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Dell 3007WFP Now Available

by Maarten Goldstein Jan 05, 2006 11:07am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
Dell has updated their site to announce the availability of the highly anticipated 3007WFP LCD screen. A GeForce 7800 GTX or QUADRO FX 4500 is recommended for powering the 30" display, which will set you back $2200.
"That kicks ass, but theres no way I can afford that.Maybe when the 40 inch model comes out, I can..."33 Comments

ASUS & Lamborghini Team Up

by Maarten Goldstein Jan 05, 2006 9:01am CST tags: Hardware (PC only), Asus
Can't stand those Acer's Ferrari line of notebooks? Then maybe ASUS and Lamborghini teaming up is more your thing. The Lamborghini Notebook Series will be available in yellow and black when released in the second quarter of this year. Thanks Tech Report.
"Well, we have Ferrarri, now Lamborghini. Who's going to be the next automobile company to spon..."5 Comments

WD1500 Raptor Drive Review

by Maarten Goldstein Jan 04, 2006 8:24am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
Western Digital is finally coming out with a new 10,000 RPM Raptor harddrive, as Storage Review has posted a review of the WD1500, a 150gb model which should be available soon for around $300. Besides the increased space, the drive's cache is now 16mb.
"Dumb questions: 1. Why can't Seagate slap an SATA controller board onto a 10K Cheetah and have..."26 Comments

Tech Report Hardware Awards

by Maarten Goldstein Jan 03, 2006 8:49am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
Hardware requires some "best of" love too, and so Tech Report has posted their Best Hardware of 2005 awards. There is best processor, videocard, BIOS, audio, storage and plenty more.
"nice writeup, i thought this was good. also, wifi/bluetooth onboard = yes please. laptops have h..."1 Comment

Abit Not Doing Too Well

by Maarten Goldstein Dec 29, 2005 9:26am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
Tech Report has a story up about the financial saga of Abit, as the company isn't doing too great. Sales have dropped a whopping 96% during the past year, and the company's worth has fallen from NT$10.8 billion last November to NT$1.7 billion now. Taiwan's security regulatory agency has also requested the company restates its results from 2003, 2004, and part of 2005 or face delisting from the stock exchange. Any future manufacturing by the company will be outsourced, as its own production facilities are being sold.
"god dam, just 2 days ago one of the Heatsinks on my IT7-max2 v.2 feel off, was going to just repl..."36 Comments

Seagate Buys Maxtor

by Maarten Goldstein Dec 21, 2005 7:50am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
Hard drive manufacturer Seagate today announced that it is buying rival Maxtor in a 1.9 billion dollar deal. Seagate hopes the deal will add 10 percent to 20 percent to its earnings during the first year of the merger.
"This brings back memories of when Maxtor bought out Quantum. I loved Quantum, mainly because back..."27 Comments

SATA RAID Performance Comparison

by Maarten Goldstein Dec 08, 2005 9:49am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
Tech Report today has posted an article comparing Intel's ICH7R and NVIDIA's nForce4 Serial ATA RAID controllers, running them through various tests to see which one is better for RAID.
"Well, there IS a big performance increase in file creation and copying, which I do a LOT of, so i..."3 Comments

Tech Report System Guide

by Maarten Goldstein Nov 30, 2005 9:15am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
The guys at the Tech Report have put together a system guide, offering several options when it comes to putting together a new machine. As they say: "These systems are designed specifically for PC enthusiasts, and we haven't compromised quality or reliability in order to cut corners on price".
"i think this $600 system is alot better then that bs econobox they put togther. RAIDMAX Ninja ..."5 Comments

ASUS AGEIA PhysX Card In February

by Maarten Goldstein Nov 23, 2005 5:17am CST tags: PhysX, Hardware (PC only), Asus
Cool Tech Zone is reporting on ASUS AGEIA PhysX Expansion Card, mentioning that the card has actually been ready for a while now but has not yet been released due to the lack of game support. ASUS expects that several games will be out by February of next year, which is when it will start mass production of the physics accelerator card.
"if bf2 comes out with a patch that uses this and it adds like 30fps, id get it"33 Comments

GeForce 7800 GS Preview

by Maarten Goldstein Nov 22, 2005 7:09pm CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
AnandTech has a preview of the GeForce 7800 GS, NVidia's eventual GeForce 6800GT replacement, though the card has no release date at the moment. The article offers a number of benchmark results comparing the GS to X1800 XL, 6800 GS and 7800 GT/X cards.
"Looks like great performance for the dollar if they can ship it in quantity, would love to see th..."1 Comment

