Friday, October 29, 2010

IT News HeadLines (PCSTATS) 29/10/2010


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Network Dualband 300N Gaming Adapter II WL-329 GM @ PCSTATS

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WD Caviar Black 2TB & VelociRaptor 600GB @ PCSTATS
The Wireless Network Dual Band 300N Gaming Adapter II from Sitecom is a product with decent performances and comes with a detailed software application that shows us details regarding the live wireless connection. Besides the normal configuration, we can also modify the WMM and WPS configurations. ... [PCSTATS]

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ViewSonic launch first ever AMD certified 3D monitor @ eTeknix.com @ PCSTATS
The Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB and VelociRaptor 600GB are two of the fastest SATA hard drives money can buy. HDD performance almost always comes at an acoustic price, but are these drives quieter than the predecessors, and do their speed/capacity/acoustics compete well against an SSD plus low cost high capacity HDD of similar cost? ... [PCSTATS]

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G.Skill Phoenix Pro 40GB Solid State Drive Review @ PCSTATS
As we all know, the 3D market has been swallowed up by Nvidia and it's fantastic market as of late, and all has been very quiet on AMD's front. Obviously, we have heard a bit of AMD based banter with regards to the new 6870 card being faster than the GTX 460 from Nvidia, the 6800 performance figures that were leaked, and of course the all import... [PCSTATS]

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Colorful iGame GTX 460 1 GB @ PCSTATS
“Solid State drives are still quite expensive for most people, especially at higher capacities. The price most manufactures are shooting for is $100. This is really had to do especially with SandForce drives. Today we will be taking a look at a 40GB drive from G.Skill, which is really close to that price-point at $119.99 at my favorite online retai... [PCSTATS]

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Patriot Xporter Rage 32GB USB Flash drive @ PCSTATS
Colorful's iGame GTX 460 uses a massive triple slot cooler with two fans to keep the card cool. It also offers overclocker-friendly features like a Turbo button or voltage measurement points. Out of the box the card runs at clocks of 820 MHz core and 1000 MHz memory making it one of the faster GTX 460 variants out there.... [PCSTATS]

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Lenovo ThinkPad X100e Notebook Review @ PCSTATS
Today we will take a look at Patriot's new 32GB USB flash drive called Patriot Rage. Rage is high performance drive with capacity up to 256GB. Let's take a closer look how it performs in our tests. ... [PCSTATS]

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ECS P55H-AK Motherboard - Intel P55 for Home Theatre! @ PCSTATS
For mobile computer users that want a small and lightweight system, there are usually only two options: an underpowered netbook or a pricey ultraportable. Netbooks offer great battery life and portability but are usually limited to light tasks like word processing, checking e-mail, chatting online and watching standard definition video content. Mea... [PCSTATS]

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ECS GTX 460 line of graphics cards @ PCSTATS
With innovative products that span multiple target markets, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), the world's leading motherboard, graphics card, barebone system, and notebook manufacturer, announces its latest product – the ECS Black Series P55H-AK motherboard featuring lots of powerful specifications and classic color s... [PCSTATS]

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ECS H55H-MU Motherboard @ PCSTATS
With innovative products that span multiple target markets, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), the world's leading motherboard, graphics card, barebone system, and notebook manufacturer, launches the latest Black GTX 460 graphics card family with unbelievable overclocking capabilities and unmatched gaming performance to... [PCSTATS]

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ECS Black Series A890GXM-A2 Motherboard @ PCSTATS
With innovative products that span multiple markets around the globe, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), the leader of motherboard, graphics card, barebone system and notebook manufacturer, today launches its best H55 based motherboard – ECS H55H-MU, offering a huge amount of energy saving and yet with brilliant performa... [PCSTATS]

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Biostar Motherboard is Giving away an Intel SSD @ PCSTATS
– Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) today introduces its new AMD 890GX based motherboard – ECS Black Series A890GXM-A2 supporting the latest six-core CPU that is designed to bring users an impressive visual experience with its uncompromising features.
With the “O... [PCSTATS]

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Master Overclocking Arena contest in Taipei @ PCSTATS
BIOSTAR MICROTECH INT’L CORP., a professional manufacturer of motherboards today announced an interesting promotion called the “Biostar’s 12 Astrological Signs’ Motherboard”. Are you familiar with the story and spirit of each zodiac sign? Now, please allow us to walk you through the sky and have a close look at each constellation paired up with ... [PCSTATS]

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Lantic launches its AMD Radeon HD 6870/HD 6850 @ PCSTATS
MSI recently held the finals of its Master Overclocking Arena contest in Taipei, Taiwan. TR contributor Matt Trinca was on the scene, and he's shared the results of the competition and some impressions of the event, which included a stormtrooper dance routine that words simply can't describe. But we have video. ... [PCSTATS]

