“ A LINUX KERNEL expert thinks it’s rather unfair to compare Intel’s Nocona and soon to be Prescott EM64T with AMD’s 64-32 bit tech. That appears to be the gist of an overview of the Continue reading “Software mavens crit Intel, AMD 64-bit plans”.
“ WHEN PEOPLE DESCRIBE graphics as “pure”, that should mean that you are able to make the video part of a graphic chips to work. I guess that’s what Nvidia finally managed to do but Continue reading “Nvidia to present Pure Video tomorrow”.
I’m back from the Winter CPL in Dallas……Had a pretty good time, met some great people, and had one the worst traveling experiences of all time. Well, back to the news. “THE SUN-SPONSORED OpenOffice.org project Continue reading “OpenOffice 2.0 preview released”.
Rich and I are down in Dallas for the Winter CPL and just wanted to bring you a quick update as to what is going on. So far the event is going smoothly and not Continue reading “2004 Winter CPL Pictures Posted”.
While Gamer’s are strained on silicon at the bit, to get their names on top of the Futuremark Hall of Fame many may have overlooked other benefit’s two videocards in parallel can offer. Harking back Continue reading “Overlooked benefit of SLI”.
With the performance boost provided by the integrated memory controller, why is SIS so against it? “Change and evolution are ongoing at Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS). Best known as a maker of highly integrated core-logic Continue reading “Fabless once more �?? An interview with SiS director Nelson Lee”.
All I can say is, if this is true….WOW. “Stock of the second-tier motherboard maker Abit Computer will be downgraded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) to requiring full delivery, starting tomorrow, due to its Continue reading “Abit stock downgraded to requiring full delivery”.
“ATI is happy with the R520 “Fudo” even it might not be happy with the real Mc Fudo. This chip is definitely good enough to bring some smiles to their faces – at least that’s Continue reading “ATI R520 is a 90 nanometre chip”.
“Reliable sources said that AMD will respond to pricing by Intel by dropping prices, dropping some chips and introducing some new Opterons on February the 14th next. AMD will do this by introducing the Opteron Continue reading “AMD readies price cuts, new chips”.
“Asustek Computer shipped 4.48 million motherboards in November, down just 1.8% from the 4.56 million units it shipped in October, said company sources. The combined motherboard shipments of Taiwan’s first-tier makers Asustek, Elitegroup Computer Systems Continue reading “ASUS ships 4.48 million motherboards in November”.
“The U.S. browser usage share of Firefox, the upstart Mozilla-based browser that has become a champion of the open source movement, has grown by more than a third over the past month, according to the Continue reading “Firefox’s Market Share Grows 34% in One Month”.
VooDoo PC will release a high-end H20 cooled gaming PC as part of their their RAGE series. To be named the RAGE f:5, early spec’s include an A64 FX55 processor, dual nVidia graphic’s cards, and Continue reading “VooDoo to release watercooled Gaming-PC”.
“ THE LATEST INTEL ROADMAPS seen by the INQUIRER indicate that the launch of its dual core desktop processors – the X20, the X30 and the X40 – will be launched in the third quarter Continue reading “Intel sets dates for dual desktop, 6XX 2MB Pentium 4s”.
As with most CATALYST releases performance has increased in various situations. The following performance gains are noticed Driver efficiency has improved considerably for both Direct3D and OpenGL.Numerous D3D games show 2-3% gains at low resolution. Continue reading “CATALYST Display Driver Version 4.12”.
“IBM and Advanced Micro Devices have devised a new way of straining silicon–a design technique that improves chip performance–they claim will be cheaper, faster and easier to implement. Called “Dual Stress Liners,” or DSL, the Continue reading “IBM, AMD claim a better way to strain silicon”.