Tech News
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KT400 vs. nForce2 Write-up @ x-bit labs
Published: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 | By: DennisAs usual these write-ups are very informative and covers just about everything you wanted to know about the two chipsets. Be sure to top off your beverage before clicking, you'll be there awhile.
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EPoX EP-4SDA5+ Review @ Envy News
Published: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 | By: DennisThis is a SiS648 based motherboard and despite being first to market with the net technology I don't think the chipset ever caught that much traction.
"On the side of overclocking I was able to get my 2.4G up to 2.7G much like I did with the 4G4A+, on the other side with stability both the 2700 and 3200 DDR options ran, but by sacrificing either overclocking or onboard options."
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XFX Graphics Geforce 4 Ti4200 Review @ Techware Labs
Published: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 | By: DennisThis review is pretty short but covers all of the basics so I really don't mind. Besides the XFX Graphics card would look perfect on a Soltek SL-75FRV.
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3GHz Pentium 4 Processors Shipped to Major PC Makers
Published: Monday, October 28, 2002 | By: DennisSeeing that the launch of the Hyperthreaded Pentium 4 is drawing near something like this is not uncommon.
"While Intel declined to specify the chip's launch date or price, sources said the 3GHz Pentium 4 will debut Nov. 14, just two days prior to the kickoff of Fall Comdex in Las Vegas"
The best part is that we will be there.
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Asia Carrera Q & A @ Unreal Playground
Published: Monday, October 28, 2002 | By: DennisI bet if Asia ever decided to get out of the pr0n business she could make quite a living as a spokesperson for the Unreal gaming community.
Though I'd imagine she could fit into just about any gaming community for that matter. 
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Website "Down-Time" So to Speak
Published: Monday, October 28, 2002 | By: DennisSome of you may have noticed the "Directory Listing Denied" error this morning. Sorry about that I had my webhost make some changes to the server, and they messed up.
On a happy note the time for change is near, so keep a eye on this page. -
Dual Purpose Memory Causes Confusion
Published: Friday, October 25, 2002 | By: Dennis"In short, the GDDR-3 spec defines key changes in the memory's clocking mechanism and I/O scheme so that it is better-suited for point-to-point links to a graphic controller; this approach differs from DRAMs designed to send and receive data over a bus. The first GDDR-3 devices should arrive next May or June, with speeds starting at 500 MHz and throughput of 1Gbits/second per pin. Later versions will scale to 1.4 to 1.6 Gbits/s."
Now they are just making stuff up. -
More on the Nvidia NV30
Published: Friday, October 25, 2002 | By: DennisThis is really isn't anything new to us but sheds a little more light on the "why" behind the lateness of the NV30 and how it will affect Nvidia’s market position.
Personally I think the decision to wait for the 0.13 micron process was a good idea for Nvidia, it is unfortunate from a marketing standpoint that the smallest market share has the biggest mouth. -
Serial ATA info @ Explosive Labs
Published: Thursday, October 24, 2002 | By: DennisSerial ATA is a much-anticipated replacement to the current parallel ATA spec. It promises to provide higher bandwidth and better performance to ATA devices while reducing the amount of wires needed to make the connection. Being that this is new technology you won't find any Serial ATA drives on the market and even if you did they will still be the bottleneck.
" Serial ATA II will debut in 2004 offering 300MB/s of bandwidth, but unless some more advanced hard drives are developed, the bandwidth might go to waste. Things get even better in 2007 with Serial ATA III and its gargantuan 600MB/s. Serial ATA II and III will be fed from new peripheral technology, most likely PCI express, to deliver all that bandwidth."
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NV30 Soon in 2003
Published: Thursday, October 24, 2002 | By: Dennisx-bit labs is reporting that the NV30 will be released until 2003. The reason for the delay is yet undisclosed.
Nvidia still plans to announce the NV30 chip at Comdex this year, Ninjalane will be attending Comdex this year to witness the event, attend some meetings and most importantly take pictures
"Of course, in order to keep the word that was given to the investors, the company may sell 500 to 1500 NV30-based graphics cards to enthusiasts after the Comdex Fall and then continue to improve the yield of the wafers so to cut the manufacturing expenses before launching the NV30 massively in January or February. "
