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41682	2002-04-04 00:50:00	Now that the P4 2.4 has been released, all the reviews are starting to come in, so if you want to see what everyone thinks check out these links: Anandtech <www.anandtech.com [H]ardOCP <www.hardocp.com Extreme Tech <www.extremetech.com hardCOREware.net <www.hardcoreware.net Hardware Analysis <www.hardwareanalysis.com HardwareMania <www.hardwaremania.com HEXUS.net <www.hexus.net HotHardware <www.hothardware.com The Tech Report <www.tech-report.com The Tech Zone <thetechzone.com Tweak3D.Net <www.tweak3d.net TweakTown <www.tweaktown.com AMD has announced that the official launch of AthlonXP Thoroughbred for desktops will occur in the second half of June. The first CPU with the new core will be released as the AthlonXP 2400+ and will have the actual clock frequency of 1.933GHz. To complement the new CPU, there will also be Thoroughbred CPUs rated at 2000+ and 2200+ to replace the existing Palomino models. Before the new core is released AMD will release one more AthlonXP based on the Palomino core, the Athlon XP 2200+ working at the actual frequency of 1.8GHz. Just spied this over a X-Bit Labs <www.xbitlabs.com dealing with the new Duron and Celeron Cpu's. Check it out: It has been no secret for anyone for a long time already that Intel is going to move the entire value Celeron family to a new Willamette-128 processor core. The new Celeron processors, which are to be announced so time after May 20 will have Pentium 4 architecture with smaller 128KB L2 cache, will work in Socket478 and feature the initial core clock frequency of 1.7GHz. This will be no happy turning for AMD, because Celeron (Willamette-128) will work at much higher clock frequencies than the budget solutions from AMD Duron family. Therefore AMD has to undertake something in response. Luckily, a new 0.13micron Appaloosa core is to come soon, and it is intended exactly for Duron processors. However, Appaloosa, which is a direct successor to the currently used Morgan core doesn?t have any architectural differences from its predecessor and feature 64KB L2 cache. It means that by simply shifting the whole Duron family to a new 0.13micron Appaloosa core AMD will not solve the problem. As a result, AMD will undertake a number of marketing moves. Firstly, as soon as Duron migrates to Appaloosa core, all the CPUs will start supporting faster bus. All Duron processors working at over 1.4GHz core clock frequency (these will be the ones to start using new core) will support 266MHz bus. Secondly, in order to enable the users to compare adequately the performance of the new Duron (Appaloosa) and Celeron (Willamette-128), the new low-cost AMD processors will acquire the same performance rating marking as Athlon XP have. The Duron name however, will stay. The first Duron (Appaloosa) with 266Mhz bus and marked with a new rating are preliminarily scheduled to appear in early Q3?02. At that time AMD is going to announce Duron 1600+, 1700+, 1800+. These three CPUs will feature the actual clock frequencies of 1.4GHz, 1.46GHz and 1.53GHz respectively. This way the Duron processor rating will be calculated from the same formula as Athlon XP processor rating. And it also means that AMD rating will no longer be any means of characterizing processor performance but will completely turn into an empirical means of comparing the chips with the competing solutions. Later on, when this info gets more confirmation, we will try to figure out if this way of using performance rating is justified at all. The makers of KaZaA have produced a new version of the program that has a little utility built-in that will, when activated, use your unused processing power and bandwidth when downloading and searching peer-to-peer. Here's a bit on it from the company: 'Everybody will get turned on in more or less a simultaneous fashion,' Bermeister said. 