Tech News
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Gamescom 2009 boothbabes report @ dvhardware
Published: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 | By: WillSince we at Ninjalane love our boothbabe moment as much as the next guy. Well we had to post this little tidbit of yumminess. Then I got to the second page, and noticed things had gone horribly wrong. The babes started becoming dudes.
DV Hardware has posted its first piece of coverage of Gamescom 2009, in this article we focus on the boothbabes and video game characters of Gamescom.
Okay, do not title anything as boothbabes if it is mainly going to be 1.5 pages of hot chicks and the rest of it custome characters and dudes.
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Onboard Graphics Shootout AMD 790GX vs. 785G @ TweakTown
Published: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 | By: WillHere is an interesting read for all of the normal consumers that get talked into buying a system with intergrated graphics, but also want to game. This practice happens from retailers more often then they like to admit.
While most of us on Tweak Town are after the most performance and overclocking capable boards out there, it's important to note that there is still a very large side of the market that we don't always give a great deal of thought to, that being the integrated market.
Today as a follow up to the 785G chipset review, we are taking a look at the 785G's graphics performance compared the 790GX's. Since the 785G is DX10.1 compatible, will it have any performance increase over the 790GX? - Let's have a bit of a look see."I still wonder how they can sleep at night. You know who you are!
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BlizzBabes: The Babes & Cosplayers of BlizzCon '09 @ Legit Reviews
Published: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 | By: WillYep, somewhere deep inside I have some strange fetish for babes with blue skin and elf ears. If you do to then take a look at BlizzBabes, and enjoy.
"we really do know what our readers are looking for...it's not the hardware, it's not the software titles...it's the Booth Babes! Well, we have them for you today. We encountered not only Booth Babes, but more CosBabes and even CosDudes in costume. In fact there were so many CosPeople that it was hard for us to just narrow down the top ones that we saw. Trust us, there were more people in costume for the cosplay and the BlizzCon Costume Contest than you can shake a 20-side die at...."
Wow, some of those customes are even to weird for me.
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Intel Core i5-750 Overclocking Preview @ HardOCP
Published: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 | By: WillLooks like Fry's dropped the ball and let some Core i5 out into the wild. Also looks like the gang at HardOCP got ahold of one to torture.
Our first preview of our Intel Core i5 processor that we purchased online last week. We put the 2.66GHz Core i5 model 750 through some overclocking paces to show you what can be achieved easily with an enthusiast air cooler.
I think we need to take action against the torture of these poor innocent processors.
Intel can give Ninjalane a couple to protect.
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Gigabyte, Intel, Kingston Lynnfield Core i5/i7 Demo @ Bjorn3D
Published: Monday, August 24, 2009 | By: WillIs the Core i5 here yet? Everyone is very antsy to get ahold of it.
"We recently made a meeting in California for the Gigabyte, Intel, Kingston Lynnfield Core i5/i7 demo on Gigabyte boards with Kingston HyperX. We have to tell you we've seen Nirvana and it was good. Imagine a room full of some of the industries leading people and having hours on end to pick their brains. Sheer nerd Nirvana.
With all the brain picking and idea bouncing going on we still had time to see some boards, get a peek at i5/i7 demonstration, look at the Kingston HyperX lineup for i5/i7, and spent copious time attending our drool towels."It's almost here are you ready?
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NL: PC Game Reviews Roundup
Published: Monday, August 24, 2009 | By: WillIt's been a while but here is another PC Game Reviews Roundup. Okay, maybe it is just a Wolfenstein Roundup.
"The Second World War is one of the darkest times for Europe and also the basis for many first person shooter. Back in MS DOS times Wolfenstein was already one of the most favourite games when looking at fps-games. The latest title from id Software is name simply Wolfenstein and tries to bring the successful story to the next level."
Wolfenstein (2009) PC Review @ Gamingheaven
"We recently reviewed the console version of Wolfenstein 2009 and we came away a little unimpressed with the overall experience - even though the core gameplay was pretty good. By no means a bad game it however didn't knock our socks off - something we are hoping the PC version might rectify today."
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Windows 7 vs. Vista CPU & Memory Performance Comparison @ TweakTown
Published: Friday, August 21, 2009 | By: WillWe just recently looked at a GPU performance of the 2 Windows Operating Systems. I guess it is time to look at the Memory Performance.
"We've had a good look into the VGA side of things when it comes to Windows 7. However, while for many people that's the most important section, it's not all of it. Today we'll be having a closer look at how some of the other components in our system run under the new operating system due out in just a few months.
Today we'll be looking at two core components; the memory and the CPU. We'll be using a triple channel memory configuration with our Core i7 920 processor clocked at 4GHz. We'll be running our testbed through our standard memory benchmark line-up which does a good job of testing both the memory and CPU."It's almost here.
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NL: Review Block - Cases, Chassis, and Stuff
Published: Friday, August 21, 2009 | By: DennisIt's been awhile since I've done a review block, so here we go.
ThermalTake Element G Review @ OCC
Corsair Obsidian Series 800D @ Hexus
Lancool Dragonlord PC-K62 Case Review @ Hardware Canucks
In Win Maelstrom Case @ Hardware Bistro
SilverStone Raven RV02 Case Review @ Hardware Secrets
Thermaltake Element T @ LanOC ReviewsNot going to say much about these cept that we also do case reviews and a couple on the list we have already looked at.
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Asrock Ion 330 Nettop PC @ Pro-Clockers
Published: Friday, August 21, 2009 | By: DennisWe have all heard of the nVidia Ion, but finding companies that are using Ion has been rather difficult. Well here is a review of an extremely small Ion based "Nettop" computer. (I'm guessing it's like a netbook without the screen/keyboard/portable aspect)
Our good friends at Asrock as grace us with one of their new Nettop Ion 330. This model is one of two that ASrock produces. The Ion 330 is based on the Nvidia Ion chipset obviously. And the other S330 is based on the Intel 945C chipset. They are both centered center the Intel Atom 330 dual core processor. The feature set of both are pretty similar as they both supply HD 1080P playback through HDMI, slim-line DVD device and a 2.5" hard drive. But the most important features once again are the small size, money saving and light multitasking. So, read on to see if the Nettop Ion 330 is a considerable unit to be place in your entertainment center.
I'm sure there will be more Ion based products in the future; however considering the size of the processor we might not be able to find them with the naked eye.
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EVGA's P55 Motherboard Lineup Revealed + P55 FTW Preview @ Hardware Canucks
Published: Thursday, August 20, 2009 | By: WillEVGA board line for the Core i5 is shaping up to be a very interesting lineup.
"As our P55 previews continue, we are now able to bring you some exclusive information: the details of EVGA's entire P55 motherboard lineup along with some new pieces of overclocking technology. Piggybacking onto this deluge of drool-worthy information is our preview of the upcoming EVGA P55 FTW motherboard."
I cannot wait for the new processors.
