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by Rafael Hernandez on August 29, 2004 · 0 comments

AMDboard has some info and pictures of a new Blade server by Tatung which will bring low-power AMD Opteron processors into a new home. Interesting hardware which will, no doubt, be high performance and high cost due to its dual…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 27, 2004 · 0 comments

Neoseeker stumbled on a problem in Microsoft’s Windows XP Service Pack two which could cause spontaneous reboots. The issue can occur, apparently, under what could be considered common circumstances (playing DVDs on a PC seems common enough). Here’s hoping for…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 26, 2004 · 0 comments

CNET News seems to think that forthcoming server dual core CPUs from both Intel and AMD will feature similar amounts of cache tied to each core. This is sure to pack quite a number of transistors into very small areas,…

Read more Intel and AMD CPUs to Double Up

by Rafael Hernandez on August 25, 2004 · 0 comments

Ok, the last DOOM3 mention ever here unless some incredible news pops up at some point in the future. X-bit labs has tested DOOM3 against a wide array of CPUs from Intel and AMD. Predictably the higher priced processors tore…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 24, 2004 · 0 comments

Hexus.net takes a look at the OCZ 2GByte PC3200 Performance Series Dual Channel Kit. The company is known for its high-speed memory with incredibly low latency timings but this memory set is designed strictly for consumers that have huge amounts…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 24, 2004 · 0 comments

DigiTimes has a small tidbit on why it may be harder to find AMD’s Athlon 64 and Sempron processors overseas. It seems the company’s recent price cuts have led to a rise in sales making their more sensibly priced chips…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 23, 2004 · 0 comments

AnandTech has a rather exhaustive list of info on popular CPUs going back a few years with specifications, code-names, and commentary. Quite an interesting list to look back on and it sure does show the rapid-fire of product launches both…

Read more Modern Day CPU Lineage

by Rafael Hernandez on August 22, 2004 · 0 comments

Burning Issues has a look at the highly capable Iwill DK8N Dual AMD Opteron motherboard. The board sports NVIDIA’s NFORCE3 Pro/250 and when paired with a proper OS to make use of its features it displays some monsterous performance numbers….

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 22, 2004 · 0 comments

BleedinEdge has a review of the budget priced Chaintech VNF3-250 motherboard which can be host to a Socket 754 Athlon 64 processor. The board is lacking, somewhat, feature wise, but for the price, it’s pretty tough to beat the board’s…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 20, 2004 · 0 comments

GamePC has tested Microsoft’s latest beta build of its Windows XP 64-bit Edition on 64-bit processors from both Intel and AMD. There are no consumer level benchmarks to be found but looking at the performance from server level chips it…

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 18, 2004 · 0 comments

Hexus.net has their take on Intel’s latest mid-range server CPU, the 64bit Xeon processor code-named “Nocona”. Well they do it one better and actually have a go with a dual processor Xeon setup and run it against a dual CPU…

Read more 64-bit Intel Xeon Reviewed