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HardOCP has posted a comparsion between the Pentium 4 1.7GHz/2.1GHz and the AMD TBird 1.33GHz/1.53GHz

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OC Online has posted a cooler shootout with the following participants: OCZ Monster II, OCZ Gladiator, OCZ Glacier 2, Thermosonic Thermoengine, GlobalWin WBK38, Vantec FCE-62540D, Swiftech MC370-0A, ICICLE 238, Tt Mini Copper Orb, The Core, AVGS C0068 and the AVGS CA1000.

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VIA Hardware has posted a Socket A shootout, which includes four KT266 boards, one Magik 1, one AMD760, and one KT133A board.

Yes, the ancient KT266 reference board gets ready for battle one last time. A BIOS update has given this old dog new life, and improved its performance considerably. This gives credence to the viewpoint that most under-performing KT266 based boards simply need a BIOS update. the KT266 reference supports both SDR and DDR, and has a 4 PCI, 1 ACR, and 1 AGP layout. A bank of huge voltage regulators keep the board stable, and the CPU socket has an utter expanse of space around it. Unfortunately, overclocking is nearly impossible.
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