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Review: Flaming = Cliffs
Review: Boeing vs. Airbus - = Part:=20  1  2  3  4  5
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Feature: Using Real World=20 Tactics
Review: History Channel: Bull=20 Run
Review: War in the = Pacific
Review: I of the Enemy
Review: Brothers in = Arms
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Feature: Oh Brother, Where Art = Thou? -=20 Part:   1  2

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Pre 2003 Armor = archives are=20 here.
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Naval = Combat
Review: Silent Hunter = III
Preview: Silent Hunter III=20 Screenshots
Review: S.C.S. - Dangerous=20 Waters
Interview: Silent Hunter = III

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Pre 2003 Naval = archives are=20 here.

Motorsports
Preview: 2005 European Grand=20 Prix
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Review: Redline's GTP mod for=20 NR2003
Review: Xpand Rally
Review: NASCAR Sim Racing -=20 Part:  1  2  3  4

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Pre 2003 = Motorsports archives=20 are here.

Technology
Preview: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 = GTX
Feature: Dueling Dual Cores: AMD = vs.=20 Intel
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Feature:=20 E3  Tues.  Wed.  Thurs.  Fri.   Reflections
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More Technology articles here.
Pre 2003 Technology = archives=20 are here.
How=20 SimHQ Tests is here.

SimHQ Preview: = Alex "Zander" Keep = previews this=20 weekend's F1 French Grand Prix. You can = read it=20 here in pdf format (147 = kb).    

SimHQ = Review:=20 We continue our = multi-part=20 review series on Lead Pursuit's Falcon 4.0: = Allied=20 Force with Part 2: The Campaign and = AI. Chris=20 "BeachAV8R" Frishmuth shows what's new =97 and = what isn't=20 =97 in this 20-page, 115 image report here.

If you missed Part 1 of the series, it's = here.

    

SimHQ=20 Roundtable: Our=20 three-part Staff discussion on PC's Versus=20 Consoles is here, here and here.

SimHQ=20 Editorials: Chunx' comments in this = two-part=20 editorial here and here.

    
SimHQ Preview: = John=20 Reynolds previews the just announced NVIDIA = GeForce=20 7800 GTX here. See what the $599 USD = (MSRP) video=20 card promises in performance.    
   

SimHQ = Review:=20 Read the conclusion of Chris "BeachAV8R" = Frishmuth's=20 review of Laminar=20 Research's X-Plane 8 in Part 3 here. You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 is here.

    
   
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Air Combat=20 News

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

Combat=20 Flight Simulator 3:

  • "Winding=20 Man" has posted a speculative release date for Over Flanders Fields. =
EECH / EEAH:=20
  • "rocky"=20 has posted a screenshot of textures displayed = at 2048 x=20 2048 with a 2048 scale setting. =
European Air War:=20
  • "VonBeerhofen" has posted a = technique=20 to put all tiles in proper position with a simple fill command. =
Falcon 4.0: Allied = Force:=20 FS2002 / FS2004: The = following=20 files have been released at FlightSim:=20
  • Aircraft=20 - DeHavilland DH106 Comet 4 (FILENAME: comet_4.zip). =
  • Miscellaneous - B-29 = Superfortress=20 'Mania' Patch #987 (FILENAME: b29_987.zip).
  • Panel -=20 Bristol Britannia 253 Panel (FILENAME: = brit2531.zip).=20
  • Panel -=20 Vickers Viscount 810 Panel (FILENAME: vc813p32.zip). =
  • Panel -=20 DH106 Comet 4 Panel (FILENAME: cometpnl.zip). =
  • Panel -=20 BAC 1-11 Panel (FILENAME: 111_pnl.zip).
  • Scenery=20 - Valdez Marine Terminal (FILENAME: valdez_1.zip = &=20 valdez_2.zip).
  • Scenery=20 - Estrella Thermals (FILENAME: soar_est.zip). =
  • Scenery=20 - FREEflow Ultimate Florida (FILENAME: ffflv12.zip). =
  • Scenery=20 - FREEflow Ultimate Florida Update (FILENAME: = ffflv12u.zip).=20
  • Scenery=20 - FREEflow Ultimate Florida AI (FILENAME: = fffl12ai.zip).=20
  • Sound -=20 DeHavilland DH106 Sound Set (FILENAME: = cometsnd.zip).=20
IL-2 Series:=20 Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific Fighters:=20
  • "Macwan_SFM" has released new = Sharkmouthed P-40 E & M skins.
  • "Amagi"=20 has released thirteen DGen 4.01 battlefields. =
Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam:=20
  • "pappychksix" has released a = P-51B (Don=20 Gentiles Shangra-La) skin.

