| Thursday February
01, 2001 |
Half Watt Intel Processor
04:25 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Here's a news bit from Maesus! It appears that Intel has
introduced a Mobile Intel Pentium III that supports SpeedStep
(500MHz / 300MHz) and consumes less than half a watt! Here are
the links :-
Comments?
First i850 Micro-ATX Motherboard!
04:15 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
ASUS just announced the availability of their first
i850-based Micro-ATX motherboard for the Intel Pentium 4 - the ASUS
P4T-M! Check out the specs and picture of the new
motherboard here!
Comments?
64MB ACE CF Card Review!
03:45 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Ken Ng and I recently bought 32MB and 64MB ACE CompactFlash
cards for our Pocket PCs. Ken will be working on the review of
his 32MB CompactFlash card right after his coming exams. In the
meantime, check out my review of the 64MB
ACE CompactFlash memory card from EC-Asia International
of Singapore!
Here's a clip of that review :-
"These cards are based on flash memory technology which is
non-volatile. That means it does not require power to retain its
data. As such, it will not lose data even if disconnected from the
host device or any power source. This is completely opposite of
volatile memory technologies like SDRAM and RDRAM, where the
memory cells have to be periodically refreshed to retain their
contents."
You can check out the entire review here!
Comments?
News From The Net
Many of you probably know that Icrontic (formerly Apu's
Hardware) has been hit by a hacker. It's sad to see that even
hardware sites like Icrontic are now being targeted. What for?
The going is, as it is, hard enough. The loss of data that
Icrontic suffered may kill the site for good and well cost us
all a valuable contributor to the hardware scene. :( It
so happens that Brent Smith of G256.com
wrote to me and told me that he posted a rant about this
terrible attack. Go and check it
out!
Active-Hardware
posted their triple-review
of the Gigabyte GA-7DX motherboard + AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.2GHz +
DDR266 SDRAM!
Motherboard Homeworld
posted a review of the MSI
MS-6339 i850 Socket 423 motherboard!
HardwareLuxx
posted a review of the Maxtor
DiamondMax Plus 46.1 hard disk! Err... is there such a
model number???
3D Spotlight posted
their final update to the 3dfx
Voodoo4/5 tweak guide!
USB Workshop
reviewed the ADS
USB Turbo Quad 4 USB controller card!
Neoseeker posted
their review of the new Siemens
ID mouse. Here's a clip - "The
Siemens ID Mouse is one of the first devices to integrate the
FingerTIP sensor technology to provide biometric security for
any Windows based system (drivers and extensive PDF
documentation are included for Win98, Win NT, and Win2K).
Identification is based on the biometric characteristics of your
fingerprint, called minutiae, which acts as a unique identifier
for each person."
Beta Bites posted a
preview of the download manager - Alligator
1.3 Beta 2! What a name! If you are also thinking of
designing a download manager, try the rival name of Crocodile! :D
HardwareZone
reviewed the Maxtor
DiamondMax Plus 60 hard disk!
Dimension 128 posted their
unofficial
NVIDIA strategy guide!
OCWorkbench posted
their review of the ASUS
A7V133 motherboard!
FrostyTech reviewed
the Neng
Tyi copper heatsink!
Game Forces posted a
review of AMC's
Tornado 5.1 Theater, the same speaker system as Midiland's
8200 set. They have a Dolby Pro-Logic decoder, remote control,
and work well with DVD movies.
Club Overclocker
posted a review of the soon-to-be-extinct 3dfx
Voodoo5 5500 graphics card!
Spode's Abode
launched their own Folding@Home
team!
Overclocked Cafe
is hosting a contest
in which you stand a chance in winning a Cyber Cooler Notebook
Cooling Pad!
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| Saturday February
03, 2001 |
Whoops!
07:15 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Just checked the Windows
2000 Hints & Tips Guide and discovered that I forgot
to post several pages of the Explorer
Shortcut Tip! Just uploaded them. Check them out if you
missed them earlier!
Comments?
More Explorer Shortcut Tips!
04:55 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Okay! Here it is! Rev. 2.6 of the Windows
2000 Hints & Tips Guide is now up with the following
changes :-
- Added two new tips on how to configure the Windows Explorer
shortcut to display My Computer.
- Added another way to get Windows Explorer to display the
Main Drive with the Folders bar.
- Added the registry entries in text so that the creation of the registry
file can be a simple matter of cut and paste instead of manual typing which may produce errors.
