Archive for the 'Computer Hardware' Category

Toms Hardware has a interesting article on how older platforms with AGP graphics fare with a ATI HD 4650.   It is a interesting read, especially for those that really are in denial of the gaming limits of their older computer.   Time to upgrade folks, if you want to do any modern gaming anyway.   Ready about [...]

Toms Hardware has a neat write up on how a CPU is made, from beginning to end.   The details were pulled straight from a Intel walk through that was recently released.   Pretty interesting read in you have ever been curious how the magic happens.   Read about it here.

If you are like me, you most likely have plenty of electronics.   My house is filled, so why would I need a HTPC when I already have 3 computers, DVR’s, DVD players and about every game system except for a PS3. Well about 6 months ago, out of curiosity,  I figured I’d build a HTPC [...]

Anandtech has a interesting write up on DDR3 memory and the Intel Core I7 , comparing how performance scales with memory latency and bandwidth.   Pretty good read for those of you that are interesting in moving to a DDR3 platform and would like to know what is the best bang for your $$.   Read about [...]

MSI Radeon HD 4890 1GB for $165!!!! ATI HD 4890’s are my favorite card on the market at the moment for affordable high performance single card solutions.   NewEgg has a killer deal just for Fathers Day. $199.99 – $20 Rebate -$15 (VGA61915 promo code) and free shipping = $165 of gaming [...]

According to rumors, AMD is going to cut prices on the existing 4800 series graphics cards this next month. This makes sense as they are supposedly getting their next generation gpu ready and should be available by the end of the summer. So the price drop should help them clear out [...]

Again today, Xbitlabs has a nice little article on the power requirements of several different computer configurations.   From a light duty office computer all the way to a dual gpu performance gaming computer.   It goes to show how even with the most exhausting test programs even the highest spec and energy hungry configuration in their [...]

Xbitlabs has a good article on the performance gains on running two ATI HD 4770’s in crossfire mode.  Normally I’d say they are a fabulous option, but due to a global 40nm chip shortage, the 4770’s are going for $110 a piece.  You can pick up a HD 4890 for under $200 after rebate these [...]

Over in the HardOCP forums, a user stumbled upon a technique for bringing some dead or dying graphics cards back to life. In his particular case, his 8800 GTX suffered from artifacts and random crashing. The fix is to strip everything off the card (cooler, screws, etc) and using wadded up aluminum [...]

Anandtech has a review on the MSI X58M – Mighty Mouse.   If you are in the market for a Intel core i7 based computer, you may have realized that well featured x58 motherboards are expensive.  But instead of the typical $250, MSI has a $169 uATX solution that is barely stripped down at all, overclocks [...]