Digital Rights Management has been in PC games for years. New DRM’s are becoming more restrictive and ridiculous while making it hard to play the games. Check out the video below for more!
Topeka Kansas renames their city for the month of March to Google in order to sway Google to use Topeka as one of their test cities for the new 1 gigabit internet service.
A look at the 5830, 5850, and 5870 Graphic Cards and comparing them to each other.
Italy sentences Google executives to jail time over a video. Plus companies based in various countries in Europe claim Google is being “Anti-Competitive”. Find out more in the video below!
ATI Just recently released the 5830 Graphic Card. Below is a table comparing the 3 Cards in the 5800 series, and after the table are a few links to various reviews for the 5830. The 5830 is meant to give “Enthusiast” level performance for a main stream price. With the highest Price for Performance Ratio (as seen in the table below) that statement seems to have some truth to it.
Here is a quick look at ATI’s 5800 Series cards.
| ATI 5830 | ATI 5850 | ATI 5870 | |
| Core Clock | 800MHz | 725MHz | 850MHz |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory Size | 1GB | 1GB | 1GB |
| DirectX | DX 11 | DX 11 | DX 11 |
| Memory Interface | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Effective Memory Clock | 1000MHz (4.0 Gbps) | 1000MHz (4.0 Gbps) | 1200MHz (4.8 Gbps) |
| Stream Processing Units | 1120 | 1440 | 1600 |
| Price | $240 | $300 | $410 |
| Performance per dollar (number of 3d Mark Vantage points per dollar) | 42.38 | 35.21 | 31.69 |
| 3d Mark Vantage Score | 10171 | 10564 | 12993 |
Reviews (Note, these reviews are not associated with Caffeinated Man, and are not in any way supported by Caffeinated Man. They are simply here for your convenience)
http://www.techspot.com/review/249-ati-radeon-hd-5830/
http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-5830-review/
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-5830,2564.html
New information, possible prices, and release dates for NVIDIA’s new Fermi line of Graphic Cards – The GTX 470 and GTX 480. More info in the video below.
Watch the video below about Microsoft having to remove Internet Explorer as the default web browser on Windows 7!
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is said to be pressuring Internet Service Providers to keep records of every site you visit for at least two years. They claim it would help in investigations of serious crimes.
FBI Director Robert Mueller supports storing internet uses “orgin and destination information”. In 2006, Mueller has been calling for ISP’s to retain this kind of information. In 2008 he asked congress to enact a law that would make it mandatory for ISP’s to retain this information.
Robert Mueller is not alone on this issue, a recent survey of state computer crime investigators found the surveyed are, for the most part, supporting this idea.
Do you agree with Mr. Mueller, or think this is against the law? Leave us a comment on your thoughts.
The 5850 Review in video format has been released. You can view it below or by clicking here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxHenMRybdI)
Don’t forget to check out the written review! You can find it in the reviews and previews section.
Introduction
The ATI 5850 is ATI’s response to Nvidia’s GTX 285. Both cards perform similarly, but the 5850 has the advantage of DirectX 11. This review will look at how the 5850 performs in various games ranging in genre and age. We will compare the 5850 with Nvidia’s 9800GTX KO. We are doing this comparison because 9800GTX KO and lower users are reaching the point where upgrading might be something on their mind, and this review will show how big of a boost, if any, you would get. That being said by no means think that we imply that these 2 cards are similar. the 5850 is an entire generation ahead for the 9800GTX+ and it shows.
All tests are performed using the highest possible settings for the game and at a resolution of 1680×1050. Some tests have different settings and will be stated if this is the case. The 5850 used in this review is the Sapphire 5850 with 1 GB of GDDR5 ram. The 9800GTX used is the EVGA 9800GTX KO with 512 MB of GDDR3 ram. Below is a comparison between the two graphic cards. Note that the 9800GTX KO is a slightly faster version of the 9800GTX+ and due to this will be referred as a 9800GTX+ during this review.
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