Tech News
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CPU3D Review: MSI Eclipse Plus (X58) Motherboard
Published: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 | By: DennisOn the surface this looks like the perfect X58, with any luck we'll have one in the Ninjalane Labs for testing.
When MSI released the Eclipse SLI last year, it was their highest performing motherboard based on Intel's X58 chipset. It was packed with features, including X-Fi audio, DRMOS technology, APS (Active Phase Switching) as well as supporting 3-way SLI ... it was a favourite amongst the gamers as well as enthuisasts.
If you are one to weigh your purchase decisions on specs the Eclipse line might be a good one to check out.
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Happy Monday Everyone
Published: Monday, June 22, 2009 | By: DennisI trust that everyone had a good fathers day weekend. It was my first one and was really quite uneventful at that.
In a way that is a good thing
We have been working hard to get things back to normal after Computex, seems a combo of Jet Lag and the lack of sleep caused me to catch a bug while I was in Taiwan and while it wasn't Pig Flu it was nasty enough to still be with me here a couple weeks after getting back. Health concerns aside we have some new reviews in the works along with some cool tech articles so stay tuned.
Most Ninjalane readers will find the new articles to be a little on the simple side but nobody has really tackled the subjects so they should be a good community builder and help to expand the readership.
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Travel with Techgage: Taiwan for Computex 2009 @ Techgage
Published: Thursday, June 18, 2009 | By: DennisAs many of you already know I just got back from Taipei Taiwan for Computex and one thing I have learned after 5 trips over there, you can never run out of things to do. Each year I try to do something new but I will admit I rarely capture the experience on film. It's not like a Vegas thing but rather a "you would have to be there" sort of thing because you really can't describe anything in words.
Our Computex 2009 coverage is long done with, but this article isn't about what we saw on the show floor or learned during a meeting. Rather, this article takes a look at things from a different angle: the experience. We'll talk both about what life is like during these trips, and in this particular case, what it's like to spend time in Taiwan for just over a week.
I do have some photos from the trip. I'll see about creating an album with comments, it will be my own little slideshow like what your grandparents used to do.
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Ultimate BIOS Guide: Every Setting Decrypted and Explained! @ MaximumPC
Published: Thursday, June 18, 2009 | By: DennisWell as the title says.
Every modern motherboard comes with an embedded Flash EEPROM module, otherwise known as the BIOS chip. Short for Basic Input Out System, this is the first bit of code executed when you boot your PC. The BIOS stores all kinds of essential information about your system, such as your CPU's clockspeed, the size and type of RAM you're running, the boot order of your media, what onboard devices are present, and much, much more. An improperly configured BIOS can prevent Windows (or Linux) from loading, while a finely tuned BIOS has the potential to significantly improve performance over that of a similarly spec'd machine.
Whatever your goal is, this is your go-to guide for everything you've ever wanted to know about the BIOS. We cover every setting -- even the obscure ones -- so you'll never feel lost or out of your element, no matter what motherboard you're rocking under the hood. -
Gigabyte MA-790FXT UD5P Motherboard Review @ Motherboards
Published: Thursday, June 18, 2009 | By: DennisWe have reviewed quite a few 790 boards, seems to be the preferred chipset on the AMD side. Then again the nVidia one is kind of hard to get.
From a platform point of view the Gigabyte MA790FXT-UD5P motherboard fits the bill as a motherboard that supports AMD's latest CPUs on the AM3 platform including the 810 we used for this review. Features-wise this board has all of the features that an enthusiast will want from a new AM3 motherboard except for one. For those expecting to run three or four ATI cards in CrossfireX mode will be disappointed as this board only has two PCI Express x16 slots but that is not the target audience of this board.
The blue is rather inviting, too bad it's not darker.
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Leadtek Winfast PxVC1100 @ Bjorn3D
Published: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 | By: WillOkay in the world of new and neat stuff. This new toy for your PC looks to take the cake for HD guys. Not exactly sure how it would fair against regular high end GPU's, but I'm pretty sure it would be a good fight.
Cell processor is designed in a way that it is flexible. IBM takes the Cell architecture and incorporate it into servers due to its strong performance in the floating point calculation and the processor's emphasizes of bandwidth over latency and power efficiency. Toshiba, on the other hand, takes the Cell processor and incorporates it into HDTV and multi-media environment. The result is the SpursEngine SE1000 stream processor the company has released recently.
