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Hands-on with the Inno3D GeForce 9600GT iChill Hurricane graphics card
2008-06-10 09:26:00
This is the Inno3D GeForce 9600GT iChill Hurricane graphics card and it?s a good cooler with a nice package, excellent performance and just generally a great card. The Inno3D GeForce 9600GT ticks all the right boxes. Tweak Town have given this graphics card a full hands-on review and covered the results over 17 pages, in ...
ECS A780GM-A 780G Motherboard: not same level as GIGABYTE and ASUS
2008-06-07 10:37:00
This is the ECS A780GM-A 780G Motherboard and although it?s not on the same level as GIGABYTE and ASUS, ECS are still producing some impressive boards. While it does run equal in performance to the 790FX, its feature set leaves a bit to be desired. Given the lack of digital features, this board best serves ...
Star Wars Floppy Disk
2008-06-07 07:55:00
This floppy disk drive has soon pretty good talent! First printers playing classic music, now floppy drives playing Star Wars. What is next hard drives playing metal?Tags: computer hardware, star wars, youtube, video, video of the day, videorambler© The Video Rambler. Permission is granted to use this feed for personal use only. You are not allowed to scrap or republish this content on another website without the owners permission.
Hands-on with MSI N9600GT Hybrid Freezer Graphics Card
2008-06-06 12:02:00
If you need to keep a graphics card really cool that will certainly get hot, then why not stick a freezer on it. This is the MSI N9600GT Hybrid Freezer graphics card and looking at the card you notice the cooler right away and just how smart it looks. Tweak Town have given this latest ...
Hands-on with BFG Tech GeForce 9600GT OC2
2008-06-05 16:37:00
This is the BFG Tech version of a GeForce 9600GT OC2 graphics card; the card is pretty good in most departments. Performance, availability and value for money are all ticked, and if you?re big on warranty then the BFG line is a good option. Tweak Town have given this card a hands-on and in their final ...
TwinTech overclocks the GeForce 9600GT XXT
2008-06-04 09:30:00
TwinTech has decided to overclock their GeForce 9600GT XXT GPU; it has been a while since the company have given us an overclocked graphics card. The OC is not the best on the market, but it is not that bad, TweakTown have decided to take a closer look at the GPU and see what it ...
GeForce 9600GT everywhere: Overclocked, 512MB or 1GB, HDMI, Display Port, D
2008-06-03 10:58:00
When it comes to graphics cards, some get made in many more versions than any other and that is so true for the 9600GT. This card is everywhere and each brand seems to make at least five different versions. These include DVI, Display Port, HDMI, single and dual slot, passive and active cooling, 512MB, 1GB, ...
AMD only partner Sapphire with Radeon HD 3870 Ultimate Edition
2008-06-02 11:50:00
AMD only partner Sapphire release another stand-out graphics card with the Radeon HD 3870 Ultimate Edition, the cooler is top notch quality and the performance is still nothing to sneeze at, but with all good products?getting your hands on one will be the problem. If you?re looking for a HD 3870 with something unique, then Sapphire?s ...
Hands-on: XXX Alpha Dog GeForce 9600GT Graphics Card from XFX
2008-05-30 08:57:00
This is the XXX Alpha Dog GeForce 9600GT graphics card from XFX, it?s fast and offers an awesome bundle. The only problem would be justifying the high cost of this card. XFX have not released a product in a while and now they are back with a 9600GT and this model is far from ordinary, ...
Multi-Touch in Windows 7
2008-05-29 15:02:00
Pe blogul Vista e postat un videodemo in care este prezentat Multi-Touch in Windows 7. Atragator pentru useri insa cat de util? Trecand peste cerintele hardware, in demo putem vedea si cat efort... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Big Motherboard Choice: Intel P45, NVIDIA nForce 780i & 790i
2008-05-27 10:57:00
When it comes to motherboards, the consumer has never had so much choice and Intel have now got a total of 12 different chipsets. This gives you a great range of performance levels and features for all types of users. NVIDIA have entered the market with its nForce 790i and 780i chipsets to increase this ...
