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Thanks AMD, for releasing the Phenom II when I was up to my neck in CES-related activities. My inbox is now full of Phenom II reviews. Icrontic gave our official take on it earlier, but here’s what everyone else had to say. Tech Report Hexus Tweak Town Guru3D AMDZone and t-break Add comment
Hexus skipped out on CES and went next door to the Adult Entertainment Exhibition. Photos ensue. Add comment
Unfortunately we didn’t get to finish our run (we were pressed for time with a meeting), but the system was surprisingly nimble. There was clear framerate lag in certain scenarios, but we were honestly surprised at how robustly this little unit performed. Titles that are 2-3 years old shouldn’t have any problems running. Add comment
NVIDIA has taken some time during CES to release the newest version of their Forceware drivers for GeForce 6000, 7000, 8000 and 200-series GPUs. Weighing in at approximately 70MB, the Windows Vista/XP/7-compatible driver delivers the following changes: Added support for GeForce GTX 295 and GeForce GTX 285 Enables NVIDIA SLI technology on SLI-certified Intel X58-based […] Add comment
We took a little while to visit the Intel booth in the central hall of the LVCC. Their display was massive, but we were happy to stumble upon Intel’s David Scheer to talk about the Core i7’s Turbo Boost technology. He was eager to demonstrate the Core i7 965 XE’s ability to run up to […] Add comment
Over the last few days I’ve had the privilege of talking solid state with Tony Leach of OCZ, Olin Coles of Benchmark Reviews and Tom Colarusso from FiringSquad. We’ve all come to the consensus that SSDs are amongst the most inappropriately-tested devices on the market. Knowing that programs like ATTO and transfer tests give unreliable […] Add comment
Yesterday we talked to you guys about the new NVIDIA 3D goggle technology, and we’re back today with a few pictures regarding the product. I want to reiterate that the glasses are small and work wirelessly. The bulky dongle resting on my fingers is a security device, so the glasses are rather svelte. Tom Colarusso […] Add comment
On our first day of the show we met up with Bobbie Munoz who graciously showed us several products from their 2009 lineup. They were primarily demoing their commitment to enthusiast memory, flash drives and NAND-based devices this year and they’ve got some cool products. To start with, we saw their lineup of Netbook-sized SSDs […] Add comment
Several companies are working on carbon nanotube-based thermal interface material. Once that’s complete, we’re looking at CNT-based heatsinks. Both of these should appear by the end of the year in limited volume. Expect major brands to be signed up to this initiative. Add comment
We stopped by the HEC booth to see what these guys are doing, and they’ve got some seriously cool products in the wings. Firstly, they’ve developed a pretty sweet case that appears to have decent features and a plethora of management-friendly features. Add comment
Last night we got to spend an extensive amount of time talking to Thermalright at the Wynn. We learned a lot of amazing details that we’d like to share. First and foremost, Thermalright is ending the production of the TRUE Copper after one final batch. While a production unit with its (massive) bulk is relatively […] Add comment
Asus implied that they’re working with fuel cells for laptops. Shuttle is working with NVIDIA to make products based on the ION platform Splashtop and Real Networks were meeting in Real Networks’ secret meeting booth. Just sayin’. Asus is working on notebooks that are practically popup books. The technology is almost there. The chassis on […] Add comment
We took a quick look at Splashtop to see what they were working on, and we got to demo their Linux-based instant-on OS. Their operating system boots off of a hidden partition or an on-mobo chip, and it booted in less than 10 seconds. We were impressed enough, but they also informed us that they’re […] Add comment
We stopped by the Lian Li booth to see what they’re working on. The first thing that we immediately noticed is that Lian Li is finally focused on cooling. Whereas their older cases featured fine aesthetics with horrible cooling options (one 80mm fan? I mean, really?), all their new cases are packed with quiet 120mm […] Add comment
“But can it fold? “ This question confused me for years until I finally followed the links. It took me somewhere new: the Stanford University Folding@Home project. I poked around briefly, but moved on. Later, after I joined the Icrontic community and had built my first quad-core system, I was encouraged to use said system […] Add comment
Our first meeting of the day was with NVIDIA which was eager to demonstrate their new 3D goggle technology to us. These 3D goggles (MSRP $199) are radically different from other technology you may have used and seen before. Instead of relying on software manufacturers to make the game compatible with the tech, the NVIDIA […] Add comment
I stopped by the Razer booth today, tucked away in a meeting area of the convention off the beaten path. They keep their gear hidden from general sight, but I was able to get in and see first-hand their new wireless gaming mouse and full-size gaming headset. The Mamba wireless gaming mouse was announced just […] Add comment
We walked up to Bug Labs’ booth in the Sands Expo Center, and we asked them “well, what does it do?” Marketing rep Mehrshad Mansouri said “everything.” Of course, we were wondering just what the hell “everything” meant, but he wasn’t even kidding. The Bug Labs’ bug is like LEGO for electronics. It all starts […] Add comment
We talked with an upstart company called Pogoplug who is making a little NAS attachment that takes all the configuration out of doing NAS on LANs and over the net. You plug your external hard drive into their adapter, and then you log onto a website where you enter a code from a sticker on […] Add comment
We stopped by the ZOTAC booth to see what these guys are all about, and we were really interested to spot an LGA775 board in mini-ITX. The unit comes with onboard wireless, VGA, 7.1 sound, 2 DIMM slots, SATA connections, a PCIe slot and more. We didn’t have a lot of time to play with […] Add comment
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