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EVER WONDERED if its worth buying a 1GB graphics card over a512MB one? Expreview has an interesting take on the matter of“which frame bufferinterests gamers the most�
They’ve pitted 3 different 8800GT’s, all set to the same clock rates, but256MB, 512MB and 1GB frame buffers. The result will deter people from runningout to buy 1GB versions of the 8800GT beast. We couldn’t find a reference to theGraphics Aperture Size and if it makes any kind of difference in the results ofthe 256MB 8800GTs, tho’.
256MB seem to be enough to satisfy the chaps atHardwareLogic that finally got their hands on an HD3850 from ATI. They think thisgeneration of GPU’s from ATI are a great improvement over the previous one. Takeinto consideration the price, overclockability and other goodies, they think itsa great buy at $180.
Overclockers Club believes its found theHolyGrail of LAN Partying - or at least a case that seems to be able to fit allyour high-end kit (except for one in particular) and still be able to carry itaround. It’s the GTR Tech GT3-BH case.
It fits a standard-sized ATX mobo, can lay down on its side and is very quiet(not that you’d notice at a LAN Party). It also sports a very convenient handleto ease transportation. If you stuck two wheels at the bottom/back, you’d thinkit was a suitcase. Give it a look.
950Watts of power in a standard PS2-sized casing. That’s what Tuniq has tooffer with their Miniplant series of PSU’s.Overclocker’sCafe really loved it ‘cos it’s petite for its power output, and efficienttoo. The only drawback is the non-modular design of the PSU, which meansunaesthetic dangling cables that you’ll need to cuff together and put away.
G.Skill has given HardwareXL a chance to review their enthusiast-grade DDR2memory, theF2-6400CL5Q-4GBNQ.It’s a 4x1GB kit, so it’ll fill your slots completely – in other words: forget“upgradingâ€... this here is a replacement kit, designed to populate your slotsall the way. The chums at HardwareXL think it’s a no-brainer and affordable toboot. The only thing they couldn’t do was overclock the memory.
Mikhailtech plays around with the Western Digital WD10EACS – a 1TB HDD -benching it against its smaller sibling, the 500GB WD5000AAKS. Since green isthe thing to be, the 1TB drive isn’t too big on performance, but great on powersaving, they think. Both in acoustics and power consumption, this HDD is ahead.Maybe they’ve found an ideal HTPC drive? Read all about it,here.
LG seems to be holding its own against other players. This time ‘round, it'shad their L204WT tested at Think Computers. It’s a 20.4-inch LCD panel with ahigh resolution (1680x1050) and a relatively low power consumption (somethingeveryone likes, nowadays). They scored it 8/10 points, and you can find out why,here.
Linksys is expanding into enemy territory by bringing to market some new NASdevices. Trusted Reviews got a go at the newLinksysNAS200, a NAS enclosure (no drives included) that costs a little under £100.They liked most of it – software and features, but what they didn’t like mightbe the deal-breaker for many of us: 100Mbps Ethernet, which seems to account forsome seriously limited performance.
We’d like to know what directory services are supported, if any.
I have seen 1GB video cards about 2 or 3 years ago. They were worth $600-$2000 and every single review said "this is NOT for gaming". The purpose of these massive video cards wasn't intended for gaming - it was indended for video and graphic design only.. Thats why the core clocks aren't so impressive and everything about the memory is top-notch. Its just like comparing an Athlon to an Opteron or the Pentium D to the Xeon. They're all processors, but cost different and are intended for entirely different things, although they CAN work as something else.
For the average gamer, I would say 256MB would be plenty. 512MB is more than enough for very high-end games. Not even Crysis would use up more than 768MB.
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