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03/20/04 - Updated nForce2 in the future?
To keep up with the growing pressure of
VIA KT880 competition, Tech Report expects an updated nForce2 with Gigabit Ethernet, Serial-ATA and hardware firewall within two months: "Athlon XPs should continue to deliver great performance at rock bottom prices for some time. It's hard to go wrong with a $75 Athlon XP 2500+, especially if enthusiasts will be able to get their hands on Serial ATA RAID, Gigabit Ethernet, and a hardware firewall in a updated nForce2 MCP". Read more here
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03/19/04 - VIA puts weight behind PCI Express
Directly from
CeBIT 2004, the inquirer reports about VIA's intention to deliver new chipsets supporting DDRII and PCI express. "The Athlon 64 Opteron PCI Express family consists of the K8T890 and the K8M890... Via’s south bridge PCI Express chip, the VT8251, will come into mass production Q3 and Q4 of this year.". Read the rest here
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03/18/04
- Barebone & Motherboard reviews of the day
1 - MSI K8T-Neo FIS2R Athlon 64 at ModSynergy - Price
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Biostar K8VHA Pro & K8NHA Pro at Bjorn3D - Price
3 -
Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe Wi-Fi at HardTecs4U - Price
4 -
Shuttle AN50R Athlon 64 board at MektuMods - Price
5 - Athlon XP 2500+ at 75$ at Monarch
here
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03/18/04 - Analysts cheer AMD, Dell and Microsoft
On the road to 64Bit for the mass, Register reports that analyst firm Illuminata is giving a thumb to AMD,
Dell and Microsoft for various and sometimes different reasons: "Opteron has boosted AMD's fortunes in a major way. The vendor now has strong ties to IBM, HP and Sun Microsystems - something that could not be said a year ago. The near term gains are obvious". Read more here
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03/18/04 - New SiS PCI Express Athlon 64 FX north bridge
First in the market with a PCI Express for AMD Athlon 64 FX processor, SiS announced today the
SiS756 designed to work seamlessly with new south bridge SiS 965. The new PCI Express standard is phasing out the standard PCI slots that have been the basis of the PC hardware I/O system for the past decade. With PCI Express, users can expect their PC’s to be upgradeable to the next generation of high-performance peripheral devices designed specifically for the higher bandwidth that PCI Express offers, such as graphic cards and LAN cards.
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03/17/04 - SFF,  mainboard & notebook reviews of the day
1 - Amitech FreeNote 4800 at AMD64Notebooks - Price
2 - MSI Mega 180 nForce2 Ultra 400 SFF at T-break - Price
3 -
VodooPC Envy M:855 A64 notebook at Trusted Reviews
4 -
Albatron K8X800 Pro II K8T800 at Gruntville - Price
5 -
Asus A7N8X-E nForce2 Ultra 400 at AMDZone - Price
6 -
eMachines M6805 notebook at PC-Perpective - Price
7 - Athlon 64 3400+ at 400$! at ZipZomfly here
8 - Athlon XP 2500+ at 75$ at Monarch
here
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03/17/04
- AMD 64-Bit in Malaysia? A killing!
TheEdgeDaily has some very encouraging news from Malaysia where AMD and local partners have created a consortium that is already selling truckload of 64-bit PCs to retail and corporate with a target of 20000 units by end-April: "Under the campaign, Malaysians will be able to buy ATEC PCs powered by AMD’s Athlon 64-bit processors. Epson will provide digital imaging equipment such as printers, and TimeTechnology marketing support via its 200 dealers". Get the detail here
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03/16/04
- Processor reviews and OC of the day
1 - Athlon 64 3000+ Newcastle at OCFAQ - Price
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Overclocking the AMD Mobile Athlon XP at FastLaneHW
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Athlon 2500+ mobile Barton feature at neoseeker
4 -
AMD Barton XP 2600+ Good overclocker at Techstastic
5 - Athlon 64 3400+ at 400$! at ZipZomfly here
6 - Athlon XP 2500+ at 75$ at Monarch
here
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03/16/04 - Good reads from AMDboard's friends
1 - Windows XP Performance Tuneup at IANAG - Price
2 -
The ARP Hard Disk Guide at ARP - Price
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MBM TempReport Tool at 3D-EGS Network - Price
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Window XP SP2 Coverage at IANAG - Price
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Installing RAID on Desktop PCs at PCstats - Price
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03/16/04 - AMD gets thumbs-up from Lehman
The AMD situation has improved a lot since last quarter and looks to get even better in a near future thanks to strong flash demand and 64-bit leadership. High-tech market research firm, Lehman Brothers just released a rating that reflects the positive momentum: "We expect flash and microprocessor value player AMD to report solid Q1 results. Our estimates are fine-tuned upward on slightly higher sales and improving margins.". ElectronicNews has it here
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03/16/04 - AMD to launch Wi-Fi network in Q2
Now AMD wants its share of the Wi-Fi huge pie and shows some hotspot plans for the near future, The Register reports today:
"Operating under the AMD Hotspot brand, the programme has already installed several hundred hotspots in locations across the US. The tally is likely to have grown significantly by the time the network is officially launched in the coming months, we understand". Read more here
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03/16/04
- IBM Opteron Workstation is out!
Smart move from Mr Dell who just resigned before the company has to face the worst competition ever. With IBM today's release of an impressive Opteron workstation, can we now say that Intel-only PC makers are left ou in the cold? Today, at AMDboard.com, along with hot links, we'll be updating the IBM release news with vibrant news and colorful links so stick to your screen... It's going to hurt :)
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