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*Official Athlon 64 and FX51* 15 reviews, ANANDTECHS IS UP!!!! P4EE is not the clear winner as some people say ;)

Where did you get that? AMD specifies 89W as the max for the entire line of Athlon 64 chips, including those that will be released in the future! Check this out: http://www.aceshardware.com/#75000419 Leo
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- Post #122
- Sep 24, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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nForce 2

They will not be listed, because there is no concept of dividers in the nForce chipsets. Dividers are needed when there is only one clock generator for the buses, and therefore the divider specifies how each bus relates to another. But the nForce chipsets have three independent clock generator...
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- Post #37
- Sep 30, 2002
- Forum: Motherboards
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nForce 2

Well, I don't know of any reviews, but anyone who owns an nForce mobo can readily attest to the fact that the FSB can be adjusted independently of PCI. There is no mention of any dividers in the BIOS. Instead, there is the "CPU/PCI Frequency" adjustable as "133/33", "134/33"", etc. I'm sure some...
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- Post #30
- Sep 30, 2002
- Forum: Motherboards
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nForce 2

What is this talk about the FSB/PCI/AGP dividers? What from I understand, the nForce1 and nForce2 chipsets have done away with the "divider" word, because they have three independently generated clocks, one of FSB, one for PCI, and one for AGP. "Independently generated" is the key, hence no for...
- Leokor
- Post #28
- Sep 30, 2002
- Forum: Motherboards
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Will we EVER see 10kRPM ATA drives?!

Yup, there is no technological reason why not. As a matter of fact, there had been precedents. Quantum Fireball LM (though not Fireball AS) was the ATA reincarnation of an older SCSI drive. Leo
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- Post #31
- Sep 6, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Will we EVER see 10kRPM ATA drives?!

A minor correction. That performance comparison holds for many desktop applications, where data locality aspect is high (that is, subsequent seeks are likely to land fairly close to each other). In server applications, where the heads fly all over the drive, SCSI drives with better seek times...
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- Post #29
- Sep 6, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Will we EVER see 10kRPM ATA drives?!

That's right. Cheetah 15K.3, which is a 15,000 rpm drive, is more quiet than IBM 60GXP and WD1200JB. It is also cool enough to be used without active cooling. Check out storagereview.com. This is the review link: http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200209/20020901ST373453LW_1.html And this is...
- Leokor
- Post #13
- Sep 6, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Will we EVER see 10kRPM ATA drives?!

Technically speaking, any drive can be equipped with either the SCSI or the ATA interface and still have the same internal mechanics. Therefore, 10K ATA drives are certainly possible (and 15K ATA drives, too, by the way). Just strip their respective SCSI twins of the extra SCSI chip. But you...
- Leokor
- Post #8
- Sep 6, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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512MB MEMORY XMS3200 CMX512-3200C2 $185

Well, the Corsair sticks we're talking about do 166 MHz at 2-2-2, and 200 MHz at 2-3-3. Leo
- Leokor
- Post #26
- Aug 18, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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512MB MEMORY XMS3200 CMX512-3200C2 $185

Congratulations! But I doubt all sticks could do the same. If all could, then that memory would not have been sold as PC2100 Level 2, but rather as PC2700 Level 2, or something. Leo
- Leokor
- Post #24
- Aug 18, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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512MB MEMORY XMS3200 CMX512-3200C2 $185

Which Corsair? The one we're talking about was released only a few days ago. Leo
- Leokor
- Post #22
- Aug 18, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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512MB MEMORY XMS3200 CMX512-3200C2 $185

Please, aren't we forgetting something? The label PC3200 means that the memory does 200MHz by spec! (And 200 is more than 190, as far as I know.) The Corsair memory in question, however, does 200MHz at CAS2, too. Which means it can go even further, if you run it at CAS 2.5, etc. Keep that in...
- Leokor
- Post #17
- Aug 18, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Duron 1200/1300 vs Thunderbird 1200/1333

Athlon is faster, because: (1) You can run your memory at 133 MHz with Athlon, and only at 100 MHz with Duron. (2) Duron has a castrated cache. Leo
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- Post #4
- Jul 23, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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.13-micron R300 will be faster than NV30

In a sense, you're right. The competition from AMD did change Intel's plans about Pentium 4. But not in the way you think. On the contrary, if not for the competition, Intel would have never released the Willamette. It was a premature version of Pentium 4, while Northwood was what Intel had in...
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- Post #10
- Jul 23, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Blazing Hot!! 120G Dell Hard disk, 142 shipped!(seems like WD120JB)

<< Final cost: $169.00 -10% -10 stackable free shipping ------------------- 142 shipped!! >> What in the world is "-10 stackable"? And where does one get 10% off? Leo
- Leokor
- Post #137
- Apr 20, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways

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