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Pandora's Box Update for Pentium III Computers 1.0a (Windows)

These self-extracting, self-installing files install 2 modified files, pandora.exe and langenu.dll. This patch fixes a bug specific to computers with new Pentium III processors, which produce the error unable to create DirectDraw surface. Make sure that DirectX is installed, and then try again. Upon startup. If you do not have...

Tags: Intel Pentium, Intel Pentium III, Microsoft Windows, Computer, Pandora, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2007-08-28

Intel Processor Frequency ID Utility 7.2.2 (Windows)

Version 7.2.20041115 of the Intel Processor Frequency ID Utility is only intended to identify the following Intel processors: IntelR PentiumR processor, Intel Pentium processor with MMXTM technology, Intel Pentium OverDriveR processor, Intel Pentium OverDrive processor with MMX technology, Intel Pentium Pro processor, Intel Pentium II OverDrive for Pentium Pro processor,...

Tags: Intel Pentium, Intel Pentium III, Microsoft Windows, Intel Corp., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2006-07-05

Pandora's Box Patch 1.0 (Windows)

Download and install this version 1.0 patch for Pandora's Box. This patch fixes a bug specific to computers with new Pentium III processors, which produce the error "Unable to create DirectDraw surface. Make sure that DirectX is installed, and then try again." upon startup. Note: This patch will only work...

Tags: Intel Pentium III, Microsoft Windows, Pandora, Patches, Processors, Security, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2003-02-13

Additional Resources

RM to AVI MPEG WMV VCD SVCD DVD Converter 5.9 (Windows)

RM to AVI MPEG WMV VCD SVCD DVD Converter provides batch conversion; NTSL/PAL adjustments; the ability to select AVI video codecs; and NTSC/PAL setting options for DVD, VCD, SVCD, MPEG-1, and MPEG-2 file exporting. The program supports proportional frames and the ability to crop them for exporting video. You can...

Tags: MPEG-1, AVI, MPEG-2, Microsoft Windows, Video, Witcobber Software, Digital Video, Corporate Communications, Digital Media, Processors, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-07-21

WMV to AVI MPEG WMV VCD SVCD DVD Converter 5.9 (Windows)

WMV to AVI MPEG WMV VCD SVCD DVD Converter converts WMV files to AVI, MPEG, WMV, VCD, SVCD, and DVD formats and has an NTSC/PAL setting option; input/output previewing; a skinnable UI with three built-in skins; fill-in/proportional options for cropping output video; high audio quality; support for no-sound WMV files;...

Tags: WMV, AVI, Microsoft Windows, Witcobber Software, Digital Video, Processors, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-07-21

Intel drops Centrino, explains Core i3, i5, i7 branding

Intel drops Centrino, explains Core i3, i5, i7 brandingThe good old days...With the mess Intel has created in their processor numbering and naming, I often long for the simple days when there were Pentium II's and Pentium III's. All III's were faster than all II's. Or 386 vs 486. Same...

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, chip, processor, i7 branding, Core i3, similar performance, Intel Corp., Intel Centrino, desktop, performance

Discussion threads 2009-06-18

Dell gets a jump on Black Friday, a $389 desktop with 20-inch LCD

Dell gets a jump on Black Friday, a $389 desktop with 20-inch LCDSpecs are one thing, what it does are anotherI remember when my brother bought an e-something computer at Wal-Mart. It was super cheap. The kids could barely play their games on it and it could do...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, LCD, desktop, Vista Basic, computer, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-11-26

Poll: How old is your work computer?

Poll: How old is your work computer?Not that oldThe one I use is 2 years old, The company as a whole the oldest PC's are 5 years old and we only give those to interns.I've seen some old computersI'm not working right now, but most places I've worked at so...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, Processors, computer, laptop computer, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-14

Nehalem gets a name - Core i7

Nehalem gets a name - Core i7Intel bugs everywhere. I wouldn't own...an Intel chip.http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/11/intel_flaws/RE: Nehalem gets a name - Core i7Quick of you Adrian to see the Apple like now iSee.This looks like the continuation off their successful range,RE: Nehalem gets a name - Core i7Your sequence makes little sense....

Tags: Processors, Core 2, Intel Pentium, Nehalem

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

Server Consolidation Using Quad-Core Processors

This resource looks at how Intel IT used the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series to consolidate test workloads from eight physical machines into virtual machines VMs running on a single server.The dual-socket server completed the workloads 66 percent faster than the original eight servers based on the Intel Pentium...