Do send in any other Win2K tips you may have! I've been
getting requests (both via e-mail and in the forums)
for a tip on how to change the Win2K splash screen. If you know
how to change it, please send me the details so I can add the
tip to the guide. Thanks! :)
Comments?
Mailing List Still Down...
04:10 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Looks like the mailing list service is still down and will
probably be down for good. I guess they are either out of
business or something terrible must have happened to the
company. Just wished they let us know or something...
Anyway, if you would like us to send you e-mails on updates @
ARP, just send
me an e-mail with the subject "Add me to your
mailing list!" or you can also post your e-mail address
to the forum topic here.
BTW, if you are an editor or webmaster of another computing
related site, please add your name and name of your site so that
I can add you to the editors/webmasters' list. Thanks! :)
Comments?
Win2K Problems
04:00 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Hello everyone!
Sorry for not appearing yesterday but my Win2K installation
inexplicably ate itself! It was working just fine on Thursday
but when I booted it up on Friday, it refused to finish
initializing and gave me a BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) with the
error message that the registry cannot load the hive file blah
blah... \System32\Config\SOFTWARE, its alternate or its log file
because it's been corrupted, deleted or cannot be written to.
Note that SOFTWARE above is the name of the file and not
another directory. It appears to store registry entries for all
the software you install. Anyway, I spent the whole Friday
trying out different repair options but none work. The alternate
I found - SOFTWARE.SAV allowed me to boot but after loading
Network settings, it would continuously loop Loading user
settings and Saving user settings.
Finally, after many, many hours of playing with Win2K and
reinstalling it twice, I found a workable copy of SOFTWARE in
the \WINNT\Repair directory. Phew! Got my Win2K installation
running at last... Lucky me. :D
Anyway, I have a new update for the Windows
2000 Hints & Tips Guide today. Gotta take a few
minutes to clear a few e-mails and post the updates. So, if you
don't see it later today, just refresh this page.
Comments?
News From The Net
The Cold Shop posted a
review of some copper
spacers from Tweak Monster!
GameSpot just
released their fully redesigned Gamer's
Guide To Hardware!
Game Forces just
finished reviewing the Leadtek
WinFast GeForce2 MX DH Pro graphics card! The WinFast
GeForce2 MX DH Pro is a GeForce2 MX card with dual VGA ports,
extensive hardware monitoring, an oversized heatsink/fan for
great overclocking, and more!
The Lost Universe
just opened shop with many articles and reviews. Check them out!
HardwareOC posted
another editorial about PC Qualifications, their misconceptions
and a commentary about it! They also posted a review of the ABIT
KT7A-RAID motherboard!
HardwareZone
posted an article called Intel
Microprocessor Technology : 2001 And Beyond!
Rizenet posted a small
preview of the Iwill
KA266-R motherboard!
HardcoreWare
updated their OEM
CPU Buyer's Guide with new prices for Intel and AMD CPUs!
OC Online
posted their review of the AOpen
HQ45 midi tower casing!
Icrontic reviewed the Kenwood
52X TrueX SCSI CD-ROM!
G3D posted an
article that takes a look at how to reduce noise from loud fans
by polishing them - Ventilation
Fans : An Attempt To Reduce Noise!
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Preliminary Results!
12:55 PM IDT Adrian
Wong
Did some benchmarking with the GAPI
Benchmark 1.0 and here are the results :-
| |
Casio Cassiopeia E-115 |
| Graphics (ms) |
8170.0 |
| Floating Point (ms) |
27531.7 |
| Integer (ms) |
18243.3 |
Comments?
GAPI Benchmark 1.0!
05:25 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
If you own a Pocket PC, you will be happy to note that
another benchmark is now available! This new benchmark by Javier
Dávalos tests the GAPI (Game API) performance of the Pocket PC.
Although beta versions of this benchmark were released previously,
the final release is now available right here!
In addition,
Javier is now part of the ARP team and will be working with the
rest of the team to further develop this exciting new benchmark.
In the future, this benchmark will not only test the GAPI
performance of Pocket PCs but also other aspects like CPU speed,
memory access speed and even transfer rates through the serial and
USB connections as well as between the Pocket PC and add-on cards. If
you have suggestions on how to further improve this benchmark, do let
us know! We would appreciate any comments and suggestions
you may have.
In the meantime, check out the documentation
on this benchmark!
Comments?
News From The Net
Game Forces whipped up
a review of the new gamepad from Gravis - the Eliminator
AfterShock!
