http://www.pctipsworld.com Guide to PC computers, peripherals and upgrades. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:42:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.pctipsworld.com/2007/01/17/pci-express-20-specifications/#comment-3096 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:39:21 +0000 http://www.pctipsworld.com/2007/01/17/pci-express-20-specifications/#comment-3096 [...] And again about R600. As you, maybe have mentioned I’m ATI fan (now AMD). AMD demoes new chipset RD790 with PCI-Express 2.0 onboard. Massive production will start at the end of the year. But I’m interested in other. As you can see on the pictures there are Radeon HD 2900XT installed. [...] […] And again about R600. As you, maybe have mentioned I’m ATI fan (now AMD). AMD demoes new chipset RD790 with PCI-Express 2.0 onboard. Massive production will start at the end of the year. But I’m interested in other. As you can see on the pictures there are Radeon HD 2900XT installed. […]

]]> http://www.pctipsworld.com/2007/05/14/radeon-2900xt-photos-of-retail-version/#comment-1219 Fri, 18 May 2007 10:25:11 +0000 http://www.pctipsworld.com/2007/05/14/radeon-2900xt-photos-of-retail-version/#comment-1219 [...] And again about R600. As you, maybe have mentioned I’m ATI fan (now AMD). AMD demoes new chipset RD790 with PCI-Express 2.0 onboard. Massive production will start at the end of the year. But I’m interested in other. As you can see on the pictures there are Radeon HD 2900XT installed. [...] […] And again about R600. As you, maybe have mentioned I’m ATI fan (now AMD). AMD demoes new chipset RD790 with PCI-Express 2.0 onboard. Massive production will start at the end of the year. But I’m interested in other. As you can see on the pictures there are Radeon HD 2900XT installed. […]

]]> http://www.pctipsworld.com/2007/05/14/radeon-2900xt-photos-of-retail-version/#comment-1218 Tue, 15 May 2007 08:41:02 +0000 http://www.pctipsworld.com/2007/05/14/radeon-2900xt-photos-of-retail-version/#comment-1218 [...] As you know Radeon HD 2000 Series were released yesterday. First release date was autumn of the past year. So delay is about 6 months. But why? TG Daily took an interview with Rick Bergman. He explained it. Here is a cut from interview: TG Daily: Let’s get right to it. The R600 arrives about six months late. What is the story behind this delay? [...] […] As you know Radeon HD 2000 Series were released yesterday. First release date was autumn of the past year. So delay is about 6 months. But why? TG Daily took an interview with Rick Bergman. He explained it. Here is a cut from interview: TG Daily: Let’s get right to it. The R600 arrives about six months late. What is the story behind this delay? […]

]]> http://www.pctipsworld.com/2007/01/24/video-sex-symbols/#comment-1217 Tue, 15 May 2007 08:16:49 +0000 http://www.pctipsworld.com/2007/01/24/video-sex-symbols/#comment-1217 [...] As you know Radeon 2900XT version is officially released today. Several luckies even already tested it. What can I say? I’m dissapointed. Even Ruby won’t save AMD. Video card is similar to Geforce 8800GTS, but costs less (recommended price is $399). It needs more power (215 W) and is more buggy. During tests games exit with errors. I hope AMD will fix problems in future drivers. And now several photos of the 2900XT: [...] […] As you know Radeon 2900XT version is officially released today. Several luckies even already tested it. What can I say? I’m dissapointed. Even Ruby won’t save AMD. Video card is similar to Geforce 8800GTS, but costs less (recommended price is $399). It needs more power (215 W) and is more buggy. During tests games exit with errors. I hope AMD will fix problems in future drivers. And now several photos of the 2900XT: […]

]]> http://www.pctipsworld.com/2007/02/03/amd-is-almost-ready-to-launch-r600/#comment-1216 Mon, 14 May 2007 13:22:09 +0000 http://www.pctipsworld.com/2007/02/03/amd-is-almost-ready-to-launch-r600/#comment-1216 [...] As you know Radeon 2900XT version is officially released today. Several luckies even already tested it. What can I say? I’m dissapointed. Even Ruby won’t save AMD. Video card is similar to Geforce 8800GTS, but costs less (recommended price is $399). It needs more power (215 W) and is more buggy. During tests games exit with errors. I hope AMD will fix problems in future drivers. And now several photos of the 2900XT: [...] […] As you know Radeon 2900XT version is officially released today. Several luckies even already tested it. What can I say? I’m dissapointed. Even Ruby won’t save AMD. Video card is similar to Geforce 8800GTS, but costs less (recommended price is $399). It needs more power (215 W) and is more buggy. During tests games exit with errors. I hope AMD will fix problems in future drivers. And now several photos of the 2900XT: […]

