Tech News
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Migrating to 64-Bit. Is it worth it?
Published: Thursday, November 6, 2003 | By: Dennis"Already in the past few months we have seen a lot of information appearing on the web highlighting the AMD64 architecture, however with the lack of a workstation class chipset available, editors and analysts have only been able to focus on server applications."
By this they are speaking of the AMD Opteron, which is not unlike the Athlon64 FX.
You have to ask yourself. Do I like AMD enough to upgrade to 64bit? or should I switch to the Intel side of things? Each solution has their good things and bad things but really it comes down to "How much money am I willing to spend?"
The way I see it, with current prices each solution will cost you about the same given the initial cost of the hardware and time spent after the purchase. If you are an early adopter of any new technology there are also additional costs involved while the manufacturer works the bugs out. (i.e. Intel Willamette P4 vs Northwood P4. Early buyers got stuck with a non-upgradeable motherboard due to the pin and package changes with each chip.) -
Intel pushes Alderwood to replace Canterwood
Published: Thursday, November 6, 2003 | By: Dennis"ntel early this week updated its chipset roadmap and decided to add a new Alderwood chipset to its Grantsdale family. Positioned as the flagship product in the Grantsdale line, the Alderwood chipset will be the successor to the 875P (Canterwood).
The new chipset will be available in the second quarter of next year. It will support an 800MHz FSB (front-side bus) and DDR2 dual-channel memory, in common with the 875P."
I can just taste the bandwidth.
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Voyager: at edge of solar system
Published: Thursday, November 6, 2003 | By: Dennis"Whether Voyager 1 has reached the first boundary or is still on approach remains unclear as, scientists provided evidence for both possibilities on Wednesday.
"This is very exciting: Voyager is beginning to explore the final frontier of our solar system," said Edward Stone, a Voyager project scientist based at California Institute of Technology.
"It's a totally new region we've never been in before."
And should continue on until 2020. -
Had Some Trouble - Looks Good Now
Published: Thursday, November 6, 2003 | By: DennisWell the move to the new server is complete, we will be doing some bug checks and optimizations over the next week but initial reports are looking very good. Since there was a DNS outage for about a day some of your emails might not have made it to me. If you think this is the case feel free to send them again.
News will be coming along shortly. -
Welcome to the New Ninjalane.com Server
Published: Tuesday, November 4, 2003 | By: DennisIf you are reading this message you have finally reached the new Ninjalane web server, Congrats!! This is a dedicated box hosted by the fine folks at ServerMatrix and has a plethora of bandwidth and CPU cycles to spare.
Since this is a pretty significant server and DNS update for Ninjalane there may be some email disruption but should pose no potential loss data.
There are quite a few new features on this server with the most significant being the New Ninjalane Message Forum (Ninjaforum.com). This new forum is running the latest version of PHPBB and should prove to be quite a bit faster than the old one. Please feel free to register, it's free for everyone and for all previous forum members I am giving away a custom rank title for a limited time.
Currently the Ninjaforum is using a default theme (skin) so the colors do not currently match. You would be surprised at how many people get hung up on that one aspect. Please do not worry, I am personally working on a Ninjalane version that will be applied and should be posted soon.
Once again welcome to the new server. -
Working with Acrylic @ PimpRig
Published: Tuesday, November 4, 2003 | By: Dennis"After purchasing a small tube of Acrylic Cement for 19.99 for a duct I recently did, and a quick check of the active ingredients, I figured I'd better cook up my own. Hell, I've got enough acrylic shavings and dust to make a snow scene this Christmas, so I might as well put it to good use."
As you might have guessed there is more than one way to work with acrylic. -
Biostar iDEQ 200T SFF System @ Bjorn3d
Published: Tuesday, November 4, 2003 | By: Dennis"So where does that take us? The competition can obviously pull the easy checkmate and take what's good about the Shuttle XPCs and then improve them by making their own SFF systems quieter, smaller, a little bigger, better, and so on."
Is it just me or does this little Biostar box look a little like the first Qbic cases from Soltek?? -
Interactive Pin-Mod guide v1.2 @ ocinside
Published: Tuesday, November 4, 2003 | By: DennisThese little interactive guides are really fun to play with and I must say there is quite a bit of talent behind their development. Not only does the person need to know how to complete the mods but they also need to know a fair amount of JavaScript to make it work.
"Very important, if you've already an option to change the multi in your BIOS, you HAVE TO change this multiplier to "Autodetect" !!!" -
Corsair Twinx1024x-3700LL @ Rbmods
Published: Monday, November 3, 2003 | By: DennisR&B Mods takes a look at one of the fastest Corsair's TwinX memory packs. This is a Low Latency (LL) modules, which should matter more to AMD system owners. Check it out.
"Awhile back we reviewed TwinX3200 memory from Corsair. Tonite it's time for a newer version called 3700. This is going to be tested with some heavy overclocking as usual. We are also going to have a look at the timings etc that this memory can run at. We know that Corsair makes great sticks of memory and they really hold the spot as one of the greatest memory manufacturers. Let's have a look how this pair of 2*512 sticks can perform." -
ASUS K8V Deluxe (Via K8T800) @ TheCrucible
Published: Monday, November 3, 2003 | By: DennisEven though 64 bit systems are still too expensive for most, there still is a constant flow of motherboards being released for those few lucky ones, that can afford it. If you're in a market for one, check this one out, because it seems to be a winner.
"With the release of AMD's Athlon64 microprocessor a whole slew of new Socket754 motherboards have hit the market. ASUS has long been know to produce some of the best motherboards available. With a long tradition of quality, ASUS steps into the enthusiasts ring with the K8V Deluxe. ASUS has finally moved away from the bland and boring yellow/brown PCB and brings the K8V Deluxe in with a slick black PCB, yellow PCI slots and blue north bridge heatsink. It all makes for very attractive package."
