Archive for November, 2005

Nvidia Forceware 81.95 WHQL For Windows 2000/XP

Thursday, November 24th, 2005

Nvidia has released the new forceware driver version 81.95, featuring the following highlights:
WHQL Certified
Adds support for GeForce 7800 GTX 512 and GeForce 6800 GS
Improved performance for Quake 4
Improved performance and compatibility for Call of Duty 2
Mixed vendor support for NVIDIA SLI.
TV-Out/HD-out support for NVIDIA SLI.
Added support for VSync on Direct3D games when running NVIDIA SLI.
Performance [...]

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB - XYZ Computing

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

XYZ-Computing has reviewed the Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250 GB hard drive. They write:
If you are looking for a new hard drive which does a good job of balancing price and performance, Western Digital’s Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250 GB is a smart choice. Our tests showed that this drive offer’s mid-to-upper level performance for [...]

ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition AGP - Beyond3D

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

Beyond3D published their review of the ATI Radeon X850 XT PE being one last high-end AGP graphics board. They looked at the chip and board layout and run a bunch of games benchmarks to measure the board’s performance. Here is a part of their conclusion:
During this review the Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition proved it [...]

ASUS A8R-MVP - AnandTech

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

AnandTech reviewed the new ATI AMD chipset driven motherboard ASUS A8R-MVP, writing in their final words:
A reasonably priced board that has all the check marks, is very fast at stock, and can overclock like a banshee is always a good thing.
AnandTech looked at the board layout, BIOS settings and run many performance benchmarks where the [...]

Via K8T900 Chipset - HotHardware

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005

HotHardware reviewed the new Via K8T900 chipset, writing:
The K8T900, matched with the VT8251 Southbridge, has a lot to offer [...] if MultiChrome fits your needs or SLI/Crossfire is not a concern, the K8T900 offers solid performance backed by a quality feature set.
The review features different application and game benchmark results. It also gives [...]