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TBird Quadro

January 1, 2000 admin 0

I just noticed the Soft Quadro results posted on your main page. I’d just like to throw in my comments and argue that something was not executed correctly. (Ed. note: Those results used a Celeron and a GeForce 256DDR. The

The Fall Rumble

January 1, 2000 admin 0

You’re going to see some articles around expounding the wonders of the 1.8Ghz Willy. For most of a year, we’ve been saying, “If you’re interested in Willy, wait for .13 micron.” We still think that a good idea. At this

Overclockers.com—Out, Out Damned Heat!

January 1, 2000 admin 0

"Out, Out Damned Heat!" by Joe Citarella 10/15/98 There is no question that heat is the overclockers enemy. In chasing this demon, many employ the number one talisman – the 80 mm case fan. This is one area where the

Overclockers.com—System Cooling; a dual pronged approach

January 1, 2000 admin 0

"System Cooling; a dual pronged approach" by David Nixon 10/28/98 I have tried many ways to cool a system, on the CPU level, and on the case. You really need to take care of both of these items, as doing

RAM TEST: Kingmax PC2100 CAS2 vs Crucial PC2100

January 1, 2000 admin 0

We received a 256Mb stick of Kingmax PC133 CAS2 from Crazy PC. We put it against the long-time champion, Crucial PC2100. We tested the RAM as usual with a PCI card from Ultra-X Inc. called RST Pro PCI. This card

ALPHA Heatsink Sales

January 1, 2000 admin 0

UPDATE 5/4/99: Fans are coming in tomorrow and more ALPHAs by Friday so things are looking OK. I found two sites that have details about mounting the ALPHA P125s so please link to them for illustrated instructions: John Bogush’s Celeron

Hammer Overclocking

January 1, 2000 admin 0

It has been demonstrated that at least one model of the forthcoming nForce 250 chipset has a working AGP/PCI lock, at least in the socket 754 version. Then again, it is being shown that at least some models using the

XSPC X2O Watercooling Kit

January 1, 2000 admin 0

A few days ago, IBM and AMD pretty much announced that they had 65nm figured out. Well, maybe. According to the article, they’re going to need to try out what they came up with on 90nm AMD processors from Fab

1Ghz: Mountain or Molehill?

January 1, 2000 admin 0

How important is this? From a practical, how fast does it run perspective, it’s nothing earthshaking. Symbolically, though, it means a lot. Those of us who follow computers closely have known that AMD has done as well or better than

Is Microsoft Trying to Shut Down the PC Gaming Market?

January 1, 2000 admin 0

Last week NDP Group released the sales figures for 2006, with console game sales bringing in $12.5 Billion – yes, you are reading correctly – 12.5 BILLION DOLLARS and this is only US sales. But this is not so surprising;