Tech News
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OCZ Blade DDR3 6GB 2000MHz CL7 Memory Review @ Legit Reviews
Published: Friday, April 24, 2009 | By: WillLooking around at some of the super pricey RAM kits out there reminds us to look at the lower priced GSkill setup we just reviewed here.
"When it comes to pricing the OCZ Blade DDR3-2000 7-8-7-20 6GB Triple Channel memory kit will set you back a cool $415 shipped, which is a high price to pay in this day and time. The OCZ Blade DDR3-2000 9-9-9-30 6GB Triple Channel memory kit retails for just $134.99 shipped after a $20 rebate. Is paying an extra $280.01 for CL7 versus CL9 timings worth it? To many it may not be, but to those looking to build the fastest system and have the money to spend then it sure is..."
Holy smokes $415!
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NL: Gaming Review Roundups
Published: Friday, April 24, 2009 | By: WillHere we are once again hitting on the PC game door. Let's see what is up on the plate today.
Runes Of Magic (PC) Review @ Gamingheaven
"Runes Of Magic is a new game from Taiwanese developer Runewalker Entertainment. As a free to play MMO we were immediately concerned that it would be rubbish, but during testing we found many positive qualities."
The Godfather Part II - PC Review @ Gamepyre
"Now, if you are not a big fan of the Mafia, you may find The Godfather II quite a bit redundant. The point of the game is to take over businesses from rival families in order to weaken them to the point of extermination. There's a lot of back and forth battles over turf and after your 4th or 5th visit at the same business location might be a bit boring, since I really enjoy mobster movies and even documentaries, I don't find this back and forth aspect of the game annoying. Also, keep in mind that this game is rated M (mature 17+) for Blood, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Nudity, Sexual Themes and Strong Language so if you find the things on the rating list offensive, you may want to stay away from this title because there is a plethora of all the above things. Also, if you're getting this game just because you saw the multiplayer capabilities, let me tell you now that the multiplayer games are rather boring. This game really is about the single player storyline and about controlling organized crime."
Battleforge (PC) Review @ Gamingheaven"Battleforge is an ambitious title from Electronic Arts which combines the competitive and social nature of online multiplayer games with the addictive and compelling nature of collectible card games to combine them into a meticulously presented strategy experience. Is this unusual hybrid any fun to play however?"
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NL: Review Block - AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE Reviews
Published: Thursday, April 23, 2009 | By: WillWell AMD looks like they have come back to play ball with the new found power of the Phenom II and DDR3. Here is a few reviews around the web on it.
- AMD Phenom 2 X4 955 BE @ Bjorn3D
- AMD's Phenom II X4 955 processor reviewed @ Tech Report
- AMD Phenom II X4 955 AM3 CPU Review @ OCC
- AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ Icrontic
- AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE, 3.2 GHz Deneb Review @ ocaholic
- AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Processor @ HotHardware
- AMD Phenom II X4 945 and 955 BE Review @ Guru3DNow time for us to put our review out. Oh wait! AMD must have forgot again.
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ThermalTake "Twitter" Product Giveaway
Published: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 | By: DennisWe are hosting an awesome giveaway in the Ninjalane Message Forum where 3 lucky winners will walk away with some great Thermaltake products.
Contest prizes include:
Thermaltake BlacX
ISGC 400
Litepower 450W
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Instanbu Die and Info(AMD) @ PCPerspective
Published: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 | By: WillWell it looks like AMD is ramping up another great processor. A six core marvel is on the way.
"Today AMD also announced a series of EE Opterons which run at 40 watts ACP (likely around 55 watts using a more traditional TDP method) as well as some new HE models. The other big announcement was the use of the HT 3.0 connections on these new platforms with EE, HE, and the new Istanbul processors. While the Shanghai core supports HT 3.0, it was not utilized in servers until today. This will only be available in new designs which are fully validated for HT 3.0 speeds/features in server applications."
Yes, yes we wonder how well it will overclock too.
