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DFI LANParty Expands its Participation at CEBIT 2009
Published: Sunday, March 1, 2009 | By: DennisFrom the latest DFI Press Release
Hannover, 2009/02/27, DFI –DFI, Taipei, 20090227- To understand the needs of motherboard users, DFI will independently showcase its LANParty motherboard series in CEBIT 2009. The LANParty motherboard series are the end products of DFI’s R&D elites. The motherboards boast unparalleled performances in well-known industry tests and evaluations, no matter on an AMD or Intel platform. To many hard-core gamers, LANParty motherboards promise superb performance.
To give more users the opportunity to experience the outstanding effects of LANParty motherboards, DFI started to develop “CPU auto-upgrade technology” in 2007 and achieved related patents for the technology in 2008. In CeBIT 2009, DFI will announce ABS II for its LANParty customers, to achieve gaming performance a cut above others. DFI’s smallest gaming platform, the AM3 motherboard series, and its highly anticipated LANParty heat dissipation devices will also be showcased.
If you are interested to know more about our LANParty products, please visit our CeBIT 2009 booth for our animated and interactive product demonstrations. We will also update the latest exhibition news on our website www.LANParty.com.tw -
Windows 7 vs. Vista VGA Performance Analysis @ Tweaktown
Published: Friday, February 27, 2009 | By: WillThe way the Windows 7 train has been moving. It is just around the corner, and about to be upon us. So it is a good time to start looking at how the drivers and overall gaming performance of Windows 7 is doing.
"I'm one of those people who love Vista; I will openly admit it and honestly, from day one I've loved it. Over time it's only gotten better and as someone who loves their graphics cards and games, why would you not want to experience DirectX 10?
Today we want to see how VGA performance looks under the new Windows 7 in comparison to the now very well established Vista. We want performance to be close to Vista, but with Windows 7 still being in its Beta stage, we're not going to hold our breath."I still have not found the time to mess with Windows 7.
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DDR3 Round-Up: Memory Performance With The Core i7 @ HotHardware
Published: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 | By: WillHere is a nice little Round-Up for everyone on the fence about picking up an i7. At least the ram has been getting cheaper. Now if the processor and the motherboards prices come back down to earth, then it is all good.
"There's quite a lot of variance in DDR3 modules today, which can certainly be overwhelming for potential new buyers. While the Core i7 processor is officially rated to run at only DDR3-1066 speeds, modules that can run at DDR3-2000 or even higher are available for the Core i7, and many new motherboards support speeds even greater than these. There is also the introduction of huge 12 GB (6 x 2 GB modules) capacity kits to consider, and we have latencies in the CAS 7 to CAS 9 range, all of which affect pricing of these various modules kits dramatically.
Today, we're going to look at some of these new kits and see if we can break down what memory-related aspects users should look for when buying an X58 / Core i7 platform. We've got kits from big names like Corsair, Kingston, and OCZ in the labs. Let's try to clear up some questions, shall we?"Just checked Newegg, and the prices have fallen through the floor on some of this ram.
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NL: Review Block - Daily Roundup 2-25-2009
Published: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 | By: WillNinjalane Hardware Review Roundup for Feb. 25, 2009.
Motherboards & Processors
- ASUS P6T Intel X58 LGA 1366 Motherboard Review @ ThinkComputers
- AMD Phenom 2 X4 810/ X3 720 BE - DDR3 Review @ DriverHeaven
- MSI X58 Platinum @ HardOCPVideo Cards
- PowerColor Radeon HD 4830 Graphics Card @ Tweaktown
- Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 GDDR4 & HD 4830 @ Techgage
- HIS iSilence HD4670 1Gig @ Bjorn3DMemory
- Super Talent PC3-12800 Triple Channel Memory @ Viper Lair
- Corsair Dominator GT 3x2GB PC3-15000 CL7 Memory Kit Review @ Hardware CanucksCases, Cooling, & PSUs
- OCZ Fatal1ty 700w ATX PSU @ OC3D
- Cooler Master Storm Sniper Review @ OCC
- Scythe Kama Angle CPU Cooler @ PCShopTalkMisc.
- Asus Xonar Essence STX Sound Card Review @ Digital Trends
- Wolf King Tropper MVP Gaming Mouse @ OCModShop
- Asus' Eee PC 1000HE netbook @ Tech Report -
F.E.A.R. 2 Gameplay Performance and IQ @ HardOCP
Published: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 | By: WillThe F.E.A.R. game series has been one of my all time favorite series to play. So I thought I would give the [H] gang a shout out for doing a little Performance Review of it on many types of video cards.
F.E.A.R. 2 is here for all of you to get your Alma fix. But is Alma Wade the only terrifying part of the game, or will the performance make you want to crawl out of your skin too? We'll find out with seven of today's most popular video cards.
Once this news guy gets ahold of F.E.A.R. 2 i think news is going to suffer.
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NL: Gaming Review Roundups
Published: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 | By: WillFor some unknown reason this first game should appeal to the Ninjalane anime crowd rather well. I just don't know why.
