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I'll pretend I didn't forget about the nicely-priced Xonar DX...

The first two things to tackle would be temperature testing and also stability testing. You should download a copy of Core Temp or Real Temp and make sure that your temperatures are keeping within reason, because if your CPU is overheating, then slowdown would make sense. The same applies to...

How much are these cards going for nowadays? I think you'll get better sound from the X-Fi, but sometimes Woot.com offers the AC-1 for insanely low prices ($~60). The ASUS Xonar is the card I'd personally recommend, but I'm no audiophile, but rather a wannabe audiophile.

From our front-page news: It was less than a week ago that I was lusting over Dell's latest Inspiron and Studio Hybrid release, but their Vostro 2510 has done a good job of keeping my mind off of them. The latest Vostro model starts off at $899 on the official Dell website and includes a T5670...

From our front-page news: When Amazon first launched their Kindle book-reader, it didn't take long to realize how popular it was. Or was it popular? It was actually quite difficult to tell, because shortly after the initial launch, it became increasingly difficult to acquire one of the...

From our front-page news: We first learned the basic details of Larrabee early last year, with much more information discovered earlier this year at the spring Intel Developer Forum. Well, Intel has gone ahead and released even more information about their upcoming graphics processor, and we of...

From our front-page news: Whew, two weeks have barely passed since the 'official' price-drop of the Xbox 360 Pro 20GB model, and already rumors are floating about that real price-drops are right around the corner. For those unaware, the first price-drop wasn't so much a price-drop, as the 20GB...

From our front-page news: Lightsmark, the popular OpenGL real-time lighting benchmark, has just seen a new release, which includes few new features, but many refinements. What is new is a faster engine, better image quality, a more stable score system and native support for 64-bit OS'. Most...

Intel's Larrabee architecture has been on the mind of many enthusiasts for the past few months, but sadly, Intel hasn't released any specific performance data today. What they have revealed are the base mechanics of the architecture and other tasty tidbits to whet our appetites. Intel today...

Grats on the new purchase Merlin! Revisions are en route, but I doubt you are going to regret your purchase anytime soon. Still might be a good idea to have patience though ;-) The new revisions should be out soon... and the HD 4870 X2 is also right around the corner. It help drag prices down...

Huge grats on the second win! Wasn't even that long of a gap in between them!

I agree with applying the Windows Updates, but I'm doubtful that will fix anything. Did you check the SMART status of your hard drives with HD Tune, or another application with that ability? It seems awful weird for applications to cause such slow-down on such a powerful machine. Checking the...

Didn't see that post, but I can imagine their response. After the post I made, I began to realize that it was even worse than what I made it out to be. Search for me, for example, 'Rob Williams'. You'll see many results, none of which are me, of course, but some of the results on the front page...

I try to avoid UPS at all costs up here in Canada as well, but I won't get into all of the reasons here. Like you, most packages I receive via UPS are also in rough shape... some even look kicked in (literally), so I'm glad I'm not alone there. I still could agree that their selection could be...

Long-term reliability, from what I understand, is quite good. I've known a few people who've had their notebooks for a few years, and I have never heard of any horror story. Their customer service is not ideal though, that's for sure. I've never dealt with it myself, but sometimes it's hard to...

From our front-page news: From what I gather, the excitement level was rather low when KDE 4 first launched. Although it was a rather significant upgrade over 3.5, bugs seemed prevalent and not too many people were completely sold on the new design, like myself. I have never installed it...

I agree... should have been out a WHILE ago.

Voted! Good luck T-D.

From our front-page news: When Apple first jumped onto the Intel bandwagon, fans cheered. Making the move to an x86 processor meant great compatibility, and given Intel's most-recent track-record, it also meant getting a much faster product. Well if recent reports are to be believed, then Apple...

From our front-page news: If you own a Nintendo DS, chances are good that you've at one point heard mention of the R4 Revolution, a special cartridge for the handheld that introduces new functionality. In addition to allowing MP3 playback, Internet browsing and the ability to play homebrewed...