My projector (middle range Epson EMP-710) is said to achieve 21 FEET diagonal...
I would like to see this 61" (" as in for INCHES) beat this, even hands up 8p
Yours, faithfully,
A Projector owner.... ROFL....
So, when you learn they overstayed their visas, I mean it happens when they are trying to leave, no ?
So, you expell them before they leave by themselves, or do you keep them in confinement on US territory because they don't have the right to be on US territory ?
Advanced Philo Major required, please post analysis in answer 8p
Boys and Girls of today probably know more about downloading than myself at the same age (also, they have cable or DSL, I wouldn't even had tried to download a 700 Mo ISO on my first 28.8 modem 8)... they can get most games they want and as much porn as the net contents (32198432164 To at the last count, or so it would seem...)
I had a brief memory flash when I read the site name "Curmudgeon"... It remembered me of the game "Carmagedon", a nice racing game where you won extra time when going over a pedestrian and got "Artistic Bonus" if you could do it during a slide or a roll...
now my point... I don't really remember hearing such a fuss around Carmageddon. Of course, this was the older days, no or very few Internet and the media weren't interested in gaming and it wasn't such a big hit as Vice City... BUT...
The goal was quite "unmoral" (killing pedestrians, opponents,...) and, sometimes, when driving, I had "bad thought" about "Hey, this two ladies and the boy on the side would make a nice Artistic bonus in this situation 8)
We all have a bad part in us, and this thought came because I played Carmageddon so much... But I never did it, as I know the limits between gaming and reality.
If you don't (not you, personnaly you as in anyone) can't do the difference, you should be under treatment or under guard.
Games, mostly in computers, are about killing monster, playing gods, wizards, fragging... all quite Immoral. I think it help adults getting some of the stress away. As for kids, I played Doom for the fun of it, and was quite young at the time. I also done some real shooting in a club, and I still didn't shoot anyone.
Games also help you dream, do unusual skill, interact with people and measure your skill again other (competitive mind ?)...By the way, it's an excellent eye-hand coordination training...
I see more (real) violence in 20 minutes during the 8'clock news than I can wreck in two hours Vice City. And not a lot of people make a point about it.
The point should be discussed, but, as usual, their is no White & Black situation.
In my mind, the Vice City is more a (slightly) exageration of reality, with the difference that, for once, you can do it without harming any "real people", and have fun, and evacuate some of the latent violence in you (as in "after I fragged XX people, I usually feel better). So, no point in my post, really. Only the problem is not what people play. Just what people do... and what they find to justify it before- or afterhand....
I use it on my PARENTS computer, a top of the line k6-350 with about 180Mo RAM.
It took me years to get my father from Multiplan under DOS to Excel with Win98.
And some more to get my father trained to 98.
For the sake of my Sanity (already quite low), I don't want to retrain my father to use XP or 2000.
+It just works !!! I don't upgrade what's not broken...(yet...8) I mean I don't fiddle with the computer, and neither do they...)
Of course, if my parent where to get a P4 (or, more likely, an AMD XP) I might get to install XP or 2000 for them. and get a new Debian server to replace my poor P200 for free...>
implanted Palm Reader, loosy bar and "old drunken pal" or "pretty underlighted hag" will be holding your hand all night long 8)
Also, a politician on campaigncould stike it big if he's well known ("Shake hands with your president/gvernor/sheriff, only 12$54+vat, direct transfer and offical, frame bound receipt for the home")
Missing Fingers also a must.
The problem with Auto-Micropayment is the confirmation you must give. say, as an additional code type in, to really confirm you wanna pay. wich I already do with my card, wich is already a chip. (EU 8p)
We don't need it. But the, cattle Herding on large areas need this to locate and track cattle; with a big receptor covering miles. Keep the industry concentrate on cattle. And remember your not a lamb.
News -- Spammer Found strangled with 47" dick News -- Spammer go to jail after opening 198 mortgage loans News -- Spammer suffer heart attack, found covered with what looks like dermo patches and surrounded weird "New Pa Tch sdogh Here only" messages...
I can see myself following the news more eagerly 8)
ok, just being paranoid, and reading your post on routers. I remembered the update that "spammed" the users.
And, having read the article 8) I saw one thing that no one took the time to observe or mention....
