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    Re-enabling AdBlock. Anandtech ads are unbelievable.

    Anandtech has so many Flash ads that it brings my computer to a crawl with 100% CPU usage on a core. This doesn't happen all the time, but for a high-tech website to use an abomination like Flash should be embarrassing, let alone to use it so heavily that the browsing experience on an i7...
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    New Raptor is out

    The Raptor outperforms SCSI drives in almost all desktop scenarios, so it looks like it is the Raptor which is the Ferrari. SCSI drives are tuned for server (random access) workloads, and suck at desktop workloads. The only real reason that some of them still perform in desktop environments is...
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    Storage Review reviews new Raptor

    You sure about that? Might wanna take another look at those graphs :P
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    WD Raptor gets raped...

    Remember though in a server environment, a 10-drive RAID array would only need 1 cable (2 if the IO wasn't very random and 320MB/sec became a bottleneck), but with SATA-1 you would need 10 cables. SCSI connectors are also more durable, and there already exists a mature...
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    Wow, RAID-0 gets owned!

    A smart RAID 1 controller can read every other chunk of a file from either drive, similar to RAID 0. This can improve STR. I am sure that an STR benchmark (like HDtach) on such a controller could show a 40% performance improvement on read speeds, but again this has almost nothing to do with...
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    Wow, RAID-0 gets owned!

    For tasks like video editing where the video filter is disk-bound rather than CPU-bound (as many filters are too CPU intensive for modern CPUs to keep up with drives), RAID 0 can indeed have a good 90%+ performance increase. The same goes for editing of huge music files--if the task is disk...
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    Wow, RAID-0 gets owned!

    Yep, StorageReview's recent front-page post essentially states that SR has long stated RAID0 is not worthwhile on the desktop and that Anandtech's conclusion is right on. RAID 1 is, of course, still a great way to defend your data in case of hard drive failure, especially when combined with a...
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    Storage Review's 1st look at SATA TCQ (Raptors)

    It seems like a silly thing to argue over. Anandtech and StorageReview largely used different tests, the drives tested were different, the controllers were different, etc. - StorageReview is a specialty website which focuses entirely on storage. - Anandtech is a general-purpose hardware website...
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    StorageReview article

    They've always said that the Raptor was targetting enterprise storage. It just happens to be the fastest desktop hard drive in the world (even faster than 15K SCSI drives in some cases). The firmware probably boosts speed in TCQ/RAID arrays, but unfortunately at the expense of desktop...
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    StorageReview article

    StorageReview.com has a new article which looks at the performance of new IDE/ATA hardware with TCQ (Tagged Command Queuing), which SCSI has had for years. If you look at the performance figures, it looks like in most tests, RAID0 does next to nothing for single users (though it helps for...
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    SR posts final Raptor BM's, huge improvements

    SATA does have some advantages over PATA that are significant. For example, take a look at SR's processor usage graphs. True, this has more to do with the controller than the drive, but when a 1st-generation SATA controller lands CPU usage below even the best SCSI score, that isn't half bad...
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    SR posts final Raptor BM's, huge improvements

    Sustained transfer rate isn't everything, as you probably know. To quote Eugene (StorageReview cofounder) about a somewhat similar drive: BTW, HDTach is generally considered a terrible benchmark on the SR forums, though not of STR of a single drive. You might take a look at Atto (even though it...
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    SR posts final Raptor BM's, huge improvements

    Not going to happen--at least, not for some time. Current technology limits 10KRPM drives to about 36GB platters or so, and you can only cram so many in a low-profile hard drive chassis. The next generation may be able to do 72GB platters, but that will still not add up to 250GB. Manufacturers...
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    SR posts final Raptor BM's, huge improvements

    Actually they didn't. SR posted the results and then WD sent production units ASAP. (I would have too with the scores that thing was churning up!)
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    SR posts final Raptor BM's, huge improvements

    Samsung Spinpoint drives are considered the most reliable IDE drives in the SR forums. There's a user (Tannin) there which has sold huge numbers of nearly every drive since MFM was all the rage, and he says he's had exactly one return for a Samsung drive, and that under the circumstances it...
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    SR posts final Raptor BM's, huge improvements

    I'm thinking that this would be a good drive for the OS and major apps that are speed sensitive, and that other apps can be stored on a more conventional, larger drive. 36GB really is quite a bit when you think about it. All of my apps and projects can easily fit. Games are another matter...
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    Test results for FINAL WD Raptor drive. Not bad!

    Edit: Delete me. I'm a duplicate of this message.
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    Question on Nvidia Chipset

    However, Asus is widely considered a much higher quality manufacturer. Recently I decided that Abit had cleaned up their act because their recent boards had been popular with the reviewers like Anandtech so I purchased a KR7A with ATA133 RAID, 4 DIMM slots, etc. It ate a total of three Crucial...
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    Has anyone ever experienced problems with rounded cables?

    I have an uncle who uses his workstation for professional video editing (heavy disk I/O) and has no problems using rounded cables. It has colored cables from, if I remember correctly, 1coolpc.com. I use the same cables for my ATA133 drives and they work fine. They are easier to work with, more...
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    something going on @ crucial

    My story: I RMA'd two 256MB PC2100 Reg ECC modules that my Abit motherboard ate before it finally gave up the ghost. One module was sent to me in Santa Barbara, California and the other was sent to my parents in Idaho for some reason. Before I found out that my parents had recieved one, I called...
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    PLEASE help with configuring a relatively cheap pc....

