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    mitsubishi hc3 lcd projector price drop... adds it to choices at $1k...

    Actually 1000 ANSI lumens is pretty high for home theater especially when the unit really delivers it. The problem with this projector is not the brightness - it is very bright for home theater (read ProjectorCentral review) - but its relatively low contrast 500:1 Also the resolution 960x540 is...
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    ATi X800 PE tested with optimisations disabled

    I don't know if this has been posted - I did a search and didn't see it but feel free to correct me. Cortesy of TheInquirer.net: Link to the translated link from german And it makes differences - I wish next reviews will show both 6800/800XT tested at the same quality settings.
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    Future of Gaming and PC's

    Outputing true DD is major pain in the ass?? WTF are you smoking Wingznut - oh yeah I see you are probably using machine with CPU from your employer - well too bad for you - the rest of us enjoys the NForce2 with the MCP-T and gets the SAME positional DD encoding on the fly that is in XBox...
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    Thinking about it more....now which is more reasonable

    Definately go for the A64 3000 if you need the machine now. If you have a month you can go with s939 and dual channel motherboards. I am a software developer (mostly database/reports) and Hammer family is the best thing under the Sun that has happened to the people wanting fast Database machines...
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    question on how the a64 integrated fsb works

    Also the term HyperTransport Frequency is not correctly used in your statement (or in many BIOS and motherboard manuals) This 200MHz frequency you are talking about is the "Reference Frequency" - it is used to drive the whole CPU/internal links to XBar/Outside links to DDR RAM and HT links. For...
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    question on how the a64 integrated fsb works

    A64 does not have traditional FSB like K7 or Intel CPUs. What makes it different is that in A64 case the CPU core is connected internally with Cross Bar controller (XBar) via 64 bit link running the speed of the CPU (in A64 3000+ case that will be 64 bit 1800MHz). This Cross Bar/Xbar is also...
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    Encoding HDTV to Xvid

    Forget about it - it can NOT be done realtime with general hardware. Even a high end PC (3GHz P4) has barely enought speed to decode HDTV let alone to encode a 19Mbps stream. There are consumer HDTV cards (OTA, Fusion III is supposed to support QAM in later fix of their Gold III card) that can...
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    Analyst: Intel reversed engineered AMD64

    I really doubt Intel has any need to revere-engineer anything in AMD CPUs to use x86-64 Both companies has a cross licensing that they can use each other extension of the x86 plus you can not develop chip in just an year. Yes, may be initial Intel 64 extension has been completely different from...
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    omg....

    These pictures are coming from Russian Overclockers site: Operation Crack-In-My-Ass Edit: Actually the original site is Original Cracking Article in IPKonfig These guys intentionally broke the mobile A64 3200+ (Don't ask me why - maybe they didn't have what to write about). Edit:No Babelfish...
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    HOT!!! Costco Infocus Screenplay 4800 w/76"screen

    It is not the projector that suffers from rainbow effect - it is the people that are watching it :) RichardCC is correct that if somebody is sensitive to the rainbows this projector may not be for him since it has slower (2x) color wheel. Newer 4805 will have 4x color wheel and rainbows on 4x...
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    Dimension 2400 2.66ghz, 533mhz FSB, CD-Rom, 256MB, 80GB, $389 w/ free shipping

    Hi Guys, The price of $389 is correct - You just need to click "Continue" where it says $502 and you will be taken to the next page where you can drop the warranty from 2 to 1 year (substract $113) and $389 is the final price. The only problem is 4600 deal in the last several days were way...
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    **GASP** Dell... Opteron... **OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED**

    Whether GM or Ford will ask a Honda to build such engine - I doubt that either (it will be stupid to pay to competitor that doesn't compete in this niche for the moment) but it was a theoretical situation and my point was that money talks regardless of what the press statements are. Also aren't...
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    **GASP** Dell... Opteron... **OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED**

    So if one of "the big three" (or shall I say big two since Toyota went ahead of the Daimler-Chrysler) approaches Honda and asks them to build V8 engine for them Honda will refuse? - I seriously doubt that this will happen (regardless of any publicity). Plus an engine being V8 desn't mean that...
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    **GASP** Dell... Opteron... **OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED**

