Posted 02/26/2010 at 11:47:04am

Wow, this is just ludicrous.  I have read the other websites stating this information, and after reading it here, I just have to comment.  What is going on over there at the big green factory?  I mean Nvidia must think that we PC builders have ass loads of cash just lying around waiting for them.  I mean really $700.00 bucks I haven't seen a gamer GPU sell for that price, for o'say never!  What the hell Nvidia? Get a damn clue, we are in an economic downturn and you want to throw a GPU out there that has been sighted as running hot and eating gobs of power, and you want to sell it for $700.00 bucks.  Nvidia I have been a fan, but I sure as hell ain't a fan of your new methodology.  So until you show me some true innovation and uber framerates, I will be leaning to the Red House over yonder, cause at the moment, that's where my baby stay's. 

Posted 12/17/2009 at 05:58:17am

These mods look like they were done by preschoolers.  Seriously, go to bit-tech and look at the mods those people are doing.  Now those are works of art.  These are just lame.  I mean seriously, you turned an xbox case into a PC, wow so not cool.

Posted 11/04/2009 at 12:50:27pm

If any chip company alive today can do this, Nvidia can.  If and this is a big "if" Nvidia has been looking at this market for the last couple of years, then given the introduction of the Fermi architecture coupled with a new x86 chip, Nvidia might have some significant advantages over Intel as far as the 3D modeling and physics department is concerned.  So given this news I hope that Nvidia can pull this off because they are in my honest opinion the leader in graphics innovation today and hopefully soon to be the x86 innovators of tomorrow.

Posted 11/03/2009 at 06:27:01am

So basically when I do the math via newegg.  It would cost you around $1375 for all the parts excluding the case. So here is my question how much does that case cost, and seriously maingear get a clue.  Maingear your pretty much doubling the price it costs you to make that computer and that is just plain lame. Also, only two years support for that price is ridiculous, especially since most if not all those components have longer warranties than that.  All I can say is, "scam, scam, scam."

 P.S.  Why the hell did you guys use the EVGA Classified when your not even using triple SLI or even SLI period. I mean that board at $415 is like a 1/3 of the price of the components.  I swear your marketing guys need to get a clue.  I understand that you have overhead, but come on, you put a $169 videocard in a $2600 machine, WTF.  Ug, I could go on, but these guys are just ridiculous.

Posted 11/02/2009 at 06:15:01am

I can only think that the name change stems from a change in marketing.  I know that all of us here know that a 5970 is simply two 5870's packed into one board which makes the 5870x2 name make more sense, but to normal average consumers the x2 just might confuse them.  So having a name like 5970 will make it easier for the them to say "Oh, well it has a bigger number so it must be better."  Also, it will help resellers because they will not have to explain the x2 and why it makes it better than a non-x2 board. Though I will say that these are only my thoughts on the matter, so I could be completely wrong since I don't know anyone at ATI's marketing department.

Posted 10/23/2009 at 06:52:07am

Read below to see what else was included in the new Net Neutrality rules:

Posted 10/22/2009 at 06:51:01am

For starters, countries in Europe are a lot smaller in comparison to the United States.  And I really hate that when people seem to forget this when talking about infrastructure, because that is a large part of infrastructure.  Also, Europe has a lot more competition in the ISP department whereas in the U.S. the conglomerates like Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon all own the assests and backbones in the U.S., so they are in control of what goes on behind the scenes when it comes to who can and cannot connect to their infrastructure.  See, like what happened to AT&T in the 1980's where they were cut off from providing local POTS, they sat back and built up their infrastructure across the U.S. So when in the late 1990's they got that ability to provide local access back, we are again stuck with not so many choices, because these larger ISP's have monopolized the market because there is no competition.  So suffice to say we are reaching a crossroads again, because these huge ISP's are unwilling to give up profit margins to small businesses who need their infrastructure to provide service.

Posted 10/06/2009 at 01:56:25pm

What you fail to realize in your own world of catastrophic ignorance is that Nvidia is venturing into a new frontier.  Furthermore the "3D video card market" as you stated is what is powering that thing you call a console and those internet streaming games.

And just so your well informed, the intent of this new GPU is to provide powerful parallel computing, which will give the opportunity for scientists, engineers, and so forth the ability to create more realistic results in a much more affordale package.  This by the way leads me to my next point to inform that world of ignorance that you live in.

This GPU also gives programmers more ability to do things with physics, like the physics in video games, i.e. how things blow-up, how your character shoots his or her weapon.  That sort of thing.

So I will remind you MeTo (which should be MeToo, remember that thing called grammar) that this is a place for PC enthusiasts, not console enthusiasts.  So go find some lame console based magazine and stay in your world of ignorant bliss. Otherwise, take an honest look, and read about computers and realize what you are talking about  before you submit a stupid comment like that.

Posted 10/06/2009 at 06:54:29am

This article is pretty much useless in regards to security IMO.

Yea, it does tell you to change the default password and does tell you that essentially that WPA2 is the only way to properly encrypt a wireless signal without compromising security, but it really doesn't provide ample coverage in regards to the actual firewall settings in order to lock the router down.

In the matters of the router firewall it fails in my opinion to talk about stateful packet inspection, and how to properly configure your ports to allow only specific types of traffic through. Yes, port forwarding and QoS are important features, but they do nothing when it comes to the actual security of the network.

Also, in the area of security they should have mentioned the fact that users should only have a certain number of IPs allocated to their internal network, i.e. if you are using only 3 computers, only give your network a grand total of three IPs.  Also those IPs should be associated with the specific MAC addresses of those machines.  This way if someone does happen to find the network, they are unable to obtain an IP on the network.  These steps are prudent when you are dealing with both a DHCP and static IP architecture. IMO.

But, I will digress and give you guys credit where it is due, as this guide will help the novice get a little better understanding in regards to the settings of their router.   

Posted 09/28/2009 at 12:06:34pm

I guess it's cool.  It is unique, but I don't really see how this case is worth $700.  I mean this isn't an enthusiests case by any means, because I see no room for water cooling or doing much of anything besides components.  This thing will end up in a case museum at the end of the day. What a waste of time Thermaltake.  Then again, most of your design choices are ugly and not really modder friendly.