ONE OF THE claims Gigabyte makes in the press release with regards to its new USAP USB 3.0 drivers is that the new drivers will boost the performance of USB 2.0 storage devices as well. We thought we'd put this to the test to see how much of a difference it really makes.
NVIDIA JUST HAD one of their most sleazy marketing tactics exposed, that PhysX is faster on a GPU than a CPU. As David Kanter at Real World Tech proves, the only reason that PhysX is faster on a GPU is because Nvidia purposely hobbles it on the CPU. If they didn't, PhysX would run faster on a modern CPU.
Editors Note:Over the next few weeks we'll be publishing the Bumpgate Series with some additional commentary, updates and information. We are reprinting some of the often referenced articles that originally appeared on the Inquirer. Some will have added content, but all will be re-edited from the originals as per contractual obligations. You may see some slight differences between the two versions.
This article has had some of the original links removed, and was published on Monday, February 23, 2009 at 03:48AM.
LAST MAY, we said that GTX480, then called GT300, was going to be hot, slow, big, underperforming, hard to manufacture, and most of all late. Almost a year later, Nvidia can't even launch PR quantities at the promised spec of 512 shaders.
INTEL WON BACK most of the lead that AMD had earned in the server market with the Conroe and Penryn generation of CPUs, and erased the rest with the Nehalem generation. Today marks the release of Westmere-EP, the 6 core 32nm update to Nehalem, and the Intel lead just gets wider.
ONE PART that Thermaltake has been getting a lot of press for is the new Fermi GTX480 certified case, a variant of its mainstream Element V case. Other than the day-glo green trim, how does it differ from the normal ElementV? Let's take a look.
NVIDIA HAS BEEN hinting about the performance of its upcoming GTX480 cards, and several of our moles got a lot of hands on time with a few cards recently. If you are waiting for killer results from the 'puppy', prepare for severe disappointment.
IN PART 2, we look at the overall findings of the scanner, and a close look at each one. Also included is a look back at the 2007 results in light of the new data.
THIS PAPER FOCUSES on the accuracy and time needed to run, review and supplement the results of the web application scanners (Accunetix, Appscan by IBM, BurpSuitePro, Hailstorm by Cenzic, WebInspect by HP, NTOSpider by NT OBJECTives) as well as the Qualys managed scanning service.
RAID IS ONE of those things that you either know what it is, or you don’t care what it is. However, it does offer benefits that make it worth looking into if you’re looking at either getting some extra performance out of your hard drives or want peace of mind that you’ll never lose your data.
WITH SEVERAL REALLY useful new standards on the horizon, wouldn't it be nice if there was a board or two that did both, USB3.0 and SATA3, and did them well? If you have been waiting for such a beast, the '333 Series' Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 and X58 Extreme 2 are the boards for you.
THE ANSWER to the million dollar question that's been preoccupying the geek hivemind, that is, "Will Lucid's Hydra 200 work?" has finally been answered. That's a definite Yes. PC Perspective has run the first benchmarks on the Hydra system using a narrow combination of graphics cards from both main vendors and has come up with some very interesting numbers.
WHEN DIRECTX10 came along it wowed gamers with its features, but underwhelmed with the performance hit you took. So now, Windows 7 is just around the corner and Vista is pretty much toast. Now DirectX11 is stepping and some major gaming titles are about to get upgraded to benefit from the new API. Here's a preview.
NVIDIA IS ABOUT to unleash its latest 40nm GPUs on the world, and the best part is these are only 3 quarters late. Welcome the new and utterly forgettable G210 and GT220.
MANY OF YOU are waiting for our analysis of the ATI Radeon HD 5870, but between IDF and travel we don't have that done quite yet. In the meantime, we do have this week's hardware roundup.
WE HAVE A TREAT for you today. Everyone likes a bit of softcore geek porn with smart looking babes talking in foreign accents and reading a second meaning into every other word they say. It seems Asus might have accidentally struck gold when hiring these chaps to introduce its O!Play HD Media Player.
TOURING THE GIGABYTEsuite in the Taipei 101 tower, we saw a diverse group of new items to talk about. We have told you about some of them earlier, here are the rest.
THERE ARE ALWAYS a few items at any show that stand out and deserve more attention than they get. With that, SemiAccurate brings you the Best of Computex series, starting with the Gigabyte MIB.
COOLERMASTER WAS AWASH in updated items, but they also had a few new categories to branch out into as well. Among the PSUs and cases that you know so well were some gems like a new gaming mouse.
ONE OF THE claims Gigabyte makes in the press release with regards to its new USAP USB 3.0 drivers is that the new drivers will boost the performance of USB 2.0 storage devices as well. We thought we'd put this to the test to see how much of a difference it really makes.
NVIDIA JUST HAD one of their most sleazy marketing tactics exposed, that PhysX is faster on a GPU than a CPU. As David Kanter at Real World Tech proves, the only reason that PhysX is faster on a GPU is because Nvidia purposely hobbles it on the CPU. If they didn't, PhysX would run faster on a modern CPU.
INTEL WON BACK most of the lead that AMD had earned in the server market with the Conroe and Penryn generation of CPUs, and erased the rest with the Nehalem generation. Today marks the release of Westmere-EP, the 6 core 32nm update to Nehalem, and the Intel lead just gets wider.
ONE PART that Thermaltake has been getting a lot of press for is the new Fermi GTX480 certified case, a variant of its mainstream Element V case. Other than the day-glo green trim, how does it differ from the normal ElementV? Let's take a look.
IN PART 2, we look at the overall findings of the scanner, and a close look at each one. Also included is a look back at the 2007 results in light of the new data.
THE ANSWER to the million dollar question that's been preoccupying the geek hivemind, that is, "Will Lucid's Hydra 200 work?" has finally been answered. That's a definite Yes. PC Perspective has run the first benchmarks on the Hydra system using a narrow combination of graphics cards from both main vendors and has come up with some very interesting numbers.
TOURING THE 
THERE ARE ALWAYS a few items at any show that stand out and deserve more attention than they get. With that, SemiAccurate brings you the Best of Computex series, starting with the 
COOLERMASTER WAS AWASH in updated items, but they also had a few new categories to branch out into as well. Among the PSUs and cases that you know so well were some gems like a new gaming mouse.