Tech News
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nVidia Chips Comparison Table @ Hardware Secrets
Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 | By: WillHere is a great little table for the guys that like hardwre, but don't keep up with it everyday. This list compares all the NVidia Chips on the market right now.
"If you don't follow almost daily the video card market it is really complicated to understand the differences between the several different nVidia graphics chips available on the market today. To facilitate knowing and understanding the difference among these chips, we have compiled the following table:"
Time to educate yourself.
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ASUS Maximus III Formula LGA1156 Motherboard Review @ Hardware Canucks
Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 | By: WillWe at Ninjalane would like to say that this board color scheme is just down right awesome. Now if the performance matches the color then we are ready to go. Let's read this review and see if the performance is there.
"P55 motherboards come in all shapes and sizes while retailing for prices that are sure to fit anyone's budget. On one end of the spectrum we have the budget friendly, basic products while on the other there are the high-end, feature rich enthusiast boards like the ASUS Maximus III Formula. This board looks to offer everything an overclocker could want and them some. Let's hope it delivers."
She's dead sexy!
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Call of Duty MW2 game sells $550 million in five days
Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 | By: DennisAnd they say we are in a recession. sheesh
Activision did not say how many units were sold in the period. Last week it said it sold 4.7 million copies for sales of $310 million on its first day in the U.S. and United Kingdom alone.
Analysts' sales estimates for the $60 game range from 11 million to 13 million units by the end of 2009. There is plenty at stake for Activision since "Call of Duty" is likely to account for a sizable chunk of the company's profits in the fourth quarter, analysts say.The sad part most movies in the theater don't do this well, granted movie tickets aren't 60bux but you'll almost spend that much after food and drinks.
Something to think about.
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AMD 125W Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition @ Techgage
Published: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 | By: DennisThe only drawback to intergrated memory controllers is that to upgrade features and technology you have to buy a new CPU, despite the additional cost and having "worthless" processors laying around it makes upgrades super easy.
People scoffed at AMD when it released its Phenom II X4 965 a few months ago thanks to the 140W power rating. To help make up for it, the company has now followed-up with a 125W version, sporting a lower price, along with improved C1E and DDR3-1333 support. With these improvements, is the X4 965 a first-choice CPU?
On a side note the Black Edition is worth every penny.
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NVIDIA PhysX Performances @ InsideHW
Published: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 | By: WillLooks like there is some more PhysX fun coming from other sites. If you have not read Ninjalanes PhysX Article give it a spin, and then head over to check out InsideHW take on it as well.
"We decided to give you an insight on performance rates from GeForce GTS 250 (GeForce 9800GTX+) with price tag slightly above 100€ up to two GTX 200 GPUs that have slightly higher price tags than that. Support for these was powerful rig based on Core i7 920 CPU that we overclocked from default 2.66GHz up to 3.4GHz just to be sure no bottlenecks would appear..."
Simply Amazing!
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Razer Orochi Mouse & Kabuto Mouse Pad @ Bjorn3D
Published: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 | By: WillStaying with the spirit of gaming we take a look at a gaming mouse review on the news today. Here is a cool mouse from Razer that will sure to help out those fraggin blues.
Lately Razer has been focusing more on niche products than all around gaming products. Take the Razer Naga which is designed specifically for MMOG, which is an exceptional online game mouse. Now they have ventured into mobile gaming and designed the Orochi Bluetooth and wired mouse. You get the convince of wireless Bluetooth operation and save your batteries for when your truly mobile. The Orochi has a small footprint but packs a big gaming punch for when your on the go. By some cruel twist of fate in our kit we also found a Kabuto mouse pad, and we were scheduled for a trip to California for a vendor meeting and factory tour so we took the Orochi and Kabuto out in the field for testing.
Looks pretty cool for all gamers.
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NL: PC Game Reviews Roundup
Published: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 | By: WillHere is a few new PC games to keep you fingers twitching.
Left 4 Dead 2 (PC) Review @ Gamingheaven
"Left4Dead was one of the most successful multiplayer games in recent years so it made sense for Valve to follow this up with a sequel .... however a portion of the core audience felt it was a rash move to make one so quite so soon. Left4Dead2 we are happy to report however is a fantastic game and improves on the original in many ways."
Star Trek DAC (PC) Review @ Gamingheaven
"J.J. Abrams has created a Star Trek phenomenon lately with the release of his latest movie ‘reboot' of the franchise - even people who weren't interested in the franchise before have suddenly embraced the futuristic Sci FI romp with open arms. This is great news for Paramount Digital Entertainment who have just released their bargain priced Star Trek DAC game for the PC."
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Russia Threatens Modern Warfare 2 Ban, Game Yanked From Shelves
Published: Monday, November 16, 2009 | By: DennisSo I guess this is where Russia draws the line on how they want their country to be viewed in video games.
Apparently the thematic content of the controversial "No Russian" level in which players must choose whether to fire on innocent civilians in a Moscow airport managed to escape broad public notice before launch. It's not clear whether the threatened governmental ban came about because of the level's play mechanics (the compulsion to shoot and terrorize innocent civilians) or the fact that you play a CIA agent pretending to be a Russian ultranationalist pretending to be an American terrorist. Presumably someone's decided Russia comes off looking badly, and that America comes off looking nobler-than-thou (albeit, per the level in question, pretty single-minded about it).
Brace yourself. I suspect torrents of the game in Russia will skyrocket.
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Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion, settle disputes
Published: Friday, November 13, 2009 | By: WillIt looks like some sunshine has finally hit AMD for once. Now it is time to get some R&D going to take on the i5&i7 chips. Let's also hope that AMD moves in the right direction with this new found settlement, and does not screw it up.
Intel Corp will pay rival chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc $1.25 billion to settle all outstanding legal disputes, in a move that can hasten the resolution of Intel's antitrust troubles.
AMD, whose shares jumped 22 percent, agreed to withdraw essentially all its regulatory complaints and litigation against Intel, ending a global campaign that it has waged on the world's largest chipmaker for 12 years.Wonder what is up with Intel?
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NL: PC Game Reviews Roundup
Published: Friday, November 13, 2009 | By: WillThe weekend is coming and it is time to relax. So check out a few of these new PC games that you might want to play this weekend.
Machinarium (PC) @ GamingHeaven
"Machinarium is a game many of you might not have heard about but it took the prize "Excellence In Visual Art" at this years's Independent Game Festival and when you first see it you will not be questioning why. The game actually represents a moving graphic novel rather than a traditional adventure game."
Star Trek Online (PC) Preview @ Gamingheaven
The Star Trek franchise is still massively popular and developer Cryptic Studios are hoping that by involving such a rich and diverse fantasy world they will get a huge portion of the game playing public interested in their new virtual Sci-Fi based MMO universe.
Dragon Age Origins (PC) @ Technic3D
"From BioWare, the makers of Mass Effect, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and Baldur's Gate comes Dragon Age: Origins. An epic tale of violence, lust, and betrayal, Dragon Age: Origins is a single player role-playing game (RPG) set in a fantasy game environment, and featuring three playable character classes, accessible in the form of three races. In addition, the game features extreme character customization, a new game engine, party-based gameplay utilizing non-player characters and a built-in personal history system for each hero character rooted in a variety of possible origin stories. The new King of RPG in 2009? See you in the following Review from Technic3D."
