Recent content by Halk

Corsair have been careful to avoid low end stuff. That makes me think these fans are a good way to buy a good fan without having to do much research, as Corsair are relying on their brand reputation, so they if they start selling shite they'll quickly lose it. The colours on the fans look...

Shows how disconnected us enthusiasts really are... All we're concerned about is the high end stuff to the point where we don't notice what else is going on. We're all lamenting the lack of AMD competition :)

Bioware games are become less and less like games. They're really just grinds, there's very little skill involved, just time invested. Bioware enhance the UI of each game to the point where you realise that much of what you were doing was 'busy work', repeatedly running through the same levels...

I think this is about EA doing a bit of harm to tens if not hundreds of millions of customers. Certainly they don't do the level of harm that tobacco companies, oil companies etc do. Additionally if it had been Halliburton instead, it'd not mean much would it? It'd just be another crack at...

The 120 and 140 have higher airflow than the current ones, and they come with a low speed adaptor. The low speed adaptor must be a resistor, rather than a 7v or 5v - because they quote starting voltage for both. They aren't PWM, which is a shame. They're quite useful I guess, for people who...

And what part of what I said was incorrect, do you feel?

I'm afraid to say that no matter how pessimistic over Piledriver someone is, a 5% performance increase is nonsense. A 5% performance increase could be achieved with just production efficiencies.

The 550K size is a little deceptive in comparison to other cities, as Hannover doesn't really have anything like the same suburbs as other cities. Glasgow for example is a far bigger city, but as far as population goes isn't much greater in number - 625K approx. Hannover effectively contains...

They of course don't want to do this, but they will if they have to, which would be in the (based on where things are now) unlikely event that AMD pulls something out of the bag and Piledriver is a great chip. Intel will want to be producing with as high margins as possible, that means they...

Down with the laws of physics! So how do they do it? Time travel?

I can assure you that will be accidental. Intel's biggest competitor just now is Intel. The reason behind this story would seem to be that they're delaying Ivy Bridge so that it does not compete with Sandy Bridge. The projected TDPs and clock for clock performance of Ivy Bridge seem to...

Aesthetics would be unimportant, people can draw their own conclusions. For this particular form factor I don't know that overclocking would be especially important. What people would be looking for is absolute silence, ease of fitting and compatibility - e.g. will it fit in most SFF...

The oil was the previous trademark.. the way the law works (at least in China where it's rather bias) then you're quids in. I'm not saying the law is right, but that's the way it works. You're welcome to Sarah btw, if she'd go with you then I don't.. nah I'm joking :) However if it was...

I can see what you're saying Bonkers... but let's put it a different way for a different "feel". You buy a plot of land that you intend to farm, it doesn't go especially well, and the farm doesn't really get off the ground. Oil is struck in the land near yours.. and it turns out you have oil...

PC gaming may very come back and kill consoles - I'm not saying it's likely, but it is plausible. The problem PCs had was piracy, diverse components, relative cost vs consoles for the grunt required to run stuff. Steam and clones of Steam solve the piracy issue to at least some effect...