Tech News
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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.
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America's Fattest Cities
Published: Thursday, January 3, 2002 | By: DennisAccording to Men's Fitness magazine the fattest city is.. Houston "Among "fat cities," Houston ranks No. 1, followed by Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia and Dallas". I have a few friends in Houston and Dallas. They are not fat, just big boned.
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Hynix and Micron to Close Talks This Month
Published: Wednesday, January 2, 2002 | By: DennisIt would seem that Micron has placed the terms on the table and is waiting for Hynix to sign on the dotted line.
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PayPal Needs a Boost
Published: Wednesday, January 2, 2002 | By: DennisIt would appear that the online payment pioneer will need some help if it is to survive as a business. Most noted with eBay, PayPal is actually a competitor with the online auction site and many credit card companies are following with similar online payment options.
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Happy New Year
Published: Tuesday, January 1, 2002 | By: DennisHappy New Year everyone, and now if ou will excuse me I'll be headed back to bed.
