Recent content by Cwize1

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    Valve Job Posting Confirms Plans for Making Own Hardware

    Maybe the recent visit by Apple is related. A joint partnership perhaps.
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    Top 7 Features Of Next-Gen Game Consoles

    I believe that the next Xbox will have HDDVD disks not BluRay (for games anyway). BluRay burners can now be bought for less than $200 but HDDVD burners can't be sourced anymore. It would make disk piracy a lot harder. The other thing the next xbox will have is pressure sensitive buttons. I...
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    AMD FirePro V9800 4 GB: Eyefinity Meets Professional Graphics

    This was a rather underwhelming test suit. I think the fundamental problem you have is that most of the tests you ran were CPU based. What most of these production apps use the GPU for is on the fly rendering. For example, sculpting in blender can tax the GPU quite nicely given enough vectors...
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    Tom's Hardware Wants You: CPU Tests For 2011

    Covering the 3D rendering in the benchmarks is good but Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 is an an uber expensive piece of software. The people who use this software (legally) are the type of people who would buy whatever hardware happens to be the most expensive at the time and hence don't need these...
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    Apple Ditches Nvidia, Goes ATI-only for Desktops

    I can't help but wonder if this is some elaborate ploy of ATI and Apple against Nvidia and Adobe. That is, those buying a new Mac Pro won't be able to use the GPU acceleration feature of CS5. This would mean less reason to choose CS5 over Final Cut and therefore less market penetration of...
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    Soon At Tom's Hardware: Full-Scale Power Supply Testing

    I get why you want to use an accurate power source as it keeps the environment as consistent and fair as possible. But like you said, power coming out of the wall sockets aren't perfect and I would imagine it is possible to create a power supply that performs beautifully in a lab and completely...
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    HP Tries to Explain Why Printer Ink is So Expensive

    Anyone not using a laser printer for everyday black and white printing is rather stupid. The cartridges might be expensive but they have ridiculously large yields. I actually picked up a Samsung Color dual sided laser for $250 AU (after cash back). Now that was an awesome deal.
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    Top 10 List: An April Fool's Day Round Up

    In a google search you can get something like: "Results 1 - 10 of about 11,700,000 for gdb. (0.48 times the velocity of an unladen swallow)"
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    Top 10 List: An April Fool's Day Round Up

    It wouldn't surprise me if the iCade became a real product. Then people would have an actual use for an iPad.
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    An Exclusive Peak Inside Tom's Hardware's Offices

    I am not a fan of those all in one macs. Maybe the ones I used at uni are just old. If someone told me they only had 1 button mice available for me to work on, I would sneak in my MS 5 button mouse. Somethings about macs are just stupid and that is one of them. Also haven't you heard on...
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    Caption Contest: Gates and Jobs Do Dinner

    Second Picture: Gates - "I have an iPhone in my hand too but only I can see it"
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    Pick Your Browser: Microsoft Shows Off Ballot

    I am so glad I live in Australia. Last I checked Microsoft doesn't make any money at all from IE. It is there simply as a convenience for its customers of windows.
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    Best Gaming CPUs For The Money: January '10

    Hey Tom's Hardware I really like both the 'best gaming CPU\GFX for your money' articles. However there is one key piece of information missing: how the two link up. That is, I would really like an article that says "if you are buying that GFX then we recommend this CPU" and vice versa. A table...
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    Caption Contest: What is Steve Jobs Thinking?

    hmm, this aint right. Only windows is suppose to crash.
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    Caption Contest: What's Bill Gates Saying?

    With my new technology you can play a piano accordion without a piano accordion. Best of all, it doesn't make any noise so you won't disturb anyone living in the same house as you.