FREE !!! the update will be FREE !
And god knows there is very few free things in M$ land....
So,
Just to know,
MS releasing a free update to one of the most protected (and hacked) OS in history, the famous one where you had to Call (!) (how very 20th century, isn't it ? 8p) to activate, so as to be sure you didn't steal it, or changed your video card without asking them first...
So, can someone tell me what exactly is going to be in this (sure to be) HUGE (free) PATCH for XP ?
as in "sniffer/bot/privacy intrusion/installed software remote checking/automatic inventory of all media files/please/be/paranoid/yourself/.../fill/blanks" .
You all speak of how much they make a noise about security, and I see MS taking a hit on the 35%(or so, depending on my mood) "bad, evil hackers" that stole their product by not registering/paying.
or something equally nice.
And that just speaking for "basic stuff", I will not speak about the quasi universal installation of some sort of DRM somewhere. Even better, if you mix DRM, media files scanning and installed applications reporting, you could all (most of you) (ok, some of you) (well, some of us 8) have a nice meeting with a comitee in front of your door (one for BSA, one for RIAA, one for Hollywood, and probably the IRS with the marshall, for so much good news cannot come alone)
Please someone consider the question and answer...
Are you gonna trust this nice, beautifull, efficient, FREE update for XP ?...
Hey mate, ever heard the name Murdoc ? I think this guy is trying to get a worldwide presence and is already on 3-4 continents.
I guess Newspaper Baron is one of his lesser titles, among "TV King", "Radio Magna" and "Weekly Press Emperor", so it's natural you didn't remind him...
also, he got a few friends playing the same level, but I'm too lazy to open the Financial Times.
"Unless you have someone on a gray coat to take a bible inside a black suitcase chained to his arm to the recipient of your message."
As a matter of fact, I can, without problem, get a Multi Megabyte Key, available worldwide, without anyone the wiser...
It's called "Project Gutemberg", for one, or any place you can DL fixed texts,software or anything you like (say, what about usinf MS SP4 update as a key? it's available, and makes a key about 200Mo...)
OTP is real, works nice and is easily implementable. Internet got us here 8)
So, my DSL modem is black, and has a grey cat5 cable connected to it. I think I'll use it as my courrier 8)
good post reference full article link +Personnal opinion assumed...
Good post man 8)
Also, I've also driven high, and, when not mixed with Alcohol, I personnaly confirm gearing down from a red light 500 yeards away, never (EVER) going too fast and, yes, getting astonished at how fast people dare go on the highway.
Just don't mix.
Even alcohols shouldn't be mixed (coktails are exceptions, I mean having 2 beers and a few bourbons)
French people say even white and red wine shouldn't be mixed during an evening. (the saying goes explaining that red wine after white is fine, but you play your guts dinking white wine after a red.)
Fact 1 => War on DrUGs (bad, Evil Drugs) almost always fail
Fact 2 => As with ANY administration, they need more money next year to do about less than this year.
The pessimist in le has always said it would be better to legalize (=> Economy, no more budget for drug fighting, just quality enforcement), take an additional, federal or whatever, on it (income 8p) and use that small additional taxe to get serious, well funded junkies care facilities, and prevent more crime.
All in all, you spend a lot less, got a fabulous income, give a kick to farm industries 8p, and have less drug caused illness because of low quality...
Seems provocative for the intellectually conservative mob, but actually a smart, elegant and CHEAP solution.
Patent pending, please send 1/1000 of all the doobies that get liberated my way, or, better, give me a puff when you see me
slackware 3.0 (the one with "stable internet", a PIV 2.4 Ghz and tell him to get it up and running with just the disks, the hard and the net connection.
If you are not too bad with your proxies rules, about 1 in 10 000 will do it 8p
"Going back to the dinosaur analogy, you can guess from fossils how they hunted, but if you found one alive, you would now for sure." Caus' you would be the prey...
So they "resurrected" an old, old plant from the few remaining survivors.
And they are ready to spread tham worldwide.
In a mix of conflicting emotions, remembering both Jurassic Park and the little shop of Horrors, I for one welcomes our Green, Jurassic Overlords 8p.
I got one, and I must tell this devices has lots of pro and some irritating cons...
