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Monday
- August 28th
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SysReview has
sent us a note telling us about an article
they posted which outlines a problem people with
KX133/KT133 motherboards are experiencing in Windows
2000. Here is a bit from the article:
If you are one of the few people that can
actually get a KX133 or KT133 motherboard to work
stably in a 3D game with a GeForce in Windows 2000,
then you are quite lucky. The reason I say this is
because there are many people experiencing lockups and
crashes when they play their games. These systems
usually work perfectly in Windows 98 SE. The problem
appears to be in VIA’s AGP driver for Windows 2000.
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hardCOREware.net
has posted a review
of MSI's K7T Pro VIA KT133 based Socket-A
motherboard. Head on over and see what their
opinion is on this board.
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56K modems seem like ancient technology, but most of the
world still use them as they're primary means of
accessing the network. PC
Mechanic has posted a huge 56K modem shootout
so you can find out which one is the king of the
phoneline!
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Hypothermia
needs a new site layout, and in an attempt to get
someone else to do it :) they are giving away an
Abit BF6 motherboard, a Celeron CPU, Slocket III,
GlobalWIN FOP32 and a Leadtek GeForce DDR card to the
one person that can design them a good master
template. Click here
for details.
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Noticed over at Voodoo
Extreme, that NVIDIA has announced their GeForce2 MX
PCI chip. Check out the press release here.
Chick's
Hardware also sent word, that InnoVISION has
launched the first GeForce2 MX PCI based card. Check out
that press release here.
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Remember those problems Tom was having with his Pentium
III 1.13GHz? Well HardOCP
had even worse problems and posted an excellent article
on what was going on with four of the P3 1.13GHz chips
that reviewers were given.
Now, according to this
article over at ZDNet, Intel is recalling the
1.13GHz monsters because of "marginalities" in
the CPU's. Wow, I don't remember anything like
this ever happening with an Intel CPU before.
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Here are a bunch of new toys you can play with, if
you're bored:
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The Duke has
posted a review
of AOpen's new MK33 VIA KT133 based microATX
motherboard. Small, yet potent.
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PCinsight has
posted a review
of SOYO's 6VCA VIA Apollo Pro 133A based Socket-370
motherboard. Not a bad board at all!
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VIAHardware.com
has posted some more information
on VIA's 2000 Roadmap. This time around, they
aren't talking about CPU's & Chipsets, but rather
the new PCI specification, PCI-X. Here is a bit
from the article:
Before increasing the
frequency or bus width to the PCI spec, the PCI-X
engineers concentrated on streamlining the process,
and making the bus more efficient. Instead of the
delayed transactions used by PCI, PCI uses a system
called Split Transactions. Delayed transactions must
continually poll the target device to determine that
it has received the data, whereas split transactions
allow the target device to signal the PCI-X device
itself. Also, PCI-X eliminates the wait cycles
associated with PCI devices, by removing PCI-X devices
from the bus when they do not have data to transmit.
These features allow PCI-X to be between 14-34% more
efficient then PCI, at a given clock speed/bus width.
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3D Spotlight
has posted a guide
to buying a high-end PC. Head over if you're
unsure of what you should put in your new power box.
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CPUReview has
posted a review
of MSI's 8809 GeForce 256 32MB SDRAM card. Yeah an
old card, but that's all some of us can afford!
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Ars Technica has
posted part
III of their RAM guide. In this installment,
they cover DDR DRAM and RAMBUS. Very informative
stuff, I highly suggest reading it!
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As expected, the influx of AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.1GHz
CPU reviews have poured in. You can check out the
official press release here,
and the reviews below:
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TweakMax has
posted a review
of ASUS' CUSL2 i815E Socket-370 motherboard. Is it
just me? or does ASUS have a strangle-lock on the
motherboard market?
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Sunday
- August 27th
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Apparently, One2Surf
has somehow gotten hold of a Socket-A Athlon Thunderbird
1.1GHz CPU early enough to post the first
review of it. Head over and see how this monster of
a chip tore through the tests.
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Anand Tech has
posted a review
of OnStream's ECHO 30GB USB Removable storage
drive. The driving force behind this drive, is
it's excellent reliability and low cost per Gigabyte.
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AthlonOC has
posted a review
of ASUS' highly praised A7V VIA KT133 based Socket-A
motherboard for Athlon/Duron CPU's. Head on over
and see if they agree with the others.
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3DGameGear is
giving away a Razer Boomslang 2000 DPI mouse. If you
haven't heard of this mouse, you can check out our
review here.
Then click here
for details on the contest.
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Apu's Hardware
has posted an interview
with Sean Stanek, the Code Optimization Guru at
AMD. Here is a bit from this interesting
interview:
What are some of the next-gen optimizations
being implemented into the "Sledgehammer"
CPU?
Well, SSE is 128-bit. At least for x86-64, if that
supports SSE, it'll have some bit of 128-bit
computing. As far as x86-128 or something similar,
such a thing will probably not be needed for a long
time. 64 bits is a far greater growth over 32-bits
than just 2x. Massive SIMD will benefit the chip more
rather than having a 128-bit CPU itself.
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Extreme
Overclocking has posted a review
of The Card Cooler XT and along with the review they are
giving it away. Head on over if you're interested.
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If you're card is in working condition, this is not
something you want to try at home! Tech-Junkie
took their busted Voodoo3 and put it through hell.
They even have a video of the whole event!
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TweakTown has
posted 10 new awesome case
mods to their collection. These ideas are
great for a boring Sunday!
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