Our Download of the Day today is Speccy 1.06.191.
Speccy will give you detailed statistics on every piece of hardware in your computer. Including CPU, Motherboard, RAM, Graphics Cards, Hard Disks, Optical Drives, Audio support. Additionally Speccy adds the temperatures of your different components, so you can easily see if there's a problem!
• Processor brand and model
• Hard drive size and speed
• Amount of memory (RAM)
• Graphics card
• Operating system
At first glance, Speccy may seem like an application for system administrators and power users. It certainly is, but Speccy can also help normal users, in everyday computing life.
If you need to add more memory to your system, for example, you can check how many memory slots your computer has and what memory's already installed. Then you can go out and buy the right type of memory to add on or replace what you've already got.
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The latest version includes the following changes:
Changes in Version 1.06.191
- Major rewrite of Hard Disk interface detection.
- Improved Network section (DHCP status, IP address, NetBIOS status).
- Improved Graphics Card detection.
- Fixed bug that could cause some Sound Cards to be ignored.
- Minor tweaks and improvements.
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Deal of the Day: 20% Off Dell Precision T5500 Workstation Coupon
Our Deal of the Day today is the Dell Outlet Business - 20% Off Dell Precision T5500 Workstation Coupon!.
Offer: Get a huge 20% off any of these top Precision T5500 workstation computers that can support up to a whopping 72GB of memory! Save 20% off by using coupon code: 4P31?LSQFDLDBP (expires 10/29/10)
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Leaked AMD Radeon 6970 results?
Could it be?
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Leaked AMD Radeon 6970 results have surfaced, in a nut shell it seems the 6970 (as it stands now in early days yet, without proper drivers and a proper release) that it will be at least 10% faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX480.
What's being said, is the HD 6970 is scoring X12000 in 3D Mark Vantage, with a P score of P24499.
Unigine Heaven results (1920 x 1200, 4xAA, 16xAF) giving a result of 36.6 fps.
Comparatively
- a HD5870 scores P19337 in 3D Mark Vantage, and 17.3 fps in Heaven
- a GTX480 scores P21106 in 3D Mark Vantage, and 29.5 fps in Heaven
Core speeds seem to be at around 800 - 900MHz, 6 + 8pin power requirements and an estimated TDP of 255W or more.
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Games for Windows Marketplace launches in November with 100+ games
Microsoft is set to launch a new online PC game store called Games for Windows Marketplace in the middle of November.
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Microsoft will have over 100 titles from various game developers and studios at launch, including many of the big hits from Microsoft Game Studios such as "Fable: The Lost Chapters," "Flight Simulator," "Gears of War," "Halo" and "Age of Empires Online." Other big titles in stock include "Grand Theft Auto III," and "Max Payne" from Rockstar Games and "Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition" from Square Enix.
Games for Windows Marketplace will also host indie games too.
Like Steam, users will be able to access the store at anytime to buy games, or download them again if need be. Special deals will be launched to attract gamers to the service - such as weekly or seasonal deals.
"The Games for Windows Marketplace will offer PC gamers a robust lineup of games they love, easier navigation and purchase, and recurring specials such as Deal of the Week," Microsoft said.
It will launch on November 15 at www.gamesforwindows.com
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COD: Black Ops nearly leaked from Xbox 360 - investigators hunt person down
I thought piracy was only big on the PC? Oh how people are wrong...
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Well, the highly anticipated upcoming Treyarch title, Call of Duty: Black Ops was nearly leaked onto the internet last week which caused a ruckus in the community. It has been donned "Blackgate" by one man who found himself in the middle of this mess - there is a handy YouTube video showing what has happened:
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A man who calls himself "Computer Healer" had gotten news that a legit copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops was somewhere near his house in New Orleans - after reviewing the information on the disc at an Xbox 360 piracy related website, "Computer Healer" found out what he'd need to do in order to get his hands on a copy.
The person who had the copy, wanted donations before he'd release it - so "Computer Healer" decided he'd pay any price to get it before anyone else, after settling on a price he made a two-hour trip to pick it up. This is where it gets interesting.
According to "Computer Healer" (I'm saying it like that, just because it's a hilarious name) picked up the copy from a person who goes by the username/handle of "Ungodly", he then "took care of business" (obviously paid for the copy) and drove home. As you'd do with a hotly anticipated game that virtually no one else in the world has played - you'd put your jammies on and go to sleep, right?
Well, "Computer Healer" did just that - he put his phone on charge and went to sleep.
Upon waking, he instantly noticed several people were looking for him, including not only representatives from Treyarch, but an investigation agency hired by Activision called IP Cybercrime - he was also being followed by a tinted out vehicle.
After which - "Computer Hacker" handed the copy back to a Treyarch courier after only getting little time to play it.
It turns out the Xbox "scene" was awaiting him to leak it - but he said he was not going to do such a thing and only give it to a few friends who would "not leak it". "Ungodly" and a few other people are being investigated by the FBI.
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Notion Ink's Adam tablet touted to last 15+ hours on single charge
Notion Ink's close-to-being-vapourware Adam tablet is again being bragged about - but if it turns out to be a great product, then it's good marketing.
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Notion Ink's founder, Rohan Shravan has made a large claim - that the Adam tablet will give users a minimum, yes a minimum of 15 hours battery life, extending to up to 20 hours if the user replaces the battery with a 24 Wh battery.
Given that the Notion Ink Adam tablet consists of a beautiful Pixel Qi display and Tegra 2 chipset - it could be a huge rival to the iPad which is just gobbling up the entire tablet market.
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Windows 8 in less than two years?
It felt like only yesterday that Windows Vista was released, it only felt like a few hours ago that Windows 7 was let out of the bag - but now we're hearing the early rumbles of Windows 8 and rumor has it, it's less than 2 years away.
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We all know they're working on it - it is no surprise, but there something great about knowing it's on it's way. Microsoft said in a blog post on it's Dutch web site that Windows 8 is about two years from being on the market.
The comments were made on Sunday and were made at the end of a post celebrating Windows 7 first birthday. Microsoft is hesitant to comment on this sudden news of Windows 8 but their Server team did say last year that a major release of Windows Server was due in 2012 - and server versions usually lag a desktop release.
A leaked presentation which popped up in June suggests that the next release of Windows will include (and not just limited to), an app store similar to what we see on mobile's and Apple's new "Mac Store", improved start up times and the time it takes to resume from sleep mode, improved power efficiency and also work more closely with computer makers to better differentiate between their respective computers.
One interesting note I'll leave you with, is that Steve Ballmer has said that Windows 8 is Microsoft's "riskiest bet".
Are big changes on the way for Microsoft? Will they do figure 8's in Apple's face?
We'll have to wait and see, hopefully the world doesn't end first being that it will be released in 2012 - or is Windows 8 their riskiest bet as that is in fact, what causes the end of the world? Maybe Nostradamus torrented Windows 8 with a time machine?
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HIS Radeon HD 6850 1GB Video Card w/ 1120 Shaders Overclocked
We begin to get down and dirty with the HD 6800 series. First we start with the HIS HD 6850 running a BIOS with 1120 Shaders (vs. the reference 960).
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Thermaltake Toughpower Grand TPG-750M Power Supply
Is the Toughpower Grand as grand as they say it is?
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AMD Catalyst 10.10 Windows 7 Driver Analysis
AMD has just released a new Catalyst driver for Radeon graphics cards – we check out performance under Windows 7.
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