Tech News
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Segway, GM, Develop Not-Quite Electric Car
Published: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 | By: DennisThis might actually be fun. though still begs the question. how will you actually get to grandmas house?
It costs about 60 cents worth of electricity to recharge the lithium-ion batteries in the prototype. The vehicle also features regenerative braking, zero emissions operation, and a turning radius of zero, indicating that it can spin around in place.
I can see it now, drinking contests will no longer be limited to the state fair.
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ECS Black Series Motherboard Reviews
Published: Monday, April 6, 2009 | By: DennisOverclocking isn't anything new and before the likes of hardcore tweaker boards like the LanParty or Quantium Force we had mainstream boards from companies like ECS, Asus, Epox that exposed some minor overclocking ability.
Seems ECS has been trying to expand in that regard with their Black Series motherboards.
ECS A790GXM AM3 Black Series @ PureOverclock
To allow AMD customers the ability to take full advantage of what the AMD AM3 processors have to offer, ECS is releasing the A790GXM-AD3 motherboard. The question is, "Can the A790GXM-AD3 motherboard seamlessly integrate all that the new AMD Dragon Platform has to offer?" This is exactly what we are here to find out, and we've got an advance look at this new board from ECS for you today
ECS A790GXM-AD3 Motherboard Review @ Legit Review
The ECS A790GXM-AD3 motherboard was a board that was easy to set up and to work with. There was nothing that gave us any issues at all. It was smooth sailing throughout the review, which has been something that rarely happens any more. It seems there is always something that we have to struggle with, but not on this board. It is fast, a great gaming board, and has upgrade options for the end user. Also, overclocking is phenomenal
Something must have changed in recent months.
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LanParty Swag Giveaway #1 (ends 4/17/09)
Published: Saturday, April 4, 2009 | By: DennisHey everyone we have some DFI LANParty swag items to give away. This will be a straight up drawing with 4 winners being picked.
To enter register for an account in the Ninjalane Message Forum and PM me (Redmax) the answer to the following question.
Question: What are the different motherboard levels (series) in the LANParty product line?
Thats it!, this contest ends Friday April 17th Good Luck!
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NL Review Block: Video Card Launch Day
Published: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 | By: DennisAlong with our review of the new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 there are a number of other sites out there posting reviews.
NVIDIA GTX 275
- GeForce GTX 275 Benchmark and Performance Preview @ TweakPC
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 Unleashed @ HotHardware
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 275 896MB Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Zotac GeForce GTX 275 Amp! Edition @ techPowerUpMany of the above sites were also posting reviews of the ATI HD4890 as its launch day was 4/2 as well.
ATI HD4890
- GIGABYTE Radeon HD 4890 1GB Graphics Card @ TweakTown
- AMD Radeon HD 4890 On Linux @ Phoronix
- Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 XT and XFX Radeon HD 4890 vs GeForce GTX 275 @ Hexus
- Sapphire and PowerColor HD 4890 Review @ Neoseeker
- PowerColor HD 4890 Review @ OCCAnd that is about it for now, stay tuned as more will likely come in.
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Mushkin Ascent XP3-14400 CL8 2GB Kit @ techPowerUp
Published: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 | By: DennisBadass black is back!
The Ascent series from Mushkin represents their high-end line-up with thick eVCI heatspreaders, very tight timings and fast speeds. On top of that, the memory scales extremely well with voltage and has plenty of potential for overclockers
Now all we need is Muskin to send us a set
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Corsair 6GB DDR3-1866 Dominator GT Memory Review @ Legit Reviews
Published: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 | By: DennisOn the i7 6GB is the way to go, not only are these kits getting extremely cheap but the extra memory headroom does wonders for performance. Sadly you do need to be running 64-bit to take advantage of the extras when running Windows.
For the average consumer the Corsair DDR3-1866 Dominator GTs would be overkill; for the price of this one kit you could purchase 12GB of decent DDR3-1600C7. But those 12GB of DDR3-1600C7 may only overclock to the stock speeds of this Dominator GT kit. This is what you are more or less paying for - the binning process Corsair has undertaken to insure these kits are stable at 1866MHz...
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Gigabyte EX58-UD4P @ Techgage
Published: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 | By: DennisNot sure about you but I do have a soft spot for the soft glow of a blue motherboard but only when the colors are "dark", the baby blue just doesn't do it for me.
The board does seem to clock well.
At CES earlier this year, Gigabyte showed off two new motherboards that promised both a great value and of course, good overclocking abilities. The EX58-UD4P was one of those, and we've now been able to put it to the test. We're happy to report that as we had hoped, the board delivers on all fronts, and coupled with a reasonable price, it looks to be well-worth a look.
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And the fools come out.
Published: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 | By: DennisI'm sure that many of you have already had your fill of april fools jokes and since you really can't trust any news that comes out on (4/1) we're likely going to refrain from posting anything news worthy.
However since this is the season for jokes and stuff I present you with the famed april fools gag that was pushed out back in 2007. This little joke was 2 years in the making and went off without a hitch and was still pranking people for weeks after.
You see the joke was really on lazy news posters that just post links in the news all day and don't bother to read what the review is all about. Of course the unsuspecting casual web surfer might clue in that its a joke right away. (notice the l33+ in the title)
Hope you enjoy
Ty4n Trinity Review: Bringing Extreme SLI to the AMD platform
Well we here at Ninjalane have come across a real gem in the motherboard world that comes to us in a time where enthusiast and system builders need integration more than brand loyalty. You see late in 2006 during the height of the SLI vs CrossFire wars. Prototype board maker Ty4n created a motherboard that uses the better parts of both technologies for even better performance.
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AMD Phenom II X4 810 Review @ ModReactor
Published: Monday, March 30, 2009 | By: WillSoon enough here at Ninjalane we will be drumming up some noise for the new Phenom II processors. While you wait take a good look at this review.
"Release of the first 45nm quad core AMD processors - Phenom II 940 and 920 in the beginning of the year was the most important event for the company and was the first significant success for the company processor division in quite a while. The new processors offered splendid performance for their price, and users still could
use them with their good old cheap AM2/AM2+ motherboards along with their also old and cheap DDR2 memory. Now it's time to review the first AMD processor supporting the new AM3 platform, namely - AMD Phenom II 810 with operational frequency of 2.6GHz and very budget orientated price."These look to be pretty good.
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NL: Gaming Review Roundups
Published: Monday, March 30, 2009 | By: WillA little bit of PC gaming fun for everyone.
Grand Ages: Rome (PC) Review @ Gamingheaven
Grand Ages: Rome is the followup to Glory Of The Roman Empire and Imperium Romanium from developer Kalypso Media. Both of these were pretty much run of the mill city building titles so we will find out today if the new game is going to be a more appealing investment.
Brothers in Arms - Hell's Highway PC Review @ GamepyreIf one is to count all the deaths (military and civilian) as a result of WWII the number would raise in the millions. Soldiers fought and solders died and I'm glad that Hollywood and the video game community come up with new WWII projects all the time because "those that don't know the history are bound to repeat it." Us, the younger generation, while our hearts may be sympathetic, we will truly never understand the pain that our ancestors went through to secure our freedoms. We get to watch the movies and we get to play the games because someone that we don't know and will never know bleed for such rights. Respect and honor is what those brave souls earned and games like Brothers in Arms - Hell's Highway, as much as they entertain us, they also help us remember our true heroes.
