Sunday, December 6, 2009

IT News HeadLines (PCSTATS) 06/12/2009


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ASUS RT-N13U Wireless Router and Print Server Review @ PCSTATS
آ“As the price of home networking equipment falls, manufacturers are looking to include features which separate their product from the rest of the pack. Many routers include at least one USB port these days because of this. This USB port is generally used for either a printer or some kind of storage ... [PCSTATS]

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DIAMOND 4890PE51GXOC Radeon HD 4890 1GB Video Card Review @ PCSTATS
With the release of the ATI Radeon HD 5800 series of video cards, Iآ’ve been slowly retiring the 4800 series cards Iآ’ve been using in my test rig for the past 18 months. This changing of the seasons inspired me to build another new main rig that features all AMD hardware, including two video cards in... [PCSTATS]

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ATI Catalyst 9.11 Beta @ PCSTATS
AMD has released a new build of their Catalyst software suite through their developer website. This particular software suite updates both the AMD Display Driver, and the Catalyst Control Center. This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and re... [PCSTATS]

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DirectCompute Benchmark 0.25 @ PCSTATS
Pat has released a new version of DirectCompute Benchmark. This tool allows you to benchmark DirectX 11 latest general-purpose computing feature by calculating tons of FFT-like data and some memory transfers. DirectCompute is an application programming interface (API) that takes advantage of the mas... [PCSTATS]

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Intelآ’s forthcoming Gulftown @ PCSTATS
PC Games Hardware had access to an engineering sample of Intelآ’s forthcoming Gulftown. We tested the processor and checked its performance in games and applications as well as its power consumption.... [PCSTATS]

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Radeon HD 5970 @ PCSTATS
Ati released a new dual GPU graphics card. PC Games Hardware put the Radeon HD 5970 to the test and checked what performance huge device is capable of. We ran benchmarks in several games like Crysis Warhead, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Fallout 3 and many others. Furthermore the power consumption... [PCSTATS]

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Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X @ PCSTATS
PC Games Hardware reviewed the Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X, which is one of the first custom designs of Atiآ’s HD 5870. Besides the gaming performance we also checked loudness, temperatures, power consumption and of course overclocking capabilities of the DirectX 11 graphics card.... [PCSTATS]

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OCZ Z Series 650W @ PCSTATS
"Today more than ever companies are succumbing to the pressures of a more educated public, and submitting their power supplies for certification. So when you choose a power supply having 80 plus label on the PSU is a good starting point which brings us to the PSU we will be reviewing today: the 80+ ... [PCSTATS]

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NVIDIA PhysX performances @ PCSTATS
آ“We decided to give you an insight on performance rates from GeForce GTS 250 (GeForce 9800GTX+) with price tag slightly above 100آ€ up to two GTX 200 GPUs that have slightly higher price tags than that. Support for these was powerful rig based on Core i7 920 CPU that we overclocked from defau... [PCSTATS]

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LG W2486L monitor @ PCSTATS
آ“For an average user, question of monitor backlight is, in most cases, a trivial one. Most users simply donآ’t like to see too much backlight breach along edges along with bright or smudgy black areas. And thatآ’s it, for an average user. In case you do need good display, and do pay attention ... [PCSTATS]

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HotHardware and TechVi Video Podcast @ PCSTATS
We just finished our third video podcast with the good folks over at TechVi. In ths installment, Marco explains mixing brands of graphics card and Dave breaks down how Apple seems to be losing its software edge. We also talk about the big Intel and AMD settlement and its consequences, and a Core i7 ... [PCSTATS]

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PC Buyers Guide - Christmas Edition @ PCSTATS
Today Guru3D offers you their annual PC Buyers Guide, the 2009 Christmas edition was just launched. This article brings you a set of recommendations of products we feel are great components to build yourself a nice gaming rig. Mind you that I deliberately said gaming PC there as it is our focus,... [PCSTATS]

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NVIDIA GTX 275 (Zotac) Graphic Card Review @ PCSTATS
"The NVIDIA GTX 275 from Zotac arrived Technic3D. Technic3D will check the GTX275 in the following Review with a Resolution from 2560x1600, 1920x1200, 1680x1050, the real Power Consumption and many more in new Games, against other Graphic Cards. You wait of the NVIDIA GT300 Chip or the new AMD HD587... [PCSTATS]

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Windows 7 is upon us @ PCSTATS
Windows 7 is upon us, as is a whole line of DirectX 11 graphics processors from AMD. Come see how we've updated our system guide to account for these new products and other changes in the hardware landscape.... [PCSTATS]

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Proporta Turbo Charger 3400 @ PCSTATS
"These days portable equipment is as ubiquitous as vomit in pub toilets, which in turn has meant a general move towards devices that allow you to recharge in-situ. Presumably so as to avoid the need to wipe said vomit from a nearby mains socket, and saving you the trouble of constantly needing to r... [PCSTATS]

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Corsair Flash Voyager GT 32GB @ PCSTATS
"It was nearly five years ago that we tested the first Corsair Flash Voyager that offered just 512MB of memory, but at the time it was quite a modest amount of storage for a USB 2.0 flash drive. The Flash Voyager was unique though from the other flash drives on the market in the respect that... [PCSTATS]

