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  1. Rob Williams

    OCZ Unveils Ultra-Fast Consumer PCI-E SSD, "RevoDrive"

    At a meeting I had with OCZ during this month's Computex event, a product sat on display that really grabbed my attention. So much so, that I ended up referring to it a countless number of times before the event even wrapped up. I'm of course talking about the RevoDrive, which is the first...
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    AMD's HD 5550 & 5570 - Now Equipped with GDDR5 Goodness

    To retain modest pricing, it's common to see lower-end graphics cards equipped with either DDR2 or DDR3. That design choice, though, can have a major effect on performance, something that's proven twice over with AMD's Radeon HD 5550 and HD 5570, both of which have just been upgraded with a move...
  3. Rob Williams

    37% of the Web is porn

    If you're ever put in charge of this, please, please, PLEASE leave at least 0.000001% of the Web for Techgage.
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    Tentative changes to our GPU test suite...

    I have been complaining for a while that some of our test suites are out of date, but as the days pass, they never seem to actually reach the point where we can switch over. Well, where our GPU test suite is concerned, at least, much time has been dedicated to it over the course of the past...
  5. Rob Williams

    Windows 7 Sells 150 Million Licenses Since October's Launch

    On-board audio can't suck enough to ignore the upgrade path to 7! Are you SURE a driver doesn't exist? If one exists for Vista, it should also work in 7.
  6. Rob Williams

    Thoughts on this HTPC build.

    That looks like a sweet build! Please be sure to post pictures :D
  7. Rob Williams

    OCZ Goes Small with 1.8-inch Onyx and Vertex 2 SSDs

    I don't think it's so much a technical limitation as much as a cost limitation. 1TB 2.5" SSDs could no doubt exist right now, but the price would be astronomical. Until NAND prices plummet, mechanical drives for actual storage are not going to have much to worry about. You're right though, I'd...
  8. Rob Williams

    Will the Removal of PCI in Intel's Upcoming Chipsets Affect You?

    I agree that it's good to just get things out of the way, but when support was pretty much dropped for the AGP bus, there were people complaining about it for years to follow, and even today some stand by the fact that there was nothing wrong with simply sticking with it for a bit longer. I'm...
  9. Rob Williams

    Apple's iPhone 4 Enjoys Great Reception, Suffers Bad Reception

    I look forward to hearing the follow-up excuse on that one. "Our actors hands are translucent."
  10. Rob Williams

    dB poweramp Batch Converter Help?

    Welcome to the forums! I'm not familiar with that media player, but it seems like there's some hidden index that keeps track of all the music, and because of how you copied over the entire kit and kaboodle, the media player is oblivious to it. Ideally, where a media player is concerned, the...
  11. Rob Williams

    Who's watching the World Cup?

    This is an interesting World Cup, that's for sure. Top-rate teams aren't playing very well at all, while the underdogs seem to be putting real effort into things. I missed the Portugal vs. Brazil game today, but I was told that I essentially missed nothing, and that it was easily one of the most...
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    37% of the Web is porn

    Hah, fair enough. I had no idea it'd be this much, I mean, that's a HUGE number for the -entire- Internet. If that's where all the traffic is, perhaps we need to do a Porngage.com.
  13. Rob Williams

    Wicked Laser's Spyder III Pro Arctic is Ultra-Powerful and Super Affordable

    It states 2 hours on the website, which seems fair. I have a feeling I'd get bored long before then :D
  14. Rob Williams

    Antec Three Hundred v2

    Nice look, man! I can understand the lack of pictures, but a shot of the finished product would be cool :D It's about time the CPU cooler swapping as been made easier, and the same can be said about the additional HDD mounting points... that's a nice touch. I admit though, I don't like the...
  15. Rob Williams

    D-Link DGL-4500 Xtreme N Gaming Router

    I'm not sure what I could recommend for the ports and gaming, but I do know that routers seem to have gotten a bit better over time, if the ASUS RT-N16 I recently got is anything to go by. On my older router, which was also an ASUS (~3 years old), I had trouble with my favorite MMO, and even...
  16. Rob Williams

    Sun VirtualBox - Free, Powerful Virtualization

    Hi AE Souza, welcome to the forums! You have a great question here... Like Kougar said, you should only need the .ISO file (found here) to install Puppy in VirtualBox. That USB guide you linked is more for people who happen to already have it installed on a USB drive. It's certainly not the...
  17. Rob Williams

    Blur - Twisted Metal Meets Need for Speed?

    Yes, I'd recommend giving it a try if you're able, it's fun! I am craving it right now... need to focus on work... :D
  18. Rob Williams

    SanDisk's WORM Secure Digital Card Retains Data for up to 100 Years

    I'm not a betting man, but if I were, I don't think I'd ever bet against the idea that people like to back up their data and keep it secure. It seems like a given, not just a minor thought. I'd like to think I have a bullet-proof back-up scheme, because I've lost data before, and I know just...
  19. Rob Williams

    Apple's iPhone 4 Enjoys Great Reception, Suffers Bad Reception

    When pre-orders for Apple's iPhone 4 went live last week, it became clear very quickly that the company had another rip-roaring success on its hands. According to my Facebook account, some of my friends suffered F5 fever (page refreshing) late into the night, trying and retrying to get their...
  20. Rob Williams

    Blur - Twisted Metal Meets Need for Speed?

    Are you craving a racing game but can't ignore your innate desire to just blow things up? If so, Bizarre Creations' Blur might be just what you're looking for. It two awesome things, destruction and speed, and results in a title that's full of eye candy, a good online mode, and a difficulty...
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