Land Combat News

News=20 Contributors: Chuck "Magnum MGG " = Ankenbauer.

"Ssnake" has let us know = there are=20 more new screenshots of Steel=20 Beasts Professional. The new screenshots are here. Today's featured vehicle is = the=20 Australian version of the LAV-25, a variant of the = same=20 vehicle that is in use with the US Marine Corps. And = it's=20 playable, opening new tactical options for multiplayer = engagements.

Naval Combat News

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

Navy Newsstand reports here the USS=20 Vincennes decommissions.

Motorsports News

News Contributor: Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad.

There's a Ferrari 512S 1970 Le = Mans car=20 set now available here for F1C at M4Driving.

Technology News

News Contributor: Bob = "KnightRyder"=20 Nielsen.

Xtreme=20 Resources tests the AeroCool=20 Turbine Power 450W PSU here.

InsaneTek=20 checks out the ECS=20 RS480-M motherboard here.

bit-tech.net=20 looks at the HIS = Radeon X850 XT=20 IceQ iTurbo card here.

The = Tech=20 Report looks at the Western=20 Digital Caviar SE16 hard drive here.

Epiacenter=20 tests out the M1-ATX=20 CarPC PSU here.

Futurelooks reviews Mutant Mods' 6 Bay = Clear-Blue=20 Acrylic mid tower ATX case here.

Techgage reviews=20 the Silverstone = FM82 fan=20 and controller here.

Legion=20 Hardware tests out the Gigabyte GeForce 7800 = GTX video=20 card here.

Community News=20 for June 30, 2005

Air Combat=20 News

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

EECH /=20 EEAH:

  • "rocky"=20 has posted a Thailand preview. =
European Air War:=20
  • "Ecv56SERA" has posted a = preview of a=20 modified Bf-109 cockpit.
Falcon 4.0: Allied = Force:=20
  • "SuperKungFu" has posted screenshots.=20
  • Sales of F4:AF at Amazon are = big. It's currently outselling = even Battlefield2 (at = the time of=20 this posting).=20
  • A discussion of the=20 multi-controller issue is here in the F4:AF Forum. =
IL-2 Series: Forgotten = Battles / AEP /=20 Pacific Fighters:=20
  • "No457_Foxtrot" has released = a Kuban map.=20
  • "vpmedia" has released a La-5 (Eskadrilya Valeriy = Chkalov)=20 skin.
Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam:=20
  • "WOLF257" has released the P-47D-25.=20
  • "ghostrider883" has released = a Type 96=20 & Type 96B IAF MiG-21 skins update. =
General News:=20
  • "MK2"=20 has posted pictures of a table top tactical jet game.
Land Combat = News

News=20 Contributors: Chuck "Magnum MGG " = Ankenbauer.

Steel=20 Beasts Professional news... more new = screenshots have=20 been released here, showing the Australian = Army's M113AS4=20 for Steel Beasts Professional. The M113AS4 is quite = unique to=20 the extent that it comes with a one-man turret and a = cal .50=20 heavy MG, as well as a thermal sight. It should be an=20 interesting choice for battles among light and medium=20 vehicles.

Check out this from Guardiaris. They are using their = own engine=20 to develop military applications, and are working on a = tank sim as well. = Thanks to=20 Dalibor Jovanovic for the news and link.

GMX = Media=20 have announced the release of the map for Battleground Europe. The title is = almost=20 complete with gold date set for the end of = July.

