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Cases, Cooling and Power
Friday, May 02, 2008

Cases:
Cooler Master Cosmos S @ Hardware Secrets

Cooling:
Thermaltake DuOrb @ 3dGameMan
GIGABYTE G-Power 2 Pro CPU @ TweakTown

PSUs:
CoolerMaster Real Power Pro 1000 watt @ hi-techreviews.com
SilverStone Strider ST50F 500 W @ Hardware Secrets
Thermaltake's Toughpower 1500W @ bit-tech

    
Dual vs Quad Core Gaming
Thursday, May 01, 2008

The driving force behind my latest article, is to inform all my gaming friends of the true nature of how multiple core CPUs work. I originally got the idea for this article when I was asked the question of how much faster will a PC be in World of Warcraft if a latest Extreme edition (quad core) CPU was used. There are a lot of gamers out there who have disposable incomes. Is quad core going to do anything for their gameplay experience? Let’s find out.

    
Looking Towards DirectX 11
Thursday, May 01, 2008

“It has been announced that DirectX 11 will include a completely new type of graphics rendering called ray-tracing. Wait a minute. It’s not new. In fact, it’s been around since the 80’s. How come it took so long to be implemented for public use? How does it work? What advantages does it have over current-gen graphics? These questions are about to be answered.”

Ray-tracing has been in the news quite a bit lately after John Carmack’s interview on PC Perspective about the future of game design. It’s a political hot potato, with various major players in the industry advocating their own way forward for graphics and gaming. This little article over at PC Mech is a good catch up read.

    
Chips and Bits
Thursday, May 01, 2008

Video cards:
XFX GeForce 9800 GTX SLI @ HardOCP
Futuremark 3DMark Vantage Benchmark @ PC Perspective
EVGA e-GeForce 8800GT AKIMBO 1GB @ motherboards.org
VisionTek Radeon HD 3870 GDDR4 512 MB @ PC Perspective
HIS Radeon HD3650 IceQ (H365Q512GNP) @ Overclockers Online
Foxconn 9800GTX-512N Extreme @ Futurelooks
ASUS EN8800GT 1GB @ TweakTown
GeForce 9800 GX2 - Commemorative Box Edition @ HardOCP
ASUS EN9800 GTX 512MB @ TweakTown

Motherboards and Chipsets:
Asus M3A78-EMH HDMI @ Legit Reviews
ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe/Mempipe @ Hardware Secrets
Asus P5E-VM @ Noeseeker
MSI's P45 Platinum and K9N2 Diamond @ bit-tech

Processors:
Phenom X3 8750 @ AMDZone
AMD Phenom X3 8750 2.4 GHz Triple-Core @ PC Perspective
AMD Athlon 4850e & 780G as HTPC @ TweakTown
AMD Phenom X3 Triple Core 8750 @ TechwareLabs
Phenom X3 8750 @ Neoseeker

Systems and Notebooks:
ASUS U6S @ DigitalTrends
Asus Eee PC 900 @ bit-tech
Alienware High Definition Media Server @ Legit Reviews

    

 
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