    Not to be too picky NSF4 but the Acura is owned by Honda so it happens all the time that Honda anounces new engines for Acura. And I find nothing strange for those announcements (not that Honda sometimes doesn't design/build engines for "big three" from time to time but that is a whole...
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    Which is better for me to get Athlon 64 3400 or the Pentium 4 3.4GHz 800MHz

    Well like others said For Gaming A64 For Video Encoding P4 Also currently your upgrade for the socket 754 will be limited to 3700+ (The last official statement from AMD) - you may wait a month or two for s939. P4 has no further upgrade for this platform (all newer ones are socket 775 plus they...
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    rechargeable batteries and chargers

    Pimping your store is SO MUCH AGIANST THE RULES that you just can't imagine! Bye bye NASTY SPAMMER!
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    Rechareable Batteries and Chargers

    in before the lock :)
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    $olid $tate hard drives comming?

    I agree that this drive is way overpriced - currently you can get 1GB CompactFlash card for less than $150 while 2GB ones can be had for $400. Of course the reason for this is that CompactFlash cards are mass produced unlike this HDD. What kills the usefullness of this HDD to some extend is...
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    is it worth getting the athlon 64 3000+ over the Barton 2500+

    That is utter bullshit. You are actually trying to prove your point by using Idiotic Ed's page versus oficial AMD roadmap?? You must be either blind or the Ed himself? SOCKET 754 IS HERE TO STAY! It will be the future lower priced 64 platform (and so far it extends to atleast A64 3700+) - the...
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    Intel Exec Sees 64-Bit Irrelevant for Home PCs Now

    Unfortunately Dullard there is no way to include (or properly to adress) these new registers with IA-32 so like it or not AMD64 is the solution to use these registers. It is part of the specs for the new x86-64 so give what is due to AMD for trying to fix x86 architecture for all (and I don't...
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    RAMBUS lost their patent in Europe

    I hope the same will happen with them with the FTC case against them here in USA Luckily the EPO (European Patent Office) decision is non appealable so no more "we are going to appeal" crap from these scammers. Here is the link EPO Decision to invalidate RAMBUS patent
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    64bit computing, is it time?

    Dullard, have you personally interviewed all people on this board? Couse I am for sure one that can use more than 4GB ram - I am actually using 6GB now in a development 2 way Xeon Server (mind you this is a development machine I have at home not a production one!) with SQL server and...
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    Free Win 64 beta for A64 (download or cd)

    Hi guys here is a bunch of different drivers (still way too few but it is a beggining) - credit goes again to NMDDANGE at aceshardware.com and of course planetamd64.com: PlanetAMD64 collection About Ati drivers they should be in the beta itself (the old one that I have has Ati drivers but no...
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    Free Win 64 beta for A64 (download or cd)

    You'r welcome ;) I myself had 64bit beta long time ago (was on the A64 launch event in San Francisco) but I am not sure if that is the same build. Here is also a link with some comparison between 64bit and 32bit (courtesy of "Trinity" from aceshardware.com): 64 bit vs. 32 bit Look at page 36...
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    Free Win 64 beta for A64 (download or cd)

    For all you people with A64+/Opterons enjoy: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/downloads/upgrade.asp Edit: Mods should this be here or in Hot deals? If you think it is in Hot deals please move it there, thanks! Hmmm that's a tuff call as it could be in Hot Deals, CPU, or the OS...
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    HELP!!! Need to build the GF a system for Christmas for < $400

    Here are my suggestions: Get cheap Nforce2 IGP motherboard - Biostar M7NCG for example - $68 from NewEgg Drop Geforce FX - Use integrated graphics - still has option later to purchase AGP card if you want one. Get cheap $20-30 ATX case - how often your GF will have to move it - I doubt she goes...
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    HELP!!! Need to build the GF a system for Christmas for < $400

    also if you are looking at Dell keep in mind that from just droping the mini PC to normal and using NForce2 integrated graphics (still way better than intel integrated) you should be able to drop another $150 - Cheap ATX case+NForce2 MB can be found for <$100. And that not even counting another...
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    HELP!!! Need to build the GF a system for Christmas for < $400

