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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+.
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Processors On The Rocks: Asetek's VapoChillNov 3, 2000 - in Reviews
Are you interested in running your high-end processor at 30-60% higher clock speed and don't hesitate to spend $650 on that? Then you should have a close look at Asetek's new VapoChill. It cools down any Socket370 or SocketA processor to -19°C (-2°F) and your overclocking orgy can begin.
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DDR-SDRAM Has Finally ArrivedOct 30, 2000 - in Reviews
Today AMD is launching the 760 chipset, providing the first official platform with DDR SDRAM support. Will this new memory type be able to live up to the high expectations that were generated in the last 12 months? We tested PC2100 DDR SDRAM on two Athlon platforms with AMD760 chipset and one Pentium III platform with VIA's upcoming Apollo Pro266.
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VIA's New South Bridge: VT82C686B Supporting UltraATA/100Oct 26, 2000 - in Reviews
The new VT82C686 B now offers an UltraATA/100 interface for AMD and Intel platforms. It can be combined with both the KT133 and the Apollo Pro 133A chipset. We found out if this new chip is a keen competitor for Intel's ICH2?
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Burn that thang! AOpen 12speed CD WriterOct 23, 2000 - in Reviews
More and more companies are releasing their 12speed CD writers. Let's have a quick look at AOpen's CRW-1232 which is supposed to be available at a nice price.
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Attacking the GeForce2 MX: ATi's Radeon 32 MB SDRAMOct 19, 2000 - in Reviews
In the price range between 150 and 200 dollars ATi tries to re-assert itself. With the 32 MB version of the Radeon card the graphics specialist offers a typical mainstream product, which tries to compete with GeForce2 MX and Voodoo4 4500.
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2.2 GB Portable Discs: Castlewood's ORB DriveOct 18, 2000 - in Reviews
Falling prices for CD-R and CD-RW media are making removable drives rather unattractive. Castlewood's Orb drive seems to be an exception to this trend.
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AMD Extends Performance Lead With New Athlon and Duron ProcessorOct 17, 2000 - in Reviews
You never were able to get so much processing power for so little money. AMD releases Athlon 1200, the fastest x86 processor and Duron 800, the most powerful low-cost processor that ever existed. None of the two goes for another superlative in terms of pricing.
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Intel Roadmap News 10/2000: Part Two, Intel's Future Mobile and Server/Workstation ProductsOct 16, 2000 - in Reviews
Intel's recent roadmap for notebook products looks quite jolly. Already in the beginning of next year we will see the first Giga Hertz processor for mobile platforms and mobile Pentium III processors at up to 1.26 GHz will arrive soon afterwards as well. The workstation and server roadmap is not quite as interesting, except for the fact that Intel is counting a lot on 'Third Party' chipset makers to provide non-RDRAM platforms for those systems.
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HOT! Update Of Intel Roadmap News!Oct 13, 2000 - in Reviews
Yesterday we published the desktop part of our latest Intel Roadmap News, but new intelligence has come in that's changing the point of view in several highly important regards. The most important and shocking message is this: Pentium 4 and Socket423 will only be a transitional product and soon replaced by 'Northwood' and Socket478!!!
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Intel Roadmap News 10/2000: Part One, Desktop Processors And ChipsetsOct 12, 2000 - in Reviews
It has been rather quiet in our Intel roadmap department for the last six months, but finally we could get hold of Intel's future plans. The roadmap turned out to be rather interesting, with some even surprising news. Find out about future Pentium III and Pentium 4 processors as well as the according chipsets. You might be surprised to!
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New NVIDIA Detonator 3 Drivers For LinuxOct 2, 2000 - in Reviews
A month later than for the Microsoft operating systems NVIDIA has finally released its Linux driver 0.95, which unofficially includes 'Detonator3'-tuning. 7 NVIDIA 3D cards under SuSE's brand new Linux version 7.0 had to show if the advance over the previous driver 0.94 is able to live up to the improvements seen with Detonator 3 under Windows 2000.
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Tuning Extreme: Overclocking with the Asus A7VSep 28, 2000 - in Reviews
A small modification on the voltage controller of the Asus A7V improves the overclocking capabilities of AMD's Athlon and Duron processors. The actual trick: Stable overclocking due to a higher core voltage.
