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Microsoft goes on a Christmas Xbox Live banning spree - Unmodded Xboxes caught in crossfire

Microsoft goes on a Christmas Xbox Live banning spree - Unmodded Xboxes caught in crossfireAnd then....?[i]Sadly, if they blocked my access to Xbox live I would end up buying another one, but then I would definitely mod the one they blocked =)[/i]And if they blocked the 2nd unmodded box? ...

Tags: Game players, Microsoft Xbox, XboXes, Microsoft Corp., Christmas Xbox Live, crossfire

Discussion threads 2007-12-15

Gamer kit - The Asus "Commando" and Sapphire's "The Godfather"

Two items of hardware to make gamers salivate.The first is an overclock-friendly "Republic of Gamers" series motherboard from ASUS called Commando.The new Commando board is built on the Intel LGA775 Core 2 Duo processor and Intel P965 chipset. It is specifically aimed at the hardcore enthusiast and has the...

Tags: Components, Crossfire, card

Blog posts 2006-12-21

Jon Stewart "Crossfire" feud ignites Net frenzy

Jon Stewart "Crossfire" feud ignites Net frenzyDelicious!If only we could get people to hammer politicians publicly the way the Republidrone twit Tucker got his ass handed to him! By far the best exchange:Tucker Carlson: "You're much funnier on your own show."Jon Stewart: "And you're just as much a d!ck on...

Tags: Jon Stewart, Crossfire

Discussion threads 2004-10-19

Additional Resources

The real life cost of trying to ignore nature

The real life cost of trying to ignore natureLet people decide what to do with their property... and then, when Mother Nature disagrees, give them the choice of letting Uncle Sugar have the title in return for emergency aid, or else toughing it out like the rugged individualists that they...

Tags: Policies and procedures, accident, bill people, real life cost, life cost, tax payer, insurance, rescue

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

(The $2,000 build-it-yourself gaming/video editing/photo editing PC)

(The $2,000 build-it-yourself gaming/video editing/photo editing PC)$2000 build-it-yourself PCGreat article would do it if I didn't already have a pretty good PC. How about a build-it-yourself gaming laptop?RE: (The $2,000 build-it-yourself gaming/video editing/photo editing PC)I have a similar system with only 4Gb of cheaper ram , 2 Tb...

Tags: Corporate communications, Games, Desktops, PC, video, game

Discussion threads 2008-09-12

The $2,000 build-it-yourself gaming/video editing/photo editing PC

The $2,000 build-it-yourself gaming/video editing/photo editing PCWhy such an expensive processor?Surely you can cut a couple of hundred dollars off the price and not lose too much performance by getting a lower spec processor.That way you could keep both hard drives (great for keeping the data separate from the...

Tags: Corporate communications, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), video, PC, game

Discussion threads 2008-09-12

Radeon HD 4550/RV710 sneak peek

Radeon HD 4550/RV710 sneak peekUniversal Video Decoder and Blu-RayI just acquired an ATI-based HD3870 card, and it was a substantial improvement over my previous Radeon X1950 Pro. CPU usage for Blu-Ray playback dropped from a maximum of 80% to a maximum of 30%.This is clearly a benefit of the...

Tags: Radeon, Radeon HD 4550/RV710, Radeon HD, ATI Technologies Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-11

Report: AMD to challenge Nvidia's $60 graphics

Report: AMD to challenge Nvidia's $60 graphicsAMD 4650 for 780G chipset?I don't think it will work well with Radeon HD 3200 chipset as a Hybrid Crossfire... :(i want...I want my discrete graphics card to turn itself off when not needed. Make sure it will be possible with your next integrated...

Tags: Chipsets, Video cards, graphics, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., video card, NVidia Corp., chipset

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Via stops making chipsets for Intel, AMD systems

And then there were three . . . After months of rumors, Taiwan-based Via Technologies has confirmed that it will stop producing chipsets for PCs that use Intel and AMD processors. A company spokesperson told the hardware site Custom PC that the third-party chipset business was on...

Tags: via technologies inc., advanced micro devices inc., intel corp., chipsets, semiconductors, hardware, components, john morris

Blog posts 2008-08-11

Gateway FX4710 desktop computer

Gateway's last $1,000-ish desktop came out earlier this year with an aggressive 4GB of RAM and 64-bit Windows Vista. The resulting performance impressed us greatly. Perhaps working under the assumption that more is always better, Gateway's new $1,150 FX4170 comes with 64-bit Vista and 6GB of RAM. Surprisingly, we saw...

