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486SX sucks at calculating Pi

Hardware roundup
Wed May 07 2003, 02:18
JUST HOW FAST the average user's PC can calculate Pi is what's going through the minds of Hexus. They have a big list of computers that have had their speed recorded. At the very bottom is a 486SX. Somebody must be able to do worse than that...

Motherboards.org has a Via Epia M10000 Mini-ITX review on the go. They like the fact that it's so small.

Pop on over to VR-Zone and you can read not one but two Nvidia based graphics card reviews. There's a FX5800 and a . You can probably guess which is fastest.

Sticking with graphics for a moment, Viper's Lair has an ATI Radeon 9500 Pro just for a bit of competition with the Nvidia reviews above.

And sticking with ATI for a moment, here's a little All-In-Wonder card for your delectation. Gamepyre has an ATI 9000 AIW on the go.

Ian is an Intel man at heart, or so he claims. He has been trying out a QDI i845 based motherboard over at RipNet.

Nvidia gets a bit of a rough ride from Colin over at Sudhian. He's impressed with the idea of Cg but not too impressed with its company of origin.

Shhh! Brad doesn't want a lot of noise. He has been muffling his computer over at SubZeroTech. But he'd rather muffle some of the local boy-racer cars. µ

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