NVIDIA going after Intel with GeForce GTX 280 / 260 next-gen cards
2008-05-22 10:55:00
It seems that NVIDA have been making some big noise of late about slimming down their product line of graphics cards, and are also going after Intel and some of their business. With that kind of announcement, you would have thought that the new summer line-up from NVIDIA would be something special, but I am ...
CPU Coolers Compared: Sunbeamtech Core-Contact Freezer vs AMD, Intel & More
2008-05-22 10:50:00
When you?re looking at getting a new CPU cooler, its great to read a detailed comparison of some of the best and worst designs. This is Sunbeamtech?s Core-Contact Freezer and its been compared to AMD, Intel and other models in a hands-on by Tweak Town. They found that the Core-Contact Freezer has a brilliant design ...
Budget 45nm Penryn CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200
2008-05-21 16:08:00
There has never been a time when Intel capitalized so much on a winning architecture, other than now with their very successful Core 2 family of processors. Intel have released so many variations of the same architecture and now this is the budget 45nm Penryn CPU, its called the Intel Core 2 Duo E7200. The ...
The Very Fast Chaintech GeForce 9600GT OC 512MB Graphics Card
2008-05-21 15:18:00
This is the Chaintech GeForce 9600GT OC 512MB Graphics Card and although the 9600GT has been reviewed in many forms, its always interesting to see what another company can do with the card to make it stand out from the rest. Tweak Town have covered a hands-on review of the Chaintech 512MB GeForce 9600GT OC ...
abit conserves power with the I-N73HD GeForce 7100 Motherboard
2008-05-16 14:48:00
abit has done a fine job with their new I-N73HD GeForce 7100 Motherboard, the layout is very tidy for such a small board. There are just two DDR2 memory slots and hiding behind them are the 24-pin power connector as well as the IDE and FDD connectors. The motherboard is only limited to 2GB of ...
ATI Radeon 4800 series launch details revealed: Radeon 4850 codenamed Maked
2008-05-16 12:06:00
There is some good news and some bad news, the good news is that there are some new details about AMD?s next-generation graphics card line-up and it is getting very near to the launch date, the new graphic boards will come with physics processing capability and even better prices will be lower than $200 for ...
Lite-On DX-401S: Blu-ray ROM Drive helps boast movie enjoyment
2008-05-16 09:44:00
We all know that HD DVD is dead so now companies are coming out with all kinds of Blu-ray players, some are producing some nice players for the PC one such device is the Lite-On?s DX-401S and just looks so classy. The great thing about using an external Blu-ray ROM Drive which connect through a ...
VIA Unveils the World?s Lowest Power x86 Processor on the World?s Smallest
2008-05-14 14:12:00
Taipei, Taiwan, May 14 2008 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced the VIA EPIA PX5000EG Pico-ITX board that features the extremely power efficient 500MHz VIA Eden ULV processor, offering embedded developers an uncompromisingly compact, highly integrated board. Building on the success of the VIA EPIA PX10000 Pico-ITX ...
Palit GeForce 9600 GSO Sonic 768MB: NVIDIA confuses with new model
2008-05-14 09:48:00
The Palit GeForce 9600 GSO Sonic 768MB has entered a crowded graphics card market and while NVIDIA are confusing many buyers with another model that?s so similar to other cards. The results do show this model offers excellent performance and value for money. Palit has taken it a step further by upping the clocks even ...
Hands-on with Palit 9600GT Sonic 1GB Graphics Card
2008-05-12 10:02:00
The Palit 9600GT Sonic 1GB graphics card has had another 512MB of RAM added to this version compared to other models, but the new Palit 9600GT still retains the excellent connection options. The Palit 9600GT line-up continues to be one of the best on the market, and the 1GB model with its good overclock and ...