Jsi Hardware posted
a review of the Tiasol
CGK742 heatsink!
DreddNews just
finished their review of TweakMonster's
Copper Spacer for Socket 462 processors!
Beta Bites posted 12
screenshots from the beta of RedMoon,
a anime-like MMORPG based in a science fantasy world.
Overclockers Australia
reviewed the FrontX
Multimedia Ports!
RIVA Station posted
their review of the Creative
3D Blaster GeForce 2 MX graphics card which is equipped with
64-bit DDR SDRAM instead of the usual 128-bit SDR SDRAM! There's
also no heatsink on the MX chip!
ExtremeOC
reviewed the ABIT
KT7A-RAID motherboard!
Club Overclocker
tested OCZ's heatsinks and compared them to many of today's well
known coolers. Check out the comparison!
TweakTown posted
their review of the Kanie
Hedgehog 238-m heatsink!
HardwareOC is giving
away a bunch of stuff! Check out their giveaway!
OverclockersAreHere.de
found a way to mod
a chrome and blue Orb and noticed a 20% increase in
performance after finishing the mod. The article is in German
but each of the pictures speaks a thousand words... or so they
say. :)
HardcoreWare is
setting a place for you to show
off your rig!
Processor
Emporium posted a review of the AOpen
AK73 Pro motherboard!
Rizenet posted their
review of Kanie's all-copper HedgeHog
238M heatsink!
|
| Tuesday February
06, 2001 |
NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro In HP Visualize
Workstations! 06:25 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Here's a press release directly from NVIDIA. It appears that
HP will be offering the NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro in their line of
Visualize Personal Workstations! Check out the entire press
release here!
Comments?
A Journey Towards 800MHz And Beyond!
04:45 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Here's a new article by Ken Ng! It's an account of his
attempts to overclock
his Celemine 600 to 800MHz and beyond. Check out his
overclocking experience and help him bring his Celemine to
greater heights!
Comments?
News From The Net
PC Hardware reviewed
the Shuttle
Spacewalker AV30 motherboard!
OCShoot posted a small
review of the Alpha
PEP66 cooler!
NT Compatible has
just updated their Game
Tuning Guide for WinNT/2000!
Club Overclocker
just updated their Iwill
KK266 and KA266
motherboard reviews!
ComputerChaos has
a review of the AOpen AK72 motherboard!
BlueSmoke reviewed
the Trek
2000 ThumbDrive!
TweakTown posted
their review of the AOpen
AK73 Pro motherboard!
hardCOREware
checked out the Klipsch
Promedia 2.1 multimedia system!
Overclocked Cafe
reviewed the Cyber
Cooler P-6000!
3D Spotlight posted
a review of the D-Link
DMP-110 MP3 player! They also have a review of the game - Sea
Dogs!
Fuh! Mofos.org just
reviewed the big boy of the trade - Tom's
Hardware Guide! Personally, I haven't been visiting THG that
often these days because there doesn't seem to be that many
updates...
Planet GeForce
has a copy of the official release NVIDIA
v.6.50 drivers!
Review Zone just
launched a new competition
with a $1000 cash prize!
CPUReview posted
their review of the Cicero
4x2x24x CD-RW drive!
FrostyTech reviewed
the Ascent
AC300-4P heatsink!
VIAHardware posted
their review of the Soyo
K7VTA Pro motherboard!
Neoseeker reviewed
the Iomega
Hip Zip portable MP3 player! You can also check out our
own review!
AMDMB posted a review of
the ASUS
A7V133 motherboard!
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| Thursday February
08, 2001 |
Beta Version Coming Soon!
06:05 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Javier has been hard at work! The new beta version of the
GAPI Benchmark will be available for downloading soon. This new
version will include the promised fractal test.
In the meantime, check out the updated GAPI
Benchmark page. Some of you may be facing problem
running the benchmark due to the missing GAPI 1.2 file. So, make
sure you download GAPI 1.2 and install it into your Windows
directory.
Comments?
Revised BIOS Guide
02:35 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
It's back to the BIOS
Optimization Guide again! This time, I have revised and
rewritten the following BIOS features :-
- SDRAM Bank Interleave
- Fast R-W Turn Around
- PCI Dynamic Bursting
- PCI#2 Access #1 Retry
So, although the revision number was only upgraded by 0.1,
the descriptions and even the recommendations were adjusted to
reflect new information. Check the changes out!
Comments?
