Epinions Recent Reviews for PKM_Assassin

Epic and DE do it again

Tue, 17 Dec 2002 17:45:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author PKM_Assassin - As many of you know from reading other reviews from me, I am a huge Unreal game player and the much anticipate release of Unreal Tournament 2003 has been quite exciting for me.

Now, this is not your simple upgrade or rebox, as was the case...

Asus A7V8X: A Motherboard with the future in mind

Sat, 12 Oct 2002 16:00:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author PKM_Assassin - For those that know me, you all ready know how much of an impulse buyer I am; Friday was no exception. We had a fire drill here at work, me and my buddy were waiting for the “all clear” signal when I said, “Let’s jump in a cab and check...

Microsoft SideWinder Game Voice USB (D90-00003): Save Your Money

Sun, 6 Oct 2002 03:09:47 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author PKM_Assassin - I recently bought Unreal Tournament 2003 from Futureshop.com and it came with a free version of Microsoft Game Voice USB; cool I thought. I could send commands to the game and chat with my fellow gamers while playing!

I set up UT2003 then set...

Intel lost a customer

Tue, 6 Nov 2001 14:49:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author PKM_Assassin - Back in the stone age of the PC, 1990, I bought my first system, a 386 25 and guess what? It had an AMD processor in it; AMD subsequently got my business for a 386 40, a 486 33 and a 486 DX266. I had been hooked on the AMD CPU for those first years,...

A motherboard with the future in mind

Mon, 5 Nov 2001 18:56:00 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author PKM_Assassin - I had been looking at a new motherboard for some time now, I wanted something that would still run my legacy components and be capable to handle future hardware; I also wanted fairly high quality parts. After much research, I have chosen the ASUS A7A266...

I am in sound paradise

Fri, 2 Nov 2001 13:04:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author PKM_Assassin - Two months ago, it was time to upgrade my system; among the various parts to be replaced was my aging sound card. I have always used SoundBlaster cards since my first system, back in the stone age of 1990 and I had no hesitation but to buy the...

Save Your Money

Tue, 28 Aug 2001 12:36:14 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author PKM_Assassin - A few weeks ago, Future Shop set me an email praising the virtues of Adaptec Easy CD Creator 5.0; it could do basically every thing you could imagine. I have been using Hot Burn version 2.x the past while and I thought it was time to upgrade to...

Do your self a favor, choose an other manufacturer.

Sat, 2 Jun 2001 02:12:34 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author PKM_Assassin - I purchased the Sony DCR-TRV330 because of the name, and all the really neat features that come with the camera. I looked here on Epinions for a review, but the camera is so new, there were not any, so I based my choice on features alone. This camera is...

How did we live with out it?

Sat, 11 Nov 2000 21:35:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author PKM_Assassin - A few years ago, we acquired a six week old kitten. The kitten had a bad case of the “runs”, we attributed this to worms. After some heavy medication that seemed to do nothing, we had the vet run some tests; the result was FIP ( I have know idea what...

Unreal Tournament for Windows: FPS Perfection

Wed, 8 Nov 2000 01:03:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author PKM_Assassin - Unreal Tournament is a FPS (First Person Shooter), based on the Unreal Games Engine of the same name. First appearing in late November of 1999, UT as it is known, has taken the Gaming industry by storm, finally giving gamers a high quality alternative...

This CD Smacks of Success

Fri, 3 Nov 2000 22:10:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author PKM_Assassin - Awake is technically the third release for Godsmack, the first album, All Wound Up was re-issued in 1988 with a few new tracks and re-named as a self-titled LP.

The first (and second???) CD(s) had a lot of out side influences,...

Microsoft Access: The Database you never knew you owned

Tue, 31 Oct 2000 00:48:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author PKM_Assassin - Since the early years of Visual Basic, Microsoft Access, via the Jet Database engine, has been it’s native database. During this time, Microsoft naturally made Visual Basic via VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) the native language for programming this...

The Base Point From Which All Other Cars Should Be Judged!

Mon, 23 Oct 2000 23:10:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author PKM_Assassin - Can an automobile have it all?

· Style

· Sporty Good Looks

· Ample power

· Good Gas mileage

· Affordable Price

· Dependability

If so, then that automobile would have to be the 2000 Honda Accord LX.

...

Tripod: Good Things In Life Are Some Times Free

Sun, 15 Oct 2000 14:54:00 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author PKM_Assassin - Pssssst…..looking for a free Web Host Provider? Well Tripod has a deal for you, 50 Megs of Web Space, streaming video & sound, all for free!!! It may not be perfect, but the price is right.

As a Senior Visual Basic Developer, with a...

Canada's ISP? I think not

Sun, 15 Oct 2000 11:21:59 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author PKM_Assassin - Unfortunately, living in the boon docks restricts my Internet access to dial up only. I basically live on a county border, so at the time, I could dial east with no long distance charges, west on the other hand, every thing was long distance. Having no...

The Mouse of Choice

Sat, 14 Oct 2000 18:40:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author PKM_Assassin - Do you ever get pain in your “mouse finger”, elbow or wrist? Then you may be experiencing some form of RSI (Repetitive Stress Injury) or, the beginnings of Carpel Tunnel Syndrome.

What does this have to do with my mouse you may ask? Just...

Beware

Sat, 14 Oct 2000 12:28:48 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author PKM_Assassin - The Intel Pentium II is a mixed chip, some are good, and some are bad. Although all they all share the basic internal architect, externally, they can use different architect, therein lies the problem.

Pentium II’s below 350 MHz runs with a...

How do you spell reliable? HONDA CIVIC

Tue, 10 Oct 2000 20:55:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author PKM_Assassin - After owning a few North American vehicles with less then pleasurable results, I was talked into looking at Honda; I will never look back.

My first Honda is a 1997 Civic DX Coup, Black, tinted windows, “Pop Up” sun roof and a nose bra, the...

Creative Labs 3D Blaster Annihilator: Ya Baby

Fri, 6 Oct 2000 23:32:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author PKM_Assassin - When God created 3D video games, he meant them to be played on this card!

We are talking multi-textured pixels, more than 3.8 gigatexels per second, over 15 million triangles per second, four 32-bit 3D rendering pipelines and single pass...

S3 Diamond Viper Ultra 770: Not worth the hype

Thu, 5 Oct 2000 23:09:58 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author PKM_Assassin - The Diamond Viper 770 Ultra is based on the nVidia TNT 2 GPU (graphical processing unit) with 32 Megs of RAM and 4 times AGP. The Ultra model uses the same TNT 2 GPU, the same amount of RAM and the same AGP speed as the standard 770 model, but this...

SQL Server 7.0 Enterprise Edition: Is SQL 7 for you?

Sun, 1 Oct 2000 21:37:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author PKM_Assassin - SQL 7 is more of Microsoft playing “catch up” then direct innovation; even then they are shooting them selves in the foot on the most important option, installation. You can not do a direct upgrade from any other version of Microsoft SQL, it must be a...

Microsoft Windows CE: Not all Microsoft Operating Systems are good!

Sun, 1 Oct 2000 15:57:13 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author PKM_Assassin - Microsoft really missed the mark on this one. Although Windows CE has the “Look & Feel” of a Windows 9x system, it is very very limited in functionality; this goes for all versions of CE, including version 1.x and 2.x. It comes with a limited...

The best Operating System Yet!!!

Sat, 30 Sep 2000 20:22:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author PKM_Assassin - Windows 2000 combines the durability and security of Windows NT 4, with the ease of use found in Windows 98. As a profession software developer, I need a workstation that has both of these features. The multitasking in Windows 2000 is far superior to...