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Overclocked Radeon HD 3650
Showdown, ASUS vs. HIS
Tuesday May 13 @ 08:50:24 GMT +02:00
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HotHardware.com evaluate the features,
performance, overclockability and value of two
factory overclocked Radeon HD 3650 cards, the
ASUS EAH3650 TOP and the HIS Radeon HD 3650 IceQ
Turbo.
Although they're built using the same GPU, these
two cards are actually quite different. They
have completely different coolers and memory,
and are clocked differently as well. Head on
over to the site and check them out...
Overclocked Radeon HD 3650 Showdown, ASUS vs. HIS |
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Game
Testing 2GB versus 4GB of Memory on Vista 64-bit
Tuesday May 13 @ 08:47:00 GMT +02:00
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Legit Reviews tested the gaming performance of
2GB versus 4GB of Memory on Vista 64-bit
Our average frame rate increase of 1.6% in nine
games was slightly higher than the 1.1% shown by
Corsair in the three games they tested, but our
test system was a little newer and we were
running Vista SP1. Something else that we noted
while running the benchmarks is that game
loading times were also significantly enhanced
by installing 4GB of system memory. While load
times was not the focus of this article we noted
that Crysis v1.21 loaded 54.1% faster (14.28s
versus 22.00s) on the initial level load. After
the level was loaded and then restarted (as if
one died and started over) the load times were
within a hundredth of a second...
Game Testing 2GB versus 4GB of Memory on Vista 64-bit |
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AMD K10 Architecture Review
Tuesday May 13 @ 08:28:19 GMT +02:00
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InsideHW.com has posted an article about AMD K10
Architecture
A quote from the article:
A few months ago, the American company Advanced
Micro Devices - AMD, as the second biggest
manufacturer in the processor market, launched
the new K10 microarchitecture onto the market,
in the form of a server solution codenamed
Barcelona. Barcelona is the new Opteron which
brings many novelties in the fields of
virtualization, multi-socket scaling, as well as
many improvements in multithread software
synchronization. As far as desktop computers are
concerned, the K10 architecture also brings
along an entirely new platform, which should
unify all vital system components under a single
brand - Spider.
AMD K10 Architecture Review |
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ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe
Motherboard Review
Tuesday May 13 @ 08:20:24 GMT +02:00
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HardwareLogic posted a review on the ASUS M3N-HT
Deluxe Motherboard
A quote from the article:
Making sure every possible niche is covered,
Asus provides AMD users a high end, SLI capable
motherboard with several unique features. The
Asus M3N-HT Deluxe dishes out goodies like the
brand new 780a chipset, 3-way SLI capability,
Hybrid SLI, ESA, HyperTransport 3.0, PCIe 2.0
and the sexy Cool Mempipe. Is this the
motherboard you've been waiting for?
HardwareLogic straps the M3N-HT onto the test
bench and drops the knowledge on you, raw and
uncut.
ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Motherboard Review |
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DFI's
LANParty LT X48 T2R motherboard Review
Tuesday May 13 @ 08:17:00 GMT +02:00
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Bit-Tech published a review of DFI's LANParty LT
X48 T2R motherboard
A quote from the article:
For a DDR2 board the gaming performance is very
good, outperforming even the Nvidia nForce 780i
SLI board in all of our gaming tests. It can't
keep up with the DDR3 boards, but buying 4GB of
DDR2 is still a fraction of the cost of even 2GB
of DDR3 -- that alone will offer significant
headroom for games as well.
It is more expensive than its X38 brethren and
you'd be hard pressed to tell the two apart if
they were standing side by side. However, if you
were concerned about price you'll probably want
to wait for the P45 launch anyway. It's not
power friendly either, but DFI has never claimed
to even care -- it's not about the latest
bandwagon, it's about being true to its core, of
which it does in spades. The incredible north
bridge heatsink and its simple
interchangeability is no greater example of this
-- you're free to replace it with anything you
like because they are no heatpipes.
If you love your DFI boards then you'll be onto
a winner with the LANParty LT X48 T2R --
everything you need out of Intel's X48 chipset
is provided and there's a lot of fun and time
investment to be had with it. After talking to
BIOS engineers and others in DFI's QA team, the
limitations we've been finding are essentially
chipset level and there's plenty of beta BIOS
out there to try on DFI communities that only
add to its true, core-enthusiast appeal. However
finding these places and knowing who to ask
isn't the most obvious thing on earth -- DFI
should fill its manual with more BIOS details,
overclocking tips and support forum links for
new DFI owners can dive into. This "left to get
on with it" is harsh to say the least.
