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TrackIR2 by NaturalPoint Page 5

Back to Page 4   Aces High II Public Beta Right now, this looks to be the “gold standard” of future online flight simulations that will be able to use TrackIR. Some games like Warbirds III and WW2 Online have some mouselook capabilities, but AHII looks to have this capability enabled by default. Some of […]

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TrackIR2 by NaturalPoint Page 4

Back to Page 3   IL2: Forgotten Battles Cockpit panning is smooth and effortless in IL2:FB. Oleg Maddox was one of the first developers to recognize the potential of the device and developed IL2:FB with TrackIR support. It certainly shows in the game as it is pretty easy following enemy aircraft with the TrackIR. Earlier […]

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TrackIR2 by NaturalPoint Page 3

Back to Page 2   Ease of Use I will go through various simulations that either support the TrackIR2 system via enhanced mode or with mouse emulation mode. If you fly games that have mouse view emulation (like IL2: Forgotten Battles, Flight Simulator 2004, Lock On: Modern Air Combat, Aces High II Beta, or Falcon […]

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TrackIR2 by NaturalPoint Page 2

Back to Page 1   Installation and Setup Setup of the hardware is relatively simple. Under Windows XP you just install the software from the disk, plug in the TrackIR and you are underway. It is recommended that you not install the device to a USB Hub so those folks with limited USB space may […]

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TrackIR2 by NaturalPoint

by Thomas “WKLINK” Cofield   Introduction Well, Well, every few years another device comes along that people look at as the potential end all be all for flight simulators. Many of us have spent small fortunes on HOTAS Controls, fancy input devices, high quality mice and various other gadgets (anyone remember the Saitek PC Dash? Huh?) which supposedly improved […]

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AMD Athlon™ 64 3400+ Page 5

Back to Page 4   Conclusion AMD is once again proving to be the best bang for buck on market. This 3400+ is the cheapest launch I have seen from a mainstream CPU in a long time. It’s $417 per 1K lots and I think its value is huge. Make no mistake that the FX […]

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AMD Athlon™ 64 3400+ Page 4

Back to Page 3   Benchmarks Benchmarks demonstrate the AMD 3400+ is very strong overall. This is a great core and AMD knows it. The integrated memory controller plays a very big part in relieving bottlenecks. These are some of the fastest scores we have ever seen from a CPU and this is AMD’s 2nd […]

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AMD Athlon™ 64 3400+ Page 3

Back to Page 2   AMD Athlon™ 64 3400+ Technical Specifications Model number: 3400+ L1 Cache Size: 64KB data + 64KB instruction = 128KB Total L2 Cache Size: 1MB (exclusive) CPU Core Frequency: 2.20GHz CPU to Memory Controller: 2.20GHz HyperTransport Links: 1 Infrastructure Support: Socket 754 motherboards Fab location: AMD’s Fab 30 wafer fabrication facility […]

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AMD Athlon™ 64 3400+ Page 2

Back to Page 1   This 3400+ has friends Here are the supporting partners who provided their products to make this review possible. The motherboard When AMD sent us the 3400+ for review, we immediately went out to find a good socket 754 motherboard to use in our review. Abitanswered the call by offering to send […]

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AMD Athlon™ 64 3400+

by Bubba “MasterFung” Wolford   Introduction AMD is launching their second Athlon64 (A64) CPU today. This 3400+ is running at 2.20GHz and comes on a 1600MHz (1.60GHz) Hypertransport connection between the memory and CPU or a 2.20GHz connection between the memory controller (integrated) and CPU. You might recall we reviewed the FX-51 just a few months ago […]

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ATi’s Catalyst 3.8 Software Suite

by John Reynolds   Today ATi is once again updating their software suite with the release of the Catalyst 3.8s, a unified package that includes a display driver and support for the company’s multimedia products. To be honest, penning a write-up on a driver release feels a bit odd, yet this new release has been rumored for […]

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AMD Athlon 64 FX-51 Launch

by Bubba “MasterFung” Wolford   Introduction There are some reviews that are a long time in coming. There are some reviews that are heavily anticipated by the entire community, industry and computer enthusiasts alike. Today, we have both as AMD launches their newest and most powerful desktop processor ever, the AMD Athlon 64 FX-51. Not only is AMD launching a new CPU, […]

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