Tech News
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AMD to introduce 32-bit K8
Published: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 | By: Dennis"Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) aims to strengthen its position in the entry-level processor market by introducing a 32-bit CPU, codenamed Athlon XP Paris, in the third quarter of this year, according to sources at Taiwanese motherboard makers.
The 754-pin Paris will be targeted for the desktop and will be fully based on the K8 micro-architecture, with 256KB of L2 cache, but will not support AMD64, i.e. x86-64 technology, said the sources.
With the introduction of the Athlon XP Paris, AMD’s existing Athlon XP Socket A/462 processors will be gradually phased out, the sources said." -
NL: Review Block - Trimmed Edition
Published: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 | By: DennisBeen awake too long, need sleep...
Memories - huh?
- Geil Ultra PC3200 Review @ FastLaneHW
- GeIL Ultra Platinum PC4400 @ Envy News
Video
- ATI Radeon 9600XT All In Wonder Review @ Ascully
- Galaxy and Gainward GeForce FX 5900XT Reviews @ Beyond3D
Case Stuff
- SilverStone SST-TJ04 PC Case Review @ ShortMedia
- Fanless Water Cooling System @ CustomGinun
- Lighted ATA Cables @ Raptor-Mods
- Evercool SCP-A Fan Controller @ HardwareHounds
Don't forget who hooked you up. -
Asetek Antarctica WaterChill Review @ OverclockersClub
Published: Monday, April 26, 2004 | By: Dennis"he Waterchill package is pretty darn big, about 2 feet in length, in fact. Made from a plastic corrugate (I believe) the package itself is fairly side, and all of our components are nestled securely inside wedged between two thick pieces of foam. Everything arrived safe and undamaged. "
I can attest to that, the box and WaterChill package is pretty big but works great. -
Interactive L Bridge Painting @ ocinside
Published: Monday, April 26, 2004 | By: DennisHere is a fun little utility written in Javascript to help you when it comes to painting the bridges on the Athlon XP.
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Intel blames motherboard manufacturers for broken socket 775s
Published: Friday, April 23, 2004 | By: DennisI had a feeling something like this would happen.
" Intel has ordered manufacturers to use this new 775 socket and this time you have to place the CPU on top of the pins praying that all 775 pins actually touch the right connection on the 775 points of the Prescott.
It you do this correctly then everything is fine and dandy, but if not you can damage either the board or the CPU or both, we have learned." -
Demonic XTC Waterblock Review @ Water-Cooling
Published: Friday, April 23, 2004 | By: Dennis" I feel that these imperfections could be fixed with some light lapping. The Top plate is engraved with "Demonic XTC" in quite a clean readable font but one or two of the letters are a bit messy, and there are a few light scratches around the edge of the letters."
Just about everything in this review I can agree with though some of the complaints seem to be a little extreme. Check out our review of the same block for comparison, -
Cooler Master Hyper 6 Review @ MetkuMods
Published: Friday, April 23, 2004 | By: Dennis"I like the Cooler Master's way of including two options to mount the potentiometer. Some of us like to install it to the front of the case for constant adjustment but there are users that prefer to leave it at the back of the case, not to be seen."
This is one big ass cooler.
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nVidia Overclocking with Coolbits
Published: Friday, April 23, 2004 | By: Dennis"Everybody's overclocking these days. Every Nvidia user should have and know Coolbits! If you're searching for it, it's on the first page right here for you. Not only do I have coolbits but I have the lines to give you the AGP settings panel and the refresh rate override panel. Late edition was the Additional info tab which was submitted by Krick. Thanks man for letting me know about this additional hidden tab."
Coolbits is actually an old hack that is still used today by many overclockers and mfgs. For instance the Gainward overclocking utility installs the Coolbits hack so that you can run the card in "Enhanced" mode. -
1337 Dictionary Updated
Published: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 | By: DennisThe Ninjalane lee+ dictionary has been updated with a few new words. The page isn't work friendly so click responsibly.
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NL: Review Block - nVidia Reprise.
Published: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 | By: DennisnVidia has been pretty hot lately though it would seem that many of the hardware sites are keeping NV40 news on the down low. I guess they are waiting to see what ATI comes up with.
- 6800 Ultra MFG. Photos @ xbit
- NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra (NV40) Preview @ Hardware Zone
- nForce3 250Gb: Faster with GeForce FX? @ The Tech Report
Eventually a NV40 will hit the labs at Ninjalane, unfortunately the timeframe is yet unknown.
