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It’s official – Nvidia’s 9800 GX2 is on the loose!
NewEgg, the online retailer I trust the most has this baby ready to go for a mere $599. 99, plus about $9 in shipping. Ouch! The NVIDIA GeForce 9800GX2 is the latest graphics card to revolutionise your PC experience. GeForce 9800 GX2 gives the best gaming performance in the world, HybridPower means a quiet, low [...]
Continue reading...Build yourself a quality gaming rig – start with this barebones system for $600
7. March 2008
TigerDirect is offering a very nice kit to build yourself a quality gaming system. Quad core, 2 gigs of memory, the case, 750 PSU, 680i mobo, 320 GB drive and a DVD RW drive. You’ll have to supply things like one or two GPUs, a fan for the CPU and an OS but really, for [...]
Continue reading...Carnegie Mellon’s snake robot is pretty damned awesome
6. March 2008
Carnigie Mellon’s Robotic Institute have released a video of their snake robot. “So what” you cry. Well, this thing is very advanced in the mobility department. It can move across the floor, swim, move up a pole, flex about for a good look at things, move through vents, ducts, fibre tunnels and you name it. [...]
Continue reading...EVGA’s GeForce 8800GTX card – 768MB of pure video fury for $300 today only
29. February 2008
I enjoy watching NewEgg for various deals on high end hardware, particularly since I’ve gotten back into PC gaming with a high end system. Today only is your chance to snag this 8800GTX for $300 – it normally retails for $469. Here’s how it works. Go to NewEgg and put the card in your cart. [...]
Continue reading...GeForce 9x series video cards info and timetable
25. February 2008
Here’s a list which purports to show what we can expect with Nvidia’s GeForce 9x series of cards, including some specs on speed, power, price and release dates. The 9600GT has already hit the shelves. The 9800GT looks to be dropping in early April and the pricey ($600ish) 9800GX2 will drop on March 11th. Be [...]
Continue reading...Alienware introduces the M15x laptop. Looks nice and won’t cost you your first born child.
20. February 2008
Alienware’s new M15x Laptop looks pretty darn sweet. With a base configuration price of $2149 it won’t set you back much more than a powerful Mac laptop. Today Alienware introduces the most powerful 15.4-inch notebook – the Area-51® m15x, a revolutionary addition to the 15.4-inch notebook class and a fitting addition to Alienware’s award-winning systems. [...]
Continue reading...S3 unviels new GPU packed with stuff, including Direct X 10.1 support, HDMI, PCIe, and a small form with low power requirements.
15. February 2008
S3′s new Chrome 400 graphics card is Direct X 10.1 compatible, energy efficient and designed for lower power use and mobile systems. Why does this matter? Well it’s a pretty neat new chip for things like UMPCs and ultra-thin laptops. It’s got support for high-def formats like Blu Ray and HD DVD and will support [...]
Continue reading...Computer builder’s deals – I found some great stuff on sale today
8. February 2008
Cruising around the net, I found these great deals for anyone looking to make a nice gaming rig. Here’s a great motherboard (the one I’m currently using) that’s SLI ready, and some memory and an Intel quad core that’s very amenable to overclocking. And some other great deals on hard drives as well. TigerDirect has [...]
Continue reading...Nvidia announces the ultimate gaming notebooks. SLI enabled, 8800m GTX cards, spiral bound or 3 hole punch.
28. January 2008
NVIDIA has enabled the ultimate gaming notebooks with the most powerful graphics processing solution available for notebook PCs—a combination of NVIDIA SLITM technology and two NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX GPUs. · GeForce 8800M GTX GPUs, the world’s highest performance notebook graphics processors, are designed to deliver the best visual experience for 3D games, HD movies, [...]
Continue reading...ArsGeek and @XI Computers Partnership
16. January 2008
We’re proud to announce that we’ve partnered with @XI Computers and we’ll soon be expanding our reviews to include PC games thanks to an amazing new system provided by @XI. There certainly is nothing like a gaming experience on an Intel quad core extreme machine, water cooled and using one of Nvidia’s latest GPUs. Even [...]
Continue reading...Nvidia announces Hybrid SLI
7. January 2008
Hybrid SLI you say? What the heck is that? Well, Nvidia took a long hard look at the gaming industry and those who use pc’s with high end video cards and came to three conclusions. Increased graphics performance is needed. You should move out of your parent’s basement. Less power consumption is a good thing. [...]
Continue reading...NVIDIA’s nForce 700i – just the thing for your gamer giftee, if you have the scratch
17. December 2007
Press Release: Just in time for the big guy’s annual holiday sleigh ride, NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the world leader in visual computing technologies, today introduced the Company’s next-generation NVIDIA nForce® 780i SLI media and communications processor (MCP), designed specifically for 1333FSB Intel QX9650 (Yorkfield) processors. The new nForce 780i SLI MCP brings a multitude [...]
Continue reading...Nintendo DS set to be top selling video game system of 2007. Neener Neener Playstation and Xbox!
12. December 2007
While many eyes are focused on home video game consoles, Nintendo projects Nintendo DS™ to be the top-selling system of the year. More than 6 million Nintendo DS portable video game systems have sold in the United States in 2007 through Nov. 30, according to internal Nintendo of America Inc. sales numbers. That’s a rate [...]
Continue reading...Nothing brightens up your day like a baby dinosaur – unboxing the Pleo
6. December 2007
Here I was feeling all sorry for myself after having several teeth forcefully modified by someone claiming to be a dentist when my buzzer buzzed and my whole day got so much better. Why? This is why. . . . More on this wonderful little robot after I’ve gotten to know him a bit. You [...]
Continue reading...Solid State Drives replacing HDD laptops in 2009
1. December 2007
Very interesting article discussing the benefits of the new 64GB solid state drives, and just how soon HDD’s will be a thing of the past in laptops (just like MP3 players). read more | digg story Share and Enjoy:
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