Title: ET: Quake Wars Threaded Renderer @ Phoronix
Direct Link: http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php
Summary: “Accompanied by an updated Windows release, last week id
Software had released its Enemy Territory: Quake Wars v1.4 update for
Linux. We have previously shared most of the details surrounding this
major ET: Quake Wars update with the same changes as the Windows build.
One of the most interesting features, however, is the new threaded
renderer for improved multi-core performance.”
Archive for January 20th, 2008
Comments: 0January 20th, 2008 by Kristofer
Comments: 0January 20th, 2008 by Kristofer
 
TITLE: SimpleTech PC3-10600 DDR3 1333MHz S1024R5NP2QA @ Benchmark Reviews
DESCRIPTION: Of all the RAM kits we have reviewed thus far in our High-Speed DDR3 Overclocking and Review Series, practically every set has been aimed towards performance enthusiasts and overclockers. But Benchmark Reviews isn’t going to ignore our roots within the system builder and reseller community. SimpleTech offers OEM system builders and GSA suppliers with a solid PC3-10600 DDR3 1333MHz S1024R5NP2QA RAM kit for the Intel P35/X38/P45/X48 chipsets.
ARTICLE URL: http://benchmarkreviews.com
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Comments: 0January 20th, 2008 by Kristofer
Title:
Westone UM1 Earphones
Link:
http://www.techpowerup.com
Brief:
The Westone UM1 in-ear-monitors are aimed at people wanting good sound quality on the move without having to spend several hundreds of dollars. With a price of $109 they are Westone’s contribution to a highly competitive price segment
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Comments: 0January 20th, 2008 by Kristofer
Title: B-Gear B-Tarantula 550 watt Power Supply Review @
hi-techreviews.com
Quote: Today we are examining the B-Gear/B-Tarantula 550 Watt Power
Supply. This particular power supply has a number of nice features
ranging from its modular design down to the beautifully wrapped
modular connectors. We will be testing this black beauty to see if it
is as dangerous as it looks or perhaps it may turn out to be an “itsy
bitsy spider”.
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Comments: 0January 20th, 2008 by Kristofer
BHFO.org Press Release
Summary:
9600GT in the Open – G94:
“BHFO.org ran across this Chinese site that has the world’s first benchmarks of the 9600GT or G94 from NVIDIA. Chris combed, analyzed, and organized the data. Look at the English results and specification for this new video card being released 02-14-08.
Core G94-300-A1″
Part of the article:
“The crew at pconline.com.cn obtained a NVIDIA G94-300 9600GT graphics card through “certain channels.” They did an excellent job of presenting the facts about the 9600GT, and performed a healthy comparison against three other cards. The prospects for the unreleased G94 models are exciting to say the least.
The graphics cards used for comparison against the G94-300-A1 non-retail-core are the 8800GS, the 8600GTS, and the HD3850. Pconline put the video cards through a gauntlet of top-notch games to expose the 9600GT to its first real-world benchmarks. The game titles include Lost Planet, Fear, and Crysis among others. They also performed some synthetic benchmarks with the 3DMark 06 suite v110.
In order to prevent any bottlenecking related to the CPU, they implement a Core 2 Duo QX6800, which is operating at 266×11 or 2.93GHz. The test system has two gigs of DDR2 800 with timings of 4-4-4-12. All of these components reside on a Gigabyte DQ6 motherboard with a P35 chipset. The storage medium for …”~Chris Hunter
News Article Link:
http://www.bhfo.org/news/news
Website Link:
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Comments: 0January 20th, 2008 by Kristofer
 
TechwareLabs has published a video us making ice cream using liquid nitrogen. Here’s a clip from the video:
Quote: “Looking for some truly hardcore and high tech food. We have some insta ice cream we overclocked into high gear using LN2. Wanna see the chilli results? Check out our entire cool video. ”
LINK:
http://www.techwarelabs.com
Title:
Make Ice Cream Using Liquid Nitrogen @ TechwareLabs