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Bioshock To Become Movie
"Award-winning videogame "Bioshock" is to be turned into a movie by "Pirates of the Caribbean" director Gore Verbinski, entertainment industry media reported Friday. The film is set to be the highest profile adaptation of a videogame since 2005, when Fox paid Microsoft five million dollars for rights to make "Halo," a project now scrapped, Variety reported."
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Posted by jim on Friday, May 09 @ 22:44:18 PDT (6 reads)
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Asus EAH3850 X2 Videocard
Weighing in with two GPUs and costing around 350 usd Neoseeker looks at the Asus EAH3850 X2.
"For those of you that do not read hardware reviews as often as you should be, I'll describe the HD3850X2 in very general terms for your benefit: the speediest single-GPU enthusiast graphics cards available from ATI is currently the HD3870. One notch below this card on the performance belt, is the HD3850. The HD3850X2 is a dual-GPU card, so, it was two HD3850 GPUs crammed onto one single board. There you go. That's the HD3850X2 explained!"
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Posted by jim on Friday, May 09 @ 21:40:39 PDT (3 reads)
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Bit-tech Two For One
Gigabyte X48T-DQ6 Motherboard
"On price, we feel the Gigabyte X48T-DQ6 holds its own and but at the same time it’s not exceptional – that said, it is worth the asking price for a premium board that's fully featured and works really very well. The performance is very good, it's easy to work with and while we still don't get on too well with the DES software, the hardware looks good and it works efficiently with finesse in the background."
Asus EAH3870 X2 1GB Videocard
"I have to say that I’m impressed with the Asus EAH3870 X2 graphics card – it’s quite a step away from the reference design and innovation like this should be encouraged. The inclusion of four DVI ports will be a welcome addition for anyone looking to run more than a couple of monitors on their workstation and what makes it even better is the fact that, unlike Nvidia’s SLI, ATI CrossFireX technology scales across multiple displays."
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Posted by jim on Thursday, May 08 @ 22:04:58 PDT (2 reads)
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OCMod Shop Two For One
Novus Scratch Remover
"There are a few plastic polish products out there (usually marketed as a CD restorer), but from my experience they just don't work. If you want to completely eliminate any trace of a scratch, then you need a professional product. Novus makes a 3-step plastic polish, which is sold direclty to plastic fabrication shops, and claims to restore plastic, lucite, plexiglass, acrylic, and just about any other plastic polymer to its original finish."
Condemned 2 BloodShot
"Condemned 2: Bloodshot is the sequel to a game commonly found for ten bucks in the game store sale bin. Many reviewers love Condemned 2, but to me, it is just another title that will eventually end up like its predecessor. Maybe Im not interested in the story, or maybe the genre throws me off, but to me, Condemned 2 is a forgettable title."
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Posted by jim on Thursday, May 08 @ 21:56:39 PDT (3 reads)
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Driver Heaven Two For One
Phenom 9850 & 8750 Athlon 4850e & AMD 780G
"It has been some time since we reviewed an AMD processor on Driver Heaven, but quite a lot has happened since then with the release of various CPU revisions, as well as triple core, the 780G chipset and further energy efficient Athlon models. So today it is time to catch up with the current range of AMD products starting with the Phenom 9850."
Asus P5Q3 Deluxe Motherboard Preview
"In the near future Asus will be launching their P5Q3 Deluxe motherboard which is based on the Intel P45 chipset. We have had an early sample of the board running in our offices for a little while now and today we have a preview for you..."
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Posted by jim on Thursday, May 08 @ 21:48:51 PDT (6 reads)
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Tweaktown Two For One
ThermoLab Micro Silencer CPU Cooler
"Today’s product comes to us form a South Korean company called ThermoLab. Even though the company has been doing business since 2003, the chances of many readers already knowing the company are slim. This is mainly due to the types of products the company has been producing until now."
Auzentech X-Fi Prelude 7.1 Sound Card
"From a technical point of view we understand that Auzentech has fully licensed Creative Labs’ X-Fi chip onto their own proprietary circuit board design. So what does that mean? Well it means arguably the world’s fastest and most advanced audio processing at the average consumers reach right now, with upcoming driver support for Dolby Live, DTS interactive and since we have a Creative chip, the very latest in EAX surround technology."