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NL: Review Block - Graphic Cards
Published: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 | By: WillHere is a few Graphic Card reviews that have come flooding in.
- Sapphire Radeon HD 4850X2 @ HardOCP
- Asus EAH4870 Dark Night Review @ OCC
- Zotac Liquid-Cooled GeForce GTX 285 Infinity Edition @ HotHardware
- NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1024MB @ iXBT Labs Review
- BFG GTX-275 OC Edition & SLI Testing @ Bjorn3D
- Zotac GTX285 Infinity Edition PCIe Graphics Card @ OC3D
- ASUS GeForce GTS 250 Dark Knight Graphics Card @ TweakTownAlso keep checking out NInjalane for new reviews.
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Mushkin 12GB Kit DDR3 1333 CL9 (EM3-10666) Memory Review @ Technic3D
Published: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 | By: WillWow, 12GB is a serious RAM amount for usage. Still, some Ninja out there is using that much for some crazy pron editing we are very sure of it. So let's see what Mushkin has to offer here in this review.
"The Mushkin 12GB Kit DDR3 1333 CL9 (EM3-10666) arrived Technic3D. Technic3D will see as good they are with Overclocking against the OCZ Platinum 1600 Memory Kit on Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit and the Gigabyte EX58-Extreme Mainboard. You can see 1.600 MHz (1,5V) with 9-9-9-24 in the following Review."
Well, I have Vista 32-Bit edition and 12GB of RAM. Looks like I'm set to go.
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NL: Gaming Review Roundups
Published: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 | By: WillLike always Ninjalane is keeping our eyes peeled for new games to play on the PC. Using our shiny new rigs with beastly video cards to glue our brains to the monitor.
DemiGod (PC) Review @ Gamingheaven
"Demigod is the latest title from Stardock and Gas Powered Games which shipped about a week ago. This is a multiplayer based real time strategy game which unfortunately has some major issues and they have been hard at work for the last 3 or 4 days patching them. "
Death Track - Resurrection (PC) review @ Gamingheaven"If you combine The Fast and the Furious with Unreal Tournament then you end up with the game we have on review today - Death Track Resurrection. A weird hybrid of a combat/racing game that is actually based on a 1989 Activision game called Deathtrack. Russian developer, Sky Fallen handle the coding but unfortunately there are more than a few issues."
Death Track sounds like my kind of game even comes with issues. Yes!
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Core i5 details leaked
Published: Monday, April 20, 2009 | By: DennisSome of the details around the new Intel () processor called i5
For comparison, the Core i7 920 which ticks along at 2.66GHz retails for about $290 while the 2.93GHz 940 sells for $560. Given that the prices for the i5 parts quoted here seems rather high.
Like the Core i7 silicon, these pieces pack 8MB of L3 cache, and feature both HyperThreading and TurboBoost technology. The TDP is down from 130W that was standard for the i7 to a cooler 90W.Sadly no triple core version but the lower heat output is nice.
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Caustic Graphics @ PCPerspective
Published: Monday, April 20, 2009 | By: WillLooks like we might have some new type of hardware on the way to play with. Caustic Graphics might be the next name in the gaming arena. Then again it might be considered another Agiea, and get put in one of the big boys portfolio.
"James was quick to iterate to me on a few occasions that they initially had no desire to build hardware but as they developed their unique software algorithms it became apparent that there simply was not a processor on the market today, either in GPU or CPU form, that did exactly what they needed. These new algorithms attempt to find order in what we all see as the randomness of ray tracing and they attempt to drastically increase the memory locality for efficiency reasons and the founders decided that required a custom co-processor. But they seem to have played the game intelligently by continuing to utilize hardware where it is most efficient: the Caustic card will handle only the operations that modern components are inefficient at yet they still leverage the power of the GPU for pure shading horsepower."
This new hardware sounds interesting, but where exactly am I gonna plug it into my motherboard? This is with Crossfire X or SLI running at the same time? I need a longer motherboard.
