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PCMark raises questions about Vista design flaws
PCMARK VANTAGE HAS been released onto the world, just as we have announced here. Couple of usual suspects brought out the review of this benchmark, and we'll list them in alphabetical order: Bjorn3D, Elite Bastards and TechGage.
All in all, the benchmark leaves quite a few questions when it comes to difference between Windows XP and Vista. I've been asked this a lot lately, and my personal take is that while Windows XP appeared , the market was segmented in Windows 98/Me and 2000. 98SE had its base of followers, 2000 were used for serious business. Vista is trying to be "Jack of All Trades", but as we all know, it ends with "Master of None". To see scores jumping up and down on 64-bit Vista Enterprise Edition is just unprofessional from Microsoft, since it is more than obvious that Enterprise has to suffer through same issues as Home Premium users.
Keeping in tune with software, Professor Brian Robinson of 3Dprofessor fame published a review of Diskeeper 2008. This defragmentation utility managed to raise performance of different apps over the previous version, so you might want to give it a good look.
Ending the software part of today's Roundup, HillbillyHardware came up with a review of Catalyst 7.10 drivers. These new "shoot'em up" driver edition showed some significant improvement in performance over previous driver releases, and ATI users can only hope that this is the right way to go for the company.
Super Talent SmartClip proved to be quite an interesting MP3 player with a nifty touch screen. With its very compact dimensions, this might even be a better product than iPod nano/mini.
Intel P35 chip may be falling out of interest thanks to X38 and big marketing efforts rising around this higher-class, more expensive chipset - but truth is somewhat different. X38 dissapointed a bit with preliminary results, and X48 is nothing but a better speed-binned X38 with a higher price. Virtual-Hideout has in-depth view of Asus Blitz Formula and Blitz Extreme.
Bit-tech wants to confirm that, and lads released a review of Foxconn Mars. Sadly for Foxconn, this motherboard was deemed a failure over at Bit-Tech. What went wrong? Find out here.
Over the past week, we have been following the series of reviews of Fatal1ty based products, and now the time has come for XFX GeForce 8800GTS 320MB, of course - Fatal1ty edition. Guru of 3D brings the lowdown here. Here's a sniff - this Fatal1ty product rocks. Or you might want to give another comment for a product that comes with GPU clocked at 150 MHz faster than reference clock, memory is pitched at 999 MHz (default: 800 MHz). Shaders are also overclocked to heaven's high, from 1.2 GHz to massive 1.62 GHz, fastest from any nV pre-overclocked product in whole 8800 series.
What happens after a year passes? A product will either get replaced by its successor or get a redesign that will listen to customers reactions from the original part. When it comes to Logitech G15 gaming keyboard, it is the latter. Company announced a redesigned part in summer, and with November looming at the door, Logitech released the new keyboard on the market. Boot Daily brings the low-down.
The time has come that PSU market gets a part that offers more than 1.1 KW in efficient juice, which at 80Plus efficiency standard means we are talking about a 1.3 KW part. Tagan's 1.3 KW part is being called "wonder" in this review, but we'll leave that call to you. With PSUs that are now entering this service for our readers called the Hardware Wibble - mostly having more than 1000W in power, we're going to call all PSU wattages in KW form, to keep things simple.
And to stay in line with our new policy, two 1KW PSUs were reviewed and
previewed, to be more precise. OCModShop published a review of OCZ ProXstream,
while Hardware Secrets dug up deeply to unveil the secret of Corsair's very
first 1KW PSU, from HX series. It seems that this PSU will be first to market
with dual independent transformers and true dual 12V rails.
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"Super Talent SmartClip proved to be quite an interesting MP3 player with a nifty touch screen."

You mean touch controls right? Since this thing has no LCD Screen.
Theres SO Much, Like Circus Maximus of Events compared to simple linear COMPUTING past. 
Having 32 bit core is NEW w/ 2 16 bit lines feeding into 32 bit cache crossbar, even there sub memory & activeity making it complex in die world, yet vista uses each of two 16 bit caches seperately with specified intiation string from only preset one?, while 7 can use ethier line to initiate, so much smoother. And on infinnitium, it seems like its some sort of processor for com[plex useage like media, not just check writing Machine, an HQ machine. 
PUT LEN U.X. ON YOUR PENTIUM TERMINALS..

Remeber input is also output so your can trace 32 bit flaw, its in its new infantcy of forms, to 16 bit HQ on die that goofed & display PHUN error Message,too.
this makes it smooth as both sides are equal, yet it is design of circuits & software that determine final result. VISTA ULTIMATE is not final 32 bit answer, 7 is.
Likewise 7 could use ECC or REG Memory shot to control it & discard errors, better place for it, yet with memory goeing BALLISTICAL, faster is more reliable.

This seperate 16 bit pipes with accession of one over other to intitiate string, forces COMPLIANCE from Hardware Makers, Especially with so many other areas improving all at same time frame. Once ULTIMATE works to its maximum with GLITCH FREE Hardware, then 7 is smooth in, with TOP Numbers in sight again32 bit new level w/ 8? comparrisson units on much more powerful complete cCORE is PERFECT fit & NEW TOP Layer. From BYTE STRINGS: 80/72-(SERVER)-,72/64, 64/48 as||_-|| ||_-|| IN i64 Virtulization, 40 as |-_| |-_| 32 as _- _- in iA64 Core OUTJobs/FromHD& all existing lesser forms of 16, 8,4 byte arch in place. So if it keeps doubling in potential names(instruction sets) or rates, maybe 8 core will morph to 16, as lot of archetecture needs to fill in still & power numbers are strong, like more than doubles due to jungle gym crossbar festival that adding real powerful thruout entire processor., or if as mainframe & old k7 mid XP test show less return, 80 core will add more bells & whistles for consumer to run thru THOSE Bit Levels with.

Signed:PHYSICIAN THOMAS STEWART VON DRASHEK M.D.
"and my personal take is that while Windows XP appeared , the market was segmented in Windows 98/Me and 2000. "

And now we have what exactly ?

Windows XP/XP 64 and Windows Server 2003/2003 R2.

The problem is probably more that they changed the driver models for video/sound cards and at the same time is going 64-bit..
nice article but reading it i saw the part about PSUs. 
i dont get it . they say that every new generation of new hardware cpus, Mb are enviromently friendly and they consume less power. 
so how came PSU'S manufacturers bring us units with higher and higher watts? I use a 430 unit and i'm satisfied with it .
It seems to me that speed binning of a chipset by the manufacturer is a bit unfair since all it does is make sure that no x38 you buy is a good one, and they raise the price on the x48 quite a bit I understand.
I think that they should add features if they want to sell a deluxe chipset, not bin the parts
Did you even look at that 'test' of the 7.10 drivers? they do a 3dmark06 test and the numbers are 4745 vs 4746, that's 1 (one) point difference which they somehow manage to put in a graph to show as a doubling of performance and separate by 5 line segments.
and the conclusion is "The Catalyst 7.10 driver does offer more performance for the X1900GT, but it is not quite the boost I had hoped for." and not as you say "significant performance improvements" (on their setup at least)