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crazyeyes writes:
Is there a glut in Sandy Bridge CPUs? Too many people waiting for Ivy Bridge? That may be the reason why Intel has delayed the launch of 8 Ivy Bridge processors from April to June . They also delayed the Core i3 Ivy Bridge CPUs to Q4 2012.
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crazyeyes writes:
This is a major driver update from NVIDIA, so go download it now. On top of the 15% performance boost, you will get automatic updates and better scaling on your HDTVs
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crazyeyes writes:
Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 is out! Web release will be on February 18 but you can download a copy today!
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crazyeyes writes:
NVIDIA just gave the gaming community a Xmas gift when they launched the GeForce GTX 570. It's faster than the GeForce GTX 480 but priced at just $349!
If you cannot afford that, you will be happy to note that they are pushing the price of the GeForce GTX 470 down to just $259. Will AMD follow suit?
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crazyeyes writes:
TechARP reviewed the first 3 TB hard disk drive — the 3 TB Western Digital Caviar Green, with a ton of benchmarks. They also have an article about installing this hard disk drive properly in Windows Vista .
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crazyeyes writes:
The 3 TB hard disk drives are here, but they are not so easy to set up, particularly in Windows Vista. Experts can skip this guide, but n00bs should read the 3 TB hard disk drive installation guide before trying.
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crazyeyes writes:
Or so they claim!
Their ridiculously skewed charts show the GeForce GTX 580 and GeForce GTX 480 trashing the AMD Radeon HD 5870 and 6870 by up to 8x! Talk about going crazy...
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crazyeyes writes:
Microsoft sent out a mysterious KB976902 black hole update which no one (not even Microsoft MVPs) know what it does. Is it an anti-piracy scanner? Or some kind of spyware???
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crazyeyes writes:
NVIDIA will launch a new $99 graphics card in time for the Christmas season. It will have 96 stream processors, GDDR3 memory and come in between the GeForce GTS 450 and the GeForce GT 420. Full scoop @ Tech ARP .
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crazyeyes writes:
It's confirmed! Western Digital will ship the world's FIRST 3 TB hard disk drives (and related external drives) in 2 weeks! If Seagate doesn't get their act together, they are going to lose out this Christmas season! Here's the link to the scoop and full details .
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crazyeyes writes:
Why is anyone still using Blu-ray when the future is already here? Media players like WD Elements Play have everything you need — 1080p video playback plus a ton of storage. Why bother with old-fashioned discs?
If that's not enough, rumours have it that Western Digital is coming up with the ultimate version of the WD TV . Think of it as the new Elements Play on steroids. It will come with WiFi-N, USB 3.0, web browing capabilities, new GUI and 2 TB of storage. And it will come in time for Christmas!
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crazyeyes writes:
If you are thinking of short stroking your HDD for better performance, read this article first . Sure, there are a few short stroking guides out there, but they don't compare the performance effect of different short stroking methods! This is a quote from the article : When we wrote the article, Modding A Barracuda 7200.11 Into A VelociRaptor , a number of readers insisted that we were wrong and the LBA mod works. Perhaps they didn't read it properly — the article was not written to dismiss the concept of short stroking a hard disk drive to improve its performance. Far from it. We were merely pointing out that it was misleading to say that short stroking a Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 will turn it into a Western Digital VelociRaptor.
Short stroking will not magically turn a 7200 RPM drive into a 10,000 RPM drive. As we pointed out in our article, that perception is somewhat illusory as the physical characteristics of the "modded" drive remains the same. However, short stroking will improve performance in certain situations... and believe it or not, most of us are actually short stroking our hard disk drives without knowing it. Surprised? We will clarify it all in this guide.
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crazyeyes writes:
Here's an hilarious take on NVIDIA's new nicknames for their cards :
To give the new GeForce GTS 450 a little more marketing "oomph", considering the competition it's facing from ATI's Radeon HD 5000 series of graphics cards, NVIDIA came up with a rather bizarre concept. The model names are confusing, so hey, let's give them pet names... and so, "The Tank", "The Hunter" and "The Sniper" were born.
Nicknaming the GeForce GTX 480, the "Tank" is understandable — it's big, heavy and powerful. But naming the GTX 460, the "Hunter" or the GTS 450, the "Sniper", makes far less sense. NVIDIA made sure they looked smaller than the "Tank", but what makes the "Hunter" better than the "Sniper"?
Of course, it's not easy to come up with these stuff, but honestly, this is a frivolous waste of time... It's not like we buy graphics cards based on what we want to emulate in 3D shoot-em-ups :
"Oh, you love playing a sniper? Well then, you had better upgrade to the GeForce GTS 450 — it will surely help you shoot straighter. You don't want the GeForce GTX 480 — it makes too much noise and your enemy will have an easier time spotting you!"
Seriously...
