Hammer benchmarks and Samsung DDR400 plans

AMDZONE says it has learned from AMD at Siggraph in Texas that Hammer benchmarks will be unveiled at the Microprocessor Forum this October. They've also posted a review of a P421 Case. Start here.

Hardwareluxx has posted some Samsung memory roadmaps from the Platform conference, detailing the chaebol's DDR333 and 400 plans. How come DDR400 when the JEDEC spex organisation has only just come out with a new update to the 333 spec? they ask. Wibble over to this German site's forum here.

ACE'S HARDWARE has posted up an extensive review of Matrox's Parhelia card. If you've been distracted by ATI's shenanigans, and maybe if you run Win 98, cough, wibble over here.

Hardocp has a look at Asus' V8420 Ti4200 Deluxe. The V8420 looks like a Ti4400and it performs like one, but it costs less and comes with a ton of features the Ti4400 doesn't, they say. Click here.

X-bit Labs have come up with their own benchmarking test for hard disk drives. They call it the File-Copy Test and you can find more details over here.

Lost Circuits has posted a review of SIS's new 648 chipset. "I know it is two days old but, hey, I am typing as fast as I can," pleads Michael, over here. "Overall," says Michael, "the new chipset convinces, with blazing fast performance in the same league as any PC1066 Rambus system, even though we found a few issues, primarily with the ATA interface that need to be resolved before the chipset becomes a undisputedly viable platform."

3DVelocity have posted a review of the innovative AT7 MAX from ABIT, the board that dumps all legacy devices including both PS2 and parallel ports. Check out their verdict over here.

Teccentral have reviewed the new Asus V8420 Deluxe VGA Card, which is based on the nVidia Geforce 4 Ti 4200 chipset. It's 14 pages of very nice German here. Here's an attempt at a translation.

DeviantPC has posted a review of a PCI Bus Malfunction Analyser. "The PCGeiger," they say, "provides an easy interface with the hardware in your system. It provides data on boot up sequence (error), displays overclocking information and can use functions such as CMOS reset or IDE master/slave selection." Wibble this way.

More round cables? Interested? Check out Aselabs' look at the Directron range over here.

Finally, we found Phil. His drive for an independent driver database is going nicely, he says and there's $100 on offer for the post with the most. The top guy so far has submitted 255 drivers (and counting) says Phil. Wibble this way to check it out and add your own selections.

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