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NMediaPC @ PCSTATS

Today Lantic launches its HD 6850 and HD 6870. With the unveiling of AMD Radeon HD 6000 series, we have known that Radeon HD 6850 and 6870 are codenamed “Bart XT” and "Bart pro" from the "Norther Island" series. Basic on the original design, HD 6870 uses 40nm chipset with 1120 built-in strea... [PCSTATS]

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Case Appeals @ PCSTATS
"The matte black finish combined with a flashy black plastic front bezel really sets off this case and makes it look like a typical receiver or Blu-ray player you might see on the shelf of any person's home theater system. The sliding door on the front panel seemed sturdy enough for extended use too, and the addition of a media card reader is... [PCSTATS]

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upcoming Orochi core processor @ PCSTATS
"It was a center show piece at our hardware workshop and brought many oohs and aahs from those attendees who could truly see the craftsmanship and creativity that went into designing our AVZcase. We also received great customer service when we had to get the bottom acrylic case replaced too. Overall, we throughly enjoyed the AVZ case and would... [PCSTATS]

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Corsair Graphite 600T Mid Tower Case @ PCSTATS
We don't know much about it, but at the first annual Global Technology Conference hosted by GLOBALFOUNDRIES, AMD's Chekib Akrout showed the first images of the upcoming Orochi core processor.... [PCSTATS]

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PowerColor HD 5750 Low Profile Video Card Review @ PCSTATS
After Corsair launched their highly successful and innovative 800D full tower case followed by the slightly less expensive 700D, there were many who were wondering what the next step would look like. Now we know. Today we take a look at the Graphite 600T; a case which retains the high quality Corsair is known for but sporting a mid-range price of... [PCSTATS]

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NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 DirectX 11 Video Card Single and SLI Review @ PCSTATS
"PowerColor has packed all the power of a full sized video card in the HD 5750 Low Profile GPU, designed specifically for height-restricted cases. The PowerColor AX5750 1GBD5-LH Low Profile Video card is perfect for adding mainstream gaming and graphic performance to small-desktop and HTPC systems. With its dual-fan design, the PowerColor 5750 Lo... [PCSTATS]

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Lucid Hydra Technology and why you, as a consumer, should stay away from it. @ PCSTATS
"The NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 based on the “Fermi” GF106 architecture is a Direct X 11 video card. The GTS 450 was designed for those who are serious about gaming but consider value their first priority. The NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 targets those who game on monitors which are between 17 and 22” at resolutions between 1280 x 1024 and 1680 x 1050. The G... [PCSTATS]

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Gigabyte ships 5.2 million motherboards in 3Q10 @ PCSTATS
"Over the past couple of months we have had a few boards pass through the office from major manufacturers which have featured the Lucid Hydra chipset and all have failed to make it to the stage of having a review published. Why? Well it's not pretty and that's the point of this article..." ... [PCSTATS]

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ASUS expected to revise down motherboard shipment target for 2010 @ PCSTATS
Gigabyte Technology has revealed that its shipments of motherboards increase substantially in September which will bring total motherboard shipments for the third quarter of 2010 to at least 5.2 million units. ... [PCSTATS]

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AMD and Intel see huge share growth at expense of Nvidia @ PCSTATS
Asustek Computer is likely to revise downward its motherboard shipment goal for 2010 due to a slow pace of recovery in the US and Europe and competition from rival Gigabyte Technology, according to industry watchers. ... [PCSTATS]

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GTC (GPU Technology Conferece) 2010 @ PCSTATS
Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has announced its estimated graphics chip shipments and supplier's market share for the second quarter of 2010 with overall graphics chip shipments up 4% from the first quarter, while discrete GPUs for desktop fell 21.4%, reflecting the tremendous growth in notebooks. ... [PCSTATS]

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PC vendors unenthusiastic about Intel Atom tablets @ PCSTATS
"Hi Tech Legion is attending GTC 2010 and is providing coverage of some interesting events and conferences. We are updating the article daily and will have a full wrap up at the end of the event. Highlights so Far: Keynote Jen Hsun Huang/CEO NVIDIA Keynote Schulten Computational Biologist University of Illinois"... [PCSTATS]

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ASUS plans to outsource motherboards and graphics cards to ECS @ PCSTATS
Despite Intel promoting its Atom processors aggressively to persuade PC vendors to adopt the platform for their tablet PCs and is set to launch its next-generation Oak Trail platform with even lower power consumption and better heat dissipation to improve the user experience, sources from notebook players have noted that the Atom and Windows combin... [PCSTATS]

