HWRoundup Ace's Hardware (http://www.aceshardware.com) today outs the name for AMD's new Palomino due to be launched in three wholesome flavours next week.

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Recently, there's been a lot of chat about Geforce 3s, with the 2 current stepping. Difference: One works. The other doesn't. At RivaStation my friend Borsti has published a comprehensive write-up on the differences between the 2 stepping. Read more (http://www.rivastation.com/index_e.htm).

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THG today looks at the ALiMAGiK 1 chipset with the
possibilities of the Duron and the Thunderbird processor upon this base. This is worth a read (http://www.tomshardware.com/mainboard/01q2/010509/index.html) as it could be the future chipset on the market.

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IQ of 150 and you can't remember your name? Sort out those memory problems, courtesy of HardwareZone, which delivers a rundown Rambus, DDR, and PC133 RAM br>01-05-09+03%3A22%3A11">here (http://www.hardwarezone.com/php/pcodes/reviews.php3?_di=2&_c=4&_aid=20).

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Last, but certainly not least, those extraordinarily nice people at Hexus have had
a play with an AXIA, and come up with some some high score results (http://www.hexus.net/review.php?review=186).

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