vertigo wrote:

New version of Windows

... with more bloat than ever before. Our faster PC's will be put to good use (well, not good use...).

Aagh, that's why dual-core will be needed, to run the bleedin' new virtual reality interface thingy, or whatever it is they are getting up to

Speaking of 64-bit, I don't think Yonah will be 64-bit since that would require the use of more transistors which would increase power consumption. Maybe Intel will do it, but maybe not. Yonah is 32 bit, but its replacement Merom, which is due out the 2nd half of next year is 64 bit. I don't think ...

I'm just glad to see that Intel are going to be back in the game on the desktop from next year; I'm all for more choice. Whatever AMD come up with, at least Intel are going to be useable again. For the last 18 months or so my easy choices have been AMD desktop and Intel laptop. With Dothan now an ea...

Overclocked Dothans already outperform AthlonFX-57. For gaming, it's 10% faster than Athlon64 clock-by-clock. And overclocked FX-57s outperform overclocked Dothans, so? Isn't the relevant point here that Dothan and FX have a similar IPC and not how high they overclock. Of course FX is released at h...

anyone that puts together a new computer should want it to be able to be both dual core and handle 64 bit os's dual yonah if it's dirt cheap will be a nice idea for a while, but im doubting it will be as the dirt cheap low performance area is for pentium D at low megahertz. My wonder is what will M...

64 bit will be old hat by 2 years from now Looked at purely from the hardware side, it’s still going to be relatively new. No manufacturer even currently has a line-up of CPUs that are all 64 bit compliant. Add in all the legacy 32 bit systems and in 2 years time only a minority of systems will be ...

64 bit will be old hat by 2 years from now I can’t see 64 bit being of much use to many people until after Vista has been out for about 6 months or so and native applications released; so that’s about 2 years then. The hat should be wearing in nicely by then :) Well AMD have dual core Turion’s out ...

Merom is 65 nm right? well that doesnt exist at all. not even to check out somewhere as a tech geek. … also, 64 bits and dothan styled chips wont be combined for a LONG time. why? who knows Intel has been showing working silicon of a dual core Merom running Windows XP 64 bit edition at their confer...

I’ve read a lot of sites for information on Intel’s plans for next year as they sound worth following. I couldn’t find any figures for the TDP of Merom though; did anybody find any numbers for these parts and I don’t mean the low voltage parts? 65W for Conroe as a desktop part sounds good enough to ...

Thanks for the input, If you follow the link below, it gives a table of compatibility between various versions of the AGP interface: http://www.interfacebus.com/Design_Connector_AGP.html It turns out to be more complicated than I imagined. I’m not going to paraphrase so take a look yourself if inter...

Can I use a Radeon 7000 rated as 2X/4X (3.3V/1.5V) on a Socket 754 motherboard, which is rated as 8X 1.5 volts only? I’m not concerned about 3D performance (obviously), but want to make sure that the voltages are compatible. Also, any idea on how this card compares to a FX5200 in terms of power cons...

Hi mb2, It was over 6 months ago and I don’t remember the issue clearly enough to give a technical analysis of why I found two Acer 292 series screens so abysmal. I noticed the issue on two different models, although they were both part of the 292 series. I didn’t mean to imply that Acer is particul...

Well hopefully they've improved on newer models, the models that I found appalling are discontinued.

I’m looking at Athlon 64 boards and some of them that interest me don’t support undervolting in the BIOS, but do support Cool ‘n’ Quiet. I know it’s possible to undervolt using CrystalCPUID and similar tools, but my question is, how low can you undervolt using such software? Are they likely to be li...

Thanks for the advice. I hadn’t considered a PCI card, but since I just need basic 2D performance it shouldn’t make any difference, unless I’m saturating the PCI buss with other data. I’d forgotten about under-clocking graphic cards for some reason! As for under-volting, I guess that will take some ...

