Tech News
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Lucid Hydra 200 Multi-GPU Performance Revealed @ HotHardware
Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 | By: WillWe here at Ninjalane have been waiting very impatiently to see some results on the new Lucid chips. Time to settle in and feed our minds with great new possibilites on the destruction of Crossfire and SLI.
About a year ago, semiconductor startup Lucid Logix began making waves in the graphics space with claims of being able to revolutionize multi-GPU computing, promising consumers the ability to pair any graphics card, unrestricted by model or vendor, to another card and achieve highly efficient load balancing with near linear performance increases. This option presumably provides consumers the flexibility to buy an ATI graphics card, install it next to an NVIDIA model on the same motherboard, and see a boost in graphics rendering performance close to the sum of both individual components. We recently got the chance to test a Hydra-enabled system with a number of graphics card, and have our results posted right here...
Okay maybe I just have an appetite for destruction is all.
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High-End P55 Motherboards @ InsideHW
Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 | By: WillBeing on the subject of P55 Chipset motherboards. Lets get some reading done on the High-End stuff that us enthusiasts enjoy.
"Intel Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs that are compatible with LGA1156 socket, slowly but steadily are becoming interesting choice for wider user group because this socket is direct descendant of "good old" LGA775 and, of course, price drops. Intel P55 chipset is, basically, following footsteps of previous P chipsets (P965, P35, and P45). It is obvious that soon there will be many P55 based motherboards. For now we got two models signed by ASUS and Biostar which are based on same chipset but present two totally different solutions to the same problem..."
Food for the brain.
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ASUS P7P55D Deluxe Motherboard Review @ t-break
Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 | By: WillThe P55 chipset motherboards are out and looking cooler than ever. Seems like every motherboard manufacture has an overclocking featuer for each board as well. This Asus in the review has a remote contol for overclocking.
"The TurboV is a wired remote that connects to the motherboard and is routed out the back of the I/O panel. It includes A, B and C profile buttons, a power button, a +/- button for under and overclocking and manual and auto mode buttons."
I some day see coach potato over clockers in the future.
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Darkest Of Days Physx @ Bjorn3D
Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 | By: DennisHere is some PhsyX testing using Darkest Days, Kind of ironic that this article goes live a few days after our own PhysX performance evaluation.
Here is a snip, complete with misspellings fixed, seems they were in such a rush they forgot to run spell check on the email before sending them out to everyone.
Nvidia a maker of some of the world's fastest GPU's has come up with ways to break this normal everyday cycle of just leaving only black marks, or small holes in walls, or trees. An environment that interacts with the gamers is desirable. Smoke that reacts around the player as he walks through it, and loose leaves and paper that blow around and react to the environment are always a nice addition. With PhysX we can shoot at a wall or trees (or anything for that matter), there's more than just black marks and small holes; there are bits and pieces of what we just shot at. Lets step into a world known as Physx.
If you have any questions or comments related to this article or the PhysX performance evaluation please visit the Ninjalane Message Forum and let us know.
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All DirectX 11 Graphics Cards @ InsideHW
Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 | By: Will"After launch of their high-end models, in form of Radeon 58XX series, we expected that ATI would release products that would fill mid and low range lineup as they did with previous generation. Except slightly "crippled" 5870 in form of 5850, we had chance to test two graphics cards from mid range: 5770 and 5750. Good news is that all 57XX graphics cards also support DX11 with Shader model 5, hardware tessellation and ATI Eyefinity technologies..."
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Gigabyte TweaKING Overclocking Event Paris Fall 2009 @ Madshrimps
Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 | By: WillIn the geekest of ways I bet this was cool to see. I always love seeing the video of these guys working away at getting the super overclock without hurt themselves with the super cold coolent.
On October 27th Gigabyte organized their TweaKING event in Paris, France. The conference room of the Le Meridien Hotel in Paris was transformed in an overclocking combat-zone where teams from 22 European countries went head-to-head in an attempt to set the best score in SuperPi 32M and 3DMark01. Power users from Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, UK and Ukraine went to Paris for this event.
Geekest is a word, right?
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NL: PC Game Reviews Roundup
Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 | By: WillHere is another couple of PC games to check out.
Dragon Age: Origins (PC) Review @ Gamingheaven
For the few of you who don't know - legendary developer Bioware have a new game released called Dragon Age: Origins. Publisher Electronic Arts have been behind a huge marketing campaign with a level of hype I haven't seen in quite a while. Thankfully we are glad to report, for once, our expectations are met - this is possibly THE game of 2009.
Torchlight (PC) Review @ GamingHeaven
Are you a fan of Diablo? Do you long for days when games didn't need to have DX11 effects and cutting edge engine technology to win you over? Torchlight might be the answer to your prayers, because it focuses entirely on gameplay and puts a twisted yet very interesting slant on the ‘Diablo' genre.
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Video Card Benchmarking - Goodbye Vista and XP, Hello Windows 7
Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 | By: WillIt is that time to update the benchmarking machines with not only new hardware and drivers, but a whole new OS as well. With all the testing done in Ninjalane Lab we can say the move to Windows 7 is well worth the upgrade troubles.
It's really been ages since I've done an editorial. I think what kind of happened is what always happens; you end up busy for a few weeks and don't get a chance to do it and by the time you finally have time to get back into it, you feel that so much time has past that it probably doesn't really matter if you do it or not.
While editorials are something that I hope to bring back in the future, the reason for one today is due to the fact that we're going to be messing around with our VGA reviews in the near future. Over the next few weeks you're going to see us remove both Vista and XP from our benchmark results."No more Vista!
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NL: PC Game Reviews Roundup
Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 | By: WillHere is a couple games to check out for the PC.
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Sith Ultimate Edition (PC) Review @ Gamingheaven
"The Force Unleashed was a big seller for Lucasarts when it was originally released with Star Wars fans buying it in their droves. While we wait patiently for a genuine successor however they have released their latest "Ultimate Sith Edition" which features a brand new exclusive level and a ton of extra content."
Shattered Horizon PC Game Review and Interview With Maingear @ Legit Reviews
"Shattered Horizon is the highly anticipated first game from Futuremark Games Studio that immerses you in the cold reality of combat in space like no other game before. This multiplayer first-person shooter is played entirely in zero gravity. A catastrophic explosion on the Moon has filled near-Earth space with billions of tons of rocky debris. You and your friends will join intense 32 player battles to control hollowed-out asteroids, huge fragments of Moon rock and the ruined remains of the International Space Station..."
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Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 Wireless iPod/ Computer Speakers
Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 | By: WillOkay I don't usually post anything on speaker, but these wireless ones are just to cool in my book.
If you use your laptop or notebook to listen to music, watch movies or play games, but want to get away from your desk and still enjoy true-to-life sound, the ProMedia 2.1 Wireless computer speakers are for you.
The ProMedia wirelessly "talks" to your computer via a USB wireless transmitter. All you have to do is plug the transmitter into your computer's USB port and you're ready to move around your room and still experience the big, powerful sound that's made Klipsch an industry leader. It's that simple-no router or installation software is required.
The transmitter can stream audio wirelessly from your computer to the ProMedia up to 30 feet away. Plus, its robust 2.4 GHz wireless technology won't interfere with other wireless devices, such as cordless phones, so nothing stands in the way of you and amazing sound.