]]> http://www.pctipsworld.com/2007/01/20/open-source-phone-is-coming/#comment-477 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:18:48 +0000 http://www.pctipsworld.com/2007/01/20/open-source-phone-is-coming/#comment-477 [...] Do you like something innovative? For example first smartphone fully open sourced and based on Linux. I don’t think that anyone can be surprised by mp3 player. But what about this one? It is called Cowon D2 and it has several innovative features. Which one? Just look at the picture [...] […] Do you like something innovative? For example first smartphone fully open sourced and based on Linux. I don’t think that anyone can be surprised by mp3 player. But what about this one? It is called Cowon D2 and it has several innovative features. Which one? Just look at the picture […]

]]> http://www.pctipsworld.com/2007/02/03/amd-is-almost-ready-to-launch-r600/#comment-476 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:42:26 +0000 http://www.pctipsworld.com/2007/02/03/amd-is-almost-ready-to-launch-r600/#comment-476 [...] I don’t think R600 will be released really soon, as I wrote before. Of course if this post is true. Have a nice day [...] […] I don’t think R600 will be released really soon, as I wrote before. Of course if this post is true. Have a nice day […]

]]> http://www.pctipsworld.com/2007/02/26/electric-protection-may-cause-problems/#comment-238 Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:30:22 +0000 http://www.pctipsworld.com/2007/02/26/electric-protection-may-cause-problems/#comment-238 [...] Few months backward. I completed company’s order for 13 computers. Reminder: twelve simple computers and one power computer for chief of the company. Everything was fine, computers worked their money, I earned good reputation and some money. But last week boss of this company has called me. He asked me to check his computer, because computer didn’t work right. When I came, first I asked him what’s wrong (remember?). He said computer rebooted several times. I checked all cables and than powered on system. All seemed normal, but I had to believe him because he was smart boss. My opinion was that memory had errors. I changed memory and went away. Next day he called me and said bug remained. I came again and this time I changed PSU. But it didn’t help. On a next day I received new call from boss. Detail, which was broken as for me, was motherboard. I switched it. Computer worked fine for several days and then I received new call. This time I was really annoyed. What it could be? I won’t explain all what I switched, but I can tell you what is left untouched. Processor and hard disk were the same all the time. Now I don’t have any access to this computer. But I still want to solve this problem. Has anybody met this? How have you solved this problem? I’m desperate now. This is my first unsolved problem. [...] […] Few months backward. I completed company’s order for 13 computers. Reminder: twelve simple computers and one power computer for chief of the company. Everything was fine, computers worked their money, I earned good reputation and some money. But last week boss of this company has called me. He asked me to check his computer, because computer didn’t work right. When I came, first I asked him what’s wrong (remember?). He said computer rebooted several times. I checked all cables and than powered on system. All seemed normal, but I had to believe him because he was smart boss. My opinion was that memory had errors. I changed memory and went away. Next day he called me and said bug remained. I came again and this time I changed PSU. But it didn’t help. On a next day I received new call from boss. Detail, which was broken as for me, was motherboard. I switched it. Computer worked fine for several days and then I received new call. This time I was really annoyed. What it could be? I won’t explain all what I switched, but I can tell you what is left untouched. Processor and hard disk were the same all the time. Now I don’t have any access to this computer. But I still want to solve this problem. Has anybody met this? How have you solved this problem? I’m desperate now. This is my first unsolved problem. […]