Pros : Well made, large screen (33% larger than a PalmVx), accepts mobipocket book reader (allows you a large selection of formats), accepts an sd card.
Cons : Battery (AAA) life is way too short. changing the batteries means erasing the OS, and everything not on you sd card => you need a computer every day, and you can only read 2-3 hours MAX...
I now use a PalmVx, I can recharge it using the standalone craddle, and if the memory is only 8 Mo, battery life is on 4+ hours and I don't need a computer everytime the battery go almost flat. + the PIM fonctions are much much better on Palm and you have access to a large soft library.
Also, the little plastic ring that allow you to browse pages on the Ebookman has a brittle quality that make it burst within one year... and you can get a replacement one only after you explained them that their repair offer is really an expensive exchange program (buy a new one with 10% rebate instead of replacing a 0.02 cents platic piece.
So, I tried this way, and I can tell you my Palm Vx beats the Ebookman by far. And soon I'll get a Tungsten or something with more ram, and then it'll be cool 8p
If you can, get the nice little blue cable that came with Dlink (the soft) connect your laptop RS232 (or Printer slot, depending on you cable) and use them as communication device.
Boot laptop with a floppy distro that includes a terminal and get busy on old literature on telnet and terminal emulation, and get a "server" on you big machine.
This is how "primitive" networks where done.
when you term from you laptop, you can "almost ftp" from one computer to the other.
Best regards, indeed, as I'll enjoy the sight of someone else enjoying 115200 bauds on Com1 for data transmission of large (Mo+) files 8)
I'm not really sure what exists for Linux benchmarking, but you have to remember those people are doing public (as in low level/everyone knows what I speak about)
So first we need 3DMark200X Linux version, then you must be able to install and actually play Quake 8)
So the problem is not just installing an SMP capable OS (Win2K pro does that just fine...) but to play with 2 cpu...
Most people I know do tests using photoshop, as it is optimized for SMP systems and the filters can be quite heavy.
A good old Divx Encode could have been deemed reasonnable too.
But basic usuers do understand Sandra and 3Dmark better.
For those of you that wanted the grapics, I'll be taking an ASCII Art Course for the next one 8p
Introduction
We saw the release of the Opteron processor earlier this year which was powered by AMD's own 8131 Northbridge. With many months passed since and a lot of R&D invested, it was time to see what VIA were capable of when given the latest 64-bit processor to play with from AMD. The latest chipset to hit the market from the Taiwanese chipset manufacturer comes in the shape of the K8T800 and carries over everything you need when it comes to inserting those brand new processors into VIA-powered motherboards.
The K8T800 chipset carries over with it the latest Southbridge from VIA, the VT8237, which we were very impressed with when reviewing the PT800 only last month. It carries over the same features which we will look more into later on.
Due to the limitation in server hardware and server benchmarking software, we have chosen to write a preview on the chipset with a lot of benchmarks with different processor environments. We will help give people an understanding of the technology and the future it has.
Without dragging on anymore, let's see what VIA's K8T800 chipset is capable of when powered with some of the newest and most powerful processors to hit the market from Advanced Micro Devices.
The Opteron Processor
Before we get into talking about the chipset, we will take a moment to have a look at the processor which will be accompanying our test motherboard today.
The AMD Opteron is the latest processor to hit the market and carries the long awaited 64-bit architecture to the retail market. While we have seen Intel release a 64-bit processor to the market in the shape of the Itanium and Itanium 2 some time ago, it was one product that the end-user would not consider purchasing due to its high price tag and lack of chipset support.
The Opteron comes with a massive 940 pin count which is the largest of any processor implementing the PGA format. PGA or Pin Grid Array can be separated into two parts: the first being Pin, which in this case is the small metal pins we see coming from the bottom of the processor and the other is the Grid Array. The Grid Array is the formation the pins are in, which here is a 940 pin formation. Together we have the highest pin count currently on the market for this kind of technology. The Opteron processor also carries a huge 1MB of L2 cache to help when it comes to processor-hungry applications. The Opteron also has three Hyper Transport buses which we will look into more in just a moment.
What else AMD has in store for 64-bit
While we are on the subject of AMD processors, we may as well have a quick look at what else AMD have in store for the 64-bit market.
