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Havok FX Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Mar 20, 2006 8:39am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
New on the FiringSquad today is this Havok FX Q&A, asking Havok's vice president of product management Jeff Yates about the GPU powered physics tech. The company is showing off FX with NVidia at GDC, though it will work on ATI cards supporting Shader Model 3.0 as well. Update: PC Perspective and HardOCP have tech previews.
"WTF.. am i the only one who things its would be alot better to get the physx chip or solution... ..."12 Comments

Razer Barracuda Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Mar 17, 2006 9:25am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
Also on GameCloud today is this Q&A with Robert Krakoff of Razer. The company recently announced its plans to enter the gaming audio market, with a soundcard and headset arriving in stores some time in May.
"I actually got more than this, but I was asked not to share all of it. Seawolf wrote: I've ..."1 Comment

Razer Barracuda Audio Products Announced

by Maarten Goldstein Mar 09, 2006 7:24pm CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
Razer has announced plans to release the Razer Barracuda AC-1 Gaming Audio Card and Razer Barracuda HP-1 Gaming Headphones, adding to the company's product lineup which currently consists of a mouse mat and several gaming mouses. According to the press release, the AC-1 soundcard "features a 7.1 channel output, 24 bit audio technology and unprecedented 117dB SNR (output)". There's no word on a shipping date for either product. Thanks GameCloud.
"Why the fuck isn't Dolby Digital Live standard yet? Newsflash: I do not want to connect 6 or m..."16 Comments

Hexus @ CeBit

by Maarten Goldstein Mar 09, 2006 9:09am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
Hexus.net has started coverage of the German CeBIT expo, and has some pictures of several ASUS AMD AM2 motherboards as well as ASUS' Core Duo board. They also have a pic of a notebook powered by ATI's new Mobility Radeon X1800 XT chip.
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ATI Tech Day Overclocking Report

by Maarten Goldstein Mar 02, 2006 7:48am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
techPowerUp! has a report on ATI's Seville Tech Day, covering the attempt to overclock a RD580 reference board using dry ice.
"I guess that computer was runnin pretty fast. But is it really all that impressive/suprising that..."3 Comments

3DMark 06 Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Feb 15, 2006 10:01am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
New at GameCloud this morning is a Q&A Futuremark's Tero Sarkkinen, asking the head of marketing about the newly released 3DMark06. Sarrkinen is asked about the reaction to the benchmark update, major new tests, the difficulty in creating the test demos, and the upcoming move to Windows Vista and new ATI & NVidia parts.
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Turtle Beach Roadie Announced

by Maarten Goldstein Feb 03, 2006 7:21am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
We received a press release from Turtle Beach, announcing the Turtle Beach Audio Advantage Roadie, a $79.95 USB audio adapter. Suitable for laptop and desktop computers, the Roadie features stereo analog and S/PDIF digital inputs and outputs (supports 5.1/7.1 surround sound), stereo and 5.1 channel headphone outputs, stereo mic inputs, built-in stereo mics and comes with audio management and editor software.
"turtle beach makes some crappy hardware... I have bought 2 headphones off them and the little amp..."4 Comments

Seagate Perpendicular Drive Review

by Maarten Goldstein Feb 01, 2006 8:10am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
AnandTech has posted a review of the new Seagate 7200.9 160GB HDD (this time they actually did, when I posted about it on Friday it was removed shortly afterwards), which is based on perpendicular technology. The drive is put through various application and game benchmark tests.
"This isn't a review of the perpendicular drive, that is the old review of the 7200.9 drive with t..."8 Comments

Razer Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Jan 31, 2006 9:19am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
GameCloud has a Razer Q&A posted this morning, talking to company president Robert Krakoff. Mostly known for their mouse devices, the company is soon branching out with their Tarantula gaming keyboard and a Piranha headset.
"Maybe I'm just getting old, but all i care about in a keyboard anymore are quiet keys that feel g..."8 Comments