DFI's LANParty LT X48 T2R motherboard Review
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Corsair HX1000 Power Supply Review
Tuesday May 13 @ 08:03:24 GMT +02:00
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JonnyGURU.com has posted a review on the Corsair
HX1000 Power Supply
A quote from the article:
Corsair has been taunting and teasing us for
months now with the prospect of their very first
foray into the 1kW jungle. And now, our waiting
is over. Join me as I pit the HX1000 in a battle
to the death against my hot box of doom and a
SunMoon ATE.
Corsair HX1000 Power Supply Review |
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Diamond's Viper Radeon HD 3650 1GB Graphics Card - Tested
Tuesday , May 06
@ 09:09:54 GMT +02:00
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HotHardware posted a review on Diamond's Viper
Radeon HD 3650 1GB Graphics Card
While the average PC enthusiast may gawk
endlessly over pages of reviews of high-end
power-hungry graphics cards, jaw-slackened by
the frame rates and 3DMark score that he or she
might find there, at the end of the month it is
the low to mid-range card that is purchased more
often than not in the retail sector. Price
typically is a primary consideration, but it's
not the only concern. Availability,
compatibility, and other issues factor in to a
buyers decision as well. Today we take a look at
Diamond's lower cost, mainstream Radeon HD 3650
that increases total on-board memory to 1
GB, but in doing so, uses lower cost, slower
GDDR2 chips. In the pages ahe
ad, we'll aim to find out if additional on-board
memory really impacts perf
ormance more so than a smaller footprint of
faster GDDR3 memory. The answer may definitely
surprise you...
Diamond's Viper Radeon HD 3650 1GB Graphics Card - Tested |
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MSI GeForce 9600GT 1GB OC
Graphics Card Review
Tuesday , May 06
@ 08:57:24 GMT +02:00
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TweakTown posted a review on the MSI GeForce
9600GT 1GB OC Graphics Card
A quote from the article:
We saw MSI mix it up just the other week with
the 9600GT by overclocking it and going down the
aftermarket cooler route. Aesthetically
speaking, the card really didn?t do a lot for
us, but as we dived deeper into the testing of
the card we became pleasantly surprised by the
performance the cooler offered.
The latest 9600GT variant from MSI sports the
same cooler along with an extra 512MB of GDDR3,
giving us a grand total of 1GB. The card also
carries with it the same overclock we saw on the
512MB model which should aid in getting some
extra performance over stock clocked offerings.
MSI GeForce 9600GT 1GB OC Graphics Card Review |
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How to Install C and C++
Compilers in Ubuntu
Tuesday , May 06
@ 08:52:36 GMT +02:00
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UbuntuGeek posted a guide about installing C and
C++ Compilers in Ubuntu
If you are a developer you need C and C++
Compiler for your development work on your
ubuntu system this tutorial will explain howto
install C and C++ Compilers in Ubuntu with
program examples. In ubuntu you can install the
build-essential for C and C++ compilers.
How to Install C and C++ Compilers in Ubuntu |
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Intel Core 2 Quad CPUs Side By
Side Review
Tuesday , May 06
@ 08:46:25 GMT +02:00
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InsideHW.com has posted an article about Intel
Core 2 Quad CPUs Side By Side.
A quote from the article:
This time we've compared two CPUs: Core2Quad
Q9300 (this is the bottom model of current
lineup) and Core2Extreme QX9650 (the top model
of current lineup). We have experimented with
QX9650, bringing down its multiplier so we got
whole palette of Core2Quad processors from Q9x50
generation. To make evaluation of performances
we have included in test even Core2Extreme
QX6850 which is the top model Quad CPU from
previous generation (65nm).
Intel Core 2 Quad CPUs Side By Side Review |
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Don't slipstream XP sp3 on Windows Vista
Tuesday , May 06
@ 08:39:54 GMT +02:00
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Bink.nu reports that the XP SP3 slipstream
process on a Windows Vista machine is not
working properly
So I build a new Windows XP ISO with SP3
integrated, this is a Volume License editions (VOL)
which only accepts Volume License Keys (VLK).
