2 Athlons go to Battle....
Time: 17:35 EDT/22:35 GMT News Source: C|Net Posted By: Dennis Gregory

The race of the processor clock speeds goes on, with neck and neck competition between Intel's new version of the Pentium III (code-named Coppermine) and AMD's Athlon. Recently, speeds reached a plateau of 600 MHz--for about five seconds. The race rapidly resumed, and this time both sides are battling to see who can hit the 1-GHz mark first. On the way, we'll see lots of interim speeds, such as the current 700-MHz AMD Athlon.

Of course, a lot more goes into overall system performance than a high-speed processor: the main system bus (a.k.a. the chipset), amount and type of RAM, graphics card, and even hard drive speed also play crucial parts. But what we all look at first and brag about the most is clock speed. So we rounded up a pair of systems that sport one of the fastest CPUs available--the 700-MHz Athlon--to find out whether this chip is really worth bragging about.

IBM Aptiva 860
Time: 17:26 EDT/22:26 GMT News Source: C|Net Posted By: Dennis Gregory

C|Net has posted a review of IBM's newest computer the Aptiva 860 with the 600 MHz Athlon chip, here's a paragraph:

Built around AMD's speedy new Athlon chip, the sleek, black Aptiva 860 is the multimedia equivalent of a caged panther. If your family is 3D game crazy, this home PC will render your brood ecstatic. But using the Aptiva for simple tasks such as word processing is akin to driving a Range Rover to the Kwik-E-Mart. Those without the immediate need for speed might want to go with a cheaper system that includes a monitor.

1000 MHz Preview
Time: 17:22 EDT/22:22 GMT News Source: Tom's Hardware Posted By: Dennis Gregory

Tom's Hardware has posted a 1 GHZ or 1000 MHz Chip Preview! I can't wait for this:

The PC-industry has finally reached a historical moment. The first 1 GHz PC is a reality and it's not based on an Intel-processor. Kryotech's new SuperG may not seem much more than a logical consequence after the introduction of the Cool Athlon 800 and then the Cool Athlon 900 systems, but it marks the crescendo of a long and sometimes difficult cooperation between 'processor-underdog' AMD and the visionaries from the hard working American South in West Columbia, South Carolina. While the 'cool guys from the hot South' throw in the world's most advanced CPU-cooling system, AMD provides the fastest PC-processor of today's market. The 'marriage' of those two top-players turned out to be a perfect symbiosis and there couldn't be a worthier winner of this millennium race for reaching the gigahertz-limit than those two companies.

Dual Coppermine 733 Preview
Time: 17:20 EDT/22:20 GMT News Source: AGN/Firing Squad Posted By: Dennis Gregory

Firing Squad posted a preview of the new Intel chip Coppermine, here's a few paragraphs:

In a recent FiringSquad poll, we asked readers to chose between the Athlon and the Pentium 3. Only 26% of those who answered picked the P3 while 70% of the votes went to the Athlon. The remaining 4% went to the mysterious "other." Celeron? K6-3? Cyrix? Winchip? Hamster power?
We were surprised by the lead the Athlon had over the Pentium 3. There's no question that the Athlon, clock for clock, is a faster processor than the Pentium 3, but most people are still wary of choosing the Athlon over the Pentium 3. A few of the vendors and manufacturers we've spoken to have indicated that Athlon sales are less than spectacular. While our PC enthusiast audience is ready to accept the Athlon with open arms, mainstream buyers still aren't ready to trust a non-Intel system.

3dfx Comdex Report
Time: 18:01 EDT/23:01 GMT News Source: Beyond3D Posted By: Dennis Gregory

This is a 3dfx comdex report from Beyond3D, they discuss some new 3dfx chips and much more! A must see!

AMD Comdex Coverage
Time: 18:00 EDT/23:00 GMT News Source: AnandTech Posted By: Dennis Gregory

On Tuesday, our visit to AMD proved to be mostly a review of information we already knew, but as usual, it was nice to meet up with the guys and gals behind the Athlon. For those of you that haven’t been following the roadmaps, AMD has quite a future planned out for the Athlon as well as the Super7 platform. Let’s first start out with the future of Super7.

Read for more information.

GLSetup Public Beta v1.0.0.110
Time: 16:52 EDT/18:52 GMT News Source: Allied Command Posted By: Dennis Gregory

For those of you using OpenGL-based 3D cards, the newest GLSetup utility is available here.

Your Athlon OC Source
Time: 08:00 EDT/13:00 GMT News Source: USENET Posted By: anthonyS

OCPower was formed out of the need to supply the power hungry overclocker in all of us a means to release the true power of our Athlon processors.

Above all our commitment is Quality first, we will accept nothing less. OCPower utilizes the latest techniques and methods in the overclocking community to bring to you best performance at a fair price for your Athlon processor.

If you are interested in sending your Athlon processor in to be modified, check out the site!

The Voodoo5 6000 AGP
Time: 08:00 EDT/13:00 GMT News Source: Hard OCP Posted By: anthonyS

The Voodoo5 6000 AGP from 3dfx represents the pinnacle of Voodoo5 technology. Taking advantage of the revolutionary scalable architecture of the 3dfx VSA-100™ chip, the Voodoo 5 6000 AGP features four processors working together to be the world's first 3D accelerator to break the Gigapixel barrier.

Clocking in at over 1.33 Gigapixels a second, the Voodoo5 6000 AGP can create breathtaking 3D worlds in vivid 32-bit color.

Boasting state-of-the-art Real-Time Full-Scene HW Anti-Aliasing, the exclusive T-Buffer™ Digital Cinematic Effects engine, 2D resolutions as high as 2048x1536 and a whopping 128MB of graphics memory, the Voodoo5 6000 is the ultimate 2D/3D accelerator for the hard-core PC enthusiast.

Kyle has scored some specs on this new voodoo card, head on over to Hard OCP and check them out. It sounds like one mean card.

FEATURE: COMDEX Fall '99
Time: 08:00 EDT/13:00 GMT News Source: Windows 98 Central Posted By: anthonyS

The Net is being untethered -- thanks to a new generation of small wireless devices. And they'll be in plentiful evidence on this year's show floor. Tune in here, every day, for in-depth reportage of the "Big Show's" biggest news.