Logitech G13 Advanced Gameboard Review - Evolution or Dud?
A well-known peripheral company, Logitech makes everything from keyboards to webcams to racing wheels, and is generally well regarded. The G series of gaming peripherals has many successful products in its portfolio, and among them is the G13, which Logitech calls an “Advanced Gameboard.” That’s a fancy way of saying “keyboard replacement.”...
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The Upgrade Dilemma - How your old graphics card stands up
Without a doubt, one of the most frequent questions we get here at PC Perspective, on the PC Perspective Podcast or even This Week in Computer Hardware, is "do I need to upgrade my graphics card yet?" The problem is this question has very different answers based on your use cases, what games you like to play or are planning on playing in the future, what other hardware is in your system, etc and thus can be a very complicated situation....
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nVIDIA is putting the super into superphone with Kal-El
Just two weeks after receiving the first silicon back from the Fab, NVIDIA is already demonstrating their new 40nm quad core Cortex A9 SoC called Kal El. They've abandoned Tegra2 3D which was what we had originally believed would be the next generation of mobile chip, which was a faster clocked Tegra2 capable of 3D support in favour of this new(is...
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NVIDIA announces quad-core Tegra SoC and demos performance
Geez, you step away from the computer for just a couple of hours and all hell breaks loose over in Spain at the Mobile World Congress. NVIDIA decided that just a month or so after the official release of the Tegra 2 dual-core processor was a great time to let loose information on project "Kal-El", the next step in the Tegra chip line that first en...
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Zalman's multi-talented drive docking station
Zalman's ZM-MH200 Dual HDD Docking Station sports two sockets that can handle 3.5" and 2.5" disk drives as well as having a microSD port for your small storage. It connects to your PC via USB 2.0 or eSATA, so it is a little slower than competitors models which use USB 3.0. Steve definitely gave it points for stlye, check out his full review on ou...
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HTC announces first Android tablet at MWC 2011
In the run up to, and subsequent release of the Samsung GALAXY Tab just a few months ago, one of the main questions on our mind became when would HTC enter the Android tablet market. Being one of the biggest players in the mobile phone market, it seemed only natural for HTC to branch into tablets. Today at Mobile World Congress, our questions we...
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Sapphire joins the Atom + ION system crowd
There is a different choice now for those looking for a PC that can handle email, internet browsing and home theatre duties, a small self contained system that resembles a thinclient with style and a fair number of video outputs. The Sapphire Edge-HD Mini PC offers a Dual Core Intel Atom D510 1.66ghz, nVidia's ION2 and 2GB of DDR2 for system me...
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Fan boys continue to pummel Intel about its Sandy Bridge problems
Even though we are quickly coming upon the fixed B3 revision of the P67/H67 Cougar Point chipsets, Intel continues to be the horse getting the proverbial beating. This user-created video (or I guess it could be AMD built from the underground) compares the fiasco to the engineering disaster that was the Tacoma Narrow Bridge. ...
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AMD's Fusion arrives
Over at SPCR you can get a look at the Asus E35M1-M Pro and it's permanently attached E-350 APU, a dual core 1.6 GHz CPU with a Radeon HD 6310 GPU and a UEFI BIOS. Priced to compete with Atom and Nano systems it is tested to see how it performs in a variety of tasks, the most important of which are the video playback tests. From the tests we see ...
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Attention Rumour Mongers: Dell might want to buy AMD
The details are sketchy and mostly involve the recent departures of high level employees from AMD, CEO Dirk Meyer in January and the COO Robert Rivet early in February. The lack of current leadership implies to some tech wonks that perhaps AMD is looking for more than just new leadership. The interim CEO is the once CFO Thomas Seifert, who has p...
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MSI has a little announcement
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Nokia drops Symbian, as Windows Phone 7 gains momentum
The rumors were true, as late last week Nokia killed off their long developed and cherished Symbian mobile Operating System. While the mainstream adoption of Symbian may have been lacking in the United States, it was once a force to be reckoned with in Europe and other parts of the world. Nokia has said that they will continue development on their ...
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Samsung introduces new GALAXY S Family of Mobile Devices
This week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain has already brought a plethora of mobile device announcements, with one of the most exciting being the Galaxy S II family. Samsung has announced 3 different devices, including a phone, tablet, and wifi only iPod touch competitor This time in the GALAXY S II phone, we find a dual core process...
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The iPad is no longer alone
The iPad had the pleasure of being the only mass produced product of its particular species for a while, but that time is up and its particular niche is now home to several competitive products. RIM, Samsung and others have hit the scene and the newest comes from HP in the form of the TouchPad. A quick run down of the pertinent stats was provided...
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In Win's Dragon Rider, a case for showing off
The In Win Dragon Riderenclosure perhaps owes its strange moniker to the front of the tower, which is slightly curved and perhaps reminiscent of battlements and towers from a castle. Perhaps the effect of sticking a finger in the 220mm fan also helps with Dragon motif, as it is likely to bite you fairly hard. Inside the case is wide enough to han...
