Thursday, November 19, 2009

IT News HeadLines (PCSTATS) 19/11/2009


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Kingston SSDNow V Series 40GB Solid State Drive @ PCSTATS
With Intel's second generation controller and 34nm MLC NAND flash memory, many might argue the internals are the best presently on the market. The read performance is definitely impressive, while the write performance will leave something to be desired. Once you see the price you may be willing to m... [PCSTATS]

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Razer Orochi Mouse & Kabuto Mouse Pad @ PCSTATS
Lately Razer has been focusing more on niche products than all around gaming products. Take the Razer Naga which is designed specifically for MMOG, which is an exceptional online game mouse. Now they have ventured into mobile gaming and designed the Orochi Bluetooth and wired mouse. You get the conv... [PCSTATS]

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Hands-on with Intel's Reader. The chip giant spills the beans @ PCSTATS
We sat down with Intel to discuss the Reader - altruism at last?... [PCSTATS]

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Left 4 Dead 2 Graphics Performance @ PCSTATS
The new melee weapons will certainly appeal to fans, and it has to be said that there is certainly something about whacking zombies in the head with a frying pan that never gets old. Left 4 Dead 2 has already provided us with a great deal of entertainment in the few days that we got to play it, and ... [PCSTATS]

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Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 1GB Video Card Review @ PCSTATS
آ“Our friends at Sapphire, the worldآ’s largest builder of AMD/ATI Radeon video cards, sent me a nice box the other day. Today I will be looking at the Sapphire Radeon HD 5850, the latest successor to two great video cards, the HD 3850 and HD 4850. When I first received an HD 3850, I was pleasantly s... [PCSTATS]

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ASUS Radeon EAH5870 Voltage Tweak Edition @ PCSTATS
"AMD's release of the 5800 series graphics cards has fueled enthusiasts pursuits with jaw-dropping performance, but for those select people who are looking for something even more elite, today weآ’ll be looking at the ASUS Radeon EAH5870 Voltage Tweak Edition. It is a card that brings some unique fea... [PCSTATS]

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IN WIN Maelstrom @ PCSTATS
"Its large size and hefty amount of airflow right out of the box from the factory proved that fans do make a difference, though they may remain slightly audible. The case is very solid and sturdy, has a conveniently placed I/O and button panel, and is one of my favorite cases out of the ones that I'... [PCSTATS]

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Axus FiT 300 RAID Storage Review at CCER @ PCSTATS
As a subsidiary of ASUStek, I had high expectations for their products. For the most part, Axus delivered a superior product. The Axus FiT 300 offers users the option of hardware RAID with high speed eSATA performance. ... [PCSTATS]

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NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 Video Card Preview @ PCSTATS
"The GeForce GT 240 is NVIDIA's latest performance-class GPU that enables the mainstream PC to become vastly more functional and enjoyable. Compared to PCs using integrated graphics that struggle with today's increasingly graphical and GPU-computing workloads, systems outfitted with GT 240 offer gre... [PCSTATS]

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XFX Black Edition 850W PSU: worthy of recommendation @ PCSTATS
Take a quality PSU, add some XFX spice, and serve with a آ£135 price tag.... [PCSTATS]

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MSI NF980-G65 Mainboard/Motherboard @ PCSTATS
While your computer may be used for several things, whether work related or for entertainment purposes; usually the components on the inside were aimed for both options. MSI's new motherboard, the NF980-G65 pushes all other options aside and screams, I was meant for gaming! The NF890 is in every way... [PCSTATS]

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7-Way Intel P55 Motherboard Round-Up @ PCSTATS
One year after its introduction, Intel Core i7 processors remain unchallenged in the high-end desktop segment. However with the recent introduction of the Core i5 and the LGA1156 platform, all of a sudden we no longer feel the need to stretch out the budget and look into buying a Core i7 920 one way... [PCSTATS]

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MSI GeForce GT 240 review @ PCSTATS
GeForce GT240 is designed for a the lower segment of the mainstream market and comes with support for DX10.1 GeForce GT240 comes packed with 96 shader cores and features GDDR3 memory, however if you throw in an extra tenner -- you can get a 128-bit gDDR5 memory version as well -- giving the card... [PCSTATS]

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MSI GeForce N240GT 512MB GDDR5 OC Video Card @ PCSTATS
"Recently we saw NVIDIA release some new models to the market, the GT 210 and GT 220. Today they've released another model sitting in the same series; this called the GT 240. While companies continue to tell us this is a mainstream product, we better know it as a low end card. While we don't doub... [PCSTATS]

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MSI N240GT GeForce GT 240 512 MB GDDR5 @ PCSTATS
Today NVIDIA launches their first GDDR5 graphics card. The new GeForce GT 240 is based on NVIDIA's brand-new 40 nm G215 graphics processor and features 96 shaders. It also includes several new features like support for DirectX 10.1, HDMI audio enhancements and extremely low power draw. But is that e... [PCSTATS]

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Zotac GeForce GT 240 AMP! Edition Review @ PCSTATS
NVIDIA is launching a new mainstream graphics card today, aimed squarely at consumers in the market for a relatively low-cost upgrade from an integrated graphics solution or older entry-level GPU. The new GeForce GT 240, features a GPU outfitted with 96 processor cores, 8 ROP units, and 32 texture f... [PCSTATS]

