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• How Good Are AMD's Bundled Coolers For The Athlon XP ?
  (, cooler)
• A Standalone, at a Price: hp photosmart 7350
  (hp photosmart 7350, printer)
• Decision at 250 GB: Maxtor MaXLine Plus II vs. Western Digital WD2500JB
  (Maxtor MaxLine Plus II 250GB, Western Digital WD2500JB)
• RAM Wars: Return of the JEDEC
• Rambus Is Alive: SiS 658 In An Exclusive Test
  (RAMBUS SDRAM, SiS 658, DUAL DDR)
• Bluetooth: A Rundown
  (Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop, Bluetooth)
• Hop To It: Kanguru Micro Drive With USB 2.0
  (Interactive Media Corporation Kanguru MicroDrive, Hana Micron Axis Mobile Disk)
• Compact All-Rounders: VIA's Eden Mini ITX Format Boards
• New Drivers: ATi FireGL X1 & Z1 with High Performance - Finally
  (PNY QuadroFX 2000, 3Dlabs Wildcat VP970, PNY Quadro4 750XGL, PNY Quadro4 900XGL, PNY Quadro4 980XGL, ATi FireGL 8800, ATi FireGL 8700, ATi FireGL X1, ATi FireGL Z1, Nvidia QuadroFX 2000, Nvidia Quadro)
• Penalty: An Autopsy Of Dead LCD Pixels
  (, LCD)
• Battle of the Minis: Soltek vs. Shuttle
  (Shuttle SN41G2, Soltek EQ3000, Mini-PC)
• Maxtor Goes Serial ATA: The DiamondMax Plus 9 Gets Put to the Test
  (Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9)
• Twice The Power: SiS655 With Dual DDR333
  (AOpen AX45-4D Max, Asus P4SDX Deluxe, Gigabyte SINXP-1394, MSI 655 Max (MS-6730), SiS 655, DUAL DDR)
• NVIDIA GeForceFX 5600 Ultra & FX 5200 Ultra: Performance
  (Nvidia GeForceFX 5600 (NV31), Nvidia GeForceFX 5200 (NV34))
• Serial ATA Controller Untamed: The Silicon Image 3112
  (Serial ATA controllers, Silicon Image 3112)
• Strike Force: The new ATI Radeon 9800, 9600 and 9200 Series
  (ATi Radeon 9800, ATi Radeon 9800 PRO, ATI Radeon 9200, Radeon 9200 PRO, ATI Radeon 9600. Radeon 9600 PRO)
• GeForceFX for the Masses: The GeForceFX 5600 and 5200 Series
  (Nvidia GeForceFX 5600 (NV31), Nvidia GeForceFX 5200 (NV34))
• Swift Acquittal: NVIDIA QuadroFX 2000
  (PNY QuadroFX 2000, 3Dlabs Wildcat VP970, PNY Quadro4 750XGL, PNY Quadro4 900XGL, PNY Quadro4 980XGL, ATi FireGL 8800, ATi FireGL 8700, ATi FireGL X1, Nvidia QuadroFX 2000, Nvidia QuadroFX 1000, Nvidia)
• Then and Now: Athlon Platforms Compared
  (AMD Athlon, Socket 462)
• Zalman ZM80A-HP - VGA Heatpipe Cooler & Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9700 PRO Ultimate Edition
  (Zalman ZM80A-HP)
• Backing Up with Tape Drives: Security Is What Counts
  (Tandberg DLT VS 80, Dell Powervault 110T DLT VS 80, Onstream ADR2 60Si, Seagate Tapestor DAT 40, Tandberg SLR100, Sony AIT90i, Onstream ADR2 120Si, Exabyte VXA-2, Tandberg SDLT 320, Seagate Viper 200,)
• VapoChill Puts a Pentium 4 with 800 MHz FSB within Reach
  (Asetek VapoChill)
• 17" LCD: Samsung 171N & NEC LCD1760V vs. Everyone Else
  (Samsung 171N, NEC LCD1760V, LCD)
• Benchmark Marathon: 65 CPUs from 100 MHz to 3066 MHz