Alienware Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Jan 30, 2006 7:06am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
New at GameCloud today is this Q&A with Alex Aguila, president of PC manufacturere Alienware. Questions are about growing beyond being just a gaming PC maker, laptops suited for gaming, Alienware appearances in movies and TV shows, using the latest technology, supporting AGEIA's hardware physics card and a few other topics.
"My 7700 laptops mobo fried on me after 2 months. And I still hold my breath everytime I boot up."8 Comments

Western Digital Announces 500GB Drive

by Maarten Goldstein Jan 27, 2006 8:31am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
Western Digital has announced their WD Caviar SE16 500GB HDD, which runs at 7,200 RPM and features 16MB of cache. The drive costs $350 through WD's online store. Thanks Tech Report.
"These are SATA drives, btw. Amazing that they've ramped up on the capacity of SATA drives so qui..."12 Comments

AGEIA Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Jan 27, 2006 6:47am CST tags: PhysX, Hardware (PC only)
Xzentech has posted a new Q&A with Manju Hegde of AGEIA, asking him about the PhysX phsyics processing unit coming later this year. Thanks GameCloud.
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Voodoo PC Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Jan 25, 2006 6:36am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
There's a Voodoo PC Q&A on GameCloud this morning, asking company founder Rahul Sood about his gaming PCs. Questions are about keeping up with the standards they have set for themselves, the company's media center PCs, the SFF systems, laptops, creating custom cases, and upcoming developments.
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Falcon Northwest Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Jan 24, 2006 8:28am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
GameCloud has posted a Q&A with Kelt Reeves, asking the Falcon Northwest CEO about his company's line of gaming PCs. Reeves talks about the Mach V and the Fragbox, custom PCs they have made, and the future of PC gaming and hardware.
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Corsair Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Jan 17, 2006 8:35am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
There's a Q&A with John Beekley on Legit Reviews, talking to the co-founder of memory manufacturer Corsair. Questions are about the history of the company, the enthusiast market, Corsair Configurator, company growth, the company's most popular module, water cooling plans and future memory technology.
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Seagate Gets Perpendicular

by Maarten Goldstein Jan 16, 2006 9:01am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
Tech Report reports that Seagate has announced the Momentus 5400.3, a new 2.5" mobile hard drive based on perpendicular recording technology. The drive has 160gb in space, up from the 120gb that most mobile HDDs are limited to. By the end of the year Seagate expects all its new hard drives, desktop and mobile ones, to be based on perpendicular tech (insert obligatory Hitachi flash animation link).
"wow yea that next one sucked, but it was a nice try I guess. The first one cracks me up every time"9 Comments

CES Coverage

by Maarten Goldstein Jan 11, 2006 10:33am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
PC Perspective has posted CES 2006 booth picture & video coverage, offering high-def footage from Intel, NVidia, Dell, ATI, AMD and many other booths. AnandTech also has a new article taking a look at several motherboards, cooling solutions and memory.
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CES Coverage

by Maarten Goldstein Jan 09, 2006 7:40am CST tags: Hardware (PC only), Blu-Ray
Day 2 and Day 3 of AnandTech's CES coverage are up, checking out things like Blu-Ray/HD-DVD, quarter sized HDDs, Centrino Duo and a whole lot more. There is also coverage of the event at Techware Labs.
"Each pair of two PCBs features a master and a daughter GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB. master and daug..."4 Comments

AnandTech @ CES

by Maarten Goldstein Jan 06, 2006 5:53am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
AnandTech's first day of CES coverage is up, checking out things like Dell's 3007WFP monitor, MSI's upgradable videocard, the Intel Centrino Duo and a mobile concept PC by Dell.
"loving the 30" monitor, Im ready to upgrade from my 24" crt (sony fw900)"2 Comments

Dell Coming Out With Quad GPU Gaming PC

by Maarten Goldstein Jan 05, 2006 5:35pm CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
GameSpot reports that for their next gaming PC, Dell is pulling out all the stops. The XPS 600 Renegade, due out some time this quarter, will feature four GeForce 7800 GPUs and an Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 955 CPU overclocked to 4.2Ghz. No specific price point was announced, though Dell did say it would be "a lot".
"I was at the luncheon thing with the Gamespot people among others, and they were showing the quad..."38 Comments
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