Saturday, December 12, 2009

IT News HeadLines (PCSTATS) 12/12/2009


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EVGA GeForce GT 240 SuperClocked Video Card Review @ PCSTATS
"The GeForce GT 220 video card's 48 processing cores do not really provide enough horse power to play today's popular game titles with some of the eye candy turned on. With twice as many stream processors the EVGA GeForce GT 240 SuperClocked video card is able to better play games and our testing sh... [PCSTATS]

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ATI RADEON HD 5750/5770 1024MB Graphics Cards @ PCSTATS
"The cards we are going to review today are more affordable and less performing than the recently examined RADEON HD 5870. Still, they have all the features of the latter. Welcome RADEON HD 5770 and RADEON HD 5750."... [PCSTATS]

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Sapphire HD 5870 Vapor-X Graphic Card Review @ PCSTATS
"The Sapphire HD 5870 Vapor-X arrived Technic3D. Technic3D will check the HD5870 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. Better with Vapor-X?" ... [PCSTATS]

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Patriot Box Office All-In-One HD Media Player Review @ PCSTATS
Whether youآ’re loading up with home movies or youآ’re looking for a better way to enjoy the digital content that you download from the Internet, it is certainly more appealing to bring that multimedia goodness into your living room. This is where we find ourselves with the Patriot Box Office PCMPBO25... [PCSTATS]

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G.Skill Pi PC3-17600 4GB Dual-Channel Memory Kit @ PCSTATS
"What's important about this is that it's easier to get two modules to work together at a higher speed than it is to get three. For this reason we're seeing dual channel kits of memory offer us some serious speed and very quickly after the release of the P55 chipset. Since PC3-16000 is being offered... [PCSTATS]

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Kingston MobileLite G2 USB Card Reader with 8GB SDHC @ PCSTATS
آ“Back in March we took a look at Kingstonآ’s MobileLite 9-in-1 card reader. It was a great and very useful product. Well Kingston has redesigned the MobileLite, calling the new version the G2. The MobileLite G2 is a very compact USB card reader that supports SD/SDHC, microSD/SDHC, MSPD, MS Pro HG Du... [PCSTATS]

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When disaster strikes, will you rise to the occasion? @ PCSTATS
"Ever tried using your laptop while driving? That pesky steering wheel always gets in the way doesn't it? Now that you're in a ditch, you can use both hands to type, but that steering wheel is still in the way. Enter the Bracketron Universal Vehicle Laptop Mount. By putting the laptop on a tray... [PCSTATS]

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Futuremarkآ® Games Studio Announces Shattered HorizonT Competition @ PCSTATS
Futuremarkآ® Games Studio today announced a new community competition for Shattered HorizonT, their PC exclusive multiplayer first-person shooter. The contest starts Monday 14 December and with 16 different challenges over 4 weeks there are plenty of ways for players to win one of the many PC har... [PCSTATS]

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Asus EAH5970 @ PCSTATS
"The EAH5970 is obviously a monster card. It uses two of ATI's most powerful GPUs, so it should do no less than crush the competition. This is of course what it did."... [PCSTATS]

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Zalman ZM500-RS Power Supply Review @ PCSTATS
"Zalman has recently releases a power supply series based on a resonant switching (RS) design, aptly named RS series. Let's see if the 500 W model from this series is a good buy."... [PCSTATS]

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TSMC continues monthly rise in revenues @ PCSTATS
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) saw revenues grow on year for the second straight month in November 2009, but still posted an annual decrease for the first 11 months of the year. ... [PCSTATS]

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Jetway P55 HI05 motherboard review @ PCSTATS
When Intel released the P55 chipset and along with it the Core i5 750, Core i7 860 and 870 processors we already knew that we'd be dealing with a lot of P55 motherboard reviews. We certainly reviewed our share already and guess what ? We have more in store for you. Today the turn goes towards Je... [PCSTATS]

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Radeon HD 5970 Single card and Crossfire review @ PCSTATS
It's time to unleash the beast, welcome to a nice feature length review on the latest dual-GPU offering from ATI. What ATI did with the Radeon HD 5970 is to place two RV870 chips onto one PCB. Bridge them, Crossfire them and all of the sudden you'll have 4.3 Billion transistors at your disposal with... [PCSTATS]

