Tech News
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Albatron PX845PEV Review @ bit-tech
Published: Friday, January 3, 2003 | By: DennisThis is an i845PE enabled motherboard with a host of configuration features. The thing I like about the board is that it is flashy but not gaudy.
"A great layout together with a blue PCB is exactly what the enthuseast wants. GeForce 4 cards will fit without problem and won't block off your IDE connectors. However if you want to remove a memory module be prepared to have to remove the graphics card."
The whole video card blocking ram clips is a typical problem due to poor usage of the bottom most slot on a motherboard. In the case of the Albatron instead of moving everything down they instead used the area for a floppy drive connector, WTF!
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Paired Memory Returns??
Published: Thursday, January 2, 2003 | By: DennisWith the new dual channel DDR chipsets you begin to wonder. "Will I be limited in my ram configurations?" Back in the days of 72 and 30pin SIMMs you had to think of this and it became a real problem when upgrading. (at least for me on my limited income
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Jack Russell rants on.
" With the rise of dual-channel DDR designs, however, we may be re-entering an era of more restrictive RAM configurations. This is less of an issue for the NVIDIA nForce2, because the Athlon’s own bandwidth limitation make the additional bandwidth offered by a 128-bit solution generally spurious (though there are a few applications that benefit). In the case of the dual-channel DDR Pentium 4, however, the difference between single and dual channel DDR RAM performance is substantial. "
I'm going to bet if you have the money to get a Dual Channel DDR enabled motherboard you'll also have enough green to buy the needed RAM. My suggestion is to get same size modules from the same mfg, problem solved.
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NV31 @ CeBit
Published: Thursday, January 2, 2003 | By: DennisOr SnoBit as the locals call it. If that is true I'd have to say Comdex is more of a Pr0nD3x due to the prevalence of pr0n peddlers, but I digress.
The current Inquirer rumor is that Nvidia will be showing their next gen NV31 at CeBit this year. -
HP Forces Closure Shannon Newsletter
Published: Thursday, January 2, 2003 | By: Dennis"Terry Shannon, who first started the newsletter as Shannon knows DEC, which then mutated to Shannon knows Compaq and which latterly became Shannon knows HPC, said in a letter that it is virtually certain that HP's decision not to renew his site licensing deal means that he will be forced to discontinue the publication."
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AOpen AX4GE Review @ Lost Circuits
Published: Thursday, January 2, 2003 | By: DennisThen one thing you can say about Lost Circuits, they never have a loss for words.
" The CNR appears somewhat useless. Features that are supported by the CNR, that is soft sound, network and modem, with the exception of the modem, are already supported by means of on-board integrated peripherals. It is true that modems are still in use but their market share, at least in the US is dwindling. "
Uhh, ya
AOpen does have a reputation of building very high quality products that will last years without failure, it's too bad they don't get much press here in the states. -
Intel Guys Not Guilty
Published: Thursday, January 2, 2003 | By: DennisBack in the wee 2001 VIA pulled a fast one on Intel by reverse engineering an Intel chipset to obtain vital info about the Pentium 4 CPU bus, then decided to market an unlicensed version of it under the VIA name. Of course tempers flared at Computex that year and some un-named Intel peeps decided to take matters into their own hands, or VIA was just pissed that their balloons popped and blamed Intel for the sabotage.
Either way Intel is off the hook.
"The Taipei District Court on December 31 ruled that the four defendants whom VIA Technologies accused of destruction of property at the Computex Taipei 2001 trade show were not guilty."
VIA on the other hand is still unhappy.
"As usual with legal cases, Intel Taiwan declined to comment. VIA, however, indicated that it would appeal the ruling."
Dem must have been expensive balloons. -
AOpen AX4PE Max Review @ Overclocker Cafe
Published: Wednesday, January 1, 2003 | By: DennisGrab a cup or can of your favorite drink and check out the review over at Overclocker Cafe.
"AOpen has long been a staunch provider of strong, stable motherboards for the average user and now it seems that they have set their sights on the enthusiast and overclocker market as well."
This isn't the greatest review around but it does get the job done. -
New Years Over
Published: Wednesday, January 1, 2003 | By: DennisI trust that everyone was safe over the holiday, yep same here and aside from the fireworks at midnight it was pretty peaceful.
btw the link may not be suitable for many work environments. -
Happy New Year Everyone
Published: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 | By: DennisOn behalf of Ninjalane I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Don't drink to much and please give the keys to a sober friend if you are too fuxX0r3d to drive.
Above all have a good time!
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New Soltek Website
Published: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 | By: DennisSoltek has launched (not formally) a US based website. I'm in the process of gathering some more information about the new site and it's intent. The current rumors say that soltekusa.com is just the start of a much larger US based marketing campaign.
