The newly released GeForce GTX 560 Ti – NVIDIA’s new GF114-based $250 video card. Much as was the case with the launch of AMD’s Radeon HD 6800 series however, AMD is itching to spoil NVIDIA’s launch with their own push. Furthermore they intend to do so on two fronts: directly above the GTX 560 Ti [...]
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AMD’s GTX 560 Ti Counter-Offensive: Radeon HD 6950 1GB & XFX’s Radeon HD 6870 Black Edition
Posted by singh on January 30th, 2011
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Samsung develops DDR4 memory, up to 40% more efficient
Posted by singh on January 22nd, 2011
While CPU’s are getting faster other components of the overall computing infrastructure also needs an upgrade to provide better speeds, taking the lead Korea based electronics major Samsung has announced it’s DDR4 RAM Module capable of achieving data transfer rates of 2.133 gigabits/second (Gbps) at 1.2V – the good part is it consumes upto 40% [...]
Seagate unveils world’s thinnest 2.5-inch notebook drive
Posted by singh on December 19th, 2009
Seagate unveils world’s thinnest 2.5-inch notebook drive Seagate apparently went ahead of its planned CES announcement and today officially unveiled the world’s thinnest 2.5-inch hard disk drive. Measuring just 7mm tall rather than the usual 9.5mm, the Momentus Thin drive is aimed at the increasingly popular ultra-thin notebooks and will come in 160GB and 250GB [...]
Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB SATA 6 Gbit/s Hard Drive Performance Review
Posted by admin on November 2nd, 2009
———————————————————————————————– Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB SATA 6 Gbit/s Hard Drive Performance Review Our drive was so new that it arrived in a less than OEM style box, it wasn’t even wrapped in an antistatic bag but we aren’t complaining about getting a drive right from the factory. Like nearly all of Seagate’s hard drives the [...]
Lenovo’s all-business ThinkPad SL510 gets reviewed
Posted by admin on October 27th, 2009
———————————————————————————————- Lenovo’s all-business ThinkPad SL510 gets reviewed Lenovo’s ThinkPad SL510 is just one of many new lappies hitting the market with Windows 7 in tow, but unlike most of the consumer-oriented machines, this pup is aimed squarely at that fellow over there looking mighty uncomfortable in the suit. Their test version, which included a 2.53GHz [...]
Logitech G500 gaming mouse
Posted by admin on October 17th, 2009
———————————————————————————————- Logitech G500 gaming mouse Short version: A nearly faultless wired mouse, more than suitable for everyday tasks or gaming. Fans of the distinctive MX series shape won’t be disappointed. Although I’ve been taking my time getting used to this mouse, this is a pretty straightforward review. Reason being that Logitech is an established and [...]
Intel designs a new heatsink for Core i9
Posted by admin on October 8th, 2009
———————————————————————————————- Intel designs a new heatsink for Core i9 Intel has finally decided to use something other than the flimsy push-pin vertical heatsink that is available on Intel’s entire CPU line currently. The extreme high end “Gulftown” Core i9 will sport a vertical heatsink design with threaded anchors, similar to many third-party aftermarket cooler. It [...]
Lenovo ThinkStation S20 Workstation Review
Posted by admin on October 7th, 2009
———————————————————————————————- Lenovo ThinkStation S20 Workstation Review To that end, we have a Lenovo workstation – the ThinkStation S20 – on our bench for some testing. Some of you may be wondering what a “workstation” really is. Well, it’s a term more commonly used in a business environment, especially one in which CAD/CAM design, 3D rendering [...]
Hardware Review
Posted by admin on September 30th, 2009
———————————————————————————————– AMD Athlon II X4 Affordable Quad-core Processors AMD always come late to the show but when they arrive, they astonish others with their ultimate low price offerings compared to that of Intel. Their latest Athlon II X4 is the world’s first quad core CPU to be priced at less than $100. Their earlier quad [...]
