I bought a generic slotket. Here is a picture of it: This is a newer generic slocket, so it is supposed to support FC-PGA as well as PPGA. There are NO adjustments anywhere – everything works via autodetect. Or does
Well, given the lack of hoopla at Computex about Via or SiS boards, probably can’t expect them real soon. nforce is fall at best. So that leaves you with AMD760 boards if you need to buy Real Soon. For right
If I were a nice normal reviewer, I’d just run the benchmarks one or three or however many times and come up with a single number you could refer to. But I’m not. I come up with all different kinds
Big thanks to Christian Schmelzer for alerting us to this. The article is here. It’s in German, so if you need a translation, go here and cut and paste: http://www.chip.de/news_stories/news_stories_163106.html The bug affects motherboards with a Via VT8363A Northbridge (i.e.
(Ed.note: These are comments from those who built or have been intimately involved with the construction and/or operation of dozens to hundreds of machines. You can see that these folks have had much different experiences. Maybe it might be a
(Ed. note: This is a merge (with some minor editing) of an exchange between myself and this person, who builds systems for a living. My comments from the article are in italics, my email comments are in bold italics are
Let me tell you what’s going on with this board. There’s a certain special interest group in this board. A typical email from someone in this group would go like this: “I need to get a new computer, and would
You’ve seen DDR memory scores all over the place. You don’t know what to make of them. There are three factors which influence memory scores: FSB Speed Memory settings Overall CPU speed The first two are more important than the
ED: This is an interesting idea that bears some exploration – if you can, please help Rob out on this – Joe. As a newbie, I have been gathering all the info I can regarding cooling. However, I have become
Here’s where we stand: In general: Good points: Now reasonably cost-effective for new systems with current Crucial DDR pricing. Offers somewhat more performance than current SDRAM system, generally more so for games. Bad points: Potential performance gains are not big