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Where are the other review links?

http://www.overclockers.com/amd-radeon-hd-7970-graphics-card-review/
http://www.madshrimps.be/articles/article/1000250/#axzz1hFPj6oTt
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_7970/
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/49646-amd-radeon-hd-7970-3gb-review-25.html

in this brand vs generic PSU showndown the generic PSUs fail horribly.

Anybody got the pagecount on that one? 150 pages? seriously... I tested over 150 HSF so far; latest roundups are for AMD/INTEL's latest CPUs Roundup of HSF of 2006 http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&articI D=519 Roundup of HSF 2007 P1 http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=556 currently adding 8 more to the list, closing in on 200 HSF tested; and all this in less than 150+ pages per article...

Anybody got the pagecount on that one? 150 pages? seriously... I tested over 150 HSF so far; latest roundups are for AMD/INTEL's latest CPUs Roundup of HSF of 2006 http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&articI D=519 Roundup of HSF 2007 P1 http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=556 currently adding 8 more to the list, closing in on 200 HSF tested; and all this in less than 150+ pages per article...

Some really, really great coolers, like the Noctua U12 or the Ultra 120 Extreme, don't fare very well on their test.

Also, if you haven't noticed, there's no word about fan noise... Which is extremely important to a lot of people. What good is a couple of degrees difference between cooler A and cooler B, if the latter includes a 4000 fan that sounds like a jet engine while the former is inaudible in a closed case?

Look elsewhere if you want to read proper articles about the subject.

It has been done before... long time ago, hot running CPU's is nothing new... or is it? How to fry an egg on an Athlon XP

- http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=482
- http://www.hothardware.com/viewarticle.aspx?articl eid=861&cid=1
- http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6538
- http://www.mvktech.net/content/view/3357/48/
- http://pcper.com/article.php?aid=287
- http://uk.theinquirer.net/?article=33872
- http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/08/23/review_ati _radeon_x1950_xtx/
- http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/X1950XTX
- http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=954
- http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q3/radeon-x1950x tx/index.x?pg=1
- http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2007324 ,00.asp
- http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/08/23/ati_releases_rad eon_x1950/
- http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/375/
- http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/131
- http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?id=2 020&cid=3&pg=1
- http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/ati_radeon_x19 50_xtx_performance/
- http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/X1950XTXreview /

up to date list: http://www.madshrimps.be/forums/showthread.php?s=& threadid=26526

- http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=482
- http://www.hothardware.com/viewarticle.aspx?articl eid=861&cid=1
- http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6538
- http://www.mvktech.net/content/view/3357/48/
- http://pcper.com/article.php?aid=287
- http://uk.theinquirer.net/?article=33872
- http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/08/23/review_ati _radeon_x1950_xtx/
- http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/X1950XTX
- http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=954
- http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q3/radeon-x1950x tx/index.x?pg=1
- http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2007324 ,00.asp
- http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/08/23/ati_releases_rad eon_x1950/
- http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/375/
- http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/131
- http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?id=2 020&cid=3&pg=1
- http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/ati_radeon_x19 50_xtx_performance/
- http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/X1950XTXreview /

up to date list: http://www.madshrimps.be/forums/showthread.php?s=& threadid=26526

Since the NDA expired I've complied a list of official benchmarks, there are 43 on there already; Top 3 imho are those from Techreport, HardOCP and Anandtech

List kep up to date of Core 2 Reviews so far including 16 articles, with more to follow.

Small selection:
- HardOCP
- X-Bit Labs
- HotHardware

up to date list here

Here is a review of the stock HSF that normally (AFAIK) comes with the Opteron (939) and Athlon64 X2 processors.

YOu don't need FX-57 or 7900GTX to play the latest games; if he choices mid-range products they will produce less heat, and can be cooled easily without extra noise. CPU cooler choice is outdated model, CNPS7700 is old, CNPS9500/9700 is better choice, and there are tons of alternatives which offer even better performance/noise ratios like Scythe Ninja to name one. The choice of case is "okay", Antec's own P150 would be much more suited though. at $2000 this silent system is hardly budget friendly; too many expensive parts. My route to silence was posted on /. last year: http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=286

Wake-up call; NEW games are ALL VIDEO CARD dependant, CPU speed hardly matters; A 2GHZ Athlon 64 or 3ghz Pentium 4 will let you play the latest games at highest details if you have a powerful videocard. I found no difference between 2.4Ghz and 2.7ghz A64 in game-speed, the video card is the limiting factor, the CPU is plenty fast

I'm tempted to make a dry-ice cooled block

Too late

http://www.madshrimps.be/printhow.php?howtoID=59

-theGreater.

Here's a link to the printable version with all of the article on one page:

http://www.madshrimps.be/printart.php?articID=286

old review.. from 13/09.. not new?

So what was going to be a relatively easy summary has now become a little bit more convoluted thanks to the extreme overclocking ability of the Mobile Athlon chip.

Basically in short we can conclude the following.

- If you're looking to run at straight out of the box stock speeds, then going for the Athlon XP 2500+ should be a no brainer. The XP either beats or almost matches the Mobile chip in every benchmark and can be had at a lower price

- If however you're a tweaker, a freaker, a mad cookie eater, then by all means spend that extra four bones that is burning a hole in your pocket and pick up a Mobile Athlon chip (and as you can see above, we found it for the exact same price as the standard Barton). Even if by some chance you get a dud in the overclocking department you'll still have a chip that can easily run at stock XP speeds all the while requiring MUCH less voltage which will enable you to have a quiet if not super fast gaming system.

- Finally, if you're looking at the Sempron do it only if you absolutely cannot afford that extra ten bucks that it's going to cost you to move up to a Barton based XP processor. Though admittedly marketed at the low end internet/email usage market, AMD 2500+ Performance Rating system just doesn't hold up here. With the return of the low end Duron-esque processor let's hope AMD moves to a new naming system so as not to confuse Joe AOL who picks up a Sempron 2500+ thinking he's getting a great deal picking up the newest AMD chip at a great price to expecting it to perform at par with the regular Athlon XP chip his twelve year old kid made him promise to get.

this article made me think of a AMD Duron Applebred vs. Athlon XP Thoroughbred review we did. pretty much the same results here; Duron/Sempron not recommended, even for going "on the cheap";

The Swiftech MCX462-V (MVX does not exist afaik ;)) is not the best heatsink out there money can buy. There are a lot of others which beat the Swiftech in both performance, price and noise levels. I've done 2 AMD heatsink roundups, one of them was posted at /. here

The latest update I made can be found here from August 2004 and includes tons of innovative Heatpipe coolers which deliver great performance at a lower price! can't beat that?

Look for a Thermalright SP-94 or Sharkoon HSP1 to get your AMD chilly :)

right here HardOCP Tech Report X-bit Labs T-Break Sudhian Bit-Tech HotHardware Beyond3D PCPerspective Legit Reviews HardTecs4U Driver Heaven Anandtech TomsHW AMDZone

I had an Eluminux keyboard for test one year ago. I you have your keyboard sitting in front of your screen you won't really find any advantages, and it makes it annoying when watching movies in the dark.

But when you have it in a setup where otherwise you are unable to see the keys, these keyboards are magic, LANparties spring to mind, although these keyboards are more compact (like a laptop keyboard) and if you use the arrow keys for gaming, you are out of luck.