When I want to install it on a clean machine, I
noticed that setup prompts for a product key and
it does not allow me to continue, which should
be a new feature in XP sp3. OK so I fill in the
VLK but it does not accept it, I try another one
from a customer of mine, does not work either.
Don't slipstream XP sp3 on Windows Vista |
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Thermolab Micro Silencer Review
Tuesday , May 06
@ 08:37:24 GMT +02:00
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OCC has published a new review of the Thermolab
Micro Silencer
A quote from the article:
As you can see, this cooler was outperformed by
the other heatsinks, except for the Nano
Silencer, in each test. When you take a look at
the size difference between the Micro Silencer
and the other heatsinks it was compared to, it
should not have been able to beat them or even
come close. However, again taking a look at its
size, it is able to remove the heat off of the
processor better than the stock cooler provided
by Intel.
Thermolab Micro Silencer Review |
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ASUS Striker II Extreme
Motherboard Review
Tuesday
April 29
@ 08:30:36 GMT +02:00
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HardwareLogic posted a review on the ASUS
Striker II Extreme Motherboard
A quote from the article:
Hitting the enthusiast scene decked out from
head-to-toe, this motherboard brings next-gen
right to your doorstep with the new 790i nForce
chipset, 1600MHz front side bus support, Tri SLI
compatibility, PCIe 2.0, DDR3-2000 support and
an integrated water cooling system. Holy cow!
Hold on to your seat as HardwareLogic puts this
monster on our test bench and unleashes the full
assault of our benchmarking suite.
ASUS Striker II Extreme Motherboard Review |
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AMD Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition
Review
Tuesday
April 29
@ 08:22:25 GMT +02:00
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InsideHW.com has posted an article about AMD
Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition.
A quote from the article:
Users familiar with AMD Black Edition brand
already know what kind of CPU we got in our test
lab and for those unfamiliar with BE AMD CPUs we
are going to explain it. Back in the past AMD
had prestigious FX series of CPUs which were
very expensive but those were made from best
parts of wafer and had unlocked multiplier. Now
AMD has CPU series called "Black Edition" and it
has very similar characteristics to FX series,
but with changed price politics.
AMD Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition Review |
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AVG
Anti-Virus 8.0 Review
Tuesday
April 29
@ 08:15:54 GMT +02:00
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TechReviewSource.com posted a review on version
8.0 of AVG Anti-Virus
A quote from the article:
The new version of AVG Anti-Virus has just been
released and TechReviewSource.com's review shows
that it is still one of the best anti-virus
programs on the market. The paid version
includes some really nice features that will
surely protect your computer from malicious
files and sites on the Internet. Check out their
full review to find out more about AVG
Anti-Virus 8.0.
AVG Anti-Virus 8.0 Review |
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OCZ Technology 64GB SATA-I Solid
State Disk Review
Tuesday
April 29
@ 08:07:24 GMT +02:00
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PC Perspective posted a review on the OCZ
Technology 64GB SATA-I Solid State Disk
A quote from the article:
Our first review of a solid state disk compares
the OCZ 64GB SATA-I model to the new
VelociRaptor hard drive as well as other desktop
HDDs and even another 2.5" notebook drive from
Western Digital. The results are incredibly
interesting though not as impressive as
originally hoped.
OCZ Technology 64GB SATA-I Solid State Disk Review |
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300
Processor Review
Tuesday
April 29
@ 08:54:25 GMT +02:00
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HotHardware.com posted a review on the Intel
Core 2 Quad Q9300 Processor
A quote from the article:
Intel's Core 2 Quad Q9300 has some rather large
shoes to fill. This newly shipping, relatively
low-cost quad-core processor from Intel is a
replacement for their long-standing price to
performance champ, the Core 2 Quad Q6600. The
Q6600 was the first quad-core in Intel's arsenal
which was actually affordable, and even today,
it remains one of the best values on the market.
Not only is the Core 2 Quad Q6600 inexpensive
for a quad-core CPU, but it is extremely
overclockable and provides a significant amount
of computing power for the dollar. Core 2 Quad
Q6600's are still in high-demand - a trend which
is likely to continue until they are no longer
available.
