Last month, Legit Reviews benchmarked a pair of Radeon HD 3850’s on the day they were launched, but didn’t have a pair of Radeon HD 3870’s to include in the article. We have now received a pair of ATI Radeon 3870 graphics cards to test and compare to all the other cards we have on the test bench. Read on to see how the ATI Radeon HD 3870 does as a single card and in CrossFire on recent game titles like Bioshock, Crysis and Call of Duty 4!
HotHardware.com reviews the Asus C90S Whitebook and other reviews from around the web can be found in our forums! When it comes to mobile computing, a major detractor for many enthusiasts is their limited ability Continue reading “December 4 News from Around the Web”.…more
OCZ Technology Group late yesterday released a unique thermal compound, Freeze, to their line of premium cooling products. Using the latest innovations in thermal management compounds, OCZ Freeze has higher heat conductivity potential than leading Continue reading “OCZ Announces Freeze Extreme Thermal Compound”.…more
Is your hard drive getting a little toasty? Don’t want to add another fan to your system because it’s loud or will not fit? The Ultra Aluminum Hard Drive Cooler with Heatpipes is said to dissipate heat efficiently and quietly. With passive thermal heat dissipation using fan-less operation, high-performance sintered powder heatpipes and top heatsink fins this cooler should help. Read on if to see if it is right for your build and if it even works.
In case you missed last nights post, video game maker Vivendi says it will acquire a controlling interest in Activision through a transaction that the companies are valuing at $18.9 billion. The French media and Continue reading “Vivendi in Big Activision Deal”.…more
The ubiquity of the cell phone has finally prompted AT&T to pull out of the pay-phone business, the company announced on Monday. By the end of 2008, AT&T says, it will have exited the business Continue reading “AT&T steps away from the phone booth”.…more
Intel had a legal reprieve Thursday when an Illinois judge threw out a state appeals court ruling that would have launched a nationwide class-action lawsuit against the company over Pentium 4 processors. The Illinois Supreme Continue reading “Intel gets reprieve in Pentium suit”.…more
Samsung Electronics has announced that it has developed the world’s fastest memory, a GDDR5 (series five, graphics double-data-rate memory) chip that can transfer data at six gigabits per second (Gbps). Samples of Samsung’s new GDDR5 Continue reading “Samsung develops GDDR5 memory at 6Gbps”.…more
Paris-based Vivendi Games and Santa Monica California-based Activision have announced that they will merge to be called Activision Blizzard. The chief executive will be Activision’s current CEO Bobby Kotick. Vivendi will be the biggest shareholder Continue reading “Blizzard and Activision Merge in $18.8B Deal”.…more