Tech News
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B-version Chipsets with Hyper-Threading
Published: Friday, September 27, 2002 | By: DennisSometime during the 4th quarter both Intel and SiS will be released Hyper-Threading chipsets dubbed the B-versions. Some current Pentium 4 chipsets can be updated with a BIOS flash but others like the i845G cannot.
"Adopted only by Intel’s workstation products at the moment, Hyper-Threading allows one processor to work as a dual-processor set and requires specifically-supporting chipsets and operating systems (usually Windows NT and above) for full performance. Currently, Intel’s new DDR333-based 845GE and 845PE chipsets are the only two products that can immediately support the technology." -
AMD 333MHz-FSB Athlon in October
Published: Friday, September 27, 2002 | By: Dennis"Gearing up for competition against Intel in the high-end market, AMD has endeavored to extend its product portfolio for the sector. After its roll-out of the Athlon XP 2600+ in August, pushing the product’s clock speed to over 2GHz, AMD will soon introduce two new processors, the Athlon XP 2700+ and Athlon XP 2800+, its first 333MHz FSB (front-side bus)-based products."
Cannot wait
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Antec Hard Drive Cooler Review @ Bjorn3d
Published: Friday, September 27, 2002 | By: DennisBjorn3D has really cranking out the reviews lately. This time they are featuring a hard drive cooler from Antec. Personally I find the under drive coolers to provide similar cooling properties without the noise and extra cleaning.
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Sapphire Radeon 9700 Pro Review @ AMDworld UK
Published: Friday, September 27, 2002 | By: DennisHere we have a review of a Sapphire Radeon 9700 Pro with the ever-popular "pumpkin" colored PCB.
We also have blurry photos, and bad page formatting. Go figure. -
LinOra Corporation Switches from Microsoft to Linux on the Desktop
Published: Friday, September 27, 2002 | By: DennisThis is kind of old news but hits right at home.
"Ximian, Inc., the leading open source desktop company, today announced that LinOra Corporation, a Boise, Idaho-based professional services firm, transitioned its desktop PC users across its entire office from Microsoft Windows to Linux-a move made possible by Ximian™ Evolution™, a groupware suite for personal information management that runs on Linux and UNIX-based systems. As a result of the switch, which took just three months to complete, LinOra eliminated common Windows virus threats while reducing licensing and maintenance costs considerably. "
You won't see Linux on my desktop anytime soon but I have no problem with letting Linux protect and contol my internal network. -
37 OS's On One Machine
Published: Thursday, September 26, 2002 | By: DennisI saw this guy on The ScreenSavers (TechTV show) a few weeks back and I must say the system is quite amazing.
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Pentium 4 2.66GHz C1 Overclocking @ BlorgOC
Published: Thursday, September 26, 2002 | By: DennisWe have see thing time and time again, A processor is released and as the mfg. process gets more refined new steppings are made and processor speeds increase. BlorgOC has one of the new C1 Pentium 4's and is letting us know what it can do.
"WOW!! 3.31GHz, straight off, with just that little increase in core voltage. The DDR ram was running an incredible 220MHz (440MHz DDR), which turned out to be the maximum of this particular stick at 2.65v. Lets run a few tests at 3.31GHz..."
Not to shabby.
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Unreal Tournament 2003 Demo Makes History
Published: Thursday, September 26, 2002 | By: Dennis"Atari today announced that the trial version of Unreal Tournament 2003 has already become one of the most popular game demo debuts of all time with nearly 1.2 million downloads between its debut last Friday night, September 13 and Wednesday, September 18. "
I would believe it, there was something like 800+ people waiting in line at FilePlanet when I tried to pull it down over the weekend. -
Hercules 3D Prophet 9700PRO Pictures @ ExtremeCooling.org
Published: Thursday, September 26, 2002 | By: Dennis" The 3D Prophet 9700 PRO features a Huge Full Copper Cooler and a rear heatsink on the back of the card. Memory heatsinks are included on both cards."
Not to mention the cr4p 455 Kyro cooler on the 9000Pro. It will be interesting to see how they hold up. -
nForce2 Shipments in October
Published: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 | By: Dennis"Supporting the DDR400, AGP 8x, USB 2.0, IEEE 1394 and ATA-133 standards, the nForce2 has been promoted as a competitive, highly-integrated chipset solution. However, affected by the unsatisfactory standards test results, supporting motherboards have not been seen on the market much since the chipset roll-out."
Do you suppose nVidia built in support for the new 333MHz FSB Athlon processors??
