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3.2GHz Prescott & 3.4GHz Northwood @ Trustedreviews

"In true Intel fashion there is already support both available and planned to take advantage of SSE3. Current titles include MainConcept (MPEG 2/4), xMPEG, Ligos (MPEG 2/4), Real (RV9) and On2 (VP5/VP6) with more planned for this year including Pegasys TMPGEnc 3.0, DVD Author, Adobe Premier (to use MainConcept codec), Pinnacle (MPEG Encoder & use DivX Codec), Sony DVD Source Creator ( bundling Pegasis TMPEG Encoder), Ulead (MediaStudio & Video Studio) and Intervideo, Pinnacle, Showshifter, Snapstream (All using DivX Codec)."

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Evesham Evolution 3.4 @ Trustedreviews

"Technically there are no changes to the 3.4GHz Pentium 4 compared to its predecessors at lower clock speeds and it’s still based on the Northwood core. This makes it tough to talk about any great new features or added value, especially when it’s quite the opposite by being a faster, more expensive product. But this is how it goes in the fast lane and it won’t stop any time soon."

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Drivers comparison: nVIDIA Forceware v.52.16 vs. ForceWare v. 53.03 @ 3DChip

"In the new year we do not want to renounce of course our driver´s comparisons. This is why we start only sometimes again quite small and compare the ForceWare driver from our last test from October, 2003 to the relatively new ForceWare driver in version 53.03 (appeared at the beginning of December, 2003). We might try to put in future a kind of data bank in which then always recent nVIDIA ForceWar drivers are compared with each other.
It line up mutually; the last official ForceWare driver v.52.16 against the topical ForceWare driver v.53.03. We want to know of course again how fast and solidly the new driver is and, in addition, we have directed again an attention upon our image quality measurements like FSAA and AF (Full Scence AntiAliasing and Anisotropem texture filter)."

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Intel’s new baby – Balance Technology Extended (BTX) @ TweakTown

"We´ve been working with Intel over the past month to give you all the latest on their new baby — Balance Technology Extended, or BTX for short. It´s what Intel are calling their upcoming form factor specification which promises to offer better cooling and quieter operation for high performance computing. Read on and learn what the future has to offer for the PC!"

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Intel Prescott Review @ Legit Reviews

"Just hours before the kick off of Super Bowl XXXVIII in Texas we have Intel kicking off the new Pentium 4 Prescott processors and the latest Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processor clocked at 3.4GHz. The long awaited Prescott comes with some major core changes: 1 MB L2 cache, 16 KB L1 data cache, SSE3, and built on the 90-nm process. With the launch comes four versions of the Prescott (2.8E / 3.0E / 3.2E / 3.4E GHz) with a low-cost Prescott version at 2.8GHz and 533MHz FSB speed that comes without HyperThreading. The 3.4GHz Extreme Edition also is out now and it will also be included in our review."

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Modder of The Month: February @ Creative Mods

"February´s Modder of The Month is Robb, a caring father and husband who loves case modding and everything related to computers. His family includes a new born baby, a wonderful wife, and several pets. His current case entitled: NOVUS, is proof that any stock case can be made beautiful."

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Black Lian Li 6077 Case Review @ OCIA.net

"There are two things that I like about the PC6077 in regards to the rear of the case. First and foremost is that second 80mm fan. The space is there and Lian Li wisely put a second rear exhaust fan in their 6077 series. Lian Li also modified the fan holes in the rear. If you look closely at this rear shot you can see that the grill portion of the fan hole is slightly raised from being flush with the rear of the case."

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Neuros 20GB Backpack MP 3Player Review @ Designtechnica

"Digital Innovations made some waves when they introduced the Neuros, aportable digital audio player that features a swappable 128MB or 20GBstorage "backpack." The Neuros supports features that can be found on somecompeting players such as playlist creation on the device itself, anintegrated FM Tuner and the ability to record to MP3 format from the FMtuner or the microphone/line-in. What makes the Neuros stand out from otherportable music players is the fact that it can broadcast music to any FMtuner that is within range."

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Hard Tecs 4U News: Intel Pentium 4 Prescott 2.8E/3.0E/3.2E GHz & Extreme Edition 3.4 GHz

"Schon lange kursierten Gerüchte im Web zu Intels neuem Pentium 4 Prozessor mit Codenamen Prescott. Eigentlich rechnete die Fangemeinde, aber auch die Fachpresse, schon zum Ende des vergangenen Jahres mit dessen Vorstellung, doch erst heute, am 1. Februar 2004, ist es soweit. Zudem nimmt der Prozessorgigant den heutigen Tag zum Anlass und erweitert seine Produktpalette ebenfalls um Modelle, welche nicht auf dem Prescott-Kern basieren. Darunter finden sich dann neue Geschwindigkeitsstufen bestehender Serien, wie ein mit 3.40 GHz taktender Pentium 4 auf Basis des Nortwood-Core und ein ebenfalls mit 3.40 GHz arbeitender Pentium 4 Extreme Edition."

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Pentium 4 3.2E GHz (Prescott) Review —> K-Hardware

"Intel today presents the first Pentium-4-CPUs on basis of the new Prescott core. Netburst architecture was more than only optimized with this chip design: with SSE3 are 13 completely new instructions on board. We reviewed the Prescott with 3.2 GHz."