The cheapest of AMD's 64-bit line will be known as the Athlon 64 and will most likely be launched next month in Taiwan at Computex 2003. The Athlon 64 will be the entry level 64-bit processor and the mainstream product with a pin count of 754 replacing Athlon XP. Athlon 64 has the smallest amount cache out of the group with only 512k and will only support Single Channel DDR and one Hyper Transport Bridge meaning it is not SMP-capable.
The other processor which will be making an introduction, which seems to be confusing a lot of people, is Athlon FX or Athlon 64 FX. The Athlon FX will be the enthusiast processor, according to speculation currently floating around. Consisting of 1MB cache and three Hyper Transport buses, the only difference between it and the Opteron is support for SMP. The Athlon FX will consist of 939 pins; the pin that is missing is the one that gives it the ability to run Dual Processor mode.
Hyper Transport Buses
As we just mentioned, the Opteron and the Athlon FX will consist of multiple HT (Hyper Transport) buses, while the cheaper mainstream Athlon 64 will only have one.
One of the buses goes to your peripherals (your AGP slot, PCI slot, etc). This is the only one on the Athlon 64. The s
We found hin, the guy/gal that actually READS the Eulas...
So, dear sweet Tooth, can you answer a few questions for the/. crowd ? How does it feel, just after you read a few thousand lines of Mumbo-Jumbo ? do you understand it all ? Do you think you can now remove the IANAL from your posts ? Or did you thonk it is just "the right thing to do" ?
Of course I'm sure they can use another compiler. And of course they can change Sambas and GCC Code to comply with their *nix, but it would cost them some devellopment...
AND they would have to release their code under the GPL too, and failure to do so could allow someone to sue them for not complying with the GPL,
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I'm a salesman in IT.
The sort of position where you are asked for both "Team Spirit" and "Sales Target"...
Can you repeat your question about the stabbing and shooting thingy ?
My projector (middle range Epson EMP-710) is said to achieve 21 FEET diagonal... I would like to see this 61" (" as in for INCHES) beat this, even hands up 8p Yours, faithfully, A Projector owner .... ROFL....
Oh yes...Very usefull...
So, when you learn they overstayed their visas, I mean it happens when they are trying to leave, no ?
So, you expell them before they leave by themselves, or do you keep them in confinement on US territory because they don't have the right to be on US territory ?
Advanced Philo Major required, please post analysis in answer 8p
Boys and Girls of today probably know more about downloading than myself at the same age (also, they have cable or DSL, I wouldn't even had tried to download a 700 Mo ISO on my first 28.8 modem 8)... they can get most games they want and as much porn as the net contents (32198432164 To at the last count, or so it would seem...)
... I don't really remember hearing such a fuss around Carmageddon. Of course, this was the older days, no or very few Internet and the media weren't interested in gaming and it wasn't such a big hit as Vice City... BUT...
I had a brief memory flash when I read the site name "Curmudgeon"... It remembered me of the game "Carmagedon", a nice racing game where you won extra time when going over a pedestrian and got "Artistic Bonus" if you could do it during a slide or a roll...
now my point
The goal was quite "unmoral" (killing pedestrians, opponents,...) and, sometimes, when driving, I had "bad thought" about "Hey, this two ladies and the boy on the side would make a nice Artistic bonus in this situation 8)
We all have a bad part in us, and this thought came because I played Carmageddon so much... But I never did it, as I know the limits between gaming and reality.
If you don't (not you, personnaly you as in anyone) can't do the difference, you should be under treatment or under guard.
Games, mostly in computers, are about killing monster, playing gods, wizards, fragging... all quite Immoral. I think it help adults getting some of the stress away. As for kids, I played Doom for the fun of it, and was quite young at the time. I also done some real shooting in a club, and I still didn't shoot anyone.
Games also help you dream, do unusual skill, interact with people and measure your skill again other (competitive mind ?)...By the way, it's an excellent eye-hand coordination training...
I see more (real) violence in 20 minutes during the 8'clock news than I can wreck in two hours Vice City. And not a lot of people make a point about it.
The point should be discussed, but, as usual, their is no White & Black situation.
In my mind, the Vice City is more a (slightly) exageration of reality, with the difference that, for once, you can do it without harming any "real people", and have fun, and evacuate some of the latent violence in you (as in "after I fragged XX people, I usually feel better).