'This will be an opt-in program...We're trying to create a secure network based on end-user relationships.' The Brilliant Digital plan is the most ambitious yet from a string of companies that have tried to make money off the millions of people who are downloading and using free file-swapping programs such as Kazaa, MusicCity's Morpheus or LimeWire. They claim that it is a voluntary feature and will not be installed automatically. Check the rest of the story here <news.com.com Still with KaZaA and a new site has developed a version of KaZaZ that is ad free. The new lite version is made here <www.kazaalite.tk where it will show you how to install Kazaa Lite without all the spyware. KaZaA Lite does not contain the following: No Adware No Spyware No banners No bitratelimit for mp3 files No websites loaded into KaZaA No BDE Viewer No Bonzi Buddy Set up multiple users with the included PseudoTrack tool Get it here <www.kazaalite.tk Hardware Info 4.84 and Hardware Info32 1.06 have been made available for download. Hardware Info is a detection utility to identify hardware. Here's what's new in the two new versions: Hardware Info v4.84. Updated SMBus support for Intel 82801CA(M) ICH3(-M) and 82801E C-ICH. Added detection of ATI A4 (RS200, RS200M) and R300 chipsets. Updated P.I.ROM support for Intel Xeon Processors. Added identification of nVidia GeForce4 420/440 Go and Quadro4 500 GoGL. Added recognition of several Gainward CARDExpert graphics cards. Added detection and support of Intel E7500 chipset. Added identification of ATI RADEON 8800 and Fire GL 8700/8800 cards. Added detection of Mobile Intel Pentium 4 Processor - M. Added support of 533 MHz QDR Pentium 4 bus. Added recognition of Intel Xeon Processor MP. Fixed a bug in the MPS support. Added detection of 3Dlabs Wildcat III 6110 and 6210. Added several new ASUS and Abit video cards based on NV17 and NV25. Whats new in Hardware Info32 v1.06. Updated SMBus support for Intel 82801CA(M) ICH3(-M) and 82801E C-ICH. Enhanced CD/DVD drive information (reports R/W capabilities). Added detection of ATI A4 (RS200, RS200M) and R300 chipsets. Updated P.I.ROM support for Intel Xeon Processors. Added identification of nVidia GeForce4 420/440 Go and Quadro4 500 GoGL. Added recognition of several Gainward CARDExpert graphics cards. Added detection and support of Intel E7500 chipset. Added support of PCI-X bus. Added identification of ATI RADEON 8800 and Fire GL 8700/8800 cards. Added detection of Mobile Intel Pentium 4 Processor - M. Added support of 533 MHz QDR Pentium 4 bus. Added recognition of Intel Xeon Processor MP. Added detection of 3Dlabs Wildcat III 6110 and 6210. Added several new ASUS and Abit video cards based on NV17 and NV25. Grab the new versions here <www.hwinfo.com ZoneLabs <http://www.zonelabs.com> has updated ZoneAlarm Pro to version 3.0.118 with the following changes: MailSafe now quarantines 46 different attachment types by default Addresses issues with Diablo II and other software titles on Windows 9x operating systems Addresses proxy server issues with software such as Webwasher and Proxomitron Includes additional performance improvements Panel tabs have been redesigned for improved visibility MailSafe security and usability improvements Download the update here <www.zonelabs.com or through the program itself. WinAMP 3 Beta 3 Build 470 is out with these <genghis.winamp.com changes. It must be pointed out that this is a developmental beta release and NOT and official beta. Download it here <genghis.winamp.com FilePlanet <http://www.fileplanet.com> has managed to snag a bootleg copy of the trailer for the next Lord Of The Ring's film, The Two Towers. The trailer is a 20MBdownload and is available here <www.fileplanet.com or here <server4.bluedomino.net Ye Old Hardware reviews: ABIT Siluro GeForce4 MX440 Video Card on Overclocker Cafe <www.overclockercafe.com Asus A7V266-E Motherboard on Viper's Lair <www.viperlair.com ATI Radeon 8500 Video Card on DeviantPC <www.deviantpc.com Coolink U1P2 HSF on TweakTown <www.tweaktown.com EPoX EP-8K3A+ Motherboard on PC PowerZone <www.pcpowerzone.co.uk Leadtek GeForce4 MX A170DDR-T Video Card on The DDR Zone <www.theddrzone.com Ratpadz Mousing Surface on Hardwareflux.com <www.hardwareflux.com Swiftech MCX478 Cooler (in Video) on 3dGameMan <www.3dgameman.com Swiftech Quiet Power Watercooled Case on ExplosiveHardware.net <www.explosivehardware.net Visiontek Xtasy GeForce4 Ti4400 Video Card on HEXUS.net <www.hexus.net	Guest (0)
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