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- Leadtek WinFast 7600 GS vs HIS X1600 XT IceQ Turbo -
Call of Duty 2 is barely playable
on either of these cards, but at 1,280 x 1,024 with no FSAA and AF the
7600 GS takes a lead significant enough to almost brand it playable with 27.39
frames per second. Anything above 1,280 x 1,024 ran at speeds a milk float
would consider slow.
- Diamond XtremeSound 7.1 DDL soundcard review -
Performance is reasonable and Dolby
Digital Live support functions as well as you would expect it to, offering
a higher quality alternative to analog output (depending on the decoder you
connect it to, of course) while 7.1 Analog output is also welcome
Mobile ATA hard drives compared -
Anyone with a 4,200-RPM laptop hard
drive with 2 MB of cache could use an upgrade.
- Voodoo PC OMEN a121x CrossFire Extreme Gamer PC -
check it out!
- Asus W5F 12-inch Core Duo Notebook -
Weighing under 5 lbs, you will want
to bring it everywhere with you, and with strong battery saving modes that
can stretch your lifeline to 3 hours.
- Pioneer unveils Blu-ray PC burner -
The BDR-101A features writing
speeds of 2x for BD-R (recordable or write once) and BD-RE (rewritable).
- Casio Exilim EX-Z1000, 10MP In Your Pocket -
Casio presents a pocket digital camera with one of the highest resolutions
available for this type of cameras. They pack a 10.1MP sensor in a
92x22.4x58.4mm and 139g box, and other than this high resolution you also get
a 2.8" screen and 3x optical zoom.
- Windows Vista To Make Dual-Boot A Challenge? -
BitLocker will make dual booting
other OSs difficult - you will no longer be able to share data between the
two.
- Microsoft takes down barrier in Vista firewall - Window's release
of Vista early next year will have
an updated firewall that looks at incoming and outgoing traffic
- Rat on your pirate boss, win $36,000 - Anti-software piracy group
the BSA is offering a $36,000
reward to anyone who informs on employers who use illegal or unlicensed
software
- I was just hunting UFOs, says Pentagon's UK hacker - The unemployed
computer programmer is now battling extradition to the United States, where,
if found guilty, he faces up to 70 years in jail and fines of up to $1.75
million. He is going to Trial May
10, 2006.
- Chrysler, GM, BMW announce new hybrid system -
The technology is said to be ready
for production beginning next year. As a result of its low- and high-speed
electric continuously variable transmission (ECVT) modes, the system is
commonly referred to as the 2-mode hybrid.
- Top 25 Towns for Clean Air, Dirty Air -
The ALA lists the
25 U.S. metropolitan areas most polluted by year-round particle pollution
(soot).
- Chinese make a fake Ferrari - Finally you can get your
dream car for $ 10k or so
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