  (AMD K5, AMD K6, AMD K6-2, AMD K6-2+, AMD K6-III, AMD Duron, AMD Athlon, AMD Athlon XP, Intel Pentium, Intel Pentium MMX, Intel Celeron, Intel Pentium II, Intel Pentium III, Intel Pentium 4)
• More nForce2: New Boards from Abit, Biostar and MSI
  (Abit NF7-S, Biostar M7NCG, MSI K7N2-L, MSI K7N2G nForce2, NVIDIA, Dual DDR, DDR333, DDR400)
• 15 Cases For Review
  (Antec Performance Plus 1080, Antec Lanboy, Atech AFT6303, Atech AFT6551, Enermax CS-1018, Enlight A3101, Enlight A7254, Impression IM-21, Enlight A7280, Lian Li PC-6089A, Lillicomputers Crystal Clear)
• Barton's Here: Athlon XP 3000+ vs. P4 3.06 GHz
  (AMD Athlon XP, Socket 462)
• DVD Burner Test: Seven Times The Capacity
  (Philips DVDRW228, Pioneer DVR-A05, Ricoh MP-5125A, Sony DRU-120A, TEAC DV-W50E, Sony DRU-500A, imation DVD+R, imation DVD+RW, DVD Burner)
• Serial ATA Is Here: Seagate Barracuda ATA V and Five of the Latest Controllers Reviewed
  (Promise SATA150 TX2, Promise SATA150 TX4, 3Ware Escalade 8500-8, HighPoint RocketRAID 1520, HighPoint RocketRAID 1540)
• Pentium 4 with Dual DDR: Endurance Test of Seven Motherboards with the Granite Bay Chipset
  (Aopen AX4R Plus, Asus P8G8X, DFI NB80-EA, Gigabyte GA-8INXP, IWill P4GB, MSI GNB Max, Tyan Trinity i7205 S2662, Intel Pentium 4, Intel E7205, Socket 478, Intel Granite Bay, DDR SDRAM, DUAL DDR, Granit)
• Two New Mini-Powerhouses from Shuttle
  (Shuttle SN41G2, Shuttle SB51G)
• Brave New World: Operating IDE Hard Drives on SCSI Host Adapters
  (Acard AEC7722, SCSI Adapters)
• NVIDIA GeForceFX: Brute Force Attack Against the King
  (NVIDIA GeForceFX)
• Old Hand Meets Young Firebrand: ATi FireGL X1 and Nvidia Quadro4 980XGL
  (3Dlabs Wildcat VP970, PNY Quadro4 750XGL, PNY Quadro4 900XGL, PNY Quadro4 980XGL, ATi FireGL 8800, ATi FireGL 8700, ATi FireGL X1, Nvidia Quadro4 980XGL (NV28), Nvidia Quadro4 750XGL (NV25), Nvidia Qu)
• VGA Charts II: Mainstream Systems
  (NVIDIA GeForce2 MX400 64MB, NVIDIA GeForce2 ULTRA, NVIDIA GeForce2 Ti, NVIDIA GeForce3, NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200 64MB, NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200 128MB, NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500, NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440, NVIDIA Ge)
• USB 2.0 as a Multi-Purpose Solution: The External ATA Drive Case from ADS Technologies
  (ADS USB 2.0 Drive Kit)
• Premium Controllers Under Scrutiny: Ultra160 RAID Adapters from Adaptec and LSI
  (Adaptec SCSI RAID 2110S, LSI Logic MegaRAID Elite 1650, RAID Adapters, Adaptec, LSI)
• A Comparison of 34 Coolers for the AMD Athlon XP
  (Ajigo Corporation MF014-021, Ajigo Corporation MF018-011, AVC 112C81, AVC Frost, Coolermaster CP5-7JD1B-0L, Coolermaster HAC-V81, CoolJag JVC652A, Fanner 5E070B1H3G Copper King II, Fanner 5F271B1M3 Fa)
• Logitech MX Mice: The Weapon for Quakers!