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nVIDIA Forceware v.52.16 vs. ForceWare v. 53.03 @ 3DChip

"Im neuen Jahr wollen wir natürlich nicht auf unsere Treibervergleicheverzichten. Darum fangen wir erst mal wieder ganz klein an und vergleichenden ForceWare v.52.16 Treiber aus unserem letzten Test vom Oktober 2003 mitdem relativ neuen ForceWare Treiber in Version 53.03 (erschien AnfangDezember 2003). Wir möchten in Zukunft versuchen eine Art Datenbankanzulegen, in der dann immer die neusten nVIDIA ForceWar Treiber miteinanderverglichen werden. (Mal sehen ob uns das gelingt.)Es treten also gegeneinander an; der letzte offizielle ForceWare Treiberv.52.16 gegen den aktuellen ForceWare Treiber v.53.03. Wir wollen natürlichwieder wissen, wie schnell und stabil der neue Treiber ist und zusätzlichhaben wir wieder ein Augenmerk auf unsere Bildqualitätsmessungen wie FSAAund AF (Full Scence AntiAliasing und Anisotropem Texturfilter) gerichtet."

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I4U News: New Laks MP3 Player Wrist Watch

"The Laks Memory Music comes in 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB versions. It supports MP3, WMA and ADPCM music formats. Music is uploaded through a USB 1.1 interface. The MP3 Watch has a built-in microphone for voice-recording.The lithium battery charges within 1.5hours and play-time is 4-5hours.The watch dial has little led indicators that indicate equalizer settings and other MP3 functions.
The Laks Memory Music Watch starts at 89 Euro (~$110) for the 32MB version and the 256MB version sells for $279 Euro (~$350). The MP3 Watch starts shipping in March."

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Chaintech 9PJL2 Silver Review @ Madshrimps

"Chaintech sends us their latest Springdale motherboard for review. We put it up against an Abit IS7 and Chaintech´s own Canterwood solution, how well can it hold up? Find out in this review!"

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HIS Excalibur Radeon 9600XT VGA Card Review @ myWORLD Hardware

"ATi, a brand that has been increasingly well-known by the name of its product, Radeon that have captured many gamers´ hearts around the world. Since with their introductory of the first generation Radeon, it has expanded till these days with a vast of variety of Radeon series. To date, ATi has rolled out 9600Pro/XT for the budget conscious gamer and 9800Pro/XT for the hardcore gamers."

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Shareaza disaster recovery @ EliteBastards

"Following on from our popular article "File Sharing Made Easy", which covered the basics of using Shareaza and the BitTorrent P2P system, I´ve now written a follow-up piece with some handy hints, tips and utilities for if and when something goes wrong with a Shareaza download.
For anybody who has been stuck at 99% in a download, or has been greeted with the dreaded ´Verifying´ message, this is invaluable reading."

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Lamps Electronics´ UV-CCFL @ WorldOC

"The black light had to come all the way from Beijing, China; only the thought of it being sent half way around the globe to the small little country called Holland made my stomach turn itself upside down. You see, I hate seeing broken glass shattered in a box, so I eagerly opened it and this is what I saw; a perfectly straight 12inch UV-CCFL kit sitting there in the cardboard box. I’m guessing there getting a good deal with the bubble wrap company"

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SilverStone Temjin TJ-01 Review @ FastLaneHW

"Today, we get to look at a competitor, with quality that rivals Coolermaster or Lian Li. We´ll be reviewing the new Silverstone Temjin SST-TJ01, which has an all aluminum bezel and door, and steel chassis. Read on!"

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Corsair HydroCool 200 EX Review @ FastLaneHW

"Corsair isn´t normally a name you´d connect with "CPU cooling", but rather with memory. However, today we´re going to review Corsair´s watercooling system-- the HydroCool 200 EX. We´ll see if Corsair´s dominance in the memory market shows through in the CPU cooling industry. Can it handle the heat or not? That´s what you´ll have to read on to find out."

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OCW Guide : Vmod Guide for ECS 755A/A2 Mainboard

"Killeroy has his Vmod guide to increase the vcore and vdimm of the ECS 755A/A2 mainboard. Check out the guide and report back in the ECS forum."

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Logisys LED Case Feet Review @ Creative Mods

"I plugged my l33t l3opard case in, and turned on the case feet. The results, I must say, were very nice. I can’t complain at all with the way the feet performed. These pictures don’t quite do the feet justice. Like many mods, it is best to see them in person. :D"

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3DCenter News: aTuner 1.7.58

"Our ATi & nVidia graphic cards tweak tool aTuner has reached a new version. aTuner 1.7.58 supports ATi drivers from version 3.0 up to 4.1 and nVidia drivers from version 23.11 up to 53.04. The new version have the following updates:
- Support for Catalyst 4.1
- Finally: aTuner display bug fixed for Deto50 on Win98/ME
- With Radeon: The Catalyst control panel is now synchronized with the actual 3D-options
- On re-install, zoom.txt will no longer be overwritten

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Samsung SGH-E700 Camera phone @ HWZ

"Samsung finally removed the antennae from their ´clam-shell´ based mobile phones. With a VGA resolution camera built-in, we spent no time lazing in our lab and quickly went snapping pictures with the phone. Check out our say on this slick device."

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Vantec Cable Sleeving Kit @ OCIA.net

"The trick to getting this sleeving on is to work it in a push-pull motion. When you push the sleeving together, it widens so that the cables can easily slide through. Then when you pull the end tight again, the sleeving moves up the cable. For all of those that got lost there, I’ll just say that it works exactly like a Chinese Finger Trap. You push it together so that it becomes loose. Simple, eh?"

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CoolMax Taurus Series Silent Power Supply Reviews @ FastLaneHW

"Today we´re bringing you a review of two power supplies from CoolMax´s Taurus Series, their line up of silent power supplies. Read on to find out how these two units perform and if they would be a perfect solution for those looking for a quiet computer."

Read more at FastLaneHW.