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AMD and Nvidia GPU Comparison with Latest Drivers
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 After a busy year with numerous GPU releases by mid-September things had settled down for good. And then, AMD threw us a curve ball. Their Catalyst 12.11 beta drivers delivered major performance gains in many popular games such as Battlefield 3, Borderlands 2, Civilization V, Skyrim, Sleeping Dogs and StarCraft II. Around the same time, Nvidia released a new beta driver of its own which claimed gains in several titles, and this driver has since been replaced by the GeForce 310.61 update, which made further performance enhancements.
With updated pricing and performance across the board, we figured it would be worth revisiting both company's offerings to see where you should spend your hard-earned cash this holiday season and into early next year.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops II Performance & IQ Review
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Call of Duty: Black Ops II is the first Call of Duty game on PC to support DX11 and new graphical features. Hopefully improvements to the IW Engine will be enough to boost the CoD franchise near the top graphics-wise. We also examine NVIDIA's TXAA technology which combines shader based antialiasing and traditional multisampling AA.
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Crucial Ballistix Sport VLP 16GB Kit Review - BCCHardware
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I feel that the Crucial Ballistix Sport VLP performed well. It didnt blow any of my test memory out of the water, and actually had some points scored against it from both test modules. This being said, it didnt score bad, because any differences in the benchmarks was nominal at best. This memory rates comparably with both my test modules. . ."
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AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta 8 - HD 7970 Gaming Performance @ ocaholic
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Once more AMD has released a new driver update. This time they say they have taken care of the issue we discovered, which is related to power consumption under idle conditions. Of course we have been checking if they succeeded in getting rid of these problems and we were also checking if there are any performance differences or maybe even glitches or big improvements."
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SSD Charts: 52 SSDs - OCZ Vector 256 Gigabyte @ ocaholic
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In our comparison tables you find benchmark values regarding 52 different SSDs. Furthermore we do not comment the benchmark values. The idea and also the goal is to present to you a market overview which helps you choose the right SSD."
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ARM Cortex-A15 vs. NVIDIA Tegra 3 vs. Intel x86
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Last week I shared some early benchmarks of the Samsung Chromebook while running Ubuntu Linux. The Samsung Chromebook is very interesting since it`s one of the few readily available computers on the market employing an ARM Cortex-A15 processor rather than Cortex-A9 or other models. The Cortex-A15 found in the Samsung Exynos 5 Dual SoC proved to be very powerful and this Chromebook was quite a good deal with it being trivial to load Ubuntu Linux (and other distributions) while costing only $250 USD for this ARM-based laptop. In the past week I have carried out additional ARM Cortex-A15 benchmarks, including a comparison of its performance the the NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core ARM Cardhu tablet and several Intel Atom/Core x86 systems."
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Samsung PN64E8000 64 Inch Plasma Smart TV Review @ Tweaknews
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Samsung`s PN64E8000 Plasma Smart TV can be summed up as an easy purchase for the consumer that has the upgraded budget and is smart enough to see that with this one purchase you don`t only get an upgradable fantastic livingroom display, but also a trimmed down home theater pc. Add on the additional features like voice and motion control, webcam, future processor upgrades, SMART TV functionality, WIFI, Samsung APPS, Games (Angry Birds) and the difference in price seems to dwindle to an investment that over time will be boiled down to a difference of mere pennies a day."
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SanDisk 32GB microSDHC Card Review @ TestFreaks
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The microSD card has become synonymous with mobile phone memory card really. If you have a phone chances are you have a microSD card in it for storage. With the wide availability and selection of apps today, most likely youll be looking to upgrade your storage so youll need a bigger microSD card and personally I would get one from a reputable source and one thats name brand. Mobile Fun is a great source, and SanDisk is a very well known company. Having said that, I guess you already figured out today I have a SanDisk microSD card for you, specifically its a 32gb class 4 card. So read on "
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Silverstone Sugo SG09 SFF Case Review @ Hardware Canucks
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It may be considered a small form factor chassis but Silverstone`s SG09 is absolutely packed with features and has a surprising amount of interior space. While there isn`t any available space for water cooling, the SG09`s sub-12 height still allows for mico ATX motherboad compatibility and even dual graphics card configurations."
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ADATA XPG SX900 128GB SATA III SSD Review @ Hi Tech Legion
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The ADATA XPG SX900 128GB SSD uses the SandForce 2281 controller, it is capable of read speeds up to 550MB/Sec and write speeds of 520MB/Sec. The ADATA XPG SX900 SSD series is designed to fit into ADATA`s Xtreme Performance Gear line of equipment, it offers top of the line performance in a sleek package. Utilizing a high quality NAND memory and new firmware the XPG SX900 SSD offers the full 128GB of storage space. The drive supports TRIM, NCQ, S.M.A.R.T, SATA III connectivity and is backwards compatible with SATA II controllers. The drives are available in two packages a notebook package that comes with an external enclosure and a 3.5 inch drive adapter, and a desktop kit that only comes with the 3.5 inch adapter, both come with a 3 year warranty. ADATA also bundles the Acronis True Image HD data migration utility to assist with moving information when upgrading drives."
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Crucial DDR3-1600 CL8 VLP UDIMM Tactical @ Teachreaction.net
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Low profile is the word of the day and Crucial spells it BALLISTIX VLP Tactical. This memory packs bang in the smallest package possible. It is not the fastest memory but it is faster than other low profile kits. It does not have the lowest latency but it holds its latency up to 2133. It is not the least expensive but it is faster and less obstructive than the less pricy chips."
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Sennheiser U320 Multi-Platform Gaming Headset Review @ HardwareHeaven.com
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Sennheiser U320 Multi-Platform Gaming Headset Review @ HardwareHeaven.com Over the years Sennheiser have built themselves an impressive reputation for audio devices. Their range of headsets for the PC market is full of high quality products that provide a solution for all types of consumer. Not only do Sennheiser do PC headsets they also do headset for both the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. Now, with the new U320, Sennheiser have produced a stereo multi format gaming headset giving a solution to consumers that want a single headset to cover their multiple devices."
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Silverstone Heligon HE01 Heatsink Review
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"On Frostytech's test bench today is the Silverstone Heligon HE01 (SST-HE01) heatsink, an interesting asymmetric dual tower CPU cooler built for Intel LGA2011/1366/1156/1155/775 and AMD socket AM2/AM3/FM1/FM2 processors. At the heart of the heatsink is a massive 140mm vaneaxial fan, flanked by differently sized fin stacks which correspond to intake and exhaust air flows. On the cool air-intake side of the fan is a 30mm thick fin tower with a straight row of heatpipes intersecting the fins. On the hot exhaust side we find a slightly wider, 50mm thick fin tower constructed from slightly thicker aluminum fins."
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HIS Radeon HD 7950 IceQ X Boost 3 GB @ techPowerUp
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The HIS Radeon HD 7950 IceQ X? Boost comes with a large overclock, which increases its out of the box performance to GTX 670 levels. Thanks to a large dual fan cooler we also see great temperature and massive overclocking potential: +20% real life performance from overclocking."
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