Archive for the ‘Hardware’
PC maintenance: Simple effective programs for maintaining your PC/laptop
A WiP. Will add more to this when I have the time. This article is intended for novices or someone looking for the best free software to get the job done. I have helped people out fixing mild PC issues, mostly to do with malware and general issues that PC’s will not have if [...]
Nvidia 275.33 driver review (Shogun 2 benchmarks)
Nvidia released the 275.33 driver yesterday, with the normal various game improvements and a new automatic game profile updater. Time is a huge obstacle to the quality of my posts, so while unfortunately I cant go into detail about the new driver, but I can at least throw a few benchmarks at it. The 275.33 [...]
DX9 and DX11 cpu usage on shogun 2
Before CA release their patch DX11 patch sometime in the next few weeks, I thought it would be interesting to see how switching from DX 9 to DX 11 would effect CPU usage. DX11 should let the GPU handle some of the tasks designed for the CPU depending how each are under load. Without [...]
Crysis 2 on Hardcore graphics setting
I would of thought my PC would struggle with the Crysis 2 MP demo, but it handles it on the highest setting very well. The fps drops very occasionally but otherwise its nice and smooth. I have a new founded respect for my graphics card, I never thought it was capable of handling a game [...]
4850 OC’ed Call of Pripyat benchmark
Whilst I get used to the new graph software I’m trying to use, I figured I would throw out a CoP benchmark with a stock v OC comparison instead of making a mega-benchmarking post. I have been playing CoP alot lately. The more time I spend in The Zone, the more I want to discover [...]
The gaming rig
I am gathering a few varied games with benchmarks so whatever upgrade or tweaks I can make to my system I can share here. Most review sites never benchmark a few popular games and I never understood why, but they were the reviews I would read up on the most, even if they were not [...]
4850 overclocking mini article coming up
I recently build a new gaming system, upgrading from a pretty awful retail PC to a new brand spanking gaming beast. It currently houses a 530 i3 @ 4.0ghz, 4gb of RAM and a 4850. I currently have a 22′ monitor at 1680 x 1050. Now that there are some DX 11 games coming to [...]
