Archive for the ‘Hardware’ Category
The mouse is a basic part of a gamer’s life. Having a high DPI mouse can be the difference between fragging or being fragged. The new SideWinder mouse can go up to 2000 DPI, which can give you the ultimate precision in FPS games. If you’re not doing anything so intense, it also comes with two other modes: 400 and 800 DPI which can be swapped on the fly. It is also the first mouse to include an LCD screen which informs you of the macros that the mouse is currently using and what resolution you’re using.
Now, if you’re going to get the SideWinder mouse, you might as well pick up the new keyboard solution proposed by Microsoft. The brand new SideWinder X6 keyboard has a switchable key pad, macro keys (absolutely necessary for any hardcore gamer), cruise control and the keys change color to remind you that you’re either gaming or visiting us to get the hottest computer news. (more…)
NVIDIA officially announced the new GeForce GTX 200 family of GPUs (graphics processing units) today. The first two cards, the GTX 280 and GTX 260 video cards, will be released on June 17th and June 26th respectively.
The GTX 280 will replace NVIDIA’s 9800 GTX as their flagship single-gpu processor. It is reportedly 50% faster than last year’s 8800 GX2, which is quite an achievement when one considers late GX2’s multi-GPU architecture. (more…)
If you haven’t seen them yet, where have you been?
Psystar, the controversial company that created the Mac clones (called the Open Computer), has allegedly begun shipping their Open Computers to users. The Mac clones use off-the-shelf hardware to run a patched version of Mac OS X, taken from the OSX-86 Project. (more…)
Before you buy your next pricey graphics card, you might want to look at Nvidia’s GeForce 9900GTX.
This monster of a graphics card is better than HD and will outperform most video cards on the market today.
It has a 55nm TSMC processor, a single chip with “dual G92b like” cores, and has SLI capable of running Crisys smoothly at 2560×1600.
Scheduled for release as early as June this year, the 9900 GTX is setting a new standard for gaming. (more…)
US-Based PC Vendor Everex has announced that its Cloudbook Max will now come with WiMax connectivity. This will allow the Cloudbook to work with Sprint’s High-Speed XOHM Wireless network.
The XOHM network is scheduled to launch in Chicago, Baltimore and Washington DC in Spring of this year. The market for WiMax looks promising and is slated to grow from 27 million last year to almost 500 million in 2012. (more…)
The picture you’re looking at could be a photo of Asus’ upcoming Eee PC Desktop. Though it is still unconfirmed, many believe that the Eee PC Desktop should still follow the old mantra of “Easy to Learn, easy to play, easy to work” and probably come with a more souped up version of Linux.
From what we know so far, the Eee PC desktop could be available as soon as next quarter. (more…)
Western Digital has released the worlds fastest SATA hard drive, known as the 300GB VelociRaptor.
Although the drive spins at 10,000RPM (a speed which has been available for some time) it features a new design which allows for extremely fast read and write speeds. (more…)