Tags: 64-bit, Desktops, Memory, Network technology, Flash memory, desktop computer, desktop, computer, Gateway Inc., Gateway FX4710

Product reviews 2008-07-23

Diamond Viper Radeon HD 4850

As a standalone 3D graphics card, and depending on the game, AMD's new $199 ATI Radeon HD 4850 is very competitive with Nvidia's $229 GeForce 9800 GTX+. What's potentially more exciting is that the 4850 also seems to scale better in dual-card Crossfire mode than anything Nvidia has for the...

Tags: Processors, Right Now IT, Radeon HD 4850, Radeon HD, Radeon, card, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Product reviews 2008-06-24

Radeon HD 4850 - Another GPU that fails to keep up with the aging 8800 GTS

Radeon HD 4850 - Another GPU that fails to keep up with the aging 8800 GTSThis is a great surpriseAMD said that the new 4XXX graphics card range would give movie realistic gameplay...guess it's marketing...Well...I have to say, that GTS is a great card! I've used it in my work...

Tags: AMD GPU, Radeon HD 4850, Radeon HD, Radeon, GPU, GTS, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., NVidia Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-19

What do Mac developers want from Apple?

What do Mac developers want from Apple?I'd like to see SLI & Crossfire support out of WWDC. [nt][nt].. and an expandable mid-tower workstation around $1500. [nt][nt]"My ideal would be for Apple to push a coalition..."[i]"My ideal would be for Apple to push a coalition that includes Adobe, Intel, AMD/ATI, Microsoft...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Games, Microsoft Windows NT, Apple Inc., operating system, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-06-05

Next-generation Radeon GPUs to feature GDDR5 memory

Next-generation Radeon GPUs to feature GDDR5 memoryLet the real battles begin!Ah, looks like the ATI/nVidia wars are back! Does this mean that ATI finally has a card that can compete with nVidia's 9800s?Let the battle of the video cards begin!!And grab those Crysis CDs. Might want to grab two cards...

Tags: Next-generation Radeon GPU, GDDR5

Discussion threads 2008-05-21

Survivor Buddy, a friendly robot rescuer

The St. Petersburg Times, Florida, reports that a well-known robot designer, Robin Murphy, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of South Florida USF, 'plans to add a heart to robot rescuers.' As says USF, the goal is to develop 'a robot that will be a companion...

Tags: Details, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-17

Fight card: AMD Radeon 4800 vs. Nvidia GTX 200

The high-end graphics card market isn't the straightforward, mano-a-mano battle it used to be. Graphics cards with dual GPUs, systems with multiple cards in CrossFire or SLI implementations, and most recently hybrid graphics have all muddied the picture. Meanwhile, Intel has improved its integrated graphics and has long-term plans in...

Tags: Card, NVidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Radeon, GPU, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-05-16

AMD's new roadmap: Can it execute?

AMD's new roadmap: Can it execute?Is "asset smart" the new term for "fabless"?Is the term "asset smart" another way of saying, "Fabless"? I mean, "Fabless" does have a negative connotation to it. "Asset Smart" sounds new and fresh and exciting. I like it !!! Perhaps it means...

Tags: Video cards, Semiconductors, Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., graphics, chip, Intel Corp., graphics chip, new roadmap, Puma, asset

Discussion threads 2008-05-08

GPU shipments fall Q1 '08

GPU shipments fall Q1 '08Because, frankly, nVidia leads in performance , , ,ATI may look better in some artificial benchmarks, but it seems nVidia does better in real world tests. You recently whined about how your crossfire configuration with ATI only got about 25 frames/second with Crysis set to "high"...

Tags: Games, NVidia Corp., ATI Technologies Inc., game, GPU

Discussion threads 2008-05-03

Dell XPS 730 reviews: A Ferrari stuck in traffic

Dell has released a new version of its top-of-the-line gaming desktop, and it is a major update. The XPS 730 series is the company's first gaming rig to come--in some configurations--factory over-clocked, and Dell says it is capable of playing Crysis, a notoriously demanding first-person shooter, at a resolution of...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., ATI Radeon, Memory, Ferrari, Hardware, XPS 730, XPS 730 Series, H2C, Games, Personal Technology, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-05-02

Dell XPS 730 H2C

Dell's brand-new XPS 730 H2C high-end gaming PC ticks off all the right boxes and even manages to pull off a few new tricks, at least for Dell. It's the first PC that Dell will ship with a factory-overclocked CPU and memory. Our $6,747 review unit features the latest quad-core...

Tags: Video cards, Processors, Dell Computer Corp., Maingear Ephex, XPS 730, XPS 730 H2C, hard drive

Product reviews 2008-05-01