So, no point in my post, really. Only the problem is not what people play. Just what people do... and what they find to justify it before- or afterhand....
I use it on my PARENTS computer, a top of the line k6-350 with about 180Mo RAM.
...)
It took me years to get my father from Multiplan under DOS to Excel with Win98. And some more to get my father trained to 98.
For the sake of my Sanity (already quite low), I don't want to retrain my father to use XP or 2000.
+It just works !!! I don't upgrade what's not broken...(yet...8) I mean I don't fiddle with the computer, and neither do they
Of course, if my parent where to get a P4 (or, more likely, an AMD XP) I might get to install XP or 2000 for them. and get a new Debian server to replace my poor P200 for free...>
Don't tempt me, you insensitive clod 8p
implanted Palm Reader, loosy bar and "old drunken pal" or "pretty underlighted hag" will be holding your hand all night long 8)
Also, a politician on campaigncould stike it big if he's well known ("Shake hands with your president/gvernor/sheriff, only 12$54+vat, direct transfer and offical, frame bound receipt for the home")
Missing Fingers also a must.
The problem with Auto-Micropayment is the confirmation you must give. say, as an additional code type in, to really confirm you wanna pay. wich I already do with my card, wich is already a chip. (EU 8p)
We don't need it. But the, cattle Herding on large areas need this to locate and track cattle; with a big receptor covering miles. Keep the industry concentrate on cattle. And remember your not a lamb.
News -- Spammer Found strangled with 47" dick
News -- Spammer go to jail after opening 198 mortgage loans
News -- Spammer suffer heart attack, found covered with what looks like dermo patches and surrounded weird "New Pa Tch sdogh Here only" messages...
I can see myself following the news more eagerly 8)
I think I have the explaination for the "almost"...
Well, I understand that a power off of the PC secures it somewhat,but removing Wake-On-Lan is a Bios option, so a no-no for MSCEs...8p
Getting out of the plane from Florida (22 C) and landing in Indianapolis (Blizzard ... - 20 C)
Also, much more painfull...
the next morning, getting out early, and late, directly from shower (+40c) to outside (-27C), half dressed 8(
I was feeling my brain cristalizing...Ever saw "Rasta Rockets", when they get out of the airport ? I was worse 8)
ok, just being paranoid, and reading your post on routers. I remembered the update that "spammed" the users. And, having read the article 8) I saw one thing that no one took the time to observe or mention.... FREE !!! the update will be FREE ! And god knows there is very few free things in M$ land.... So, Just to know, MS releasing a free update to one of the most protected (and hacked) OS in history, the famous one where you had to Call (!) (how very 20th century, isn't it ? 8p) to activate, so as to be sure you didn't steal it, or changed your video card without asking them first... So, can someone tell me what exactly is going to be in this (sure to be) HUGE (free) PATCH for XP ? as in "sniffer/bot/privacy intrusion/installed software remote checking/automatic inventory of all media files/please/be/paranoid/yourself/.../fill/blanks" .
You all speak of how much they make a noise about security, and I see MS taking a hit on the 35%(or so, depending on my mood) "bad, evil hackers" that stole their product by not registering/paying.
or something equally nice.
And that just speaking for "basic stuff", I will not speak about the quasi universal installation of some sort of DRM somewhere. Even better, if you mix DRM, media files scanning and installed applications reporting, you could all (most of you) (ok, some of you) (well, some of us 8) have a nice meeting with a comitee in front of your door (one for BSA, one for RIAA, one for Hollywood, and probably the IRS with the marshall, for so much good news cannot come alone)
Please someone consider the question and answer...
Are you gonna trust this nice, beautifull, efficient, FREE update for XP ? ...
Hey mate, ever heard the name Murdoc ?
I think this guy is trying to get a worldwide presence and is already on 3-4 continents.
I guess Newspaper Baron is one of his lesser titles, among "TV King", "Radio Magna" and "Weekly Press Emperor", so it's natural you didn't remind him...
also, he got a few friends playing the same level, but I'm too lazy to open the Financial Times.
"Unless you have someone on a gray coat to take a bible inside a black suitcase chained to his arm to the recipient of your message."
As a matter of fact, I can, without problem, get a Multi Megabyte Key, available worldwide, without anyone the wiser...
