| Source: AMD |
by maximum3d on Mon Jul 15 2002 |
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http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543~36233,00.html
AMD Athlon XP processor 1800+ - AMD today introduced the high-performance mobile AMD Athlon XP processor 1800+ with QuantiSpeed architecture. The new mobile AMD Athlon XP processor 1800+ is priced at $335, in 1,000-unit quantities.
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| Source: Microsoft |
by maximum3d on Mon Jul 15 2002 |
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http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q321178
DirectX 8.1 Programs May Stop Working on Computers with AMD - On computers with an AMD processor, programs that use Microsoft DirectX 8.1 may quit without displaying an error message.
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| Source: Apple |
by maximum3d on Mon Jul 15 2002 |
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http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
Apple launches QuickTime 6 - The final version (download) of Apple's digital media software sees the light of day, a sign that a spat over MPEG-4 fees are over. Now there's only Microsoft's Windows Media 9 to worry about.
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| Source: Scoutch |
by maximum3d on Mon Jul 15 2002 |
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http://www.scoutch.com/cgi-bin/psnews/headlines/28759458.shtml
Hard Drive Companies Focus on Everything But GB - IBM is focusing it's developments on increasing drive speed from the average max of 10000 RPM's to 15000 RPM's. This will allow for faster data access and faster transfer speeds. If coupled with the new Serial connections (as compared to Parallel), they could boost access times to less then half a millisecond, and data access speeds to 800 MB/sec or more! Seagate has focused it's attention on the heads of the hard drive, and data corruption...
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| Source: The Inquirer |
by maximum3d on Mon Jul 15 2002 |
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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=4431
ATI Radeon 9700 spec revealed - According to The Inquirer, The Radeon 9700 will be clocked at 315MHz for the high-end, retail version of the GPU and we expect to see OEM versions that will have a lower clock speed, depending on customers' demands. Other specs: 8 Pipelines, 107 million transistors, .15u technology, External power (a-la 3dfx), Four Vertex Shader units, Pixel/Vertex Shader 2.0 Support, VideoShader (accelerate MPEG video), 16X Anisotropic Filtering, ~15,000 3DMarks, 400 million poly/sec. throughput. ATI to scheduled to launch their RV250 and R300 graphics chipsets on July 17.
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| Source: The Inquirer |
by maximum3d on Mon Jul 15 2002 |
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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=4404
Nforce 2 to beat Via's DDR 400 by 20% - The NFORCE2 chipset to be announced in the middle of next week has a claimed advantage over Via's DDR 400 chipsets of around 20 per cent, according to information from a Taiwanese mobo manufacturer who wishes to remain nameless.
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| Source: Hardware Unlimited |
by maximum3d on Mon Jul 15 2002 |
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http://www.hardware-unlimited.com/reviews/macpcgallery/index.shtml
Mac case clone for PC's (Shots only)
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| Source: c|net |
by maximum3d on Sat Jul 13 2002 |
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http://news.com.com/2100-1040-943519.html
Mac Users Smarter Than PC Users? (This should cause some controversy starting with me since I am a non-mac user)- A recent survey from net statistic company Nielsen/NetRatings has shown that not only do Mac users tend to have a better education than PC users, but they also earn a higher salary, are more experienced on the web, and shop online more often.
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| Source: The Inquirer |
by maximum3d on Sat Jul 13 2002 |
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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=4393
Panic stations as DDR price soars - if you are planning on buying DDR memory you'd better get your skates on, as spot market watcher Marco Fumagalli tells us that 256MB sticks are likely to hit $60 on the spot market at the beginning of next week. Currently, and in the European market, such sticks are costing around $57, with these prices spot market rather than retail market prices.
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| Source: Vnunet |
by maximum3d on Sat Jul 13 2002 |
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http://www.vnunet.com/News/1133521
PC prices are falling again - and the merger of Hewlett Packard (HP) and Compaq could push them down even further, according to researchers IDC. Moves towards Pentium 4, as well as increased memory and storage prices, pushed desktop and server prices back to mid-2001 levels in the first quarter of this year. But IDC said slow business in the last two months had forced vendors to be more aggressive, pushing prices down again.
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