Patriot?s new DDR3 1866MHz memory kit vs. OCZ 1600MHz parts
2008-05-09 09:16:00
This is the new Patriot Viper DDR3-1866 2GB Memory Kit and it?s Intel?s latest push at making the Core 2 line-up even more attractive, its quite fast and these are some of the top clocking DDR3 modules available on the market, but you will pay for it. With XMP you can overclock without the worry ...
Hands-on with S3 Chrome 430 GT Graphics Card
2008-05-08 10:09:00
This is the S3 Chrome 430 GT graphics card and its nice to see a card from S3 as we do not really hear a lot form them these days, the low-end 430 GT card seems to be able to take on the big boys like AMD and NVIDIA. Tweak Town have taken a look ...
Hands-on with Auzentech X-Fi Prelude 7.1 Sound Card
2008-05-06 18:03:00
This is the Auzentech X-Fi Prelude 7.1 sound card and it?s a promising alternative to some of the typical onboard sound solutions that are very common today. The X-Fi Prelude is ideal for those who do not want to spend a packet, but at the same time performance is No.1. Tweak Town has gave the ...
NVIDIA helps PC users go Green with Hybrid SLI
2008-05-06 16:31:00
PC users love the visual realism that high-performance graphics processors give their PCs, but would rather do without the noise and power consumption typical of modern entertainment and gaming PCs. Starting today, however, they can have the best of both worlds, thanks to the new NVIDIA® platforms based on the company?s Hybrid SLI® technology. These ...
Hands-on with MSI GeForce 9600GT 1GB OC Graphics Card
2008-05-05 18:50:00
This is the MSI GeForce 9600GT 1GB OC graphics card, just how does it weigh up compared to similar 512MB versions, does the extra RAM give enough increase in performance to justify paying extra for it. The MSI 9600GT 1GB OC is a good card, but after Tweak Town gave the card a full hands-on ...
Hands-on: DFI LANParty LT X48-T2R Motherboard, chipset ahead of its time
2008-05-03 14:30:00
This is the DFI LANParty LT X48-T2R motherboard that has a chipset ahead of its time; the flashy board has good performance, as per the usual LANParty boards. Glow in the dark comes standard if you have UV lighting, though the rather cramped CPU area means you need to take your CPU cooler choices very ...
Dvico FusionHDTV7: World?s first dual HDTV (digital or QAM) tuner PCIe card
2008-05-03 14:15:00
This is the Dvico FusionHDTV7 and it makes a claim to be the World’s first dual HDTV (digital or QAM) tuner PCIe card, basically it?s the first PCIe card capable of recording two HDTV channels at once. The FusionHDTV7 can tune into analog NTSC or digital ATSC, this is like many other HDTV tuner cards, ...
DIAMOND Radeon HD 3650 1GB: its place in the graphics card market
2008-04-28 10:30:00
This is the new DIAMOND Radeon HD 3650 1GB which needs to find its place in the graphics card market, the decision to include a HDMI port was a good one and means it?s a decent option for HTPC users. The 1GB of RAM does seem a bit pointless, though, as performance on a whole ...
Hands on with the AMD Phenom X3 Triple Core CPU
2008-04-23 09:40:00
If you are looking for a cheaper processor the AMD might just have the answer with their Phenom X3 Triple Core CPU. Tweaktown tell us that the X3 is in fact an X4 processor but with one of the four cores disabled, this is why AMD are able to offer the Phenom X3 Triple Core ...
Hands on with the ASUS EN9800 GTX 512MB Graphics Card
2008-04-16 12:55:00
This is the ASUS EN9800 GTX 512MB graphics card that is very good card, although it does not offer anything too out of the ordinary. The card does represent some decent value for money when compared against some of the dual GPU offerings; this card comes with extras like an extra year warranty and a ...
