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Patrick Slavens says thanks to meditation, he has quit smoking and is off his ADHD medications. "It really does work," said Slavens. "I never thought I'd end up to be the warm, fuzzy, meditating kind of guy."
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St. Gerasimos was born in a.d. 1506 in the village of Trikala in the Pelepponeses to the noble family of Notaras. He left the world young and went to become a monk on Mount Athos, later going to Jerusalem on pilgrimage where he settled for 12 years. In time was ordained a priestmonk in the Holy City. He spent time in Crete and Zakynthos, and in a.d. 1555, at the age of 49, settled on the Island of Kephalania, where for five years he lived in solitude as a hermit in a cave in the place known as Lassi.
After this, he founded a women's monastery in the Omala Valley named "New Jerusalem" near Valsamata on the same island, where his incorrupt relics lie to this day. The monastery was known for charity and helping the poor. Because of his humble and ascetic life, God gave him the gift of healing and of casting out demons, which he did abundantly. He also miraculously ended droughts by his prayers, and prophesied about future events, which always came to pass. He was so self-restrained that once he fasted completely for forty days. He died peacefully on August 15, 1579, and is a great intercessor for all who call upon him with faith.

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Retail Geforce 6600GT Explorationby Derek Wilson on 12/9/2004 9:06 PM EST
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princethorpe - Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - linkI've been checking the various forums and found thisone on the 6600gt's excellent. I don't know if anyone else has found them but Asus are making these cards and do a faster than standard model by using faster memory they recon according to their site they run 10% faster than the standard. I've ordered the Asus board by preference because of the build quality Reply
GollumSmeagol - Monday, May 02, 2005 - linkI came across a forum a few months ago here in Hungary, and the people were talking about Leadtek's 6600GTs being faulty/freezing. Strange enough, a few weeks later, the main distributor of Leadtek, took off 6600GTs from their pricelists on the web. Wonder if they are waiting for a bugfix, or simply ran out of stock and wait for the next shipment.
Another beauty I've just came across, is Gigabyte's TurboForce edition, which is a slightly overclocked version of the 6600 series (both PCI-Ex and AGP 8x). I'm shopping for a SILENT AGP one, (that's where I came across this review), and found this beauty
This one has sg. they call Silent-Pipe as a cooler. Not much specs on Gigabyte's page, but from the picture, it looks like there is no fan at all, just a huge copper(-colored?) heatsink, that covers about 2/3rd of the card. (Well, a Zalman FB123 could still be used to move some air)
The memory clock is wrote to be 1120MHz (remember, TurboForce), plus when I zoomed in on to the box picture, I could spot "VIVO" written on the box. This is also supported by the info on the local dealer's page, where they say "Y" to the TV-OUT of the regular GV-N66T128D, but they say "IN/OUT" for the GV-N66T128VP. All this for roughly 20 USD extra (local price). Reply
dpp - Saturday, November 19, 2005 - linkI've bought http://www.giga-byte.com/VGA/Products/Products_GV-...">Gigabyte GV-NX66T128VP (TurboForce, no fan at all)
Start up temperature 52C, maximum 65C.
Is that normal? Reply
ylp88 - Monday, April 18, 2005 - linkI found the article quite informative. Thank you. I purchased two Palit 6600GT cards a week ago and have put them in SLI mode.
I have a few questions/comments:
1) The Palit overview is rather short compared to the others. The Palit card is also never mentioned on the last page. Is there a reason for this?
2) The Palit cards I got DO NOT have memory heatsinks as indicted on the photo for the Palit card. The memory remins cool, however.
Thanks again for the article.
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zexe - Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - linkDo not go for XFX 6600GT !!!!
The card is NOT longer equipped with 1.6ns
The chips on my card are Samsung K4J55323QF-GC20
THAT MEANS 2.ms !!! Reply
zexe - Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - linkReply
marketmuse - Friday, April 01, 2005 - linkdoes anyone know the difference between the Leadtek A6600GT and PX6600GT, besides the PCI-E and AGP?
I'm looking to purchase a A6600GT, but I don't know if it will have the same performance as the PX version.
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Monypennyuk - Monday, March 14, 2005 - linkHello all.
WOW a great review site.:)
Just one problem. I was having problems deciding between two of these cards on the ebuyer.co.uk site.
PNY Verto GeForce 6 6600GT AGP8x £119
Inno 3D 128MB GeForce 6600 GT 8xAGP TV-Out DVI DirectX9 £116
This review does not mention the PNY version. although i now notice that they have the LEADTEK at about the same price. Going by these comments i GUESS i should get the LEADTEk??? Anyone know about the PNY cos my mate rekons thats the better one...
Leadtek Winfast Geforce 6600 Gt128mb Ddr3 Agp Dvi-i Tv-out £117.
Any help much appreciated.
BlackMamba - Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - link#75: That link to MSI is for the AGP version (note the sink for the bridge chip).
Not sure if they've fixed the problems with the PCI-E version, and would also like to know. Reply
JensErik - Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - linkLooking at the pictures of the MSI card in the review and the pics at MSI's page it seems that MSI has changed the a lot on their card, including the HSF.
(Check it out here: http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/vga/vga/pro...
Does anyone know if this has solved the HSF mounting problem encountered in the test?? Reply
Bonesdad - Wednesday, February 16, 2005 - linkYes, I too would like to see an update here...have any of the makers attacked the HSF mounting problems? Reply
1q3er5 - Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - linkcan we please get an update on this article with more cards, and replacements of defective cards?
I'm interested in the gigabyte card Reply
Yush - Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - linkThose temperature results are pretty dodge. Surely no regular computer user would have a caseless computer. Those results are only favourable and only shed light on how cool the card CAN be, and not how hot they actually are in a regular scenario. The results would've been much more useful had the temperature been measured inside a case. Reply
Andrewliu6294 - Saturday, January 29, 2005 - linki like the albatron best. Exactly how loud is it? like how many decibels? Reply
JClimbs - Thursday, January 27, 2005 - linkAnyone have any information on the Galaxy part? I don't find it in a pricewatch or pricegrabber search at all. Reply
Abecedaria - Saturday, January 22, 2005 - linkHey there. I noticed that Gigabyte seems to have modified their HSI cooling solution. Has anyone had any experience with this? It looks much better.
