What does SIS have to do with the Xbox 2?

3D Professor has a sneak preview of the new high end professional graphic cards from Nvidia. The Quadro FX4500 and the FX 3450. Those cards can go to a resolution of up to 3840 x 2400 and seems to be based on the 7800GTX. Some photos and technical details are provided. A full review will come soon, rest assured.

Viaarena offers a short guide on how to overclock your processor. Not a very long article and it is poorly illustrated - actually there are only three photos. You learn about some commonly used words like CAS Latency or RAS Precharge but the author does not delve deeper into their actual influence on overclocking.

Atruereview checks the http://www.atruereview.com/bluegears/sound_card3.phpBluegears HDA DIgital X Mystique 7.1 Gold sound card. After motherboards, memory and graphic cards, sound cards are starting to adopt long names. I've never heard of that brand before but its list of features is quite impressive. It has eight IOs at the back plus it comes with a Dolby Digital Live certification. Plus it comes with 64 bit drivers. ATR loves it to bits.

Techreport compares three 7800GTX cards from BFG, MSI and XFX respectively, the first one having the higher "overclocked right out of the box" frequencies. XFX wins by an eyelash thanks to its gamepad tossed in th ebo and a 24-7 tech support.

Intel and VIA are not the only ones supporting Dual Core processors. HKEPC has a review of the SIS 656 FX chipset which adds 1066MHz FSB support plus a host of other features. The board will support PCIe-16 - with Crossfire and SLI thrown in? Also included is SATA2 and High definition Audio plus EM64T, XD, EIST as well as Stable Image Technology. Any hint what this might be? Benchmarks carried out on an early model show that the i955x wins all benchmarks by a thin margin most of the time. SIS therefore has a sure winner at hand.

Xtremeresources tests the Noiseblocker Driveguard and X-Swing noise reducer. Made in Germany they are designed mainly to reduce noise from your HDDs and extend their life through cooling. And it seems, at least from the review, that they do their job pretty well. The X swing is particularly recommended if you have a raptor HDD. µ