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by Anand Lal Shimpi on October 15, 2003 10:38 AM EST
I swear one of these days we'll get around to doing a CPU review :) We've got stuff planned but this month is turning out to be very GPU intensive.

We tried to incorporate as many of your requests as possible, I hope you enjoy the review.

I saw Kill Bill btw; I liked the movie, it was very gory and it made me want to watch something funny or happy afterwards, but I still thought it was a good movie. Be warned if you can't stomach blood though, it's not too realistic but there's a lot of it :)

Take care.
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  • Anonymous - Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - link

    Mr. Lai Shimpi,

    Could you please tell me the three most important hardware components to consider when purchasing a new computer gaming system part by part?

    In my opinion it would be an upgradable motherboard, the processor and upgradable case?

    My max to spend is around 800$ but I want this system to be really fast. So the graphics card ram and the rest I can wait till I find a good deal. Thanks
  • Ryan - Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - link

    Is anyone (besides me:) interested in an analysis of transmeta's new processor?
  • hohoh0 - Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - link

    Next up, CPU Scaling for vid cards :D???
    Kill Bill was fun, although I thought there were some slow parts. I still think Pulp Fiction was his best work though :D
  • Bay - Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - link

    Fantastic review Anand! I'm happy to see that some of the suggestions given in one of your previous posts were taken into consideration. :)

    I'm sure that quite a few 9700 Pro owners will be relieved that their cards are still a tad more powerful than the 9600 XTs.
  • Anonymous - Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - link

    You say "one of these days we'll get around to doing a CPU review", what CPUs? Do you mean that CPU scaling review using your latest test suite that you've been talking about? Or are you talking about a new CPU (Prescott)?

    I ask cause I'm planning to upgrade after Oct 26th (Intel price cuts), but if a new and possibly better CPU is going to be out shortly after that date, I'd like to know so I can wait.
  • UlricT - Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - link

    I had a serious question Anand. Since you were obviously trying to test the cards on the highest performing platform available today, why did you not use the GigaByte K8NNXP-940? Wesley's tests seem to show it to be a much better platform for the AthlonFX. Was it just a question of availability? Or is the Asus board you used comparable in performance?
  • UlricT - Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - link

    "Anand, did you have random red dots flashing on the screen through out 'Kill Bill'?"

    I'm sure the fanATIcs and Nvidiots will blame it on the hardware used... :)
  • Anonymous - Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - link

    I'm wondering the same thing.
  • Illuminati - Wednesday, October 15, 2003 - link

    Anand, did you have random red dots flashing on the screen through out 'Kill Bill'?

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