• MSI raises 2002 graphics card shipment target
• AMD Plans Layoffs, Will Take Large Charge
• AMD readies price cuts for November 11th
• Elsa returns but to ATI fold
• Creative said no to NV28
• Feeling lethargic? Blame the PC

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The fall that seized the Europe is now handing it in to the winter. The earth is still conquering the white attack, but soon it will surrender. Pockets of potential buyers of hi-end accelerators are also resisting losing their weight and tremble at the thought of the upcoming NV30, and ATI is said to be preparing something new able to stand against the future 3D king. Although the potential of High-End accelerators are intersting for many, not everyone can afford such card, and there are also quite wealthy people who assume that it's insane to spend $400-500 for a video card and it's better to get a gaming console with a decent bunch of games. There are not more than 5-6% of users out there who might buy such an expensive card, while the most will go with solutions priced at $80-100. Therefore, we'd better to have a look at new-comers from this price niche.

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The system memory is, after the CPU, the most vital part of current PC systems and in the same way the biggest headache for overclocking. In most cases, for Pentium 4 owners anyway, the only way to overclock the CPU is to increase the front-side-bus frequency and by that forcing the memory frequency in the same way up. If the memory gives up too early there is consequently no way to unlock the CPU’s overclocking potential. A precondition for extreme overclocking is therefore quality memory.

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The SiS648 brings a host of features like the new 8X AGP 3.0, DDR333 with unofficial DDR400 support. The SiS648 is capable of double the 533MB of bandwidth of older SiS chipsets thanks to the new SiS MuTIOL 1G® proprietary interconnect responsible for running a whopping 1GB/s bandwidth between the SiS648 and SiS963.

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WOW! Both sticks coming in with very nice scores. The Corsair with an amazing 3500+ MB/s bandwidth and the Xtreme DDR not bad at all with over 3300 MB/s, and both of these stick with only 2.85V as the IT7 undervolts a lot. No doubt the winner is the Corsair, with a 12mhz FSB advantage, what a great module! Note in all of these tests, the IT7 was used and it does not specify command rate in BIOS, though I assume it is 2T.

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If you're ready to take the multimonitor plunge, you have a few choices. There's ATI's HydraVision, Matrox's Dual and TripleHead, and NVIDIA's nView. Each multimonitor system juggles hardware compatibility with software features in an attempt to make the most of an multimonitor desktop. Which one is right for you? Let's find out.

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From the bygone debates over DDR vs. RDRAM to the current controversy over Apple's DDR implementations, one issue is commonly misunderstood in most discussions of memory technology: the nature of the relationship between bandwidth and latency. This article aims to give you a basic grasp of the complex and subtle interaction between bandwidth and latency, so that the next time you see bandwidth numbers quoted for a system you'll be able to better understand how those numbers translate into real-world performance.

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Apparently, NVIDIA will soon launch two new GeForce4 Titanium graphics processors this year. According to the source, one will be called the GeForce4 Ti4800 and another – the GeForce4 Ti4800SE. The first will represent the GeForce4 Ti4600 with AGP 8x support, while the remaining will be the GeForce4 Ti4400 with AGP 8x protocol.

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Here in Australia, there's a company called The Loud Speaker Kit, who apparently spend their time making speaker kits, not coming up with clever business names. They've got a selection of kits for stereo and home theatre applications, and they sent me the cheapest one.

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But of course he couldn't keep away from the pointless, if rather fascinating toys for very long and also took a look at an "Amazing Magnets Superball kit"

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With the Audigy 2, Creative has shown how skilled it is in multimedia sound cards, and has gone even further into product versatility. The Audigy 2 is a total success both for its features and its sound restoration capacity. We cannot say it enough: its converters and analog outputs are a model of their kind for most non-professional usage.

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First and foremost let me warn you not to use an anti-static bag in the unlocking process, unless it is used to transfer the CPU from one location to another. Anti-static bags are coated with a metallic film on the outside that conducts electricity; thereby preventing static electricity from contaminating whatever is inside the bag.

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I was gone for a few months and the only computer I had was my laptop. Because of this I requested as much laptop gear as I could. Bytecc was nice enough to send an aluminum laptop cooler my way. There isn't many options when it comes to cooling laptops, but after using the laptop exclusively for a few months, I can tell you there is a need for them! The bottom of my laptop gets so hot it can melt the veneer off of the table it's sitting on.

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The Vantec Nexus is by far the coolest looking multi-functional panel to date. It can monitor temperature, control CPU fan speed, has 2 USB2 ports, 1 Firewire port, an LCD display and has classy interchangeable faceplates to match almost any case. This product has "buy me" written all over it! Watch the Video to find out more..." ~3dGameMan.com

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