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[H]ardNews 6th Edition
BIOS Guide Update:
Adrian’s Rojak Pot has arguably the best BIOS optimization guide around. The fellas have updated the guide again to include handy info like the AGP secondary lat timer BIOS feature. Don’t know what the hell that is? Read more:
After months of probing and analysis, I am confident that the motherboard manufacturers are wrong yet again. The AGP Secondary Lat Timer does not refer to the AGP bus’ secondary latency timer. And unlike what I have been told, it has implications on the performance of both AGP and PCI buses!
Heh…he said “probing”.
Bridge It!
Game developer and publisher Auran Games, in conjunction with NVIDIA, and Chronic Logic, the creator of the original award winning game Pontifex II, today announced Bridge It, an addictive PC game that uses cutting-edge 3D technology to immerse players in the challenging world of bridge building. A public demo of Bridge It can be downloaded today exclusively at www.nvidia.com/nzone. Set in the picturesque surroundings of colorful deserts and dense forests, Bridge It challenges players to strategically design and construct a variety of engineering masterpieces. Once a bridge is built, players watch in eager anticipation as the game tests the soundness of their designs as unsuspecting motorists, heavy freight trains, and tourist riverboats approach their bridge.
New ASUS KT8T800 Board:
The K8V Deluxe is built for the AMD Athlon 64 processor with AMD64 architecture, delivering native 32- and 64-bit computing. The AMD64 architecture extends the industry-standard x86 instruction set, providing a dramatic leap forward in compatibility as well as performance. With its quality design, the K8V Deluxe is the world's first motherboard validated by AMD's stringent tests for the Athlon 64 platform.
Shuttle Mod:
Modding your SFF isn’t as easy as sawing some holes in your computer, slapping in some Plexiglas with a few blow holes in it….ummm, waitadamnminute, maybe it IS that easy. Pirate Software did it, they think you can too.
Like most modded computers, lets start with the now standard window (standardised moddin', hmm). Nothing overly fancy with the design of the windows, want to keep with the lines of the Shuttle case. Then a lighting colour scheme.