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Operating System: Microsoft's Windows MillenniumSep 27, 2000 - in Reviews
The recently released consumer OS, Win Me, is here to replace Windows 98 but is it worth the change? We take a peek at what Microsoft's latest offering has to offer and how it affects the world of performance as well as stability.
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AMD vs. Intel: The best CPU for MPEG-4.Sep 25, 2000 - in Reviews
MPEG-4 - the space-saving video format - is the current trend. A growing number of users are converting their video material to MPEG-4. We've tested the most important processors from AMD and Intel.
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AGP Pro = AGP On Steroids?Sep 22, 2000 - in Reviews
In recent tests we reviewed Motherboards with an AGP Pro slot. What is the beef about that feature?
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SCSI Lives! Quantum Atlas 10K IISep 20, 2000 - in Reviews
This time we took a look at a high-end SCSI drive. It's hot, loud and expensive. Breaking the barrier of 40 MB/s, it's also one of the fastest drives available.
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Socket A Is Coming: Test of 10 BoardsSep 19, 2000 - in Reviews
Platforms with VIA's KT133 chipset are now more cost effective than boards for Intel processors. Currently the Duron offers the best price/performance ratio. Additionally, the Athlon is the winner of the performance competition.
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MPEG-4 - Copying a DVD Video to CD-ROMSep 13, 2000 - in Reviews
It is a well-known fact that DVD/MPEG-2 video sequences take up a lot of disk space. This makes a distribution on CD-ROMs unsuitable. A small tool shows that there is a way to convert video data from MPEG-2 into the brand new MPEG-4 format. This saves a lot! You can even burn 110 minutes of full resolution footage onto a CD-R.
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Twin-Turbos: MSI-694D Pro and Tyan Tiger 133Sep 11, 2000 - in Reviews
Inexpensive dual processor motherboards with VIA's 694X chipset have finally become available now. Due to PC133 SDRAM support, the newcomers are much more attractive than products with Intel's 840 chipset.
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Nice Toy: Jianghai DVD-Player DVP-9000CSep 7, 2000 - in Reviews
Sony, JVC, Panasonic, Pioneer and others are known as good brands for DVD players. We got a no-name player which costs less than $200 and took a close look at it.
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Heir To The BX: 18 Pentium III Motherboards Using The 815 ChipsetSep 6, 2000 - in Reviews
After initial insecurity, the Solano chipset now enjoys growing popularity. Its state of the art features, good performance and great overclockability gradually make it the better choice than its predecessor 440BX.
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GeForce2 MX ShootoutSep 4, 2000 - in Reviews
With the arrival of the first few GeForce2 MX based graphics boards and the Detonator3 driver, we are now able to bring a comprehensive review. After close examination of our six candidates, the best solution available for the GeForce2 MX emerges.
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Qubits and The Number 42: 12th Annual Hot Chips Conference in Palo AltoSep 1, 2000 - in Reviews
Every summer the Stanford University in Palo Alto hosts the Hot Chips Conference sponsored by the IEEE. Besides reflecting trends in the semiconductor industry, it also explores the forefront of technology. But the emphasis is always on the technical details of real chips, not on theoretical research or marketing hype.
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Digital Multi-Talent: Sony DCR-PC100EAug 31, 2000 - in Reviews
Test Case: Sony's digital video camera DCR-PC100E. Apart from a connection to the PC via a Firewire interface, this compact camera also offers interesting features such as a night vision mode and a Megapixel sensor for still pictures.
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King Of Capacity: DiamondMax 80Aug 30, 2000 - in Reviews
At August 15, Maxtor announced the shipment of their new 80 GB Hard Drive. See how this Byte monster compares with the strong competition, as it runs at only 5.400 rpm.
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AMD's Latest Thunderbird: SocketA Athlon at 1.1 GHzAug 28, 2000 - in Reviews
In the last 12 months we have learned that AMD's Athlon architecture is built for clock speed. In June AMD released the first Athlon with on-die second level cache for SocketA, better known under its code name 'Thunderbird'. After ramping up production AMD finally launched the latest 'Thunderbird' for 1.1 GHz clock speed. This new and powerful Athlon 1100 will actually ship now and ship in volume, which is a major difference to Intel's flaky Pentium III at 1.13 GHz.
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