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New flavours of 570, an overclocked, overvolted card from ASUS
The ASUS ENGTX570 is a card that supports a piece of software called VoltageTweak which will help you push your overclock further. [H]ard|OCP tested it out against other 570s as well as the AMD HD6970 and found that they were pretty much running neck and neck. If you are looking for a card that is overclocked out of the box, then this card will d...
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Intel offers some Sandy Bridge love to their partners
According to DigiTimes, today is the first day of mass production for the new and improved B3 version of P67/H67 boards, now shipping without the possibly faulty SATA ports. By next week they will be shipping these new motherboards to ASUS and and Gigabyte in small quantities, though apparently not to MSI or others. By April they expect to be in ...
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AMD wants APUs and Llano to be our Valentine
I have to admit that sometimes AMD doesn't come off as the most modern and hip company when it comes to advertising, but today they did something quite "fresh" and humorous. When the door bell rang at 8am this morning and I found a small cubed package on the step, I honestly wasn't expecting anything. Inside I found a coffee mug with the label "I...
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Wake n Bacon, making mornings bright
Being a geek is an expensive hobby, from the mental and financial costs of staying on the bleeding edge to picking up the proper tools and software you need to test your machines and keep them running healthily. One way to avoid bankrupting yourself is to keep a close eye on the PC Perspective Hot Deals Forum as well as the Trading Post, but how d...
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Antec jumps into the audio biz with their soundscience rockus3D 2.1 Speakers
Antec's new soundscience rockus 3D 2.1 Speaker set is comprised of a control pod, a subwoofer sporting passive radiator technology and a pair of interesting looking anodized aluminium satellites, combined with some proprietary DSP algorithms. [H]ard|OCP contrasted their performance against Klipsch's Promedia 2.1 system as well as Corsair's recent...
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High powered dual channel DDR3 from Patriot
Sandybridge has prompted RAM vendors to focus on high speed, high capacity dual channel DIMM kits that were not very popular with H55/P55 users, but the H67/P67 boards will utilize. The Patriot Viper Xtreme Division 2 DDR3-1866 8GB Dual Channel Memory Kit is a little faster than many dual channel kits and that has made the timings different as wel...
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The IE9 Release Candidate is here
Microsoft has been advertising the release of the IE9 RC to the world via many channels this morning. Most will lead you to a site called Beauty of the Web where you can grab the RC in either a 32bit flavour or a 64bit flavour. Download and install, wait through the inevitable reboot and you will be surfing the web with their newest browser. It ...
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“Official” KestrelFlight v2.0 Work Log
I’ll be condensing the several threads related to this into this one. This will be the “official” worklog for the water cooled version of...
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Trouble reinstalling Windows 7
I recently bought a Dell Vostro V130 with 4GB RAM and 320 GB hard disk. It had windows 7 installed on it. I tried to get ubuntu installed on it in...
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Can an X4 955 be be unlocked to 6 cores?
I just recently switched back over to AMD after using the same 945 chipset / conroe rig for the last few years so I am out of the loop on modern...
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How do you transfer files between 2 comps with a USB?
Hi there :) So I got a new Lap Top, and I want to transfer files from my desktop to it. I have a male to male USB chord. However, when I connect...
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Looking for simple external adapter fo 3.5 HDD
Anything like this available for 3.5"?? ...
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The "Cognitive Dissonance" Thread
Although to have cognitive dissonance, one must actually have some recognition that maybe they really are completely full of shit. We could also...
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RAID for 6Gb/sec Asus M4A89TD Pro System?
Hi all; In the middle of a build for a home PC that will be used for everything from video editing on Premiere CS5, After Effects, Photoshop, 3D...
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Super awesomeness
So my motorcycle has been sitting for 4mo outside. I didnt plan on it getting so cold and letting it sit for so long. No fuel stabilizer or anything....
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My First Build
I was looking for any advice before I begin. Here is what I am working with... * COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower...
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Cable Box + TV Tuner
I know this will be hard to believe, but I've had basic ass basic cable, still after all this time. No TV set-top box, no DVR, just plug coaxial into...
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Need advice: Make a raid 5 array for storage or let the hdd's alone?
Well, my Hitachi 3 TB finally arrives to replace my 2TB WD Black. I'm running 5 black 2 TB in stand alone mode, no raid. I have a raid 0 of 4 ssd for...
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Smartphones. Who here has 'em?
I'll admit it. A few years back when the iphone came out, I thought it was a silly fad that at best would make it into maybe 10% of total cell phone...
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5870 or 6970?
Is one better than the other to drive 3 1920x1200 monitors in wide view, 1 1680x1050 monitor, and 1 768X1366 monitor. The setup is for FSX. Right now...
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Restoring SSD to factory?
I have a G.Skill Phoenix Pro 120 Gb SSD as my OS drive. This has a Sandforce 1200 controller. I would like to do a fresh install of Windows 7 64 on...
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