Tech News
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Intel P4 Extreme Edition @ LostCircuits
Published: Friday, October 10, 2003 | By: Dennis"With respect to the Extreme Edition of the P4, Cachemem is certainly the most interesting synthetic benchmark in that it should clearly show where memory traffic can be absorbed by the L3 cache rather than having to be routed all the way to the system memory. The cut-off block size is naturally expected to be 2 MB since that is all that would fit into the L3 cache. In other words, the main differences between the P4 3.2 and the P4 EE are expected with block sizes larger than 512kB and up to 2048 kBytes."
Basically this paragraph sums up the coolness with the P4EE, the problem lies with the rather high cost of the processor and that it is only available in a single speed. -
CoolJag CJC665C Heatsink Review Posted
Published: Thursday, October 9, 2003 | By: DennisThe CoolJag CJC665C is a very unique heatsink is of a simple design but comes with a great accessory and equally good performance. Not to mention cooling as good if not better than the AVC Sunflower II.
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Intel high-prices go higher, low-prices set for increased value
Published: Thursday, October 9, 2003 | By: DennisLots of good stuff in this article.
"To match these market needs, Intel plans to set the top-notch high-performance Pentium 4 3.2GHz (P4PXE, P4 Processor Extreme Edition) at the unprecedented high level of US$925. The new product is set to hit the market in early November. The price exceeds general market anticipation significantly, in previous articles, DigiTimes reported a target price of US$700 for the P4 HTEE (Hyper-Threading Technology Extreme Edition).
At the same time, Intel will enhance the 2.8GHz, 3GHz and 3.2GHz Pentium 4s’ 512K L2 cache memory to 1MB. Prices for the new version will stay the same, although Intel has not yet confirmed a transition schedule."
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MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R Review @ PCstats
Published: Thursday, October 9, 2003 | By: Dennis"When it comes to motherboards, most manufacturers were ready to go public last year with their Athlon64 products, but due to AMD having manufacturing delays, no one could release their goods. After all how successful are you going to be at selling a motherboard when the processor's are not even available?"
This is still an issue but will soon be fading, or so we hope.
The board in this review is a VIA based and designed for use with the Athlon64. It only has a single channel memory controller, but the PCB is red so all is not lost. 
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Raidmax Z-Blue 868 Review @ 3dXtreme
Published: Thursday, October 9, 2003 | By: DennisI got to meet the RaidMax folks at Computex not to long ago. I really like cases though ever since I saw a couple of them at CompUSA their charm has somewhat faded.
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Corsair TwinX1024-4000Pro Review @ Legit Reviews
Published: Wednesday, October 8, 2003 | By: Dennis"The Corsair XMS PRO series was launched just for gamers and people who mod their pc's by a company who listens to their customers! We also found that adding LED activity lights had no impact on performance even though some other review sites have claimed they have decreased performance!"
I've been told that aside from the PCB and visual aspects the XMS Pro series memory is exactly the same as other Corsair XMS memory modules. The Pro Series just looks cooler. -
Ninjalane Review Block
Published: Wednesday, October 8, 2003 | By: DennisHome to the stuff that lives without comments.
- Thermaltake Xaser III Review @ GruntvillE
- A Voided Sleeving Guide
- Super-Flower Fan Master @ Extreme Overclocking
- PNY GeForceFX 5200 Ultra Review @ Intelforums
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Abit IC7-Max3 Review @ NordicHardware
Published: Wednesday, October 8, 2003 | By: DennisI was able to see this board up close at Computex and was very impressed with the feature set and layout unfortunately I wasn't sold on the OTES cooling (Outside Thermal Exhaust System), it just didn't seem like it was a needed addition.
" Above the socket is the OTES cooling (Outside Thermal Exhaust System). The target is, as aforementioned, to cool power supplying components and capacitors to increase the stability of the system, especially when overclocking." -
Tyan Tachyon G9800Pro-M Review @ Digit-Life
Published: Wednesday, October 8, 2003 | By: DennisNice rock formation.
" TYAN was wrong when selected such name for its product. The concept of the imaginary mass doesn't suit a video card with such a massive heatsink :). However, the marketing departments like to use beautiful names that imply some unique things.
So, this Tachyon version is much closer to our understanding, i.e. to the RADEON 9800 PRO accelerator. "
Ugliness aside the card is blue and features a Hercules'esqe heatsink fan combo. -
Fall 2003: Hard Drives (8MB Buffer) Roundup @ Digit-Life
Published: Wednesday, October 8, 2003 | By: DennisEven though SATA is slowly taking over the market, the ATA drives still get the job done. Especially, if they have 8mb cache and high RPM's like these ones.
"In the DiamondMax Plus 9 line the drives with the 8MB buffer can have the capacity of 80, 120, 160 or 200GB. These drives are produced with the record density of 60 GB and 80 GB per platter. First we thought that the drives with the firmware version ending in "VWO" have 60GB, and those with the letters "BV0" have 80 GB per platter. But then the company released a hybrid - the drives with the firmware version ending in "BV0" and 60GB platters. After long experiments our colleagues from F-Center found a new identification method - the second figure in the serial number indicates the number of heads. That is why we tested both drives."
