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Always saw ppl at LANs beating me into games and loading maps that had the WD raptor, so I decided to pick one up. Ghosted my OS over to the drive tonight and what a difference. Old Drive: VelociRaptor:
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Hi guys, perhaps ye of holier computer cloth, can help me out with a problem I am having. I built a new rig for my wife, specifically for her games (Sims, Spore, Starcraft, Crysis) Here is it's specs: cpu- Intel Core 2 Duo e8400 Wolfdale gpu- EVGA Geforce 9800 GT ram- 4GB corsair ddr2 mobo- GIGABYTE GA-P35C-DS3R psu- 535w (forgot manufacturer, im at work >_<) hdds- 70gb ide for OS, 750gb Seagate sata barracuda as data drive optical- SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 22X DVD-R 16X DVD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 22X DVD±R DVD Burner (2 case fans going, no overclocking or non-factory direct settings for power usage on mobo, gpu or cpu) OS- Windows Vista Ultimate (i …
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AMD aims supercomputer at mobile gaming "The AMD Fusion Render Cloud will transform movie and gaming experiences through server-side rendering - which stores visually rich content in a compute cloud, compresses it, and streams it in real-time over a wireless or broadband connection to a variety of devices such as smart phones, set-top boxes and ultra-thin notebooks." "The Fusion Render Cloud will use AMD gear including the Phenom II processors, AMD 790 chipsets, and ATI Radeon HD 4870 graphics processors. It is being designed to break the petaflop processing barrie" http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10138469-92.html
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I have know this for a couple years now. Ubuntu Faster Than Windows XP http://www.itworld.com/small-business/6087...rnet-windows-xp "My Ubuntu machine returned a rating from the Bandwidth.com test of 22-25mbps over several tests. That's darn fast today, faster than normal. Then I did the same test from a Windows XP PC and got results from 12-14mbps. Still fast, but not nearly as fast as the Ubuntu machine." Ubuntu Faster Than Windows XP Feedback http://www.itworld.com/small-business/6101...ows-xp-feedback "The fun really came from the few responders who read my post carefully, tested it themselves, and confirmed my quick and dirty test. Several Sl…
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Build a Silent, Standalone XBMC Media Center On the Cheap $330 http://lifehacker.com/5391308/build-a-sile...er-on-the-cheap
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Understanding and Choosing the Best SSD. A must read if you are looking at purchasing an SSD. http://www.anandtech.com/print/2829
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Upgrading but after spending a day looking at ideal components Ive given up on the grounds its just too darn expensive. So im looking to do a quite respectable rig in the $1000'ish range. Can be a little over. Honestly I could afford to do a big system but simply cant justify the expense. I wanted to try a small case / mini comp type build : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811112222 So been eyeballing microATX boards and the goodies to go with. After checking out Toms HW I looks like the i5 750 is the way to go. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-...i5,2410-14.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-g...cpu,2570-6.html …
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"In an odd turn of events, Windows 8 has been banned from HWBot, one of the world’s top benchmarking and overclocking communities. All existing benchmarks recorded by Windows 8 have been disqualified. This is due to a fault in Windows 8′s real-time clock (RTC), which all benchmarking tools use as a baseline." http://www.extremetech.com/computing/164209-windows-8-banned-by-worlds-top-benchmarking-and-overclocking-site "Windows 8′s RTC isn’t reliable. According to HWBot, Microsoft made some changes to Windows 8′s timekeeping routines to allow for low-cost devices and embedded systems that don’t always have a conventional PC-compatible RTC. HWBot doesn’t give specifi…
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Official Windows 7 SP1 ISO Image Downloads If you got a stickers on your PC and no media, here you go. http://www.w7forums.com/threads/official-windows-7-sp1-iso-image-downloads.12325/
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https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/linux-gamers-on-steam-finally-cross-over-the-3-mark/
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Anand Tech 2004 ATI Enthusiast GPU Roadmap R420 and R423 at the High End - 0.13-micron low-k manufacturing process - 160M transistors - ~500MHz core clock - 8 pipe design - 6 vertex engines - Improvements to all of the basic architectural features (shader engines, AA, etc...) - 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 (~1GHz data rate) - Single slot design
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Tom's Hardware I wouldnt mind playing BF like this:
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Intel goes 32 & 64 bit "In its response to Intel, AMD pointed to its earlier shipment of a 64-bit x86 chip and to its "AMD64" branding of the technology. "AMD welcomes Intel to the world of AMD64, said Ben Williams, director of server and workstation marketing at AMD."
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Download Motherboard Monitor added: ALi 1563 Southbridge support Intel Hance Rapids Southbridge support Intel ICH6 Southbridge support (prelimenary) Intel ICH6M Southbridge support (prelimenary) AMD 8111 southbridge support (old type) Phillips NE1619DS support ADM1026 support CPU Speed can now be send via the Syslog SHDN path option in the [advanced] section when running mbm as service (see forum, faq, ini entries) Display option in the [advanced] section, to overrule the current dashboard (see forum, faq, ini entries) WM_BUILDMBMICON message added, see help file for info Fixes: ITE range of sensors fan sensor 3 dividor problem fixed again !! AMD 8111…
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R420 Shows up at IDF ripped from Beyond3D: However of more interest was that it appears that ATI’s future high end part R420 made a small appearance. According to Tweakers.net, in a short part discussing the GDDR-3 graphics memory, which currently has speeds in the range of 500 - 700MHz (1 - 1.4GHz effective) ATI demonstrated a demo of the upcoming, DirectX9 heavy title, Colin McRae Rally 4 on R420, which was quoted as running at 2 - 3 time faster than present DirectX9 capable hardware. We contacted ATI to verify if this was R420 and they stated that they had demonstrated the title running on their future "Next Generation Hardware" which is as good an confirmation of…
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