    I second that this Dimension 2400 is POS - no AGP slot (big NO NO!), mediocre graphicss (Intel Extreme Bullshit) and finally stuck with alot of propriatary Dell parts so no upgrade whatsoever. Hey xerocool why don't you cut the CPU from 2800+ to 2500+ the difference is ~$50 and it overclocks...
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    UPDATE!!! - office depot $50 or $70 off $130

    For that idiot who said OD has more money and will hire better lawyers - they better have a very good lawer since charging a CC without customer consend is a FEDERAL WIRE FRAUD so it will be not my lawer who will sue them - it will be the state General Attorney. Sorry to disappoint you buddy...
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    The 64 bit question?

    As I have stated home users barly needs the 64bit functionality but they can still use some of the K8 features like 2x registers and on-board memory controller (and recompilation for specific processor is always wellcome). Where you are completely wrong (or spreading FUD) is you part about Xeon...
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    The 64 bit question?

    The 64 bitness is for the integer arithmethic only since standart FP operations can do even 80bit precision. There are very few applications that can benefit strongly from 64bit int - mainly encryption/decription algorithms (can show more than 2-3 times speedup since single 64 multiplication can...
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    Dell, Gateway adopt Intel's Emergency Edition chip **Update** Dell unable to ship Pentium 4 Expensive Edition yet

    As user experience suggested there is no way current A64 to dissipate 75W http://www.aceshardware.com/forum?read=105049324 Aceshardware also had calculations some time ago for Opteron (144 so 1.8GHz) power consumption and it concluded that at full power it dissipates around 55W See also...
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    Athlon 64 vs. P4... what should I get?

    He is talking about Socket 754 A64 not Socket 940 A64 FX. And socket 754 is here to stay - that will be the mainstream platform for A64. Socket 939 will be more expensive for a long time. Also Socket 940 is also here to stay - this is the socket for the Opterons and will stay as such. Besides...
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    Athlon 64 vs. Apple G5 Systems -- Athlon64 cleans house

    What do you need 64bit programs for? Plain simple - to be optimized specificly for AMD. Most programs are not optimized at all (or optimized for P4 where Intel poured money, like Lightwave, 3DStudio and most benchmarks) and despite of that A64 is the best overall performer. Expect just from...
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    Anand uses FX-51 for roundup.

    Yes but no price at all so how can you be sure that the price of equipment (and more importantly the service) will be lower? Plus it doesn't matter just the number of channels in HD to me, what matter is the number of good channels. What is the point of having 150+channels of which I watch only...
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    Anand uses FX-51 for roundup.

    Well you may have a worse POS case than my POS (1800+Palo should be in the same heat neighbourhood as 2100+TBred). I hear you about being ugly but keep in mind that while difference of thermal conductivity of steel and aluminum is not that big, the differenfce between steel and wood is...
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    Anand uses FX-51 for roundup.

    I don't know what is your problem with 480i since svhs is by nature 480i so even if it is upsampled to 720p or 1080i you still are not going to get much quality (it is just not there in the signal at the first place, though Faroudja deinterlacer is making wonders with interlaced signal). Second...
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    Anand uses FX-51 for roundup.

    What machine is this - my 2100XP is TBred and is running fine even overclocked to 2.3GHz in that case (noisy thought)? The only reason I got the SLK is that it was a hot deal - $20 (I told ya!) Also what would you need the wooden box for - wood is the worst heat conductor that I can possibly...
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    Anand uses FX-51 for roundup.

    First like I mentioned above even $20 aftermarket for HSF is too much for mass market, let alone cases for $50-$100. Also all my Athlons that I had has been in such $20 POS case (not the PS though - I bought the best one $30 can buy) and my Athlon 2100XP is usually running undervolted with large...
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    Anand uses FX-51 for roundup.

    Well I think he is talking about server room where cooling is really massive. Cooling 2U is nothing but now imagine 48 dual 1U put in a rack - just the processors alone will dissipate 96*100=9600W (not counting SCSI, PS and other insignifficant stuff). I hope you realize that it is NOT easy to...