Introduction: Quakecon 2004 is here! We usually drive to Dallas from St. Louis as a tradition, but with some upcoming meetings and IDF around the corner we jumped aboard a plane to head the 600 miles to Dallas to skip out on the 22 hour round trip drive. When you drive you just throw your …more

Introduction: Today NVidia announced a little hidden surprise for users interested in updating their systems to the latest and greatest graphics technology available. NVidia is bringing a technology to the public domain that developers have been using since the days of the Voodoo2 cards: SLI or Scalable Link Interface. How will it work? You all …more

Introduction We all know that the upcoming LGA775 platforms are coming real soon from Intel. The original Prescott made a lot of news with it’s high temps and we wrote a couple articles about cooling and their temperatures. For thouse of you that missed "Prescott Temperatures Examined" please go back and look it over to …more

E3 -That Was Then.See What’s Next: E3 2004 Opens! First Day Line This year I had the pleasure to attend the first day of “open exhibits” (that’s a fancy name for, The-First-Time-People-Get-In-To-Play-With-Stuff) at the 2004 Electronic Entertainment Expo. This year it was located at the LA Convention Center, which is a large venue boasting three …more

Introduction When it comes to the world of computing, one of the components that is sometimes given little thought or research when upgrading or building a new PC has to be the power supply. As an avid reader of many forums, I constantly see people trying to run systems that the top overclockers run powered …more

Introduction: Today we have a special treat for all our readers out there. We got the chance to have an interview with Terry Makedon from ATI! Terry is in charge of most all decisions that go into each release of ATI’s Catalyst Graphics Drivers, but that didn’t stop us from asking him about items not …more

Introduction: Entering The Exibit Hall Map of the Floor Another trade show has come and gone, but this time around we got the chance to see some new products for the first time! With CeBIT Hannover attendance totaling 510,000 CeBIT 2004 proved not to be a dead show! The organizers believe they had roughly 3,400 …more

Introduction Another year has come and gone, but over the course of the year there are some products that have stood out from the crowd. To make things a bit more interesting we are also including some interesting categories and some new unseen pictures that have not been published on Legit Reviews or the web …more

Inroduction: I believe the above picture sums up Comdex very well. I took this photo Wednesday at noon just outside the front door. With empty sidewalks and only one person around, this picture details the overall size of the show — small. The weather was sunny with temperatures around 70 degrees, but that didn’t help …more

Introduction Box Shot of The Kit Working shot of the Light Intro: Many enthusiasts enjoy making their case/rig look its best. So many of them modify (mod) their cases to add uniqueness and personality. Today we are taking a look at one of the items that should be included in almost every case mod: a …more

Introduction: Being enthusiasts and a gamers, Justin West and I (Nathan Kirsch) completed the mecca down to Dallas from St. Louis for Quakecon 2003 and ended up very happy we did. We found that this is really a chance for the hadware industry to show their support for the enthusiast. Enough of the chit-chat let’s …more

What is a Shim?: The basic purpose of a copper shim is to protect the core of your processor. Your CPU core is one of the most powerful pieces of hardware in your computer. It is also one of the most fragile and delicate parts of your computer. If you break the CPU core, you …more

Introduction Unless you have been out of the loop recently, you probably have heard of a new rise in the battle between nVidia graphics drivers and their use with 3DMark03. Let me give you the brief story: On January 19th, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I received an email from FutureMark asking that I kindly …more