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Posted by jim on Wednesday, May 07 @ 22:14:02 PDT (2 reads)
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CNET Ratings Analyzed
eCoustics decides to do a big write up about CNET and their product ratings, lots of graphs and statistics to support their findings.
"Our study analyzed 1,325 product reviews by CNET Editors across all categories during the 2007 calendar year. We reveal statistics such as CNET's average editorial rating, average ratings by brand, average ratings by category, and the distribution of reviews rated at each point on CNET's 10-point scale."
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Posted by jim on Wednesday, May 07 @ 12:35:37 PDT (3 reads)
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Frosty Tech Two For One
Akasa AK-TT12-80 Thermal Adhesive Tape
"Akasa's AK-TT12-80 double sided Thermal Adhesive Tape comes in a small 80mm x 80mm square, about 0.3mm thick, from which you cut out a small square the appropriate size for your application. The thermal interface material has a thermal conductivity of 0.9 W/mK, and is double-sided to ensure bonding with the IC and heatsink. Peel adhesion is rated at 1200g/inch2 - or 1.2kg per square inch."
Thermolab Micro Silencer TLI-S CPU Cooler
"In this review Frostytech will be testing a low profile Intel socket 775 heatsink which could be ideal for 2U sized server chassis, small formfactor PCs and other media center microATX-style cases which are seriously height limited. The Thermolab Micro Silencer TLI-S heatsink uses a simple swagged aluminum fin and heatpipe construction, weighs a feathery 276 grams and comes with a pre-applied patch of 8 W/mK rated gray thermal interface material."
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Posted by jim on Tuesday, May 06 @ 20:18:27 PDT (9 reads)
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I/O #81
Dan is back today with his other letters column this one reprinted from Atomic: Maximum Power Computing magazine.
"In this edition: HDR eyestrain, PCIe 1 vs 2, dual-DVI plus TV-out, i-RAM filesystems, Flash-card SSDs, and the Secret Of Ofallevil.com."
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Posted by jim on Monday, May 05 @ 21:03:44 PDT (12 reads)
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X-bit labs Two For One
ASRock 4Core1600P35-WiFi+
"We are going to talk about a new ASRock mainboard that supports DDR2 and DDR3 memory, new 45nm processors including quad-core ones, 1600MHz FSB, WiFi, FireWire, eSATA. All these are indisputable advantages, but there are also a few serious drawbacks…"
MSI R3870X2-T2D1G OC
"There are a lot of ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2-based graphics cards on the market, but there are just a few of them that come pre-overclocked. Today we are taking a look at MSI's Radeon HD 3870 X2 OC Edition graphics card that can offer higher performance thanks to higher clock-speeds."
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Posted by jim on Monday, May 05 @ 21:00:06 PDT (7 reads)
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Ways To Quiet Your PC
XSReviews has a look at some of the things you can do to make your PC more quiet.
"One of the holy grails of any PC enthusiast is to have a completely silent rig, or at least, quiet enough so that it doesn't disturb the game we're playing or the movie we're watching. This article is a collection of helpful information that should help those who don't want their conversation drowned out by rumbling hard disks or whirring fans."
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Posted by jim on Monday, May 05 @ 17:51:15 PDT (7 reads)
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Microsoft Abandons Yahoo Bid
"Microsoft Corp. has withdrawn its $42.3 billion bid to buy Yahoo Inc., scrapping an attempt to snap up the tarnished Internet icon in hopes of toppling online search and advertising leader Google Inc. The decision to walk away from the deal came Saturday after last-ditch efforts to negotiate a mutually acceptable sale price proved unsuccessful. Microsoft was willing to pay $47.5 billion, or $33 per share, up from the bid's previous value of $29.40 per share, according to a letter from Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer to Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang."
