PC Club joins our Systems Evaluation Program with the Enpower Fuzion 4, a budget PC that sells for $300 after mail-in rebates. We'll take a look at what a budget PC can tackle these days, and take a look at what a few extra dollars can do for a budget PC.
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How Far We Have Come
Now that Red and Green have learned not to cheat as badly as they used to, does the consumer see it the same way? The fact of the matter is that now the gamers and hardware enthusiasts expect to see game specific optimizations for the "big" games. You want better performance for your hard-earned money and you deserve it. Along with these optimizations, we have to realize that no two images will ever be the same now.
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Monday Web Reviews:
HARDWARE
DDR2 800MHz Roundup: A-Data, Kingston, & Mushkin @ Legit Reviews
Thermaltake Blue Orb II AMD Athlon 64 & Intel Pentium 4 heatsink review @ A1 Electronics.net
Seagate Momentus 7200.1 SATA Notebook Drive Review @ Tech-Mods.net
Arctic Cooling NV Silencer 5 Rev.3 *7800 Series* Compatible @ PureOverclock.com
eVGA e-GeForce 6800GT PCI-E @ Phoronix
Ballistix Tracer (with LEDs) high-performance 1GB kit (512MBx2) PC4000 @ Tech-Mods.net
Large Update of the ocinside.de Casemod Gallery with at present over 1000 pictures
Seagate Momentus 7200.1 Notebook Hard Drive Review Rev. 2.0 Posted! @ Adrian's Rojak Pot
Arctic Cooling NV5 Silencer Rev. 3 VGA cooler review @ 3DChip
Shuttle XPC SD31P @ HEXUS
Hiper Type-R 480W PSU Review @ PC Modding Malaysia
Sapphire X1800XL review @ bit-tech.net
DDR2 800MHz Roundup: A-Data, Kingston, & Mushkin @ TweakPC
Accessories
X-Ray Aqua2 Series Professional Mouse Pad @ techniz
Sunbeamtech X-1300 Laser Mouse Review @ 3DXtreme
Editorials
Adaptive anti-aliasing on ATI Radeon X800 boards investigated @ Elite Bastards
Contests
Would you like an X1800XT? @ driverheaven
Interviews
Futuremark Interview (Part 1) @ Beyond3D
...the first part of this exclusive interview aspects of their past and present status, as well as goals for the future.
Games
Console War Part 1: History @ NordicHardware
Inuyasha: Feudal Combat Review @ GamersHell