Toshiba has a big plan with the SpursEngine as it will be incorporated into various hardware from laptops, desktop add-on cards, digital cameras, and digital camcorders. It is also possible to use the processor in an environment that requires large-volume HD image processing, and hand/face gesture recognition. In fact, Toshiba Notebook PC and Qosmio G50 haves already included such technology.
Here is a first. I really don't want one.
Maybe!
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BFG Tech EX Series 1200 Watt Power Supply Review @ OCIA
Published: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 | By: WillThis has to be one of the best Power Supplies to come out in a long time. Let's take a read and see how they feel about it.
So in this day of smaller PSUs, the 1kW+ power supply is still a legitimate choice for many enthusiasts and gamers. Today I will be looking at BFG Tech's latest and largest power supply, the EX Series 1200 watt modular PSU. Yeah, I know, BFG is a video card and motherboard manufacturer, but they have been building power supplies for some time. The EX 1200 has BFG's Frequency Conversion technology, which allows for 80Plus efficiency, even at loads as small as 10% (most power supplies aren't very efficient at very low loads). This technology makes the EX significantly different from nearly every power supply on the market. Read on to find out about the BFG EX-1200!
Yep you guessed it. I want one!
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NL: PC Game Reviews Roundup
Published: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 | By: WillHere is some more PC gaming for for everyone. Getting away from the normal shoot'em ups to a less violent gaming experience here. Well till you start figuring out ways to kill the Sims.
The Sims 3 - PC Review @ Gamepyre
When I asked myself that particular question I was still installing The Sims 3. At that time, the only look I gave the user's manual was reading the serial key. Once the game was installed and I started playing I realized that EA got me hooked. I only wonder how many dollars I'm gonna end up spending on expansion packs for The Sims 3. My guess is a lot. Already, moments after its release, The Sims 3 web-store is up and kicking with a multitude of extras ready for you to download. Let's face it, this game is fun, this game is addictive, this game will cost you way more than 50 bucks in the long run; especially once the addiction really kicks in. I don't know how The Sims 3 did in your neighborhood on release day, but here in Florida where I live, The Sims 3 was sold out within a 50 mile radius by lunch time.
Ghostbusters: The Video Game: The Review @ OCModShop
With the film scheduled for 2012 Atari has given fans a treat to tide them over with the release of Ghostbusters the Video Game. The game is set two years after the second film and features the voices of Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, Annie Potts, Ernie Hudson, Alyssa Milano, and Brian Doyle Murray.
Players are cast as a new recruit who is along to help the guys and test new equipment. No sooner do you show up for work, when a large supernatural event occurs and plunges New York City into chaos as random specters are menacing the town.I ain't afraid of no ghost.
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All Core 2 Models @ Hardware Secrets
Published: Friday, June 12, 2009 | By: WillHere is something to help clean up that unsure haze off the Core2 models for everyone. Now everyone can feel like an expert on the subject of Core2 processors.
"Core 2 Solo, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Extreme processors are based on the new Core microarchitecture, released to replace Netburst microarchitecture, used on Pentium 4 and CPU's based on it. In this tutorial we will list all models from these processors released so far together with their main technical specs."
Yeah, I know somebody is going to tell me something I already knew after reading this article.
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ASUS Mars Dual GTX 285 4 GByte Card and Benchmark Preview @ ocaholic
Published: Friday, June 12, 2009 | By: WillAsus has been making some new wicked looking video cards that Ninjalane was able to look at during Computex. Now it looks like these guys were able to get ahold of one for testing. It does look like something out of a futuristic game.
With the Mars/2DI/4GD3 ASUS presents the fastet graphics card for gaming and enthusiasts. Therefore they had to design a completely new cooler fitting the design we already know from the GTX 295. This new cooler also has to be able to cope with much more dissipation power from the because the GPU are clocked way higher than the on a GTX 295. Furthermore the card is limited to 1'000 pieces worldwide which will make this piece of hardware exclusive from the very beginning.
I think it is not a video card, but a weapon out of Quark Wars.