  (Logitech MX Mice, Optical Mouse)
• An LCD Screen to Start the Year: Hitachi CML174SXW
  (Hitachi CML174SXW, LCD)
• The Resurrection: Pentium III 1.4 GHz on Slot-1 Motherboards
• Workstation Power: ATi's FireGL X1 under Linux
  (ATi FireGL X1)
• Prometeia: Is this the best CPU cooling system around
  (Chip-Con Prometeia, Cooler, Overclock)
• HyperThreading Threads Its Way into Application
  (, hyperthreading, Intel Pentium 4, Compiler)
• Digicams: New Little Megapixel Monsters, Part II
  (Sony DSC-U10, Casio EX-M2, Canon PowerShot S230, Minolta Dimage Xi, Toshiba PDR-T30, Digital Video Camera, Camera)
• Inkjet Printer: End of the Year Roundup
  (Canon i850, HP Deskjet 3820, Epson Stylus C62, Epson Stylus C82, Canon S330, Epson Stylus Photo 830, Inkjet Printer, Printer)
• Third Generation: Iomega ZIP-750 MB
  (Iomega Zip750MB)
• VGA Charts II: High-End Systems
  (NVIDIA GeForce2 MX400, NVIDIA GeForce2 ULTRA, NVIDIA GeForce2 Ti, NVIDIA GeForce3, NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200, NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500, NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440, NVIDIA GeForce4 MX460, NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4200, N)
• The Iceman Cometh: P4 at 4.1 GHz
  (Intel Pentium 4, Socket 478, THG Video, Videos from THG, Overclock)
• Speedomania: 48x/16x/48x-Burner from LG
  (LG GCE-8480B)
• THG's Holiday Buyer's Guide: Second Edition
• 17" LCD Part III: It's Christmas Already!
  (Belinea 10 17 20, Hitachi CML171SXW, Iiyama AS4314UT, Mitac 170EAS, QDI LM-700, Sony S71, LCD)
• The End User Pays: 13 Boards With Intel 845GE/PE
  (Asus P4PE/GE, Aopen AX4PE/GE Max, Biostar P4TGE, DFI NB78-HL, Gigabyte GA-8PE667 Ultra/ 8GE667 Pro, Iwill P4HT-S, Intel D845PEBT2, Fujitsu-Siemens D1527/ D1547, QDI Platinix 2E/ 333, Intel Pentium 4,)
• Serial ATA in Mini Format: 2.5" Disk Drive from Fujitsu
  (Fujitsu MHR2020SA, Serial ATA)
• Joysticks and Wheels: The Winter 2002 Collection
  (Freedom 2.4 GHz, SideWinder Force Feedback 2, Momo Racing, F1 Force Feedback Racing Wheel, Gaming Wheels, Joysticks)
• The Economical Way to a Pentium 4 System: Five Motherboards with the SiS648 Chipset
  (AOpen AX45-8X Max, DFI NS80-EA, Elitegroup L4S8A, Gigabyte GA-8SG667, MSI 648 Max (MS-6585), SiS648, Pentium 4, Socket 478, SiS648, Pentium 4, socket 478)
• ATI Delivers: The Radeon 9500 PRO
  (ATi Radeon 9500 PRO)
• Intel's Pentium Performance Hangs on a Hyper-Thread
  (Intel Pentium 4 HT)
• Speech Recognition: SoundMax Cadenza
  (Intel, Analog Devices SoundMax Cadenza, Andrea Superbeam, Microsoft Windows XP)
• THG's Xmas 2002 Holiday Buyer's Guide
  (Apple IPod, Creative Labs MuVo, Tivo, Canon PowerShot S200, Olympus E-20, Atech Pro III Flash Drive, Xbox Video Game Console, Logitech Momo Force Steering Wheel, Radeon 9700 Mobile, ASUS V8440 GeForce 4 Ti4400, ASUS V8460 Ultra GeForce 4 Ti4600, Hercules Fortissimo III 7.1, Creative Labs Audigy 2, Logitech Z-540, Altec Lansing 641, Altec Lansing 4100, Adaptec AUA-3121 DuoConnect, Enermax EN-006-TM1, Kensington FlyLight, Linksys USB 100M, Turtle Beach AudioTron, Keter MasterCart 604968 Ultimate Toolbox, SCOTTeVEST, Western Digital External 120GB)
• Video Editing For Beginners: Matrox RT.X10
  (Matrox RT.X10)
• Dual DDR For Pentium 4: Intel E7205 Chipset Put To The Test
  (Asus P4G8X, Gigabyte GA-8INXP, Tyan Trinity i7205 S2662, Tyan Tiger i7500 S2722, Intel E7205 (Granite Bay), Intel E7505 (Granite Bay), DUAL DDR)
• The Next Generation: IBM DeskStar 180GXP with up to 180 GB
  (IBM DeskStar 180GXP, HDD)
• GeForceFX: NVIDIA goes Hollywood?
