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CPU Scaling Analysis, Part 1: AMD AthlonMar 8, 2001 - in Reviews
Once again it is time for a look onto processor performance. Part 1 analyzes AMD's Athlon Thunderbird.
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Lord Kryo - Part 2: 24 CPU Coolers in ReviewMar 6, 2001 - in Reviews
In the second round of cooler reviews, two particularly powerful models appear on the scene: The Silverado and the new Swiftech both put the pressure on the competition!
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GeForce2 Scaling AnalysisMar 2, 2001 - in Reviews
Right after our Athlon performance analysis we are going to take a look at nVIDIA's GeForce2 family. Is it worth to buy a GeForce2 Ultra today or will a MX model be enough?
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High-Tech And Vertex Juggling - NVIDIA's New GeForce3 GPUFeb 27, 2001 - in Reviews
NVIDIA's GeForce3 graphics chip is certainly the most feature rich high-tech product I have ever reviewed. Its amount of new technology is simply overwhelming. Let me also give you a word of warning. This article is the longest I have ever written ... and it doesn't even contain any bar graphs.
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MPEG-4: Optimization of Picture Quality and Data RateFeb 23, 2001 - in Reviews
Before a video is converted into MPEG-4 format, the following questions often arise: Which data rate should be chosen so that a whole film fits on one CD-ROM? How can the best picture quality be achieved?
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Reinforcements: 6 New Athlon Boards With VIA's KT133AFeb 21, 2001 - in Reviews
After the initial review on six KT133A motherboards, six more candidates from AOpen, IWill, MSI, NMC, Soyo and Tyan hit our lab. We picked out the winners out of the growing test range.
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Quo Vadis Intel? The Latest RoadmapFeb 8, 2001 - in Reviews
Where is Intel going? Learn about Intel's latest plans with Tulatin, Northwood, Brookdale, Foster and Prestonia and enjoy the journey through modern Middle-earth of Satan Clara.
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Mainstream Runners: 5 Allround Graphic Cards with nVIDIA's GeForce2 MXFeb 6, 2001 - in Reviews
nVIDIA is storming the business and home market with their GeForce2 MX chip. Their TwinView technology allows people to use two monitors, giving Matrox' Millennium G450 a run for its money. We tested four cards from Asus, Cardexpert, Leadtek and Suma which all offer this new technology plus one card from MSI.
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Turbo Drive: Two Dual Boards with 2000 MHzFeb 1, 2001 - in Reviews
In this contest, Intel 815E and VIA Apollo Pro 133A chipsets are competing against each other on dual processor grounds. We tested two boards - the Acorp 6A815D and the Asus CUV4X-D - under Windows 2000 Pro and Suse Linux 6.4.
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Pentium 4 Systems: To Buy or Not To Buy / To Cry Or Not to CryJan 30, 2001 - in Reviews
Have you become interested in one of those Pentium 4 systems for 'only' $1500? Have you maybe even considered buying such a Pentium 4 system? This article will separate truth from fiction and answer the question if there is any sense in spending your money on one of those new Pentium 4 machines. Tom compares two Dell Dimension 8100 Pentium 4 systems with two equally priced Athlon systems from Gateway and Micron to save you from making the wrong decision.
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DDR For Pentium III - VIA's Apollo Pro 266 ChipsetJan 24, 2001 - in Reviews
Finally Pentium is going DDR. However, is the aging Intel processor able to take advantage of this high-bandwidth memory or is VIA Apollo Pro 266 only a marketing gag after all? Find out in Tom's lovely but critical review.
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VIA In Shape: 6 Motherboards using the renewed KT133A ChipsetJan 22, 2001 - in Reviews
As DDR memory is still too expensive, a SDRAM-based Socket A motherboard seems to be the best choice right now. Those newcomers also support AMD's new Athlon-C.
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Late Vintage: High Degree of Maturity of the KT133Jan 17, 2001 - in Reviews
7 new socket A boards from Acorp, ECS, MSI, NMC, QDI and Transcend join the test field of a total of 23 KT133 boards. Three of them have surprises in store.
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Video Editing for $250: Pinnacle Studio DV PlusJan 11, 2001 - in Reviews
The Studio DV Plus is a low-priced video editing card with a digital fire-wire interface. We raised the question: what use is the card when used in conjunction with DV cameras?
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SiS Back On Stage: The SiS730 Chipset for Duron and AthlonJan 9, 2001 - in Reviews
The new 730s from SiS is highly integrated, as one chip hosts almost everything you can imagine, including UltraATA/100 interface, graphics engine plus an AGP 4x slot, 100 MBit LAN and also support for 133 MHz Athlons. Will it be enough for SiS to beat VIA's KT133 and gain the AMD budget market?
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AMD Releases Duron 850Jan 8, 2001 - in Reviews
The race in the low-cost sector continues. After Intel's amusingly late release of the Celeron 800 at the (exciting?) FSB clock of 100 MHz, AMD is countering with Duron 850. It's no surprise which of the two has the better performance and the more attractive price.
