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Results were without a doubt very good, 20724 marks isn't bad at all considering we used 'only' phase change cooling. Fortunately there is still room to tweak out different factors. Next monday we've decided to give the project an another go. Then we're going to change the standard memory heatsinks of the Radeon to a little more robust ones. We are also hoping to recieve a Corsair PC3500 memory module to replace the Samsung PC2700 module.

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Results were without a doubt very good, 20724 marks isn't bad at all considering we used 'only' phase change cooling. Fortunately there is still room to tweak out different factors. Next monday we've decided to give the project an another go. Then we're going to change the standard memory heatsinks of the Radeon to a little more robust ones. We are also hoping to recieve a Corsair PC3500 memory module to replace the Samsung PC2700 module.

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With the introduction of the new Radeon 9700 last month many people are asking what the difference is between the Radeon and the nVidia GF4 Ti4600 cards. This review sets out to explore the differences based on real usage and in particular the gaming arena.

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In this article we'll discuss the AOpen Aeolus Ti 4200S .. with the S for Special Edition. In the very near future you'll see some more reviews on the SE, S and Ultra editions that slowly are becoming available in the shops fro m many manufacturers. The big difference between the Aopen Aeolus Ti 4200 and the Aopen Aeolus Ti 4200S is all about memory. The S model has been equipped with faster 3.6ns memory, something the Ti 4200 chipset definitely can use for bandwidth.

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Kingwin aluminum computer enclosures make use of four or more fans to provide cooling air throughout the PC and vent the stale warm air away from critical components. By using a higher number of fans, the CFM rating on each individual fan doesn't need to be sky-high to provide ample cooling. The obvious benefit to running lower CFM fans is a lower level of noise pollution. Kingwin has put this same strategy to work in their Triple Fan Series power supplies. By utilizing three separate 80mm fans coupled with thermo-sensing controls, Kingwin has constructed a PC power supply that runs quiet yet maintains an outstanding airflow.

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The hard drive, with a preconfigured version of Windows, constantly hung during bootup, followed by a reboot. The CD Rom bootup worked better, and allowed me to reinstall Windows, but performance was painfully slow. Given the lack of USB2.0 support in the initial release of Windows XP (hence, no installation USB2.0 support), this is my guess on why it took so long.

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You guys should be rather curious who designed the famous XPC series and the copper heatpipe technology. Well, this is the man behind Shuttle's XPC series, Mr Ken. Ken has started to design XPC few years back and the solution is actually meant for industrial but the demand for it has been slow. However, things took a twist when Shuttle decide to try out their barebone solutions on the consumers market and it proved to be extremely popular.

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Situated next to the memory sockets are the IDE and RAID connectors, which can support a total of eight ATA133 devices compliments of the VIA VT8235 Southbridge and the Promise PDC20276 RAID Controller. The VT8235 Southbridge is located to the right of the second PCI slot, which integrates an updated version of the VIA V-Link chip interconnect, bridging the North and Southbridge at 533MB/s compared with the 266MB/s limitation of the KT333 chipset's V-Link architecture.

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These gadgets all work in basically the same way. You connect them to the Internet as if they were your computer (via a broadband connection or via a modem), they log in to your ISP as if they were your computer, and they then share the connection with your network. They all provide firewall features - as much security as a home or small office network is ever likely to need - and they make it easy for multiple PCs to use the same Internet connection. Some of them can do fancier tricks, which I'll get to in a moment, but that's the core functionality.

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There is nothing more pleasing than sitting next to your high end, top of the line, Billy-Bad-Butt PC. What isn't all that pleasing is the noise that your heatsink's fan gives off trying to keep your overclocked chip from bursting into flames (ok, so maybe it would just get too hot and lock up the system, but you get the point). I have long strived to find that one heatsink fan combo that gives good performance, but is also easy on the ears. If this sounds anything at all like you, than keep reading. If that 7,000 RPM fan in your case doesn't phase you in the least bit, I suggest you stop reading here. Today we will be checking out Zalman's CNPS 6000-Cu HSF combo in an ongoing effort to find a cooler which is easy on the ears yet doesn't lack anything in performance.

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While I have focussed on the technology more than Sapphire's implementation of it (it is my first Radeon 9700 Pro review after all), rest assured that the Sapphire is a decent choice if you can find it. The cooler sets it apart.

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