We are always reading about the hardcore video cards that set us back $500. You know, those purchases that you don’t tell the wife about because you don’t want her to feel that she can go out and spend $500 on curtains and picture frames. Just kidding ladies, we tell you about … [Read more...]
AMD “Spider” Platform Preview
Lake Tahoe, NV - AMD invited a select group of technical journalists up to the Hyatt Regency Hotel and Spa located on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe. There we were introduced to the "Spider" Platform: AMD's codename for their new gaming/enthusiast platform. Intended to be an HD … [Read more...]
Connect3D X1800GTO Evaluation
Introduction Connect3D is a leading provider of ATI powered video cards. They make a full line of ATI powered video cards plus a few other products, including flash memory. The latest card we received from Connect3D is the X1800GTO video card. This card is designed to fill the … [Read more...]
AMD AM2 product line (AM2 X2 5000+) Evaluation
Product: AMD AM2 product line (AM2 X2 5000+) Author: Sean Kalinich Manufacturer: AMD Spelling and Grammatical editor: Carlos Echenique, Jason Hambly, Paul Mercer, Sean May. Introduction: AMD, Intel, Green, Blue, it seems like the war between these two CPU … [Read more...]
Logitech G5/G15 Review
This year Logitech released a slew of products aimed at the burgeoning gaming market. Chief among these were a set of high resolution laser gaming mice (corded and cordless) and an illuminated gaming keyboard. We put the G5 Laser Gaming Mouse and G15 Gaming Keyboard to the … [Read more...]
Intel Core i7 Platform Evaluation
Performance - Applications: Let’s talk about application performance, the one thing that everyone probably wants to know is if the i7 is going to give new levels of performance over the existing Core CPUs or if (like the AM2) it is just a bump and one that can be easily bridged … [Read more...]
Asus A8R32-MVP Issue
*UPDATE 3/9/06 Asus has fixed the issues we encounted with the A8R32-MVP Deluxe, BIOS Version 0311 SHould be available from Asus some time tomorrow 03-10-06 * For more information on the issues we encountered read below. We have been working very closely with Asus and ATi … [Read more...]
Gigabyte CG-RAMDISK (Rev 1.2) i-RAM Evaluation
Product: GC-RAMDISK (Rev 1.2) i-RAM Product Category: Enthusiast/ Professional Author: Sean Kalinich Price: $134.99 Manufacturer: Gigabyte Spelling and Grammatical Editors: Ian King Introduction: Gigabyte is a name well known in the enthusiast community, for their well … [Read more...]
Gigabyte GA-K8N51PVMT-9 motherboard review
Review: Gigabyte GA-K8N51PVMT-9 motherboard Reviewer: Jon “Bob The Junkie” Aubrey Edited by: Ian King Product cost: $111.55 USD (£63.00 - €91.92) Product provided by Gigabyte Hands up if you’ve heard of Gigabyte. Everyone got their hands up? Good, I thought so. Gigabyte are … [Read more...]
Thecus N7700 Pro – More Than Just a NAS
Thecus, makers of fine storage products for all kinds of users and platforms, recently sent us the Pro version of their N7700 class NAS device. With a little help from our friends at Seagate, who graciously donated 8 TB of hard drives for us to test with, we take the N7700 Pro … [Read more...]