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10/29/02
- 2003 Chip growth forecast cut
Despite the WSTS forecast for 16.6 percent growth worldwide in 2003, other industry indicators hint at less dramatic growth rates, according to Gartner principal semi analyst Richard Gordon. Blaming stalled U.S. and European economies, a trade group that includes chipmakers AMD, IBM and Intel has revised its sales forecasts downward for 2003. read NewsFactor
here
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10/29/02
- Setting up a water-cooling system
Virtual-Hideout is offering us an ultimate guide to watercooling and this is probably the only article you'll ever need before starting installing your next water pump. It's
here and also at our Watercooling Special here
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10/29/02
- AMD trademarks
On the newest AMD site called AMD Reality Check we found a page where all AMD trademarks were listed and we thought useful to reproduce it
here
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10/29/02
- CPU Power Push
eWeek has a pretty good report on raw power vs. heat vs. users needs and it's more than interesting:
"It's not that Pentium 4 is the wrong processor, it's just that its volume is inherently limited. Intel's parts don't enable new applications... Low cost is more important than megahertz," Read here and look at our PR Rating Special here and also at our MPF 2002 Special here
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10/29/02
- Is Abit going to rename NV7-8X?
According to
Hardware.fr, French site, owned by LDLC distributor, Abit is on the way to rename NV7-8X to makes it easier to catch in Sunday's conversation. So, if the news is true, NF7 will be nForce2 SPP (no GPU) at 159 €, NF7-S, SPP (no GPU) with SATA & FireWire at 239 € and NF7-G with IGP at 179 € (FYI 1€ =1$)
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10/29/02
- Accessorize your XPC
Shuttle US just launched a special place where XPC accessories can be seen and bought. You'll find there carrying bags, colored front panels, extension cards and much more. Visit Shuttle XPC accessories special
here
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10/29/02
- XP 2600+ System spotted
December UK PC Advisor is reviewing the Evesham
Axis 2600+, a complete Athlon XP 2600+ system with DDR400 and a sweet price of £999 ($1550), and is giving the Best Buy award. Read the new
here
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10/29/02
- SiS and Via announces new chipset
In hope to keep the high-season business momentum going, chipset designers VIA Technologies and Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) are both planning to launch several new products next month. For AMD they are planning to rollout KT400A at Via and 746FX at SiS. Read the whole story at DigiTimes
here
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10/29/02
- Opening Of AMD Developer Center
AMD today announced the opening of the AMD Developer Center, a facility dedicated to providing commercial software and hardware developers worldwide access to AMD's technical expertise and validation resources. Read PR
here and headlines here
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10/29/02
- Soyo KT400 Dragon Ultra board review
Howard Ha, Ryan Li, Peter Judson at Neoseeker are lucky enough to have a Soyo KT400 Dragon Ultra to test and they do like it a lot:
"The Soyo KT400 Dragon Ultra is a superb board with overclocking options galore. The flexibility for overclocking impressed us a lot, especially compared to the relatively sparse and limited options we found on the KT4 Ultra". Read the review here and visit the Soyo KT400 Special page with many links here
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10/29/02
- Gigabyte GA-7VAXP KT400 board review
HardwareZone is testing this board and gave a full 4 stars award for it's overclocking potential and overall performance: "
Priced attractively, the GA-7VAXP
should appeal to most users especially with its
comprehensive on-board features, great overclockability
and stable performance"
. Read the rest here and see for more reviews at our 7VAXP Special page here
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10/29/02
- Corsair XMS 3500 CAS 2
Two reviews about Corsair eXtreme Memory Speed 3500 have been published. The first one is from the Naked Review
here and the second is an updated version from OCIA of a review published on the 10/17/02 here. Both are also added to our DDR433 Special page here
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10/29/02
- EPoX Factory Tour
VR-Zone is touring in Taiwan and after Shuttle, Abit and Chaintech it's now the EPoX' turn to invite Visionary for a quick visit to the factory where all the secrets of soldering a motherboard will be revealed to him. It's here
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10/29/02
- Heatsink roundup: 4 Socket-A champs
SilentPCReview is working hard to save our ears and
today the happy crew, led by Mike Chin, is testing four
of the favorite overclockers heatsinks champions
Thermalright SLK800, Thermalright AX7, Zalman
CNPS6000Cu, and Swiftech MC462A with different
voltage to demonstrate the impact on noise. Read the
complete review
here and enjoy more HS roundup here
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