Weekend Shortbread

Weekend

1. Ars Technica clears the air: BioShock does not contain a rootkit
2. NordicHardware reports that Kinc & Shamino break 27,000 in 3DMark06
   
   with Mushkin and Asus HD 2900 XT CrossFire

3. YouGamers cover GC 2007 day 1 and day 2: part 1 & part 2 and day 3
4. HardwareZone’s Comex 2007 preview part 2
5. X-bit labs pits DirectX 10 games vs. contemporary graphics accelerators
6. FiringSquad on BioShock DirectX 10 vs. DirectX 9 performance & image quality
7. TrustedReviews on Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite
8. Phoronix on Ubuntu’s displayconfig-gtk
9. Techgage on backing up your Linux
10. bit-tech’s exclusive hands-on preview of Haze
11. Gameguru Mania and GamersHell have World in Conflict demo

Systems

1. AnandTech on Alienware’s Area-51 m9750: power gaming on the go
2. AMDZone reviews Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Black Edition
3. Björn3D asks, “1333MHz… who are the big dogs?”
4. bit-tech reviews Asus P5K3 Premium
5. Virtual-Hideout reviews Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus
6. Computer Shopper reviews Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H
7. PCStats reviews 2GB Corsair Dominator Twin3X2048-1800C7D matched memory pair
8. HotHardware reviews Synology Cube Station CS407

Multimedia

1. HEXUS reviews HIS HD 2600XT Zalman fan and IceQ Turbo
2. MVKTech reviews Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB GDDR4
3. DriverHeaven reviews Zotac GeForce 8500 GT and 8600 GT Zone Editions
4. ThinkComputers reviews Samsung SyncMaster 940UX 19″ LCD monitor
5. Bona Fide Reviews on Samsung HT-TX72 5-disc home theater surround sound system
6. Benchmark Reviews on Soyo FreeStyler™ 600 ST-SYLA04 wireless Bluetooth headset

Power, cases, and cooling

1. [H] Enthusiast reviews 1600W Ultra Products X3 EE modular PSU
2. TweakTown reviews Cooler Master Real Power M1000 PSU
3. DV Hardware reviews PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 PSU
4. Hardware Canucks review 600W OCZ StealthXStream PSU
5. Big Bruin reviews 580W Mushkin HP-580AP Enhanced power supply
6. Madshrimps review Ultra Grid ATX mid-tower case
7. Overclocker Café reviews Zalman Z-Machine GT1000 case
8. X-bit labs reviews nMediaPC HTPC 288SA case
9. HardwareLogic reviews Thermaltake Wing RS 100 case
10. Tweaknews reviews CoolIT PCI Cooling Booster