Madshrimps: Last week saw the announcement of the 8600 GTS, 8600 GT, and 8500 GT graphics cards from NVIDIA. We haven’t yet gotten our hands on an 8500 GT, but we’ve added a few more performance tests in the meantime. A deeper look at the G84’s video processing capabilities will also follow, as we have a working ...

Madshrimps: NEC AD-7170S-01 SATA 18x DVD ±RW/RAM DL. It’s a long name for this short drive. This arrived as an OEM. No cables, software, box or manual. This was for one reason. My main investigation was the SATA interface. Most drives are the same, and will do the same thing. http://www.tekbunker.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=676&Itemid=55 ...

Madshrimps: Gigabyte’s 3DAurora 570 chassis is the second-generation offering in this product line and a very worthy successor to the original. With many improvements over its older brother and several new features, the 570 is a high quality case that will make an excellent home for the latest maximum-effort systems ...

Madshrimps: Yup, Sapphire’s spiced things up by launching a customised Radeon X1950 Pro that doubles up on a single PCB. A speed demon or a bridge too far? http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=8282

Madshrimps: Once I had got the stock results from both the 7600gt and the Sapphire X1650xt (stock for my 7600gt is 560Mhz Core and 1400Mhz memory as it comes pre overclocked) I decided to see how well the X1650xt over clocks. To do this I used Ati’s Overdrive feature from within the Catalyst Control Centre to auto ...

Madshrimps: If your budget is tight but you still want to power Vista’s Aero GUI, this low cost card may be a suitable replacement for the majority of onboard solutions. http://www.viperlair.com/reviews/video/his/x1050/index.shtml

Madshrimps: The P6N SLI Platinum is a gamer’s delight. Exceedingly fast at default clocks and even more so overclocked and running super stable. With my concerns over the voltage reporting and approaching warm weather I will be lowering the clocks for gaming, at least until I can get a better handle on actual voltage ...

Madshrimps: Liquid cooling is very popular now, at one time it more of an enthusiast only cooling option, but today many companies make liquid cooling kits for the DIYers out there. The more extreme enthusiasts use TEC cooling to really lower their temps for higher overclocks. So what do you get when you combine ...

Madshrimps: *OCZ Technology Announces the Ultra-Quiet StealthXStream 600W, a Best-in-Class, Gamer’s Power Supply* Sunnyvale, CA—April 23, 2007. *OCZ Technology Group* (LSE: OCZ), a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and power supplies, today announced the new StealthXStream ...

Madshrimps: Few years ago no one seemed to care about the quality of their power supplies, no matter how top notch the rest of the computer system were. This wasn’t too wise because a bad PSU can take all the other parts with it in case of failure. Besides having proper protections, a decent PSU also has lower ...