]]> http://www.pctipsworld.com/2006/11/05/want-to-assemble-your-pc-yourself-nothing-easier/#comment-237 Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:29:22 +0000 http://www.pctipsworld.com/2006/11/05/want-to-assemble-your-pc-yourself-nothing-easier/#comment-237 [...] Few months backward. I completed company??™s order for 13 computers. Reminder: twelve simple computers and one power computer for chief of the company. Everything was fine, computers worked their money, I earned good reputation and some money. But last week boss of this company has called me. He asked me to check his computer, because computer didn??™t work right. When I came, first I asked him what??™s wrong (remember?). He said computer rebooted several times. I checked all cables and than powered on system. All seemed normal, but I had to believe him because he was smart boss. My opinion was that memory had errors. I changed memory and went away. Next day he called me and said bug remained. I came again and this time I changed PSU. But it didn??™t help. On a next day I received new call from boss. Detail, which was broken as for me, was motherboard. I switched it. Computer worked fine for several days and then I received new call. This time I was really annoyed. What it could be? I won't explain all what I switched, but I can tell you what is left untouched. Processor and hard disk were the same all the time. Now I don't have any access to this computer. But I still want to solve this problem. Has anybody met this? How have you solved this problem? I'm desperate now. This is my first unsolved problem. [...] […] Few months backward. I completed company??™s order for 13 computers. Reminder: twelve simple computers and one power computer for chief of the company. Everything was fine, computers worked their money, I earned good reputation and some money. But last week boss of this company has called me. He asked me to check his computer, because computer didn??™t work right. When I came, first I asked him what??™s wrong (remember?). He said computer rebooted several times. I checked all cables and than powered on system. All seemed normal, but I had to believe him because he was smart boss. My opinion was that memory had errors. I changed memory and went away. Next day he called me and said bug remained. I came again and this time I changed PSU. But it didn??™t help. On a next day I received new call from boss. Detail, which was broken as for me, was motherboard. I switched it. Computer worked fine for several days and then I received new call. This time I was really annoyed. What it could be? I won’t explain all what I switched, but I can tell you what is left untouched. Processor and hard disk were the same all the time. Now I don’t have any access to this computer. But I still want to solve this problem. Has anybody met this? How have you solved this problem? I’m desperate now. This is my first unsolved problem. […]

]]> http://www.pctipsworld.com/2006/12/13/notebooks-and-its-future/#comment-193 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:34:26 +0000 http://www.pctipsworld.com/2006/12/13/notebooks-and-its-future/#comment-193 [...] Hard disk is a device that keeps all your information. Desktop hard disk is 3.5 inches. Laptop disk is only 2.5 inches. The main property that determines drive’s capacity is consistency per one disk. As you know maximum for laptop HDD is 300 GB per disk. For desktop HDD this value is 750 GB. Seagate discovered new technology that allows producing 1 Tb desktop HDDs. Hard disk must be not only big, but fast, too. Speed depends on RPM. You would ask what RPM means. RPM - rotations per minute. It was some sort of speed rating. Yeah, WAS. Nowadays all new models have 7200 for desktops HDDs and 5400 for laptop ones. It’s like CD-ROM or DVD-ROM speed. Remember 32x, 52x, 16x? Laptop hard disk has only 4200 or 5400 rpm, desktop hard disk has 7200 rpm anyway. I didn’t see desktop hard disks with 5400 rpm for last several years. But like incase of CD-ROM, RPM is not the only thing, which influences on HDD speed. Cache is important for writing and reading rates for HDD. For desktop computers maximum is 16 Mb, but these models aren’t cheap. Mainstream HDDs have 8 Mb cache. On laptops computers you wouldn’t find more than 2 Mb cache for HDD, especially in segment less than $1000 for laptop. HDDs have many technologies for noise reduction and S.M.A.R.T. I won’t explain what they are, because desktop HDDs and laptop ones have similar technologies. [...] […] Hard disk is a device that keeps all your information. Desktop hard disk is 3.5 inches. Laptop disk is only 2.5 inches. The main property that determines drive’s capacity is consistency per one disk. As you know maximum for laptop HDD is 300 GB per disk. For desktop HDD this value is 750 GB. Seagate discovered new technology that allows producing 1 Tb desktop HDDs. Hard disk must be not only big, but fast, too. Speed depends on RPM. You would ask what RPM means. RPM - rotations per minute. It was some sort of speed rating. Yeah, WAS. Nowadays all new models have 7200 for desktops HDDs and 5400 for laptop ones. It’s like CD-ROM or DVD-ROM speed. Remember 32x, 52x, 16x? Laptop hard disk has only 4200 or 5400 rpm, desktop hard disk has 7200 rpm anyway. I didn’t see desktop hard disks with 5400 rpm for last several years. But like incase of CD-ROM, RPM is not the only thing, which influences on HDD speed. Cache is important for writing and reading rates for HDD. For desktop computers maximum is 16 Mb, but these models aren’t cheap. Mainstream HDDs have 8 Mb cache. On laptops computers you wouldn’t find more than 2 Mb cache for HDD, especially in segment less than $1000 for laptop. HDDs have many technologies for noise reduction and S.M.A.R.T. I won’t explain what they are, because desktop HDDs and laptop ones have similar technologies. […]

]]>