?s website. Everything seems to be in order there."

When we think of processor cooling devices most of us would first think of Thermaltake, CoolerMaster or OCZ. What about if we told you to think of Gigabyte? Start thinking about it! Gigabyte has just released their very first cooler for AMD Athlon XP and 64 as well as Intel Pentium 4! TweakTown have got Gigabyte's 3D cooler on the test bed. Come see just what it is capable of when we push some more MHz through the processors!

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"The Entertainer is a great soundcard with a good price, solid performance and extreme compatibility. You can plug every audio toy you have into this card and enjoy them all in heart-pounding 8 point surround sound. The Entertainer does everything a soundcard should do and more, which makes it an exceptional product that I would recommend to anyone who...."

OCIA.net checks out the Chill Vent I in their latest review! Here's a byte.

Now that we are familiar with the concept behind this product, let?s do some testing to see how it performs. First let?s go over the installation. This is where the fun begins. I could not fit this product into my case. Granted, I am running a YY Cube case, but this product was too wide to fit in there. However, it says on their site that this is designed for a mid-tower ATX case, so no point deductions here. I went ahead and installed it into a different computer using a typical mid-tower ATX design. It fit into the case as advertised.

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"The two Samsung laser printer models I will be reviewing today would make a perfect addition or upgrade for office environment needing top performance, quality and reliability. If you only require a normal stand alone printer that pumps out a quick 21 pages per minute, the ML-2150 would be perfect for you.
But, if your company/office has an internal network which you would like to connect to the printer via a wireless or wired interface, the ML-2151N's built in network server printing capability can have your whole office printing through one convenient location."

AMD's new Athlon64 3400+ CPU is finally out and so are the reviews!

AMDZone AMD-MB.com Anandtech Tech Report Hot Hardware Gamer's Depot Firingsquad Hardtecs4u

OCIA.net checks out the Transcend JetFlash USB 2.0 Drive in their latest review! Here's a snip.

The JetFlash comes with everything you need to get started. The nice neck strap to choke the folks trying to steal your JetFlash, or to hang the unit around your neck so you don't lose it; whichever you choose. A USB extension cord is provided as well. The standard user manual, product overview, and warranty card has also been supplied. You get a driver CD to install the JetFlash. This CD is only used for Windows 98, 98SE and below. Every other version recognizes it automatically. Then, of course, the JetFlash itself.

Just got word from our bro's over at DriverHeaven that they've thrown up some new Hardware and Games reviews and two new guides!

Read More for the Full List.

Just got word that HardwareOC have thrown up their review of Club3D's Volari Duo V8 Ultra graphics card! Here's a snip.

The Volari V8 series come with the support for 8 processing pipelines, compared to 4 in the V5 series. It's important to point out, that this chip has double the amount of pixel shader units (4) but remained at 2 vertex shader units which is quite a shame. It's a shame when we compare it to either the ATI Radeon 9800 series (4) or the NVIDIA GeForce FX 59x0 3 vertex shaders oppositely with the Volari's 2. The Volari V8 and V8 Ultra has the same operating frequency as the V5 series: 300/650 for the V8 and 350/750MHz for the Ultra version.

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"The next best feature of Photo Album 4 was the Quick Fix function. You simply select your picture (or pictures), hit Quick Fix, and you're done. Quick Fix automatically adjusts brightness, color balance, saturation, sharpness, etc. You can use the manual adjust or the Adjust Wizard, but I found that 99% of the time, Quick Fix did the job just as well as my manual tinkering did, if not better. The color was richer, the light levels were perfected, and it made okay pictures look good and good pictures look great..."

3dXtreme would like to inform you that we've just posted our Evercool K802-715 (AMD K8 & Athlon64) CPU Cooler Review
"There is also something to be mentioned about the noise levels that each produced. While the Thermaltake was producing about 45dB, the Evercool was producing just under 30dB. This alone is something to consider, especially if you?re concerned with pc noise..."

Evercool K802-715 (AMD K8 & Athlon64) CPU Cooler Review at
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The benchmark scores clearly tell the tale of this video card, however, there is also basically user experience that can?t be quantified here with graphs. Not only does this card perform by sheer numbers, but the quality of the video and smoothness of the graphics are among the best. These are things that can only be experienced by actually seeing the card in action.

Portable digital music comes in two sizes these days: Solid-State and Disk-Based. iRock has been putting out quality solid-state units for a while now, so when they offered us an 730i, we had to check it out. New to this particular unit is MP3i support, which adds multimedia content. Does the 730i hold up to iRock's previously high standards, or have they given up gusto for glitter?

Just got word that Xbitlabs have thrown up their review of AMD's Athlon 64 3000+ processor! Here's a byte.

On the threshold of the New Year AMD prepared a nice unexpected surprise for its fans. They threw into the mass market the quietly announced Athlon 64 3000+ processors costing a little over $200. This way AMD made a very important move, which may become a starting point for the mass invasion of CPUs on AMD64 architecture into the desktop PCs.

It's time for the battle of the big guns in the AMD Athlon 64 motherboard department. TweakTown collected three high-end performance motherboards from Gigabyte, MSI and ABIT which are all based on VIA's K8T800 chipset and tossed them all in the ring to fight it to the death with our still shiny Athlon 64 3200+ processor. Let the fight begin ladies and gentleman!

Hardextreme.org have thrown up their review of Eumax's 5-in-1 MP3 Player! Here's a byte.

The unit might look like an ordinary mp3 player at a glance but there?s more to it than just the looks. The unit is multifunctional and has a MP3 Player, Voice Recorder, FM Tuner, Flash Storage and Expandable Memory Slot all in one. When buying an mp3 player you should look over the functions that the particular unit gives you so you get the best bang for the buck. Most of the other mp3 players we have reviewed were priced over $100 but didn?t offer as many functions as this unit.

In the not too distant past, the thought of getting an aluminum case meant pouring out a huge chunk of change. While there are some high-dollar aluminum cases out there, it is getting easier to find them in a more reasonable price range lately! So come join TweakTown as we take a look at a low cost aluminum case with some very high end features and see for yourself if it is worth the meager entry fee!

The OCZ EL DDR PC-3700 (466mhz) Gold Edition Dual Channel Revision 2 memory kit is aimed at the hardware enthusiast out there who seeks to increase his memory bandwidth, is this memory able to give your P4 setup a boost?