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AMD are now working with Electronic Arts @ PCSTATS
A few days ago our sister site Gamingheaven reviewed The Saboteur on both Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. We noticed people on our forums complaining about issues when running with ATI graphics cards on the PC platform. We were also pointed to a forum thread on Electronic Arts support forums about the s... [PCSTATS]

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Thermaltake Vi-On HDD Enclosure Review @ PCSTATS
"Vi-On from Thermaltake is a hard disk drive enclosure with a suspension mechanism for the hard drive, a sheet of rubber foam to reduce the noise produced by the drive and a temperature-controlled fan. It is available in two versions, with eSATA port and without this port, and two choices of color, ... [PCSTATS]

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Seventeam ST-650P-AF Power Supply Review @ PCSTATS
"Seventeam is slowly entering the US market and ST-650P-AF is one of the power supplies from this brand that can be found here in the USA. Is it a good product? Can it deliver its labeled power? Check it out."... [PCSTATS]

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'ECS P55H-A Motherboard' @ PCSTATS
We take a look at the ECS P55H-A motherboard based on the Intel P55 chipset which is the successor to the P45 chipset... [PCSTATS]

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Thermaltake SpinQ Heatpipe CPU Cooler Review @ PCSTATS
Most every company has tried their hands at these more unique coolers, with mixed success. Thermaltake is one company that keeps putting out coolers that both look interesting and actually work. One of their coolers seems to take its influence for the ninja. ... [PCSTATS]

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Thermaltake Level 10 case - $950 bucks!! @ PCSTATS
You might remember the Thermaltake Level 10 case from my post back in June of this year - a collaboration between case giant and automobile designers at BMW. Well, good news: the case is finally available for those interested in picking one up! Be prepared for the price... [PCSTATS]

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A-DATA SH93 Rugged Portable Hard Drive Review @ PCSTATS
While commonly overlooked, regular backups is one of the most sensible tasks one should perform when it comes to personal computing. Without the help of a secondary storage device or some sort of remote backup strategy, chances of recovering data should your computer's hard drive completely die over... [PCSTATS]

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GIGABYTE 275GTX Super Overclock @ PCSTATS
Once again we are finding companies optimizing their already proven hardware. For video cards, companies on average just change out the GPU cooler, up the clock speeds, to maybe changing the rear IO ports on the video card itself. With an occasional make over we see, for instance the 295GTX went thr... [PCSTATS]

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Intel's LGA 1156 and P55 chipset @ PCSTATS
"Its feature set and benchmarks scores aren't going to make consumers put it on lay-away for the holidays, but its ease-of-use and no-frills functionality are great selling points along with the $100 price tag. We've experienced a lot of ups and downs with ECS's "Black Series" motherboards and w... [PCSTATS]

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XFX Radeon HD 5850 Black Edition Review @ PCSTATS
The long road to DirectX 11 and Windows 7 from DirectX 10 and Windows Vista, has meant that ATI and NVIDIA have released many video cards on their DirectX 10 architectures. The XFX HD 5850 Black Edition is an overclocked HD 5850 showing performance differences in every benc... [PCSTATS]

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MSI X58M Motherboard @ PCSTATS
Today we are taking a look at a motherboard from MSI, they sent us a sample of their socket 1366 board which they've named the X58M. It has some cool features such as; Live update, APS power saving function, etc. We decided to run the board vs a high end Asus board in ou... [PCSTATS]

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GeForce GT 240 @ PCSTATS
"The difference between the two GT 240 cards is significant though - both in terms of performance, power and price. The Galaxy card was by far the most efficient and will come in a good $30 less expensive than the Palit card. The Palit card though is far and away the better performer - the dif... [PCSTATS]

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EVGA P55 FTW Motherboard Review @ PCSTATS
"As with any new processor release, the big manufacturers are always sure to get their boards out to the public in record fashion. This can lead to boards that feel rushed in design and just donآ’t seem to offer much in the way of outstanding performance with eye catching features. Though this has se... [PCSTATS]

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iFrogz Luxe iPod 2G Case With Screen Protector @ PCSTATS
Electronics and some people donآ’t mix; why you may ask? Because some of us just arenآ’t co-ordinated enough to own something of any value because lack of certain brain to hand signals make it difficult to hang on to things. Also walking and chewing gum at the same time could have adverse effects for ... [PCSTATS]

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ATI Radeon HD 5970 Performance Preview @ PCSTATS
The Radeon HD 5970, the AMD "X2" Radeon 5000 family card, will come to market. How fast will it be? ... [PCSTATS]

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Alternative cooling solutions for the AMD Radeon HD 5850 @ PCSTATS
The Radeon HD 5800 family is at the moment pacesetting in graphics performance. As usual high performances comes also with some noise. Currently there are no alternative cooling solutions on the market to deal with this. HT4U.net took therefore 4 existing alternative graphics card coolers and presen... [PCSTATS]

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AMD Athlon II X4 620 & Sapphire PI-AM3RS785G @ PCSTATS
Although they were released about a month ago, the new budget-councious quad-core processors from AMD are still fresh in the minds of many enthusiasts. The Athlon II X4 620 and 630 have made huge waves recently due to the fact that it is now possible to obtain a quad-core CPU for under $100. Pair th... [PCSTATS]

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