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levicki - Sunday, January 09, 2005 - linkDerek, do you read your email at all? I got Prolink 6600 GT card and I would like to hear a suggestion on improving the cooling solution. I can confirm that retail card reaches 95 C at full load and idles at 48 C. That is really bad image for nVidia. They should be informed about vendor's doing poor job on cooling design. I mean, you would expect it to be way better because those cards ain't cheap.
levicki - Sunday, January 09, 2005 - linkReply
geogecko - Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - linkDerek. Could you speculate on what thermal compound is used to interface between the HSF and the GPU on the XFX card? I e-mailed them, and they won't tell me what it is?! It would be great if it was paste or tape. I need to be able to remove it, and then later, would like to re-install it. I might be able to overlook not having the component video pod on the XFX card, as long as I get an HDTV that supports DVI. Reply
Beatnik - Friday, December 31, 2004 - link
I thought I would add about the DUAL-DVI issue, in the new NVIDIA drivers, they show that the second DVI can be used for HDTV output. It appears that even the overscan adjustments are there.
So not having the component "pod" on the XFX card appears to be less of a concern than I thought it might be. It would be nice to hear if someone tried running 1600x1200 + 1600x1200 on the XFX, just to know if the DVI is up to snuff for dual LCD use.
geogecko - Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - linkWell, two e-mails later to XFX, without an answer to my questions, and now I see this PNY PCI-E card with dual dvi and hdtv out pod...guess who's going to get my money? Reply
Beatnik - Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - link
Two links of interest:
Nice article folks! Reply
Beatnik - Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - link
Seems pretty clear that a lot of people are waiting on their next upgrade, hence the continued heavy AGP interest. w.r.t. the XFX, it looks like they have a online store, and now have a pretty cool looking heatsink on the AGP card:
The PNY 6600GT AGP product looks interesting also: http://www.pny.com/products/verto/performance/6600...
Might be the only DVI+DVI+component video out.
(Outstanding article guys!) Reply
Rekonn - Monday, December 27, 2004 - linkI too would really like to see a roundup like this one done for 6600GT AGP cards. Reply
zoros - Sunday, December 26, 2004 - linkAnyone know how well PNY 6600GT is doing in there tests.. I have tried to find information everywhere, but with no sucess.. :-( Reply
geogecko - Monday, December 20, 2004 - linkI agree. PC's have started to move into the home theater more than ever now, and people (me included) are reading your articles to obtain knowledge when building home theater PC's. This information is not there, and thus still leaves me in the dark as to which video card to purchase for my HTPC.
No word from XFX on their HDTV Output compatibility, so I must assume they don't support it, which stinks, considering they have the only card with dual DVI connectors, and a decent HSF design.
I realize this was a quick review, but video cards are now being required to have HD compatibility since so many people are interested in HTPC's these days. No one wants a DVR that forces advertising on them when they fast forward past commercials...so why not build a DVR that does more than TiVo intead...
How about an update with HDTV Output compatibility, along with who includes the cables? Reply
nvdm24 - Sunday, December 19, 2004 - linkHow much longer will us readers allow these ridiculous reviews to go on? Many of the readers of these tech sites want to know the FULL capabilities of these cards, not just how they run doom 3 and other 3d games. Sadly, reviewers at anandtech and every other tech site ignore the VIDEO capabilities of VIDEO cards. Even this review of the new 6600 agp ignores the video aspect of the 6600, despite the problems of the 6800, that weren't discovered by any reviewer, since none of them tested it for video. Not testing the video aspect does a HUGE disservice to readers. It's quite simple, just test a dvd movie and make sure the video aspect works and let readers know. If you feel particularly energetic, you could also test how fast it renders home movies, etc. You may think this is the job of a VIDEO site or PC site, but you are a PC site, a tech site. You would be surprised at the people who read your reviews. Others are going to start doing the job better, thus pull away readers if you don't get it together. Reply
ChineseDemocracyGNR - Friday, December 17, 2004 - linkHi Derek,
any word from the manufactures that had problems, are they sending you new cards?
I was reading some user reviews for the MSI 6600GT _AGP_ at gameve.com and it also has heating problems, which is disapointing. Do you plan a similar article on the 6600GT AGP cards? Reply
1q3er5 - Friday, December 17, 2004 - linkouch u got me good there :( im never posting again :o lol Reply
DerekWilson - Friday, December 17, 2004 - link#54 We scored cards more on construction, cooling, and noise, rather than on overclockability. thus the Albatron didn't get an award.
Also, the leadtek card you liked to is the AGP version. We tested PCI Express parts only. The heatsink you mention is not cooling RAM, but the HSI (PCIe to AGP bridge). Reply
1q3er5 - Thursday, December 16, 2004 - linkerrr weird how the albatron despite its so called HSF mounting problem scored so high on all the tests albeit a bit loud and didn't get an award !
Also looks like LEADTEK changed the design of the board of the bit
They added a heatsink on the RAM and you may also notice that the shroud now extends right over the other chips on the card. Reply
miketus - Thursday, December 16, 2004 - linkHi, has anyboby experience with Albatron 6600GT for AGP Reply
geogecko - Monday, December 13, 2004 - linkPersonally, I'd be willing to spend the extra $15-20 to get a decent HSF on these cards. Of course, the first one I buy will go in an HTPC, which will all be passively cooled, so the HSF in this case doesn't matter, because I'll just be removing it.
However, for my PC, I sure would like a decent quality HSF. It would stink to have a $200 card burn up in your PC because of a $10 HSF setup. Reply
WT - Monday, December 13, 2004 - linkInteresting that GigaByte used a passive HSF on their 6800 card (with great results), but went with a craptastic fan on the 6600GT. I have an MSI 5900 and didn't want to settle for the cheesy MSI 5900XT cards HSF setup, so we are seeing the same thing occur with the 6600GTs .... cut costs by using a cheaper HSF.
Excellent article .. I found it answered every question I had left on the GT cards, further convincing me to buy the 6800 series. Reply
DerekWilson - Sunday, December 12, 2004 - link#49 -- it was a problem with our sample ... the actual issue was not a design flaw, but if the design (of most 6600 GT cards) was different, it might have been possible for our sample to have avoid breakage.
That's kind of a complicated way of saying that you should be alright as long as you are careful with the card when you install it.
After it's installed, the way to tell if you have a problem is to run a 3D game/application in windowed mode. Open display properies and click on the system tab. Hit the advanced button and select the NVIDIA tab. select the temperature option and if you see temperatures of 90 degrees C and higher, you probably have a problem.
if your temp is lower than that you're fine. Reply
Vico26 - Sunday, December 12, 2004 - linkDerek,
was the 6600 GT MSI a broken piece, or is there a problem with the HS design? Plz let me know, as I bought the MSI card on the same day as you published the article. Now, I am shocked, and I would like to find a solution - new cooling system? Am I able to install it (I m not a sort of professional)?
