Tech News
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Triplex GF4 Ti 4800SE Deluxe Photo @ VR-Zone
Published: Friday, January 3, 2003 | By: DennisThis card is supposed to be 10% faster than the TI4600 while being AGP 8x compatible. I for one will be looking to get a NV30 instead.
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E7205 Motherboard Shootout @ GamePC
Published: Friday, January 3, 2003 | By: DennisSomeone over at GamePC has some bux, they actually tested the 4GB memory limit of the E7205 with 4 1GB sticks of DDR266!
it is sad they didn't benchmark them that way.
"Intel E7205 boards are indeed expensive, and don't expect them to be in the sub-$200 range for quite some time, if ever. The key thing to note though is that while the chipsets, and subsequently, the motherboards are expensive, the memory you use in any of these boards certainly is not. E7205 can use lots of cheap PC-2100 memory and still get superb performance."
A little spendy, little spendy. -
The Singing V-10
Published: Friday, January 3, 2003 | By: DennisThis is kind of fun, an engine that sings.
"the sound of a 10-cylinder, 750 horsepower Asiatech F1 engine warming up. After a few seconds you will notice it sounds a little strange... that's right, it's playing "when the saints go marching in" with its revs. it can do this because in F1 cars these days the accelerator is computer controlled, so they programmed the computer to have a little fun, much to the amusement of the reporters and pit crew."
Hear it for yourself, the file is in mp3 format. -
Albatron PX845PEV Review @ bit-tech
Published: Friday, January 3, 2003 | By: DennisThis is an i845PE enabled motherboard with a host of configuration features. The thing I like about the board is that it is flashy but not gaudy.
"A great layout together with a blue PCB is exactly what the enthuseast wants. GeForce 4 cards will fit without problem and won't block off your IDE connectors. However if you want to remove a memory module be prepared to have to remove the graphics card."
The whole video card blocking ram clips is a typical problem due to poor usage of the bottom most slot on a motherboard. In the case of the Albatron instead of moving everything down they instead used the area for a floppy drive connector, WTF!
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Paired Memory Returns??
Published: Thursday, January 2, 2003 | By: DennisWith the new dual channel DDR chipsets you begin to wonder. "Will I be limited in my ram configurations?" Back in the days of 72 and 30pin SIMMs you had to think of this and it became a real problem when upgrading. (at least for me on my limited income
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Jack Russell rants on.
" With the rise of dual-channel DDR designs, however, we may be re-entering an era of more restrictive RAM configurations. This is less of an issue for the NVIDIA nForce2, because the Athlon’s own bandwidth limitation make the additional bandwidth offered by a 128-bit solution generally spurious (though there are a few applications that benefit). In the case of the dual-channel DDR Pentium 4, however, the difference between single and dual channel DDR RAM performance is substantial. "
I'm going to bet if you have the money to get a Dual Channel DDR enabled motherboard you'll also have enough green to buy the needed RAM. My suggestion is to get same size modules from the same mfg, problem solved.
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NV31 @ CeBit
Published: Thursday, January 2, 2003 | By: DennisOr SnoBit as the locals call it. If that is true I'd have to say Comdex is more of a Pr0nD3x due to the prevalence of pr0n peddlers, but I digress.
The current Inquirer rumor is that Nvidia will be showing their next gen NV31 at CeBit this year. -
HP Forces Closure Shannon Newsletter
Published: Thursday, January 2, 2003 | By: Dennis"Terry Shannon, who first started the newsletter as Shannon knows DEC, which then mutated to Shannon knows Compaq and which latterly became Shannon knows HPC, said in a letter that it is virtually certain that HP's decision not to renew his site licensing deal means that he will be forced to discontinue the publication."
To find out more check out http://www.tru64.org/ -
AOpen AX4GE Review @ Lost Circuits
Published: Thursday, January 2, 2003 | By: DennisThen one thing you can say about Lost Circuits, they never have a loss for words.
" The CNR appears somewhat useless. Features that are supported by the CNR, that is soft sound, network and modem, with the exception of the modem, are already supported by means of on-board integrated peripherals. It is true that modems are still in use but their market share, at least in the US is dwindling. "
Uhh, ya
AOpen does have a reputation of building very high quality products that will last years without failure, it's too bad they don't get much press here in the states. -
Intel Guys Not Guilty
Published: Thursday, January 2, 2003 | By: DennisBack in the wee 2001 VIA pulled a fast one on Intel by reverse engineering an Intel chipset to obtain vital info about the Pentium 4 CPU bus, then decided to market an unlicensed version of it under the VIA name. Of course tempers flared at Computex that year and some un-named Intel peeps decided to take matters into their own hands, or VIA was just pissed that their balloons popped and blamed Intel for the sabotage.
Either way Intel is off the hook.
"The Taipei District Court on December 31 ruled that the four defendants whom VIA Technologies accused of destruction of property at the Computex Taipei 2001 trade show were not guilty."
VIA on the other hand is still unhappy.
"As usual with legal cases, Intel Taiwan declined to comment. VIA, however, indicated that it would appeal the ruling."
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AOpen AX4PE Max Review @ Overclocker Cafe
Published: Wednesday, January 1, 2003 | By: DennisGrab a cup or can of your favorite drink and check out the review over at Overclocker Cafe.
"AOpen has long been a staunch provider of strong, stable motherboards for the average user and now it seems that they have set their sights on the enthusiast and overclocker market as well."
This isn't the greatest review around but it does get the job done.