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Asustek and Pegatron see on-month drops in November 2009 revenues @ PCSTATS
Asustek Computer posted revenues of NT$26.93 billion (US$834.65 million) for November 2009, down 6.04% on month, while Pegatron Technology had consolidated revenues of NT$48.55 billion, down 11.1% on month as shipments of Asustek's notebooks, Eee PCs and motherboards all dropped on month. ... [PCSTATS]

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Cooler Master HAF 922 review @ PCSTATS
The Cooler Master HAF 922 chassis with it's near identical name and setup resembles a lot to it's bigger brother the HAF 932. The 922 however is a mid-tower while the 932 is a full tower. Don't expect the 922 to be a "dried up" version of the 932 though; it actually offers some improvements, especia... [PCSTATS]

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ASUS EAH5770 (Radeon HD 5770) @ PCSTATS
More and more vendors these days allow the end user to play around with GPU voltages in order to achieve higher stable overclocks. Our sample for example ships at reference (standard) 850MHz core clock frequency and 4,800MHz on the memory much like as any other Radeon HD 5770 1,024MB, but with the h... [PCSTATS]

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Gigabyte announces on-month drop in November 2009 revenues @ PCSTATS
Gigabyte Technology shipped 1.6 million motherboards and 200,000-250,000 graphics cards to generate consolidated revenues of NT$3.46 billion (US$107 million) in November 2009, dropping 7.08% on month, but rising 18.62% on year, according to the company. ... [PCSTATS]

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Patriot Memory NAS GearBox Mini Adapter Video Review @ PCSTATS
What happened, though, when the folks over at Patriot Memory asked if we wanted to do a review of their new NAS GearBox? We knew from the pictures in the press release we werenآ’t expecting a full-on NAS of the normal variety costing well into the four figures, noآ… we were expecting a tiny little NAS... [PCSTATS]

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Asus My Cinema ES2-750/PT/FM/AV/RC @ PCSTATS
Today we take a look at a little TV card from Asus, Does it fit the bill?... [PCSTATS]

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OCZ Platinum 1600 Ram Triple Channel @ PCSTATS
In the ram market there isn't any one manufacture who is top dog, but there are a few that stand out. One of the few manufactures that targets enthusiasts and benchmarkers is OCZ. They entered the memory market in August of 2000 hoping to make the best high performance memory; over nine years later ... [PCSTATS]

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QNAP TS-809 Pro Turbo NAS Review @ PCSTATS
While popular among storage-hungry PC enthusiasts, network-attached storage has proven to be particularly useful in office environments, where sharing large amounts of data between several desktop PCs can become quite problematic. With the availability of 2TB hard drives, a majority of users will be... [PCSTATS]

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Inno3D GeForce GT 210 and 220 review @ PCSTATS
In this review we'll peek at Inno3D's latest two budget graphics cards. First the budget oriented GeForce GT 210, which will ship with 16 stream processors clocked at 1402 MHz, while the graphics core operates at 590 MHz. It's armed with 512MB of DDR2 running at 790MHz. The GT210 cards will sell inc... [PCSTATS]

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Foxconn Quantum Force Inferno Katana P55 Unboxed @ PCSTATS
After an extremely long summer wait one of the most anticipated P55 motherboards has finally arrived, the Foxconn Quantum Force Inferno Katana. The Inferno Katana is the latest board in the Quantum Force lineup and features everything we have come to enjoy. ... [PCSTATS]

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ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO & M4A785TD-M EVO @ PCSTATS
There is no hiding the fact that while AMD canآ’t compete in the high end portion of the CPU market just yet, they have some amazing budget-minded processors that will appeal to a broad market. However, these processors would be nothing if they couldnآ’t be paired up with well priced yet fully featur... [PCSTATS]

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The Future of NVIDIA 3D Vision @ PCSTATS
"Fortunately, I was lucky enough to be one of the few people to see 3D Blu-ray in action and I must say, I was very impressed. If you have seen any of the recent 3D movies in theaters over the past year, you know how far 3D has come in the past decade. No more blue-and-red glasses. No more throwing ... [PCSTATS]