Like we said, rather large shoes to fill.
Luckily, the Core 2 Quad Q9300 processor has
some impressive new features under the hood
along with a higher clock speed. Head on over to
the site and check it out...
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Processor Review |
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Microsoft
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Final
Tuesday
April 29
@ 08:45:54 GMT +02:00
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All previously released updates for the
operating system. Told you so.
Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all
previously released updates for the operating
system. This update also includes a small number
of new functionalities, which do not
significantly change customers experience with
the operating system.
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Futuremark 3DMark Vantage
Benchmark Preview
Tuesday
April 29
@ 08:37:24 GMT +02:00
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PC Perspective posted a preview on Futuremark
3DMark Vantage
A quote from the article:
The new 3DMark Vantage software is finally
available after several months of "leaked"
screenshots and information flooding the forums.
Now that 3DMark has moved to DirectX 10 what can
you expect to find in this incredibly popular
benchmarking software? We have an analysis of
the tests include in the new application as well
as quite a few screenshots!
Futuremark 3DMark Vantage Benchmark Preview |
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MSI P7N SLI Platinum
Motherboard Review
Tuesday,
April
22
@ 08:04:19 GMT +02:00
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NVNews posted a review on the MSI P7N SLI
Platinum Motherboard
A quote from the article:
As with the P6N motherboard, the P7N Platinum
features an elaborate copper heatsink/heatpipe
chipset cooling solution on a jet-black circuit
board. The heatpipe arrangement runs from the
MOSFET's to the System Platform Processor (C55
SPP), the nForce 430i Media & Communications
Processor (C51 MCP) and the nForce 200.
MSI P7N SLI Platinum Motherboard Review |
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Western Digital VelociRaptor
300GB WD3000GLFS Review - Evolution
Tuesday,
April
22
@ 08:22:05 GMT +02:00
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PC Perspective published
their review on the
Western Digital
VelociRaptor 300GB
WD3000GLFS
A quote from the
article:
The incredibly popular
Raptor series of drives
gets an upgrade today
with the introduction of
the Western Digital
VelociRaptor 300GB hard
drive. There is more to
this update than just a
capacity bump;
performance gets a
noticeable boost as
well!
Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB WD3000GLFS Review - Evolution |
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Western Digital Velociraptor 10K
RPM 300GB Hard Drive Review
Tuesday,
April
22
@ 08:18:28 GMT +02:00
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HotHardware.com posted a review on the Western
Digital Velociraptor 10K RPM 300GB Hard Drive
A quote from the article:
Western Digital is unveiling a brand new
enthusiast-class hard drive today, the 10K RPM
Velociraptor WD3000GLFS. Like the previous
generation WD Raptors that came before it, the
300GB WD Velociraptor shares the aforementioned
10K RPM spindle speed, and they have the same
16MB buffer, reliability ratings, and acoustic
and environmental characteristics as well. The
WD Velociraptor sports a completely new design,
however, that offers significantly increased
performance, in terms of access times, IOPS, and
data transfer rates. Come on by the site and
check it out...
Western Digital Velociraptor 10K RPM 300GB Hard Drive Review |
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Mobile GPU Comparison Guide
(Updated)
Tuesday,
April
22
@ 08:04:19 GMT +02:00
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Tech ARP updated their Mobile GPU Comparison
Guide
A quote from the article:
These days, there are so many mobile GPU models
that it has become quite impossible to keep up
with the different configurations. Therefore, we
decided to compile this guide to provide an easy
reference for those who are interested in
comparing the specifications of the various
mobile GPUs in the market as well as those
already obsolescent or obsolete.
Currently covering 133 mobile GPUs, this
comprehensive comparison will allow you to
easily compare 17 different specifications for
each and every GPU. We hope it will prove to be
a useful reference. We will keep this guide
updated regularly so do check back for the
latest updates.
Mobile GPU Comparison Guide (Updated) |
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Leadtek 9600 GT SLI reviewed and
compared with 9800 GTX
Tuesday,
April
22
@ 08:22:05 GMT +02:00
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Madshrimps compared two
Leadtek 9600 GT video
cards in SLI against the
Geforce 9800 GTX
A quote from the
article:
With the Geforce 9600 GT
pricing reaching new
lows, it becomes
interesting to see if
pairing up two of them
can get you more bang
for the buck compared to
the more expensive
Geforce 9800 GTX. In
this review we use two
Leadtek 9600 GT Extreme
cards and run our
battery of game tests to
find out what
performance you can
expect.
