March 2007
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Why Doesn’t Anyone Care About Overclocking Anymore?
Though overclocking community is far from dead, it would seem that it has dropped from its mainstream status of a couple years ago. Checking the Hardcoreware Forums, we see that the overclocking section only has a total of four threads in the past two months. Now admittedly there are still communities such as Exteme Overclocking [...]
Top 5 Best and Worst Microsoft Products
According to our web stats, if you are a reader of this site, there is a 96% chance you’re using a Microsoft OS. So you know as well as I do that love ‘em or hate ‘em, Microsoft is still the best choice for most people to have on their desktop PC’s right now.
Microsoft [...]
XBOX 360 Elite – The new “Retard Edition”
So after months of speculation and purported spy shots, it’s finally admitted; the new Black XBOX 360 is for real. For months, people have been speculating about a new “Elite” XBOX 360 that will take care of a lot of advantages the PS3 had: Integrated HD-DVD, HDMI output, bigger hard drive, a cooler, quieter [...]
Intel 45nm Penryn and Nehalem – Approaching 1 billion transistors
Intel has spilled some beans on their upcoming 45nm core, codenamed Penryn, while giving a bit of info on the next microarchitecture set to appear in 2008, currently codenamed Nehalem. Check out Intel.com for the full scoop, but here are a few tidbits:
Penryn is expected to have approximately twice the amount of transistors as Conroe [...]
PS3 folding performance isn’t THAT great
Since the launch of Folding@Home for Playstation 3, people have been awestruck in its apparent performance advantage over PCs that cost up to 2 or 3 times as much as a PS3, and consumes more power.
However, this article at Ars Technica explains that not everything is as it seems. They point out that the PS3 [...]
Video Card Naming Schemes
I am of the opinion that video card naming and numbering schemes are now created to purposely confuse and mislead the consumer. I’m all for having selection, but things are starting to get ridiculous.
Without googling, put the following GPUs in order from fastest to slowest: the x1950 pro, x1950XT the x1900XT, the x1900XL, the [...]
PS3 power usage during Folding@Home
We were the first to give the full scoop on power consumption in today’s consoles, so we broke out the trusty old watt meter to find out how much power is being sucked by the PS3 while folding. I had feared the worst, as the Cell processors must be working at their full potential [...]
Tweak Windows Vista Tip #1
Every once in a while, we will post a quick tip on how to tweak Windows Vista. Whether you think it’s worth upgrading from XP at this point or not, chances are you will eventually do it (if you ever want to enjoy DX10 when the time comes, you won’t have a choice). So [...]
HCW Tech Blog
Hi, and welcome to HCW Tech Blog (aka HCW 2.0). If you’re a regular visitor to hardCOREware.net, you might be used to seeing nothing but a list of our latest 5 reviews on the front page. We have tried doing news before, but I find that most people already have a favourite hardware news site [...]
HCW 2.0’s new header
In case you haven’t noticed, HCW 2.0 (aka HCW Tech Blog) is sporting a new header now. I have cleaned up the look considerably, taking out any textures from the logo itself, and removing the bold border in favour of a softer drop-shadow look. I also took the big logo from the background, making a [...]
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