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Zalman MS1000-HS2 Case @ PCSTATS
While there is a lot to like with the Zalman MS1000-HS2, there are a couple of things that bug me a little bit with this case. As previously mentioned, the lack of fan on the second HDD module makes drives installed in that bay a little too warm for my liking. Granted, many users will not use more... [PCSTATS]

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6GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer Triple Channel RAM @ PCSTATS
RAM is one of those things that can be easily overlooked. It can be confusing picking out what kind and how much you need. However RAM is one of the most important pieces of your machine, and can be a serious bottleneck if you don't have the optimum RAM speed and amount. With more RAM you can do mor... [PCSTATS]

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Seagate FreeAgent Go Dock+ Portable HDD Docking Station @ PCSTATS
"External drives are coming back around in popularity. This return to favor has been due to a reduction in price of high capacity disk drives, better power management for USB devices (needing only one USB port vs. two), the growing popularity of SSD and the move to mobile computing as an extension o... [PCSTATS]

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Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB SATA 6 Gbit/s Hard Drive Performance Review @ PCSTATS
"Third generation Serial ATA technology is finally here. Today we are going to take a look at the new Seagate Barracuda XT, the first SATA 6 Gb/s hard drive to hit the TweakTown Test Lab. A few weeks ago LSI sent over their first next generation SAS / SATA controller to review with a set of Seaga... [PCSTATS]

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HIS Radeon HD 5770 1GB Video Card in CrossFire @ PCSTATS
"With our second HD 5770 arriving which carries with it the same stock setup as the previous one we tested, we had one idea on our mind; to CrossFire the two cards and see what kind of performance we could achieve out of the new mid-range card from ATI that has done well to impress us in solo form. ... [PCSTATS]

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NOVINT Falcon 3D Force Feedback Gaming Controller @ PCSTATS
"Iآ’ve had force feedback devices before, such as a joystick that was pretty much useless for anything but flight sims. But what NOVINT have brought to the table here is by no means an evolution of the force feedback joystick. Itآ’s much different! This concept has been redesigned from the ground u... [PCSTATS]

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ThermalTake Element V @ PCSTATS
"I must say ThermalTake has added yet another impressive case to its Element Series lineup. It contends with the competition in performance and is even able to support some server motherboards through support of EATX which is a nice bonus. The case is also still expandable by adding on another top 2... [PCSTATS]

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The TweakGuides Tweaking Companion @ PCSTATS
The TweakGuides Tweaking Companion for Windows 7 is now available. At over 400 pages in length, this book is designed for novice and advanced users alike. It is written in plain English to help you genuinely understand all key aspects of Windows 7 and your PC. Every major topic is covered in detail:... [PCSTATS]

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ASUS GeForce GTX 285 Matrix @ PCSTATS
"The ASUS GTX 285 Matrix is part of the Republic of Gamers lineup, and it brings a few ASUS-specific features to the table. Like to overclock? Want to adjust voltages without voiding your warranty? Want the fastest single-GPU Nvidia card on the market? Then you're in for a treat today. But you know ... [PCSTATS]

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ATI Radeon HD 5770 CrossFireX Performance @ PCSTATS
Want to purchase a Radeon HD 5870, but can't find one in stock? One alternative to consider is instead purchasing two Radeon HD 5770's to take advantage of CrossFireX. Not only does this solution save you up to $80 at current pricing, but it proved in our results to offer even better performance in ... [PCSTATS]

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Topower Tiger 1200W Power Supply @ PCSTATS
"A mixed bag in the electrical performance stakes. The DC regulation is exceptional with the 12V rail only dropping 20mV when taken from 0 to over 80 amps! Efficiency and power factor levels are very good but not quite up to the claimed 80 Plus certification following the OCC testing methodology. I ... [PCSTATS]

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Microstar International (MSI) is a leading manufacturer @ PCSTATS
Microstar International (MSI) is a leading manufacturer of quality computer components ranging from motherboards to graphics cards and laptops. This Taiwanese company has been in business since 1986 and has earned a good reputation for quality and excellence especially for its motherboards, one o... [PCSTATS]

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