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Raptor codes will defeat rapacious telcos

Raptor codes will defeat rapacious telcosYour assumption on saving in retransmits is incorrect...Most video streaming in this world uses UDP. While FEC may be able to help video quality - it is not going to help reduce bandwidth use because udp never retransmits dropped packets.don't see the real innovationI...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, NETWORKING, Raptor, rapacious telco, Federal Election Commission, telecommunications company, UDP

Discussion threads 2007-11-20

The quad-core project - Building the PC walkthrough

Last weekend we built two new quad-core PCs over at the PC Doc HQ.  I promised that you'd be first to see the results of our hard work (buildig these PCs is easy, the hard part is the photography ... hot lights, having to keep your arms out of the...

Tags: PC, Board, Quad-core, Heatsink, Motherboard, CPU, RAM, Raptor X, HX520 PSU, Corsair, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-09-10

Weekend Project - Building two quad-core PCs

Weekend Project - Building two quad-core PCsWith the 10k HDD instead of a 7.2KI wonder what the performance advantage is these days for running your OS and applications on the faster drive. Will you get the chance to run some comparative benchmarks on this machine by loading your OS...

Tags: Corporate communications, Desktops, Performance management, Operating systems, Raptor, quad-core, ATI Technologies Inc., desktop, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-08-31

Velocity Micro ProMagix E2230

We've already written about Velocity Micro's lower-end Best Buy PC; now we take a look at the ProMagix E2230, a more ambitious $2,100 desktop. Like the less-expensive E2035, the higher-end E2230 combines a dual-core Intel CPU and a Nvidia graphics card to skew toward those looking for a decent gaming...

Tags: Desktops, Processors, Games, PCI, Raptor, Velocity, Velocity Micro, ProMagix E2230

Product reviews 2007-05-25

Velocity Micro Raptor DCX (ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT)

We've given Velocity Micro plenty of good reviews in the past, but this might be the best PC we've ever seen from the midsize vendor. True to its specialty of building powerful, smartly configured gaming desktops, this Raptor DCX comes in at $3,995, but it feels like you're getting a...

Tags: Games, ATI Radeon, Velocity, Velocity Micro, Raptor, DCX, card, PC, game, ATI Technologies Inc., NVidia Corp.

Product reviews 2007-05-14

Speed up your PC - Fit a 10,000 RPM system drive

Speed up your PC - Fit a 10,000 RPM system driveWhere do you get your math?How do smaller drives at higher RPM compare to larger drives at lower RPM?Last I checked, overall performance of a 72 or 36 GB Raptor even in RAID 0 was nill compared to pulling from...

Tags: Desktops, CPU, Memory Speed, RPM, Raptor, PC, hard drive

Discussion threads 2007-02-27

Speed up your PC - Fit a 10,000 RPM system drive

Power uses go to great lengths to tweak their systems in order to experience improved performance but Im here to tell you that all the registry tweaks and killing unnecessary services wont beat fitting a 10,000 RPM drive and loading your OS onto it.The price per GB is high compared...

Tags: Performance, Hardware, DIY PC

Blog posts 2007-02-26

Velocity Micro Raptor DCX (Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800)

With Dell and Alienware unveiling exciting new cases recently, we wonder if Velocity Micro is starting to feel a bit of a pinch. We continue to appreciate the clean lines of its high-end desktops, but the company has used the same case for a while now (the same can be...

Tags: Video cards, Processors, Semiconductors, Intel Corp., Velocity, Velocity Micro, Velocity Micro Raptor DCX, Velocity Micro Raptor, Raptor, DCX, Intel Core 2 Duo

Product reviews 2006-07-27

Velocity Micro Raptor 64 DualX (AMD Athlon 64 FX-60)

Velocity Micro's Raptor line of gaming systems are proven performers, and the new Raptor 64 DualX is no exception. Driven by AMD's new dual-core Athlon 64 FX-60 processor and a pair of powerful GeForce graphics cards, this pricey ($5,395), overclocked system is built for speed. It couldn't quite match the...

Tags: Processors, Raptor, Falcon Northwest, Velocity Micro, Velocity, AMD Athlon 64, AMD Athlon, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Product reviews 2006-02-08

Additional Resources

Disks: why size means performance

OK, Smarty pants...How do I use only the outer-most sectors of my 500GB disk?Performance != reliabilitySeagate has progressively gotten worse with reliability - that's why they cut the 5-year warranty back down to 3 years. Western Digital has made great strides with reliability though. WD isn't focussing on...

