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Dual Core Computer Processors: Luxury or Necessity?
Most of the talk going on in the computer processor industry is revolving around dual core processors. But what advantages do they actually give and is it worth it in terms of price?
Check out the complete article at Bona Fide Reviews.
Asus P5LD2-Deluxe WiFi-TV Edition Review
Now the performance of this motherboard. For the most part in our ‘Office’ benchmarks and our video encoding tests the two motherboards performed fairly close, within 1-2%. Only three programs showed a marked difference between the two motherboards, TMPGEnc, UT2004 and Half Life 2. In TMPGEnc the Asus board was slower in real time then the ECS board, while CPU time was more or less equal.
Head on over to Viper Lair for the full review!
Hiper Clavier Keyboard Review
The Hiper Clavier is an example a keyboard which was released by a company which is known for selling different types of hardware, particularly power supplies. This is not an oddity, but it raises the question, what would a company that does not specialize in input devices have to offer the keyboard market?… Looking at these features we start to get an idea of what the keyboard is all about. Foremost is style- the keyboard uses short stroke keys, has a solid aluminum bezel around the key area, and even purple LEDs. Hiper is not the first company to produce an aluminum keyboard, but this is certainly one of the best looking ones available.
Check out the full review at XYZ Computing!
Asus Extreme N7800GT Review
This card overclocked better than I expected, I was able to reach the core speed of 485 MHz and 1200 MHz on the memory. The card was 100% stable at that speed and no artifacts occurred. In reality and according to Riva tuner the card runs at 526 MHz core and 1200 MHz for the memory, very impressive indeed. Now you are probably curious to see if the Asus Extreme N7800GT is as fast as or faster than the 7800GTX.
Check out the in-depth review over at NGOHQ!
ATI Catalyst 5.9 with CCC
We have modded the new ATI Catalyst 5.9 for Mobility into a driver that will support all the desktop cards as well. Since it’s not the official version, please use at your own risk.
Wow, that was a fast release! If you are dying to try out the newest, download this at NGOHQ!
Asus P5LD2-Deluxe WiFi-TV Edition
Now the performance of this motherboard. For the most part in our ‘Office’ benchmarks and our video encoding tests the two motherboards performed fairly close, within 1-2%. Only three programs showed a marked difference between the two motherboards, TMPGEnc, UT2004 and Half Life 2. In TMPGEnc the Asus board was slower in real time then the ECS board, while CPU time was more or less equal.
Check out the full review at Viper Lair.
AMD64 Overclocking Guide
Many are intimidated by this subject and they shouldn’t be.
Overcloc1king is simple and painless but much like dinner at the in-laws, it
can be a long and tedious process. Some refer to overclocking as an art
form, if it is then call me Picasso or Monet and consider this guide to be
oc101. I figured it was high time to write up a comprehensive and in-depth
guide as this comes up far to often in forums not only here but everywhere.
I will concentrate on overclocking the AMD64 processor today on a Windows
based machine…let’s get started.
This is pretty in-depth stuff! Check it out at Overclockers Online!
NVIDIA 1.0-8XXX Series Preview
By now, you would almost need to be living underneath a rock
to not have heard about the upcoming NVIDIA Rel80 GeForce display
drivers. Although a majority of this preliminary information has been
Microsoft Windows centric, today we’ll be sharing with you some of the
features that should be on the horizon for Linux users and the 1.0-8XXX
drivers, one of which feature is the long awaited SLI support.
Check out the full article at Phoronix.
ATI Radeon X1800 XT, XL and Avivo in action
You might have read our article on Avivo earlier today and thought “dual dual-link DVI? LIES!”. You might even have the stance that ATI’s R5-series of products is the most talked about piece of vapourware since 3DRealms announced Duke Nukem Forever. Allow HEXUS to pictorially debunk both of those…
This coverage just keeps getting better. Check it out at Hexus.
SilenX IXTREMA Pro Fan Series Preview
Everyone has fans in their system, even people running water cooling, the only exception you may find is someone running a vapor cooled system. In any case you want something that will keep your temperatures low and for some the added benefit of quietness is a major plus. Myself I don’t mind listening to fans howl at high speeds, but some enjoy the bliss of a nice quiet system. The two fans I will review have been optimized for noise to airflow ratio, the lades have a forward swept design, the motor has a reduced size and shape to allow a larger surface area of fan blades and improve the aerodynamics also something which is exclusive to them are the fan mounts which are silicone-composite which dampen vibration.
Head over to Think Computers for the full review!
Evercool K802-715CA Athlon64 Heatsink Review
The Evercool K802-715CA is a pretty standard Athlon64 heatsink whose main selling point is its copper construction, and inexpensive sticker price. How its 516 grams of copper have been assembled are not necessarily conducive towards great cooling efficiency however, and the results of FrostyTech’s synthetic thermal tests will shortly illustrate the K802-715CA’s effective limits.
Check out the full review at Frosty Tech.
NVIDIA announces GeForce 6100 integrated graphics
Today NVIDIA is announcing a new K8 chipset family that brings GeForce 6 graphics to the nForce4 platform. The chipset family is made up of a pair of interchangeable north and south bridge chips, with the former sporting DirectX 9-glass integrated graphics derived from NVIDIA’s GeForce 6 series. Integrated graphics is so important to NVIDIA’s new north bridge chips that rather than being branded with the nForce name, the new chips have been dubbed GeForce 6150 and GeForce 6100. Read on for more details on NVIDIA’s new core logic.
Head over to Tech Report for the full look.
