Sunday, November 1, 2009

IT News HeadLines (PC Perspective) 11/1/09


PC Perspective
Watch out for bored ex-Multics admins up to mischief tonight
If you are reading the Friday Afternoon Forum Follies, chances are you are a regular at the PC Perspective Forums. If that is the case, drop by Tech Talk where one of our members has a few invites to Google Wave for frequent posters. It is a kind favour and there is a limited amount of invites, so no getting upset if you don't get one! Also pop...
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ROG's Formula for success with AMD
Not having quite as many features as the Extreme Series, the ASUS Crosshair III Formulamotherboard is still one of the better implementations of the 790FX chipset from AMD. The biggest feature for most will be the dual PCIe 16x slots, giving you some serious potential for multi-GPU setups. [H]ard|OCP does recommends using AMD's OverDrive utility ...
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Lynnfield's memory condition
iXBT Labs explores the new world of Lynnfield's onboard memory controller and its abilities and disabilities. For instance the controller can do more with single bank modules than with the more common dual bank DIMMs. They examine just how increasing the frequency of the memory compares with increasing the amount of memory available to the proces...
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Photos of upcoming Radeon HD 5970 dual-GPU card leak
Website Alienbabeltech.com got a hold of some photos and information on the upcoming Radeon HD 5970 graphics card - a dual Evergreen GPU part. The reference card shown here is a big and power hungry as you can see from the 8-pin and 6-pin power connectors located above the fan. On the back you c...
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Oops, TSMC did it again
It looks like those who have been holding their breath in the hopes that the HD5890 or 5870X2 would be arriving soon, or that the current HD5xxx cards will drop in price may be waiting a bit longer. The 40nm process at TMSC is having problems again, the same issue that pretty much killed the HD4770 at birth. For a while it looked as if the proble...
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Doh!
It would seem that after re-installing windows 7, I have been folding for team 735. My apologies :D
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Any good free virtual os programs out there?
I have been using virtual box,but it has several flaws and is not really ideal for me.I thought i would ask you guys whats around.I know about...
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ASRock and W7
Upgraded my OS from XP/32 to W7/64 on my TV comp, and found out that ASRock has not bothered to rewrite the ASRock OC Tuner and Intelligent Energy...
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New Computer Q - Radeon HD 5850 or 5870?
Hello, I'm new to the forums and I did a search on this topic over google and the forums, but haven't found an answer so hoping for one here. I'm...
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Brittney Spears new CD
Hey! Someone just posted the track listing from Brittney Spears next CD due out in February. ---Quote--- ...
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Rigs In Space...now in 4D!
The good folks at ASUS have said its fine to post more then one design, so here is the gaming counterpart to the Eight Tuner Ruiner...
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John Larroquette Show
When is the first season going to come out on DVD? And will I be alive when it does?
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Phase Change Coolers
Are these worth the ridiculous price?
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PC builders, how do you compete with major manufacturers?
I recently opened a computer shop, and everything has been going great. I am having trouble building machines with individual parts that are priced...
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ARMA2 and Operation Flashpoint DR comparison
Hello all, Was thinking of getting either one of those games. But I hear both are buggy and in regards to ARMA2 the controls are mapped way...
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ASUS M3A, Windows 7 x64 Atheros L1 Gigabit Errors
ok, I think by forum standards here this board may be a bit old but I'm having an issue running Windows 7 x64 and the drivers for the Atheros L1...
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TF2 $2.50 on Steam
Til Nov 2nd. At that price, buy a copy for your friends.
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FS: Rode Videomic, Canon 37MM Wide Angle Lens WD-H37C II
Haven't posted here in a LONG time, sorry to say! Good to be back. Here's what I have for sale. Both items are in like-new condition and have only...
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Time For An UpGrade! I need YOUR Help
Hey guys, I have been on these forums for a while, and I have been using a Dell Optiplex, and it is not cutting it anymore. I have too much school...
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Looking For A Raid Class 1 TB Drive
I have a box running 4 1 TB drives in a raid 5 configuration using a hardware raid card. I can hear one of the drives and am paranoid it is about to...
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