When Gabe at Swiftech first politely tried to dissuade me from using the MCW 2000 Barebones system with my Asus VIA P3V4X, I was a bit reticent. After all, I have had pretty fair results using this motherboard with three
UPDATE 8/2/00: A number of folks asked for a comparison to the C533A on a BX board – results follow: I tried to run the same benches on my ABIT BX6-2 using the LeadTek GTS2 and 128 MB of HSDRAM;
Napster’s been given a last-minute reprieve, but anyone with the slightest inkling of copyright law knows how that one has to turn out. Software companies are slowly but surely cranking up their anti-copying and anti-piracy efforts. Do you know what
Thanks! First, let me thank all of you who wrote AMD when I asked, and who sent me copies of their “answer.” It sure took them long enough, but AMD finally came up with an “answer.” Does it answer the
SUMMARY: Two very different Socket A motherboards – a good example of “you get what you pay for”. The ASUS A7V outshines the FIC AZ11 in features and performance (see page 2 for ASUS undocumented settings and cooling mods). We
The announcement yesterday that Intel would use PC133 RAM to power a Willamette model sometime later next year is really no big deal. That’s been rumored for quite some time, and this is going to be a “value” Willamette system,
Some language may not be appropriate for the young or sensitive. A while back, I published an email I got from someone who criticized overclocking and asked you to explain why you overclocked. I got some thoughtful responses, in some
SUMMARY: A step by step guide to modifying the FIC and AMD’s Duron to accept multiplier overclocking. Almost as soon as I landed at JFK after a three week vacation, Ed calls me and tells me to heat up the
Just to tell you quickly how we’re doing; these aren’t instructions. We’ll provide pictures and clear instructions in a subsequent piece when we’re finished. We pulled out the Duron and the motherboard. As I said earlier on the website, the
Do it the same way Mike does… Asus A7V without Sound but “extra” Dip-Switches Duron 650 L1 unlocked Golden Orb Voltage to 1.285/1.85 (Bios shows 1.91) “extra” Dips (from1-6 (1=on, 0=off) at 1-1-0-0-1-1 ~900 Mhz (Btw: There is a legend
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