Recent content by leukotriene

You mean official support? I'd look into boards using the AMD 760 chipset. As I understand it, many boards unofficially support ECC RAM. Plugging it in probably won't break anything :D

Which Cheetah model? X15? 60MB/sec is probably about where you want to be, though ATTO is not an optimal hard drive test and not representative of real-world usage. Sequential transfer rates are only a small part of the picture - what a 15,000 rpm drive gets you is high STR's in addition to...

They are very good for the price, particularly for portables, but I'd say "usually under $60". Also, auditioning them before buying is a good idea since some people have comfort issues

A very exciting claim based (I'm sure) on dispassionate measurement of all extant Panasonic portable products rather than anecdotal subjective evidence compiled from an obsolete model or two and extrapolated to an entire product line. Do you have any empirical measurements to vouch for this...

Socket A Sempr0n will probably be closer in performance to the Celeron D than previous Durons were to Celerons (that is Celerons have sucked so badly for so long that there was not much comparison in gaming). The Socket 754 Sempr0n on the other hand, will probably be a really good buy since...

My experience with Panasonic and Sony CD portables suggests the Panasonic output quality is very good, the battery life is excellent, and the durability is superior to comparable Sony models (outside of the Sports/Shockwave lines). Sony's output volume tends to be louder. The last Panasonic I...

Let's put it this way: according to what I've read, Doom3 is going to use software positional audio completely. Too bad A3D 3.0 never made it and Creative bought up the IP and locked it away.

The higher scores with 2003 are probably because 2/3 of the tests were "flyby" tests. The actual botmatch has much lower scores. Apparently they are not doing flyby benchmarks with 2004. It's amazing to me that they could get ahold of so many different Macs and then put them up against...

Any motherboard with a 775 contact CPU socket is designed exclusively for Prescott. Or are you wondering what socket 478 boards are capable of accommodate Prescott? No. The motherboard has little effect on the absolute temperature of the CPU under load, all things being equal. What it...

The RAID 0 part of your setup is not worth it unless your data is completely disposable and you are only concerned about boot time and the games that benefit from RAID 0 (and the particular stripe size). See here for game loading time comparisons in four different games and several apps at...

The Mac is forced to run in OpenGL with UT2004, which is actually much less of an issue than the BareFeats reviewers seem to wish it was. In OpenGL mode, UT2004 runs well on Radeon9500's and up, and probably better on comparable nvidia hardware. If they were truly concerned about...

Shuttle AN35N Ultra (plus a cheap Radeon for video). And you're done :D The integrated audio and LAN are quite acceptable, and the board is absolutely rock solid. It supports both a 400MHz FSB (not that you care) and the Barton core. No cheap little northbridge fan to start squealing and...

I believe the KT3 Ultra has multiplier adjust and FSB adjust in the BIOS. Unfortunately the KT333 chipset only really supports a 266MHz FSB (or around there) stably and has no FSB/AGP lock. You want as high a multiplier as you can manage with a 133MHz (266) FSB and a mobile chip. Be sure to...

It will not be "supported" but it will probably work.

I'm willing to bet those speakers will produce sound.