News From The Net
Overclocker Cafe
just corrected their DirectX
Comparison!
SystemLogic
reviewed the Handspring
Visor Platinum PDA!
LittleWhiteDog
just posted their comparison
between OCZ's QuickSilver thermal compound and Arctic Silver's
Premium Silver Compound!
OCWorkbench reviewed
the Gigabyte
GA-7DXR motherboard!
I Am Not A Geek
posted their review of the Yamaha
YST-MS201 speaker!
Neoseeker posted a
review of the Turtle
Beach Santa Cruz sound card!
Club Overclocker
reviewed the Pioneer
16X DVD-ROM drive!
Rizenet posted their
review of OCZ's
Performance Plus memory!
OC Online
reviewed the ABIT
KT7A-RAID motherboard! They also have a new contest
up!
8Balls just
posted an article
pitting the NVIDIA Detonator 6.31 driver against the latest 6.50
driver!
Active-Hardware
posted their review of the Shuttle
AV30 DDR motherboard!
HardOCP just reviewed Thermosonic's
Thermoengine!
PlanetHardware
just updated their weekly
price guide.
Review-Zone posted
their Notebook
Buying Guide!
VIAHardware posted
a WPCREDIT/WPCRSET
resource page!
Icrontic reviewed
Minolta's latest digital camera - the Dimage
2330!
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Mailing List's Back Up!
09:20 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Woohoo!!! It appears that the mailing list is now operational
again. If you have not registered, you can do so by entering
your e-mail address to the mailing list form on the left bar and
clicking on the Submit button. We will then keep you
updated on all updates and activities at Adrian's Rojak Pot! :)
You can also e-mail me if you want to join the mailing list.
In fact, it will be even easier for me to post news to you but
either way is fine.
Comments?
Hercules Scan@Home 48USB Released!
06:00 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
If you are in the market for a USB scanner, check out the Hercules
Scan@Home 48USB scanner! Incidentally, Hercules is
running a contest in which you stand a chance to win one of
three of this new scanner!
Comments?
GAPI Benchmark 1.5 Beta Released!
04:10 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Okay, everyone! This is the new beta
release of the GAPI Benchmark! There have been several
improvements in the benchmark since the 1.0
release.
- A new fractal test that tests the Pocket PC's video
quality and memory speed.
- Results are now recorded in frames per second (fps)
- The screen is now cleared after each test.
Try this new version and let us
know how well it works with your Pocket PC!
Comments?
GAPI 1.2 Now In All Distributions!
03:45 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Okay... did a little repackaging of all distributions or
packages of the GAPI
Benchmark 1.0. From now on, all GAPI Benchmark packages
will include a copy of GAPI 1.2 for the processor supported by
the benchmark.
I also updated the documentation provided with each package
so check out the new packages!
Comments?
News From The Net
HardwareZone
posted their Iomega
HipZip MP3 player review! You can also check out our own
review here!
TweakMax finished
their review of the RD1
BIOS Savior!
3D Spotlight
updated their Improving
Compatibility/Performance guide!
Active-Hardware
rigged up a review of the SOYO
SY-K7VTA motherboard!
Lost Universe just
interviewed
Agg of Overclockers Australia!
I Am Not A Geek
reviewed the Matrox
G450 graphics card!
TweakTown posted their
review of the Tech
Patrol Ramsink!
PlanetHardware
posted some of their thoughts on the upcoming NVIDIA
NV20!
Beta Bites has a
preview of Winamp
3.0 Alpha!
VR-Zone posted their
review of the ABIT
KT7A-RAID motherboard!
Icrontic posted their interview
of Ryan Peterson, the COO of OCZ!
HardOCP just reviewed
the ATi Radeon!
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| Saturday February
10, 2001 |
ASUS A7VI-VM Launched!
05:50 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
ASUS just launched a new motherboard. The new ASUS A7VI-VM,
which is based on the VIA KM133 chipset, is the first Socket A
motherboard to provide a complete set of integrated features
like :-
- S3 Savage4 graphics core
- AC'97 codec
- Realtek LAN controller
- 4 USB slots
- UltraDMA 100 support
You can check out the entire press release and a picture of
the motherboard here!
Comments?
ARP Under Attack!
04:15 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Would you believe it??? Adrian's Rojak Pot was actually hit
by a massive Denial Of Service attack! Luckily, our host
and guardian angel (mua! mua! mua!!!), Crowz,
caught it and prevented them from crashing the server.
