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With Computex, 760MP, nForce and numerous other cutting edge releases the news box is pretty damn full tonight. No time for talk, here it is.
AMD 760MP (Dual CPU) Reviews..
Well, AMD 760MP has finally been _oficially_ released to the public, and there are a swag of reviews. There is still our short review from a few days ago, and now there are a decent number of in-depth reviews, check 'em out
Computex-Specefic News..
Anandtech has Day Two Coverage up already.. the Via balloon saga continues. Now they are getting people to hang onto them. Hmm.. need a lawn chair (hehe). In actual industry news however they have info on the Via P4X266 P4 DDR/SDR chipset, the Intel i845 DDR/SDR chipset and even more nForce news.
Computex-Related News..
Factory Tours are pretty common for the journalistic attendees of Computex, and ViaHardware is no exception to this.. they've been on a tour of the MSI factory in China. Interesting to see just how much of the process is done by hand.. labour is cheap in China.
Electic have taken a closer look at the nForce chipset, and how it's similar to the X-Box chipset. Basically, it's just an "MX" version of the X-Box chipset.. but because the X-Box is so advanced that dosn't matter. Can't wait for the X-Box version of Linux ;)
Other News..
Manaz has pointed out that the specs listed for the 80mm fans on QuietPC.com are better than those for Panaflo fans, up until now thought to be the quietest decent-performing fans you could get. I can understand why QuietPC's are getting quite popular as well.. I've moved from several hi-speed 80mm fans to no case fans (!!!!), and I intend on swapping the remaining fans over for quieter ones asap. It does mean I get less of an overclock out of my system, but I can think clearer. CPU cycles or brain cycles. Hmm.
Marc has pointed out a new version of the Via 4in1 drivers - v4.32. It's hosted on Tsing Hua Uni page, a Taiwanese uni.. so umm.. big grain of salt. And remember.. stuff like this can easily turn your beasty computer into a beasty doorstop. Don't say I didn't warn you. Icrontic has the same thing but in English.
Overclocked Cafe has aknowledged that there is a little more to people's choice of computer platform than performance. Like, ooooh, relegion maybe? Not that protestants prefer Intel, but that AMD (and Intel) might be more than just CPU comapnies, they might be great Holy Lords?
For those of you who didn't get the lawn chair joke, Bob sent this in.. I think I've seen it before, but *meh*. Crazy 33yo American Truck Driver straps lots of balloons to a lawn chair and gets up to 4,800m.
There is a new version of WinAmp out.. v2.76. Strangely enough, winamp.com dosn't have it, but electic does. Hmm.. mostly just bug fixes, no new killer features.
FunkNutz and Micheal sent in this fairly mainstream-media article about online gaming. It apparently causes crime now. Yes. I admit it. I have DOUBLE PARKED! at ANZ Stadium whilst attending QGL. SHOOT ME NOW!
GideonTech have updated their CaseMods gallery.. but I still don't reckon it's a scratch on the PCDB.
OCMod has a quick guide to modding your Senfu Radiator for better performance.
Cheers to KnightRider, who pointed out this fairly hefty list of hotfixes for MS Win2K that have been released since SP2. Almost time for SP3 it seems, and I just put SP2 on tonight. Sigh.
Reviews:
Thermaltake Memory Cooling Kit on Neoseeker.
Ideal Elithermal Cooler on Cool Hardwarez.
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