Abit KD7 postaje ‘Athlon XP 3000+ Recommended’

Dobismo i ovaj maleni dopis iz Abita da AMD preporuća KD7 kao Athlon XP 3000+ ploću (vjerujemo da nije samo Abit u igri).



Evo vam ponovo na engleskom kaj to zapravo je:

According to AMD, Recommended AMD Motherboards are “a service to AMD customers and resellers to ensure a positive user experience with the AMD Athlon™ XP processor. Due to the complex nature of the issues affecting reliable processor operation on a motherboard, AMD selects the most popular new motherboards to evaluate using an internally developed suite of BIOS, electrical, and software tests. This test suite has been developed to ensure compliance with motherboard design guidelines for the AMD Athlon™ XP processor. To ensure reliable operation, the AMD Athlon™ XP processor should be used in conjunction with one of these recommended motherboards.”

Ak vas zanimaju specifikacije same ploče, klik amo (ok, nije najnovija, no ipak…)

Dobili smo vrlo zanimljiv dopis iz Abit-a, a tiče se kondenzatora, kvalitete istih i utjecaja na industriju hardware-a u cjelini. Evo Quote cijelog dopisa da ja sad tu ne prevodim, ak neko nezna engleski, mejlajte me!

Recently IEEE Spectrum Online wrote an article on the capacitor problem.
The
site IEEE Spectrum Online is a well-respected media. It is a
subsription website, but I have included the main points below:

“So far, the only motherboard maker to admit to the problem is ABIT
Computer
Corp. (Taipei), and the only major PC maker to acknowledge being
affected is
IBM Corp. But the problem is likely to be more widespread. Indeed, those
who
have repaired the damaged boards say that they have encountered crippled
motherboards from Micro-Star International, ASUSTek Computer, Gigabyte
Technology, and others.”

Others have said “Hopefully these companies (MSI, ASUS, Gigabyte) will
buck
the industry trend and follow ABIT’s example. Prompt disclosure and
acknowledgement of a problem will greatly expedite the repair / return
process for all concerned and help both consumers and manufacturers get
back
to business. Mistakes, after all, happen, but people tend to be much
more
forgiving of those who admit them than they who do not.”
The Iquirer

All very appreciative that ABIT came forward first with the information
and
angered that the other motherboard makers whose motherboards are
obviously
affected by this problem. Most important for Sales is to make sure that
your distributors and resellers understand that this is not an ABIT
problem.
This is an industry-wide problem. ABIT is the first to admit that there
was
an issue with capacitors and to have action on this issue. The other
motherboard makers are being pressured to admit the same and will be
forced
to have some action to correct their problems.

I mi smo imali raspravu na forumu prije nekoliko mjeseci (poštovani gdin. Pajo se dotakao iste) u kojoj se spominjalo i govorilo o kondenzatorima, proizvodnom procesu i kvaliteti istih. Ak vas to zanima, skok na forum (zgodno je jel je Pajo stavio i link na listu ‘sigurnih’ proizvodjaća.

Zaključak ovog gore bi mogo bit da od sad prvo moramo proučiti od kuda se nabavljaju kondenzatori za dotičnu komponentu, a tek onda gledat performanse, cijenu, izgled, điđe koje dolaze u paketu itd.

Dugo dugo se priča o ATA diskovima na 10000 okretaja. WD je sad najavio svoj Enterprise-level SATA disk – WD Raptor. Najljepša stvar na disku je seek time – 5.2ms – dakle na nivou SCSI diskova (a i garancija je na 5 godina).

Nadasve zanimljiva usporedba Pentium4 (2.4b) i AthlonXP (2600+) procesora istog radnog takta (2.4GHz). Kako se čini, razlika između 2.4GHz (18*133) Intela i ADMa i nije baš tako velika, s time da je AMD značajno skuplji (US$ 192 naprema US$ 261). Doduše, i sam autor teksta napominje da je Athlon 2400+ oko US$ 20 jeftiniji, ali njega su zanimale stvarne, a ne nazivne brzine.

Usporedni test 4 Pentium4 procesora namijenjena prijenosnim računalima. Koliko se koji isplati (s obzirom na brzinu i cijenu) i kolika je stvarna razlika među njima, pogledajte na Tom’s Hardware-u.

Kako se čini, nVidia ima velikih problema s isporukom GF FX GPU-om. Naime, dio chipova je DOA (dedonarajvl). Čini se da će NV35 biti zapravo samo NV30, samo što će raditi na 600MHz. Inače, čini se da NV30 GPU ima “clock throttling” (usporavanje pri pregrijavanju).

Još jedan test Apple Powerbook G4 12″, ali ponešto u drugačijem svjetlu.

Slovački znanstvenik Gunov Bombirakov je uz pomoć opakog ultra turbo močnog (SCM) mikroskopa otkrio tajnu skrivenu u samoj jezgri Bartona. Što skriva, pogledajte na linku.

Stigla je najnovija verzija 3DMarka, najpopularnijeg softwarea za prepucavanje “moje računalo je brže od tvoga”. Navaaaali narode! Friško! Svježe! Najnajnaj!

Iako pompozno najavljivan od Apple-a kao najmanji i najdostupniji Powerbook na tržištu, to ima i svoju cijenu. Strašno zagrijavanje nakon 2-3 sata rada i loš 12″ LCD monitor nisu u skladu s reputacijom koji nosi.
Da ne bi bilo zabune, riječ je o vrlo sposobnom računalu, vrhunski opremljenom, a istovremeno minijaturnom.