De mannen van Sharky Extreme hebben een interessant verhaal online gezet over het overclocken van Duron processoren op een AMD 760 plank. De brandende vraag hier is of de oude Duron, die ontworpen is voor een 200MHz FSB, zonder problemen kan draaien op een plank gebaseerd op de 760 chipset met een FSB van 266MHz. Voorlopig zijn de resultaten niet bijzonder positief te noemen, van de 6 geteste Duron's wist slechts één te werken op de 33% hogere FSB.
Dit betekent gelukkig nog niet dat je niks meer hebt aan je oude Duron als je hem wilt planten op een 760 plankje: de AMD Corona EVT8 plank beschikt namelijk niet over multiplier tweak mogelijkheden, en is daarnaast absoluut niet gebouwd om te overclocken. Rekeninghoudend met de omstandigheden is een Duron met 33% overclocken een flinke prestatie, en met een beetje geluk kan elke Duron straks gebruik maken van DDR geheugen op een 760 plankje indien de multiplier een stukje naar beneden kan worden gezet 
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Overigens wist de Duron die de 33% overclock wist te halen mooie resultaten neer te zetten in verscheidene benchmarks. In Quake III Arena werd een snelheidswinst van ca. 10 precent gemeten, en Content Creation 2000 wist een nette 5% snelheidswinst neer te zetten. Helemaal perfect liep de Duron 600 @ 800 ook niet, SYSMark 2000 benchmarks moeten we bijvoorbeeld missen aangezien ie niet stabiel genoeg was:
It is nice to know that the Duron overclocks so well. Will it be as renown as the Celeron 300A for overclocking? It is doubtful – we tried six different Duron processors and only one made the jump to 133MHz DDR. However, for those who would like to try their hand at overclocking, it sure beats buying a new Socket-A CPU.
Keep in mind that our reference board did not support multiplier manipulation. When manufacturers start releasing boards that do, it will be much more likely to see CPU's designed to run a 100MHz DDR bus running reliably at 133MHz DDR with a lower multiplier.
This is the second time we have seen AMD's new chipset really cleaning house. With the combination of memory bandwidth and a faster system bus, even AMD's Duron can deliver high-end gaming performance. Are we excited? You bet. Will we be there when the Duron gains "dually" status with the 760MP? You can count on it.
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. Volgens onderstaande info beschikt-ie inderdaad over het handig externe rack, en zelfs hardwarematige MP3 decoding. Daarnaast krijg je er flink wat software bij zoals MusicMatch™ Jukebox, Siren™ Jukebox Xpress, Yamaha XGstudio en Sensaura Virtual Ear. De prijs is met 149 dollar ook vrij relaxed gebleven:
. Zijn release staat gepland voor 11 november in Japan. De datum voor US staat voorlopig gepland op januari...
Datum 30 oktober 2000
In a past interview you said that FSAA, Massive Multi-Texturing and Overbright lighting are features that developers are looking for. Now can you tell us what Overbright Lighting is and why developers want it so much ?
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As for the year 2000 - Second quarter was better than the first and we
have a healthy growth starting from July.
We predict that margin and prices will slowly go down as component
market will be overcrowded. We are actively preparing the additional
production facilities in Tawain and Mainland China in order to double our
MB sales in the next year. This is not just our ambition but our concrete
plans. I can also add that competition in the next year will be quite tough
and most of the small and mid sized MB manufacturers will find it difficult
to compete.
In making its decision Micron (stock: MUEI) didn't
simply compare the Athlon to the Pentium 4, executives
said.
Instead, Micron executives weighed the costs of the
total platform -- including the microprocessor, chipset,
and memory --and decided that the Athlon made more
sense.
The Pentium 4 will be tied to Direct Rambus memory,
at least when it launches on Nov. 20, sources have said.
AOpen America, Inc. today announced two of its newest members of their high-performance PC power supplies -- the SPS250-60GTA and the SPS300-60BT. Both of these units meet the stringent standards of ATX 2.03 and AMD Athlon certification requirements. The AOpen SPS250/300 series also meets all safety standards worldwide including FCC, UL, CSA, TUV, IEC and others. The SPS250/300 gives resellers and distributors more options to offer their customers when building customized, high-performance PC solutions.
ATI Technologies Inc. today announced Mobility M4™, the industry's first shipping AGP 4X graphics component for the mobile platform. Mobility M4 will deliver new levels of 3D realism with both commercial and consumer applications on the notebook PC. It has already achieved its first design win, with the recently announced Dell Inspiron 8000 notebook PC.
Q: X86-64 architecture has SSE registers. Does this mean Hammer will
support the SSE instruction set?
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According to Apple sources, the company has begun prototyping a new Firewire
controller for the early-developmental UMA-3 universal Mac chipset (designed to be
the foundation for G4 and G5 Macs through 2002) that will support wireless
connectivity using the Firewire (IEEE 1394b) protocol. This will allow a vast range of
devices to communicate with each other over a range of 50-200 feet depending on
conditions, with data rates of up to 400Mbps (typical maximum range rate of
150Mbps). The protocol has tremendous potential not only for simplifying
transmission of multimedia data, but also networking, storage networks, and many
other applications requiring more bandwidth and a more adaptable protocol than
AirPort's 802.11 Ethernet p'col.
A few of you might have noticed that I reported that S3 (owner of Diamond Multimedia and now
owned by VIA) would be changing their name to Sonic Blue a few days ago (Thursday of last
week, I think it was). Well, it seems that I was a tad premature in announcing it. Apparently, S3
will, indeed, be changing their name to Sonic Blue but not yet. To confirm this, check out
Last year, Micron introduced SyncFlash technology, integrating the benefits of non-volatile storage technology with industry-standard SDRAM architectures. Now, SDRAM and SyncFlash memory may reside on the same bus and execute from a single SDRAM memory controller. This simplifies system busing, eliminating a local bus and the additional pins needed for a separate flash-only memory interface, increasing flash READ performance to SDRAM speeds, and complementing SDRAM in systems where SyncFlash memory is preloaded for execute-in-place applications.
Enterprise storage
leader Seagate Technology (NYSE:SEG) today announced its new
Barracuda 36ES, an 18 and 36 Gbyte full-featured SCSI disc drive
optimized for entry servers and high-performance personal
computers. The new Barracuda 36ES is highly leveraged from
Seagate's industry-proven Barracuda ATA, but features a
high-speed Ultra160 SCSI interface. In today's entry-level server
and high-performance personal computer markets, initial cost is
often the most important purchase criterion. The Barracuda 36ES
lets users affordably implement the more scalable,
higher-performing, and backward compatible Ultra160 SCSI
interface to new systems, or provides an easy upgrade and
expansion path for existing SCSI systems. The Barracuda 36ES
delivers the added performance and flexibility that comes with
being a true world-class server SCSI disc drive at a competitive
entry-level price.