Leadtek 9600 GT SLI reviewed and compared with 9800 GTX |
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ATI Catalyst 8.4 Analysis
- XP & Vista
Tuesday,
April
22
@ 08:18:28 GMT +02:00
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TweakTown posted an ATI Catalyst 8.4 Analysis
Another month, another set of Catalyst drivers.
Last month we saw some issues with the HD 3870
X2, but hopefully this month we see those
problems disappear. There isn?t much in the read
me file and the majority of adjustments seem to
be related to bug fixes.
With the same test system that we?ve been using
for the last few months, we?ll just get straight
into it and see what the latest Catalyst release
brings us.
ATI Catalyst 8.4 Analysis - XP & Vista |
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Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 - The New
Budget Superstar?
Tuesday,
April
22
@ 08:04:19 GMT +02:00
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Techgage posted a review of Intel's upcoming
E7200 value Dual-Core.
At 2.53GHz and $133 USD, the E7200 promises to
become the new Dual-Core budget superstar. After
taking a hard look at the upcoming offering, we
would have to readily agree. Overclocking only
sweetens the deal further, with 3.0GHz on stock
voltages being more than possible. We have a
winner!
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 - The New Budget Superstar? |
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Review
Tuesday,
April 15
@ 08:52:05 GMT +02:00
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OCC has published a new
review of the Intel Core
2 Quad Q9450
A quote from the
article:
Am I disappointed in the
overclocking headroom
available from this
processor. Not in the
least! With the insane
speeds being offered up
by the dual core
variants, I was still
searching for a bit more
than the 3.7GHz I was
able to pull from this
quad core processor. But
even though I was
expecting more, a
greater than 1 GHz
overclock is nothing to
laugh at. The clockspeed
increase was also done
with a relatively low
1.36 volts to the
processor. Much less
than I have needed with
both my Q6600 and
QX9770s to gain the
maximum core speed.
Temperatures were, for
the most part, kept in
check throughout the
testing. 64 degrees
Celsius under load was
the highest temperature
I saw on air cooling
during my stability
testing with Prime 95.
With better cooling,
could the max overclock
be increased? Probably,
but the vast majority of
users will be on air, so
that's where I spent my
time testing.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Review |
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Nvidia First 55nm Desktop
Graphics; GeForce 9800 GT
Tuesday,
April 15
@ 08:52:05 GMT +02:00
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VR-Zone has learned that
the first desktop
graphics card to be
based on 55nm G92b core
will be GeForce 9800 GT
and it will be launched
in July along with
GeForce 9900 series.
Apparently, GeForce 9800
GTS will be OEM only,
not for channel
Nvidia First 55nm
Desktop Graphics;
GeForce 9800 GT |
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Tools to access Linux Partitions
from Windows
Tuesday,
April 15
@ 08:41:28 GMT +02:00
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Ubuntu Geek takes a look at tools to access
Linux Partitions from Windows
If you dual boot with Windows and Linux, and
have data spread across different partitions on
Linux and Windows, you should be really in for
some issues.
It happens sometimes you need to access your
files on Linux partitions from Windows, and you
realize it isn?t possible easily. Not really,
with these tools in hand - it?s very easy for
you to access files on your Linux partitions
from Windows.
Tools to access Linux Partitions from Windows |
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AMD Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition
Review
Tuesday,
April 15
@ 08:30:19 GMT +02:00
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TechSpot posted a review on the AMD Phenom X4
9850 Black Edition
A quote from the article:
In terms of performance, AMD has stated that the
new B3 processors will be no faster than the
original Phenom X4 CPUs without the TLB erratum
fix enabled on a clock-for-clock basis.
Therefore the Phenom X4 9600 and the new Phenom
X4 9650, for example, should be no different in
terms of performance. Just as well that should
mean that today's flagship Phenom, the X4 9850,
should sit somewhere between the Phenom 9700 and
9900 processors that we reviewed earlier this
year.
It will be interesting to see how the 9850
stacks up against the rest of the Phenom family
and of course, Intel's Q6600.
