Tech News
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ASRock ION 330HT Nettop Review @ ThinkComputers
Published: Thursday, December 31, 2009 | By: WillWe first had the Netbook platform that really swept the laptop area big time. Now it looks like the tiny systems are ready to take on the desk solutions. To be honest these look to be a great way to add a touchscreen computer into about any place in the home. This is without sacrificing to much space or power at that.
"Home Theatre PC's or HTPC's have been around for a few years now and are very popular. Most people use their old PC for a HTPC. The problem with that is that they are loud, not that powerful, and take up a lot of space. Well ASRock has got your HTPC needs covered with the ION 330HT Nettop that is capable of full 1080p high definition video playback and true-fidelity 7.1 surround sound audio. This system is powered by a Dual Core Intel Atom 330 (1.6GHz) processor, NVIDIA ION Graphics Processor, 2GB DDR2-800 memory, 320GB hard drive, DVD player and even WiFi!"
On agenda to check out at CES.
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NL: PC Game Reviews Roundup
Published: Thursday, December 31, 2009 | By: WillHere is a few games to bring in the New Year for some PC gamers.
One of the most surprising announcements at last year's E3 was that Valve's zombie-survival thriller Left 4 Dead was already getting a sequel. The game would only have been out for exactly one year from Left 4 Dead 2's date of arrival, November 17, 2009. The gaming industry was swept with a broad range of emotions, from excitement to enough resentment to incite a boycott. Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2) has been out for a few weeks now, and we've sat down with it to see if it not only has deemed itself worthy of a full core game, but helped to heal the wounds that a rocky launch left behind.
Resident Evil 5 Review @ ocaholic
With the first part of Resident Evil back in 1996 Capcom did pioneers work regarding horror shooters. A good story, small quests and an a terrifc atmosphere were able to chain lots of players to the PSone. Meanwhile the horror goes into the fifth round and if the brand Resident Evil still stands for solid action and awsome horror that's what we will show in the following pages. But be careful, it could infect you!
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Nvidia Says Fermi Not Delayed
Published: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 | By: DennisSadly not direct from nVidia, but its supposed to be dual core so I'll let it slide.
“We are excited about the attention surrounding GF100 as it forms the foundation for the fastest and most feature rich graphics cards ever designed," said Nvidia's Bryan Del Rizzo. "Great things come to those that wait, and the wait will be over in Q1 as we have said previously. The release date has not changed since our initial comments last November."
Can anyone say CES?? ya that is what I'm laying my money on.
Then again given this is Tom's, we might want to give this a 97% truth rating.
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The Legit Reviews Best of 2009 Hardware Awards @ Legit Reviews
Published: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 | By: WillWith the New Year just around a few days away I guess it is time to look at what all hardware and technology hit in 2009. Here is a good roundup to remind us of everything that was in 2009.
It is hard to believe that another year flew by so quickly, but it has! That means Legit Reviews has turned seven years old and that you have likely come across one of the hundreds of reviews that we have published this year. Since the year is almost over and new product launches are pretty much done for the year that means we can pick out the best products that were introduced in 2009!
Heres to new hardware in 2010.
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SATA 6Gbps Implementation Investigated ASUS vs. GIGABYTE P55
Published: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 | By: WillWe are all waiting to see the real world performance jumps from SATA 3.0 to SATA 6.0. Then we would care more on how implementation of SATA 6.0 is done. Still let's get some education on the subject while we wait.
At first the lines appeared to be drawn down manufacturers lines; GIGABYTE chose to use a digital switching mechanism and ASUS chose to add an additional bridge chip from PLX. The lines became blurred when it came to light that ASUS also used a switch on the P7P55D-E and P7P55-E LX, similar to GIGABYTEs method. For all of the marketing that came from ASUS, their IO Level UP appears nearly identical to what GIGABYTE has done on their P55A boards.
The first shot in the marketing war was clearly fired by ASUS; reviewers were getting hit with digital fire before we even saw a SATA 6G hard drive or USB 3.0 drive enclosure. Today we are going to look past the marketing and take a look at two motherboards and see how they perform with SATA 6G."SSD and SATA 6.0 FTW!
