Tech News
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Duke Nukem Forever Shown at PAX
Published: Sunday, September 5, 2010 | By: DennisIt would seem the rumors are true, Duke Nukem Forever has a playable demo and is being shown at PAX. I guess after 10+ years of waiting the announcements and videos being shown of the game in development fell on deaf ears (and eyes)
Some wacky Canadians posted a video of some gameplay of Duke Nukem Forever at PAX. It's really short, but from what I could tell, the game looks like what everyone has been waiting for. It's being developed by Gearbox, the guys behind Borderlands, so it should be great.
I said it way back in the day, and I'll say it again. I'll be buying Duke Nukem Forever..
When it finally goes on sale.
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10 Mistakes That Start-Up Entrepreneurs Make
Published: Friday, September 3, 2010 | By: DennisThis isn't your normal tech related news post but seems pretty relevant for anyone running a small business. (ie most review websites out there)
Starting a business venture is extremely difficult to do correctly and this article outlines the top 10 mistakes that most start ups make when building a business. In my experience, (and I'm no expert) I have seen how many of these can destroy a startup and even prevent it from growing at a proper pace. While the article is targeted at star-ups the ten items can apply to existing businesses as well.
The challenge for all of you is to find out how many of them apply to your business or the company you work for. 6 apply directly to me.
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PNY to Rescue Users wth Broke BFG Cards
Published: Thursday, September 2, 2010 | By: DennisGood news for those of you (like myself) who own BFG videocards. It would seem that PNY is attempting to monoplize on the misfortune of BFG by offering $25US off of a PNY product when you trade in your old BFG video card (working or not). As an added bonus they are also giving away a free copy of Just Cause 2 for anyone opting for the trade in.
This is actually a really good deal for those of you sitting on BFG products and are worried about the uncertain future of their working status.
So there are a couple of bonuses here, First PNY gets a nice fresh stock of old GPUs they can use for their own RMA processes. Second the end users get something for their products that are now otherwise worthless (provided they are broken). Thirdly, you get a cool and relevant game title that would otherwise cost you almost $50US.
Sounds like a win win. Head on over to Hothardware for their take on the situation, or over to PNY to start the trade in process.
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Tesla Motors fined for lacking emissions Certificate
Published: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 | By: DennisNow this might be the craziest thing I have ever seen. Well maybe not, but it still ranks up there pretty high.
A more recently inanity is the requirement that electric vehicles receive an emissions "Certificate of Conformity" from the EPA to comply with the "Clean Air Act." And, while Kansan storekeepers have long been excused from abiding by the obviously obsolete ordinance, such is not the case for America's best known electric car maker, Tesla Motors.
Seems the EPA doesn't have a definition on what an electric car really is, or does and treats the Cert as a stamp of approval. Either way it kind of makes you think, Testa isn't the first company to make 100% eclectic vehicles, so did the other companies have to pay as well?
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Intel almost halves prices for Core i7-950
Published: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 | By: DennisThis is good news for a variety of reasons. Price drops usually indicate that new technology is coming or shows that a certain processor segment is overpriced and needs a little "hurry along"
Digitimes reports that the drop is likely in response to the recent price cuts of the Quad Core Athlon however we'd like to think it has something to do with Sandy BridgeIntel recently dropped the price of its quad-core Core i7-950 processors to US$294 from US$562 to defend from AMD's recent price cuts for its quad-core Athlon II X4 640 CPU from US$122 to US$99, according to sources from motherboard makers.
In addition to the price cut, Intel also recently released Core i3-560, Pentium E6800 and Celeron E3500 processors with prices at US$138, US$86 and US$53, respectively, the sources noted. All the prices are in thousand-unit tray quantities.
If you are in the market, this would be the leading indicator saying to start buying. (Provided you have funds to cover your purchase, don't go selling the farm just to own a i7-950, leave that trash to apple users.) -
Sandy Bridge Infomation Released
Published: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 | By: DennisSeveral sites have scooped up Sandy Bridge content and with the pending release we're likely to see more. For those of you that may be out of the loop Sandy Bridge is the code name for the next generation of Intel LGA 1156 processors designed to upgrade the Lynnfield line.
Sandy Bridge is the next major architecture from Intel. What Intel likes to call a tock. The first tock was Conroe, then Nehalem and now SB. In between were the ticks - Penryn, Westmere and after SB we'll have Ivy Bridge, a 22nm shrink of Sandy.
Anandtech has some great info on Sandy Bridge so be sure to give it a read.
SandyBridge Part 1 @ Anandtech - Architecture Preview and Naming
SandyBridge Part II @ Anandtech - Mobile Roadmap
Cannot promise we'll have a SandyBridge chip on launch day, but as we all know the future is not set and anything can happen
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NL: Review Block: Motherboard Blowout - GiggaWhat?
Published: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 | By: DennisGigabyte has been in the news a lot lately between new product releases, reviews, and GO OC. Well here are some more reviews for your viewing pleasure.
- GIGABYTE H55N-USB3 Motherboard @ TechwareLabs
- GIGABYTE 890FXA-UD5 AMD 890FX Motherboard Review @ Legit Reviews
- Gigabyte H55M-USB3 @ Bjorn3D
- Gigabyte X58A-UD9 review @ Guru3D
- Gigabyte X58A-UD7 @ ocaholic
- Sapphire IPC-AM3DD785G Socket AM3 DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard Review
Be sure to check out our Gigabyte reviews as well. We have the GA-H55N-USB3 and the GA-890FX-UD5 already posted and awaiting your approval, (or flameage, whatever works) -
NL: Review Block: Video Cards and Cooling
Published: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 | By: DennisVideo Cards
- OC3D: Gainward GTX460 Golden Sample Review
- GTX 460 768MB and 1GB: Single and SLI @ Technic3D
- AXLE GeForce GTX 468 Ace 1 GB @ techPowerUp
- XFX Radeon HD 5970 4GB Black Edition Limited with Eyefinity @ HardwareHeaven
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 1GB @ PureOverclock
- Funky Kit Review: Gigabyte Radeon HD 5770 Silent Cell
Cooling - Heatsinks and Stuff
- Thermolab BADA2010 Heatsink Review @ Frostytech
- Cooler Master V6 GT CPU Cooler Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Corsair Hydro Series H70 CPU Cooler @ TT -
End of an Era - ATI is Outta Here!
Published: Sunday, August 29, 2010 | By: DennisWell not really, as some of you know AMD bought ATI several years ago and has been doing the merger thing slowly over time. Well it would seem it's time to finally ditch the ATI name and just use the brands they created
ie Radeon and FirePro
If you just bought an "ATI Radeon" and are proud of that fact, fear not. Existing products, including the Radeon HD 5000 series, will not be re-branded. Instead, AMD says the first products to carry the "AMD Radeon" brand will be introduced later this year.
Pretty cool stuff really, watch the news wire, there will be other similar stories coming out all week.
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Intel Core i5-670 Benchmark-Comparison with i5-661 @ TweakPC
Published: Friday, August 27, 2010 | By: DennisI never really paid much attention to reviews like this in the past but now that Team Ninjalane has become competitive on HWBot it pays to look at performance differences of processors and which one might get you the best points from a competitive standpoint.
You tend to spend less money that way.
Today we send another CPU throuh our benchmarc-parcours: the Intel Core i5-670. How does it perform?
The review is in "de" language so be sure to click the little American flag for a google translated English version