AMD Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition Review |
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Nvidia Analyst's Day: Biting
Back at Intel
Tuesday,
April 15
@ 08:22:05 GMT +02:00
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Bit-Tech published their
analysis of what was
said during Nvidia's
Financial Analyst's Day
in an article titled
Nvidia Analyst's Day:
Biting Back at Intel
Gelsinger believes that
the industry needs a
programmable, ubiquitous
and unified
architecture... like
Larrabee. This is of
course convenient, but
he seems to forget that
we've had very
programmable and unified
architectures ever since
the launch of the
GeForce 8800 GTX in
November 2006.
DirectX 10 was an
inflection point for
graphics cards, because
it is the first time
that shader units have
become fully generalised
processing 'cores'.
Although it's worth
remembering that they're
not quite as flexible as
a CPU core in their
current design.
"/ /Here's somebody
who's new to our
industry and he's
basically telling us
that 3D graphics as we
know it is dead," said
Huang. "//This is the
most inspirational quote
I can imagine giving to
our employees. Nothing
fires us up more than
that. I'm sure that's
what he intended --
getting the most
intensively competitive
company in technology
fired up. We're pretty
fired up anyway, as
we're pretty passionate
about what we do. The
fact that the statement
is just plain wrong
means it's pointless to
argue about it."
Nvidia Analyst's Day: Biting Back at Intel |
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Sapphire Radeon HD3870 X2 1GB
Graphics Card Review
Tuesday,
April 15
@ 08:18:28 GMT +02:00
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Bigbruin.com has posted a new review on the
Sapphire Radeon HD3870 X2 1GB Graphics Card
A quote from the article:
The 1GB Sapphire Radeon HD3870 X2 graphics card
couples the power of two HD3870 GPUs on one card
to provide the muscle necessary to smoothly
drive today's games with ease. And if you are a
player that insists on the absolute cutting edge
and top notch performance at any cost you can
take advantage of CrossFireX and use two of
these cards in tandem.
Sapphire Radeon HD3870 X2 1GB Graphics Card Review |
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Early Look: Gigabyte P45-DS5
motherboard
Tuesday,
April 15
@ 08:04:19 GMT +02:00
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Bit-Tech published an early look at Gigabyte's
P45-DS5 motherboard
Gigabyte has done *a lot* to improve the P45's
layout over its previous P35 board -- while we
loved the DS3R, other products like the EP35-DS4
(pictured right, on the left of the two) had
compatibility problems with the SATA ports.
The P45-DS5 fixes this by making all the SATA
ports at 90 degree angles to the edge of the
board so they don't conflict with longer
graphics cards. In addition to this there are
now *ten* SATA ports -- four of which are from a
Silicon Image chipset. While the RAID can't be
combined with the new ICH10R southbridge, they
all offer NCQ, ACHI and eSATA support.
The Gigabyte branded JMicron chipset provides
the IDE port which is still missing from ICH10,
like it was from ICH9, and even though the IDE
port is awkwardly placed right down the bottom
of the board it shouldn't matter too much since
there's oodles of SATA for optical drives.
The DS5 shown here is DDR2 only and supports "up
to 1,200MHz" according to Gigabyte. If the
current P35 range is anything to go by, expect
DDR3 and mixed DDR2/DDR3 boards to pop up as
well.
Even though Gigabyte says the overclocking of
the P45 and P35 should be similar, clearly
Gigabyte are tailored its P45-DS5 for some
serious overclocking: it features six phases of
CPU power regulation, two phases on the
northbridge and two phases on the DDR2 memory
slots. We also love the new on-board power,
reset and clear CMOS buttons that are almost
identical those used on the Asus Republic of
Gamer series motherboards.
Early Look: Gigabyte P45-DS5 motherboard |
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Everything You Need to Know About TV Technologies
Friday April 11
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08:50:16 GMT +02:00
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Hardware Secrets posted everything you need to
know about TV technologies
For decades, the remote control was the only
major technological advance concerning
television. Nowadays it seems every other week
we get a glimpse of what the future of
television will be like. From flat screen panels
to new projection technology, there are so many
options in the market that buying a new TV set
could get complicated ? and that's where we come
in; after all our motto is "uncomplicating the
complicated". Follow our tutorial as we open a
trail into this jungle of acronyms.
