Month: January 2003

I see from forums and emails that the following is happening out there: People are taking TBreds and overclocking them. Some are seeing the initial bootup screen reporting an XP2700+. They look at something like Sandra, and it says the Read More

From a nVidia response to a Tweaktown question: TT – The cooling devices we’ve seen on GeForce FX cards are quite big and complex, why? Are you experiencing heat problems produced by the 0.13 micron process based NV30 core and Read More

I got about thirty responses from those who tried the Radeon 9500 modification. About two-thirds reported “success,” a third reported failures. Can’t say getting a particular card from a particular place did any good; for instance, we got reported failures Read More

I got this intelligent email from John Tumminaro. I think you might be being a bit hard on the GeForce FX card. Sure, it doesn’t show a huge amount of benefit in conventional testing, but what are the benchmarks really Read More

With the apparent FXlop, those looking for a powerful but cheap video solution have been looking even more closely at these Radeon 9500 fixes, or will be. Someone wrote me on the subject: Hey Ed… quick note I thought may Read More