AGEIA Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Nov 21, 2005 8:17am CST tags: PhysX, Hardware (PC only)
The World-Gaming Network has posted the latest AGEIA Q&A, asking company CEO Manju Hegde about the upcoming PhysX PPU. Thanks Josh.
"$250 - $300 fuck that shit, nobody will pay that when it comes out. there will be like one prop..."6 Comments

NVidia GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB P/Review

by Maarten Goldstein Nov 14, 2005 8:24am CST tags: Hardware (PC only), NVidia
NVidia today is launching its new GeForce 7800 GTX 512mb flagship, a $649 videocard meant to compete with ATI's high-end Radeon X1800 XT. Previews and reviews with benchmarks can be found at Tech Report, HardOCP, bit-tech.net, Beyond3D, PC Perspective, AnandTech, Guru3D, HEXUS, Digit-Life and TechwareLabs.
"damn nice well this 7800gt i bought about one month ago has to last me at least 1 year"48 Comments

MSI Announces Motherboard With Integrated Audigy

by Maarten Goldstein Nov 09, 2005 7:11am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
Hardware manufacturer MSI has announced the MSI K8N Diamond Plus, a new motherboard powered by an nForce 4 SLI chipset while also featuring an integrated Sound Blaster Audigy SE soundchip. Though Creative does not list that product on its website just yet, according to the description the Audigy SE features "high level 24-bit/192kHz sampling, 106dB S/N ratio, and EAX ADVANCED HD audio technology". Thanks Tech Report.
"yeah but are Creative's drivers still a pain in the ass to everyone and their mom?"6 Comments

AGEIA Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Nov 09, 2005 7:05am CST tags: PhysX, Hardware (PC only)
New on GameCloud this morning is this AGEIA Q&A, asking company CEO Manju Hegde for an update on his company's PhysX chip and SDK. As for the launch date for the first set of add-on boards: "We are in the process of evaluating PhysX processor optimized games and are assessing our launch plans at this time".
"i would trade the last year years of graphical updates for just one major step forward in game ph..."9 Comments

GeForce 6800 GS Announced

by Maarten Goldstein Nov 07, 2005 9:06am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
NVidia today announced the availability of the 6800 GS, a $250 card meant to compete against some of the more affordable ATI cards. HardOCP, Tech Report, Guru 3D and AnandTech all take a look at a reference card.
"Though they only provide one SLI benchmark. In the techreport article about the 6800GS, the SLI 6..."22 Comments

Touring Taiwan

by Maarten Goldstein Nov 03, 2005 6:41am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
AnandTech's Q4 Motherboard and Graphics: Tour de Taiwan article is up, visiting manufacturers like ASUS, ASRock, MSI, Gigabyte, ECS, Biostar, EPoX and DFI to see what they have in store for the next couple of months. My professional guess: stuff will be faster.
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Memory Latency Article

by Maarten Goldstein Nov 01, 2005 11:08am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
Exploring the performance impact of memory latency is a new Tech Report article, taking a look at different memory timings to see if its worth your time to fuss with that.
"All they seemed to prove is that memory timings don't effect much when the video card is the bott..."2 Comments

Havok FX Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 27, 2005 2:04pm CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
GameSpot has posted a Havok physics Q&A, asking the company's Jeff Yates about Havok FX by using GPU cycles to help acceleration. According to Yates its a good way to get better physics without needing special hardware like the AGEIA PPU chip.
"Both Nvidia and ATI have announced dual-GPU standards that they are pushing forward (SLI and Cros..."8 Comments

Maxtor Shipping New HDDs

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 25, 2005 8:19am CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
Maxtor has announced new harddrives in the MaXLine, DiamondMax and QuickView lineup are now shipping to stores. There are new drives shipping with 500GB of capacity, along with 16MB of cache and SATA II support. Thanks Tech Report.
"Wow, I remember when I bought a 500MB hard drive and thought I was livin' large. My 1st HD wa..."8 Comments

New ForceWare Release

by Maarten Goldstein Oct 20, 2005 2:24pm CST tags: Hardware (PC only)
NVidia has come out with a new ForceWare release, their GeForce videocard drivers now at 81.85. PDF format release notes are here, showing fixes for F.E.A.R, Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, Far Cry, Tiger Woods 2006, Fable: The Lost Chapters and various other games. Thanks aggressor.
"Anyone know how you can apply these new drivers to the Nvidia laptop cards?"26 Comments
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