Hands-on: Coolink ChipChilla Chipset Cooler on an NVIDIA 680i board
2008-04-14 17:58:00
You may have heard of Coolink?s GFXChilla that showed the world how good it was as a VGA cooler, this is the Coolink ChipChilla Chipset Cooler, which has had a hands-on review by Tweak Town, and they take a look at how good this device is on an NVIDIA 680i board. Whether you are going ...
VIA to introduce first COM Express modules with VIA processor platform
2008-04-14 12:40:00
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of embedded silicon and platform technologies, today announced the extension of embedded board portfolio to include COM Express? modules that will be the first to harness the power and thermal advantages of VIA?s processor platforms. Measuring 95mm x 125 mm, COM Express is an industry standard embedded form ...
Asus unveil new Intel G35 series chipset motherboards supporting DirectX 10
2008-04-14 08:24:00
Asus have just unveiled new Intel G35 series chipset motherboards which are the worlds first to support Microsoft Vista DirectX 10 graphics, the Intel platform which has an onboard integrated VGA solution featuring built-in support for Windows Vista DirectX 10 maybe a godsend for the masses. These new motherboards which have DirectX 10 will include ASUS ...
NVIDIA 780a vs. AMD 790FX Chipsets
2008-04-12 12:34:00
The biggest player in the chipsets and CPU industry is Intel, the Core 2 is what most buyers look for in laptops and other devices and AMD has fallen behind, but now the Phenom B3 is out things could be a little different. Tweak Town have covered a 16-page review of the NVIDIA 780a vs. ...
20 page ASUS GeForce 9600GT 512MB Graphics Card hands-on
2008-04-12 12:16:00
So how good is the ASUS GeForce 9600GT 512MB Graphics Card? This is what Tweak Town wanted to find out with a hands-on review and their 20 page report goes into details that some may never need to know, but it one of the best reviews you will find on this ASUS video card. They summed ...
Performance vs Price: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 vs AMD Phenom X4 9850
2008-04-10 02:08:00
If your looking for a nice test of two extreme processors, then you will love Extreme Tech?s test of the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 vs AMD Phenom X4 9850 which has been covered over 8 pages. They found that the AMD falls behind the much more costly Intel processor in most departments, but the ...
Man Gets Killed in an Attempt at Squeezing Gold from Computer Hardware
2008-04-06 07:16:00
'He got intoxicated with mercury vapors'A man got killed after an unsuccessful attempt at extracting gold from his own computer hardware devices. Tulsa resident Tony Winnett died after weeks of getting intoxicated with mercury, a metal he used to substitute gold from the computer's circuitry.Winnett, aged 55, experimented with mercury for such a long time,that not only he got lethally poisoned, but his house was so contaminated that living inside it will be extremely dangerous and could result in other individuals getting poisoned.According to Durant/Bryan County Emergency Management Director James Dalton, Winnett along with his partner Melissa Lake heated the mercury during the gold separation process and involuntarily inhaled the dangerous vapors.Dalton enlarged upon the matter and said that mercury is used on a large scale for separating gold, as a result of a simple chemical reaction, but this operation is not to be done at home, and rather in a specially controlled industry ...
Man Gets Killed in an Attempt at Squeezing Gold from Computer Hardware
2008-04-06 07:16:00
'He got intoxicated with mercury vapors'A man got killed after an unsuccessful attempt at extracting gold from his own computer hardware devices. Tulsa resident Tony Winnett died after weeks of getting intoxicated with mercury, a metal he used to substitute gold from the computer's circuitry.Winnett, aged 55, experimented with mercury for such a long time,that not only he got lethally poisoned, but his house was so contaminated that living inside it will be extremely dangerous and could result in other individuals getting poisoned.According to Durant/Bryan County Emergency Management Director James Dalton, Winnett along with his partner Melissa Lake heated the mercury during the gold separation process and involuntarily inhaled the dangerous vapors.Dalton enlarged upon the matter and said that mercury is used on a large scale for separating gold, as a result of a simple chemical reaction, but this operation is not to be done at home, and rather in a specially controlled industry ...
