Tech News
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Corsair Obsidian 800D Chassis Review @ Driverheaven
Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 | By: WillThis is the case that has been all the buz for the longest time. Then once it is released the case is bearly even mentioned. It does look very cool though.
Today we have a product on our review bench which is Corsair's latest foray into a new area. The Obsidian 800D is an enthusiast orientated PC chassis which at first glance has the makings of a fantastic product. Today we find out if Corsair has yet another success on their hands or if their latest product expansion is a step too far.
It does look like one heavy beast.
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The Steamy Issue Of Digital Distribution
Published: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 | By: WillI do ask myself many times if Steam is really doing the right thing for the consumer and the small developers. Prices sometimes just don't add up against retail as well. Time to read up on it a little bit.
As mentioned in the Sunday Papers yesterday, there has been some controversy sparked after remarks made by Gearbox's Randy Pitchford to Maximum PC regarding Steam, where he stated that the digital distribution service from Valve was "exploiting a lot of small guys." This was later countered by an article on Gamasutra where Tripwire's John Gibson retorted, "Ask the Tripwire Interactive employees if they feel exploited, as they move into their new offices paid for by the money the company has made on Steam."
Step back everyone I see a flame heading for me.
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An Inconvenient Truth: Intel Larrabee Story Revealed
Published: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 | By: WillHere is a great article found by our wonderful forum mod Slngsht about the new Intel Larrabee Graphic Card. It's a long read, but every bit worth it though.
"Over the course of the last couple of years, I have closely followed Larrabee with on and off-the-record discussions with a significant number of Intel employees. As time progressed, the warning lights stopped being blips in the distance and became big flashing lights right in front of our faces. After discussing what happened at the Intel Developer Forum and the Larrabee demo with Intel's own engineers, industry analysts and the like, there was no point in going back."
Get the popcorn for this one.
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Zotac GeForce GT 220 1 GB @ techPowerUp
Published: Monday, October 12, 2009 | By: WillWith all the doom and gloom take that we have been hearing about AM...NVidia here recently. Looks like they just do have some 40nm GPU proof that things are not all bad.
"Zotac's new GeForce GT 220 is based on NVIDIA's new GT 216 GPU which features 48 shader processors. While this is certainly not enough to play games at high resolutions it is sure fine for casual gaming. Windows desktop use and HD video playback is what this card is really targeted at and here it shines with extremely low power consumption and good feature set."
I just started thinking about it, and noticed that last year about this time AMD was all the doom and gloom talk.
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Intel graphics drivers employ questionable 3DMark Vantage optimizations
Published: Monday, October 12, 2009 | By: WillOnce again this is another reason that synthetic benchmarks are cool, but need to be taken with a grain of salt. Then numbers may look good, but they just might lie.
Intel's latest graphics drivers for Windows 7 appear to violate Futuremark's optimization guidelines for 3DMark Vantage. We investigate, and make some interesting discoveries in the process.
Good read right there.
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4 GTX295 watercooler comparison @ Hardwareoverclock
Published: Sunday, October 11, 2009 | By: WillIt's a good review in a different language with lots of pictures, and maybe some numbers. Still a good look through if your thinking of going water on your extremely hot 295 GPU's.
"Hardwareoverclock.com has posted another watercooler review. Last week they has take a look at 4 kind of GTX295 watercooler. The testing samples are Aquacomputer Aquagrafx GTX 295, EK Water Blocks EK-FC295 GTX, Innovatek Cool-Matic GTX 295 and the Swiftech Epsilon GTX295. The most important themes in the review are the installation, the accessories and cooling performance."
Enjoy.
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Rise of the Online Gaming PC @ LanOC Reviews
Published: Thursday, October 8, 2009 | By: WillYou know I hear a whole bunch of people talking about new Multi-player types. Still I have not found one that was as well balanced, or just pure all out fun with team cordination then the original Tribes.
Multi-player game play has been a feature of video games that has seen as much of an evolution as the industry itself. It's existed since the early days of the Atari, but recently with the new wave of hardware and software advancements, we've seen both consumers and developers alike scrambling to put together the best multi-player experience possible. Partnered with new Internet connection speeds that are more readily available to the mass public than ever before, the possibilities are indeed endless.
Just ignor the old fart comment at the beginning.
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NVIDIA DirectX 11 Questionnaire A Response to AMDs Views
Published: Thursday, October 8, 2009 | By: WillHere is some good fun for you NVidia and AMD guys to read over. I think they like poking the honests nest with a stick at Tweaktown.
Recently I posted a news piece which covered the answers to some questions that NVIDIAs PR company thought we should be asking ourselves in regards to the HD 5800 series. It actually managed to cause a bit of an uproar, but really it was all in good fun. We had some questions that NVIDIAs PR company thought should be asked and we thought that it was best to give AMD the chance to respond to them directly. Our aim was never to upset anyone, be it the green team or red, rather to simply educate our readers a bit more.
NVIDIA in the USA actually come out and denied that we ever received the questions. Cliff over at Icrontic asked Senior PR Manager Brian Burke: "Did NVIDIA or its Asian PR firm ask TweakTown to consider their points for TweakTown's Radeon 5870 review?" His response was "We checked with our Asia PR team and they assured us that they did not send out these questions."Agitate and run like......
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GeForce GTX 285 is EoL @ TweakPC
Published: Thursday, October 8, 2009 | By: WillWe here at Ninjalane are not much on drumming the rumor drum, but it looks like some truths are starting to surface. Still we highly doubt NVidia is killing off the highend cards.
"Recently, NVIDIA denied to suspend those cards but it seems weird as the rumor is still going on. We wanted to clarify things and tuned in. As a matter of fact, the GTX 285 is EoL! This card obviously will neither be produced nor selled. We can't tell if NVIDA is going to produce the single chips anymore. But a couple of AIBs seem to agree about stopping the production of the cards."
The sky is falling, the sky is falling!
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NL: PC Game Reviews Roundup
Published: Thursday, October 8, 2009 | By: WillHere is some good all around fun PC games to read about here.
Order Of War (PC) Review @ Gamingheaven
"Order Of War is a real time strategy game developed by Wargaming.net and published by the legendary Square Enix. You take control of the American Forces from Operation Overlord and the invasion of Normandy as well as the German troops from Operation Bagration, Russia's final push during WW2."
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising (PC) review @ Elite Bastards
"Let's not beat about the bush here - Dragon Rising is hard. There's no room for heroics, or even moderate risk-taking more often than not - Simply choosing the wrong moment to pop your head out from cover or move out into an open space can mean the difference between completing a mission or having an out of body experience and watching yourself slowly bleed to death on the battlefield. Slow and steady wins the race here, as you pick your way through the grasses, woods and undergrowth of the island, trying to remain in constant awareness of your current situation, surroundings and mission status, and marshalling your troops as effectively as possible to achieve your goals without any casualties."
