Nvidia 8600 review

For a while now I have been using the Nvidia 8600 on my main desktop PC and it’s been working out wonderfully. The graphic card can handle very high end games with not a lot of trouble depending on how much memory the card has, this particular card has 512mb of memory and I’ve been playing games on high performance for quite a while now and I’ve had no problems at all.

When I first booted up a game moving from an Intel chipset I found the change was not only amazing but it was mind blowing! Instead of the lag I was getting when scrolling maps and designing things when I used the Intel Chipset I was now getting no lag and I was on top graphics, there was no more of that pathetic two coloured water and poor looking trees, it was now water that looked astounding and trees that sway in the wind that give games an “alive” feel. The change was nothing less of astonishing.

I was extremely happy with the Nvidia 8600. It was easily installed, gave my gaming life a real uplift, and was defiantly what I was looking for. I recommend this graphic card to people who are looking for smooth gaming and a good time on their computer. I really enjoy using this graphic card on my computer and there aren’t a lot of cards out there that I prefer to this one.

Thanks for reading all, Have a good one.

By Matthew Willison

Contour Design’s Flick iPhone 3G Case Review

By Spencer at 6:53 PM CST

For the past month or so, I have been using the Flick iPhone 3G case by Contour Design.  Using it on my iPhone 3G, of course.  Overall, I have found it to be quite a satisfying case for the iPhone.  Read on for more information.

Asus Eee PC 900 Review

By Jonathan

The Tech Lunch got to review the Asus Eee PC 900 this week. It is a neat little machine!

Wal-Mart Selling the iPhone Confirmed

By Kris at 4:27 PM

It has been confirmed that Wal-Mart will sell the iPhone towards the end of December, but it is still unknown whether Apple will sell the previous iPhone for $99. Employees in many Wal-Mart stores are going through training detailing how they are supposed to sell the iPhone. In a note on december fifth Shaw Wu, an analyst for Kaufman Brothers in San Francisco, said “One of the key things Apple needs to do to drive broader iPhone adoption is to build a more complete product line” with low- end, mid-range and high-end products. So Shaw Wu is basically saying that Apple needs to make a low-budget iPhone, a standard iPhone, and then the high end iPhone. Just as Apple did with the iPods you got the Shuffle, Nano, Video, and Touch. As of right now I don’t have an iPhone, but if it’s going to cost $100 I know I will be getting one. Would you? Comment.

$99 iPhone Coming to Wal-Mart

By Kris at 11:13 PM

There lately have been rumors that Wal-Mart might start selling the iPhone for only a measly $99 with a two year contract. But don’t get too excited because this iPhone will be the original one that Apple first came out with so the iPhone will only have 4GB of space and it won’t have 3G connectivity. But as of now this isn’t 100% positive but if Apple goes through with this then they’re going to control a lot of the mobile industry and will this be the end for Windows Mobile smartphones? Or will it spark up completion which will force other companies such as Google to lower their price on the G1? What do you think? Comment.

16-Foot Outdoor Movie Screen

By Kris at 10:30 PM

17 ways to survive a Mac Disaster.

By Jonathan

Mac Life has came up with 17 great ways for you to survive almost every Mac disaster.

Strategic Assault for the iPhone

By Jonathan at 6:51 PM

A new game by the name of Strategic Assault recently saw its iPhone debut. It may be the first real time strategy game published on the iPhone platform, but is it really all that great?

Strategic Assault has very similar feel to that of the Command & Conquer series. You can create a variety of little fighters like tanks, jeeps, and helicopters with which you capture resources.  As in most RTS games your ultimate goal is to hunt down the opposition with a squad of your finest men…or whatever troops you can afford anyways.

Those of you new to Strategic Assault may marvel over it, what with the four out of five star rating it holds, but it really is an antique. I first played Strategic Assault over five years ago on my Palm M100 which had a 16 MHz processor and 8MB of ram/storage.

PC to Mac the Easy Way

By Kris at 5:08 PM

There may be many ways to transfer your files from a PC to a Mac, but most can be pretty hard to do for the average person. Well not anymore, because Belkin has made a Switch-to-Mac Cable that allows you to move music, movies, photos, and Internet preferences to your new Mac with ease. All you have to do is plug one end of the USB into your Mac and the other end into your PC. After that it automatically takes your files and transfers them to your Mac. The Switch-to-Mac Cable will be out soon for around $50. A 2008 Needham report shows that Macintosh sales have tripled in the past 3 years and by 2017 Apple will sell 40 million Macs at the rate their going, so it would seem that Belkin has chosen a great time to unveil their cable.

MacBook Air going on a Diet

By Kris at 5:57 PM

AppleInsider has discovered that Apple is going to make their MacBook Air even lighter by replacing the bottom of the MacBook Air chassis with carbon fiber which is used in aircraft parts, bike frames, and high performance car bodies. But now recently computer vendors such as Sony and HP have used this material to construct lighter and thinner laptops. As of now the MacBook Air weights three pounds if Apple just replaces the bottom part of the case then the MacBook Air would lose 100 grams making it only 2.78 pounds. But knowing Apple they’ll most likely make it even lighter then 2.78 pounds. Comment.

“Although AppleInsider publishes the aforementioned information strictly as a rumor, it’s believed the shift to a carbon fiber bottom is far enough along in its development cycle that it could appear in a revision to the MacBook Air sometime next year.”

MAC MINI ROBOT

By Jonathan at 2:23 PM

OS X on a HP Touchsmart

By Kris at 6:00 PM

The HP Touchsmart with Vista

If you’ve seen the HP Touchsmart you were most likely amazed at the technology and also disappointed that it ran Vista. Well Aaron Nelson a hacker posted up an article how he installed OS X on a HP Touchsmart (Here is the article). Aaron Nelson said that the wireless card, audio, Bluetooth, video card, TV tuner don’t work with OS X but he is working on fixing these issues.

The Hologram comes to CNN

By Kris at 6:13 PM

CNN has always been known to be the first with the new toys before anyone else. But now CNN has gone overboard when Jessica Yellin couldn’t make it to New York. So they decided to show off by beaming her into the CNN studio in New York via hologram so much for the basic split screen. Wolf Blitzer also talked to special analyst during Election Day via hologram. So when will this technology be available to the average person, as of now no one knows but it looks like Star Wars one day might become reality.

Cheapest way to Share Files

By Kris at 8:37 AM

CEO Stephen Dukker who runs a California based company called NComputing announced that they’ve released a computer which will only consume 1 to 4watts of power compared to a normal computer which consumes around 500 to even a 1000 watts of power. But this method of computing isn’t so clean after you discover that you’ll need a normal computer too. You probably don’t understand this. Let me explain. So you have a computer in the basement filled with all your home movies, pictures, videos, etc. but you want those files to be available around your house let’s say upstairs.

Dell’s XPS All in One PC

By Kris at 12:48 PM

During this week there has been a lot of news from a new Eee PC to Windows 7. But many have skipped over Dell releasing a new XPS 24- inch all in one LCD PC. Well you might be thinking that Dell has released all in one PC’s in the past but let me tell you this one is different. To start with this is the first time Dell has released an All in One PC that’s 24- inches. The new XPS 24- inch all in one LCD PC comes in two different versions one starts at $1,699 and the other 24-inch starts at $1,999. There is also an upgrade to a Blu-Ray for $2,299. So let’s get to the specs.