Pentium D 805 tested in HK

HKEPC has the first test of the cheapest dual core processor launched yet. The Smithfield core Pentium D 805 has only a 533MHz FSB and runs at 2.66GHz but it still has a 2MB cache and is build on a 90nm technology. HKEPC compares it to a Pentium D 840 and Pentium D 820 and even overclocks it successfully to a 740MHz FSB improvement. The new 3.7GHz Pentium D easily beats the Pentium D 840.

TG Hardware reports that Microsoft is to release a patch for power drain bug which affects Dual Core lappies from Intel. The ACPI driver has been found to be the main cause of the problem which has been the main reason why m Napa laptops were having even shorter battery life than their predecessors. The interesting thing is that the whole debate apparently came to fruition because of an industry source who was well intentioned enough to start it.

Neoseeker tests the 512MB version of the Crucial Ballistix PC2-6400 DDR2 dual channel kit memory modules. With AMD to jump of the DDR2 bandwagon in a few month, it makes sense to buy DDR2 memry by now especially as they are almost cheaper and faster than normal DDR memory. The Crucial Ballistix line is the performance range of Crucial's and does perform accordingly. Futureproof it is.

Techreport has been firing reviews like crazy those last few days. One of these is a comparison between the Intel Pentium M 760 and the AMD Turion ML44, both of these single core laptop bound processors. The Turion is still hampered by a single channel DDR400 memory but it is able to run 64-bit code and support the NX bit. The Turion is not as bad as it previously was it seems especially when it comes to power comsumption.

Meanwhile, Firingsquad has a piece of editorial on the whole AMD vs Intel affair and how Intel is looking for a core new low. Intel is merely playing catching up with AMD right now and is not dictating the market anymore as it did a decade ago. This is one of the benefits of competition anyway. Don't expect any benchmark but the guy who wrote this article has put some interesting thoughts in it.

French website Hardware.fr compares different types of LCD monitors and evaluates the impact of electronics on the LCD capacity to display colours. The three technologies explored are IPS, TN and VA . Quite detailed and technical and overall, the Eizo monitor fared the best. The article though serves to illustrate the big difference that electronics can bring in. µ