Naval Combat News

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

Navy Newsstand reports that the amphibious = transport=20 ship USS=20 Nashville (LPD 13) = joined=20 with allied forces from Britain, Spain, France, Italy, = Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria in joint exercise Barbary = Thunder. The exercise is designed to give the U.S. and = allied=20 forces an opportunity to train together and develop = productive=20 relationships through diverse maritime training = scenarios. It=20 also focuses on developing the collective = proficiencies of=20 maritime multinational interoperability, information = sharing=20 and promoting friendship. Read more here.

Pirates of the Burning Sea have = two new Dev=20 Logs. Isildur has posted a new devlog explaining our character skill system, and = Grogbeard=20 has one up about our mission system.

Motorsports News

News Contributor: Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad.

Game=20 Chronicles reviews GTR here.

The = Pits=20 report "BR Track Graphical Updates at=20 Superspeedway.net". Read here.

Technology News

News Contributor: Bob = "KnightRyder"=20 Nielsen.

More AMD=20 Athlon 64 FX-57 madness...Today coming from AnandTech, Sharky Extreme, and Sudhian Media.

Futurelooks tests out the Antec Sonata II ATX = PC case here.

Hardware=20 Zone checks out Sapphire's=20 ATI X850XT here.

3d=20 Accelerated looks at ATI's=20 Radeon X850XT Platinum Edition card here.

DriverHeaven checks out MSI's 945P Neo = Platinum=20 motherboard here.

EXTREME Overclocking checks out = OCZ's ModStream 520W = PSU here.

Trusted=20 Reviews pits the AOpen=20 Aeolus 6800 (NVIDIA) and Sapphire Radeon X800 XL=20 'Ultimate' cards against each other here.

The = Tech=20 Report checks out Foxconn's=20 NFPIK8AA motherboard here.

Bjorn3D tests=20 out the Seagate 400GB=20 Pushbutton backup HDD here.

HEXUS reviews=20 the ABIT Fatal1ty AN8 = SLI=20 S939 motherboard here.

AMDZone pits the=20 Antec vs. = Coolermaster=20 550w PSU here.

TECHNIZ.CO.UK tests the Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro = SLI=20 motherboard here.

Trusted=20 Reviews checks out the MSI=20 P4N Diamond motherboard here.

nV = News tests=20 out the MSI = NX6800-TD128E=20 SLI video card here.

TweakTown=20 tests the Gigabyte = GeForce 7800=20 GTX video card here.

HotHardware looks at MSI's = NX6600GT-VTD128SP AGP=20 video card here.

Community News=20 for June 29, 2005

Air Combat=20 News

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

Combat=20 Flight Simulator 3:

  • The 308th Emerald Knights is now = recruiting=20 new members.
EECH / EEAH:=20
  • New Georgia terrain textures by = Rocky have=20 been released.
  • "gotcha"=20 has announced two new terrain (Taiwan and Lebanon) = and two=20 common texture packs. =
European Air War:=20
  • "Herr=20 Shreck" has posted a Midway terrain preview.
  • "VonBeerhofen" has posted an = Italy terrain preview.=20
Falcon 4.0:=20 Allied Force:=20
  • Members=20 discuss the options of a printed color manual.=20
  • F4:AF has been released and is on the way to = retail=20 stores with some "sightings" at Fry's. =
FS2002 / FS2004: The = following=20 files have been released at FlightSim:=20
  • Adventures - VFR Tour de = France 2005=20 (FILENAME: tfr05.zip).
  • Miscellaneous - Rwy12 = Container Objects=20 (FILENAME: shipcnt.zip).
  • Panels -=20 Dh89a Dragon Rapide Autopilot Add-On (FILENAME:=20 dh89a_ap.zip).
  • Scenery=20 - FS98/FS2002/FS2004 Seattle Thermals (FILENAME:=20 jntpack1.zip).
IL-2 Series: Forgotten = Battles / AEP /=20 Pacific Fighters:=20
  • "Clipper79" has announced = I/Jg3 has=20 declassified its Stalingrad Ai war missions. = Interested=20 parties can request these missions.
  • Virtualpilots_1 is holding a = Forgotten Battles dogfight event = for up to=20 104 players on Saturday July 2nd 2005 at 1900 CET, = 2100=20 Moscow, 1300 (1pm) US eastern time.
  • "UF_Zargos" has posted an A6M2 skin update.
  • "Goodwood" has released three = new Fw-190 color profiles.
  • II./JG1 is accepting new = recruits.
  • "elephant_" has released = Luftwaffe DGen=20 portraits. =
Lock On: Modern Air Combat / = Flaming=20 Cliffs:=20
  • "Thomas=20 DW" has posted a Lock On 1.1/1.02 tweak and Loman 4 = Beta3 links.
  • "The_GhostRider" is looking = for=20 feedback on a pilot log editor. =
Scale Modelling:=20
  • "BARKHORN" has posted = pictures of a=20 freshly built Ki-84 model. =
Strike Fighters / Wings Over = Vietnam:=20

