by Rafael Hernandez on October 15, 2008
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Not content to let the competition release a driver update without a response Nvidia has pumped out version 178.24 of their GeForce drivers. There is the side benefit of having support for their newest chipset launch to boot. Here’s a…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 15, 2008
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Another year another IGP refresh, this time around Nvidia gets in on the fun with their new MCP7a chipset. ECS’ GF9300TA Motherboard makes good use of the new chip as Guru3D can attest to. Interesting read:So why is this integrated…
Read more ECS GF9300TA Motherboard Reviewed, MCP7a Fun!
by Rafael Hernandez on October 15, 2008
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Maintaining their monthly tradition ATI has released its latest video card drivers. The new version brings up their Catalyst suite up to version 8.10 and offers up the usual batch of enhancements and bug fixes. Here are the major new…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 14, 2008
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The latest gaming titles haven’t been too kind on most computer builds as of late, those “silly” features, like dual GPUs and quad core CPUs, that weren’t supposed to get any traction, or scale all that well, are suddenly your…
Read more YoYoTech Warbird Gaming System, Slightly Overkill
by Rafael Hernandez on October 14, 2008
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Office productivity has ground to a halt as everyone has been waiting with baited breath for the latest Apple laptops to make their grand appearance. Steve Jobs and his Cupertino gang have come up with a refreshed lineup for their…
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by Pedro Hernandez on October 11, 2008
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Graphics Cards: ATI Radeon HD 4670, Another Mid-Range Option ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB, Expanding on the High-EndDriver Performance Improvements, Are They Real? Processors: AMD Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition, Tweakers Delight Core 2 E7300/Pentium Dual-Core E5200 Reviewed, Budget…
Read more Tech ETA Week in Review – Saturday, Oct 11, 2008
Computer Cases,
Graphics Cards,
Heatsinks & Coolers,
Laptops,
Linux,
Memory,
Motherboards,
Power Supplies,
Software,
Storage,
Windows
by Rafael Hernandez on October 11, 2008
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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
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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
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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 Rafael Hernandez on October 6, 2008
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The general trend with graphics cards is to bump up the amount of memory on board to entice those that don’t know any better, oddly enough it actually helps in this instance. bit-tech has a look at the ATI Radeon…
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by Rafael Hernandez on October 6, 2008
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Blizzard’s two day convention, aptly dubbed BlizzCon, kicks off this Friday. It promises a whole lot of Wizard of Warcraft’ness as well as a healthy dosage of Diablo III and who knows, there may even be some StarCraft related…
Read more BlizzCon 2008 Kicks Off Friday