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Posted by jim on Sunday, May 04 @ 12:07:57 PDT (28 reads)
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Weekend Reading
"See how this rock 'n' roll fantasy sounds: One day you're trying to get Home Depot shoppers to apply for in-store credit. The next you're rehearsing with Boston and getting ready for a national summer tour. "I never could have dreamed this," says Tommy DeCarlo, 43, Boston's new Brad Delp-channeling frontman, who is taking leave from his credit manager job at a Charlotte Home Depot to perform with the band. "That first gig is going to be something."
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Posted by jim on Sunday, May 04 @ 04:39:28 PDT (13 reads)
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Frosty Tech Two For One
SilenX iXtrema IXC-120HA2 CPU Cooler
"Looking for a new heatsink that works on either Intel or AMD processors? Good, say 'hello' to one of the new class of direct heatpipe contact heatsinks hitting the streets - the SilenX iXtrema IXC-120HA2. Like the nearly identical Sunbeam Core-Contact Freezer model, the SilenX iXtrema IXC-120HA2 heatsink features exposed heatpipes on the bottom which give it a serious advantage in the thermal tests."
Coolermaster Hyper Z600 CPU Cooler
"The Coolermaster Hyper Z600 heatsink is a novel passive CPU heatsink for today's dual core processors. Its' 'star' shape, widely spaced aluminum fins and prodigious number of silvery copper heatpipes allow it to work without the benefit of a fan, albeit within specific thermal limits. As far as passive cooling goes (and I mean true passive cooling without any fan blowing toward it) Frostytech threw caution to the wind and stressed the Coolermaster Hyper Z600 heatsink in its passive mode."
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Posted by jim on Saturday, May 03 @ 22:34:47 PDT (21 reads)
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T-break Two For One
nVidia GeForce 9800GTX SLI
"When we took the initial look at the 9800GTX from nVidia, we were far from impressed. Over its previous counterpart- the 8800GTX, there was not much improvement in performance while the prices were about the same as AMD’s dual GPU based 3870 X2 cards which we preferred."
nVidia GeForce 9800GTX Triple SLI
"Scaling from one GPU to two doesn't necessarily result in doubling the performance as we've seen in countless SLI and Crossfire articles. But what happens when you add a third GPU to the mix? That is what we're going to find out today by putting three 9800GTX SLI cards together."
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Posted by jim on Saturday, May 03 @ 07:37:33 PDT (7 reads)
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Legit Reviews Two For One
Asus M3A78-EMH HDMI Motherboard
"The AMD 780G chipset is all the rage right now for micro-ATX socket AM2+ motherboards. Today, we take a look at the ASUS M3A78-EMH HDMI motherboard. It features DX10 compliant integrated ATI RV610-based graphics, which supports dual VGA outputs including DVI/HDMI interfaces with HDCP. It also incorporates AMD's UVD with hardware acceleration of H.264, VC1 and Mpeg2 used in HD DVD and BluRay disks. Is this board the right choice for your next HTPC or PC?"
XFX nForce 790i Ultra SLI Motherboard
"Performance on the XFX nForce 790i Ultra SLI motherboard was great! The majority of our testing showed that the motherboard performance was very close to what we have seen on recent Intel Express chipset based boards. Once we look at more recent gaming results like FEAR and Crysis, we see that the XFX 790i Ultra absolutely dominates compared to the boards we tested it against in this review..."
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Posted by jim on Friday, May 02 @ 18:02:11 PDT (31 reads)
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Madshrimps Two For One
OCZ Quad 2Gb Memory Kit
"With the introduction of Vista, 2 GB of memory suddenly seems insufficient. Many people have made the jump to 4 GB lately, but on a 32Bit operating system, more is definitely overkill. Today we happen to have a 64 bit operating system installed on our test system, so there's no stopping us from fully loading our P35 motherboard with... 8 GB of memory. And we even managed to overclock it..."
Mainstream Quad Core Processors
"In this review we compare AMD's latest AM2+ based Phenom X4 9850 to Intel's mainstream Q9300 Processor. Which one gives you more performance for the buck? Answering this question is not as straightforward as you might think. With AMD aggressive pricing and new B3 revision does it stand a chance against an upgraded Q6600?"
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Posted by jim on Friday, May 02 @ 12:38:44 PDT (11 reads)
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