    From www.Mwave.com: $128.10 Asus A7N266/PA with Nvidia integrated audio (Better than the SBlive), an integrated Geforce 2/MX (upgradeable by plugging new card into slot of that isn't fast enough). Asus is a very good motherboard brand and AMD's Athlon chips are generally faster than Intel's at...
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    I'm HARDCORE Intel... Come On AMD Fans, convert me!! I have $900 for a CPU, MOBO, & RAM...

    Any instability problems with an AMD system are due to the builder choosing poor parts for that system. The Athlon chip itself is perfectly stable, as is a Pentium IV. I had an old K6-2/300 running a webserver, FTP server, NFS, Samba, SETI@Home 24/7, SSHd, a webmail system which used PHP, an SQL...
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    Linux, worth it?

    To answer that question well requires questions for you: - What do you use your computer for, organized from most to least? - Are you genuinely interested in computers, learning how they work, and learning new things? Linux is so utterly different than Windows that many find that getting used to...
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    linux compatable amd mobo

    Tyan TigerMP/MPX works beautifully.
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    NEC FE1250+ or Sony G520?

    I have the Sony G520 and really, really like it. Dual inputs so I can switch between my Linux and Windows machine, great picture quality with the genuine Sony Trinitron tube. The OSD controls are a little funky (the physical controls--the 'software' is fine) but they still work well. Most of...
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    XP=64bit capatible?

    Well said. I think that AMD is on the right track though. I started computing when 4MB of RAM was the norm, and "high end" systems had 8MB. Insane people with bottomless pockets would get 16MB, but never really used it. Not soon after, 32MB was the norm, and 64MB, and 128MB. Now 256MB is...
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    XP=64bit capatible?

    Hmm. Good point. Drivers may be a problem for a while after the initial release--There are a lot of 32-bit drivers out there to port. Most of them can probably simply be recompiled, but then it's an issue of whether the vendor will do that.
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    XP=64bit capatible?

    You and Nothinman may want to read that URL more carefully. From the overview: The Itanium is a server-only CPU. This is not about the AMD 64-bit version. Servers generally do not have soundcards, are not used to play DVDs, and generally do not run DOS apps, OS/2 apps, etc. Ergo, it would be...
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    What is the best MS operating system to have?

    (dupe)
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    What is the best MS operating system to have?

    IMHO, Windows 2000 Professional sucks the least.
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    why does linux keep losing the kernel? After booting w/grub it gives me error 15: file not found...

    Many setups put grub on its own partition. If that is the case for you, do you mount this partition prior to copying the kernel over? Do you copy the kernel to the appropriate directory? If you compile your own kernel using make bzImage, you need to copy the compiled kernel from...
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    Just installed Linux for the first time

    I am not sure about the Tuxracer question. First, Redhat is designed to be safe and reliable. Not fast. When software is compiled from the source code, many choices must be made. Generally, Redhat compiles all of its software for a 386, which means that it will safely run on a 386 and up but...
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    So how long do you think it will be until linux becomes a REAL alternative?

    Problem is that it is incompatible with Linux. Not in that it will not work or in that it will be difficult to use, but in that it is not open source under the GPL. Linux needs an installer as functional or moreso than Installshield which is also licensed under the GPL, else it will never reach...
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    So how long do you think it will be until linux becomes a REAL alternative?

    Problem is that it is incompatible with Linux. Not in that it will not work or in that it will be difficult to use, but in that it is not open source under the GPL. Linux needs an installer as functional or moreso than Installshield which is also licensed under the GPL, else it will never reach...
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    So how long do you think it will be until linux becomes a REAL alternative?

    Really? Is Apple aware of this? Do you have a link to said download, or are you referring to Darwin? Darwin ~= MacOSX.
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    So how long do you think it will be until linux becomes a REAL alternative?

    Don't get me wrong, I use Linux frequently, run a FreeBSD server, and really like many features of Linux (and I am, in fact, posting this from KDE3), but some of these points I am going to have to disagree with. Yes, but that is not something that I feel should be stressed much. The initial...
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    So how long do you think it will be until linux becomes a REAL alternative?

    Modprobe works well as the infrastructure for driver installation (simply put the module somewhere and run modprobe on it--it needn't even have an install program) but it is ideed another thing that could use a standard, graphical, simplified installation and packaging system in which you...
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    Implementation of Linux terminal network

    My school's CS lab is about 2/3 thin clients (HP Entria II's) which are used to run Digital Unix, Linux W\ GNOME, and probably a few other Unices. The setup needs updating, and I was wondering if I could get some recommendations from others with more experience in this than myself. Note that I...
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    WinXP and "instant reboot" app crashes

    FYI, IRQL is short for "interrupt request level". This is a number maintained by the NT family of OS's for each CPU, i.e. it is part of NT's view of the CPU state, but it has no actual manifestatation in the hardware state of the CPU. IRQL is in the range 0 through 31 and represents a precedence...
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    Mac OS X

    It will be more difficult than that, unfortunately. Office X, being an Aqua program, makes a huge number of function calls to Aqua, much like KDE programs spend most of their time calling QT and GNOME programs call GTK+ libraries. Perhaps if Apple releases Aqua as open source, but that is highly...
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