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  • Review: Maingear PC X-Cube 3D

    Review: Maingear PC X-Cube 3D

    Posted on June 15, 2009 | No Comments
    Boutique PC companies have it rough these days, unless they come up with something truly original or compelling, it's extremely difficult to fight against the bargain brands. However, for those willing to spend a few extra dollars, some amazing machines are out there. One such brand is MainGear PC, one of the relative newcomers to the game. Maingear recently sent us one of their X-Cube 3D Vision machines to review, and it's quite impressive.

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  • Only the Nvidia 9400M works with Snow Leopard’s h.264 acceleration

    Only the Nvidia 9400M works with Snow Leopard’s h.264 acceleration

    Posted on June 10, 2009 | No Comments
    Own a MacBook or MacBook Pro that doesn't have an Nvidia 9400M? Don't expect to use hardware acceleration for h.264 video decoding in Snow Leopard. Yup, a quick check of Apple's Web site shows that only the 9400M will be compatible with Snow Leopard's ability to hand off h.264 video decoding to the GPU. Tough break, kids. (Or you can get a Windows PC, which has had hardware-assisted h.264 decoding for some time now.)

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  • Alienware debuts the allpowerful M17x

    Alienware debuts the allpowerful M17x

    Posted on May 29, 2009 | No Comments
    Wow, it seems that someone over at PCWorld.com couldn't keep their mouth shut and announced the Alienware M17x a bit early. No matter, the most important thing is that you see what this baby has under the hood. It's damn impressive and certainly allpowerful.

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  • Alienware’s M17X gaming laptop with twin GTX 280M GPUs truly is all powerful

    Alienware’s M17X gaming laptop with twin GTX 280M GPUs truly is all powerful

    Posted on May 29, 2009 | No Comments

    var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/pc_games/Alienware_s_M17X_with_twin_GTX_280M_GPUs_is_all_powerful'; The announcement wasn't scheduled for a few more days -- four according to the teaser site -- but it looks like Alienware's All Powerful gaming laptop has been set free anyway. So, does it live up to the clues? Pretty much... how does a pair of 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M GPUs strike you? No Core i7 listed, instead we're looking at a Core 2 Extreme quad-core CPU at the top end with up to 8GB of 1333MHz DDR3 memory, and 1TB of 7200-rpm disk or a 512GB SSD if you prefer. RAID 1 or RAID 0? Sure. Rounding things out is a nine-cell battery of unstated performance, FireWire, 4x USB, eSATA, ExpressCard, 802.11n WiFi, 8-in-1 media card reader, dual-layer Blu-ray, a 1920 x 1200 pixel edge-to-edge LCD, DisplayPort and HDMI-outs all wrapped up in a massive chassis weighing 11.68-pounds with a 15.98 x 12.65 x 2.11-inch footprint. It's also packing a GeForce 9400M G1 GPU with HybridPower technology that allows you to scale the graphics back to conserve battery power. Prices start at $1,799 for a lot less than we mentioned above.

    As a footnote to the details above, PCWorld also says that Alienware will use next week's E3 show to update us on its 42.8-inch curved monitor we went hands-on with back in January of 2008.

    [Thanks, Steve]

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    Alienware's M17X gaming laptop with twin GTX 280M GPUs truly is all powerful originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 May 2009 05:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Medion’s Akoya P7700 D PC will do your multimedia right on a budget

    Medion’s Akoya P7700 D PC will do your multimedia right on a budget

    Posted on May 28, 2009 | No Comments
    There are little HTPCs that hum indiscreetly amidst your home theater equipment, and then are there behemoth multimedia PCs that gobble down all the HD content you can shove at them while playing Crysis at 80fps and folding proteins in the background. Medion's Akoya P7700 D looks to fall somewhere in between, featuring a strong Intel Core 2 Quad processor, a middling NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 with HDMI output, 1TB of storage to start, and a Blu-ray drive all in a case that has pleasant enough looks but won't be squeezing into many entertainment centers. The system hits Europe this week for a reasonable €699 (about $970), and if you get lucky could be appearing in local Aldi circulars soon.

    [Via Pocket-lint]

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