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Comment: Re:doesn't look like much now, but... (Score 3, Insightful) 160

by I.M.O.G. on Thursday May 10, @07:19PM (#39960731) Attached to: Wolfenstein 3-D Celebrates 20 Years With Free Browser-Based Version

I recall the same experience... Prior to seeing Wolfenstein3D, I had graduated from Intellivision to the Nintendo NES, and that constituted my main gaming exposure, other than some early versions of Flight Simulator. Wolfenstein3D blew me away with the graphics possible on a computer, and I probably jumped out of my seat a number of times as the immersion was like nothing I'd seen before. A lot of games with impressive graphics since then, but nothing like that first impression... Kind of a cool experience, yields a different sort of appreciation I think compared to that of younger gamers who have a more modern sense of graphics expectations.

EVGA Adds GeForce GTX 670 To Nvidia Graphics Lineup 0

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on Thursday May 10, @10:48AM

I.M.O.G. writes "Filling the gap between mid-range graphics cards around the $250 mark and high-end excess that costs upward of $500, EVGA has added a $420 GeForce GTX 670 to NVIDIA's stable of graphics cards. Based on the company's latest GK104 GPU, this GTX 670 offers equivalent performance to the flagship GTX 680 with similar power consumption and a cheaper price tag. The value proposition is strong with this one, although as the Overclockers review points out, the temperatures on this run a touch on the warmer side."

Why Is Ivy Bridge Hot? 0

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on Wednesday April 25, @07:38PM

I.M.O.G. writes "PC enthusiasts with Ivy Bridge engineering samples, and reviewers at large have come to the consensus that Ivy Bridge is a slightly warmer chip than it should be. An investigation from Overclockers.com found common thermal paste between the CPU die and the Integrated Heat Spreader by removing the IHS of an Ivy Bridge Core processor. Typically on modern Intel processors the IHS is soldered to the die enabling more effective heat transfer."

Comment: Re:Review Roundup (Score 1) 200

by I.M.O.G. on Monday April 23, @01:45PM (#39773487) Attached to: Intel Officially Lifts the Veil On Ivy Bridge

I actually missed TechReport and a couple others I typically read. Thanks for the links.

Comment: Re:Let me get this straight... (Score 5, Informative) 200

by I.M.O.G. on Monday April 23, @01:44PM (#39773465) Attached to: Intel Officially Lifts the Veil On Ivy Bridge

ZankerH, I appreciate the comment, but you've actually got it backwards. The tick is a new shrink, the tock is a new architecture: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/silicon-innovations/intel-tick-tock-model-general.html

Comment: Re:Let me get this straight... (Score 5, Informative) 200

by I.M.O.G. on Monday April 23, @01:20PM (#39773119) Attached to: Intel Officially Lifts the Veil On Ivy Bridge

For people familiar with Intel's Tick-Tock cadence - this should not come as much surprise. Some people may have gotten caught up in marketing and expected more, but this is a "Tick" which brings a process shrink, power savings, and a modest performance increase. It is just about delivering that, though perhaps on the softer side of things.

Sandy Bridge was a Tock - a BIG performance improvement. Haswell should be a Tock - a BIG performance improvement.

On the tick, they set more modest performance goals, and focus on getting the process shrink right and tuning things up. On the tock, they should knock our socks off. So maybe Ivy Bridge is disappointing, but perhaps familiarity with their product development strategy helps to manage expectations

Comment: Review Roundup (Score 5, Informative) 200

by I.M.O.G. on Monday April 23, @01:15PM (#39773075) Attached to: Intel Officially Lifts the Veil On Ivy Bridge

A roundup of reviews from the usual major sites as well as others not mentioned in the summary above: Overclockers Review, Anandtech Review, Anandtech Undervolting/Overclocking, HardwareSecrets, Bit-tech, PCPer, Tweaktown, Hard OCP, The Inquirer, Techspot, Computer Shopper, Tom's Hardware, ExtremeTech, PC Mag, Overclockers Club, and Guru 3d

Intel Launches Ivy Bridge Desktop CPUs 0

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on Monday April 23, @11:58AM

I.M.O.G. writes "Intel continues its tick-tock cadence today, releasing their Ivy Bridge architecture bringing their process to 22nm and introducing their tri-gate transistor design. In a process shrink of this nature, clock for clock performance increases are typically moderate over previous architectures. In most all benchmarks, Ivy Bridge is scoring between 3-5% better than Sandy Bridge when compared at the same clock speeds."

Comment: Other Reviews (Score 2) 281

by I.M.O.G. on Thursday December 22, @03:30PM (#38463094) Attached to: AMD Radeon HD 7970 Launched, Fastest GPU Tested

Where are the other review links?

http://www.overclockers.com/amd-radeon-hd-7970-graphics-card-review/
http://www.madshrimps.be/articles/article/1000250/#axzz1hFPj6oTt
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_7970/
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/49646-amd-radeon-hd-7970-3gb-review-25.html

AMD's New Flagship HD 7970 Tested-> 0

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on Thursday December 22, @01:32AM

I.M.O.G. writes "Today AMD officially introduces their newest flagship GPU, the Radeon HD 7970. This one takes the single GPU performance crown back from Nvidia's last generation GTX580. It manages to best AMD's latest dual GPU 6990, and independent test results are publishing with full details at top tier review sites now."
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