Tech News
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A Couple New Motherboards from Soltek
Published: Tuesday, January 8, 2002 | By: DennisThese new boards might be old news but are still quite a find. The first is a sexy red P4 DDR motherboard based on the VIA P4X266A chipset called the SL-85DRV3 or SL-85DRV+. Keep in mind this is the much talked about "illegal" chipset from VIA.
The next motherboard is the SL-75DRV4. This board is based on the VIA KT266A this Socket A chipset and features an unique purple PCB. -
Via Sells More Chipsets Next to Intel
Published: Tuesday, January 8, 2002 | By: DennisI think someone was stuffing the ballot box over there but who am I to judge. I think it is a given that Intel will be quite upset with this news. You can get the whole scoop at theinquirer.net
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"Northwood" Processors with SMP Ability?
Published: Monday, January 7, 2002 | By: DennisI picked this bit of info up from 2cpu.com today and found it quite interesting. It would appear that x-bit labs looked a little deeper into the Northwood core during their review and found that the SMP feature, previously removed, made it back into the Northwood. Here is a snip.
"As you can see, the only difference between the flags of the Willamette and Northwood processors is the support of On-chip APIC hardware implemented in the new core. It implies that Pentium 4 based on Northwood core supports SMP configurations."
The "As you can see" refers to a wcpuid screenshot showing the difference between the two processors. I'll let you speculate on what could happen next.
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Ninjalane Message Forums Updated
Published: Monday, January 7, 2002 | By: DennisWell it has been awhile since I have even mentioned the Ninjalane Message Forums but I figured it was about time. The forums have gotten an upgrade. I added some usability and security features to name a few. The Ninjalane Message Forums are not on the same scale as your commercial UBB or vBulletin system. Howerver they are over 50% coded by me so upgrades and enhancements come gradually.
Please feel free to post your comments if you like. Btw I'm also accepting Moderator apps if an when usability increases. -
P4 "Northwood" vs. AMD Reviews
Published: Monday, January 7, 2002 | By: DennisWith the official release of the P4 2.0 and 2.2GHz "Northwood" processors it is to be expected that reviews of the new processor will be all over the place, I'll do my best to list the ones I find below. So far most of the benchmarks show a slight increase in speed over the older "Willamette" processor and many reports are also showing the "Northwood" to be very overclockable. In other news and not to be out done AMD has released their XP +2000 processor running at 1.67GHz, even though the clock speed is slower than the Intel the comparisons show it to have more "Horsepower".
Here are some review links to look over.
Anandtech
Tech-Report
LostCircuits
VirtualZone
[H]ard|OCP
Active Hardware
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P4 478 Thermaltake Dragon Orb
Published: Sunday, January 6, 2002 | By: DennisI was looking at P4 heatsinks today and came across this one from ThermalTake. Looking at the base it would appear to be influenced by the AVC Sunflower with an orb fan on top. btw check out the title on the ThermalTake page, they have no clue what they are doing.
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"Northwood" P4 Processor Specs.
Published: Friday, January 4, 2002 | By: DennisGamePC has all you really need to know about the Intel Pentium 4 2.0A GHz "Northwood" processor. Intel has kept with the Socket-478 Form Factor but shrunk the die and increased the L2 cache, for a total of 512k. Though at $480 it might be awhile before you see these in the mainstream.
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Next Generation GeForce Announcement
Published: Friday, January 4, 2002 | By: DennisExtremeTech is reporting that the next generation GeForce processor will be announced on Feb. 5th. I hope Nvidia comes up with a new name, "GeForce4" seems a little dated.
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Northwood 2.2GHz Running at 3.0GHz
Published: Thursday, January 3, 2002 | By: DennisOverclocks like this make me concerned as to how real they really are but they are still fun to look at.
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Export Restrictions Eased for High-Speed Computers
Published: Thursday, January 3, 2002 | By: DennisAn export restriction of high-speed computers established in 1979 has been lifted allowing computer companies to ship computer systems to "Teir-3" countries. Export restrictions were established during the cold war in hopes to slow the spread of nuclear weapons. The idea being that by limiting access to computers powerful enough to design them nuclear threats would be limited.
