Recent content by Travis Beane

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    Prismatic Lithium-Ion Battery to Become Notebook Standard?

    So, it's not better, just potentially cheaper. I don't care what type of cells you give me, I just 100 watt hours of juice that can run reliably for years. Seeing as 18650 cells are actually quite cheap, what real gain is there? Removing $5-10 from the manufacturing price (while shortening...
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    Taking a Peek Inside the MacBook Pro's Retina Display

    And yet to get a 2560x1600 is $1000 or more. Granted, they're usually IPS panels. I do wonder on what colour reproduction accuracy and response rates this display has though. Is it acceptable for professional usage or gaming? 120Hz? As a gamer, of course I want the highest resolution possible...
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    MechWarrior Online System Requirements Released

    heroictofuAs a person who's been on the MWO Forums for ages and ages at this point, I can vouch that the game isn't pay to win. It's about playing your mech competently. Paying just increases the rate at which you earn things but at the end of the day, if you don't play with skill, you won't get...
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    MechWarrior Online System Requirements Released

    In game cash? I will gladly py for a new MechWarrior game, but I will not play a 'Pay to Win' game. On another note, Chromehounds on the Xbox 360 was an amazing game. Sega decided to shut the servers off without any announced reason quite a while back. I've been waiting for a good new mech game...
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    Prolimatech Unveils Genesis Black Series CPU Heatsink

    Well, that's strange but it may help cooling the RAM. Personally, I have a CoolerMaster V8, and I just want it to be much, much bigger, made from copper, and with 3x 140mm Scythe fans strapped to it.
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    PC Gaming Ruled May Sales Chart Thanks to Diablo 3

    TEHconsoleGAMMER9000PC gaming sucks, and this just proves it. Diablo 3 had the biggest hyped launch of any PC game in a long time, and it sold less than SWTOR, which was also terrible.We NEED more high quality AAA titles like Call of Duty and Madden for the PC and less crap like Max Payne. I...
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    Acer Launches "World's Thinnest" Ultrabook

    As much as I hate to say it, I'd buy the new MBP just for the display. This is a neat laptop and all, but insanely high resolution is a big selling point for me. Seeing as I spent a thousand dollars for my EyeFinity setup, I'd gladly pay the extra for higher resolution displays (whether for...
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    AMD FirePro W600 Paves Way for Six x 4K 'Display Walls'

    That's so beautiful, I'm crying. How about setting it up for 6 4096x2304 in a 3x2 configuration then running a pre rendered 12,288x4608 3D video of Crysis done with ray tracing? That would be... beautiful. Back to reality, I would enjoy one of these. I went for a 3x1 setup at 4536x2048, and it...
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    This is Gigabyte's Super Overclock GTX 680 With 5 Fans

    DRosencraftYeah, interesting idea, but the noise level will likely be a problem. Love Gigabyte, but I think this might not be their best idea. Let's do a little conceptualizing. Let's say that they manage to get each fan here to run at max RPM but only ~20dba. That's an effective total of...
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    Silverstone Cases Promise Improved Air-flow with Fewer Fans

    I have an old Silverstone KL01, and I absolutely love it. I would love it even more if it was larger (wasn't big enough for my needs). It's solid vd extremely heavy. I require a heavy steel case, and I require that there be absolutely no fragile plastic components. It must be stiff...
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    Valve Holds Steam Sale to Celebrate User-made Portal 2 Maps

    buzznutIf there's a game worth 60 bucks, it's Skyrim. The game is enormous..well, I don't need to tell you guys. I'd buy it at $100.But for a disc only, no steam connection. Both Oblivion and Skyrim have been a great value for me, no matter the price. I've payed $60 for far too many games I've...
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    Carmageddon: Another Kickstarter-Funded Remake Attempt

    Now this is something I can support. In a useful too, not just by saying it meaninglessly on a news forum.
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    Blizzard Puts World of Warcraft Server Blades Up for Auction

    When I played 6 years ago, I thought they hosted on toasters, seeing as during peak hours I had a 4000ms ping.
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    A First Look at Intel's 14nm Fab 42 Manufacturing Facility

    High prices for Intel CPUs is part of the reason they can afford to build facilities such as these. If they sold the chips at cost, we'd save a lot of money but progress would stop.
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    Kingston Makes Red HyperX Memory for Fashionable Mobos

    KryanI'd buy that shizniz for the lulz I have to agree; my fine Sir. for the LuLz! So either give me some Hello Kitty Cas7 1866MHz 8x4GB, or just give me whatever is cheap and bare.