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In article <t95e41d99cjs9svcd490re1dcvtnt4vv7e@4ax.com>, Ed
<nomail@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 14:41:55 -0500, nospam@needed.com (Paul) wrote:
>
> >In article <casd41ln5h70e2ncmkjh1neocdf5148ke2@4ax.com>, Ed
> ><nomail@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> The A8N-SLI Premium is another offering in the Asus line of nForce4
> >> motherboards, and it is designed to simplify SLI handling. The new board
> >> allows the special dual-graphics mode to be enabled or disabled within
> >> the BIOS setup program, or by using a little Asus utility in Windows XP.
> >>
> >>
http://www20.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20050323/index.html
> >>
> >> hth,
> >> Ed
> >
> >Hmm. Uses a Pericom part to handle the switching of the PCI
> >Express lanes (and I cannot find a datasheet for the "P12PCIE").
> >I like the layout of the copper tracks - no 90 degree corners,
> >and what could be rounded corners on the signal tracks. That is
> >due to the high frequencies carried on those diff pairs.
> >The layout person for that board must have worked a few 12 hour
> >days to do that.
> >
> >Cool tech, but is it really necessary ? How often do you
> >reconfigure graphics cards ?
> >
> > Paul
>
> Once every 3 years or so.
>
> Another Asus 1st?
> Pentium M to Pentium 4 Socket Adapter
>
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2382
>
> Ed
It'll make a dandy "summertime" computing solution.
But the performance is a little uneven, and the
processors will have to drop a lot in price, before
I'd be interested.
That is the problem now, with all the different variants
and Intel vs AMD - it is hard to recommend a processor,
without there being a weakness somewhere. Like the
"H.W. Stockman" threads above, he bought a 3800+, but
for his application it is performing more like a 2600.
My P4 2.8C Northwood is slightly faster than his 3800+
It is easy to spend a wad of dough, and get a nasty
surprise.
I think a primo application for the Pentium-M is this
Media Center motherboard. Cool in every respect:
http://club.aopen.com.tw/news/News_ShowAnswer.aspx?RecNo=7375&Language=English
Paul