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  1. grousing about duplicate stories by circletimessquare · · Score: 3, Funny · on Pentium 4 2.8Ghz Review

    c'mon folks, this info is important...
    i mean, just look at the kind of info we get from page 5 of the linked review:

    The video card is still throttling the higher resolutions...
    blah blah blah...
    We are also nearing 300 frames per second at the lowest resolutions...
    blah blah blah, wait for it, because the paragraph ends...
    meaning that the Pentium 4 running at 2.8Ghz is really fast.

    i mean c'mon folks, could you make it through the day without this kind of insightful, probing journalism?

    i expect this kind of devastating information to be important to us on slashdot! ;-P

  2. Note to irony impaired moderators by sg3000 · · Score: 1 · on Mac-Case Clone for PCs

    Before I get any more irony-impaired moderators too quick on the "Troll -1" draw, here is an explanation.

    this PC clone case :: a real Apple Power Mac
    as
    this 911 dressed up like a Porsche 935 :: a real Porsche 935

    That is to say, they both vaguely look alike, but in both cases, the clone is a pale comparison of the original.

  3. Re:More... by tcc · · Score: 1, Offtopic · on Pentium IV Hits 2 Ghz
    that came out weird heh... one that didn't make it completely thru (heck I did preview post, and slasdot added stuff that wasn't in the preview ([name.com]) ) So I saw my little tag error AFTER it was submitted..



    Hardware Unlimited's review

  4. More... by tcc · · Score: 5, Informative · on Pentium IV Hits 2 Ghz
    More reviews:

    HardOCP

    Source Mag
    Cpu Review
    Acid Hardware

  5. 1.7 GHz is a lot like a 1.2GHz Athlon by startled · · Score: 4 · on What 1.7Ghz Is Like

    First off, I read a good portion of the reviews that I found linked from Blue's News:
    Source Magazine
    Target PC
    Hardware Unlimited
    Tech Report
    Gamer's Depot

    What's the upshot? That even with each processor's "ideal" system (DDR on the Athlon, RAMBUS on the P4)-- well, the P4 kicks ass at Quake 3: Team Arena. I mean, it's really really good at Quake 3. So good, in fact, that-- well, you won't be running anything else, I hope?

    Because in almost every other app, the cheaper Athlon 1.2 equals or outperforms the P4. That even includes apps such as POVRay that did some early optimizations for the P4's extended instructions. I recommend reading the Tech Report's overview if you're interested in that; they have more details on exactly which instructions were used, and the current state of Intel's compilers for the chip.

    Keep in mind, of course, that the compilers are still a bit beta-ish-- sometimes they actually make the programs run slower. But they never appeared to actually make it faster than an Athlon 1.2.

    Debate what you will about future extensibility, and so on-- but unless you're going to be playing a whole lot of Quake, if you're looking for a new system you should grab one of those cheap Athlon CPU/Motherboard combos selling for $300 at Fry's.

  6. RTFW with link by OpenSpace · · Score: 1 · on Audio Indrema Presentation

    Read the f..(choice here) website. http://www.hardware -unlimited.com/articles/indrema/index2.shtml