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Hmm... I can see either Bing or Google picking up on this technology for their map systems.

I have Brighthouse here in Tampa, 20/2mb along with full HD cable and Showtime, and I pay about $120/month I think. Thankfully Brighthouse doesn't believe in data caps (even have a friend who works for them and there isn't one). But, Google can come here anyways! I'll take 1gb up/down!!!

The psu will handle the 480 just fine, but be prepared to crank the AC =)

Bought thief 2 on a steam sale for super cheap. Definitely a classic worth buying. I think thief 1 is for sale too. Amazing games

I agree. My 5850, although far from the fastest card on the market, is happily breezing through any 1080p game I throw at it. Bf3 I had to turn down some cause it didn't have enough vram, but it still looked great and performed flawlessly. As much as I'd love a 670 right now, I just don't see a...

$25 of the $350 I spent on my 3770k was paid for by using Bing and their rewards program. Granted it took me a year and half to accumulate, it was a welcomed payment just in time for my upgrade. :)

It's certainly not my intention to ever spoil anything for anyone, but I did warn the reader prior to delving into my point. I did add more obvious spoiler tags though.

***********This post does contain spoilers************** Diablo 3 is a good game. The gameplay, loot design, and spell/stat mechanics are excellent. The art design is top notch. That, and I don't have to recreate my entire toon if I even remotely mess up my skill tree. Plus it's nice to...

^This. Given AMD's background in semiconductors, they undoubtedly have an edge of Nvidia in this department, but you essentially build a chip around the requirements a semiconductor process. This is also why AMD can't just take it's Bulldozer design and move it to TSMC's 28nm node, because it...

Facebook has a lot of rather brilliant people working for it, but they make the bulk of their money off of advertising just like Google. As long as Facebook continues to attract large amounts of users, it will remain a powerful advertising tool for businesses to harness. Most businesses I talk...

Honestly, I thought that whole article was written with Nvidia's shlong in the author's mouth. Not that I dislike Nvidia, absolutely not, but the article is written like Nvidia's success with Kepler is equal to Apple's success with the iPhone. Secondly, I really have a hard time believing...

I think this is a bit of a knee-jerk reaction to nuclear power on their part. They knowingly took risks with the nuclear reactor designs, and they were burned because of it (no pun intended). So instead of correcting the issue with the plants, which you think would be simple, easy, and cheap...

I, too, miss the days of double performance gains, but the fact is, the industry cannot afford ~2x increase in power consumption with each successive generation. The Radeon 2900XT was the first card to hit that ~225w "barrier", which both AMD and Nvidia have been riding ever since. I did...

I'd buy a 7870 at $300 too, but I think we'll see either one of two things happen: 1. Nvidia brings their supply up and forces a price drop on AMD's part. 2. Nvidia's production lines can't keep up with the demand for Kepler, and raises the price as a result. Although I was talking to...

Call me crazy, but I wouldn't be surprised if video games start to become prescribed to elderly individuals due to their level of cognitive stimulation. Not that playing video games is curing cancer, but it's far more stimulating than watching TV. Has a study ever been conducted on the age...

Apple certainly has the capital to start a search engine, but they don't have the brains. Operating a large scale search engine with research and development, infrastructure, and advertising the search engine itself costs billions. Still, they could do it, but it'd put a huge dent in their...

I think the days of seeing +70-100% performance gains out of an architecture are a bit behind us considering the industry is bouncing their heads against a TDP wall. Given the awesome performance improvement of the AMD Cypress architecture, the Radeon 5850/5870 still used more power (within...

I would like a chance at the Galaxy 570 because I've heard nothing but amazing reviews of their gpus.

Not worth it. Yahoo's market share has been in steady decline, and Bing's market share has been steadily increasing since 2008. Yahoo labels themselves as an advertising company, but they don't innovate into new advertising markets like Google or Microsoft. I consider Yahoo like AOL, because...