Everything You Need to Know About TV Technologies |
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GIGABYTE ATI Radeon HD 3870 512MB Crossfire Review
Friday April 11
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Virtual-Hideout posted GIGABYTE ATI Radeon HD
3870 512MB Crossfire Review
A quote from the article:
Two of those latest cards has come to us in the
form of Gigabyte's ATI Radeon HD 3870 512MB
graphics cards, or GV-RX387512H for those
currently shopping. NVidia's 8800 series are a
very common top end budget gamer card and
typically does well in most cases. How does the
Gigabyte HD 3870 stack up against the card? And
is it a viable solution? Read on for the
surprising results.
GIGABYTE ATI Radeon HD 3870 512MB Crossfire Review |
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Where's my Teleporter?
Friday April 11
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08:36:13 GMT +02:00
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TechwareLabs has published its first rant titled
"What we hope the future holds".
When the power goes out and you can't get on
XBox Live what do you do? Rant. . .Thats what!
Let's start with wheres my Jetcar and my
Teleporter and we don't stop there. Can you say
DDR8? We speculate.
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ASUS Striker II NSE motherboard review
Friday April 11
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08:18:55 GMT +02:00
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Elite Bastards posted a review on the ASUS
Striker II NSE motherboard
A quote from the article:
Memory support is the one and only difference
between the nForce 790i SLI and Ultra SLI
chipset - While the standard nForce 790i SLI
officially supports memory speeds of up to
1333MHz, the 790i Ultra SLI can make use of
speeds up to 2000MHz. In short then, while both
boards support EPP 2.0, the nForce 790i SLI
chipset is identical to its bigger brother aside
from officially supporting memory clocks above
1333MHz, so if running insane memory clock
speeds doesn't interest you, then this chipset
will suit your needs without burning quite such
a large hole in your wallet.
ASUS Striker II NSE motherboard review |
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Beginners Guides: Making Old Software Compatible with Windows Vista
Friday April 11
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08:10:13 GMT +02:00
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PC Stats posted a beginners guide about making
old Software compatible with Windows Vista
A quote from the article:
One of the most common gripes about Windows
Vista even now, almost a year and a half after
its release, is that it doesn't play nicely with
a LOT of older software. It has some pretty big
software compatibility issues, and nothing is
more frustrating than finding out that the games
and applications you're accustomed to no longer
run. Buying all new software isn't the answer,
instead PCSTATS will guide you down the path to
getting your old programs working once more in
Vista.
Beginners Guides: Making Old Software Compatible with Windows Vista |
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7 Notebook Coolers Compared and Tested
Tuesday
April 08 @
08:52:16 GMT +02:00
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Madshrimps takes a look at 7 Notebook Coolers
With the majority of PC shipments being laptops
it is time to find out how you can effectively
keep them running cool. In this comparison
review we test seven different notebook coolers
from Zalman, Vantec, Spire, Sunbeamtech,
Revoltec and Antec.
7 Notebook Coolers Compared and Tested |
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ATI Radeon 3870 Review
Tuesday
April 08 @
08:40:55 GMT +02:00
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TechwareLabs has published a review of the ATI
Radeon 3870.
A quote from the article:
Today Michael Lynch takes a look at ATI's new
Radeon 3870 graphics card. He compares it to the
8800GT Overclocked, and runs quite a few
benchmarks on it to put it to the test. Is the
3870 the best card for your money? Read our
review to find out.
ATI Radeon 3870 Review |
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Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000 Review
Tuesday
April 08 @
08:31:13 GMT +02:00
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Tweaknews.net posted a review on the Microsoft
Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000
A quote from the article:
Notebook mice are getting more and more popular.
They offer 100% of the functionality of a
standard mouse, but have it all packed into a
smaller package. In addition, seeing that most
laptop buyers are consumers that like to be
unplugged and free to roam (hence why you buy a
laptop), it is only common sense that a wireless
mouse would make a smart purchase.
Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000 Review |
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ATI and NVIDIA - Video playback quality and performance analysis
Tuesday
April 08
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Elite Bastards posted a video playback quality
and performance analysis of ATI and NVIDIA based
GPUs
Although playing back DVD content is easy enough
with any modern CPU now, the advent of High
Definition content and the rise of Blu-Ray as
the winner of the next-generation optical format
war have brought new and far more demanding
computing requirements to the PC marketplace.