  (NVIDIA GeForceFX)
• Single CPU in Dual Operation: P4 3.06 GHz with Hyper-Threading Technology
  (Intel Pentium 4 HT, Socket 478, Videos from THG, THG Videos)
• Fast and Secure: A Comparison of Eight RAID Controllers
  (3Ware Escalade 7850, Adaptec ATA Raid 1200A, Dawicontrol DC-100 Raid, Dawicontrol DC-133 Raid, Highpoint Rocket Raid 133, Highpoint Rocket Raid 404, LSI Logic Megaraid i4, Promise Fast Trak TX2000, RA)
• Athlon On The Fast Lane: Three Motherboards with nForce2-Chipset and Dual-Channel DDR
  (Asus A7N8X, Chaintech Zenith Series CT-7NJS, Leadtek WinFast K7NCR18D, NVIDIA nforce2, DUAL DDR, nForce 2)
• Reader How Tos: Build a PC for TV
• 4800 dpi: Canon i550
  (Cannon i550, Inkjet Printer, Printer)
• A Prima Donna on PC: Creative Labs Audigy 2
  (Creative Labs Audigy 2, Creative Labs Audigy 2 Platinum, Creative Labs Inspire 6700, Sound Card)
• Pixel-Churners: A round-up of Radeon 9700 PRO cards
  (ATi Radeon 9700 PRO, Crucial Radeon 9700 PRO, Gigabyte Maya II GV-R9700 PRO, Hercules 3D Prophet 9700 PRO, HIS Excalibur Radeon 9700 PRO, Sapphire Radeon 9700 Atlantis PRO)
• Reader How Tos: Building For Stability
• High Speed Burning via USB2.0 - Waitec FrisbyII
  (Waitec FrisbyII, CD-RW, USB)
• Bridging The Flash Format Gap With Multi-Format Readers/ Writers
  (Atech-Flash Pro II, Atech-Flash Pro III, Atech-Flash PRO-Mouse MS-AFT1, Atech-Flash PRO-Mouse MS-AFT2, Belkin F5U148, Carry FISDMC, Imation FlashGO!, Kingston FCR-U26/1, PQI Travel Flash USB, PQI Trav)
• 4800 dpi All-In-One: HP PSC 2110
  (HP PSC 2110, Inkjet Printer, Printer)
• ATI Increases Its Lead: The New Radeon 9700, 9500 PRO and 9500
  (ATI Radeon 9500, ATI Radeon 9500 PRO, ATI Radeon 9700)
• Hercules Fortissimo III 7.1 and Digifire 7.1
  (Hercules Fortissimo III 7.1, Hercules Digifire 7.1, Sound Card)
• Inadequate and Deceptive Product Labeling: Comparison of 21 Power Supplies
  (Power Supply)
• The First Hammer Board Hits the THG Lab
  (AMD ClawHammer, Via KAT400M, Socket 754, VIA VT8188A)
• The New Generation Is Here: Celeron 2.0 GHz, with 0.13 µm
  (Intel Celeron, Socket 478, Intel Celeron Processor, 2.0 GHz, Willamette, 128 kB)
• 15" LCD Comparison Part III: Better and Cheaper
  (ADI S600S, AOpen F50LS, LG Flatron L1510S, Philips 150S3F, QDI LM-510, Samsung Syncmaster 152T, LCD)
• Western Digital Breaks a Record: WD2000JB with 200 GB
  (Western Digital WD2000JB Western Digital WD2000JB, 200 GB, Special Edition, 8 MB Cache, 7.200 U/Min, 7200 rpm)
• Portable CD Tattoos with Yamaha's CRW-F1UX USB 2.0 Burner
  (Yamaha CRW-F1UX)