I'd wager the latest cards use 10-15w depending on the card. It wouldn't be much, but it would be something. Plus, if it's standardized in desktops, it means that any bug that comes out is squashed that much faster.

What they need to do is start implementing Optimus in desktops.

Are these not extremely thread dependent tests though?

I agree. As much as I don't particularly care for Apple, although I do highly respect them as a company, it is humorous to watch the PC industry scramble in response. The only company who appears to actually be giving Apple a run for it's money is Google, and I think that's only because they...

I dunno, I'd be hard to pin a percentage on how much Optimus saves, but 20-25% is probably accurate. Chas is right though - mobile chips are much more focused on power efficiency than their desktop brethren, but Optimus turns the GPU off when not in use and uses the onboard Intel GPU instead...

I don't get the talk of this merger. Google responded very quickly by releasing their own smartphone operating system, because they knew once the iPhone was released, the internet would gradually start shifting to the mobile sector. Microsoft is a bit late to the ballgame with their Windows...

This happens on Bing maps too. What actually sometimes happens is competitors will hijack your maps listing and either change the telephone number to telephone elsewhere, change the address to someone's house, or change the listing to permanently closed. Businesses have access to update their...

Data collection isn't anything new, really. Phone companies always know where you are if you have your phone on, but that doesn't mean they give a crap about where you are and what you're doing. If you have a cellular connection with a tower, you can be pin-pointed. But Microsoft isn't...

Power consumption is my #1 priority when looking at computer parts, but I wouldn't say I go as far as looking at the "low power" processors. Standard Sandy Bridge processors seem to fulfill that role just fine. I live in Florida, and it's hot for 8-9 months out of the year. Anything to...

If you're using Windows 7, you don't even have to worry about it. You can just plug the card in, put the monitor cable into the 6870, and everything will work normally. You can keep the Intel GPU enabled and it'll have no impact on your performance.

I learned more about what my actual laptop needs were after I bought my laptop, which I wish I knew beforehand. If you're looking to do school work, run multimedia, and maybe play the occasional old game, then you may want to consider a Llano based laptop. As much as I like the power of my...

I say this respectfully, but it sounds to me like your Apple Macbook fix has nothing to do with heat, battery life, and performance.

I had an iPhone 2G on T-Mobile here in Tampa for a while. It wasn't a bad gig, and was perfectly fine for texting (which is something I admit to Apple doing far better than any other phone I've used). But, if you're the data type that uses your phone for browing the internet and what-not, it's...

Honestly, I bet you that your credit card or personal information has been used fraudulently on Gamestop at one point in time. Not by you, of course, but let me ask you this. Do you even see the authorization attempts at the bank end? If the bank never sees any authorization attempt, them...

Heat produced is directly related to power consumption. More powerful cards just use more powerful heatsinks to disperse the heat, hence the reason why a 50W and a 225W card tend to operate within the same thermal operating temperatures.

Radeon 2900 I think, but their shader architecture has been within the same family since the Radeon 9000 series I think.

I love big, cool technology just as much as anyone else. I just want to be clear about that. But, I think we're all missing one *extremely* important aspect about this technology. If it can't fire over a horizon line, what's the point?

After reading that review, I think Llano's main selling points will be: 1) Low cost. 2) Good performance. 3) Strong graphics performance. 4) Low power consumption, strong battery life. Otherwise, it gets slaughtered by Sandy Bridge in CPU tests, and appears to be relatively crippled by...

I love the cool, original design, which suites both the aesthetically pleasing, as well as functional eye. Wish I had one in my system!

Interesting video, but nothing commercially practical by any means. If I'm not mistaken, the only way to achieve that low of a temperature is to use liquid helium, which is how they cool the infrared sensors in space telescopes (partly how they get such pretty pictures on NASA.com). Since it...

I like XFX for their price, customer service, and warranty, and I plan to go with XFX for my next card (I don't upgrade often). Also, I ride a 1995 Pontiac Grand Am because it's quite fuel efficient. Oh how I miss my 5.0 Mustang!!!