The Bikini Slasher: X-Blades for PC Review @ OCModShop
Hack and Slash games have been around for a while; even some classic video games like Gauntles, Altered Beast and Castlevania could be considered part of the genre. The premise of these games is to cut up opponents into tiny kibbles in as many satisfyingly gory ways as possible. As hardware become more complex, so did the Hack-and-Slash.
Many recent games pit a super-warrior against a literal army of foes, which can be awe-inspring.There's nothing really complicated about these types of games, and many of them have redundant gameplay ad nauseum. But I guess that's part of the genre's charm. One way developers have made new games more appealing is to churn out the eye-candy, in terms of graphical visuals and scantily-clad heroines.GTA IV Game Review @ QuentinRademaker
Four years after the GTA: San Andres, Rockstar Games finally finished GTA IV for the PC. I already played the game for some hours half a year ago on a PS3 but I wasn't impressed at all. So now, 2 months after the PC version was released I gave it a try and bought it. And I have to say: You need a keyboard and a mouse to enjoy the game.
But, sadly, the PC version isn't perfect, too. For example it took me some hours to get the game starting at first. After downloading 15GB for the game I had to register for Rockstar's Social Club (don't ask me what I need it for). But you have to tell them in which country you live and they also want to know your ZIP Code and phone number. But the person who made the site where you can register failed: you can only enter US ZIP Codes and US phone numbers. So that took me about 45 minutes to find out (I now live in New York Liberty City :D). So now I was able to start the game I thought.... -
Turn Your AMD Phenom 2 Three Core CPU into a Quad Core CPU
Published: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 | By: WillIt is all the rage this week so far. Making a Phenom II Tri-Core into a Quad-Core. It does sound pretty cool, but I think we are going to see a huge amount of people upset that the fourth core is bad.
Apparently customers that own an AMD Phenom II processor can turn the 3 cores into 4 cores, or make it a quad core without any hardware modifications. According to the source, it requires a Biostar motherboard but some other motherboard's might have the same feature located in the BIOS. Be warned though, usually when AMD or Intel ships a CPU with one of the cores disabled, it's because they probably had issues with running the extra core on that specific CPU. It could be due to heating, performance, or some other issue.
I will be honest though Ninjalane would love to give this a try.
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Ninjalane RSS Format Changed
Published: Monday, February 23, 2009 | By: DennisFor those of you that have subscribed to our RSS feed you may notice a slight change in what is being shown. Previously we had sections in the RSS dedicated to the different sections of the site; this really limited what we included in the RSS so it needed to be changed.
The new format is designed to be more descriptive and provides you with a true list of articles as they are published when they are published. Of course the list is limited to the latest 12 or so items with a direct link to the article in question.
If you have any questions or comments please let us know.
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NL: Review Block - Daily Roundup 2-20-2009
Published: Friday, February 20, 2009 | By: WillNinjalane Hardware Roundup for Feb. 20, 2009.
Motherboards & Processors
- Foxconn Quantum Force X58 BloodRage Motherboard @ Tweaktown
- AMD Phenom II X4 810 & X3 720 Black Edition @ Techgage
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 Processor Review @ OCIAVideo Cards
- VisionTek Radeon HD 4870 X2 Redux @ TheTechLounge
- NVidia GeForce GTX295 Quad SLI @ HardOCP
- Sapphire HD 4670 Ultimate Edition Review @ OCCMemory
- OCZ Platinum 6GB DDR3-1600 @ PureOverclock
- OCZ Tri Channel 1600 Platinum @ Bjorn3D
- Patriot 6GB DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz Viper Series @ OC3DCases, Cooling, & PSUs
- Tuniq Potency 650W Power Supply Review @ Bigbruin
- Cooler Master ATCS 840 Full Tower Case Review @ PCShopTalk
- GlacialTech UFO V51 CPU Cooler @ Hardware BistroMisc.
- Auzentech X-Fi Forte 7.1 Review @ XSReviews
- EyeTV Hybrid @ TestFreaks
- OCZ Vertex Series 120GB SSD Performance Preview @ PC Per -
Intel is just running scared says Nvidia
Published: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 | By: DennisThe web is abuzz around the new nVidia lawsuit.
Huang thinks that since Nvidia is getting so popular Intel needs to initiate a dispute over a contract signed four years ago because Ion, SLI, Hybrid power, and CUDA threaten Intel's ability to control the PC platform.
"They're attempting to prevent us from operating," an NV spinner told the INQ. "They want the entire platform, they don't want anyone else to innovate."Not sure if I agree with that statement but you have to admit the following to be true.
1) This is the first time in recent history where the CPU makers are the only ones making chipsets for their processors. (In the past Via, nVidia, SIS all made chipsets for AMD and Intel)
2) Multi GPU technology from ATI and nVidia is currently "common" only to the latest Intel chipsets.
3) nVidia is the only company without a current chipset to support their own multi GPU technology on either platform.
So what does that all mean?? On the surface it appears to be a strong arm tactic towards a new, powerful, and highly innovative company to muscle them out of the market.