Anyway many thanks, I should have waited a day... Reply
DerekWilson - Sunday, December 12, 2004 - linkhttp://www.gfe.com.hk/news/buy.asp Reply
Nyati13 - Sunday, December 12, 2004 - linkWhat I'd like to know is where are the Galaxy 6600GTs available? I've looked at some e-tailers that I know of, and searched pricewatch and e-bay, and there aren't any Galaxy cards for sale. Reply
geogecko - Sunday, December 12, 2004 - linkWell, I actually meant to say something in that last post.
Anyway, short and sweet. That's the way I like these articles. Who wants to spend more than about 15-30 minutes to find out which card is best for them.
I do think that the HDTV thing could have been looked at, but other than that, it's a great article. Reply
geogecko - Sunday, December 12, 2004 - linkReply
ChineseDemocracyGNR - Saturday, December 11, 2004 - link#41, please remember this is a 20 page article, and things were written in a way people can easily read all 20 pages.
overclockingoodness - Saturday, December 11, 2004 - link#41: What do you mean barely readable? You are not some scholor who needs perfect writing in order to understand something. If you don't like it, don't read it.
The reason why the review style was like a "quickly-patched email" is because it is a round-up of 11 cards.
The point of a round-up is to cover the positives and negatives of a plethora of similar products at the same time. Since AnandTech has already done extensive 6600 benchmarks, they decided to do quick comparison and be done with it.
Now you which 6600 to go for.
If you don't know how things work, it's better to be quiet. Reply
skunkbuster - Saturday, December 11, 2004 - link#41 lets see if you can do better then Reply
mrscintilla - Saturday, December 11, 2004 - linkSorry to say this, but the article Derek wrote was barely readable. It reads more like a quickly-patched email than an edited article. The writing quality has to improve in the future.
SleepNoMore - Saturday, December 11, 2004 - linkThank God XFX offers an AGP version of this card. I am not FORCED to buy a PCI-Express slot motherboard and trash my current system. Reply
QuestMGD - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkMSI heatsink really sucks. I had supicions about the heatsink after I got my MSI card from NewEgg. This article verified it. Since the card isn't in a computer yet, I pulled of the heatsink and sanded it down.
I'm not done yet, but after a while it does look like I can get it to fit tightly, it was just a PIA. The mounting springs seem to have been originally designed correctly, the heatsink casting was just crap.
BTW heatsink is just copper colored coating over Aluminum or whatever, that's probably why the casting ended up so poor.
Could anyone e-mail me whether I can use CPU thermal compound on my Graphics Card memory chips, or should I go out and get something else? I've heard mixed opinions regarding this. Thanks.
threeply - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkI noticed No Evga card was included in the review. Any reason why this card was not included? Reply
Momental - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkCobbling with your bogus dink is not recommended. See your doctor if condition persists. ;)
A really great article. Extremely informative and gives "down and dirty", which I like. I'm in the market for a PCI-e 6600GT (sounds like a new motorcycle from Suzuki) and this article really gives one some serious food for thought rather then just the standard angle of "which one is the fastest and/or cheapest?"
The last thing I want is to have to handle one of these things like it was some sort of rare antiquity from the Ming Dynasty. While I don't do my best imitation of a ferrit on crack inside a case, it's good to know that there is the possibility of damaging the HSF quite easily. Who'd a thought! Reply
ShadowVlican - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkthanks for the excellent write up Derek, i hope the vendors follow your advice to improve the contact issues with the HSF and GPU, since i won't be purchasing a gfx card with poor design that can be fixed so easily
the leadtek will be on top of my list and likely in my next comp as soon as a64 pci-e motherboards come out Reply
JClimbs - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkExcellent article, focusing on a few key issues that performance buffs tend to overlook in their quest for higher framerates.
My overall take after reading this was that the 6600GT's market is really limited to people/companies willing to pull things apart and fix them up right. The cooling solutions all seem either bogus or cobbled, with cobbled being the best of the bunch. If you don't want to dink with your purchase, get a cobbled one; if you WILL dink with it, you can get a bogus model and fix it.
One thing I would like to have seen compared is power usage. I'm curious to see what the spread is there. And also, harking back to an earlier article, if improving the power supply improves overclocking performance.
Once again, excellent article, Derek! Reply
geogecko - Friday, December 10, 2004 - link#33. I agree completely. That's why I'm curious about the HDTV output. I want to build an HTPC that is somewhat future-proof, and if that is the case, then I need the HDTV Out feature to work. From a review on newegg.com's web site on the XFX card, he couldn't seem to get and HDTV Out to work with the card.
NVDVD would also be a plus if it was included, but I doubt it. I sent an e-mail to tech support over at XFX, asking these particular questions. Hopefully, I'll get an answer. Reply
jamawass - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkWell there's more to a graphics card than gaming. The 6600 series is causing quite a stir in the htpc community because of the video decoding capabilites and hdtv output. It would've been helpful if the reviewer had mentioned the various manufacturers' suppport for HDTV output out of the box, which cards come with the NDVD codec, component adapter etc. Reply
bigpow - Friday, December 10, 2004 - link-> hex value 3 = decimal value 3 Reply
geogecko - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkGreat article Derek. Been looking for a 6600GT round up article for a while now.
Question though. A few of these cards come with an HDTV cable, which, I guess I'm a little confused to what this actually is. I prefer the XFX card, because of the dual DVI outputs (and no need to overclock the card). It doesn't list as coming with an HDTV cable, so I'm wondering, what is the impact on not having this cable? What is the cable? Can't one usually just hook up a DVI cable to an HDTV? Reply
Spacecomber - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkNice round-up, and your bringing attention to the potential problems with some of the heatsinks is very much appreciated.
Maybe as a follow up we need a round-up of some after-market heatsinks for the 6600GT.
Any reason to assume that these conclusions reached for the PCIe cards do or do not apply to the AGP versions? I know the AGP versions typically have their heatsinks set on a diagonal in order to accomodate the bridge chip.
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arswihart - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkmy last comment was in response to #25
#27 - Derek is talking about his "IT friendly" list, those cards he felt had the most reliable hsf implementation
arswihart - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkit does consistently lead in performance, worth noting by all means, but also, as it was mentioned in the review, these cards probably all perform even better on an nforce4, and the rank and file in performance among these cards might be a little different on an nforce4
but I would definitely get an arctic cooler for the albatron anyways (if a compatible one is released) to quiet it down, that fan on it is tiny, thin, and loud Reply
Houdani - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkOn the last page [Final Words] you are listing why some cards aren't worthy of an Editor's Choice award. The next to last paragraph states:
"XFX doesn't make the list because..."
