Mac OS X Steam Performance: Half Life 2 Episode 2, Still Slower than Windows
Last month Ryan Smith published his findings on OS X Portal performance. While we're all glad that Valve ported the Steam engine to OS X, we weren't very happy with the performance of the initial release. Since then Valve has updated its Steam client and games as well as released Half Life 2 Episode 2 for the Mac. We take a look at its performance in both OS X and Windows on two different Macs, unfortunately the story isn't much better than last time.
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AVADirect's Clevo W860CU: Mobility 5870 vs. GTX 285M
Who makes the fastest mobile GPUs right now? That question can be a bit tricky to answer, since getting identical laptops other than the GPU is difficult at best. Thankfully, AVADirect was good enough to send us a couple Clevo W860CU notebooks that are indeed identical, outside of the GPU. One sports AMD's top-of-the-line Mobility Radeon HD 5870 while the other is graced with NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 285M. Which one is the better option? That's what we aim to determine with this head-to-head duel.
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EADS Lands U.S. Partners for Tanker Bid
Exactly who the partners are is unknown
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FTC Discusses 5 Percent Federal Tax on Computers, Phones, and Consoles
"If you drive a car, I’ll tax the street; If you try to sit, I’ll tax your seat" -- "Taxman" by The Beatles
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BP Robots Place Cap Over Well Leak
But containment cap is only a temporary solution
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Employees at Apple's Hellish Foxconn Factory Feel Life is "Meaningless"
Authoritarian policies offer employees little freedom
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HTC Fixes EVO 4G Storage, Security Bugs, Chat Goes Live
HTC moves at an impressive pace to fix a few flaws found in the new HTC EVO 4G at launch time
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Google Gives European Regulators Data Copied from Open Networks
Google still says recording was an accident
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Ballmer Compares Macs to Trucks, Disses Google OS
Microsoft CEO also says he wishes Apple and Google good luck in dealing with antitrust investigations
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Apple Throws Ball Back in Adobe's Court with HTML5 Tech Demos, Sorta
Apple showcases seven tech demos to promote HTML5
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IBM, Freescale, Samsung Form Linaro to Aid in Developing ARM-compatible Software
Linaro will focus on software for open source OS' on Arm-based hardware
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Simulated 520-day Mars Mission Begins in Russia
Six people are now locked inside a simulation chamber that will mimic a mission to Mars
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Update: AT&T Apologizes Over Service Rep's Threat to Customer
If customer doesn't stop emailing AT&T's chief, he will be on the receiving end of a cease and desist letter
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DOD Says F-35 JSF Program Could End Up Costing $382B
The cost of the F-35 JSF program seems to only get higher
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UPDATED: HP CEO May Let Palm's Smartphone Business Die
World's biggest computer manufacturer said it merely bought Palm for IP for devices like tablets
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