Tags: Serial ATA, SSD, SAS Institute, SAS Drives, performance, disk

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

ClearView RC Flight Simulator 5.11 (Windows)

Professional quality RC flight simulator for radio controlled planes and helicopters. This is not a game. ClearView specializes in "real life" simulation of electric, glow and gas RC helicopters and planes, including TRex 450, Blade CX, CP and CP Pro, Hone Bee, Raptor 60 and 90 and many others. The...

Tags: Helicopter, SVKSystems, ClearView, Blade Servers, Telecom & Utilities, Microsoft Windows, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-19

Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for May/Jun 09

Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for May/Jun 09Extreme - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295Oh yeah. I got one of those. It's ok I guess.Personally I would take AMD processorsover Intel, but that is just my opinion. I prefer a company that will stand behind its product for more...

Tags: Processors, Very Best Kit List, May/Jun 09, Hardware 2.0, processor, hardware

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

Momentum building for government open source

Momentum building for government open sourceProblem is.....That there is too much focus on Open Source in general and not specific open source products that are really good. To me its not good enough to say "well since it is open source it must be good". That just makes people...

Tags: open source

Discussion threads 2009-03-24

Facebook co-founder creates assassin Twitter game at SxSW

Watch out for flying Nerf darts at the Austin Convention Center this weekend. There is a sub-culture of geeks in central Texas this weekend and they are packing heat. It's an interactive Twitter game at South by Southwest this year. Andrew McCollum, a...

Tags: Facebook, Twitter, SXSW, Games, Personal Technology, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-03-13

Best hard drive for a media center

Best hard drive for a media centerCool and/or Quiet is more importantI'd run two 5400RPM drives in Raid-0 to counter the lower RPMs. That way, it should help keep the temperatures down. Why? because temperature has a bigger impact on the drive bearings, so it's more likely to wear-out/noisier sooner....

Tags: Media Center PCs, Storage, Desktops, VelociRaptor, BEST HARD DRIVE, Media Center PC, RAID, Green Drive, desktop

Discussion threads 2009-03-13

HP ditches Linux netbooks in Europe

HP ditches Linux netbooks in EuropeSo wait...Are you saying that this is [b]not[/b] going to be The Year Of Linux after all? *sniff*The good part is that we get to listen to the Linux Fanboys making idiots of themselves all over again next year. I have never seen one...

Tags: UNIX, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux, netbook, Hewlett-Packard Co., Linux netbook

Discussion threads 2009-02-05

Boot Up Times (Windows 7 build 6956 performance test)

Boot Up Times (Windows 7 build 6956 performance test)Apple Uses Unix, Linux is a Unix Clone -- This is what we needMicro$oft makes the worst software on the face of the Earth. Open Source is changing the world. Just look at Wikipedia. Get Linux and all of...

Tags: Operating systems, Performance management, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Micro$oft, Microsoft Windows 7, BOOT UP TIMES, Microsoft Windows, performance test, Linux, performance

Discussion threads 2008-12-12

Forex Raptor Review & Scam Report 3.0 (Windows)

Forex Raptor Review & Scam Report brings you reviews and consumer ratings on Forex Raptor. Thus, here we share important facts, relevant points as well as unfiltered consumer-comments including trustworthy complaints, so that you can choose wisely.

Tags: Complaint, Forex Signal Review, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-11-13

Falcon Northwest Mach V (Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition)

As it often does, Falcon Northwest has provided with an ultra-high-end PC as a showcase for Intel's latest high-end desktop CPU. This $8,028 Mach V comes with the latest and greatest of everything and provides a useful benchmark of the performance we can expect to see from boutique gaming PCs...

Tags: Desktops, Games, Intel Core Microarchitecture, Falcon Northwest, PC, Intel Corp., hard drive, Mach V, game

Product reviews 2008-11-06

RIM: The next month is critical with Blackberry sales mixed

RIM: The next month is critical with Blackberry sales mixedOffer a downspec BlackberryI think the problem is two-fold.First, everything RIM offers is a premium, up-spec piece of equipment. The least expensive (according to the AT&T Wireless website) is a Pearl 8110 for $299.99. Even at 2-year contract pricing...

Tags: Handhelds, Cellular phones, sales, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-10-28