AMD gets trounced in multi-tasking benchmarks

TOM'S HARDWARE reviews the Aopen Powermaster solution which is presented as a Quasi Speedstep for Desktop Pentium IV systems. They test the i915a-PLF and downclocks a P4 by 1GHz. After overclocking, will the new rule be dynamic clocking to reduce heat or additional cores kicking in as demand increases?

Coolermaster Aquagate is minireviewed at VR-zone. The MiniR 120 as it is called was unveiled at Cebit 2005 and was touted as a simple DIY water cooling setup. After extensive evaluation and benchmarking, guess the guys from VR-zone must have been pretty pleased with it, saying that presents with a viable alternative to air cooling. No extreme overclocking candidate though.

Anandtech provides us with a Part II performance preview of Intel's dual core performance - when will there be a full review then? The results are pretty clear. AMD's is cooler, almost beatable on single thread apps but utterly trounced in multi tasking. Now with virtualisation looming, AMD should better launch its dual core solutions quick. They did not overclock the Pentium D though and also mention some interesting facts about NCQ.

Hardwarezone gets us a review of the Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal motherboard and a nVidia reference board featuring the just announced nForce 4 SLI Intel edition. Bearing in mind that the chipset supports SATA II, DualDDRII, Active Armor, Dual LAN, Firewire and more IOs that you would ever use, its easy to see why even this first edition is a winner... except for the price which should place it in dual processor board category.

A Sony screen was never cheap but when Hardwarecentral tests a 17-inch LCD monitor equipped with HDTV-capable tuner and bearing the distinctive Sony Logo for only $599. Then you're bound to be interested. The Sony MFM-HT75W is a beauty and a screen well worth having. Hardwarecentral also reviews the 19-inch LG Glastron 1980Q which can bend even more than a Yoga Guru, tilting a full 150 degrees, with the image automatically inverting so that the other side gets a full view. Impressive.

Another LCD screen review is that of the Samsung Syncmaster 243T which stands at a mamooth 24-inch . The PCStats review covers all grounds, like its OSD, portrait mode and control panel and other stuffs. At the end of the day though, it all boils down to whether you have the money to pay for it. $2230 can get you five 17-inch LCD monitor and a new computer system.

Newcomer GamePyre has a good ol' review of a 6800GT SLI rig build using a Gigabyte GA-K8NXP board. Fairly basic benchmarks using common perception biased bar charts (bars being twice as long when difference is 6 frames per example).

PS1 : Ricky and Pedro, the 4Ghz guys I mentioned yesterday are from aquapc-forum.com and not from XtremSystems. Thanks to Cyber379353 for the correction. µ

PS2 : Thanks for the dozens of answers and suggestions to the 8500DV request yesterday. Will try them all this week.