But, ummm, isn't XFX the Silver choice? Reply
Aquila76 - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkI know the Albatron didn't have a great mounting mechanism, but it was better than many of the others Reply
Aquila76 - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkWhy wasn't the Albatron given any medal? It has the best OC, best or near best performance in all the tests, and great temps even under load with the high OC. So the fan is a little noisier than the rest, is that any reason to dirt on this card? Reply
arswihart - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkmy mistake, didn't actually read some of the article Reply
bbomb - Friday, December 10, 2004 - link#20 Derek said that Pine = XFX so he did review the card with the buy me link.
arswihart - Friday, December 10, 2004 - link#21 - i guess thats what arctic cooling is for...
speaking of which, its good to see some makers adopting similar hsf designs to the arctic coolers, except for the part about shunting the air directly out of the case
I just saw that asus does have a 6600gt coming, and it has a very arctic cooling-esque design which I like, also, I think the albatron in this round-up has some semblance as well, too bad its fan is so loud Reply
mindless1 - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkI agree, the heatsinks (and particularly fans) are disappointing. If they just abandoned the idea of the fansink only taking up one slot-height they'd have a lot more freedom to improve things (like fan thickness, which could combat noise AND longevity). It might even be better to prevent someone from sandwiching another card in next to the video anyway, taking up more than one slot thickness could be a positive thing all around. Not that it would "need" be two slots thick, but even an extra 5mm is a lot on such a thin 'sink. Reply
arswihart - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkthe leadtek has just looked like a solid card since i first saw it, I'm not surprised by the results, this card is clearly the best of all in this roundup
#6 - I agree that most of the other HSF's look really cheap, especially the Chaintech, Galaxy, Gigabyte, Inno3d, and MSI just from eye-balling them.
#10 - nice point, Anand, why do you even include these deals on the review pages? I can only assume its basically an ad that the company is paying for, and you are half-way endorsing the product, and in this case, not even reviewing it as we meanwhile read about 11 other competing cards
overall, these cards look pretty cheap, I think the quality control issues highlight this
anyone know if asus or abit plans to make 6600gt's (or any other manufacturer)? Reply
Filibuster - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkThanks for the info Derek! Reply
ocyl - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkDerek > This is a follow-up to my post at #16. I have done a quick research, and here is a simple comparison chart of video-in implementations of these cards.
Albatron PC6600GTV/PC6600GT: Yes/No (not sure which one was tested)
Chaintech SE6600G: No
Galaxy GF6600GT: No
Gigabyte GV-NX66T128D/GV-NX66256D: No/No (Did Gigabyte send you a NX66256D? I don't know if they've got a wrong picture on their website but it looks like they may have sent you an overclocked 6600 instead of a real 6600GT).
Inno3D GeForce 6600 GT: No
Leadtek WinFast PX6600 GT TDH: No
MSI NX6600GT-VTD128E/NX6600GT-TD128E: Yes/No (not sure which one was tested)
Palit GeForce 6600GT: No
Prolink PV-N43E(128LD): No
Sparkle SP-PX43GVH/SP-PX43GDH: Yes/No (not sure which one was tested)
XFX PVT43GNDD7: No
In terms of full product lines (6600 series PCI Express + AGP), MSI has 4 out of 8 cards featuring video-in, followed by Sparkle (1 out of 4) and Albatron (1 out of 8).
DerekWilson - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkI would like to appologize -- Galaxy just informed me that they are, in fact, shipping their 6600gts at 525/550 ...
this modest overclock comes basically free to the end users -- this gets them an editors choice award as no other vendor has shipped with a default core oc. Reply
ocyl - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkDerek > Thank you for paying attention to the noise issue in the report. It will be great if we can also see a discussion/comparison of VIVO implementation (or lack thereof) in the future since video processing is now a built-in feature of the GPU :)
DerekWilson - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkYes, I oc'd myself ... but i'd like to know where i said clock stock so i can fix it ;-)
Trogdor -- 3 mount points would have worked fine. there aren't any larger images... that was a mistake -- I appologize.
redavnl -- Pine is XFX
Fillibuster -- high quality for doom 3, and the gigabyte card may be called 6600 series, but it is a 6600 gt (clocked at 500/500 with sli)
Pete -- as always, thanks for the constructive feedback. i've altered the sound bits to reflect 6db to 10db being a double in perceived volume. I knew 3db was the power doubling point not perception, i was just overclocking myself too much that night :-) ...
we stick to 1M distances for a few logistic reasons. after this article: http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2126&... it was pointed out to us that a 5 cm distance skews the results because of things like turbulance from the fan. talking to some audio engineers, it seems measuring the spl level of a system at 1 meter is pretty standard.
we do actually measure with no case. It does acutally sit on a desk on a layer of foam, though any sound deadening is secondary. I don't think I have any cases in my lab.
We'll continue to look into the sound issue, but I wouldn't think having a box literally 12 inches from your ear is a commonly possible thing (i can't even get my monitor 12 inches from my eyes). I could see 5 decimeters maybe ...
we will continue to look into the spl issue. Reply
Pete - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkObviously Derek OCed himself to get this article out, and he's beginning to show error. Better bump your (alarm) clocks down 10MHz (an hour) or so, Derek. Reply
pio!pio! - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkNoticed a typo. At one point your wrote 'clock stock speed' instead of 'stock clock speed' easy mistake. Reply
Pete - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkAnother reason to narrow the distance b/w the mic and the noise source is that some of these cards may go into SFFs, or cases that sit on the desk. 12" may well be more indicative of the noise level those users would experience. Reply
Pete - Friday, December 10, 2004 - linkGreat article, Derek!
As usual, I keep my praise concise and my constructive criticism elaborate (although I could argue that the fact that I keep coming back is rather elaborate praise :)). I think you made the same mistake I made when discussing dB and perceived noise, confusing power with loudness. From the following two sources, I see that a 3dB increase equates to 2x more power, but is only 1.23x as loud. A 10db increase corresponds to 10x more power and a doubling of loudness. So apparently the loudest HSFs in this roundup are "merely" twice as loud as the quietest.
Speaking of measurements, do you think 1M is a bit too far away, perhaps affording less precision than, say, 12"?
You might also consider changing the test system to a fanless PSU (Antec and others make them), with a Zalman Reserator cooling the CPU and placed at as great a distance from the mic as possible. I'd also suggest simply laying the test system out on a piece of (sound-dampening) foam, rather than fitting it in a case (with potential heat trapping and resonance). The HD should also be as quiet as possible (2.5"?).
