Can AMD's Cool'n'Quiet kill my CPU and PSU? - video card test - order by pertinence

Test and comparision: Seven high capacity memory sticks

PC’s and MACs are today delivered without floppy disk drives. This isn’t really a problem, as a small memory stick that weighs a few grams will do the trick! On this Christmas Eve, we have tested seven high storage memory sticks. These aren’t ...

Review published on the December 24th, 2008 - 8:18 AM ET

Portable Linux GP2X Console test

Released in November 2005, the GP2X is both a games console and a portable multimedia player. Completely Open Source, the GP2X is based on the Linux operating system, which should help it compete with the Sony PSP and Nintendo DS, the GP2X has ...

Review published on the May 16th, 2007 - 9:07 AM ET

GeCube X1300XT Platinum and GeCube X1650pro

In a war that has been raging between the two biggest video card makers for a long time, nVidia and ATI, each side regularly announces new models so as to counterattack the opposition and vice versa. Today it is ATI that we find interesting with two ...

Review published on the October 5th, 2006 - 6:00 PM ET

AMD Radeon HD 7990: The latest 4K games for $990

AMD continues to release information about their new top of the line video card before it’s unveiling. The manufacturer is pushing the raw power and compatibility of the ultra HD card today.

News published on the April 24th, 2013 - 9:10 AM ET

MSI WindTop AE2420: the first all-in-one 3D PC!

Attracting the general public is MSI’s objective with their range of All-in-one series of PC’s (AE Series). The 24" full HD LED screen in the AE2420 3D is not only multi-touch (tactile multipoint) but also provides the user with 3D with the aide ...

Review published on the January 14th, 2012 - 6:10 PM ET

Presentation of the Asus EN 8800 GTX

Released a few weeks ago, the nVidia 8800 GTX graphics cards have already seen great success with gamers. The numerous tests already performed have spoken: it is a must have for the general public! Dozens of tests have already appeared here and ...

Review published on the February 11th, 2007 - 6:00 PM ET

Programs that optimise and repair Windows XP and Vista

There are a range of applications that are either free or commercially sold which allow you to repair and optimise the Windows XP and Vista operating systems. It is impossible to test all of them though, so our selection is a good starting point for ...

Review published on the December 3rd, 2008 - 9:37 AM ET

Can AMD's Cool'n'Quiet kill my CPU and PSU?

Hello. A few days ago, I came home to my already powered on old Linux/Debian computer desktop (leave it mostly 24/7). I woke it up to log in from its xmatrix screen saver and sleep. I ran a program (just upgraded VirtualBox and wanted to test it) ...

Message posted on the December 5th, 2009 - 5:35 PM ET

mdv 2010 install issue with nvidia GT220

Has anyone done a 2010.0 64 bit install with a GT-220 video card installed? If so can you post what driver you selected during the installation? The install is suggesting "Geforce 6100 and later" but thats not working, the "test" ...

Message posted on the March 4th, 2010 - 2:48 PM ET

installing lenny on m68k/amiga

Hi, I have tried to setup debian on my Amiga again with CD image from Nov 24 2008 and the Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 "0" - Unofficial m68k NETINST Binary-1 from 20080401-05:07. With both of them it is not possible to install debian without ...

Message posted on the March 19th, 2009 - 3:30 PM ET

HDMI sound on GeForce 8400GS

I suppose I could test this by installing XP on a hard drive to see what XP does with it... Does anyone know if the PNY VCG84512D3SPPB video card will produce sound on the monitor when connected via an HDMI cable? It does not for me when the ...

Message posted on the January 20th, 2012 - 3:26 PM ET

Games crashing after 5-10 mins of play

Ok I am at my wits end, this all started 3 months ago, this machine was running like a champ for 6 months. I started crashing every 10 mins in Age of Conan, I also noticed that Crysis was crashing as well. The crash info from AOC seemed to point to ...

Message posted on the June 21st, 2009 - 5:03 PM ET

Bug#587627: linux-image-2.6.32-5-686: Unable to use 1600x1200 resolution on external screen, screen not syncing

Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.32-15 Severity: normal Tags: upstream When booting, after the grub menu, the external screen starts being unable to sync as soon as KMS sets the mode for the screen (1600x1200, which is the native resolution). ...

Message posted on the June 30th, 2010 - 9:00 AM ET

Bug#584605: audacity: Backtrace, as requested...

Package: audacity Version: 1.3.12-3 Severity: normal Sorry for the delay of 5 days on this. I installed the 'audacity-dbg' package, and produced the following session with 'gdb': - $ gdb /usr/bin/audacity GNU gdb (GDB) 7.1-debian Copyright (C) ...

Message posted on the June 12th, 2010 - 10:40 PM ET