[H]ardNews 1st Edition

More Power!

Our buddies over at ClubOC have a nice holiday how-to that shows you the ins and outs of increasing that VDimm on your PC4800-E from Asus. So get you a turkey sandwich and a soldering iron ready later on today.

What are the benefits of all of your hard work? More voltage to your memory can let you push your memory a little harder. This does not necessarily mean a higher bus speed. It generally means tighter memory timings. That's the main reason for the extra voltage.

Patch Addicts:

You know who you are. You will risk a perfectly working OS install just because there is a new driver or patch with a higher version number. You know why, you just have to have it. If it ain't broke...

Do you have to have the latest version regardless of consequence?

Kiwi 9800:

Our mates from OCNZ have a review posted of the Yuan 9800Pro.

The Yuan R9800Pro is manufactured by Sapphire, like many other brands, thus takes the doubts out of build quality. Yes, Yuan is a bit lacking for game bundles but you can not complain on that, not with the price that you are paying.

OpenOffice:

12 Questions about OpenOffice that you always wanted to know, but were afraid to ask.

OpenOffice (OOo) is an open source, free software suite ideal for all student needs. Its components include word processing, spreadsheets, slideshow presentation and drawing. It can replace Microsoft Office and is compatible with the MS Office file formats. OpenOffice is free to download, use and share.

PR Flack:

Taipei, November. 27, 2003 --- Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS), a leading supplier of core logic products, announced that the outstanding SiS655TX chipsets have been widely recognized and adopted by global well-known motherboard manufactures such as ASUSTeK Computer Inc., Elitegroup Computer Systems, Giga-Byte Technology. They are all ready to launch their world-class motherboard products featuring the SiS655TX chipsets.

We have just about finished up our review of the Asus 655TX mainboard so stay tuned.