Unfortunately, after 31GB of bandwidth worth about USD
28,000 was lost to the attackers, Crowz was forced to cut
the line. But as you can see, ARP is back on its feet and
running again at 100% capacity!
I have no idea why these people did what they did. All we
have now is a bunch of IPs recorded during the attack. As far as
we can tell, about 50 people from countries like Spain, Russia,
Germany and... NORWAY were attacking this site since 1:48 AM US
Central Time till about 3:00 AM when Crowz shut ARP down.
Right now, let's not speculate on their motives in trying to
bring down ARP. Although I don't think we have pissed off that
many people, it's hard to believe we were randomly selected. We
are now gathering more information so hopefully, we will have a
clearer picture of why we were hit.
If you have an idea why we were attacked, do drop
me a message. I think it's quite probable this was all
planned and coordinated in an open forum. It's rather hard to orchestrate
50 people from various countries through just e-mail, isn't it? ;)
Comments?
News From The Net
Hardware Avenue
posted a review of the Optima
OCT 4210 MATX Pentium 4 system!
ExtremeOC
posted a round-up of 11
different Socket A coolers!
FlipChip.net reviewed
the ECS
P6ISA-II motherboard!
OCShoot takes a look at
the Icemat mouse
pad!
Overclockers
Online posted their review of the AMD
Duron 850 processor!
Overclocker Cafe
has a review of the Alpha
PAL 6035 heatsink and a giveaway
of that same Alpha heatsink and the Video Highway TR288 TV
decoder card!
HardwareOC whipped
up an article about slapping in an extra
PSU into a mid-ATX casing!
Err... this is weird but heheh... G3D
just posted some pictures
of themselves lighting up a power supply and beating the crap
out of an old floppy drive...
BlueSmoke reviewed
the RTS game - State
Of War!
8Balls just
updated their Detonator
6.31 vs. 6.50 driver comparison!
I Am Not A Geek just
finished up their review of the EPoX
8KTA3 motherboard!
TweakTown posted an
article entitled "The
Day In The Life Of A Webmaster"!
Tweakers Asylum
just finished their Windows
2000 NVIDIA Detonator Driver Database which contains
performance data on most of the Windows 2000 NVIDIA Detonator
Drivers!
OCAddiction posted
their review of the Arctic
Silver Thermal Adhesive!
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GAPI Benchmark Info Updated!
02:35 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Just added more information to the GAPI
Benchmark and GAPI
Benchmark Beta pages. If you have any results of your
Pocket PC using either the GAPI 1.0 and/or GAPI 1.5 beta, do
send it to us. We are compiling a database of Pocket PC
performance results which will be posted very soon.
Note that from now on, all GAPI Benchmark files can be
downloaded directly from the GAPI Benchmark pages. You no longer
have to go to the Binaries Storage Area,
just to download them.
Comments?
News From The Net
LittleWhiteDog
is giving away a boxed copy of Linux-Mandrake
PowerPack Deluxe 7.2!
Hart-Core posted a
review of Neng
Tyi's SN02 cooler!
Gamespy posted their 2001
hardware preview!
Computer Chaos
reviewed Everglide's new Mouse
Skatez!
Overclockers
Australia has some news on how the Speed Cheat in Half-Life
and Counter-Strike can be used to skew
benchmark results!
HardwareLuxx
posted their review of the ABIT
KT7A-RAID motherboard and a comparison of four UltraDMA/100
controller boards!
Club Overclocker
reviewed the Trig
T40-1 & T40-3 heatsinks!
BlueSmoke reviewed
Virgin Interactive's Heist!
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| Tuesday February
13, 2001 |
Pocket PC Performance
03:50 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Okay... it was more than a second. Heheh... but
I really had a lot of mails to go through. Anyway, a whole new
section on Pocket
PC performance is now up!
There's a whole new article on Pocket PC performance plus
benchmark numbers from GAPI
Benchmark 1.0. We also have some benchmark numbers from GAPI
Benchmark 1.5 Beta, including numbers from a E-125
Pocket PC overclocked to 200MHz!!! But we need more numbers of
iPAQ, EM-500 and E-125 Pocket PCs before we can post another
comparison. So, send in your benchmark numbers! :)
Comments?
Internet Breakdown
01:55 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Again, both the ISPs I subscribed to broke down so I
couldn't post anything on Monday morning. Typical... Anyway,
hang on a second while I load up a new section on ARP! :D
News From The Net
Review-Zone just
posted their Resident
Evil 3 : Nemesis review! They also have a user
reviews contest up!
