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3rd Party Reviews and Benchmarks
3rd Party Reviews and Benchmarks All reviews which we reference will be posted here for easy viewing. Information such as what it is about, the benchmarks, the hardware will all be posted for easy viewing and quick access. If you see a review that should be in this location, do not hesitate to leave a message.
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- PC Perspective
- Tom's Hardware
- BitTech
- AnandTech
- Storage Review
Performance Charts
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- Storage Review Charts
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2009/04/30 12:24:42
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Video Cards
AMD Radeon HD 4770 512MB Review |
Review Location: |
PC Perspective |
Review Post Date: |
April 28, 2009 |
Hardware: |
4770, 4850, 9800 GT, GTS 250 |
Benchmarks |
COD 5, Crysis, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, World in Conflict |
Verdict: |
The 4770 offers great performance on a budget. However with current GPU prices dropping, there may be better cards if you catch one on sale. |
NVidia Quadro FX 4800: Workstation Graphics at its Finest? |
Review Location: |
Tom's Hardware |
Review Post Date: |
April 15, 2009 |
Hardware: |
Current ATI FireGL and NVidia Quadro lineup |
Benchmarks |
Maya, 3ds Max, Solidworks, Viewperf, Gaming vs Workstation |
Verdict: |
The 4800 offers some of the best performance for the value. While MSRP at $1999 may be higher than most can afford, the performance at accelerating professional applications is more than worth it. |
Best Graphics Cards For The Money: April '09 |
Review Location: |
Tom's Hardware |
Review Post Date: |
April 14, 2009 |
Hardware: |
4670, 9600GT, 4830, GTS250, 4850, 4879 1GB, GTX250 C216, 4850X2, GTX260 C216 SLI, 4870 1GB CFX, 4870X2, GTX295 |
Benchmarks |
None |
Verdict: |
Best cards for the money are not always performance champions. Some of the older cards are good buys due to most recent price drops. |
Radeon HD 4890 vs GeForce GTX 275 |
Review Location: |
BitTech |
Review Post Date: |
April 3, 2009 |
Hardware: |
4870, 4890, GTX 260, GTX 285, GTX 275, GTX 285 |
Benchmarks |
Crysis, Far Cry 2, Fallout 3, Call of Duty: WAW, Stalker, Race Driver: Grid, Folding@Home, Power and Thermal |
Verdict: |
Both cards are about evenly matched, decision should be about brand preference and current pricing. |
ATI Radeon HD 4890 vs. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 |
Review Location: |
AnandTech |
Review Post Date: |
April 2, 2009 |
Hardware: |
4890, 4870 1GB, 4870 512MB, 4850, GTX 285, GTX 280, GTX 275, GTX 260 core 216 |
Benchmarks |
Age of Conan, Call of Duty, Crysis Warhead, Fallout 3, Far Cry 2, Left 4 dead, Race Driver Grid |
Verdict: |
Like the above review, both cards perform about evenly, with different titles doing better on different hardware. Pick the card from what games you play and brand preference. |
Larrabee: Intel's New GPU |
Review Location: |
Tom's Hardware |
Review Post Date: |
March 23, 2009 |
Hardware: |
None |
Benchmarks |
None |
Verdict: |
Intel's Larabee is a highly-parallel x86 multi-core CPU which uses software to emulate a GPU. Its more flexible architecture and more familiar instructions will definitely shake up the GPU world. |
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3rd Party Reviews and Benchmarks
2009/04/30 12:25:00
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Processors
The Best Server CPUs part 2: the Intel "Nehalem" Xeon X5570 |
Review Location: |
AnandTech |
Review Post Date: |
march 30, 2009 |
Hardware: |
X5570 (Nehalem-EP), Opteron 2384 (Barcelona), Xeon 5470 and 5450 (Harpertown), etc.. |
Benchmarks |
SAP SD, OLTP, MS Exchange 07, 3DS Max 08, ESX 3.5, HPC, Power Consumption |
Verdict: |
The Xeon 5570 doubles the performance of its predecessor in applications that matter to more than 80% of the server market. Pulling this off without any process technology or clock speed advantage, without any significant increase in power consumption, is nothing but an amazing feat. |
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Hard Drives
Seagate 1TB 7200.12 Hard Disk Review |
Review Location: |
BitTech |
Review Post Date: |
April 13, 2009 |
Hardware: |
Seagate 1TB 7200.12 HDD |
Benchmarks |
HD Tach, File Copy (MP3, ISO), Vista Boot Time, Crysis Load Time |
Verdict: |
The increased areal density increased performance across the board except for small file write/reads. |
The SSD Anthology: Understanding SSDs and New Drives from OCZ |
Review Location: |
AnandTech |
Review Post Date: |
March 18, 2009 |
Hardware: |
OCZ Vertex, Intel X25-E, Intel X25-M, OCZ Summit, JMicron MLC SSDs, VelociRaptor, WD Caviar SE16, Samsung SLC SSDs, Seagate Momentus 5400.6 |
Benchmarks |
Sequential Write/Read, Random Write/Read, SysMark, PCMark, Application and Game Load Times |
Verdict: |
JMicron based SSDs suffer from performance issues which can make normal operation intolerable. New SSDs from Intel (X25-M and X25-E) and OCZ (Vertex and Summit) use other controllers which offer amazing performance. |
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Motherboards
X58 Roundup: Seven $200 - $300 Core i7 Boards |
Review Location: |
Tom's Hardware |
Review Post Date: |
March 19, 2009 |
Hardware: |
ASRock X58 Supercomputer, Asus P6T, Biostar TPower, DFI LANParty X58, EVGA X58 SLI, Foxconn Renaissance, MSI X58 Platinum, |
Benchmarks |
3D Games, Audio and Video, Productivity, Synthetic, Power Heat and OC |
Verdict: |
While Asus P6T enjoyed slightly higher performance due to a small bCLK nudge, EVGA's board OC higher, had more features, and was the top rated board in this category. |
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Other
Thermal Paste Shootout - Q209 |
Review Location: |
HardOCP |
Review Post Date: |
April 07, 2009 |
Hardware: |
Arctic Silver 5, Arctic Silver Ceramique, Arctic Cooling MX-2, Thermalright Chillfactor, Cooler Master NanoFusion, Noctua NT-H1, Shin-Etsu X-23 7762, Shin-Etsu G751, Shin-Etsu X-23 7783D, MG Chemicals Non-Silicone Compound |
Benchmarks |
Stock Idle, Stock Load, OC Idle, OC Load |
Verdict: |
While the regular usage Arctic Silver and MX-2 showed good performance, newcomer Shin-Etsu showcased some amazing performance. |
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