Thursday, August 19, 2010

IT News HeadLines (PCSTATS) 19/08/2010


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ASUS ENGTX480 (nVidia Fermi) (LostCircuits) @ PCSTATS

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Asus VG236H 120Hz LCD Monitor Review @ PCSTATS
The points raised above are what they are, weaknesses in performance and concept, some of which can be viewed as reaction to the necessity of bringing something to market soon. On the other hand, when we say "weakness in performance" and "imbalance" we merely mean that the current implementations may be short-selling themselves and that there is a ... [PCSTATS]

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Sony Alpha NEX-5 @ PCSTATS
There is a big push for various 3D technologies in the current market. Whether you're a fan or foe, the industry is pushing forward with 3D at a torrid pace. Recently, we had a chance to test 3D Vision Surround from NVIDIA and came away impressed by the experience. It was only a matter of time before we got our hands on more hardware featuring the ... [PCSTATS]

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Gaming: The Core Debate @ PCSTATS
"The Sony Alpha NEX-5 is a unique digital camera that features a 14.6-megapixel CMOS sensor as well as a strong auto focus and the most unique, a flip out and adjustable LCD display. There's also a few nice features includes, like Sweep Panorama, and more." ... [PCSTATS]

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Psst... PCSTATS Forums are Open and Freshly Upgraded @ PCSTATS
Looking at the results it obviously comes down to which games you are playing, and plan to play, that will dictate how many cores you are going to need. As a rule of thumb we suggest all gamers look at making the transition to a quad-core processor, as we found more than half the games we tested with saw significant gains when going from two to fou... [PCSTATS]

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Gigabyte GV-N460OC-1GI (GeForce GTX 460) @ PCSTATS
The PCSTATS Forums have a lot of great members participating in energetic discussions, we hope you'll take a minute to stop by and check out the [PCSTATS]

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BFG Tech is now actively denying warranty support to their customers @ PCSTATS
The Gigabyte GV-N460OC-1GI is certainly one of the better quality GeForce GTX 460 1GB products out there, with its custom PCB design and upgraded cooler. Best of all the GV-N460OC-1GI meets the MSRP of $230 US, making it one of the cheapest GeForce GTX 460 1GB graphics cards available. Still the GV-N460OC-1GI does share this price bracket with some... [PCSTATS]

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BFG Tech Goes Out Of Business - RMA's Cast Off to the Beyond.. @ PCSTATS
It looks like BFG has finally received the final nail within its coffin and is officially “….winding down and liquidating its business” in their own words. Some of their customers who have recently sent in BFG video cards for RMA have begun receiving a letter from BFG along with their returned yet unrepaired product. ... [PCSTATS]

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Load Line Calibration and You @ PCSTATS
BFG Technologies, Inc. is winding down and liquidating its business. "It is important to note that BFG was not denied Fermi allocation, but that this allocation was simply very, very slim. BFG simply couldnÂ’t make enough cards to make Fermi worthwhile, so had to fall back on their PSU business. This led to Best Buy dropping ... [PCSTATS]

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Ultrasonic Laser Range Finder @ PCSTATS
"45nm CPUs brought with them a fear of Load Line Calibration causing dangerously high voltage spikes, should you really be concerned?"... [PCSTATS]

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Samsung Spinpoint F4 320Gb Hard Drive @ PCSTATS
"I'll be the first to admit that having a job as a hardware reviewer isn't exactly a bad lot. We get to check out some of the latest pieces of kit around, and occasionally when we're done we get to hang on to them. This of course has no impact on what score we give an item when reviewing it; but it does occasionally give rise to random items being... [PCSTATS]

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XFX Radeon HD 5830 XXX Review @ PCSTATS
"So weÂ’re going for another Samsung review today, this one though is of one of their newest hard drives called the F4. IÂ’ve put it up against many other drives from other manufactures and even against the Samsung F1 and an SSD as well. The F4 is fast, itÂ’s faster than all of the other drives except for the SSD, but in some of the tests it comes clo... [PCSTATS]

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Zotac ZBOX HD-ID11 ION based HTPC @ PCSTATS
The "remake" of the Radeon HD 5830 by XFX must, most recently, compare against the GeForce GTX 460. Thanks to significant price reductions for the 5830 the chances are not bad that this card would be a hit.... [PCSTATS]

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Buffalo Linkstation Pro (2TB) @ PCSTATS
“The first Nvidia ION was true refreshment in the HTPC world. Not only because of the power-saving Atom CPU, but also graphics performance that were head and shoulders above Intel's GMA950 and similar solutions. However, it was evident that performance was still insufficient to run the newest games, even in the lowest resolutions and detail... [PCSTATS]

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Sapphire ATI Radeon 5550 HD 512mb Video Card @ PCSTATS
"Media streaming is finally starting become an essential part of any credible home entertainment system. The ability to watch to a video or listen to a music file stored on a network device seems such a simple idea but it has taken a while for the concept to reach the mass market. The Buffalo Linkstation Pro provides 2TB of network attached storage... [PCSTATS]

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ATI Radeon HD 5550 GDDR5 Review @ PCSTATS
“The SAPPHIRE HD 5550 family of graphics cards are available in a wide array of configurations to suit different performance, budget, feature set and output configuration requirements. Every board in the HD5550 range packs 320 Stream processors and is fully compliant with Microsoft’s DirectX 11 API, enabling the highest quality effects available on... [PCSTATS]

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Jetway NC63-330-LF Mini ITX Motherboard @ PCSTATS
"While the Radeon HD 5550 may not be a new card, the inclusion of GDDR5 is. This should add a small boost in performance over the GDDR3 and DDR2 models while retaining the low-power profile, perfect for inclusion in a Home Theater PC (HTPC) build."... [PCSTATS]

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PC title Singularity @ PCSTATS
Today we will be taking a look at the Jetway NC63-330-LF Mini ITX motherboard, which utilizes the Dual core Atom processor and the Nvidia ION chipset. ... [PCSTATS]

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Gigabyte H55N-USB3 ITX Motherboard Review @ PCSTATS
"Singularity is a first-person shooter developed by the legendary Raven Software and utilizing the power and flexibility of the Unreal 3 game engine. Set in an alternate present of 2010, players take on the role of a US Air Force pilot who while investigating an extreme radiation signature, stumbles upon a top secret Cold War era Soviet program, ru... [PCSTATS]

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Asus VG236H 3D Vision Monitor Review @ PCSTATS
Gigabyte introduced a new ITX mainboard based on the H55 chipset that also features USB3.0 onboard. We tested the board to see if ITX boards are finally grown up and can be used to build an all-round system.... [PCSTATS]

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Gigabyte GTX 465 1GB (GV-N465UD-1GI @ PCSTATS
Want to make the leap to 3D but don't fancy limiting yourself to 1680? Asus have a solution for you with the VG236H... [PCSTATS]

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QNAP TS-559 Pro Turbo NAS Review @ PCSTATS
When the GTX 400 series cards launched in March 2010, consumers were greeted with a new architecture that met our expectations, and Nvidia lovers finally had an alternative to the ATi HD 5000 series. Nvidia stole back the single GPU performance crown, also made their footprint on tessellation with very impressive results. CUDA cores were increased,... [PCSTATS]

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