[H]ardNews 9th Edition

Gigabyte GeForce 6800:

Need a cool and quiet GeForce 6800 for your silent PC project? Check out this Gigabyte GeForce 6800 review at Neoseeker. It doesn’t look like this card is for overclockers though, check out what Neoseeker says:

We weren't surprised to find that the Gigabyte GV-N68128DH has absolutely no overhead which we can use to overclock the core or memory.

Athlon XP HSF Roundup:

The Athlon XP platform is alive and kicking and to prove it, those crazy crustaceans at Mad Shrimps have whipped up another Athlon XP heatsink roundup.

None of the heatsinks tested today are bad and when combined with a high output fan they will give you enough cooling power overhead to experiment with overclocking, without worrying about overheating.

JVC develops BD/DVD:

It looks like JVC has developed a Blu-ray / DVD combo disk. The Blu-ray/ DVD combo disc is a single sided disc with two DVD-ROM layers in the middle and one BD layer on top. These two platters are pasted together like a dual layer DVD disc, with a 0.1 mm cover layer on the BD layer side.

Hoping to ease the transition from DVD to Blu-ray Disc, JVC has developed a Blu-ray/ DVD Combo ROM Disc, containing two DVD layers and one BD layer.