Land Combat News

News=20 Contributors: Chuck "Magnum MGG " = Ankenbauer.

New Steel Beasts = Professional=20 screenshots have been released here showing the Australian Army's = version=20 of the Leopard 1.

"Ssnake" has posted a = summary of the=20 latest Steel Beasts=20 Professional achievements here.

Worthplaying has the new Ghost Recon: Advanced=20 Warfighter trailer here.

Wargamer has news that Spartan can now be = purchased as=20 a digital download game.

Lesta Studio and Buka = Entertainment=20 have announced the new official English web site here for Pacific Storm. The = web site=20 contains news, screenshots, which demonstrate = strategic,=20 tactical and simulator part of the game, gameplay and = intro=20 trailers, a special section of historical documents = and essays=20 and, last but not least, the official forum.

Naval Combat News

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

Navy=20 Newsstand has a video clip discussing the USS Bulkeley's = missile defense=20 and 360-degree surface mode capability. Take a look here.

Motorsports News

News Contributor: Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad.

Boomtown interviews TOCA Race Driver 3 = producer=20 Gavin Raeburn here.

Technology News

News Contributor: Bob = "KnightRyder"=20 Nielsen.

HotHardware reviews MSI's NX6600GT-VTD128SP = video card here.

Community News=20 for June 28, 2005

Air Combat=20 News

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

Living=20 History:

  • "Gaston"=20 has posted pictures and a narrative of a meeting = with Sir Derek Leyland Stevenson, = DFC, former=20 RAF pilot.
European Air War:=20
  • "ColJLanders" has posted a = preview of=20 the new 256 Carrier.
  • Sandbagger's latest news is out. =
IL-2 Series: Forgotten = Battles / AEP /=20 Pacific Fighters:=20
  • "Buglord" has released a Bf-109G2 of 1./jg54 skin. =
  • "SeaNorris" has released a Hawker Tempest JF*Z skin. =
  • "SeaNorris" has released a Tempest Target Tug skin.=20
Strike Fighters=20 / Wings Over Vietnam:=20
  • "wpnssgt" has posted a Viper = preview movie.
  • "wpnssgt" has posted a = preview of the=20 F/A-22 Raptor sporting vectored = thrust.=20
  • "Maverick." has posted a = preview of a=20 Pan Am WIP.
  • "pappychksix" has posted a = preview of=20 the B-58 Hustler.
  • "WhiteKnight06604" has = released a Royal=20 Dhimari A-4E skin. =
General News:=20
  • "capun"=20 has posted pictures from the National Air = & Space=20 Museum.
  • Hurricane Hunters fly first = operational=20 mission in WC-130J.
  • A small=20 Germantown company today will roll out an aircraft that will be able to = fly with=20 pilots -- and without them.
  • Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers to = be built,=20 partly, in France.

Land Combat News

News=20 Contributors: Chuck "Magnum MGG " = Ankenbauer.

Ubisoft has announced that = Tom=20 Clancy=92s Ghost Recon 3, will officially be known as = Tom Clancy=92s Ghost Recon = Advanced=20 Warfighter. Scheduled to ship for Holiday 2005, = Tom=20 Clancy=92s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter focuses on = the=20 deployment of the Soldier of the Future =97 the = =91warfighter,=92 in=20 military parlance, into the chaos of urban warfare. = Read the=20 full press announcement here.