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The Three Musketeers: Athlon Platforms For 133 MHz FSBJan 4, 2001 - in Reviews
Although AMD launched Athlon processors with 133 MHz processor bus already two months ago, we are still waiting for the proper platforms. It won't be long anymore now until you will have the choice between three different chipsets for those new Athlon processors. This article is comparing AMD's 760 DDR-chipset with ALi's MaGiK1 DDR-chipset and VIA's new Apollo KT133A chipset.
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Ready For the Masses - Video Editing With Matrox RT2000Dec 29, 2000 - in Reviews
Matrox RT2000 pack is made for users who want to cut, save or edit footage coming from different kinds of digital sources. The highlight of this solution is that it can process 2 video layers and 1 graphic layer in realtime.
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Processors On The Rocks VOL. 2Dec 21, 2000 - in Reviews
We supplied you with the technology and physics behind Asetek's super cooling solution and now we finally deliver the actual test results. Can Vapochill live up to Asetek's claims? Is it the new overclocker's dream?
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5 New SocketA Boards With UltraATA/100Dec 20, 2000 - in Reviews
VIA's KT133 chipset has been joined by the 686B-Southbridge. Finally, the first boards from AOpen, Biostar, Luckystar, MSI, and Soltek offer the long-expected UltraATA/100 feature for hard disks.
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OpenGL Turbobooster - Diamond's FireGL2Dec 13, 2000 - in Reviews
A new workstation graphics card equipped with 64 MB DDR SGRAM challenges NVIDIA's Quadro2 Pro. We let both graphics cards fight it out on our Athlon, Pentium III and Pentium 4 test platforms.
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Lord Kryo Puts His Hands on 17 CoolersDec 11, 2000 - in Reviews
Extreme overclocking often fails due to insufficient CPU cooling. We have tested 17 different coolers and tell you which models are most suitable for overclocking.
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Head Two Head: Matrox Millennium G450Dec 8, 2000 - in Reviews
Matrox have been shipping graphics cards with their G450 chip for two months now, trying to keep pace with the tough competition from ATI and nVIDIA. The Millennium G450 is no 3D champion, but it has qualities which should be quite interesting for business users.
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Final Recount: Pentium 4 vs. AthlonDec 6, 2000 - in Reviews
The final showdown between Pentium 4 and Athlon took place under Windows 2000. Is the AMD-optimized FlasK-version able to beat Pentium 4? How do the two opponents under the brand new BAPCo Webmark2001? Do you want to see the first results of Athlon at 1400 and 1466 MHz ? Then don't miss our FIFTH Pentium 4 article!
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Elsa Gladiac Ultra: A Perfect Graphics Card?Dec 4, 2000 - in Reviews
Using 64 MB of high speed DDR memory and nVIDIA's GeForce 2 Ultra, the Gladiac Ultra is one of the fastest graphics cards available. Elsa includes the 3D glasses called Relevator in order to increase attractivity of this product. Unfortunately the price raised just as well.
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Painting a New Picture of Pentium 4: Tweaked MPEG4 EncodingNov 25, 2000 - in Reviews
Since my last article about Pentium 4 Intel was far from lazy. While Intel's US-employees enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday, their European colleagues were busy working on a tweak for FlasK MPEG that sheds a very different light on Pentium 4's video-encoding performance. Don't miss those new insights!
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Important Pentium 4 Evaluation UpdateNov 22, 2000 - in Reviews
Our Pentium 4 review from Monday ended with a rather benevolent conclusion for Intel's new flagship processor. However, new data shows that Pentium 4 performs horribly even in MPEG4-encoding, once you use high quality settings. Those new findings don't leave a lot of room for positive feelings about Pentium 4. This update will show you another weakness of Pentium 4, which inevitably leads to much harsher conclusions.
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Intel's New Pentium 4 ProcessorNov 20, 2000 - in Reviews
Equipped with an exciting brand new design Intel's new flagship is getting ready to step out into the open. Get ready for the most controversial x86-processor of all times. Find out if you are the working class kind of guy with Athlon-ambitions or rather the stylish Yuppie that needs Pentium 4 even if it's only to be cool. Here it comes, the battle style against power.
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Mobile CPU ManiaNov 7, 2000 - in Reviews
The first article for our evolving notebook section is giving a very comprehensive in-depth overview of all the Intel notebook-processors currently available. You will find information about design, functions and technology as well as the little-known processor upgrade-paths for notebook computers.
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Socket 7: Fit For Years To Come!Nov 6, 2000 - in Reviews
Though already proclaimed dead, Socket7 can still be found in many PCs. Speedy CPUs from AMD are perfect for boosting performance without the need for a major system upgrade. We compared three CPUs from AMD: K6-2, K6-2+, and K6-III+.