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Offline bloom25

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« on: June 04, 2001, 06:47:00 PM »
 http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1484
 http://www.tomshardware.com/mainboard/01q2/0106041/index.html

Nvidia looks like they might just take over the chipset business too.    If what these 2 articles say are true the other chipset makers have much to fear: Integrated GF 2 Mx video card, Integrated sound more advanced than any available soundcard on the market, dual channel DDR Ram support (provides even more bandwidth than dual channel rambus! ).  There are also a TON of other features.  The Athlon already beats the P4 pretty easily, now it will absolutely destroy it.

(If I were Intel I might be a little afraid now.    They might want to consider licensing Nvidia to make that P3 version afterall... )

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« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2001, 07:08:00 PM »
 http://www.inqst.com/articles/nforce/0605main.htm

This one has some statements about performance.  If what they say is true, the numbers are truely impressive.  (One test, copying a large file, literally got cut in 1/2!)  Memory bandwidth is at least 30% greater than current systems and up to 300% greater in some tests.

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