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Thursday Afternoon
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Thursday, 5-August-2004 14:42:45 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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More DOOM3 stuff: Anandtech look at CPU performance, while Xbit compare high-end video cards in the game. A console guide on ViperLair, with a DOOM comic scan on DOOMWorld, thanks argent.
ATI have released some BETA Catalyst drivers which are optimised for DOOM3. If you're a DOOM3 freak with an ATI card, might be worth checking out.
ARSTechnica noted that Intel have quietly shipped the 64-bit-enabled Prescott P4 CPU. Meanwhile, Sudhian say that the recent hiccups for Intel aren't as bad as people might think.
Xbit compared P4 motherboard chipsets with various types of memory, to see which is the fastest.
Apparently all this staring at PC's and the TV is making us short-sighted, but if you're in Finland, being a "mouse potato" could get you out of National Service. More info here. More and more young people are always on the Internet day and night. They get up around noon and have neither friends nor hobbies. Pfft, that doesn't sound like anyone I know. :)
A pile of news from PodgeSSS: NASA to build 10,000-processor Linux computer. 4,677 Viruses In First Six Months of 2004. A Machine With a Mind of Its Own. New Computer Chip Poised to Combat Cell Phone Background Noise. Microsoft looks beyond Windows. Microsoft: Buy 32 bits, get 32 bits free.
Toshiba have announced a 60GB 1.8-inch hard drive, thanks Murray. Such drives are commonly used in digital music players and sub-notebook computers.
PCStats have a beginner's guide to firewall setup and config.
ArsTechnica cover the history of PowerPC on Apple.
HWZ interviewed Kevin Lu from Albatron.
CoolTechZone explained what native command queueing does for hard drives.
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