Sunday Tech Reading - tech
(hx) 12:39 PM CEST - Jun,16 2002
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- Xeons to reach 3.06GHz this time next year - Intel is performing
its usual conjuring trick by offering Xeon processors at megahertz speed a few quarters
after desktop Pentium 4s, its latest roadmaps have revealed. And that means that by the
second quarter of next year we'll see Xeons at 3.06GHz and supporting both 400MHz and 533MHz front
side buses.
- Intel chooses DDR over Rambus for new server and workstation chipsets -
According to the company’s latest roadmap, Intel will adopt DDR architecture for its next-generation server and
workstation chipsets, dealing a blow to Rambus DRAM (RDRAM) in the high-end market. In the
desktop market, Intel still supports RDRAM with its 850 and 850E chipsets.
- Video Cards Roundup -Leadtek WinFast
TV2000 XP/ Gainward
GeForce4 PowerPack ! Ultra/750XP Golden Sample / Inno3d Geforce4
Ti4400 and Ti4600 / GeForce4
Ti4400/4600 Round-up / X-Micro IMPACT 128MB GeForce4 Ti4200 / Leadtek
WinFast A250LE and Gainward PowerPack GeForce4 Ti 4200 / MSI
Geforce 4 Ti4600 / Xtasy GeForce4 Ti 4400 & 4600 / VisionTek
GeForce4 Ti Video Card "Family" / PNY Verto GeForce4 Ti4400 and
4600 Boards / XFX GeForce4 Ti4200 / ATi Radeon 8500 LE 128MB / ATI AIW Radeon 8500 128 MB / MSI GeForce4 Ti 4200
/ ATI
8500LE 128mb Radeon
- eVGA $1000 Contests - Write an essay of no more than 500 words (excluding title) that describes
your best idea for using an eVGA.com Dual VGA Geforce4 MX card and NVIDIA's nVIEW
Technology. Entries must also include a summary or synopsis of your essay totaling no more
than 50 words.
- Misc HW Roundup - 256MB KingMAX
DDR333 memory / ASUS
A7V333 / ASUS A7V333 / Gigabyte 8SIML SIS650 / AOpen
AX4G Pro i845G /Albatron P4X845EPro / MSI K7D Master Dual
Athlon / Thermaltake G4-VGA Copper Cooler / Iceberq All-In-One VGA
& Chipset Cooling Kit / 10-Way
P4 Heatsink Roundup / CPUFX Nitro System (Water Cooling Kit) / DTI 2015xls LCD /
NEC MultiSync
LCD1550V-BK LCD display / PlexWriter PX-W4012TA CD-RW / Digitalway MPIO-DMK MP3
player / Soundcard Roundup / Z-Cyber
Speedway 133 + RAID.
- MS Pushes Standardized DVD Writing for Longhorn - With Longhorn set to
enter beta testing next year, Microsoft has begun to make
plans for supporting new hardware technologies in the upcoming version of Windows. At
the top of the list is the inclusion of native DVD write capabilities, with floppy-like
drag and drop writing support. But multiple non-interchangeable DVD formats may lead
Microsoft to back a single technology and force manufacturers to reach a consensus on
standards.
- XP registry bug causes blue screen of death - Microsoft has quietly issued a notice about problems with the registry that can
cause users of XP, both Home and Professional edition to see the dreaded blue screen of
death on their PCs.
The company says that when "registry hives" get damaged, people may see the
message "Unexpected Shutdown" or the far more friendly and informative message
"Stop: 0cx0000135", resulting in PCs possibly being a little hard to boot.
- Nero SDK - If you're a programmer or a software developer, you
can now use Nero 5.5's Embedded API to add our powerful CD/DVD-writing functions
to your own applications. For example, you can record graphics files right from your
graphics application.
- 3D-Analyze 1.4 Beta - 3D Analyze is a small program of bench (same style that Fraps) which
makes it possible to analyze your performances 3d under DirectX 8.1 and OpenGL. This one
makes it possible to post the number of fps, the number of polygones/frames and numbers it
polygons/seconds. They say "that it enables you to force
software TNL in GTA3. It actually results to a significant increase in the frame
rate" (thanks GTA Scraper).
- WinDVD Tweaker 3.42 - This new version
fixes a small issue with WindowsXP where a warning dialog would be repeated without fixing
the problem of WinDVD values not being set yet.
- WinRoute Pro 4.2.2 - Targeted to small to mid-sized business, WinRoute Pro
gives full control over the corporate network traffic. NAT and stateful packet inspection
allow detailed setup of each station or network segment. Moreover, businesses may create a
DMZ and run any public service within the secured corporate network, e.g. a corporate web
server or a corporate mail server.
- SiSoft Sandra 2002.6.8.97 - SiSoft
Sandra, the famous benchmark utility has been updated to version 2001.10.8.39.
This new version adds full compatibility with Windows XP/.Net., support for advanced SMP
and SMT/HyperThreaded hardware with multiple chipsets, and 80 Total; 6 New Modules
(Cache/Memory Benchmark, Modules Info (NT/200X), Installed Programs/Applications.
- TweakDB 1.3 - TweakDB
is a new tweaking tool with support for all versions of Windows, and several types of
graphics cards. TweakDB focuses mainly on increasing system performance but also on
increasing system stability and addressing windows problems.
- Epox 8KHA+ BIOS - Epox have released a new BIOS update v2612 for the 8KHA+ which solves the shutdown problems.
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