G70 Card named after 3Dmark 05 figure

WE HAD a hard time trying to decrypt those news from hardspell, but it seems that the G70 might perform. This is the closest I can get to the real thing. Apparently the Geforce 7800 will come with 512MB DDR3 memory running at 1.4GHz and have achieved 7800 on 3DMark 05. The 6800 Ultra scores around 4400 marks normally so effectively, a G70 should beat a 6800 Ultra SLI. Chinese website.

The Greek Online Gaming network, otherwise known as GOG, tests the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64. It is especially designed for the AMD platform and comes with a low speed - 2200rpm - fan. It also comes with Arctic Cooling's own MX-1 High Performance Thermal Compound. At full load, it shaves more than 13oC from AMD's stock heatsink and it is quite cheap at only Eur 27 or around £20.

PCMagazine reviews existing browser wars including Fernando's Netscape 8.0 Browser in Beta version. Others include Firefox, Opera and IE. Nothing much to differentiate in between them if you put security away. They also have one page on how to make your browser better through extensions. I would like them to pay attention more to IE superstructures like Netcaptor or my personal favorite like Maxthon which convert your IE into a super browser.

Techreport has reported on the new Venice-based AMD Athlon64 3800+. They have a 16-page review showing how good and overclockable this little baby is. Never has AMD offered so good looking chipolettas. Would you choose the already available highly overclockable Venice core, or the 1MB cache San Diego core perhaps. Or wait for the X2 4800+. Choice is yours. FYI, the 3800+ overclocks on air cooling at 2.7GHz.

Xbitlabs reports on the Pentium PEE 840 Dual core model from Intel's stable. As it is usually the case at Xbitlabs, dozens of benchmarks are under display but no overclocking stats - which is what we all want. The verdict though is undisputable. The x2 4800+ will rule the roost.

GamePC plays with the new Aopen i815GMm-HFS motherboard. A real gem they say. Pretty much expensive platform compared to everything else but the board does offer SATA II RAID, PCI x16 graphics HD Digital audio, Dual GigE ports, Dual DDR2 channel and of course 533MHz. No overclocking done. Under full load, the Pentium M system consumed probably as much as a single PEE CPU.

Another overclocking guide, this time from Belgium Website Madshrimps.be. Not the ultimate oc guide for A64 but still better to complement what you already know. Amongst one of his many conclusions is to experiment and share. Without this, overclocking will not go ahead.

Phoronix checks the Silentmaxx 580W IC-Tech PSU sent to them by QuietPC. 21bD(A) acoustic noise level and PFC approval means that this PSU should be high on your list if you're loooking for a reliable yet silent PSU. Unfortunatey its price and the absence of cable sleeves might deter some of you. µ