Archive for November, 2006

Nvidia is back, with a vendetta to pay

In the past Nvidia has always struggled to compete with Intel chipsets in regards to chipset performance and overclocking. With the launch of the Core 2 Duo processor line and the shoddily created Nforce 5 chipset for Intel processors Nvidia seemed to seal their fate for the future on Intel chips. The Nforce 5 chipset [...]

Advertising and the Video Game

With the advent of the Internet and directed advertising the daily computer user is constantly assaulted with advertisements to buy various products and services. Directed advertising has nearly become synonymous with the Internet and more specifically Google ad-words and I will admit that occasionally advertising has been effective in my purchases. The secret to [...]

Lean Machine 2006 Part 3

The long delayed results for the Lean Machine are in. I apologize for the lengthy delay, thanks for sticking around. I’ve built some fast computers in the past and I’ve managed to push them even further but this particular machine bested all my previous records at stock speeds and then just demolished everything when I [...]