Tech News
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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."
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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. -
Dual Core CPU's explained. @ DataFuse
Published: Thursday, October 14, 2004 | By: Dennis"Too bad both found a similar solution to the problem and are now putting heavy manhours in multi-core CPU's.
Although both technologies from AMD and Intel are called DualCore, the architecture and construction behind it isn't identical."
This is really exciting technology, kind of like SMP in a jar or maybe SMP+SMP for the dual processor types running dual core processors. -
Intel Cancels Top-Speed Pentium 4 Chip
Published: Thursday, October 14, 2004 | By: Dennis" The chip industry's own technologists have long predicted engineers would face bigger and bigger hurdles as they cranked up chip speeds. Intel Chief Technology Officer Patrick Gelsinger has famously said that without a fundamental change in chip design, PC chips would become as hot as the surface of the sun within a decade."
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The Dual Monitor Experiment @ XYZ
Published: Thursday, October 14, 2004 | By: DennisWe played around with dual monitor setups back before they was cool, while some of the technology has changed on the consumer side of things the concept is exactly the same.
"The honeymoon did not last for too long. Just like with any other purchase the novelty of the 17" LCD quickly wore off. Within a few weeks I was no longer impressed with the 1280x1024 resolution, even if it was drastically better than 1024x768. At this point I was in no way disappointed with the upgrade, but it was certainly no longer anything special."
Check out our dual monitor experiment using way old hardware.
