Posts Tagged ‘Hardware’
Seagate Momentus XT
Last Updated on Monday, 29 November 2010 09:45 Written by Enki Monday, 24 May 2010 08:51
For those who haven’t heard yet (though it’s been all over the news), Seagate is going to make a comeback with these drives! These new models are a hybrid between traditional hard drives with platters and new SSD drives with NAND flash memory chips.
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ATI Catalyst 10.4 to Have Significantly Improved 2D Performance
Last Updated on Friday, 16 April 2010 06:46 Written by Naota Thursday, 15 April 2010 02:04
As many of you may already be aware, the ATI Radeon 5xxx Series has been known for sub par performance in 2D graphics/rendering. According to various reports however, this will be fixed when ATI releases Catalyst 10.4. You can also expect several more updates to come as well.
Check back with us to get the download link in the future.
Also if you have any problems installing a version of catalyst, you can view our tutorial on how to fix “Catalyst Install Manager has stopped working” here.
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Intel Released 8 Core Processor – Xeon X7560
Last Updated on Wednesday, 7 April 2010 11:28 Written by Naota Wednesday, 7 April 2010 12:47
Intel released eight core processor – 16 Thread Nehalem-EX. Yes you heard me… eight cores! It seems like yesterday we had four… since then, Intel has gone on a rampage, taking it further with hyperthreading and additional cores.
This new processor technology is used in Xeon 7500 series. This eight-core model has been labeled as the Xeon X7560 and costs a wopping $3,692. You can buy its six-core counterpart, the Xeon X7542 for $1,980.
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Gaming Vest Makes First Person Shooters … Hurt!
Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 March 2010 10:51 Written by DarkKnightH20 Thursday, 1 April 2010 10:00
A gaming vest is being created at the University of Pennsylvania that brings a whole new level of reality to gaming. In this case, the vest allows you to feel what’s going 
on in the game. For instance, if you get shot while playing a First Person Shooter (FPS) game, then the vest will make sure you feel it. This remains the same if you are stabbed, kicked, and so forth.
Vibrations are used to help simulate the feeling of being hit, having four solenoid actuators in the chest and shoulders, and two in the back. The pain is comparable to being shot by a paintball gun, but doesn’t hurt as much.
I must say, this sounds really cool and it even has combat training uses. If I had one of these on when playing a first person shooter, I would probably feel beaten to death since I’m so terrible at those games. In gives you motivation to not get hit though, unless you like the feeling it gives off…!
Source: Wired
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EVGA Released NVIDIA GTX 480 and GTX 470 Hydro Copper FTW Edition
Last Updated on Saturday, 27 March 2010 10:26 Written by Naota Saturday, 27 March 2010 12:00
EVGA GTX 480
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