It's called "Project Gutemberg", for one, or any place you can DL fixed texts,software or anything you like (say, what about usinf MS SP4 update as a key? it's available, and makes a key about 200Mo...)
OTP is real, works nice and is easily implementable. Internet got us here 8)
So, my DSL modem is black, and has a grey cat5 cable connected to it. I think I'll use it as my courrier 8)
good post
reference
full article
link
+Personnal opinion assumed...
Good post man 8)
Also, I've also driven high, and, when not mixed with Alcohol, I personnaly confirm gearing down from a red light 500 yeards away, never (EVER) going too fast and, yes, getting astonished at how fast people dare go on the highway.
Just don't mix.
Even alcohols shouldn't be mixed (coktails are exceptions, I mean having 2 beers and a few bourbons)
French people say even white and red wine shouldn't be mixed during an evening. (the saying goes explaining that red wine after white is fine, but you play your guts dinking white wine after a red.)
Fact 1 => War on DrUGs (bad, Evil Drugs) almost always fail
Fact 2 => As with ANY administration, they need more money next year to do about less than this year.
The pessimist in le has always said it would be better to legalize (=> Economy, no more budget for drug fighting, just quality enforcement), take an additional, federal or whatever, on it (income 8p) and use that small additional taxe to get serious, well funded junkies care facilities, and prevent more crime.
All in all, you spend a lot less, got a fabulous income, give a kick to farm industries 8p, and have less drug caused illness because of low quality...
Seems provocative for the intellectually conservative mob, but actually a smart, elegant and CHEAP solution.
Patent pending, please send 1/1000 of all the doobies that get liberated my way, or, better, give me a puff when you see me
slackware 3.0 (the one with "stable internet", a PIV 2.4 Ghz and tell him to get it up and running with just the disks, the hard and the net connection.
If you are not too bad with your proxies rules, about 1 in 10 000 will do it 8p
I AM against their releasing...
I much more prefer to see them put to a good use than shamelessy released to Nature...
And when I say good use, I mean "http://www.petsorfood.com/"
8p
the movie.
"Going back to the dinosaur analogy, you can guess from fossils how they hunted, but if you found one alive, you would now for sure."
Caus' you would be the prey...
So they "resurrected" an old, old plant from the few remaining survivors.
And they are ready to spread tham worldwide.
In a mix of conflicting emotions, remembering both Jurassic Park and the little shop of Horrors, I for one welcomes our Green, Jurassic Overlords 8p.
"Once in, he can't be dismissed. And, if he chooses, he may ignore his training and education, often to the detriment of the people"
a geek would come and rm -r the bastard luser...
All Rights of BOFH belongs to Simon Travaglia (http://theregister.co.uk/content/30/index.html), But I really thought of the BOFH and his PFY here...
Bofh - So, you told me you found a job on the side ? And what could that be, seing you spend all your time either here or at home browsing porn ?
PFY - Well, Actually, I found a job at Pennsylvannia's Attorney General Office....
ROFL 8p
I got one, and I must tell this devices has lots of pro and some irritating cons...
Pros : Well made, large screen (33% larger than a PalmVx), accepts mobipocket book reader (allows you a large selection of formats), accepts an sd card.
Cons : Battery (AAA) life is way too short.
changing the batteries means erasing the OS, and everything not on you sd card => you need a computer every day, and you can only read 2-3 hours MAX...
I now use a PalmVx, I can recharge it using the standalone craddle, and if the memory is only 8 Mo, battery life is on 4+ hours and I don't need a computer everytime the battery go almost flat.
+ the PIM fonctions are much much better on Palm and you have access to a large soft library.
Also, the little plastic ring that allow you to browse pages on the Ebookman has a brittle quality that make it burst within one year... and you can get a replacement one only after you explained them that their repair offer is really an expensive exchange program (buy a new one with 10% rebate instead of replacing a 0.02 cents platic piece.
So, I tried this way, and I can tell you my Palm Vx beats the Ebookman by far.
And soon I'll get a Tungsten or something with more ram, and then it'll be cool 8p
If you can, get the nice little blue cable that came with Dlink (the soft) connect your laptop RS232 (or Printer slot, depending on you cable) and use them as communication device.