GameSpot Hardware
posted reviews of two 5.1 PC speaker systems :-
G3D reviewed the Netgear
RT314 Cable/DSL router!
Jsi Hardware just
posted a review of the Mushkin
High Performance Rev. 3 SDRAM!
Wow! GotApex just got hit
by some hackers again. Is it possible that we have some deranged
kids with a script is running around trying to screw up hardware
sites? Luckily, they survived the attack. In fact, they even
posted a review of the Hercules
Prophet II Ultra graphics card!
Game Forces reviewed
OCZ's Performance
Plus SDRAM!
I Am Not A Geek
reviewed OCZ's
Twin Turbo!
hardCOREware took
a look at Leadtek's Enhanced
GeForce 2 GTS graphics card!
Tweakers Asylum
just finished their AOpen
1640 Pro DVD drive review!
USB Workshop
reviewed the Belkin
BusStation 7-port USB hub!
Overclocker Cafe
reviewed the Alpha
PEP66 cooler!
RipNet UK posted an
article on how to fit
a pair of Blue Orbs to a GeForce 2 GTS!
HardwareZone
posted a review of the Sony
VAIO PCG-XE17 notebook!
Spode's Abode
posted their review of the AOpen
AK73 Pro motherboard!
Extreme
Overclocking has 3 coolers to give
away!
Club Overclocker
just posted their reviews of the AOpen
12X CD-RW drive!
Tech-Planet posted a
mini-article
about a close call with an Athlon 800MHz @ 1GHz!
AwareMag reviewed
Belkin's OmniView
USB KVM switch!
X-bit labs just posted
their Matrox
Millenium G450 review!
Overclocking.dk
just finished their GlobalWin
FOP32 cooler review!
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| Saturday February
17, 2001 |
BIOS Guide Downloadable Now!
06:10 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Yup! This is the surprise! Although you have all been asking
for a downloadable and printable version of the guide, it hasn't
been possible for us to provide such versions due to lack of
software and manpower. Until now, that is... :)
Michael Rabb has very kindly volunteered to port the guide
over to the PDF format. So, now you can download a copy of the
guide and print it as well! Isn't that great? Go download
a copy now!
Comments?
Win2K Hints & Tips Guide Rev.
3.0! 02:50 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Wow! That was certainly a lot of mail in the mailbox! :D
Had to clear up the really important ones but I'm now ready
to post the news update.
Yes, as you can see, the Windows
2000 Hints & Tips Guide has just been upgraded to
rev. 3.0! Here are the updates :-
- Remade the Quick Access page into an entirely new section
devoted to quick access tips.
- Added new tips on how to access the Start Menu for the current user and
all users instantly.
We also have a surprise for you coming up in just a moment!
Heheh... :)
Comments?
Exam Time!
02:00 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Phew! Just finished off the Pathology and Pharmacology
papers. Still have Microbiology and Forensic Medicine next week.
Now you know why I disappeared for so long! :)
I have an update for the Windows 2000 Hints & Tips Guide
which I will start posting now. I'll update the links when it's
ready so keep checking back! If this is still the latest post
after one hour, try refreshing the page.
News From The Net
VIAHardware posted
their review of the MSI
6340m motherboard which is a micro-ATX board based on the
VIA KM133 chipset.
Speedguide.net has a
review of the NAT/Proxy software - WinGate!
Hardwareluxx
reviewed the MSI
K7T Turbo motherboard!
I Am Not A Geek
just posted a review of the Mini
Super Orb!
The
Ctrl-Alt-Del.com posted a few screenshots of Windows XP! Yeah,
that's the renamed Whistler!
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New Benchmark Results Up!
04:10 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Remember the benchmark numbers from our GAPI
Benchmark 1.0? Well, I have just updated the scores and
added new results for other Pocket PCs! Now, you can compare the
performance difference of 7 different Pocket PCs - we even have
the scores of a 236MHz Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC!
So, come on over and check out the newly updated GAPI
Benchmark 1.0 Results page! If you have a Pocket PC
that's not listed in the comparison, please send try out our GAPI
Benchmark 1.0 benchmark and send in your results! ;)
Comments?
News From The Net
Spode's Abode has a
new article on adding
blow holes to a $700 server case!
AMDPower just finished
their article on Blue
Orb and Ramsinks!
Glide Underground
posted their interview
with several of the Unreal Fortress team members!