Tags: Server Consolidation, Workload, Server, Quad-core Processor, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

White papers 2008-05-13

Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04

Yesterday saw the release of Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" so I grabbed myself a copy of the .ISO and took a look. So, what's it like? First impressions Hardy Heron is what I've come to expect from an Ubuntu release. ...

Tags: Ubuntu, Western Digital Corp., PIII System, Video Cards, Memory, Processors, Hardware, Components, Semiconductors, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-04-25

XP SP3 performance gains - Nothing to write home about

Those who believed that Windows XP Service Pack 3 would provide the aging OS with a performance boost may well be disappointed. My benchmark tests show that the application of XP SP3 makes negligible difference to system performance. The Test Systems For this round...

Tags: Hard Drive, Result, Performance, Western Digital Corp., RAM, Performance Management, Microsoft Windows XP, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-04-25

All SPEC CPU results for AMD Barcelona invalidated

All SPEC CPU results for AMD Barcelona invalidatedInvalidated on a technicalitynot on any actual problem with the results per se.Not that you'd ever take an opportunity to sling mud at AMD mind you...I have ONE word for SPEC's approach to handling this.OBNOXIOUS OBNOXIOUS OBNOXIOUS OBNOXIOUS OBNOXIOUS OBNOXIOUSOBNOXIOUS OBNOXIOUS OBNOXIOUS OBNOXIOUS...

Tags: Processors, SPEC.org, Intel Corp., therapy, Tom, obnoxious obnoxious obnoxious obnoxious obnoxious obnoxiou, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., SPEC CPU

Discussion threads 2007-12-13

CPU TrueSpeed 1.7 (Windows)

CPU TrueSpeed will calculate the actual speed frequency of the microprocessor CPU in your computer. The speed of the CPU is rated by how many cycles it runs per second. This speed is measured in Hertz Hz. 1 Hz is one cycle per second. A Pentium III computer, for example,...

Tags: Frequency, Microsoft Windows, CPU, Igor P. Zenkov & Software Engineering, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2007-11-20

AMD's Phenom - For suckers only

AMD's Phenom - For suckers onlyYep, bang for the buck is where AMD is aimingThere are people out there with limitless bank accounts...but then there's the rest of us who work for a living. From the pricing and performance figures that I have seen, it looks like AMD and Intel...

Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, Phenom 9600, algorithm, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., AMD Phenom, CPU, AMD IS, processor, performance

Discussion threads 2007-11-19

What's in a name for Intel?

What's in a name for Intel?Thank YouIntel has about 50 billion different names for their chips, and the architectural similarities are really unrelated to the names. One example may be Centrino m, which is closer to Pentium III than any to other Centrino chip. How unrealistic.

Tags: Processors, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-10-09

Bias and Kanter's Intel CSI analysis

Early last week a guy named David Kanter at Real World Technologies released a careful analyis of Intel's planned common systems interconnect CSI and its associated integrated memory controller IMC technology. One of the earliest comments on this came from zdnet's own George Ou who provided a quick...

Tags: P6, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Analysis, Intel Corp., David Kanter, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2007-09-09

A bump on the road to Windows Vista

A bump on the road to Windows VistaHardware compatabilityOlder than 12 to 18 months? Of the 600 PC's I manage, I think 3 of them are NEWER than 12 to 18 months - If you're running MS Office, XP, what do you need anything faster than a 2 Ghz...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows XP, PC, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-08-15

Saving energy with open source

Saving energy with open sourceExplain what the OS has to do with it.Energy use is dependant on the hardware...Linux can achieve 100% savings...in power. It's easy. Simply install any Linux Distro on any hardware of your choosing. It does not need to be Energy Star rated or have any advanced...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Processors, Energy-Use, operating system, hardware, Linux, FreeBSD, RAM, Microsoft Windows, open source

Discussion threads 2007-08-06

AMD: Is it getting off the carpet after Intel knockdown?

AMD: Is it getting off the carpet after Intel knockdown?Anyone surprised?ATI/AMD screwing over *NIX users, its good to see just deserts happening to them - maybe one day they'll realise not to piss of those of use who make decisions and influence others. We maybe small in number but our...

Tags: Semiconductors, UNIX, Operating systems, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., ATI Technologies Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-07-20