Recent content by Kelledin

To be fair, this may be due to lacking a framework in Windows for that. Last I knew, the closest Windows came to a framework for hardware monitoring logic was to categorize "SM Bus controller" devices. It was then up to third-party apps to encapsulate knowledge about what monitoring chips...

I've been a big fan of Seasonic, as they offer excellent quality with a very low noise profile. They've been one of the most interesting PSUs to follow in the [H] review testbeds. Picking up a high-wattage unit would pave the way for possible 3-way or 4-way SLI... :D

Good thing I didn't buy that game. Sad thing is, I can recognize our old offices in that picture (we moved to a new building about a year or two ago, and idSoft moved into our old building). To think I used to work two floors below where their latest turd got developed...

OCZ, Intel, Crucial However, I would look specifically at the bugs in each model before buying and determine how they will affect you. Pretty much all SSDs have bugs at this point, some of which are showstoppers in certain scenarios. For instance: OCZ Vertex 2 (really any Sandforce-based...

Wow. This latest bit of commentary from the RIAA is a big bucket of fail. The RIAA members need to get over themselves. :rolleyes: The world does not revolve around Big Content, nor does federal law, nor does the Internet. The 'net in particular got along just fine for years without Big...

Just to add my 2 cents to this thread before it ages off: I picked up a Sapphire HD5970OC, immediately noticed the fan rattle, and RMA'd that thing back to Newegg. They couldn't promise they'd have a replacement to send me, but... ...I kept an eye out on the stock trackers, and the Asus...

"Accidental" pr0n discovery is actually somewhat, slightly plausible. I did a perfectly innocent Google search for "ubuntu logo" one day (for producing LUG-ready CD media) and one of the first results was a NSFW preview of three ladies doing their own interpretation of the Ubuntu logo. I bet...

True, business is business. AMD's in court pushing for more marketshare more than anything. FTC Japan found Intel engaging in practices that would have gotten Intel in a LOT of hot water here, monopoly or not--the Clayton Act applies where the Sherman Act falls short. AMD points that out...

Oh lord, AMD tries to start a pissing contest, Intel refuses, yet the contest just migrates here. :rolleyes: FWIW, I think this tactic is bad form for AMD. There's being outspoken, then there's whipping your **** out and laying it on the table as a challenge. Then again, marketing...

Well, I see Norton AV running, so if your Norton defs are up-to-date and it didn't flag it, I wouldn't worry about it. Symantec knows about CIADOOR. Hmmm. "Run" is normal (it's just what might be in it that I'm worried about). I don't know about a "Run-" subkey though....but then again...

I think it's pretty normal to have several instances of svchost.exe in there. svchosta.exe would be a problem--that's "SNIFFER-I" IIRC--but I don't see any such thing. spoolsv.exe could be a problem though. As I recall that's a CIADOOR variant, a bit of malware that poses as a print...

That's the most important bit here. I doubt Theo really meant to come off sounding like an asshole; I consider it more likely Dan Lyons did a hatchet job, because that's one of the things Lyons likes to do. I've personally seen him do it with people I know very well. He doesn't like Linux...

Don't count on that right away. The reviewer somehow botched the review six ways from Sunday. http://www.aceshardware.com/forum?read=115093783 Read most of the thread there; reported results for AMD kit under similar configs often get about twice the scores that Kubicki measured. Plus...

Well, yes, but I would have liked to see more extended analysis--like testing each processor running SPEC compiled in both 32-bit and 64-bit mode, and seeing what performance gain/loss there was on Xeon vs Opteron. Maybe some custom-coded benchmarks as well, to analyze the impact of using...

I wouldn't say "pawned." Xeon got clobbered badly in Maya but edged ahead in 3DSMax. Opty DID take a heavy beating in Photoshop and FlashMX tho. Not sure WTF happened with HyperThreading in Maya. :confused: I thought Intel had ironed out HT performance regressions...but then again, adding a...