Naval Combat News

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

Read about and download the = best Silent Hunter 3 video = here. Thanks to Subsim = Review=20 for the link.

Motorsports News

News Contributor: Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad.

Frex have=20 developed a motion sim = kit for the home. You can see a demo video of = it in=20 action here.

FIA GT X-spec. has = been updated=20 to v0.7. The update is available from here.

Technology News

News Contributor: Bob = "KnightRyder"=20 Nielsen.

XtremeComputing reviews Connect3d's X800XL = card here.

The major news story today = is the=20 release of AMD's = Athlon 64 FX-57=20 CPU. Read reviews here, courtesy of bit-tech.net, here, courtesy of FiringSquad, here, at HotHardware,=20 here, at Trusted=20 Reviews, and here, at Xbit = Labs.

GamePC tests=20 out the MSI GeForce = 7800=20 GTX 256 MB video card here.

TECHNIZ.CO.UK tests out the Thermaltake PurePower = 460W PSU=20 here.

HEXUS.net stops=20 playing with the = Athlon 64=20 FX-57 long enough to test a EPoX EP-9NPA+ SLI = motherboard=20 here.

ExtremeMhz=20 tests out the NEC=20 ND-3540A 16x DVD+-RW double layer writer here.

Virtual-Hideout.net looks at the = Vantec ION2 460W PSU = here.

TrustedReviews tests out the NEC MultiSync = LCD1980FXi 19"=20 LCD Monitor here.

Community News=20 for June 27, 2005

Air Combat=20 News

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

EECH /=20 EEAH:

European Air War:=20
  • "Stratos" has released "Struggle Against Japan" a Japan = Home=20 Island mod.=20
  • "VonBeerhofen" has released a = British career file for = PTIII.=20
  • "VonBeerhofen" has released a = 1941 Japanese career file for=20 PTIII.=20
  • "VonBeerhofen" may have = solved Dynamic frontlines part = II.=20
  • "Skylark" has released Screen Shots #6. =

FS2002 / = FS2004: The=20 following files have been released at FlightSim:

  • Aircraft=20 - Beechcraft D18S (FILENAME: d18svc4.zip).=20
  • Adventure - Deadly Challenge = (FILENAME:=20 ddlychl.zip).=20
  • Miscellaneous - Livestock = Object=20 Library For Rwy12 (FILENAME: livestk.zip).=20
  • Panel -=20 Stearman Kaydet (FILENAME: stearp.zip).=20
  • Panel -=20 Wing Views For POSKY B767 (FILENAME: = hp_767wv.zip).=20
  • Panel -=20 Runway Roll Gauge (FILENAME: rwyroll.zip).=20
  • Panel -=20 JELAIR V Speed Gauge (FILENAME: = jel04vsp.zip).=20
  • Panel -=20 Airbus A330-300 Fix (FILENAME: ab330kpc.zip). =
  • Scenery=20 - Hamburg-Finkenwerder (FILENAME: = edhi_40.zip).=20
  • Utilities - IFR Flight Card = v2=20 (FILENAME: fltcard2.zip).=20
  • Warbirds=20 - Boeing B-29B Superfortress Base Pack (FILENAME:=20 b29b_910.zip).
IL-2 Series: Forgotten = Battles / AEP /=20 Pacific Fighters:=20
  • UBISoft=20 has released skin files for the new = aircraft.=20
  • Aces=20 High 2 has posted an IL2-MAT Manager User Survey and = Feature=20 Request Form.=20
  • "Hammerd" has released a Clostermann's Tempest = skin.=20
  • "1.JaVA_Serval" has posted Mustang skins with a new bare = metal=20 effect.=20
  • "SeaNorris" has released a Tempest MkV W2-Y skin.=20
  • "SeaNorris" has released a Hawker Tempest II HF-M = skin.=20
  • "SeaNorris" has released an = G4M2E Ohka Carrier skin.=20
  • "Abraxa." has released a Bf-109 G14 (Magg. Bellagambi's = "Yellow 1")=20 skin.=20
  • "elephant_" has released a LW = '41-43=20 summer,(over land) pilot pack.=20
  • "RaFiGer" has released new Fw-190 North Africa = skins.

