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It's been a hectic weekend around, but unfortunately, not for news. I'm still trying to get back to all the people who replied to the "help wanted" post (If you haven't heard back from me yet, I'm getting there!), but you should be seeing a few new names on the frontpage this coming week. Please be kind. We don't want you to scare of the new guys on their first day or anything :-)

As for making our own news around here. Last week was a very good week for us. I've got some -really- cool new boards in for review as well as a case and a few other goodies. I know Jim is almost done with his next review and I have another ready to go any day. If we can't find news to post, we'll just create some of our own.

While I'm blabbing here anyway, I want to remind you guys to help support us, by supporting our sponsors. While we don't ask for you to click on banners just because, if you are in the market for some memory at least check Crucial's site (via the banner). It's good for us, good for them, and maybe good for you too.

Jim_ Administrator Posts: 3464 Joined: 2000-03-15

#19514 Posted on: 11/04/2002 10:05 AM Originally posted by Hooz I know Jim is almost done with his next review. Quite true. I could have a review of Gigabyte's GA-7DPXDW+ as early as tomorrow evening. I just have to write-up a conclusion and decide on an appropriate rating. I apologize for the delays, but I've been dealing with a lot of shit over the last month and a half. It's been rough but things are starting to normalize. I hope. [url="http://www.2cpu.com"][size=1]2CPU.com[/url] - Because two are always better than one! [url="http://www.jimkirk.org"]jimkirk.org[/url] - Not a Myth any Longer. Just a Dad.[/size]

nzwazza SMP Newbie Posts: 23 Joined: 2000-11-15

#19515 Posted on: 11/04/2002 10:41 AM I would be interested in the Gigabyte review, as we are about to buy a significant number (more than 10) of these boards for work. Thanks for all the work you guys put in. Waz

JCLW Registered User Posts: 570 Joined: 2001-01-23

#19516 Posted on: 11/04/2002 09:34 PM Is something new expected on the Xeon front Nov 17th (new stepping? 533FSB? faster speeds?)? I just noticed the prices on Prestonias are supposed to drop 25%+ that day. The Northwood B 3.06 chips are due Nov 14th with the usual price slide. - JW Will Vista run on my TRS-80?

questionlp the Cowardly Tech Posts: 323 Joined: 2002-02-14

#19517 Posted on: 11/05/2002 01:01 AM It looks like Gallatin (0.13-micron Xeon MP at up to 2Ghz and up to 2MB L3 cache) finally poked it's head up: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=6052 It looks like the move to 0.13-micron really helped to drop power consumption of the Xeon MP quite a bit... even more interesting is the nominal increase in power usage between the 1.9Ghz 512K L2/1MB L3 and the 2.0Ghz 512K L2/2MB L3 processors: http://developer.intel.com/design/xeon/datashts/25193101.pdf The datasheet also mentions the new Socket 604 and 533Mhz FSB Xeons, along with an updated packaging (INT-mPGA to FC-mPGA2) and a low voltage Xeon processor. Does anyone know the difference between the two other than the number of pins? [http://closedsrc.org/] My Rig: 2x 2.4GHz Xeon, 1GB PC2700, Supermicro X5DAL-TG2, ATI AIW 9000, SB Audigy 2 Plat/EX, 2x 80GB 7200.7's, Plextor 40x and 8/20, Pioneer 106D, Antec 1000AMG, Enermax 460W EPS-12V

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