Italians overclock Pentium 4 to 8.18 GHz

Italians overclock Pentium 4 to 8.18 GHz

WHILE FERRARI WAS soundly beaten by British machinery last weekend in Monaco, the Italians did their best to keep their pride up'n'running. This time, ThuG and his fellow members from OC Team Italy pushed their platinum sample Pentium 4 631 - to massive 8.18 GHz, making all those old-time gamedevs sweat with dreams what could have been. If the record is true, hats down lads.

OverclockersClub tested BenQ FP222WH, a 22" LCD widescreen monitor that sells for mediocre 269.99 US. Honestly, if you are thinking about a new monitor, this one just sounds like a dream. I remember when I bought my 22" iiyama Vision Master Pro. Dealer gave me a hefty discount, so I ended up paying only 2300 US dollars. Today, you get the same screen (albeit in a little lower resolution) for almost 10 times less, and I bought that iiyama in 2000.

Bit-Tech tested Corsair DDR3-1333 modules, that come in Dominator format (of course, with their tri-fan DHX cooling). Since benchmark results are less than stellar, guys gave conservative conclusion. Time for DDR3 will come, though.

And for those that do not want to spend massive amounts of money on new memory standard and appropriate motherboard but still want the best - Legit Reviews tested OCZ's PC2-9200 Reaper Edition memory.

HardwareSecrets tested MSI's GeForce 8500GT, board that is targeting entry-level market.

Overclockers from Down Under tested another silent graphics card, but this time around, we are talking about Gigabyte's vision of 8600GTS graphics card.

Virtual-Hideout tested Antec P182 aluminium case, probable choice for selected few that will be able to afford. However, this case packs some serious punch for those that intend to put multiple graphics cards or hot CPUs.

In meanwhile, Ocworkbench managed to get a hold of AMD's RD790 motherboard and ran four boards in Crossfire. This board will be all over Computex in more flavours than one, so brace for impact. All that we know is that AMD roadmaps claim this chipset comes with PCI Express 2.0, industry's first.

Phoronix decided to do a deep dive and compared ATi Drivers under Ubuntu and Windows operating systems. With Ubuntu coming even as a live CD, you should try to use Linux - Phoronix gives the lowdown for owners of ATI hardware.

CoolTechZone came up with a review of iRiver S10. Yes, there is somebody else making MP3 players other than Fruity Company. And this one makes iPod shuffle look like a giant.