Real Reviews just
completed their comparison article on the KT7 and the A7V!
Club Overclocker
just posted their review of CPUfx's
Ramsinks!
BlueSmoke just posted
Part 2 of their Programming
Guide! Part 2 covers the fundamentals of C
programming including basic syntax, data types, input/output and
arithmetic operations. They have also updated Part 1 which now
includes a whole new section on basic computer organization.
Check it out!
Review-Zone just
finished their Siemens
C35 mobile phone review!
AwareMag has a quick
article on modding
the KS 282 case from Antec!
PlanetHardware
has a review of the Midiland
S4 7100 Plus Dolby 5.1 system up!
Overwear Online has
posted a 3-page quick review of the
3DfxCool
Socket AHO Cooler! This huge Heatsink/Fan Combo is made for
both Socket 370 and Socket A CPU's.
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| Tuesday February
20, 2001 |
Senfu Thermometer
02:30 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Ever wanted to keep track of your CPU or graphics chip
temperature while you are working? Well, you can use software
monitoring utilities but what if your motherboard doesn't come
with temperature monitoring support? Or what if you want to
measure the temperature of a component which your motherboard
cannot?
Well, try an external thermal probe! Today, we have a short
review of the Senfu
thermometer which is designed for PC use. Overclockers
will find it a very useful aid in monitoring critical components
and making sure they don't go supernova! Check it out! :)
Comments?
News From The Net
G3D posted an
article on how
to find out your framerates!
OCWorkbench
reviewed the Enermax
Power Supply!
Hardcoreware.net
posted their own review of the Mini
Super Orb!
GotApex posted their
first editorial - "Pay
Per View Dot.Coms - The Next Evolutionary Step Of The Net"!
TweakTown has a
review of the Antec
SX1030 ATX case out!
Rizenet posted a review
covering the Thermaltake
Volcano II and Mini Super Orb!
AwareMag posted an
article on the difference
between the 30cfm and the 38cfm Delta coolers!
FrostyTech posted
their review of the Neng
Tyi K612 hybrid Cu/Al heatsink!
HardwareZone has a
review of the Apple
PowerMac G4 Cube!
SiliconDreamZ
posted their mix of the ABIT KA7 BIOS + HighPoint RAID 1.10B
BIOS! But be wary... that B suffix usually denotes Beta...
Spode's Abode has
an article on a KT7-RAID
funeral!
A newly revamped Overclocked
Hardware just posted a new review of the Compunurse
- a thermal probe!
Borsti of RIVA
Station sent me some interesting
news about the leaked NVIDIA v10.50 drivers :-
- v10.50 is a little bit faster in D3D
- The difference between the drivers is a bit larger when
Bump Mapping is used
- v6.50 slow down dramatically when DirectX 8.0a is used
instead of DirectX 7. V10.50 do not show this effect.
- v10.50 seem to have some Problems in Evolva at the
Resolution 1024x768-16
- v10.50 are a lot slower in D3D 2x2 FSAA (If 2x2 in the
new drivers means the same than 2x2 in the old drivers)
- With current games and drivers there seems to be no
difference between DirectX 7 and DirectX 8
VIAHardware posted
a little comparison
of all available VIA chipsets with their die sizes and
manufacturing processes!
Jsi Hardware has
posted an article on SETI
Stash!
Overclocking.dk
just finished their review of the Gainward
CardExpert GeForce 2 Ultra 500 Golden Sample graphics card!
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| Thursday February
22, 2001 |
Probe Add-On Mod
05:55 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Just corrected the Senfu
Thermometer review with changes in the Modification
section with regards to the diagram and the type of switch used!
:)
Comments?
New Benchmark Results Up!
05:10 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
The scores from the GAPI
Benchmark 1.50B are now up! Among the scores sent in
were benchmark scores from 180MHz and 200MHz Casio E-125 Pocket
PC! To compare those results, check out the new GAPI
Benchmark 1.50B Results page!
The GAPI
Benchmark 1.0 Results page was also updated with more
benchmark results.
Comments?
News From The Net
PC Extreme Tech
posted three new reviews :-
Cole3D posted a new
article on how to install an IDE
CD/DVD drive for the novice!
Overclocked
Hardware has an article on how
to get 600MHz out of your K6-2+ or 3+ processors using a
special freeware utility!
VIAHardware posted
a preview of the VIA
PX266 Pentium 4 chipset!