While a CPU alone will struggle to handle High
Definition content recorded in 1080p, modern
GPUs are ideally designed and placed to take
most of that workload away from the CPU, which
means that the latest generations of graphics
boards from both NVIDIA and AMD's ATI graphics
division are capable of accelerating most if not
all of a High Definition video stream.
ATI and NVIDIA - Video playback quality and
performance analysis |
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Linux: The Beginners Guide
Tuesday
April 08
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TechwareLabs posted a follow-up to their Linux
Introduction entitled Linux: The Beginners
Guide.
A quote from the article:
With so many options for operating systems in
the world today, how do you choose? Today, we
take a look at Linux and show you step by step
how to try it out and see what the hype is
about! We take you from selecting the
distribution to installation and configuration
all in a step by step process that is easy to
follow. if you ever wanted to try out Linux this
guide is for you.
Linux: The Beginners Guide |
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Intel Core 2 Duo E8500, E8400 and E8200 Review
Tuesday
April 08
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bit-tech published a review of Intel Core 2 Duo
E8500, E8400 and E820
A quote from the article:
Just like the QX9650 and QX9770 the 45nm
products are the ones to aim for if you're
considering and Intel upgrade, however /unlike/
the Extreme Edition CPUs, the Wolfdales are
*affordable*. In fact, every CPU featured was
affordable, the only exception is the Q6700 at
?311.
If you're heavily into multi-threaded
applications or serious multi-tasking, then a
quad-core processor will offer a greater
performance and space to breath. If you're a
gamer though, a high clocked dual-core with
plenty of memory bandwidth is certainly the way
to go - the Wolfdales will oblige in every
aspect.
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500, E8400 and E8200 Review |
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Video Memory Stress Test 1.4
Tuesday April 01 @ 08:47:50 GMT +02:00
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This utility allows to thoroughly test your
video RAM for errors and faults.
This utility allows to thoroughly test your
video RAM for errors and faults. Video Memory
Stress Test includes more than 40 tests, doesn't
change your current video mode, has a lot of
test options and a logging feature.
Download |
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Vista Codec Package 4.6.3 BETA 1
Tuesday April 01 @ 08:46:09 GMT +02:00
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Compiles the best codecs from all the big name
codec packs.
This is the beta test version of the Vista Codec
Package
This author accepts direct donations.
Download |
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XFX 780i SLI Motherboard Review
Tuesday April 01 @ 08:34:19 GMT +02:00
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InsideHW.com has posted an article about XGX
780i SLI motherboard.
A quote from the article:
After ASUS introduced its premiere motherboard,
we received the XFX vision of what a nForce 780i
chipset-based motherboard should look like. Of
course, the packaging is top-notch, just like
earlier XFX models we had tested, and besides
the motherboard, inside you will find an extra
fan to keep the chipset cool, six black SATA
cables, three SATA power cables, a rounded black
IDE cable, manual, driver disc, a USB bracket
and SLI bridges (an ordinary one and a three-way
one).
XFX 780i SLI Motherboard Review |
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ATI Radeon HD3450 Review
Tuesday April 01 @ 08:22:05 GMT +02:00
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TechwareLabs has published a review of the ATI
Radeon HD3450.
A quote from the article:
Many users are looking for a video card that
will allow them to tak advantage of Vista's new
graphical features but are not iterested in
playing games. This leaves them serching for an
add-on video card that wont break the budget and
yet still powerful enough to run things like
Aero and Flip-3D. We test the ATI HD3450 to see
if this card fits this need and bring you real
world testing and results.
ATI Radeon HD3450 Review |
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3-in-1 E-SATA, SATA and USB 5-port Hub Combo Review
Tuesday April 01 @ 08:15:28 GMT +02:00
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TechwareLabs has published a review of the ATI
Radeon HD3450.
A quote from the article:
Many users are looking for a video card that
will allow them to tak advantage of Vista's new
graphical features but are not iterested in
playing games. This leaves them serching for an
add-on video card that wont break the budget and
yet still powerful enough to run things like
Aero and Flip-3D. We test the ATI HD3450 to see
if this card fits this need and bring you real
world testing and results.
3-in-1 E-SATA, SATA and USB 5-port Hub Combo
Review |
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