Published March 31, 2009 · 0 comments

The normal aesthetic design process for gaming notebooks seems to revolve around the plastering of some odd angles here and there and a healthy dosage of gaudy colors to make your eyes bleed while you game. Asus’ N81Vp isn’t a…

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Published March 31, 2009 · 0 comments

AMD/ATI’s CrossFire technology allows you to pair up two identical graphics cards for, theoretically, a sizable performance boost. It all works pretty well for the gamers out there that strive for the highest frame rates at insane resolutions using today’s…

Read more AMD Radeon HD 4670 CrossFire Viability

Published March 31, 2009 · 0 comments

Sick of HDMI, component cables, TOSLINK and the myriad of connectors required for a successful A/V system setup? Broadcomm thinks it has the answer. Use trusty Ethernet cables instead! Today the company announced BroadSync HD, technology that the networking firm…

Read more Broadcom Supports IEEE 802.1 AVB Draft Standard

Published March 30, 2009 · 0 comments

Microsoft’s Windows 7, being the highly anticipated operating system that it is, has quite a few eager people covering its every move. There’s nothing that goes on that will get past millions of enthusiast eyes looking for the latest…

Read more Loose Links…Apparently Leak Windows 7 Release Date

Published March 30, 2009 · 0 comments

The Mini-ITX form factor was created in order to place some computing power into a seriously small space. Up until recently any motherboard using the specification was seriously underpowered, an expensive boutique item, or a combination of the two. The…

Read more Zotac GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi, Computing On A Smaller Scale

Published March 30, 2009 · 0 comments

Trying to put together a computer that’s eco-friendly, or low noise, means you’re going to have to give up a bit of performance for quite a bit of power saving. Case in point are the Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200S…

Read more Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200S/Q9550S, Quad Cores Go Low-Power

Published March 30, 2009 · 0 comments

Nintendo’s Wii gaming console has had an amazing amount of success built on some rather low-powered computing hardware. Sure the games are fun and the controller adds quite a bit of interactivity and some ingenious new ways to frustrate players…

Read more Nintendo Wii Games Played At High Res, No It's Not A New Console

Published March 30, 2009 · 0 comments

The solid state drive market is beginning to see a slew of new products and with it being a relatively new market the first goes at the technology will likely encounter a few bugs to be worked out.Intel and OCZ…

Read more State Of The SSD, Intel And OCZ Get The Firmwares Out

Published March 28, 2009 · 0 comments

The early netbook releases saw some extremely bland designs from manufacturers rushing to place their products on the market and claim their share. Since then companies have been slowly introducing designs meant to catch consumers eyes and the Acer Aspire…

Read more Acer Aspire One D150, One Flashy Netbook

Published March 28, 2009 · 0 comments

When it comes to the high-end graphics segment and today’s latest games you’re left to going for Microsoft’s Vista operating system due to its DirectX 10 support and fine tuned 64-bit support. Windows 7 is looking to one up Vista’s…

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Published March 28, 2009 · 0 comments

For most users the audio found on-board their computer’s motherboard is capable of keeping up with their needs, gamers take it a step further looking for the latest in cards with 3D Audio technology. This all leaves the audio-philes a…

Read more ASUS XONAR Essence STX, Making Sound Cards Classy