I still think you should buy these cards yourselves, a la Consumer Reports, if you want true samples (and independence). Surely AT can afford it, and you could always resell them in FS/FT for not much of a loss.
Anyway, again, cheers for an interesting article. Reply
redavnI - Thursday, December 09, 2004 - linkVery nice article, but any chance we could get a part 2 with any replacement cards the manufacturers send and I'd like the see the Pine card reviewed too. It's being advertised as the Anandtech Deal at the top of this article and has dual dvi like the XFX card. Kind of odd one of the only cards not reviewed gets a big fat buy me link.
To me it seems that with the 6600GT/6800 series Nvidia has their best offering since the Geforce4 TI's...I'm sure I'm not the only one still hanging on to my Ti4600.
Filibuster - Thursday, December 09, 2004 - linkSomething I've just realized: The Gigabyte NX66T256D is not a GT yet supports SLI. Are they using a GT that can't run at the faster speeds and selling it as a 6600 standard? It has 256MB.
We ordered two from a vendor who said it definately does SLI.
Can you guys find out for sure? Reply
TrogdorJW - Thursday, December 09, 2004 - linkDerek, the "enlarged images" all seem to be missing, or else the links are somehow broken. I tested with Firefox and IE6 and neither one would resolve the image links.
Other than that, *wow* - who knew HSFs could be such an issue? I'm quite surprised that they are only secured at two corners. Would it really have been that difficult to use four mount points? The long-term prospects for these cards are not looking too good. Reply
CrystalBay - Thursday, December 09, 2004 - linkGreat job on the quality control inspections of these cards D.W. Hopefully IHV's take notice and resolve these potentially damageing problems. Reply
LoneWolf15 - Thursday, December 09, 2004 - linkI didn't see a single card in this review that didn't have a really cheesey looking fan...the type that might last a couple years if you're really lucky, but might last six months on some cards if you're not. The GeForce 6600GT is a decent card; for $175-250 (depending on PCIe or AGP) you'd think vendors would put a fan deserving of the price. My PNY 6800NU came with a squirrel-cage fan and super heavy heatsink that I know will last. Hopefully, Arctic Cooling will come out with an NV Silencer soon for the 6600 family; I wouldn't trust any of the fans I saw here to last. Reply
Filibuster - Thursday, December 09, 2004 - linkWhat quality settings were used in the games?
I am assuming that Doom 3 is in medium since these are 128MB cards.
I've read that there are some 6600GT 256MB cards coming out (Gigabyte GV-NX66T256D and MSI 6600GT-256E, maybe more) Please show us some tests with the 256MB models once they hit the streets (or if you know they are definately not, please tell us that too)
Even though the cards only have 128bit bus, wouldn't the extra ram help out in places like Doom 3 where texture quality is a matter of ram quantity? The local video ram still has to be faster than fetching it from system ram.
Kccdx2 - Thursday, December 09, 2004 - linkrofl at the incident with the gigabyte card. Reply
LeadFrog - Thursday, December 09, 2004 - linkwow. Are you planning to do this thing with any other cards? Reply
kuljc - Thursday, December 09, 2004 - linklol me too! it's magic! Reply
glennpratt - Thursday, December 09, 2004 - linkCoo! There was only one page when I started reading this. They filled in as I read. :) Reply


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This months roundup on I/O and terminal blocks demonstrates that the industry seems to be recuperating, product development money is flowing, and companies are getting competitive again.
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Oyster #99: Nite Jewel
"A lot of people don't have faith in women to be successful."
I first heard Nite Jewel (aka Ramona Gonzalez) back in April 2008. It was a lo-fi synth slow-jam called 'Lover', and it sounded just like driving through late-night LA — probably because Gonzalez lives there herself, in the quiet sanctuary that is Topanga Canyon. She recently released her second album, One Second of Love, and it has that same subtle quality that's seen 'Lover' survive many an iTunes cull.
Ariane Halls: Can you hear me OK?
Ramona Gonzalez: Yeah, I can hear you.
I'm sitting in a car stopped on a highway, so if a big truck goes past, you'll hear it. Just warning you.
You're sitting in a car on a highway?
I'm parked in a clearway. It's fairly legal.
Oh, OK!
But a truck might go past.
Anyway, I wanted to ask you about women in music, because sometimes I struggle to find female musicians that I want to write about. Why do you think there are so many more men than there are women in music?
Well, in general women were never… Before, say, the seventies — even when my mom was growing up, in the sixties and the fifties — you could do [music] as a hobby, but mainly, at least for my family, in the lower middle class, women were either technicians — typists or whatnot — or they were mothers. So, I guess it's taken future generations a while to recover from that perspective, at least in America. I still think there's a sense in which being a caretaker/mother … is something that we're taught we're naturally inclined to do.
Are there women in music — going as far back as the forties and fifties — that you're inspired by now?
Growing up I used to sing a lot of Billie Holiday songs, and I found her inspiring and also an enigma — she was this really gorgeous, seemingly pretty lonely character; super emotional and brave. And, as a woman, you don't… I mean, you think of women back then — doing what she did, it just seems unbelievable that she was able to do that. So, I definitely admired her when I was singing jazz when I was younger — junior high, high school. I look up to a lot of singers. Recently I was into Sade and her whole vibe. Watching interviews with her, she's just so unbelievably demure and classy. I'm not really like that, but I definitely find her to be pretty beautiful; her whole aura is really inspiring.
What about through the sixties and seventies?
I'm watching a lot of Stevie Nicks interviews, like the VH1 Classic Albums documentary on Rumours. She's pretty interesting 'cause to me she's, like, ultra feminine, but if you see her interviews she's kind of a badass. She doesn't really suck up to the industry at all — she's really her own person. She's just got a very unique delivery. It's rough around the edges, but she's just so incredibly beautiful at the same time.
I find that women tend to make music that is very melancholic. Aside from hip hop — people like Nicki Minaj and Azealia Banks — it's always so serious.
That's interesting that you say that. God, I hadn't really thought about that. I mean, for me a lot of women make music that's really very uplifting, in a way. The girls that I'm listening to — it's dark, but it's still kind of life-affirming. I think about living in an American culture, and rappers back in the day who were expressing their situation living in America and being maligned — a lot of those albums happen to be very dark, 'cause they were living in a certain situation that wasn't extremely positive. And I think that with many women… well, we're maligned too, in many ways. A lot of people don't have faith in women to be successful, so I think that's maybe expressed in music.
I feel like there's a massive gap between people like Katy Perry and Taylor Swift and people like you, Nina Kraviz and Julia Holter. It's like there's no in-between — but maybe I'm just not listening to the right people.
