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by Rafael Hernandez on February 16, 2010 · 0 comments

Kingston has been on a it of a roll lately and their latest launch is no different. The company has released a 16GB MicroSDHC Class 10 expansion card which should handle a good chunk of your data storage needs. As far as speed is concerned you’re looking at a minimum transfer rate of at least […]

Read more Kingston Launches Class 10 MicroSDHC for the speed demons

by Rafael Hernandez on November 13, 2009 · 0 comments

Normally when you go for the low-end of the market you know what you’re in for. You’re looking for some cost savings or power savings by going with chips that aren’t as powerful as the more expensive options but still offer plenty of power for the mundane usage scenarios. There’s still room for tweaking though. […]

Read more EVGA GeForce GT 220 SSC DDR3 the low-end tweaker’s approach

by Rafael Hernandez on November 2, 2009 · 0 comments

SATA 600 was supposed to make the latest generation of motherboards a better option moving forward due to the faster storage speeds, unfortunately faulty add-on chips has delayed its adoption into chipsets and motherboards. That doesn’t mean you can’t add on your own storage interface though. The Asus PCIe GEN2 SATA6G expansion card nets you […]

Read more Asus PCIe SATA6G Expansion Card sports speedy storage interface

by Rafael Hernandez on October 25, 2009 · 0 comments

If you were wondering when the latest, monthly, ATI Catalyst drivers would be released well you had a bit of a wait this month as AMD chose to push them out on Microsoft’s Windows 7 launch date. In the latest 9.10 driver set you can expect quite a few performance improvements and bug fixes as […]

Read more ATI Catalyst 9.10 Video Drivers for Windows XP, Windows 7, Vista

by Rafael Hernandez on October 15, 2009 · 0 comments

While the ATI Radeon HD 5770 presents a solid mid-range performance gaming experience there is that often overlooked benefit that a multiple GPU environment brings in. Thankfully there are those dedicated enough to test such technology. Guru3D has tested the Radeon HD 5770 in a three card CrossFireX setup which may seem a bit excessive […]

Read more Radeon HD 5770 3-Way CrossFireX provides interesting performance possibilities

by Rafael Hernandez on October 5, 2009 · 0 comments

As is customary with most technology the best revisions and refinements usually come around at the end of a product’s life, this time around is no different. The XFX Radeon HD 4890 Extreme sports a mild factory stock overclock and, with a bit of prodding, may just hit those high speeds you desire…

Read more XFX Radeon HD 4890 Extreme, the last hurrah

by Rafael Hernandez on September 23, 2009 · 0 comments

The graphics battle kicks into high gear again with today’s launch of AMD’s ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics card. Of course you can expect the usual performance improvements but the chip also sports new power saving features that should tame…

Read more ATI Radeon HD 5870, sensible high end performance

by Rafael Hernandez on September 13, 2009 · 0 comments

High end graphics cards usually come with a stock cooler design that is capable of handling the sort of heat the monsters put out, unfortunately they only do enough to maintain GPUs at a safe operating temperature.Hardware Canucks has a…

Read more Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 2GB Vapor-X, overkill cooling

by Rafael Hernandez on September 13, 2009 · 0 comments

CableCARD is the cable industry’s standard for getting digital content to supported devices such as TVs, and in a few rare cases PCs, instead of having to rely on a large and clunky cable box. Unfortunately the PC option saw…

Read more Windows 7 Users Get CableCARD Support

by Rafael Hernandez on September 12, 2009 · 0 comments

If there’s one thing that’s true of most enthusiast motherboards it’s the fact that they all sport some form of high contrast color combination in order to draw your eye to their product and given how much surface area there…

Read more EVGA P55 LE, motherboards going all stealthy now

by Rafael Hernandez on September 11, 2009 · 0 comments

AMD’s monthly driver cycle is upon us once again which brings about a new ATI Catalyst drivers set bringing them up to version 9.9. The usual bug fixes are in as well as CrossFireX support for Resident Evil 5.The drivers…

Read more ATI Catalyst 9.9 Video Drivers for Windows XP, Windows 7, Vista