Jane's F/A-18:

  • TSH announces the = release of=20 an entirely new = F-18E=20 cockpit for Jane's F/A-18. The new = cockpit=20 uses high resolution textures for a crisp and clean = look.=20 Please see the F-18E Cockpit v2.0 thread here for more=20 information.

Jane's Longbow = Series:=20

  • The 1st Calvary LB2 Online Sqadron = is looking=20 for members.
Lock On: Modern Air Combat / = Flaming=20 Cliffs:=20 Pit = Builders:=20
  • "Sokol1"=20 has posted a superbly done Fw-190D9 "cockpitbau."=20
Strike = Fighters /=20 Wings Over Vietnam:=20
  • "The=20 Wrench" has posted a Ki-201 Karyu "Fire Dragon" = preview.=20
  • "howling1" has released the = F-7A Econo-Box.=20
  • "Jet-Z"=20 has released Dhimari Starfighter = Skins.=20
  • "pcpilot" has released a Blue Guards MiG-19S skin. =
General = News:=20

Land Combat News

News=20 Contributors: Chuck "Magnum MGG " = Ankenbauer.

Worthplaying has a couple new = screens of=20 Ghost Recon 3 = here.

Battlefield 2 Summary: It's been = almost a=20 week since it's release, and a lot of talk, post, and=20 questions about the game are popping up every where. = The=20 following is a summary of information on Battlefield 2.

Gamespy has a=20 review of Battlefield = 2=20 here.

Fileplanet=20 has the demo here, a online purchased PDF = strategy guide=20 here, and the official trailer here.

Gamespot has=20 a review here, a online strategy guide here and there video collection is = here.

You can also get the latest = Battlefield 2 post at = the SimHQ=20 Battlefield 2 Forum here. The two current hot topics = is about=20 the re-programming of the keys and playing as the Commander or Squad=20 Leader.

Matrix=20 Games has announced the availability of a new = patch for=20 Steel Panthers: World = at=20 War. Version 8.40 brings about 14 minor bug = fixes and=20 can be applied on top of v8.30 installations. This = update=20 works for both the freely downloadable full Steel = Panthers:=20 World at War as well as the General's Edition = collection of=20 Mega-Campaigns. You can get the patch at the Matrix = Games=20 site.

Naval Combat News

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

Navy League reports that the U.S. Navy and = other U.S.=20 government agencies intend to identify and track the = world=92s=20 121,000 merchant=20 vessels with the = same=20 persistence and precision that characterized the = Navy=92s=20 location, identification and tracking of Soviet = submarines=20 during the Cold War era. Read more here.

Navy=20 League reports that in recent years, Congress has = taken=20 important steps to improve the Coast Guard=92s ailing = fleet of=20 ships and planes and make our nation more secure. = Since 2003,=20 Congress has provided almost $1.9 billion for the = service=92s=20 Integrated Deepwater=20 System, $192 million more than the White House=20 requested. Read more here.

Motorsports News

News Contributor: Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad.

Live for=20 Speed S2 alpha has been released. Check it out = here.

Norschleife - Z=FCrich = v1.3 has=20 arrived. Download the 76MB file from the link in this thread.

And for F1 Challenge, the = time has been=20 turned back to the year of 1994. The 165MB mod is = located here.

Technology News

News Contributor: Bob = "KnightRyder"=20 Nielsen.

HEXUS reviews=20 the EPoX = EP-9NPA SLI mobo=20 here.

TECHNIZ.CO.UK reviews the Connect3D X700Pro = 256MB PCI-E=20 video cardhere.

BoxGods=20 reviews a Saitek = lighted=20 keyboard here.

Xtreme=20 Resources tests out Hitachi's Deskstar = T7K250 hard=20 disk drive here.

DriverHeaven reviews the Powercolor Bravo X700 = and MSI NX6600 video = cards here.

Red = &=20 Blackness tests out Thermaltake's Tenor = case here.

Big = Bruin=20 shines some light on case=20 modding for beginners here.

Dan's Data=20 looks at the Razer=20 Diamondback mouse here.


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