Tech News
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Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI Motherboard Review @ t-break
Published: Monday, January 3, 2005 | By: DennisMCP cooling on the nForce3 and 4 series is a real challenge since it is located across from the PCIe and PCI slots, given that many video cards are rather long you have to make sure the cooler is low profile or arranged in such a way as to avoid any potential contact.
"The chipset has active cooling and is placed right below the primary PCI-E x16 slot and although we didn’t run into any problems, our 6800GT came very close to touching the HSF unit. Ideally, the chipset should’ve been present below the secondary PCI-E x16 slot. Next to the chipset," -
Taiwan police seize 60,000 suspect AMD CPUs
Published: Monday, January 3, 2005 | By: Dennis"Based on tips provided by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Taiwan, the police Friday raided an electronics company located in Tainan, southern Taiwan, and seized a total of 60,000 suspect AMD CPUs, according to the police and sources at AMD Taiwan."
The processors were defective samples that were to be destroyed, though instead of going to the scrap bin they ended up in Tainan to be remarked and shipped overseas. -
ntel starts sampling 600-series chip
Published: Monday, January 3, 2005 | By: Dennis"Intel will use a codename, the P4P, to distinguish its 600-series chips that feature support of Intel’s Speedstep technology, Enhanced Memory 64-bit Technology (EM64T) and Execution Disable Bit (EDB) capability, the sources noted."
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"Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Intel’s rival, seems, however, to be still one-step ahead of chipmakers in the development of dual-core CPUs, with market reports saying that AMD has already sent samples of its dual-core Opteron chips to a number of select clients." -
News Coming
Published: Monday, January 3, 2005 | By: DennisSorry for the lack of news over the weekend and such, I've been working hard on a new and exciting thing that will debut here at Ninjalane during the early time tomorrow.
So stay tuned, oh and I'll have some review blocks posted here in a little bit. -
Happy New Year
Published: Saturday, January 1, 2005 | By: DennisWelcome to 2005! I trust that all of your holiday activiies were well withn the legal realm and that nobody got hurt or arrested.
Take care and have a good one. -
Raidmax Samurai 908 Review Posted
Published: Thursday, December 30, 2004 | By: DennisI really have to hand it to Raidmax for creating a very unique gaming case; they did an excellent job in the bodywork and the paintjob is great. However the case doesn't really lend itself well to many modding possibilities except for enhancing what has already there.
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Gigabyte GeForce 6600 GT Review @ Bjorn3D
Published: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 | By: DennisI think SLI will be big news in 2005 though I'm also getting the distinct impression that SLI is only SLI to nVidia.
"The comeback of SLI technology is another reason NVIDIA has more people leaning its way nowadays. Most of NVIDIA's current GeForce 6 series is available in AGP and PCI Express flavors. With the release of the 6600 line of cards, NVIDIA finally lauched its first native PCI Express GPUs, meaning they were designed for PCI Express." -
Intel to incorporate EDB security in various CPUs
Published: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 | By: Dennis"Intel plans to incorporate its Execute Disable Bit (EDB) security technology in several lines of CPU, including the 600-series 64-bit Pentium 4 lineup, Pentium M and 775-socket Celeron D models, in 2005, according to sources at Taiwan motherboard makers.
EDB technology is able to prevent certain classes of malicious "buffer overflow" attacks when combined with the Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) operating system, the sources added."
And that is pretty much the extent of that news posting. Can I hear a collective "Yay!"??
I didn't think it was that exciting either.
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Asustek shipment target is 10-12 million graphics cards
Published: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 | By: Dennis"Asustek Computer’s goal of shipping 10-12 million graphics cards in 2005, up about 33-62% from the 7.4-7.5 million units estimated for this year, will mean more competition for OEM and clone orders among Taiwan graphics-card makers in the coming year, market sources said.
If realized, Asustek will replace Micro-Star International (MSI) as Taiwan’s largest graphics-card maker, the sources noted."
That is a lot of video cards.
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Taiwan makers start delivering Pentium M motherboards
Published: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 | By: Dennis"DFI, a Taiwan-based motherboard maker, has started delivering its Pentium M motherboard, the 855GME-MGF, for desktops to its channels in the US, Japan and Europe, although not in large volumes, said a spokesperson for DFI.
The spokesperson stated that DFI could ramp up production of its 855GME-MGF motherboards, if the supply of Intel 855GME chipsets is sufficient."
There are a few reviews related to this announcement you can find them in the DFI Press Center
