SM-Bot
10 Oct 2003, 10:24pm
<b>Here's the evening roundup for reviews and articles from around the web...</b>
“Inside this box was the new PolarFLO SF that Steve had rambled on and on about, how the finish is better then lapping and is way better then anything we have ever seen. He told me about five times that I am not to touch the base at all, so I wouldn’t get fingerprints on it. I was tempted to setup a clean room before opening the box, but I didn’t. Needless to say, Steve had my curiosity piqued. So I carefully opened the box to find….”
<a href="http://www.gruntville.com/reviews/wc/polarflo_sf/index.php" target="_new">PolarFLO SF Waterblock</a>
"LAN gamers looking for good speed (albeit at lower resolutions), and a card that is cheap enough for you to still be able to buy parts to mod your rig, I would say this is a great choice. With good image quality, texture and performance this card makes this a good choice for the serious gamers without serious cash."
<a href="http://www.viperlair.com/reviews/video_graph/fic/9xxx/9600pro/" target="_new">FIC A96P Radeon 9600 Pro @ Viper Lair</a>
"A little over three months ago we brought you a review of the Leadtek K7NCR18D Pro II motherboard. A quick look at Leadtek's motherboard lineup reveals that all of their nForce2-based motherboards share the WinFast K7NCR18x (x varies from board to board) name. The nForce2 Ultra400 Deluxe Limited is no exception. Even though Leadtek calls it something different on its website, the box even reveals that this motherboard is actually a K7NCR18D Pro II with a much better bundle than the original."
<a href="http://www.bjorn3d.com/_preview.php?articleID=355" target="_new">Leadtek nForce2 Ultra 400 Deluxe Limited Motherboard @ Bjorn3d</a>
"The emphasis on the Thermaltake Silent Boost HSF is silent performance cooling and the included 80mm fan is of the Panaflo brand name. The 80mm fan uses new "Hydro Wave Bearing" Technology which provides multi-directional air intake circulation while keeping the relative noise level down. The Thermaltake website boasts that this type of new design decreases the wear on the fan and extends the MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) to a life time use of 50,000 hours."
<a href="http://www.modthebox.com/review249_1.shtml" target="_new">Thermaltake Silent Boost HSF Cooler Review @ MODTHEBOX</a>
"Rather shockingly, Premiere Pro is a WinXP/PC-only release, leading to the conclusion that Adobe, a long-standing name in the Mac sector, has abandoned this side of the market to Apple’s own Final Cut Pro – which is now accepted as the Mac NLE of choice – or that it has something else in the wings. Either way, this is unlikely to affect PC users, who will be more than interested in Premiere Pro’s new features."
<a href="http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=69" target="_new">Adobe Premiere Pro review @ TrustedReviews</a>
"The front panel of the PC features the EZ-Watcher display. This allows you to both increase and decrease the CPU frequency with the CPU tuner dial, and also has coloured displays indicating the status of your motherboard, processor, hard disk and optical drive. It does not give any detail, basically a green icon is good and..."
<a href="http://www.ripnet-uk.com/reviews/systems/ez-buddie/index.shtml" target="_new">EZ-Buddie review @ RipNet-UK</a>
" We spend lots of time covering the larger desktop projects, like GNOME and KDE. This week we're going to shed light on two projects from the lighter side of the resource meter. Many people start off in Linux with a second hand box or a hand me down from a friend. This means resources are scant, and this is where lightweight window managers can make that Pentium 166 bearable. These two are so slim and elegant, that they can easily find their way as your main desktop of choice. This week we look at XFCE 4.0 and the newcomer, Kahakai."
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/etc/linux/index.html" target="_new">Linux.Ars tackles a bevy of Linux goodness</a>
<b>Phew.. alot to get through there!</b>
“Inside this box was the new PolarFLO SF that Steve had rambled on and on about, how the finish is better then lapping and is way better then anything we have ever seen. He told me about five times that I am not to touch the base at all, so I wouldn’t get fingerprints on it. I was tempted to setup a clean room before opening the box, but I didn’t. Needless to say, Steve had my curiosity piqued. So I carefully opened the box to find….”
<a href="http://www.gruntville.com/reviews/wc/polarflo_sf/index.php" target="_new">PolarFLO SF Waterblock</a>
"LAN gamers looking for good speed (albeit at lower resolutions), and a card that is cheap enough for you to still be able to buy parts to mod your rig, I would say this is a great choice. With good image quality, texture and performance this card makes this a good choice for the serious gamers without serious cash."
<a href="http://www.viperlair.com/reviews/video_graph/fic/9xxx/9600pro/" target="_new">FIC A96P Radeon 9600 Pro @ Viper Lair</a>
"A little over three months ago we brought you a review of the Leadtek K7NCR18D Pro II motherboard. A quick look at Leadtek's motherboard lineup reveals that all of their nForce2-based motherboards share the WinFast K7NCR18x (x varies from board to board) name. The nForce2 Ultra400 Deluxe Limited is no exception. Even though Leadtek calls it something different on its website, the box even reveals that this motherboard is actually a K7NCR18D Pro II with a much better bundle than the original."
<a href="http://www.bjorn3d.com/_preview.php?articleID=355" target="_new">Leadtek nForce2 Ultra 400 Deluxe Limited Motherboard @ Bjorn3d</a>
"The emphasis on the Thermaltake Silent Boost HSF is silent performance cooling and the included 80mm fan is of the Panaflo brand name. The 80mm fan uses new "Hydro Wave Bearing" Technology which provides multi-directional air intake circulation while keeping the relative noise level down. The Thermaltake website boasts that this type of new design decreases the wear on the fan and extends the MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) to a life time use of 50,000 hours."
<a href="http://www.modthebox.com/review249_1.shtml" target="_new">Thermaltake Silent Boost HSF Cooler Review @ MODTHEBOX</a>
"Rather shockingly, Premiere Pro is a WinXP/PC-only release, leading to the conclusion that Adobe, a long-standing name in the Mac sector, has abandoned this side of the market to Apple’s own Final Cut Pro – which is now accepted as the Mac NLE of choice – or that it has something else in the wings. Either way, this is unlikely to affect PC users, who will be more than interested in Premiere Pro’s new features."
<a href="http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=69" target="_new">Adobe Premiere Pro review @ TrustedReviews</a>
"The front panel of the PC features the EZ-Watcher display. This allows you to both increase and decrease the CPU frequency with the CPU tuner dial, and also has coloured displays indicating the status of your motherboard, processor, hard disk and optical drive. It does not give any detail, basically a green icon is good and..."
<a href="http://www.ripnet-uk.com/reviews/systems/ez-buddie/index.shtml" target="_new">EZ-Buddie review @ RipNet-UK</a>
" We spend lots of time covering the larger desktop projects, like GNOME and KDE. This week we're going to shed light on two projects from the lighter side of the resource meter. Many people start off in Linux with a second hand box or a hand me down from a friend. This means resources are scant, and this is where lightweight window managers can make that Pentium 166 bearable. These two are so slim and elegant, that they can easily find their way as your main desktop of choice. This week we look at XFCE 4.0 and the newcomer, Kahakai."
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/etc/linux/index.html" target="_new">Linux.Ars tackles a bevy of Linux goodness</a>
<b>Phew.. alot to get through there!</b>