S3 Graphics DirectX 10.1 Certification for Windows Vista, Chrome 400 Series
2008-03-25 17:59:00
S3 Graphics today released WHQL-certified drivers for Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 API as part of Windows Vista? Service Pack 1 to take advantage of new graphics features brought to market by Microsoft. This milestone allows software developers to start DX10.1 development on S3 Graphics Chrome 400 Series hardware using the latest March 2008 DirectX SDK. WHQL certification ...
Funny artistic impression: How would you describe computer hardware to a no
2008-03-19 14:18:00
Here’s something that I thought I’d share just for the laugh. If you’ve got a friend who is an absolute no brainer leaving in our present day modern world, you might just manage to explain to him / her how computer technology actually works - in terms of a toilet of course… [via MakeUseOf]
Apple 802.11n Airport Express is official and only $99
2008-03-18 08:47:00
Apple have just launched and made official the all new Apple 802.11n Airport Express pocket base station which is brilliant. Oh yes a brand new product from Apple, for only $99 you can have this iTunes streaming pocket base station which will draft a network near you, the obvious spec is that the Airport Express features ...
BTC 9051H Cheetah keyboard and mouse pro looks the business
2008-03-17 11:53:00
Now this is what we like a good pro keyboard and mouse, BTC (Behaviour Tech Computer Corp) have the 9051H Cheetah keyboard and mouse combo which in many peoples eyes will say it looks horrible but I beg to dither on this and say it looks brilliant, but then they do say the proof is ...
Hand on with the Abit AX78 AM2+ Motherboard
2008-03-13 13:21:00
The Abit AX78 is an AM2+ Motherboard and will support up to 8GB of DDR2 RAM over four slots. The motherboard also caters for PCI Express 2.0 graphic cards, however it has to split it much like the Intel P35 has too, this means that you might get bottlenecked. However you can use two GPUs so ...
Microsoft Xbox 360 Will Support Blu-ray: Steve Ballmer states
2008-03-09 21:31:00
It has been stated by the Chief Executive of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer that the company will now support Blu-ray. “We’ve already been working on, for example, in Windows, device driver support for Blu-ray drives and the like, and I think the world moves on”, said Ballmer at Microsoft’s Mix08 internet conference. “Toshiba has moved on. We’ve ...
Nvidia slips up: we now have DX10 mobile GPU specs
2008-03-07 13:00:00
It seems as if Nvidia is slipping a bit as they have let slip about the specs of their upcoming DX10 mobile GPU. The graphics cards in question is the GeForce 9300M and 9500M, both are DirectX 10-compatible. Firstly we have the 9500M GS has 32 stream processor and will have a running speed of 950 ...
Intel show off Xeon Dunnington 45nm six-core Penryn processor
2008-02-26 15:33:00
If you were in Austria last month, you would have seen Intel showing of their new Xeon Dunnington processor. This CPU is a 45nm six-core and is from the Penryn family, the problem is this was not meant to be public knowledge, but it found its way on to a few websites. The Xeon Dunnington Penryn ...
Computer Hardware Business
2008-02-16 18:26:00
Business Opportunities in computer hardware ? Start your own computer sales and service business. This article provides some info about start, build and run a profitable computer business. If you start computer hardware business, you need to provide below service to the customer. 1. Sale Laptops and Personal computers. The volume of Notebook Computer sales is set ...
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 not official revealed but set for launch March 11th
2008-02-13 17:10:00
The all new NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 launch has been pushed back by a few weeks with a set launch now of March 11th, even though NVIDIA has not officially revealed it. This news comes from one of the sources below where they were sent by the company themselves to partners producing video cards, it was ...
Logitech MX Revolution mouse on FCC showing it has Bluetooth
2008-01-31 16:30:00
Now if you are like me computer peripherals with Bluetooth technology is a must, many of you may have been waiting for ages and so much so you have not bought yourself a mouse in the hope of this new one right here. Well put your hands up for the Logitech MX Revolution with Bluetooth technology, ...
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