Well, Taylor Swift isn't human, so you can't really use her as an example. She's not even… I mean, I was just reading an article about her, and it doesn't really seem like she has… Like, she might even be a psychopath. She has no empathy; she's just very much a robot. But I think there are a lot of pop musicians and singers who are wavering in between dark and light in a pretty successful way.
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We knew what he wanted, his favorites were easy to list. Green salad with blue cheese dressing. Sirloin steak rubbed with coarsely ground black pepper, and he would grill it himself. Sides would be baked potato with lots of butter. The skin must be buttered before baking, to make it crispy. No microwaved bakers for him. Simple steamed broccoli, again with butter. And last, but definitely not least, cherry pie with ice cream. Two crusts, traditional, only. Please no tarts, crisps, crumble topping, or extra stuff like almonds or custard. He was a traditional kind of guy.
cherry-pie-with-sorghum-crust photo by vsimon
Much of this meal is easy to do gluten free. Only the blue cheese salad dressing and the piecrust require special consideration. Recipes below.
First the dressing
This is homemade dressing with lots of chunks of blue cheese that you can actually see and taste. Manly blue cheese dressing, not the wimpy bottled kind.
So you need to find gluten free blue cheese. Here is a case where it might be easier done, than said.
There are lots of recent articles and blog posts saying blue cheese is safe. For example, Gluten Free Living magazine does a great job debunking food myths. Blue cheese is covered in the latest issue in an article by Ann Whelan. She reports that blue cheese, even made the traditional way with mold cultures started on wheat bread, is unlikely to have even 1 ppm gluten.
Sure Foods Living did a nice blog post on gluten free blue cheese brands in 2007. You may or may not be able to get the brands listed.
I am thrilled that most blue cheese is gluten free. But the occasional brand states on their website that their blue cheese contains gluten. Sargento's website is one.
A call to the company found that the "quality team" is concerned that the mold culture is grown on wheat bread. They do not test the final product for gluten. My feeling is, the warning is due to an abundance of caution more than detectable levels of gluten. You must make your own judgments though.
Do not be afraid to contact customer service for the brands available to you. In any case, it is a good idea to check with the manufacturers, as products and processes can change. Sigh.
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Blue Cheese Dressing
1 cup light sour cream, full fat or reduced fat
1 cup full fat Hellmann's mayo
4 oz. blue cheese crumbles
½ tsp garlic powder
½ tsp dry mustard
½ tsp salt
½ tsp ground black pepper
Mix it up and enjoy!
This is very thick and can be used as a dip for veggies. I do not want this to be a commercial for any specific brands. But there appears to be a line drawn in the sand in the Midwest, where I am from. Hellmann's or Miracle Whip? It is definitely either/or with very strong opinions.
We are a Hellmann's family, never Miracle Whip. That would add a bit of sweetness that we do not care for. My husband's family would only use Miracle Whip though. And my Dad wanted full fat, not light. This recipe can be made with light mayo, but it seems to thin out over time.
Next the pie
The really problematic dish on the menu is the pie. My mom always bought ready to bake Chef Pierre High Pies from the freezer case. It was made with wheat. She went to high school with the founder of the company. And she did not like to make pie.
I inherited that trait from her. I hate to make pie. The crust is the problem. Rolling the dough and getting it into the pan, ugh. I prefer to make crisps, crumbles, tarts, anything other than pie. So this is a real labor of love for my dad.
And I am all about improving the nutrition of the gluten free diet with wholegrain flours instead of highly refined starches. So I tried coming up with a tasty, easy to work with, mostly whole grain crust. Mind you, I did not want to make 15 versions. That is way too much pie that should not go to waste (waist). So I have one recipe to offer.
tart-cherry-pie-with-gluten-free-crust photo by vsimon
Tart Cherry Pie with Sorghum Crust
Yield: one 9 or 10 inch pie
1 cup (2 sticks) frozen butter,
*put butter in the freezer as you are getting everything else ready
1 ½ cup sorghum flour
1/2 cup sweet rice flour, plus extra for rolling the dough
6 tablespoons tapioca starch
6 tablespoons potato starch
1 teaspoon xanthan
½ teaspoon salt
½ to ¾ cup ice-cold water
Cherry filling
6 cups fresh or frozen pitted tart cherries
1 cup sugar
½ cup sweet rice flour
Make the crust
Put the flours, starches, xanthan, and salt in a large bowl. Mix thoroughly. Cut the butter into small pieces. Mix the butter pieces into the flour mixture with a pastry cutter or two forks. Work the butter into the flour until it resembles coarsely ground corn meal.
Add the ice-cold water and mix until you can mold the dough into a smooth ball, with no crumbles. Start with ½ cup water, add more, a tablespoon at a time. If you add a bit too much water, you can add a bit more flour. Shape the dough into two thick disks, wrap each in plastic wrap and put in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Now comes the fun part. This dough is a bit tricky, but I think all piecrust dough is tricky. Take a deep breath and calm yourself. Generously flour (gluten free of course) a sheet of parchment paper, or a large non-stick mat. Flour the top of one disk of dough, and cover with another layer of parchment. Roll this out with a rolling pin, making sure it is big enough to cover the pie pan. Uncover the dough, gently put it in the pan, and peel off the paper. Not to worry if the dough cracks. Simply pinch it back together. Leave the overhanging dough alone for now. Set the pan aside and roll out the other disk.
Put the cherries in the dough-lined piecrust. Top the cherries with sugar and sweet rice flour. Put the top crust on the pie. Run a knife around the edge of the pie plate to remove extra dough. Crimp the edges with a fork or your fingers. Cut a pretty cherry design in the middle of the crust to let steam and lava like hot filling to escape.
Put the pie on a rimmed cookie sheet to catch any overflow.
Bake at 450 degrees for 20 minutes. Then turn down the oven to 350 and bake for another hour if using fresh cherries. Or up to 1 ½ hours more if using frozen cherries. You want to see red filling oozing out of the crust in spots.
Allow to cool completely before cutting.
we-liked-it photo by vsimon
I have to say this cherry pie is delicious. And making it is not for sissies. Go ahead and make a cherry crisp, crumble or tart if that is more your speed. Then top any of them with vanilla ice cream. Many are gluten free, be sure to read the label.
Or simply eat sweet dark cherries out of hand. That is a real treat too.
*Much of this post was published in the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness June newsletter.
**And it is submitted to the "Go ahead honey, it is gluten free!" recipe event. This month's theme is manly food in honor of Father's Day. It is hosted by Carol Kicinski of Simply…Gluten Free. Thanks Carol. 🙂
I am not sure which recipe is the most manly. Which recipe would your man prefer?


