May 2010

by Rafael Hernandez on May 27, 2010 · 0 comments

NVIDIA’s GPGPU initiative has been one of the more well-rounded approaches when it comes to exposing the raw processing power of graphics cards to the programming masses. Manju Hegde, NVIDIA’s former VP of Technical Marketing for all things CUDA, has decided to join up with AMD who’s Fusion program will get a dosage of marketing […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 27, 2010 · 0 comments

Graphics card tweaking used to be the exclusive realm of those that were brave enough to take a soldering iron to, or modify the BIOS of, their expensive new board. Thankfully the latest breed of cards has software trickery to make tweaking even easier. The ASUS HD 5870 2GB RoG Matrix Platinum Edition Graphics Card […]

Read more ASUS HD 5870 2GB RoG Matrix Platinum Edition Graphics Card battles for the longest product name ever

by Rafael Hernandez on May 26, 2010 · 0 comments

Another month gone by means yet another ATI Catalyst driver set. The company’s efforts have brought their drivers up to version 10.5 bringing along a number of fixes including: “Battlefield 2: Bad Company” maps no longer takes unusually long to load Enabling hardware shaders (perfect mode) no longer causes text and on-screen menu corruption while […]

Read more ATI Catalyst 10.5 Drivers Released

by Rafael Hernandez on May 26, 2010 · 0 comments

Notebooks aren’t the playground of the enthusiast because there’s no real room to tinker with the guts of a machine so it’s up to the manufacturer to come up with some compelling features. They’ve done just that. The Sony VAIO Z Z11Z9E/B Laptop can be configured with solid state drives in a RAID0 configuration for […]

Read more Sony VAIO Z Z11Z9E/B Laptop sports some potent hardware

by Rafael Hernandez on May 25, 2010 · 0 comments

Since most motherboards come well equipped with all manner of on-board functionality making the need for a full-sized board is becoming less of an issue as the PC evolves. The BIOSTAR TH55XE MicroATX Motherboard opts for the smaller form factor but still provides the same great tweaking options of its full-sized counterparts. HardOCP has the […]

Read more BIOSTAR TH55XE MicroATX Motherboard goes short and stout

by Rafael Hernandez on May 25, 2010 · 0 comments

Normally you’d want as much graphics processing power as you can get your hands on but in some instances you need just enough for that low-power home theater computer you’ve had your eyes on. PowerColor’s Radeon 5550 Video Card is capable of handling high definition content with ease while sipping on the power meter. PureOverclock […]

Read more PowerColor Radeon 5550 Video Card does its duty on the down low

by Rafael Hernandez on May 25, 2010 · 0 comments

Larger case fans are a good way to introduce airflow without dealing with a serious increase in PC noise. Of course on the noise front there are quite a few methods to improve on noise output which should be considered. The Zaward 140mm ZG2-140A Golf Fan GII uses a dimpled fan blades to cut down […]

Read more Zaward 140mm ZG2-140A Golf Fan GII pumps plenty of air

by Rafael Hernandez on May 24, 2010 · 0 comments

The trend towards offering a ton of 5.25″ drive bays has lead to quite a bit of flexibility for fan and hard drive mounting…and anyone with a huge selection of optical drives to lug around. The Thermaltake V5 MicroATX Case can be whatever you want it to be with plenty of air flow options and […]

Read more Thermaltake V5 MicroATX Case offers more drive bays than you’d ever need

by Rafael Hernandez on May 24, 2010 · 0 comments

While solid state drives offer up crowd pleasing performance there’s a big issue with their price versus storage capacity aspect which is quite jarring once you start looking at the price tags. The Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Hybrid Hard Drive comes in sporting the familiar platter design with a healthy dosage of solid state storage […]

Read more Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Hybrid Hard Drive bridges the SSD gap

by Rafael Hernandez on May 22, 2010 · 2 comments

Developer IDT Details Audio Driver for IDT 92HDxxx series of audio processors. Version 5.10.0.6265 Driver Date 1/13/2010 Size 13.0MB Category Audio Driver Operating Systems Supported Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP 64bit Hardware Supported IDT High Definition Audio CODEC PCI IDs Supported FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B2&SUBSYS_10280233, FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B2&SUBSYS_10280234, FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B2&SUBSYS_10280250, FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B2&SUBSYS_1028024D, FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B2&SUBSYS_1028024F, FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B2&SUBSYS_10280277, FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B2&SUBSYS_10280251, FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B2&SUBSYS_10280263, FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B2&SUBSYS_10280265, FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B2&SUBSYS_10280262, FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B2&SUBSYS_10280264, FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B2&SUBSYS_10280252, FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_7605&SUBSYS_102802C8, […]

Read more IDT High Definition Audio CODEC Windows XP Driver Version 5.10.0.6265

by Rafael Hernandez on May 22, 2010 · 1 comment

Developer IDT Details Audio Driver for IDT 92HDxxx series of audio processors. Version 6.10.0.6265 Driver Date 2/24/2010 Size 17.7MB Category Audio Driver Operating Systems Supported Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 7 64bit, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista 64bit Hardware Supported IDT High Definition Audio CODEC PCI IDs Supported FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B2&SUBSYS_10280233, FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B2&SUBSYS_10280234, FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B2&SUBSYS_10280250, FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B2&SUBSYS_1028024D, FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B2&SUBSYS_1028024F, FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B2&SUBSYS_10280277, […]

Read more IDT High Definition Audio CODEC Windows 7 and Vista Driver Version 6.10.0.6265