Razer Diamondback Plasma LE Review
Overall the Razer Diamondback Plasma LE is as perfect a gaming mouse can be as anything better than this would have something to do with lazer sensors. To be short, the Plasma LE is the best in its class. The mouse provided excellent responsiveness, thanks to its 1600 dpi infrared sensor and always ON mode. As for starters, this mouse may be a little too fast for you but fret not because the driver lets you adjust different types of sensitivity and speeds. Changing sensitivity without having to use the “Alt+TAB†button is also possible with the “On-the-fly Sensitivity†feature. Gamers will certainly love this feature as it gives total control over the mouse, which is a critical point for professional gamers.
Check out the full review over at PC Modding Malaysia!
Top 10 Best / Top 10 Worst
Cnet has a cool list of the top 10 best and worst products of the last 10 years. It’s no surprise that the iPOD made #1 on the best product list:
No other product has had the incredible, loyal devotion that the iPod inspires. It’s also one of only a handful of products to get a 9 rating from CNET. It revolutionized and popularized music players with its stylish design and is still considered the industry leader. Even if you devoutly believe other music players have better features now, you have to acknowledge that iPod is still the king.
Microsoft Bob made the #1 on the worst list.. and I really can’t disagree. Check out the Best and Worst lists!
Nvidia plans new Nforce 4 SLI 16X
IN THE LAST remaining months of 2005 Nvidia plans to update its Nforce 4 SLI platform. The new chipset is going to be called Nforce 4 SLI 16X and we saw it in Nvidia’s latest chipset roadmap. It’s listed that it will feature an “enthusiast class” feature set and will sit in a board that’s estimated to cost around $140 plus.
I’m highly doubtful that 16x will make any difference in performance at all right now, or even within the next year or two. We’ll have to see.. Check it out at The Inquirer.
Opera is now free!
After many years of incorperating ads into their free browser, they have finally come to the conclusion that they shouldn’t be there. So now if you want an ad-free version, just download the latest and they will be gone.
Opera has removed the banners, found within our browser, and the licensing fee. Opera’s growth, due to tremendous worldwide customer support, has made today’s milestone an achievable goal.
Check it out at the official site.
nForce4 410 and 430 with GeForce 6100 and 6150 Announcement
The TV encoder on the 6150 supports component, S-Video and compostive out, as well as a TMDS for DVI support. DVI on the mainboard backplane will be cool to see. Both chips are also able to be passively cooled, bringing us on nicely to the announcement that these two parts and NVIDIA’s first graphics products created on a 90nm process. Manufactured by TSMC, the 90nm process allows NVIDIA to back the transistors needed for the 6100 and 6150 into a chip package small enough and frugal enough to sit on the mainboard and be passively cooled even at top clocks.
Check out the full preview at Hexus.
ATI Avivo Video and Display Engine
ATI seek to please with a next generation of video capture, display output and video controllers under the Avivo umbrella. Related to display output, Avivo fixes my whinge with a pair of dual-link DVI outputs, fitted to the low-end up (!) via two built-in TMDS transmitters, and brings the rest of the video path, from input to output, up to modern standards.
This is some good reading, and very informative, especially if you are into this type of thing. Check out the full article at Hexus.
Akasa AlIinOne 21 Function Panel Review
As you can see with this installed there wouldn’t be much need for visiting the rear of the PC with everything except the kitchen sink available( oh Yeh it doesn’t pick up satellite TV either :P ) one thing I have to say though is I was very impressed with the quality of the finish, the paint job on the Allinone is excellent and has I really nice deep gloss finish rather than some tatty matt one.
Check out the full review at Xtreme Computing!
Thermaltake PurePower Power Station 520w PSU Review
And we are very pleased with the fan and low noise from it which has helped a great deal to reduce the overall noise in the computer case it is fitted to. And not to forget the handy way we and you can reduce the power lead mess inside a computer case with the use of the power distribution box.
Check out the review at A1 Electronics.
Arrowmax PSX-550AL-24 Aluminum 550W PSU
Under a load, the ArrowMax PSX-550AL-24 reported effifiencies that bounced between 0.98 and 0.99 (98% and 99%). You can’t get much better than that, and a few months of pocketing the savings on your electric bill will contribute nicely to your next upgrade… The heat output during the testing agreed with the efficiency results, as the air coming out of the ArrowMax power supply felt about as warm as the room temperature.
Head over to Big Bruin for the review!
OCZ Rally High Performance USB2 (Dual Channel) Flash Memory Drive Video Review
How in the heck can you live without a USB2 flash drive in this day and age? These drives are a godsend if you have important media to backup or transport. It’s a quick and affordable way of insuring your important data is safe. While all USB2 flash drives are fast, this product is 30% faster. Clearly, this is a must have product! Watch the Video to find out more…
This flash drive has some serious potential! Check it out at 3D Gameman. Expect our review of the drive in the coming weeks.
Cooler Master CM Media 260 Case Review
The Cooler Master CM Media 260 Case has provisions for a single optical drive
(referred to as an ODD in the manual) a single floppy drive, and 2 hard
drives. The floppy drive is ordinarily concealed beneath the left door. The
optical drive has a spring-loaded stealth metal door on the face of the case,
with a button which was dead on for both of the drives I tested.
Head on over to Mod The Box for the review.
Hey, take a look at my 15-inch $2, 300 TV
Check out the full article at Hexus.
ASCARON Entertainment GmbH Supports AGEIA PhysX
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – September 19, 2005 – AGEIA™ Technologies, Inc., the pioneer in hardware-accelerated physics for games, today announced that German game developer ASCARON Entertainment GmbH will support the AGEIA PhysX™ processor in the sequel to its World Wide hit Sacred™ as well as future game titles. Based on a license agreement with AGEIA, ASCARON will use the AGEIA PhysX SDK to incorporate extensive real-time physics into its games, which players can experience with exceptional depth on PCs equipped with the AGEIA PhysX processor.
Read: Full Press Release