I tried Speedfan but it didn't recognise any devices.
The fans were temp controlled when running from battery, but not when running from mains!

I’ve been using FX5200 cards for a while, as they are generally passively cooled with decent 2D performance and quality. However, I recently noticed that the heatsinks are rather hot considering that it’s only handling 2D functionality. So I wondered if there are any other AGP cards that consume les...

Acer laptop seems pretty well buildt, they look real good. And the prices are amazing. Acer Aspire AMD Turion 64 3000+(AS5002WLMI-XPH) 80GB 512Mb 15.4" DVD+/-RW 802.11g XP Home Laptop only About $1200cdn Thanks They are, but as I mentioned above, the screens can be so bad as to make them pretty use...

Mats, The over-clocking potential of a Celeron M in a desktop board is not of much relevance in this context, as we are discussing inexpensive laptops which are very unlikely to offer any form of over-clocking. The price differential between Celeron M and Pentium M systems has shrunk considerably ov...

winguy wrote:All of the 3000 series sport the 25W sempron? What chipsets are they using?

Not all mobile Semprons are 25 watt, see the link below for models.

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/Virt ... 09,00.html

Hi, A mobile Sempron 3000 will be faster and cooler than a Celeron M 1.5 and should have slightly better battery life. The Celeron M doesn't use Speedstep, which is its achilles heel. First of all I'm not sure about that first statement, how do you know that? And about CM, all 90 nm CM got speedste...

Hi, A mobile Sempron 3000 will be faster and cooler than a Celeron M 1.5 and should have slightly better battery life. The Celeron M doesn't use Speedstep, which is its achilles heel. You have to make sure that it's a mobile Sempron though and not the plain Sempron. If you look at the link below it ...

I’ve been looking for a new laptop recently and was seduced by a couple of Samsung X series models, X30 & X15+. Unfortunately, their fan is on permanently when on AC power, even if you use SpeedswitchXP or other methods to enable Speedstep when running on mains. There could be a software solution ou...

I’ve been doing some research for a laptop purchase and came across two low power AMD models that some of you might be interested in. The 25 watt Sempron model is cheaper than the Turion 35 watt and had a high spec for the money. I’ve previously found that inexpensive Acer’s have poor quality TFTs s...

I built my sister a system recently with an Asus A8V Deluxe, which uses a passively cooled VIA KT800Pro. I’m fairly pleased with it but it’s still not quite as stable as I’d like. I’ve never been 100% pleased with any VIA based motherboard that I’ve used; that’s only about 4 over 10 years but every ...

I’m looking at swapping the cpu on a Centrino laptop, however I have no idea what the compatibility issues are between the various sockets and packaging types. Anyone up on this? Dothan seems to be either: 478 pin PPGA or 479 pin H-PBGA. whilst Banias on the other hand is: 478 pin PPGA FC-PGA2 or 47...

I wanted to get the hard facts so I phoned AMD and they confirmed that both the 3000+ & 3100+ S754 Sempron on 90 nm support C’n’Q. Part numbers: SDA3000AIO2BA SDA3100AIO3BA He couldn’t confirm that the retail boxes also support C’n’Q, but it seems very likely. Part numbers: SDA3000BABOX SDA3100BABOX

A few questions on this adapter: Does it support speedstep? If not, then you might as well save yourself some money and use a 90 nm Celeron M with 1 MB cache. Performance wise it’s very close to Dothan and overclocks well, allegedly. Does it monitor the CPU’s thermal diode? If not, you will not be a...

In any case, we'll see how they price the 25watt line, I've only seen price estimates for the 35 watt line. I do not expect the 25watters to be cheap (I bet the price = Pentium M) and I kind of wonder how widely-available the 25watt cpus will be. Jump back a few posts and you'll have a link to AMD'...

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Weblets/0,,783 ... 09,00.html

The above link shows that low voltage Semprons are in the range $99-134 for 2600+ to 3000+
Turion MTs (25 Watts) start at $189.