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EVGA P55 Classified 200 LGA1156 Motherboard Review @ Hardware Canucks
Published: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 | By: WillAfter we at Ninjalane played with the EVGA P55 FTW motherboard we are addicted to the EVGA boards. So check out our review on theEVGA P55 FTW then check out this sweet looking Classified version in this review from Hardware Canucks.
What is black and red and full of sexy all over? Well we can't tell you because it is Classified. That's right, this is another installment of the EVGA Classified show. Our guest star is of the P55 variety sporting the latest mainstream LGA1156 socket from Intel. The term mainstream, which is what the Intel P55 chipset is billed as, doesn't exactly correlate with ultra high-end which is what the Classified name from EVGA is generally paired with. It is this sort of oxymoron that makes this board quite intriguing.
Such sweet looking color scheme.
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NL: PC Game Reviews Roundup
Published: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 | By: WillThe holiday shopping season is over, but that does not mean the PC gaming is over at all. Here is a few new games to check out.
Fallen Earth (PC) Review @ Gamingheaven
If you are a Fallout fan and enjoy a post apocalyptic gaming environment with a great storyline then Fallen Earth might just be the title to relieve those end of year holiday blues. Twisted mutants roam the desolate landscape and sinister splinter groups worship computer AI characters.
Heroes over Europe Review @ ocaholic
With Heroes over Europe Ubisoft shows the next title which tries to win the gamers hearts. The result is a Second World War simulation which comes with a lot of action. Totally you can lead three completely different pilots to the front. On paper Heroes over Europe should have all the ingredients to become a good action hit but did Ubisoft succeed in the reality?
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XFX and GIGABYTE RADEON HD 5970 CrossfireX Review
Published: Monday, December 28, 2009 | By: WillWhile we wait for the Nvidia cards to make it out on the market how about we look at the new Radeon 5000 series with the biggest beast of them all the HD 5970. This time though we are going for mega ultimate melt down with two cards in Crossfire.
"A few key observations on the Crossfire of two HD 5970s need to be made. First, if you don't have a powerful CPU, two of these video cards will likely not be GPU bound in any way shape or form but CPU bound. The HD 5970 is a powerful card by itself; two of them in CrossfireX mode are the most powerful solution on the market today, bar none. Two HD 5970s require a big PSU, with a maximum power requirement of 588 Watts just for the video cards alone. ATI has a list of Certified Power Supplies on their website and I would suggest a minimum of 850W for two of these 5970s. The Cooler Master 1000W PSU we use for testing worked like a charm with consistent performance across tests without power problems. If you are in the market for the best performance, features and aren't concerned about the cost or availability, two HD 5970s in CrossfireX mode IS the solution for you today."
Monster truck rally started getting into my head there at the last.
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Nvidia Is Happy With Performance of GeForce GF100 “Fermi” Graphics Card.
Published: Monday, December 28, 2009 | By: WillIf this news holds any water I think we all are going to be very happy to see a new architecture from NVidia. Still we have to file this bit of info under the rumormill area for now.
"We expect [Fermi] to be the fastest GPU in every single segment. The performance numbers that we have [obtained] internally just [confirms] that. So, we are happy about this and are just finalizing everything on the driver side," said Luciano Alibrandi, the head of Nvidia public relations department in EMEAI region, in an interview with DonanimHaber web-site."
We at Ninjalane cannot wait to get one to review.
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AMD 785G Roundup @ Techinc3D
Published: Sunday, December 27, 2009 | By: WillWith the Holiday weekend coming to a close. I'm sure the computer hardware frenzy is about to start with all that extra Christmas money everyone has. Okay well maybe the cash is not as good as it used to be, but that is okay for you can pickup a decent AMD Phenom Processor. Then maybe one of these boards in the roundup with a tight budget.
"The ASUS (M4A785TD-V EVO), Gigabyte (MA785GT-UD3H) and Sapphire (PURE AM3RS785G) Mainboards with AMD 785G Chipset arrived Technic3D. We check the three Mainboards in a Roundup on Windows 7 and Kubuntu 9.10"
Hardware prices just keep getting.