• The Smallest of Them All: The P4/2400 Micro PC
• DDR400 for Athlon: A Comparison of 9 Motherboards
  (Abit AT7-MAX2, Asus A7V8X, Biostar M7VIK, Elitegroup L7VTA, Gigabyte GA-7VAXP, MSI KT4 Ultra, QDI KuDoZ 7X, Shuttle AK37, Soyo KT400 Dragon Ultra, DDR SDRAM, AMD Athlon, Socket A)
• HLSL's, Cg and the RenderMonkey
• NV18 & NV28: NVIDIA Chips with AGP-8x Flavor
  (Leadtek WinFast A180, Leadtek WinFast A180 AGP8x LED, Leadtek WinFast A280, Gainward GeForce4 PowerPack! Pro/600-8X XP, Sparkle SP7300M4, Triplex TX-680, ASUS V9180 Magic, ASUS V9180 TD, ASUS V9180 Vi)
• Preview: ATI's All In Wonder 9700 PRO
  (ATi All In Wonder 9700 PRO)
• AMD Travels Through Time: Athlon XP 2800+ with Dual-DDR
  (AMD Athlon XP, Socket A, NVIDIA nforce2, DDR SDRAM, Thoroughbred)
• OS Comparison: On Which Operating System Do Games Run Best?
  (Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows ME Window XP, new features, remote control)
• Reader How Tos: A System To Convert VHS and 8 mm Tape To DVD
  (Irwin J508 ATX Server Tower case, Gigabyte GA-8IHXP motherboard, Intel Pentium 4, 2.26 GHz, Kingston KVR1066x16/256 PC1066 RDRAM, Pioneer DVR-A04 DVD-R/EW Writer drive, Maxtor MX4G160J8 160 GB hard disk, MSI G4Ti4200 video card, Seagate Hornat40 20/40 GB tape drive, Cyber Acoustics CA-3770 3-piece speaker system, Sony SDM-S81/B LCD video monitor, Pinnacle Systems Studio Deluxe and Express, Microsoft Windows 2000 OS, Microsoft Office keyboard, DIY)
• Trailblazing with CRW-F1 and DiscT@2!
  (Yamaha CRW-F1, CRW)
• Alternatives to HP: Canon S520 and S750
  (Canon S520, Canon S750, Inkjet Printer, Printer)
• New Processors On Old Boards: Adapters From Upgradeware for Socket 370 and Socket 423
  (socket 370, Intel Pentium 3, socket 423, socket 478)
• Surprise From An Outsider: Samsung SV1204H With 120 GB
  (Samsung SV1204H, HDD)
• Building Your Own PC, Part 2: Assembly Step by Step
  (, DIY)
• DDR333 for P4: 16 Boards with Intel 845G - Part II
  (Abit BG7, Albatron PX845G Pro II, Chaintech CT-9BJF, Fujitsu-Siemens D1387, Liteon NA121, Soltek SL-85MR2-L, Intel i845G, Intel Pentium 4, Socket 478, DDR SDRAM)
• A Cool Bunch: How To Put A Lid On The Die Temperature Of Your Athlon
  (ALPHA FC-PAL15, ALPHA PAL8045, ARKUA 6228, ARKUA 7528, AVC 112BJ0, AVC 112BJ0-1, AVC 112BN0, AVC 112C80, Brown International V8 Heatsink, CoolerMaster HCC-002, CoolerMaster HCC-003, CoolerMaster HHC-0)
• Creative Labs MuVo: The Singing Diskette
  (Creative Labs MuVo Portable audio player, WMA, mp3)
• Hot Contraband: P4 With 3.6 GHz
  (Intel Pentium 4, AMD Athlon XP, Overclock, Socket 478, Socket A)