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Losing Touch With Reality

We have two big political events coming up the next two weeks. Next week, in the U.S., the Republicans will have their convention in New York. The week after that, Futuremark will release its 3DMark 2005. You might say, “Has

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Hammer Hybrids

Anyone who needs a new AMD system really soon is faced with a problem. Socket A is quickly becoming yesterday’s technology, while tomorrow’s mainstream AMD technology, socket 939, isn’t quite there yet. At least one motherboard company plans to offer

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Image Makers

Playboy to have naked video game characters in October issue. Gamers prefer date with Lara Croft over Jordan. The question that ought to be raised here is not what Playboy will run as a pictorial next month, but rather what

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The NX Flag: Blessing Or Curse?

Are Hammer processors having a problem with Windows XP SP2, particularly when the NX feature is turned on? Well, yes, but it’s important to understand why. The NX feature in Hammers (and eventually Intel processors, too) is supposed to stop