Crossfire HD 4830s beat the GTX 280
Hexus threw two Sapphire HD 4830s in Crossfire up against a GTX 280 and beat it for £200. Add comment
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Silverstone La Scala LC02B case review
The Silverstone La Scala SST LC02B HPTC case looks pretty nice. Add comment
Intel Linux performance
Phoronix continues the series on Linux graphics performance, this time tackling Intel. Add comment
ECS X58B-A motherboard
ECS’s X58B-A Black Edition motherboard looks stunning, performs very well and costs under $250. Well done ECS! Add comment
MSI introduces overclockable notebook
The new MSI GX630 notebook will allow for up to 15 percent overclocks for gamers needing a little something extra. Add comment
ASUS Xonar Essence STX sneak peak
Hardware Canucks has an exclusive sneak peak at the ASUS Xonar Essence STX sound card aimed squarely at audiophiles. Add comment
Left 4 Dead benchmarks
AMDZone benchmarks Valve’s new Left 4 Dead shooter. This game is cool but will your card play it? Find out. Add comment
Altec Lansing VS3251 5.1 surround speakers
TweakTown says the Altec Lansing VS3251 5.1 surround sound speakers will please gamers and make audiophiles cringe. Add comment
GPU price analysis
TechReport analyzes the AMD vs NVIDIA price battle with enough charts and graphs to make your mind spin. In short: AMD undercuts like it’s going out of style. Add comment
Core i7 965 EE overclocking
t-break overclocks the Core i7 965 EE Nehalem and recounts their experiences. Add comment
Core 2 Duo’s new E0 stepping
Nordic Hardware delves into the changes presented by Intel’s new Core 2 Duo E0 stepping. Mature hardware at its finest. Add comment
AMD is busy today
Lots of talk from the AMD camp today about three big items. Shanghai, the company’s first 45nm server processors are officially out today. It’s 20 – 30 percent faster than the ill-fated Barcelona it replaces, boasts increased clock speeds and the same power usage along with a host of tweaks and refinements. Add comment
Intel chops $1 billion off sales forcast
Intel announced today that it’s chopping $1 billion off its sales forecasts for the forth quarter of 2008. Previously, Intel had anticipated over $10 billion in sales during the last three months of the year. Now, they’re expecting $9 billion, but the 10 percent drop in expected revenues also comes with a cut into their […] Add comment
Less spam today? It’s not just you
Security groups are reporting an instant 66% drop in worldwide spam delivery yesterday. The drop was precipitated by the California-based servers of a single company, McColo Corp., being disconnected from the Internet following an investigative report by the Washington Post. The director of marketing for one of the two ISPs involved took a strong stance. […] Add comment
I’m a bit bitter about everyone being a-titter about Twitter
Noooes! Twitter is, as you probably know, a very popular microblogging service that asks one question that you can answer in under 140 characters: What are you doing right now? There are various tools that help make Twitter much more useful, and then can turn it into a powerful platform for sharing content, PR work, […] Add comment
LCD screen makers caught price-fixing
Three companies today pleaded guilty to price-fixing their liquid-crystal displays, affecting everything from TVs to monitors to screens for your iPod. LG, Sharp Electronics, and Chunghwa Picture Tubes admitted to the Justice Department that they worked together to fix prices on the screens, which has apparently affected Dell, Apple, and Motorola, among others. Add comment
Gaming roundup – international gaming news edition
It’s hard for me to remember that gamers exist outside of North America, but I’ll do my best. Chip chip, hajimemashite. Attention UK Gamers: Leonard Cheshire Disability and Aardman Animations (of Wallace and Gromit fame) are having a contest: Play any of the “Creature Discomforts” games and the top five high scores in each game will win […] Add comment
NZXT Tempest case review
In 2004, a group of gamers formed a company based on the idea that there wasn’t a company out there that catered specifically to PC gamer’s unique hardware needs. Calling the company NZXT, their stated mission is to design “unique products catered for hardware enthusiasts and gamers.” They now design cases, mice, power supplies, and other […] Add comment
Aussie ISPs snub national filtering
Back in October it was revealed that the tidy sum of $125.8 million AUD would treat Australia to the world’s first nationalized internet content filtering in a democratic first-world nation. Under the terms of the plan, Australian residents would be forced onto a nationally-mandated blacklist that filters illegal content at the ISP level. Users would […] Add comment
Google adds video chat, expands its offerings yet again
Google’s never-ending chain of features continues with the newly-minted GTalk support for video and voice chat through GMail or other Google app interfaces. The new functionality arrives via a browser plugin and requires at least a microphone. People without video capability can use voice chat alone, and people with webcams can video message each other. […] Add comment
ViewSonic VLED221wm 22-inch LED backlit monitor
ViewSonic’s VLED221wm 22-inch wide screen monitor is backlit by LEDs. It’s the first sub-$1000 model to feature this technology. Add comment
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