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Laptops have emerged as respectable gaming machines over the last few years. In previous years, most laptops were frowned upon by PC gaming enthusiasts and their performance was considered laughable when compared to the monster machines that ruled the land performance enthusiast realm. A new day has dawned and thanks to the Law [...]

SteelSeries is one of the top manufacturers of “gaming surfaces” in the market. They have been making high quality mouse pads aimed at gamers for years. I was once a believer that a mouse pad was the least important peripheral for a PC gamer, but over the years SteelSeries has proven that it may be [...]

Nvidia released it’s latest WHQL-Certified driver on July 21st, 2009. Driver v190.38 brings a new Nvidia Control Panel to the table as well as several other features. Have to give props to Nvidia for working so hard on releasing a control panel that caters to hardware enthusiasts/gamers and then continues to tweak and [...]

During the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas Dino Dai Zovi, a Mac researcher, disclosed the information regarding the Mac’s Software flaw.
According to Dino the Mac’s operating system, X kernel, could be more easily hacked due to the fact that it has a lot more code than windows, leaving more room for vulnerabilities [...]

As I previously mentioned, I’ve been very impressed with the Windows 7 Release Candidate v.7200 and I was curious to see what the performance differences, if any, would be while playing various PC games versus Windows XP. Most will probably agree that Windows XP turned out to be an extremely solid operating system, especially [...]

“With the introduction of Windows 7, the GPU and CPU will exist in a co-processing environment where each can handle the computing task they are best suited for,” wrote Chris Daniel, product manager for software at Nvidia. “The CPU is exceptionally good at performing sequential calculations, I/O, and program flow, whereas the GPU is perfectly [...]

Foxconn, a popular PC gaming hardware manufacturer including motherboards and graphics cards as well as other electronics, recently had an in-house tragedy when one of it’s iPhone workers allegedly committed suicide after “losing” one of the new iPhone 4G prototypes.
Chinese newspapers have been piecing together Foxconn worker Sun Danyong’s final hours, and claim [...]

Memory is a fundamental part of any PC gaming machine. The type and amount of memory installed in your machine can make or break your gaming experience. I’ve wanted to post some memory recommendations for a while but was torn between including multiple types of memory in single article or keeping DDR2 and DDR3 separate. As you can probably tell by the name I’ve decided to do a separate write-up for each.

In this article I will give you some personal recommendations for DDR2 memory. Having tried out each of these I can tell you that the manufacturers, prices, speeds, cosmetics, and perks will vary but all products listed here offer solid performance for their respective price. I will be listing two modules for each speed: a lower end chip and a higher end chip. The lower end chips will offer solid performance and will be perfect for most users. The higher end modules are typically built specifically for PC gaming and cater to overclockers and users seeking to get the highest possible performance. Even though I am listing some higher end chips, I am attempting to stay away from the top-of-the-line items as I am writing this from a mid-range budget perspective. These will be parts that will offer the user good performance at a price that won’t break the bank.

For those of you who are using the Windows 7 Release Candidate or will be using Microsoft’s latest marvel after it’s October 22nd, 2009 release date, you may notice that Microsoft has implemented some minor “enhancements” to automate your OS experience. One of these additions would be the auto-expansion of windows to full screen when you drag a window to the top of your desktop.

For some this may be a helpful little feature that you will learn to utilize as you become more comfortable with the new OS. For others (like myself), it can be frustrating and a nuisance when trying to arrange multiple open windows into a specific formation.

Well, for those of you who need the flexibility of dragging and positioning your windows how you want them with little to no interference, there is a Windows Registry solution that will remove the auto-expand function.

Here’s how to turn the function off:

Pricing details for Microsoft’s latest addition to the Windows line of operating systems has emerged. Consumers should be pleased to know that the Windows 7 pricing scheme isn’t really any different than what we saw with Windows Vista and Windows XP.
Actually, if you factor inflation into the equation, it’s a solid deal [...]