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Twenty for Twenty
The 20 Greatest Acts of Sport Since 1992
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1. Jordan
The Greatest Ever
The Greatest Ever
Just 41.9 tics remained in game six of the 1998 NBA Finals. With his Bulls down 86–83, Michael Jordan drove for a layup, stole a low-post pass to Karl Malone, then shed Byron Russell and nailed a 15-footer for an 87–86 win. It was Chicago's sixth title in eight years—an incomparable end to Jordan's hegemony of the hardwood.
Jordan retired in 2003. He has a Beatle-sized fan base now, and like a giant he is faced with swarming Lilliputians seeking to usurp his throne. Jordan detractors rarely, if ever, reference a cold, hard stat. They take refuge in the shadows of nebulous phrases, speaking of others who "made players around them better." Few fans, scribes or broadcasters seem to know the markers that reflect his dominance.
Career scoring leader? Jordan, 30.1 points per game. Career playoff scoring leader? Jordan, 33.4 points per game. Only Jordan led his team to six NBA titles and was awarded Finals MVPs for all six. He earned All-Defensive Team honors nine times. "Did anyone else win 70 games?" came his impatient quip when asked if the '96 Bulls were the greatest quintet of all time. That team won 72 and then 69 the following year, 141–23 over two years.
"Jordan is embarrassing the league," said Chuck Daley in the late 1980s, even as he was devising the "Jordan Rules," a strategy of throttling Jordan continuously. "The other rule was, any time he went by you, you had to nail him," Daly said. "If he was coming off a screen, nail him. We didn't want to be dirty—I know some people thought we were—but we had to be very physical." A decade later, after the championship wreckage Jordan had wrought, Pat Riley said, "Everyone who plays in this time has an excuse for not having a championship. That excuse is Michael Jordan."
Repeat after me, please: There is not now, never was, and never will be another basketball player like Michael Jordan.
2. Roger Federer
The King of Slams
The King of Slams
The grace, the footwork, the sheer fluidity of his movements—these elements are apparent even to Roger Federer's casual observers. By dispatching Andy Murray last Wimbledon, Federer showed that approaching 31 years old needn't be a retirement sentence. He won all 17 of his Grand Slam Singles titles from 2003 through 2012.
Many players—Pete Sampras, John McEnroe and Rod Laver included—consider Federer the greatest ever. When Federer broke Sampras' record of 14 Slams at Wimbledon in 2009, Sampras joked, "You only allowed me [the record] for seven years." Sampras continued: "He's got 15 grand slams, and he could get 16, 17 or 18." The Swiss-born "Federer Express" has slowed, winning just two of 14 Grand Slam events. No matter. The greatest tennis player of all time has played in our time.
3. Tiger Woods
A Career in Two Acts
A Career in Two Acts
Since 1997, Tiger Woods has won 14 majors. Runner-up Phil Mickelson, as tiny as a bug speck in Woods' rearview mirror, has four since 1997. That said, the "Is Woods back?" query is fatuous.
Consider: He seemed a lock to surpass Jack Nicklaus' Ruthian standard of 18. In Act Two he hasn't won any of the last 18 majors played. By the 2013 Masters, his 17th professional season, he will be 37 and five years removed from his last major win.
Even before his drought I found the "athletic" praise given to a practitioner of cow pasture pool to be excessive. "He is the greatest athlete of any kind in any era," a gushing Jim Nantz once said to Don Imus. Greatest athlete? No. Whenever one thinks of the greatest athletes ever, how can you skip over Jordan and Gretzky, Jimmy Brown and Babe Ruth and go straight to the guy who hits a ball lying still?
Reasons abound as to why Woods is major-less since the Bush Administration. Personal distractions. Age. Inconsistent play. Yet Woods ranks as the second greatest who ever toted clubs—thus joining the company of other second greats: Ted Williams, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Mario Lemieux. Tell me, what's wrong with that?
4. The Yankees
A Dominant Dynasty
A Dominant Dynasty
The Yankees' sixth dynasty included four World Series won between 1996 and 2000—the most dominant act in baseball since Oakland's three straight from '72 to '74. This wasn't success hatched from payroll excess; it was homegrown. Most valuable were Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, Paul O'Neill, Bernie Williams and Andy Pettitte. Only O'Neill arrived via trade. Rivera, the greatest reliever ever to draw breath, and Jeter are Hall of Famers; the other four multiple All-Stars. Jeter stands—behind Honus Wagner, but with Ernie Banks, Robin Yount and Cal Ripken Jr.—as one of the five greatest shortstops.
5. Dallas Cowboys
Peerless Balance in the '90s
Peerless Balance in the '90s
The last Cowboys dynasty boasted the "Triplets"—Emmitt Smith, Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin. That constellation of preternatural Hall of Fame talent gave Dallas the firepower to win the Super Bowl three times between 1992 and 1995.
Another Hall of Famer was Jimmy Johnson—the first coach to win a NCCA championship and a pro title. During a galling 1–15 season in 1989, Johnson, on a morning jog, brainstormed about which players were expendable. He chose Herschel Walker, a risky move since he had been the dismal team's leader in yards from scrimmage for three years. The Vikings wanted Walker and received four draft picks, while Dallas grabbed six—used to pick Smith, Darren Woodson, and defensive standout Russell Maryland. Known as "The Great Train Robbery," the largest deal in NFL history involved 18 players.
Another Hall of Famer was Jimmy Johnson—the first coach to win a NCCA championship and a pro title. During a galling 1–15 season in 1989, Johnson, on a morning jog, brainstormed about which players were expendable. He chose Herschel Walker, a risky move since he had been the dismal team's leader in yards from scrimmage for three years. The Vikings wanted Walker and received four draft picks, while Dallas grabbed six—used to pick Smith, Darren Woodson, and defensive standout Russell Maryland. Known as "The Great Train Robbery," the largest deal in NFL history involved 18 players.
Just three years later, the Cowboys crushed Buffalo 52–17 in Super Bowl XXVII, 30–13 the next, and took Pittsburgh two years later. They won the three by a comically lopsided score of 119 to 47. Besides quick strike and ground-it-out offense, Dallas' defenders included Ken Norton Jr., Maryland, Jim Jeffcoat, Charles Haley, Tony Tolbert and Woodson.
Dallas led the league in parties in the locker room, but all was forgiven. "Super Bowls act as a big headache pill for the city of Dallas," said cornerback Kevin Smith. "No matter how we behaved, the people would forgive us. Why? Because we gave them Super Bowls."
