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|  | Does RAID Give You a Boost in Gaming?
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
“Today we take another look at Raid as it applies to gaming. Does using a Raid array benefit FPS, game loading, and level loading? We attempt to answerthese questions and put them into the perspective of price vs performance under a single drive, two drive, and four drive scenarios. If you want blazing transfer rates and enhanced system performance then Raid may well be a good option for you.” Techwarelabs use both synthetic and real world gaming tests to come to their conclusion. |   |
| | | Razer Tarantula Gaming Keyboard
Thursday, April 03, 2008
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If you’re looking for a solid keyboard and slight edge in fps gaming, look no further, the Razer Tarantula keyboard might just be for you. Programmable macro keys, a bit of LED bling and not only USB ports but audio and mic as well! Is it the perfect LAN party keyboard? Check out our review of the product here. | |
| Introduction to Linux
Thursday, April 03, 2008
These types of guides are becoming more and more common. I’d love to see some updates stats on what percentage of PC users use Linux now instead of Microsoft operating systems. If you’ve never tried Linux, a beginners guide is a good place to start. This one’s from Techwarelabs. “Here, we get to the heart of the matter. Why switch, you ask? What's the point? Simply put, Linux is faster, more stable and above all, easier to use. The speed is due to higher efficiency in storing/retrieving information. The issue of stability isn't even questioned by [knowledgeable] die-hard Windows fans. Ultimately, the most controversial claim I've made is that it's easier to use.” | |
| | What's In A Name?
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Tweaktown seem to think that the NVIDIA 9 series naming is “inappropriate”. So much so that they’ve written an entire article on it! "NVIDIA choosing to move their latest line-up of cards to a whole new next generation naming scheme would have to be one of the worst things we’ve seen from a company in recent years. Having now looked at the 9600GT, 9800GTX and 9800GX2 we have a fairly good idea of what exactly we’re dealing with, and an e-mail we received the other day really sealed the deal. Anyone who has really been keeping up with the latest models will tell you the same thing. NVIDIA should have chosen to move from the 8800 series of cards to the 8900 series to avoid any confusion in people thinking that this was going to be the next big thing for graphics cards." | |
| | Hard Drive Health
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Not that long ago I went to the house of one of my daughter’s friends. They needed to share in Internet connection and had also stuffed up the installation of some anti-virus software. Having fixed those two problems I also decided to take a look and see if the system needed any basic maintenance. To my shock I found that the hard drive was over 60% fragmented. I can only assume that disk defragment was never performed on the PC. The family couldn’t believe the speed boost they got! | |
| Do You Have A Creative Soundcard?
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
There has been a bit of a hullabaloo lately with Creative. I seem to remember a massive issue many years ago commonly known as the Creative Sounblaster 686b issue. Creative sure isn’t any stranger to controversy. Right now, Creative are under fire for “banning” some rather cool drivers developed by their loyal community of users and a confusion over EAX support with their C-Media 8788 chip. Techgage has the skinny on both issues. | |
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