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Sure, 1.6GHz Athlon AYHJA-R chips are special. I mean, 1.6GHz is nothing to be sneezed at right? Well.. right up until the point Anandtech sticks a Kyrotech Super G2 on an Athlon and scores a massive 1.866GHz out of it. Sure, it costs a hell of a lot, but it's damn cool. Pardon the pun.
Also over at Anandtech they have gotten their hands on the new nVidia Detonator 4 driver set, which bears a version number of 20.xx. Havn't seen those ones around.. they apparently bring quite a decent performance increase, so might be worth checking out when they (inevitably) leak.
A lot of you might not of realised, but Tyan make more than just the beast Thunder K7 SMP board for AMD processors (like we reviewed here).. they also make a few KT133A boards like the Trinity KT-A, which PC-Stats have reviewed. If you're looking for an overclocking board they are almost definitely not for you, but they are very very stable.. which is what an increasing number of people are looking for these days.
If you've got a laptop, now definitely seems to be the time to upgrade the RAM in it.. with pc133 prices plumeting, SODIMM prices have taken a dive as well.. which means GideonTech's guide to adding SODIMMS comes at a rather oppurtune time.
Andypoo pointed out this rather extensive list of defective R4 dvd discs.. which is extensive indeed. Yet more reason why the R4-only rule is about to be abolished by the ACCC.. He also pointed out this analysis of the Code-RedII virus.
elvis points out something that everyone appears to of missed: PowerStrip 3.01 is now out. For those not in the know, PowerStrip is an incredibly usefull tray-based application for changing your display settings and overclocking your mem/core speeds.
If you're of the technical mindset, NiCH points out this 104 page technical document concerning the mobile Athlon4 processors. Quite a healthy read there for you.. he also sent this link suggesting that HP may be bailing out of the PC business.
Wokket points out this site that compares operating systems to beer. Quite amusing, and quite true. He also points out this rather cool text-to-speech (TTS) engine.
Scott pointed out this press release which hints at a Quake4 and the upcomming version of DOOM.
Finally, FiringSquad have an updated version of their heatsink physics guide up explaing how heatsinks work, and what makes a good heatsink. Worth a read..
Reviews:
Trek USB Thumbdrive on TechWatch.
Intel Tualatin 1.2GHz Preview on TheTechZone. Tekheads Rounded IDE Cables on OCprices. Our review of a similar product here, DIY guide here.
AVGS SC-GM01 mid-tower case on Bit-Tech.
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