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Coolermaster mouse mat roundup @ PCSTATS
"Coolermaster is a name that will be instantly recognisable to most hardware fans, being a longstanding big player in the case, psu and cooling market. This time round though we will be trying out something a little bit different from Coolermaster, their range of CM Storm mouse mats aimed at the gam... [PCSTATS]

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Chip sales in 2010 to rebound to 2008 levels @ PCSTATS
Worldwide semiconductor revenues are on pace to total US$226 billion in 2009, an 11.4% decline from revenues of US$255 billion in 2008, according to the latest outlook by Gartner. The revised forecast shows a narrower drop compared to the firm's previous estimate of a 17.1% shrink. ... [PCSTATS]

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AMD VP visits Taiwan to seek more support from motherboard makers @ PCSTATS
AMD senior vice president and general manager for Products Group Rick Bergman arrived in Taiwan on November 16 to talk about AMD's latest roadmap with Taiwan PC, motherboard and graphics card makers, as well as seeking more support from them for equal competition with Intel as Intel has agreed to ab... [PCSTATS]

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ECS revenues down in first three quarters of 2009 @ PCSTATS
Motherboard maker Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) saw consolidated revenues of NT$55.41 billion (US$1.69 billion) for the first three quarters of 2009, a drop of 18.8% on year; however, its net profits of NT$964 million were up by 101.3% from NT$479 million, according to the company. ... [PCSTATS]

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Intel DP55WG Motherboard Review @ PCSTATS
ntel bills the DP55WG as a Media machine with a touch of Extreme. With Firewire, and a fully fledged audio solution in the form of a Realtek ALC889 which has content protection and Firewire, the DP55WG is a great solution for those wanting a Media PC with all of the features to play back Blu-Ray. In... [PCSTATS]

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new Kingston SSDNow V Series 40GB @ PCSTATS
"This is a great SSD for those wanting a nice and snappy OS at a reasonably low cost. That said, the 40GB capacity requires a bit of a mentality shift as far as how you organize your files. Such a small capacity means your videos and other media will need to be located elsewhere. If running ... [PCSTATS]

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Florian Born of Trinigy @ PCSTATS
PC Games Hardware had the chance to interview Florian Born of Trinigy. The Trinigy Engine is the technical basis for many games and the latest version of the structure is one of the first to support DirectX 11. Besides the technical information we also have several screenshots of a tech demo of the ... [PCSTATS]

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Qnap TS-219P Turbo NAS Reviewed @ PCSTATS
"Today for review Iآ’ve got a little NAS box from Qnap called the TS-219P. It supports two 3.5آ” or 2.5آ” SATA hard drives and is truly feature packed with the ability to become your main network storage device at home and while on the go. Not only is it for storage and backups, you can stream from it,... [PCSTATS]

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Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X Video Card @ PCSTATS
"From the second we saw the Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X graphics card we fell in love with it. The card stands out from the crowd and has a bad boy appearance to it that the reference card just doesn't have. The best part about the Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X is that the cooler actually work... [PCSTATS]

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AMD's UVD2-based XvBA Finally Does Something On Linux @ PCSTATS
"For a year now we have been talking about XvBA, which stands for X-Video Bitstream Acceleration and is designed to implement AMD's Unified Video Decoder 2 (UVD2) engine on Linux systems for improving the video decoding and playback process on desktop systems. AMD has been shipping an XvBA l... [PCSTATS]

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XFX ATI Radeon HD 5770 Review and Benchmarks @ PCSTATS
With the new XFX Radeon HD 5770 the features of the HD 5870 are coming to the middle class. We test the new XFX card on performance, economy and playability.... [PCSTATS]

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Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 1GB Video Card @ PCSTATS
"The HD 5770 offers some serious performance for the price and when it came to testing, I knew that benching at 2560 x 1600 wasn't going to be an option, it was then a decision of if I benchmarked the card at 1280 and 1600 or continued to use the 1680 and 1920 setup. Once the results started rolling... [PCSTATS]

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Antec Signature 850 Power Supply @ LanOC Reviews @ PCSTATS
Given their wide spread availability including Box stores like Best Buy, Antec power supplies are well known. In the past their reputation could be called hit or miss when it comes to quality, but given our past experience with the Quattro 850 its obvious bad quality issues are in the past. The next... [PCSTATS]

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Superfluity and Insufficiency of Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 Mainboard @ PCSTATS
Gigabyteآ’s flagship solution has absolutely all, even some unnecessary, features and functions of the previous generation products. However, all real innovations are not too numerous. Today we are going to find out what they are.... [PCSTATS]

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Sound ID 400 Bluetooth Headset Reviewed @ PCSTATS
" Sound ID went back into their lab and fixed this issue and added some new features to their soon to be released Sound ID 400 Bluetooth headset. Todayآ’s review will be looking at this product, as they were kind enough to provide Testfreaks with a preview sample." ... [PCSTATS]

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Atlona AT-HDAir Wireless USB HD Video Adapter @ PCSTATS
Perhaps one of more exciting trends in computer industry has been conversion of peripherals such as mouses, keyboards and HDTV tuners to wireless technology. It is almost inevitable that many more will follow this trend. We have here is an Atlona AT-HDAir Wireless USB/HDMI adapter. At the core of it... [PCSTATS]

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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 275 Super Overclock 1792MB Video Card @ PCSTATS
"The other week we had a look at a GTX 260 from GIGABYTE which sat in the company's new Super Overclock series. One of our main concerns about the new series was that what might be a "Super Overclock" to GIGABYTE, might not be to us. Considering we see some companies really give us some serious MHz ... [PCSTATS]

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