[H]ardNews 15th Edition

Swapping Samples:

Another in a long line of "Say it ain't so Joe's". Our friends over at DesignTechnica are learning about what is simply the dark underbelly of our community. That belly includes companies that will do pretty much anything to rip you off.

Samsung and OCZ Technology are just a couple of the companies I know of who might have deceived the consumer, whether intentionally or not, it makes me wonder just how much of this is going on.

No MP for FX:

We have been waiting to see if the Athlon64 FX CPUs would run in a multiple CPU configuration. Since we have not wanted to spend nearly 800 bucks to find out, we have not tried it. We did ask our contacts at VIA today and they fired a couple up for us. Well, they fired one up at a time. They could not get the test board to see both FX CPUs. Take it for what it is worth, if you want duals, buy you the Opterons....they are the same exact thing anyway.