Video Card Links

Nvidia - Makers of the GeForce series of video cards, and NFORCE mobo chipsets.

ATI - Makers of the Radeon series, and soon will be making a chipset of their own.

Matrox - Another great Canadian video card company.  Right now, the G400 chipset is their flagship product.  They make various cards using this chip, and one even has support for dual monitors from one card.

Sonic|Blue - Formerly called S3.  Now paired up with Diamond, they are the makers of the Savage 2000 chipset (used in the Diamond Viper II video card).  I think this is the last chipset they will make though.

Sound Card Links

Aureal - My personal favourite sound cards are those using Aureal's Vortex 2 chipset.  Get the latest info and drivers for your Aureal card, and also see a huge list and links to demos of games that use the awesome A3D API.  Unfortunately, they are bankrupt now, and the site consists of one page.  Instead, you should check out:

Vortex of Sound - This is the only place to get the latest (and last) dirvers for the Vortex 2 sound card.  They supported Aureal right to the end.

Soundblaster.com - Creative Labs, makers of the popular EMU10K1 chipset used in all their Soundblaster Live! sound cards.  They were the ones who couldn't quite beat Aureal down with their product, so sued them until they ran out of money, then bought them out for a couple million.

Sensaura - Makers of the new chipset used in Diamond's MX400.  Their chipset uses a new API called "MacroFX".  It can also emulate A3D 1.x and EAX 2.x 

lowlight's Favorites

Surreal-News - My first gaming site; check out all the latest news and info on ALL of Surreal Software's games.  Now featuring Drakan.  There is also an elusive Nude Rynn skin hiding somewhere around that site ;)

VoodooExtreme - The only place you really need to go for general gaming news.

[H]ard|OCP - These guys do hardware news right.  Check em out for links to the latest hardware reviews, and all sorts of cool pics (love the Duron Sheep!)

FilePlanet - I know, I know "why is a hardcore site linking to a Gamespy Network site???" But seriously, these guys have links to ALL the newest demos, patches, etc, and they are FAST!

Speed Test - I used to check this page several times each day just so I can glow when I see the indicator reading "Your line speed: 1150 Kbps"

Penny Arcade - Though not always laugh-yourself-until-you-piss-your-pants funny, Gabriel's anime-style are simply can NOT be beat.

The Tech Zone - Great site by my great friend, Moto.  Nice quick to-the-point hardware reviews here.