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Sunday, 19-December-2004 10:26:28 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Simon noticed these A64 Utilities and Updates from AMD, including a recently-updated driver. AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor Driver for Windows XP allows the system to automatically adjust the CPU speed, voltage and power combination that match the instantaneous user performance need.
PCWorld picked their weirdest games of 2004, while Guardian have some amusing Bad Science awards listed. Wired meanwhile are accepting nominations for their Vapourware Awards for 2004. Duke Nukem Forever, anyone?
Speaking of vapour, Gamers-Depot have an open letter to ATI regarding the unavailability of their high-end cards.
Hexus examined the performance of ATI's Catalyst 4.12 drivers.
OCNZ compared four S939 A64 motherboards.
Intel are keeping busy, with four and eight cored CPUs on the horizon. They also showed off some 65nm core photos at a recent conference. However HP and Intel have ended their partnership to co-develop Itanium. Dracott brushed off speculation that Intel would look to cancel the Itanium project altogether, saying that the acquisition of the HP team was "in and of itself a statement of commitment."
Dan has more letters. In this issue: Copper cases, garage sale speakers, doubling your DSL, computer chess complexity, and traitorous status lights.
If speakers are on your shopping list, this guide on eCoustics may help. THG compared three entry-level 5.1 systems.
Anandtech looked at the state of linux drivers for current GPUs.
TCMag have 10 Golden Tips for secure online shopping.
MSI have apparently made SLI work on an nForce4 Ultra motherboard - Hexus checked one out.
IBM and AMD have been working on strained silicon technology, thanks Murray. The companies believe that by using their strained silicon techniques on both positive and negative transistors they can improve transistor speed by as much as 24 percent, the statement said. The strained silicon technology will be integrated into AMD's Opteron and Athlon 64 processors and IBM's Power processors in the first half of 2005.
Google continue their mission to make everything searchable, with plans to add millions of books to their search engine. Stanford University and the University of Michigan have agreed to let Google copy their full collections.
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