CPUReview posted a
review of AMIDiag!
SavageZone has an interview
with Ben "Rizen" of Rizenet.com up!
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PocketQuake For MIPS Released!!!
10:10 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Javier has just done the "impossible"! While many
people have said that PocketQuake will only be playable on
Pocket PCs that are not using the Intel StrongARM processor,
Javier has actually made PocketQuake work on Pocket PCs based on
the MIPS processors!
His tweaked version of PocketQuake can now be downloaded here!
It will run on all Pocket PCs using the MIPS processor.
Comments?
GAPI Benchmark 2.0 Released!!!
09:20 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Javier has been hard at work and now his work has resulted in
the second release of the GAPI
Benchmark for Pocket PCs! There has been many, many
changes to the user interface as well as the tests. He has also
added several new tests to the benchmark :-
- Flicker test
- 3D test
- Memory and CPU score
- Real floating Point (without casting) speed test
So, come on over and check out the latest and, IMHO, greatest
benchmark for Pocket PCs - GAPI
Benchmark 2.0!!!
Comments?
News From The Net
Computer Chaos
posted their review of ThermalTake's Volcano
II cooler! Hmm... I wonder why they name a cooler after
something as hot as a volcano... :)
Rizenet posted a review
of Antec's
SX1030 case!
HardOCP has a GeForce3
Technology Preview article up!
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| Saturday February
24, 2001 |
Casio Update Pack!!!
03:10 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
I'm not sure if you all know this but Casio has just released
Update
Pack version 1.01 for their Pocket PCs. It fixes quite a
few bugs as well as improve the display speed! Unfortunately,
the Update Pack will only work on these Casio Pocket PCs :-
- EM-500/500G
- E-125/125G
- EM-505F/505I/505S
As such, you should also state if you have installed the
update pack or not when submitting benchmark numbers for the Pocket
PC Performance Comparison. Thanks! :)
Comments?
Press Release Day!
01:55 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Yup! I finally got down to posting all those press releases I
received. There are loads of great stuff and info to check out.
Check them out! :-
BTW, there are some nice pictures of the motherboards as
well... :)
Comments?
News From The Net
PC Extreme Tech
just posted their review of the Vantec
Bay Freezer!
BlueSmoke posted a
review of the Icemat
mouse pad!
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Upcoming Review
08:30 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
The rest of you guys must be thinking that ARP is turning
into a Pocket PC site with all the updates on the Pocket PC.
Heheh... Well, don't worry. We will be posting more PC-related
stuff soon. In fact, I'm now editing Maesus' first review! :)
GAPI Benchmark 2.0
07:20 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Thanks to PocketRocket, we now have benchmark numbers for
most of the Casio Pocket PCs. I have just loaded up the brand
new GAPI
Benchmark 2.0 results comparison so you can check out
the results there!
In the meantime, if you have benchmark scores from other
Pocket PCs, please do send them in. If your Pocket PC is already
listed in the comparison, please don't hesitate to send us your
results as well. The more samples we add, the more accurate the
results will become.
Comments?
More Benchmark Results
05:45 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Additional scores from GAPI
Benchmark 1.50B are now up! Among the scores sent in
were benchmark scores from a 200MHz Casio EM-500 Pocket
PC! To compare those results, check out the new GAPI
Benchmark 1.50B Results page!
Comments?
News From The Net
PC Extreme Tech
just posted the following reviews :-
BlueSmoke posted
their preview of the game One
Must Fall : Battlegrounds!
Cole3D posted a comparison
of the Ratpadz and the fUnc 1030 mouse pads! Here's a blurb -
"Why is it the mousepad
is so overlooked in many people's gaming setup? In a nutshell,
we don't know nor understand why. Well at
Cole3d, we have two of the best and most
bought mouse surfaces in the world, going head to head with each
other today.
And let me tell you, neither of these are your mamma's mousepad"
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ViewQuest VQ630 Review!
07:20 AM IDT Adrian
Wong
Here's the first review by Maesus, one of Team ARP's
newest members! And no, it's not about a
monitor... The ViewQuest
VQ630 is a dual mode digital camera which will function
both as a normal digital camera as well as a webcam! What's so
special about this camera?
The clincher, I would say, is that this camera has been
chosen by Intel to be its Pocket PC Camera! So, if you want to
see why Intel chose this camera, check out the review!
:)
Comments?
News From The Net
Overclocking.dk
posted their review of the Microstar
K7TPro2A motherboard!
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