6. New England
Tom Brady Driving
Tom Brady Driving
New England won three titles in four years, eaking out each by three points. They lost to the Giants by three in 2007 and by four in 2011. They have thus played in more thrilling Super Bowls than any other team.
As Brady drove toward a second Super Bowl victory against Carolina, a Pats' defender, slumped in exhaustion, bellowed, "We're not losing because we have Tom Brady." The game deadlocked at 29 with 1:08 remaining, Brady played the drive of two years before—when, against 14-point favorite St. Louis, he completed five passes for 53 yards before Adam Vinatieri kicked a 48-yard field goal with 0:07 remaining for a 20–17 victory. Now he mixed slants to Troy Brown and Deion Branch to reach the 23-yard line. Vinatieri booted a 41-yarder for a 32–29 victory.
By 2004 New England had won a record 21 straight games and opposed Philadelphia. First they dunked the Colts 20–3. Against Philly, Brady hit 23 of 33 for 236 yards and was not intercepted in his third straight Super Bowl. While Ravens' coach John Harbaugh insists that the Pat's three championships have been "stained" due to "Spygate," the lasting image of this New England team is Brady, driving naturally.
7. Maddux and Martinez
Strong Arms in Cheating Times
Strong Arms in Cheating Times
"Home runs were once special," Reggie Jackson said in a sonorous voice. He described taking his daughter to the Hall of Fame and pointing proudly to his 1993 bronze plaque reading: "563 home runs rank sixth on the all-time list." He returned years later. He then ranked thirteenth, behind five pharmaceutically enhanced imposters who used performance enhancing drugs: Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmiero and Alex Rodriguez. Jackson was suspended by the Yankees, his employer, for claiming, truthfully, that Rodriguez's home run totals were tainted.
All told, 21 of the last 80 MVP and Cy Young Award winners tested positive for performance enhancing drugs. Against this quarter-century backdrop of cheating, highest praise goes to Greg Maddux and Pedro Martinez. In 2000 Martinez posted an ERA of 1.74, 2.84 times better than the league average of 4.91—the best ratio since 1900. His career mark of 219–100 (.687) is second only to Whitey Ford (.690) among 200-game winners since 1900. Like Martinez, Greg Maddux was a tour de force of surgical precision. He won 15 or more in a record 17 consecutive years. Will any active pitcher match his four consecutive Cy Young Awards, from 1992 through 1995 or his 355 career wins?
8. Lakers
The Last Hoops Trifecta
8. Lakers
The Last Hoops Trifecta
In this millennium of basketball parity, Los Angeles was the exception, running off three titles from 2000 through 2002. For those fond of insisting that Kobe Bryant is Jordan's equal, I offer these title years as Exhibit A. The indomitable Laker was Shaquille O'Neal, who won all three finals MVPs and eliminated the Pacers, the Sixers and the Nets, who couldn't stop him with a tuna net and a pistol.
The Lakers lured Phil Jackson out of retirement. The Zen Master believed that O'Neal could play a more complete game, especially with rebounding and defense. O'Neal posted an MVP season. Los Angeles steamrolled playoff opponents at a 15–1 clip in 2001. In 2002 O'Neal averaged 36 points and 12 rebounds against a tag team of Nets centers totaling 47 fouls on Shaq. Los Angeles won the last trifecta, even if Indiana, Philadelphia and New Jersey weren't historic opponents.
9. Serena Williams
Canon Fire
Canon Fire
"Beauty Queen" read the text in a national magazine promoting the "fortnight at Wimbledon." Maria Sharapova was shown kissing a Wimbledon plate. An old photo really, since the 6'2" femme fatale by way of Ngayan, Russia, hasn't held that particular plate since 2004. Any hopes that she would buss the silver fell short again, as losing in the fourth round spared her the indignity of flailing at a lethal first serve rising to 126 miles per hour, courtesy of Serena Jameka Williams.
As muskets gave way to rifles, so did the tennis we once knew give way to Williams. The dainty serve-and-volley style of yesteryear appears like a museum curiosity now.
In a chilly eviction of Victoria Azarenka in the semis at Wimbledon, Serena served a record 24 aces. "Two of the greatest shots of all time are Federer's forehand and Serena's serve," McEnroe observed. She completed the rout by beating Agnieszka Radwanska. In the Olympics Williams laid an unholy butt whipping on Sharapova 6–0, 6–1 in the finals. Sharapova looked flummoxed, utterly. "When she's fit, when she wants something, no one can stop her," said broadcaster Mary Carillo. Williams finished two months of magic, winning the U.S. Open, overcoming a 5–3 deficit in the third set to beat Azarenka for her fifteenth grand slam title. She trails only Steffi Graff (22), Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert (18 each) in the open era.
10. Detroit Redwings
Cups Runneth Over
Cups Runneth Over
The Detroit Redwings currently have no equal in North American sports. Their active streak of 21 postseason appearances surpasses the Yankees, the Lakers, anyone. The four cups commenced in 1997 with a four-oh dusting of Philadelphia and a sweep of Buffalo in 1998. They blitzed Carolina 4–1 in 2002 and in 2008 it was 4–2 over Pittsburgh. That's a 16–3 thrashing of finals opponents.
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HOUSTON - You may not want a sip of what health inspectors found at one upscale wine bar, and "I'm lovin' it" wasn't what they said when they walked into the kitchen of a local McDonald's.
The wine at The Tasting Room in Uptown Park may be smooth, but the "clear tan" slime on the chute of the wine bar's ice machine got the place written up by health inspectors.
This may cure your craving for some comfort food. Inspectors said the cheese sauce at the Luby's at 11595 Fuqua was "not safe for human consumption." They said the sauce was prepared the day before and held at 65 degrees. They tossed 39 pounds of the stuff.
Inspectors said they saw a live roach in a cabinet at the sandwich station at Cali Sandwich Fast Food at 3030 Travis in downtown Houston.
Inspectors said they saw several roaches all over the Smoothie King at 3651 Weslayan.
At Trish Bida at 11130 Beechnut, inspectors asked management to keep the roaches under control.
Employees were trying to control flying insects at the McDonald's at 4005 Elgin, but inspectors made them move the bug zapper they had mounted above the food preparation area.
At Bat Dat Restaurant at 11021 Bellaire, inspectors wrote there were rodents in the kitchen and store rooms and food was exposed to contamination by rodents, droppings, urine on shelves, containers, equipment and tableware. The owners of Bat Dat agreed to close temporarily to correct the rodent problem. The restaurant re-opened six days later with the Health Department's approval.
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