Tech News
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VIA announces support for new AMD CPUs
Published: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 | By: Dennis"Future versions of the K8T890 Series will include the VIA DualGFX Express feature, a solution that stands ready to support all dual graphics card industry standards. The DualGFX Express provides enhanced single application performance with supporting graphics cards and multi-monitor support."
Not sure exactly what DualGFX stands for but it seems to imply dual graphic card support. -
No price cuts for Intel LGA 775
Published: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 | By: DennisWhen the industry is slow to adapt to new technology, what is the best way to force the issue??? Yep, reduce supply.
"According to the sources, Intel was also reducing its supply of Socket 478 Pentium 4 and 865 chipsets, in order to push migration to the LGA 775 platform." -
Microsoft Reveals Licensing Plans for Dual-Core Chips
Published: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 | By: Dennis"Microsoft Corp. does not plan to change its per-processor software licensing model when hardware containing dual-core and multicore processor technology for the Windows platform becomes available next year."
This should make things a little cheaper for us peeps on the leading edge. -
nForce4 Press Day
Published: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 | By: DennisnVidia released info on their next chipset for the Athlon64 dubbed the nForce4. From what I've read the nForce4 isn't much more than a upgraded nForce3. The major upgrade points are with the addition of PCI Express and nVidia SLI. Chances are we won't be seeing any boards based on the nForce4 anytime this year and with how PCI Express video card production is going I wouldn't expect to see to many SLI enabled boards until sometime after retail boards hit the shelves.
- nForce4 @ neoseeker
- nForce4 @ ViperLair
- nForce4 @ Hot Hardware
- nForce4 @ HardOCP
Aside from this news posting there isn't any nForce4 action at Ninjalane though when retail samples come out I'd expect a fair share of them.
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DFI LANParty 925X-T2 Review @ NVPlanet
Published: Monday, October 18, 2004 | By: Dennis"Someone at DFI wanted this package to stand out and I must say it sure does and I give DFI credit in protecting there products with such enginuity. Here is a check list of the contents. If any of these items are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance."
The above message brought you by the foundation for end-users to never contact a review site webmaster for tech support.
I'm all LOL over that one.
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Dual Core CPU's Part Deux @ DataFuse
Published: Monday, October 18, 2004 | By: Dennis"Now, if you read the previous article you'll probably spot the confusion with the now twin L2 core. In the previous article I stated Intel will use the CMP (Chip Multi Processing) architecture. This is when they place two cores together and have them sharing the Caches. Intel won't use this solution since it will be too expensive to manufacture as a desktop solution chip."
Some good stuff in this article provided you are interested. -
NL: Review Block - Evil Mondays
Published: Monday, October 18, 2004 | By: DennisSorry for the lack of morning news postings but, err well... its Monday.. ya that’s the ticket.
- 3R System Poseidon WCL-03 @ Hardware12v
- PC Under-Glow Mod @ Creative Mods
- Gigabyte K8NS Pro @ OCModShop
- Crucial Ballistix PC3200 C2 @ Viper Lair
- MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum A64 S939 @ Madshrimps
- SilverStone Temjin 6 SST-TJ06 @ eOC
- PC Case Buyer Guide @ Mikhailtech (kind of, its mostly an explanation of case features)
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Seagate Savvio SCSI HDD @ The Tech Report
Published: Friday, October 15, 2004 | By: DennisHigh speed laptop sized HDDs in SCSI clothing.
I think you can imagine the possibilities this drive unfolds.
"As a small form factor enthusiast with a soft spot for SCSI, I couldn't let Savvio go unscrutinized. I've run one of these tiny drives through our usual gauntlet of storage tests against five full-size 10K-RPM alternatives. The results are both surprising and inspiring. Read on to see how well the Savvio stacks up."
According to the graphs the drive appears to be a little faster than the Raptor and slower than full sized SCSI drive. -
NVIDIA nForce3 250 Motherboard Shootout @ HardwareZone
Published: Friday, October 15, 2004 | By: Dennis"Now, if you're confused about the different offerings of the nForce3 chipset, we don't blame you. In fact, we really hate the way NVIDIA segment their MCP products, so much so that there isn't a clear distinction between all of these products. Even their technical specifications were vaguely posted in their website. Here's a quick chart to help differentiate between the various nForce3 chipsets :-"
Most of the major players with boards in the retail sector are represented in this shootout including the Soltek SL-K8AN2E-GR that we recently reviewed. -
Netscape: Bowed, but not broken
Published: Thursday, October 14, 2004 | By: Dennis"The browser is not advancing because (Microsoft isn't) being challenged. I hope that someone does start to challenge them just to get Microsoft to invest in the browser again, but nobody could ever actually retake the crown. If Microsoft starts to feel some pressure, they will just crank up the spending again and crush whoever it is."
Yep I still use Netscape and aside from a few AOL ads during the install I have no issues with it at all.
Some people swear by IE, some people swear by Opera, some people swear at people not using what they use. In any event because of this nobody is seeing the same Internet the same way all the time.
