| Source: monster-hardware |
by maximum3d on Wed Nov 27 2002 |
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USB Christmas Lights
My original plan was to run them from the power supply, but then I thought that wouldn't be practical at all. Why not USB?! I went to the save-a-lot and picked up a $5 USB cable and headed home. If you can find a $2 USB mouse or any piece of junk with a USB connecter on it then good, the cheaper the better.
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| Source: clustermatic |
by maximum3d on Wed Nov 27 2002 |
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LinuxBIOS booting Win2K soft BIOS
As a result, we now have a completely free software replacement for the BIOS that supports (without modification) either LILO or GRUB as bootloaders, and Linux, OpenBSD, and Windows 2000 as operating systems (NOTE: We're still working on supporting FreeBSD and Windows XP. We expect that improving ATA support will permit Win98 and WinXP to boot, and finishing PIRQ support will permit FreeBSD to boot.
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| Source: Xbox Media Player |
by maximum3d on Wed Nov 27 2002 |
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XBox Media Player 2.0
If you can't afford the new Windows XP Media Center edition, why not grab yourself a modded XBox, and check out the XBox Media Player 2.0. The official site has some screen shots and previews. I am sure Gates will be real upset about this one. Somehow $300 for an XBox setup is cheaper than the $2000 XP boxes.
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| Source: Beyond 3D |
by maximum3d on Wed Nov 27 2002 |
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New AA modes for GF3s and GF4s
Using the D3D tubes AA demo, I tested 4XS AA to see if there was an improvement in current 40.72 WHQL drivers. No change really at all in that mode, but being the daring guy I am, I used Rivatuner to set the AA mode to 7, (5 = 4xs) and look what happened...
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| Source: Linux Compatible |
by maximum3d on Wed Nov 27 2002 |
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Lycoris Desktop/LX Build 64 Beta
Lycoris and Ericom Software team up to release Desktop/LX InterConnect, a simple corporate desktop with full office suite and outstanding host connectivity tools. Desktop/LX InterConnect features Ericom Software's native Linux PowerTerm InterConnect software, the Lycoris ProductivityPak office suite, and the Lycoris Remote Desktop Client
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| Source: designtechnica |
by maximum3d on Wed Nov 27 2002 |
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Philips JackRabbit32
Now that Firewire and USB 2.0 are frequently found on computers, external CD burners work almost as well as their internal brethren. Philips has found a way to improve on the external CD burner, with the JackRabbit32. This external drive lets you burn CDs, watch DVDs, and much more. When connected to your computer, the JackRabbit32 can act as either a CD Burner or a DVD Player. In the former, you can burn CD-Rs at 32x and CD-RWs at 10x, or read at 40x. Any software you might need is provided, including Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 (or Toast 5 for Mac OS X) and PowerDVD. Connection is via a USB 2.0/1.1 port.
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| Source: The Inquirer |
by maximum3d on Wed Nov 27 2002 |
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ATI claims 174.6GB/s for Radeon 9700 Pro
The Inquirer learned from ATI executive, that the firm claims it trounces Nvidia's up-and-coming Geforce FX (NV30) on bandwidth. As far as we know, Nvidia uses either the 3 to 1, or 4 to 1 compression method which gives 48GB/s in the best case. So: 500MHz x 2 (DDR) x 128bit (16bytes) x 3X compression = 48 GB/s. ATI said it is using 8.8 to 1 compression method on the Radeon 9700 PRO cards that can deliver an astonishing 174.2GB per second in the best case. A rare bird in practice, we'd suggest. As in: 310MHz x 2 (DDR) x 256bit (32 bytes) x 8.8 compression rate = 174.2 GB per second.
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| Source: ZDnet |
by maximum3d on Wed Nov 27 2002 |
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Next Itanium to run at 1.5GHz
The new chip, code-named Madison, is similar to its Itanium 2 "McKinley" predecessor but is built with smaller circuitry that permits faster processing and more built-in high-speed "cache" memory. Intel disclosed the 1.5GHz speed in an agenda for a February processor show, the International Solid-State Circuits Conference.
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| Source: ZDNet |
by maximum3d on Wed Nov 27 2002 |
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"Hammer" to hold 100 million transistors
A chip with that many transistors is currently considered unusual. But when Hammer chips emerge in the first half of 2003, processors of that complexity will become increasingly common. That's because designers are increasing the size of caches, which are reservoirs of memory located on the processor for rapid data access, and adding other features. Details of AMD's forthcoming chip have been leaking out. The largest version of Hammer, for instance, will have 1MB of secondary cache, as well as an integrated memory controller for connecting the processor to a PC's memory, according to the company. Currently, memory controllers mostly sit on their own piece of silicon.
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| Source: www.nvidia.com |
by crossbow on Wed Nov 27 2002 |
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New Nforce1/2 Linux Drivers
-- Added PCI ID support for nForce2 MCP2-T and MCP2-A to the i810_audio driver.
-- Cleanup of spec file and Makefiles
-- SRPMs and tar files now use local system's i810_audio.c file, and complain if not there (this makes them more distribution independent)
-- Changed code to compile properly with gcc3.X and gcc2.X
-- Added support for Mandrake 9.0 and Red Hat 8.0
-- nForce2 support for network driver
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