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• Intel Seen Making 64-Bit Pentium

  Published: Thursday, December 18, 2003 | By: Dennis

  " Mr. Whittington said customers are requesting 64-bit capabilities right now, not in two or three years."
  The introduction of a 64bit Pentium processor is inevitable, the AMD marketing engine is pushing the envelope into the realm of 64-bit processing even though there is no "mainstream" 64-bit OS on the market (Linux and Unix aside). Knowing this I find it hard to believe that customers are actually requesting 64-bit capabilities for any reason other than because they can.

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• AOpen AX4C Max II Review @ Techware Labs

  Published: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 | By: Dennis

  AOpen has been a front-runner by incorporating some of the latest and greatest technologies into their products for quite some time now. For instance there is a special blue PCI slot on this motherboard that is rumored to provide a "cleaner" power and data path to whatever card is installed. Maybe it’s just me but wouldn't you want that for ALL of the PCI slots??
  "The Hercules PCI slot (color coded blue) is a specially designed PCI slot with independent 3.3V circuitry. This allows for less variance in the voltage signal of the PCI slot, which can translate to increased stability/precision for the card that occupies this slot."
  Oh and don't forget the snappy black PCB.

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• Danger Den RBX Review @ GruntvillE

  Published: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 | By: Dennis

  The grunt guys seems to really like this watercooler even though the thing is not wide enough to use the AMD supplied anti-crush pads. Seems to me you would want that sort of stability for any AMD heatsink or waterblock.

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• NL: Review Block - Uber Late Edition.

  Published: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 | By: Dennis

  Got a really late start on the news today but here is the first wave of review block material.
  
  Video Cards
  - HIS Radeon 9600SE Review @ Tweaknews
  - VisionTek XTASY Radeon 9800 XT Review @ Bjorn3d
  - Crucial Radeon 9600 Pro Review @ PCStats
  Heatsinks
  - Spire SP420B2 CopperStream Review @ DansData
  - Thermalright ALX-800 Review @ FastLaneHW
  - Thermalright SLK-947U Review @ FastLaneHW
  
  Phj34r the l33t @...

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• Phj34r My Lack of N3w5

  Published: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 | By: Dennis

  Sorry for the lack of news, it has been a busy morning and early afternoon.
  
  News to come shortly.

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• Fujitsu Looks Ahead with Faster Drives

  Published: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 | By: Dennis

  Maybe it's just me but Fujitsu just sounds like a fast name.
  "Hagberg said Fujitsu's 2.5-inch drive would offer up to 73.5 gigabytes of storage coupled with a SAS interface capable of a 300 megabyte data transfer rate at a full 3Gb per second. HP will test its viability with its HP ProLiant server and storage customers."
  The drives are being tested by HP, I know some peeps over there at HP maybe they can send me a photo or something.

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• Cooljag CJC66IC-A Review @ Frosty Tech

  Published: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 | By: Dennis

  We had the opportunity to review this very same cooler a few months back, you can see the review here
  " The initial FrostyTech Synthetic Temperature Test results look pretty favorably on the CJC66IC-A heatsink... at least in the high-RPM mode. Despite all that copper, the CoolJag heatsink fails miserably if the fans' thermistor doesn't receive the correct temperature data to initiate the increase in RPM."
  We came to the same conclusion, though for someone with a well-cooled case that doesn't overclock this heatsink would be a pretty good choice.

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• NL: Review Block - block-0 5+yl3

  Published: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 | By: Dennis

  This review block thing has become a daily occurrence around here.
  
  - Neuros Digital Audio Computer Review @ HardExtreme
  - Antec Performance One P160 Review @ PCAbusers
  - Elite Flashback - Sega Genesis/Mega Drive
  - Thermaltake Lanfire Review @ Legit Reviews
  
  Daily review blocks brought to you by.

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• Intel's 'Prescott' chip to keep Pentium 4 name

  Published: Monday, December 15, 2003 | By: Dennis

  "Keeping the name also helps Intel avoid a marketing muddle with the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition. This chip, which was added to the company's product road map this summer, comes with 2MB of cache. Current Pentium 4s have a 512KB cache and Prescott will have a 1MB cache.
  
  With the extra-large cache, the Extreme Edition will outperform Prescott, Brookwood said, and will likely sell for more. It would look odd if Prescott were given a new, higher-numbered name but was slower than a chip already on the market. Current Extreme Edition chips now sell for over $900 while standard desktop chips generally come out at $637."
  The Pentium 4 EE is pretty damn fast, stay tuned for more first hand info on this new processor.

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• Inno3D GeForce FX 5700 Ultra @ hardCOREware

  Published: Monday, December 15, 2003 | By: Dennis

  This card from Inno3D is super sweet looking though the reviewer isn't completely impressed with the card due to price.
  "I am holding off from recommending the 5700 Ultra at this point; NVIDIA is simply shooting it down themselves. But as soon as it hits a decent price point - I'd say anything under $150 - then by all means go for it!
  
  So for now, it looks like NVIDIA is going to dominate the upper mid-range, and mid-range segments, because of their strong work on the drivers!"

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