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    2.5" Intel 750 SSD and SATA Express Compatibility

    Does anyone know if the 2.5" form factor Intel 750 SSD will work if connected to a SATA Express port? I would have to buy my own SATA Express cable, but on the device side, SATA Express cables are mechanically compatible with U.2 cables. Intel 750 SSDs can work with a U.2 to M.2 adapter in Z97...
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    First *real-world* benches of Barcelona?

    Well, Merom actually has 3 ALUs, 2 FPUs, and 3 SSE units, although I believe the FPUs and SSE units share some resources so are not completely exclusive. In terms of K10 fetching instructions in 32-byte blocks, Merom is actually a little better than K8's 16-byte fetch in that it also has a...
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    my GMA x3000 benchmarks...

    Sorry for bringing up an old topic, but Intel has released new 14.25 drivers and it's supposed to enabled Pixel Shader 3.0 support. Earlier reports are that the 14.25 driver only adds software Pixel Shader 3.0 support and certainly Vertex Shader and T&L aren't added yet, but maybe someone could...
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    Intel GMA 3000 Graphics

    I wouldn't worry about it. The drivers they are using right now are 14.21. Full hardware PS3.0 support isn't added until 14.24 and hardware VS and T&L isn't added until 14.26. http://www.hkepc.com/bbs/itnews.php?tid=638462&starttime=0&endtime=0 It's probably running so bad because it's in...