Fresh Directx 8.1 benchmark tips up

THERE'S A STORY on Ace's Hardware saying that the Codecreatures benchmark - which uses Vertex and Pixel Shaders, is now available. Go to that site for more.

A few links to motherboard reviews we found on AMD Zone. Tweakers Australia has reviewed the Epox 8K3A+, which is getting quite a few plaudits out there, while at Processor Emporium there's a review of the Chaintech CT-7A1A5 - a KT133A mobo.

On Tech Report, there's a comparison of the 64MB version of Nvidia's TI 4200, contrasted with nine of its closest competitors.

Mods4Me has a good old bash at explaining DDR timings. You can find that here.

Tobitech has tested the QDI USB Disk - we've seen these babies and like them - and there's a review here.

Overclockers Online writes to tell us there's a review of the Aopen H600A super tower case at the site - here, actually.

X Hardware says it has posted its first review of processors - looking at three from Chimpzilla and three from Chipzilla. Find the site here.

And still on CPUs, there's a review of Intel's 2.4GHz beastie over at Rolotech.

HardOCP has a nice opinionated rant on legislators who want to screw up everything through sheer ignorance. Here.

Want to meet Mad Mike Mageek, Kyle Bennett, and even Doktor Blondie Pabst at this year's Computex? Here is an Eden competition at Via Arena which could end up with you suffering that experience which is certainly no Eden... Well, Kyle and Mike are OK... µ