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ROG Matrix HD 5870 card with 2GB of memory @ PCSTATS
Asustek Computer reportedly plans to outsource some of its production of motherboards and graphics cards to rival company Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) as part of efforts to expand its outsourcing policy to reduce its dependence on Pegatron Technology, while boosting its profitability, according to industry sources. ... [PCSTATS]

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GELID Wing 14 UV 140mm Fan @ PCSTATS
"For users looking for a new Radeon HD 5870 card today then the V2 makes a great choice that is both low in price compared to the rest of the market while offering performance better than the reference GTX 470s from NVIDIA provide. The HD 5870 2GB ROG Matrix card is definitely for users with a more distinguished taste in graphics solutions an... [PCSTATS]

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ASRock H55M-LE Motherboard Review @ PCSTATS
The Wing 14 is the the latest performance fan from GELID. This is a 140mm fan that comes straight from the "Gamer" class of fans in GELID's product lineup. However, GELID is working on cross advertising some of these gamer designed fans into the silent field as well - the Wing 14 included. The front of the box highlights in quite large letters ... [PCSTATS]

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KFA2 GeForce GTX 480 LTD OC Anarchy gets tested @ PCSTATS
"At Vortez we have been mostly focussing on Intel X58 and AMD AM3 based motherboards but today I will be delving into a new category of board. LGA1156. New to Vortez, but certainly not new to the market, the LGA1156 platform first debuted Q3 2009/Q1 2010 and supports 45nm and 32nm processors in the flavour of Intel's Core i5 and Core i7 lineup ... [PCSTATS]

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Microsoft Windows 7 SSD Performance Comparison @ PCSTATS
We review and test the KFA2 GeForce GTX 480 Anarchy edition. Roughly half a year after the introduction the first custom air cooler GeForce GTX 480 cards arrive on the market. One of NVIDIA's AIBs KFA2 immediately cocked their gun when Artic Cooling, or just 'Artic' these days, released their Acelero Xtreme Plus cooler. A massive three slot cooler ... [PCSTATS]

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Sony CyberShot DSC-TX9 Review @ @ PCSTATS
Microsoft Windows 7 is the first Windows operating system to include native support for solid state drives (SSDs). Its SSD-specific optimizations make Windows 7 the best operating system for solid state drives. But just how much of a boost in SSD performance can we expect from upgrading to Windows 7? That's exactly what we intend to find out... [PCSTATS]

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MSI launches the ultimate graphics card - N480GTX Lightning @ PCSTATS
"The Sony CyberShot DSC-TX9 is a 12-megapixel digital camera that offers 1080i movie capture with a thin and light compact design. It also has a 3.5-inch high-resolution touch screen LCD display and has two 3D shooting modes in addition to a strong automatic mode." ... [PCSTATS]

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Corsair Graphite Series 600T @ PCSTATS
World's fastest single GPU graphics card -- P39281 in 3DMark Vantage!
The Lightning graphics card series from the world-leading graphics card and mainboard manufacturer, MSI, has been receiving unanimous recognition from power users and major media worldwide. The newest addition to the Lightning family, N480GTX Lightn... [PCSTATS]

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MSI launches R6800-series graphics cards @ PCSTATS
"The Corsair 600T lost a little ground when it came to the CPU load and idle tests probably because of missing the fan in the equation. Everywhere else, this case is a shining example of everything a case should be. It comes with many great features right out of the box including three fans, the ability to hold six hard drives and eight total expan... [PCSTATS]

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Gigabyte GOOC2010 World Final @ PCSTATS
P'sst.... Have you ever been stung by a bad motherboard? If so, have we got a question for you!

Of the Top motherboard brands, who makes the worst quality motherboards in your experience?

Vote now in the new PCSTATS Poll (left column, half way down) and let us know which manufacturer; ASrock, ASUS, Biostar, ECS, EVGA, Foxconn, Gigabyt... [PCSTATS]

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MSI Radeon HD 5770 PMD1G Review @ PCSTATS
After the several regional qualifiers it was time to put the best 15 overclockers head to head for the ultimate showdown. After USA Fugger from XS had won in 2009, who will be crowned as to be the best Gigabyte World Champion in 2010 ? Due to the qualification of our beloved Massman, apparently known as Tom Cruise in Taiwan, I was allowed to accomp... [PCSTATS]

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MSI MOA 2011 Online Pre-Selections Kick off @ PCSTATS
In Rage3D's latest review we test MSI's Radeon HD 5770 PMD1G, in single and in two-way Crossfire, against an HIS HD 5870 iCooler V Turbo. Check out how a ~$300 graphics solution compares to AMD's ~$400 current flagship single GPU."... [PCSTATS]

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