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Kathypellerin wrote:Still here !
Kathypellerin wrote:Still here !
kvndoom wrote:GrimDanfango wrote:So, erm, where did everyone go? I went to Anandtech for a while, but they barely seem to post PC hardware reviews any more, it's all deep-dive silicon manufacturing geekery, enterprise stuff, and mobile phone reviews. More recently, it seems like I can't even access the site from a central-american IP any more.
I can't put my finger on it exactly, but Tom's Hardware never quite feels right to me... there's reviews, but it somehow feels a bit surface-level and generic. Can't work out if they're just carefully dressing up corporate press releases with benchmarks or if there's genuine depth there...
Are there any lesser-known website gems out there that aren't "and now a word from our sponsors!"? Or has the Youtube "hyperactive dude mugging into the camera in every thumbnail" era fully taken over all of tech journalism?
Anand left Anandtech.
Tom left Tom's Hardware.
I check here once in a blue moon (today is a blue moon, apparently). Anyone who didn't know the depth of knowledge on these forums wouldn't make it past the front page. Oh well.
Krogoth wrote:Vrock wrote:Mendocino Celerons were more of a happy accident. Intel was experimenting on trying to add on-die L2 cache. They were resulted, because they only able to cram 128KiB of it on 250nm node. Intel marketing branded them as "Celerons" while at time Slot 1 Pentium IIs had 512KiB on back of the module but it operated on back-side bus (1/2 of the CPU clockspeed) versus the full clockspeed that L2 cache enjoyed on Mendocino "Celeron". The "Celeron" could easily handle the same clockspeed as their Pentium II brethen (Same architecutre) and were faster as long as the data fit could within smaller L2 Cache pool.Back when Celeron 300As ran at 450mhz. And Intel hated it.
In a way, Mendocino "Celeron" were kinda a proto-"Coppermine" Pentium III at least the Socket 370 version.
meerkt wrote:Sheesh. Every thread is derailed into hardware talk...
Xylker wrote:Another one who has posted occasionally. Add today to the list. Was just thinking about BBQ with Dr. Fish.
thegleek wrote:Xylker wrote:Another one who has posted occasionally. Add today to the list. Was just thinking about BBQ with Dr. Fish.
where is the damn post/thread of the trbbq 2022 ffs?
thegleek wrote:Xylker wrote:Another one who has posted occasionally. Add today to the list. Was just thinking about BBQ with Dr. Fish.
where is the damn post/thread of the trbbq 2022 ffs?