Boot laptop with a floppy distro that includes a terminal and get busy on old literature on telnet and terminal emulation, and get a "server" on you big machine.
This is how "primitive" networks where done.
when you term from you laptop, you can "almost ftp" from one computer to the other.
Best regards, indeed, as I'll enjoy the sight of someone else enjoying 115200 bauds on Com1 for data transmission of large (Mo+) files 8)
A benchmark toold does cost a lot of money.
I'm not really sure what exists for Linux benchmarking, but you have to remember those people are doing public (as in low level/everyone knows what I speak about)
So first we need 3DMark200X Linux version, then you must be able to install and actually play Quake 8)
So the problem is not just installing an SMP capable OS (Win2K pro does that just fine...) but to play with 2 cpu...
Most people I know do tests using photoshop, as it is optimized for SMP systems and the filters can be quite heavy.
A good old Divx Encode could have been deemed reasonnable too.
But basic usuers do understand Sandra and 3Dmark better.
Sad, isn't it ?
For those of you that wanted the grapics, I'll be taking an ASCII Art Course for the next one 8p
Introduction
We saw the release of the Opteron processor earlier this year which was powered by AMD's own 8131 Northbridge. With many months passed since and a lot of R&D invested, it was time to see what VIA were capable of when given the latest 64-bit processor to play with from AMD. The latest chipset to hit the market from the Taiwanese chipset manufacturer comes in the shape of the K8T800 and carries over everything you need when it comes to inserting those brand new processors into VIA-powered motherboards.
The K8T800 chipset carries over with it the latest Southbridge from VIA, the VT8237, which we were very impressed with when reviewing the PT800 only last month. It carries over the same features which we will look more into later on.
Due to the limitation in server hardware and server benchmarking software, we have chosen to write a preview on the chipset with a lot of benchmarks with different processor environments. We will help give people an understanding of the technology and the future it has.
Without dragging on anymore, let's see what VIA's K8T800 chipset is capable of when powered with some of the newest and most powerful processors to hit the market from Advanced Micro Devices.
The Opteron Processor
Before we get into talking about the chipset, we will take a moment to have a look at the processor which will be accompanying our test motherboard today.
The AMD Opteron is the latest processor to hit the market and carries the long awaited 64-bit architecture to the retail market. While we have seen Intel release a 64-bit processor to the market in the shape of the Itanium and Itanium 2 some time ago, it was one product that the end-user would not consider purchasing due to its high price tag and lack of chipset support.
The Opteron comes with a massive 940 pin count which is the largest of any processor implementing the PGA format. PGA or Pin Grid Array can be separated into two parts: the first being Pin, which in this case is the small metal pins we see coming from the bottom of the processor and the other is the Grid Array. The Grid Array is the formation the pins are in, which here is a 940 pin formation. Together we have the highest pin count currently on the market for this kind of technology. The Opteron processor also carries a huge 1MB of L2 cache to help when it comes to processor-hungry applications. The Opteron also has three Hyper Transport buses which we will look into more in just a moment.
What else AMD has in store for 64-bit
While we are on the subject of AMD processors, we may as well have a quick look at what else AMD have in store for the 64-bit market.
The cheapest of AMD's 64-bit line will be known as the Athlon 64 and will most likely be launched next month in Taiwan at Computex 2003. The Athlon 64 will be the entry level 64-bit processor and the mainstream product with a pin count of 754 replacing Athlon XP. Athlon 64 has the smallest amount cache out of the group with only 512k and will only support Single Channel DDR and one Hyper Transport Bridge meaning it is not SMP-capable.
The other processor which will be making an introduction, which seems to be confusing a lot of people, is Athlon FX or Athlon 64 FX. The Athlon FX will be the enthusiast processor, according to speculation currently floating around. Consisting of 1MB cache and three Hyper Transport buses, the only difference between it and the Opteron is support for SMP. The Athlon FX will consist of 939 pins; the pin that is missing is the one that gives it the ability to run Dual Processor mode.
Hyper Transport Buses
As we just mentioned, the Opteron and the Athlon FX will consist of multiple HT (Hyper Transport) buses, while the cheaper mainstream Athlon 64 will only have one.
One of the buses goes to your peripherals (your AGP slot, PCI slot, etc). This is the only one on the Athlon 64. The s
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