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by Rafael Hernandez on October 11, 2008 · 0 comments

Here’s a look at some of the news and reviews that hit the web this week: Cases, Cooling, and Power Supplies Best CPU Cooler Performance – Q3 2008 – Benchmark Reviews Cooler Master V8 CPU Cooler – CPU3D Cooler Master…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 11, 2008 · 0 comments

The recent spat of failures centering around some of the mobile GPUs Apple has relied on in several of their MacBook Pro notebook models is entirely Nvidia’s fault, or so says their knowledge base support article TS2377. Here’s the gist…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 8, 2008 · 0 comments

Every month or so ATI and Nvidia push out the latest and greatest drivers for their graphics chips all the while claiming to improve on the performance of earlier versions. Tom’s Hardware wonders if these claims are appropriate and compares…

Read more Driver Performance Improvements, Are They Real?

by Pedro Hernandez on October 7, 2008 · 0 comments

It’s tough times for Nvidia. They are expected to turn in underwhelming financials any minute now after suffering a scathing defective laptop graphics chip debacle. Now, they can’t seem to shake rumors that they will be kissing the chipset business…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 6, 2008 · 0 comments

AMD and Intel have a that good old brutal chip selling competition going on all over. This year both companies released their new mobile platforms, Puma on the AMD side with Intel bringing up its Centrino 2. They each…

Read more AMD Puma and Intel Centrino 2 Face-Off

by Rafael Hernandez on October 5, 2008 · 0 comments

Another week is upon us, here’s a few of the past week’s news and reviews making the rounds: Gaming Deus Ex 3 First Details – CVG Fresh Batch of Resident Evil 5 Screenshots – Kotaku Xbox 360’s Fall Update Games…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 4, 2008 · 0 comments

Intel’s Core i7 chips are around the corner so it shouldn’t surprise you to see an early batch of hardware designed for the company’s next generation of CPUs. HardwareZone has a preview of MSI’s Eclipse X58 motherboard detailing its…

Read more MSI Eclipse X58 Motherboard Preview, Nehalem Cometh

by Pedro Hernandez on October 3, 2008 · 0 comments

Apple had a busy week and a little scare. Apple Rolls Out iTunes and Apple TV Updates Apple Avoids iTunes Shutdown, Users Rejoice Apple’s iPhone 2.1 Firmware a Miracle Worker? New Nintendo DS! But you can’t get one in the…

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 3, 2008 · 0 comments

Nvidia has had a solid lineup of chipsets for Intel’s processors for a while now, making it almost the defacto standard at the high-end where gamers and their SLI rigs roam. The EVGA nForce 780i SLI FTW attempts to…

Read more EVGA nForce 780i SLI FTW, Might Help You Win (nah, you'll need skill)

by Rafael Hernandez on October 2, 2008 · 0 comments

There is an absolute glut in the mid-range graphics card segment with every manufacturer looking for different ways to improve on very similar product lines. HotHardware has a look at a pair of Nvidia 9800 GT based cards from…

Read more Gigabyte and Palit 9800 GT Comparison, More Midrange Options

by Pedro Hernandez on September 29, 2008 · 0 comments

TG Daily brings us word of a new WHQL driver (Version 178.13) that “adds PhysX acceleration for all 8-, 9- and 200-series of graphics cards with at least 256 MB of memory.” For those of you that don’t have…

Read more Big Nvidia Driver Update Adds PhysX Acceleration