February 2007 - Overclockers

Memory Lane, Part II . . .

February 28, 2007 admin 0

Yesterday, we pointed out that the lack of drivers for a new MS OS was nothing new. Is the “Stop Selling XP” order another “same old, same old?” Not quite. MS did have a “cease and desist” order to OEMs

Memory Lane, Part I . . .

February 27, 2007 admin 0

While we’ve been talking about Vista drivers, some have asked, “Is this really anything new?” That’s a fair enough question, so I went searching around to see what the situation was shortly after some other OS releases. Today, we’ll talk

If We Feel Like It . . .

February 26, 2007 admin 0

Today’s article was going to talk network cards, and how in many cases, you can’t even assume that all makes of a model number has a Vista driver. For instance, DLink got around to making some beta drivers for a

eDimensional AudioFX Headphones

February 24, 2007 admin 0

Good gamer gear at a reasonable price – Matthew Oickle

Overclocker’s Other Interests

February 23, 2007 admin 0

Contest Time! I’m curious about something – overclocking is one part of my interests, but I think my other interests are consistent with what turns me on about PCs and overclocking. So I ask readers this question: “In addition to

My Vista Upgrade Experience

February 22, 2007 admin 0

NOTE: I received this user submission and while I can’t say this is typical, it just does not surprise me at all: Let me begin this by stating that I am writing this on an un-Activated/No CD-Key/Activation-Cracked copy of Windows

Good for the Goose, Bad For the Gander? . . .

February 21, 2007 admin 0

I asked a few days ago if people thought I was crazy for thinking MS’s efforts to ram Vista down everyone’s throats stunk. Well, most of you didn’t think so. There were a few MS defenders, though (they tended to

Barcelona and Buyouts . . .

February 20, 2007 admin 0

Barcelona and Floating Point We have now seen the claim that AMD’s upcoming Barcelona chip will have beefed-up floating point operations. From the article: Early testing on prototypes shows 42 percent greater performance than Intel’s Clovertown on some kinds of

Assume Nothing . . .

February 19, 2007 admin 0

Even people buying new machines can often have legacy hardware issues. For instance, printers. Just for an example, if you take a look at HP’s Vista compatibility list, you’ll find that a few products aren’t and won’t be supported at

Sell Or Else . . .

February 18, 2007 admin 0

Digitimes recently pointed out that sales of Vista-based notebooks are going to soar shortly. Why? Because most people aren’t going to get any choice in the matter since, “Microsoft has ruled that branded makers upgrade all of their consumer notebooks