X86 has one more chance in the race toward the living room and it starts now. Behold, the only platform with the roadmap to bring the vision of virtual reality into the present. Or transform the television into an entertainment platform. The upcoming AMD Phenom II X6 processor and its progeny may well find its way into [...]

Here’s my test on these two low-end cards. 8600GT OC Gpu technology: 80nm Memories: GDDR3  256Mb GPU clock: 580MHz GDDR clock: 800MHz Stream processors: 32 Bus : 128-bit Connectors: Dual DVI e S-Video Slot: PCI Express Can work on SLI 8600GTS OC Gpu technology: 80nm Memories: GDDR3  256Mb GPU clock: 700MHz GDDR clock: 1050MHz Stream processors: 32 [...]

Hello folks, today I have to test a triple channel kit based for the X58 chipset. It´s a 3x1GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC3-10600 (1333MHz) CL7-7-7-24 with 1,65V Green LED. The labeling of the kit is BL3KIT12864TG1337. Since I down own a motherboard and processor based for X58, I will test the memory on the Intel [...]

A pair of ATI 5770 1Gb in Crossfire vs. a single ATI 5870 1Gb. One could call it a fair fight considering the price point of both setups. They will be put through their paces in some of today’s game titles… Test Setup Hardware Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE (4,2GHz CORE/2,9GHz [...]

I have been debating on whether or not to pick up the P3 – Kill A Watt unit for awhile. I finally gave in and purchased it along with some more goodies that I will talk about at a later date. For now, let’s get moving on to this Kill A Watt electricity usage monitor. [...]

Done by the user Liquid Cooling LiquidCooling had a broken 8800 gtx that shows artifact and he read that if you bake an 8800 gtx, you can remove this problem. So he tried: Unfortunately the card did only one boot after the bake session and could pass a 3dmark 06 before dieing again.

Curiosity killed the cat, but will it kill us?  I went out and bought the new MX-3 thermal paste from Arctic Cooling. Until the other day, I have always used AS5 (Arctic Silver 5) for my important hardware. However, with all the rave reviews about the new MX-3, I decided to give it a try. Is [...]

Many of you have heard of the issue which has plagued Xbox 360‘s for the past five years, it goes by many names: the Red Lights of Death, Red Rings of Death or the infamous E74 error. I had purchased my Xbox 360 console at launch and, though many of my friends may attest to [...]