Tech News
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Don't Diss on Doom III
Published: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 | By: DennisMSNBC has posted an interview/article with John Carmack on id' software's new game called Doom 3. They even explain why they choose to demo the game using a Pentium 4 2.0Ghz and ATI Radeon video card.
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SOYO Unveils 10 New Motherboard Designs at Computex
Published: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 | By: DennisI really need to start attending some of these trade shows.
It looks like the SOYO booth will be a "must stop" attraction this year being that they will Unveil 10 new motherboard designs with integrated Serial ATA-133. In case you didn't know this is the next gen HDD interface that is supposed to be supa fast. I also hear that Soltek has something up their sleeve so make sure to stop by there too.
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More Doom ]|[ stuff @ GameSpy
Published: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 | By: DennisThis is part 3 of their sitdown with id software on the new Doom 3 game due out in 2003.
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Hynix Signs Foundry Deal with Cirrus
Published: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 | By: DennisIts amazing that Hynix is even able to sign deals considering the botched job they did with Micron a few weeks back.
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Hackers on Apple, Scare Tactic?
Published: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 | By: DennisSymantec is saying that Mac users are being too confident in thinking their Mac's are more secure than a PC.
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Samsung to Announce DDR-II
Published: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 | By: DennisThe Inquirer is reporting that Samsung will soon announce that they are the first with a JEDEC DDR-II 512Meg compliant memory chip, with a little help from IBM.
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Intel Price Slashes Ease Inventory Pressure
Published: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 | By: DennisDigitimes is reporting that the recent price slashes for a Pentium 4 will mean more motherboard sales, ... you think?..
Here is a quote.
"For chipset suppliers, the speed at which 845D product inventory is cleared would be proportional to the pace of market recovery."
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"Motherboard and chipset makers indicate that the market is currently bogged in a “wait and see” state as demand remains sluggish, awaiting Intel’s price cuts and the arrival of new product launches at the Computex exhibition in Taipei from June 3-7." -
Hercules FDX 8500LE Review @ Techseekers
Published: Monday, May 27, 2002 | By: DennisHercules has been out of the spotlight lately since dropping nVidia's processors to help out a fellow Canadian brethren, namely ATI. I am glad to see Hercules is still sporting the cool blue PCB and matching cooling gear.
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DDR333 Memory Review @ MBReview
Published: Monday, May 27, 2002 | By: DennisThe two "C"'s in the memory market (Crucial, and Corsair) go head to head in this review and as you guessed it they perform just about exactly the same. The sticks they review include the Crucial's PC2700, and Corsair's XMS3000v1.1.
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Soltek Graphics Cards
Published: Friday, May 24, 2002 | By: DennisSoltek has just announced that they will be adding video cards to their product portfolio. All are based on nVidia chipsets and focus on the low to middle market segment. The new cards include...
Soltek GeForce 4 Ti4400 128meg
Soltek GeForce 4 MX 440 64meg
Soltek GeForce 4 MX 420 64meg
Soltek GeForce 2 MX 400 64meg
Soltek GeForce 2 MX 400 64meg
Soltek GeForce 2 MX 200 32meg
Soltek TNT2 M64 32meg
and much to my suprise they all are sporting silver PCB's
