Enthusiasts have lost sight of the original purpose behind overclocking, which was made popular because it could make something slow become fast, thereby getting something more for your money. Then at some point the computer industry went from asking consumers to pay more for the faster products, to demanding you pay more for products you might be able to make faster. This article will focus on one of the lesser-known threats to the desktop PC platform: overclocking.
We have been hearing about stereoscopic 3D hitting the mainstream for a long time now. CES 2010 was largely all about 3D TV. The idea of 3D media isn't anything new in its own right, ask anyone who was alive in the 1950s. Speaking of old ideas, isn't it time for some innovation concerning the user interface of computers?
Yesterday, I wrote about Hazzan's remarkable 1 GHz overclock achievement with MSI's N460GTX HAWK. Now building momentum going forward NVIDIA is sending AMD/ATi a little present that will arrive just in time for the holidays: GeForce 400 series mobile GPUs.
NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 460 graphics solution has convincingly dominated the mid-range price point, and its GF104 Fermi architecture threatens several competing high-performance products. Our benchmark tests have concluded that both the 768MB and 1GB version can offer great gaming performance, along with outstanding overclocking headroom.
NVIDIA is nipping at the heels of AMD/ATi with the entry of NVIDIA's GF104 chip. Now that NVIDIA has a contender in the GTX 460 series at a more competitive price point, let's see if the sparks fly. MSI and Hazzan show that MSI's new N460GTX Hawk can do a 1 GHz overclock on air.
Apple PR: SAN FRANCISCO—September 1, 2010—Apple® today announced the new Apple TV® which offers the simplest way to watch your favorite HD movies and TV shows on your HD TV for the breakthrough price of just $99. Apple TV users can choose from the largest online selection of HD movies to rent, including first run movies for just $4.99, and the largest online selection of HD TV show episodes to rent* from ABC, ABC Family, Fox, Disney Channel and BBC America for just 99 cents.
Not everyone wants to spend a small fortune buying the fastest processor sold, simply for the promise of factory-made speed. Overclockers are quite the opposite; they're known for taking a more affordable model and making make it into a CPU comparable to the top products. Overclocking can mean exerting additional performance from computer hardware, or it can be a hobby for anyone who likes to tweak settings the same way that some people wrench on cars. But like any race car, the high-performance computer requires the right components to keep it operating at peak condition.
GIGABYTE PR: TAIPEI, Taiwan – September 1, 2010 – GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards and other computing hardware solutions today announced a new overclocking competition in conjunction with HWBOT.org called the Best 3D Overclocker Contest.
Being a PC enthusiast for the last decade, it's a bit odd no longer talking about ATi. Of course all things change, just like NVIDIA bought out 3DFX all those years ago and now AMD has completely absorbed ATi and will kill the ATi brandname as is rumored. The news today is what AMD has announced it is doing to capture more discrete graphics marketshare from NVIDIA.
NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 460 graphics solution has convincingly dominated the mid-range price point, and its GF104 Fermi architecture threatens several competing high-performance products. Our benchmark tests have concluded that both the 768MB and 1GB version can offer great gaming performance, along with outstanding overclocking headroom.
Apple PR: SAN FRANCISCO—September 1, 2010—Apple® today announced the new Apple TV® which offers the simplest way to watch your favorite HD movies and TV shows on your HD TV for the breakthrough price of just $99. Apple TV users can choose from the largest online selection of HD movies to rent, including first run movies for just $4.99, and the largest online selection of HD TV show episodes to rent* from ABC, ABC Family, Fox, Disney Channel and BBC America for just 99 cents.
Not everyone wants to spend a small fortune buying the fastest processor sold, simply for the promise of factory-made speed. Overclockers are quite the opposite; they're known for taking a more affordable model and making make it into a CPU comparable to the top products. Overclocking can mean exerting additional performance from computer hardware, or it can be a hobby for anyone who likes to tweak settings the same way that some people wrench on cars. But like any race car, the high-performance computer requires the right components to keep it operating at peak condition.
