Tech News
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Gainward GeForce4 PowerPack ! Ultra/750XP Golden Sample
Published: Sunday, February 10, 2002 | By: DennisThis video card is what I would call "top of the line". On this card you have dual DVI outputs, Nvidia Ti4600 chipset, VIVO or Video in and Video out, EXPERTool (which is the Gainward tweaking utility that works like the "coolbits" hack.) and even comes with Tiny BGA ramsinks
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SDRAM SiS645 Boards Hit the Market
Published: Saturday, February 9, 2002 | By: DennisThe SiS645 is best known as a P4 chipset that supports DDR333 memory and is quite a performer. Though since it would appear that DDR memory prices are back on the rise motherboard manufactures feel it necessary to release a cheaper SDRAM motherboard based on this chipset. I would think that companies would like to move forward and not back but that is just my opinion.
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Nvidia to phase out GeForce3
Published: Friday, February 8, 2002 | By: DennisIt would appear that Nvidia doesn't think the GeForce3 is any good anymore. Frankly I would have to agree with them. Here is the scoop, The GeForce2 MX will become the low-end card for the masses. Next will be the GeForce4 MX (suped up GeForce2 Pro or Ultra) and covering the high end will be the 3 chips in the GeForce4 Ti series.
Personally I'm going to hold out upgrading until I can get a Dual-head GeForce4 Ti4600 with 128megs of ram. Once again I'll be able to play a decent game of Quake3 and still retain my dual monitor status. Oh, and the board will need to have a nice red PCB too.
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DRAM and Enron, Connection??
Published: Friday, February 8, 2002 | By: DennisRam is still cheap in comparison to previous years but prices have been on the rise lately despite no real increase in demand. Could the Enron company have been the cause?
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STMicroelectronics Giving Up on PC Video
Published: Friday, February 8, 2002 | By: DennisThis might be the last time we see the Kyro and Kyro II, that is depending on who buys the division. I can see it now the old 3Dfx guys sell off the SUV and start up a new company called KyroFx or PowerFx.
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Soltek SL-85DRS2 Review Posted
Published: Thursday, February 7, 2002 | By: DennisWell it has been awhile since our last motherboard review but we are back and this time with a sexy red P4 board from Soltek. The Soltek SL-85DRS2 is a new and exciting P4 motherboard based on the SiS645 DDR333 chipset and contains the SiS645A2 Northbridge for enhanced memory performance.
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GeForce4 Review @ Anandtech
Published: Wednesday, February 6, 2002 | By: DennisAnand always has some very in-depth and detailed articles when it comes to new technology. The GeForce 4 review is no exception.
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GeForce 4 Preview @ The Tech Report
Published: Wednesday, February 6, 2002 | By: DennisNvidia's NDA on the GeForce4 expired today so there will be quite a few reviews and previews on this subject today and for weeks to come. Some of the cool things about the new chip include a faster core and memory and finally Tiny BGA memory. As some of you might already know Tiny BGA memory chips are smaller, faster, and run cooler than TSOP formats.
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PCI-X Spec. Introduced
Published: Tuesday, February 5, 2002 | By: DennisA much needed upgrade to the PCI bus was announced today and "is backwards compatible with previous PCI standards".
Here is some numbers to chew on.
"The new spec uses double-data-rate and quad-data-rate techniques to dramatically increase the PCI bus bandwidth to 2.1 Gigabytes/second or 4.3 Gbytes/sec." -
Soltek SL-85DRS2
Published: Tuesday, February 5, 2002 | By: DennisP4 and DDR333 what more can you ask for. Actually I've been putting the finishing touches on our review of this exciting motherboard and should have it posted soon. Shortly thereafter we will be posting our review of another new Soltek board the PurpleRay SL-75DRV4, so stay tuned.
