December 2009

by Rafael Hernandez on December 6, 2009 · 0 comments

Apple’s workstation/professional level series of desktop wouldn’t stay very competitive if it stuck around with old computer gear now would it? The company has added Intel’s 3.33GHz “Xeon” processor to its single CPU lineup which should speed up those Mac-like tasks quite a bit over the old 400MHz slower chip that was previously the top […]

Read more Apple’s Mac Pro receives a 3.33GHz upgrade…and other stuff

by Rafael Hernandez on December 6, 2009 · 0 comments

It’s somewhat difficult to innovate in the laptop segment, after all there’s a limit on how slim you can go before you start losing the thing between the couch cushions. So for inspiration some developers go to great lengths to bring new ideas to the mobile PC user. The Acer Aspire AS5738DG sports a 3D […]

Read more Acer Aspire AS5738DG attempts laptop 3D screen magic

by Rafael Hernandez on December 6, 2009 · 0 comments

Realtek maintains up to date drivers for their various Ethernet LAN interface chips commonly found integrated on many computer motherboards. Version 6.227 of their driver supports the following PCI Express chips: RTL8111B, RTL8168B, RTL8111, RTL8168, RTL8111C, RTL8111CP, RTL8111D(L), RTL8168C, RTL8111DP, RTL8111E, RTL8105E The driver supports Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 32bit and 64bit versions. […]

Read more Realtek PCI Express Ethernet LAN Windows Vista Driver Version 6.227

by Rafael Hernandez on December 6, 2009 · 1 comment

Realtek maintains up to date drivers for their various Ethernet LAN interface chips commonly found integrated on many computer motherboards. Version 5.738 of their driver supports the following PCI Express chips: RTL8111B, RTL8168B, RTL8111, RTL8168, RTL8111C, RTL8111CP, RTL8111D(L), RTL8168C, RTL8111DP, RTL8111E, RTL8105E The driver supports Windows XP 32bit and 64bit versions. You can download the […]

Read more Realtek PCI Express Ethernet LAN Windows XP Driver Version 5.738

by Rafael Hernandez on December 6, 2009 · 0 comments

Realtek maintains up to date drivers for their various Ethernet LAN interface chips commonly found integrated on many computer motherboards. Version 7.009 of their driver supports the following PCI Express chips: RTL8111B, RTL8168B, RTL8111, RTL8168, RTL8111C, RTL8111CP, RTL8111D(L), RTL8168C, RTL8111DP, RTL8111E, RTL8105E The driver supports Windows 7 32bit and 64bit versions. You can download the […]

Read more Realtek PCI Express Ethernet LAN Windows 7 Driver Version 7.009

by Rafael Hernandez on December 4, 2009 · 0 comments

Intel’s Chipset Device Software configures your Windows operating system to properly handle the company’s system chipset features. Version 9.1.1.1019 of their software adds support for the company’s 5 Series of chipsets and enables Microsoft Windows 7 support. The software supports the following chipsets: Intel 3 Series Chipsets Intel 4 Series Chipset Intel 5 Series Chipset […]

Read more Intel Windows Chipset Device Software Version 9.1.1.1019

by Rafael Hernandez on December 4, 2009 · 0 comments

Intel’s stab at a consumer level graphics chip that makes use of many many X86 cores and SIMD instruction sets to make for a powerful GPU is, apparently, a thing of the past. VentureBeat writes that Larrabee’s development was behind where Intel had hoped so they’re cutting their plans to release it as a consumer […]

Read more Intel Drops Larrabee Consumer Plans

by Rafael Hernandez on December 4, 2009 · 0 comments

If you’re really into computing hardware you tend to seek out information on the top-end products that are available, unfortunately many of those high-end processors are cost-prohibitive for some…that doesn’t mean there aren’t speedy bargains to be found however. X-bit labs tests some of the most inexpensive processors out there and comes up with a […]

Read more Cheap CPUs make for a great value build

by Rafael Hernandez on December 3, 2009 · 0 comments

Direct heatpipe contact was something of a simple solution that showed quite a bit of a performance gain when heatsinks with the technology popped up for processors…it’s about time they brought it to video cards. Benchmark Reviews has a look at the Xigmatek Bifrost VD1065 HDT VGA Cooler and its 5 heatpipes which will whisk […]

Read more Xigmatek Bifrost VD1065 HDT VGA Cooler does the direct heatpipe contact on your GPU

by Rafael Hernandez on December 3, 2009 · 0 comments

Full tower cases with tons of drive bays used to be popular because nothing got people more excited than a bunch of optical bays. We’ve moved away from that and now we just want our drive bays to be used to store a large number of hard drives instead. Testseek labs has a look at […]

Read more LanCool Dragonlord PC-K58 PC Case sports more drive bays than you’d imagine

by Rafael Hernandez on December 3, 2009 · 1 comment

Realtek maintains up to date drivers for their various Ethernet LAN interface chips commonly found integrated on many computer motherboards. Version 6.111 of their driver supports the following chips: RTL8100B(L), RTL8100C(L), RTL8101L, RTL8139C(L), RTL8139C(L)+, RTL8139D(L), RTL8100(L) RTL8130, RTL8139B(L) The driver supports Windows 7 32bit and 64bit versions You can download the driver here.

Read more Realtek PCI Ethernet LAN Windows 7 Driver Version 6.111