ASUS Mars II: Mars attacks!

ASUS Mars II: Mars attacks!

Just before the end of each current graphics generation, ASUS puts the cherry on top of it and demonstrates its sheer technological power by presenting a limited-edition card to take the throne of t...

Cape Verde: Good enough for Juniper succession?

Cape Verde: Good enough for Juniper succession?

As we predicted in a recent article dealing with AMD’s new graphics cards from the HD 7000 series, after the high-end models were presented, miniature chips would follow, replacing the very popular ...

ASUS O!Play: Gigabit on a TV

ASUS O!Play: Gigabit on a TV

“Smart TV”, or in its popular spelling, SmartTV, is something that the leading LCD and plasma manufacturers seem to be emphasising pretty heavily lately, in parallel with the omnipresent 3D technolo...

AMD A8-3870K: The new APU with the

AMD A8-3870K: The new APU with the "K" suffix

Recently, we have devoted much attention to the APU, which is one of the largest inovations that AMD has introduced to the IT industry. Placing a serious graphics system inside a processor is the gr...

AMD Radeon HD7970 & HD7950: Finally!

AMD Radeon HD7970 & HD7950: Finally!

Although we’re a bit disappointed not to have received the new Radeon graphics up to now, we still didn’t have to wait for too long to get one. As usual, this was taken care of by AMD, but chips are...

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO and TX3 EVO

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO and TX3 EVO

  As far as accessible coolers of decent performance go, we’ve been enjoying the company of Cooler Master’s Hyper 212 and Hyper TX3 models for a while now. The first mild redesign of both these model...

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Changing The Operating System on Smartphones

mobileos_intro2.jpgImageTruth be told, most smartphone users never venture further away from basic settings, and there are even those completely unaware that what they have is a smartphone, instead regarding it as a really good-looking SMS typewriter. The advanced among these users change the wallpaper from time to time, and there are, of course, those who utilise the potential of their smartphone to the fullest. This situation is hardly something to be dazzled about, since mobile providers tend to rip off with their mobile data transfer charges. The situation is drastically improved only with special tariffs and offers that provide customized conditions for data transfer.

 

Bank Cards: Possible Misuse of Plastic Money

card_intro2.jpgImageCredit (or debit) cards have been well-known ways of payment in the traditional retail system since what seems like forever. Still, the general public doesn’t seem to be familiar enough with the basic notions and the payment process via credit/debit cards. The intention of this text is to rectify that by explaining the important steps in the traditional way of using credit/debit cards.

 

World of Overclocking

ImageUnlike WC in football, unofficial WC in overclocking lasts 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It literally means that in one moment you can have the best score in the world, and the very next day, you can be second or third. Goal is to obtain best possible frequency, best time or ultimate number of scores in benchmark software.
 

Polishing of CPUs & coolers

ImageYou certainly were in situation to read somewhere or to see for yourselves that with same settings and hardware, someone has lower temperatures then you, and better overclock respectively. Reasons should be looked for in bad connection between PTD and cooler. Bad connection is the consequence of using bad paste or its irregular depositing. However, sometimes happens that processor or cooler are „guilty“.
 

CrossFire overclocking

ImageOne of the ways to increase the level of 3D performances of your computer without any additional investments is overclocking of graphic card. In this case, we will deal with overclocking of graphic cards with ATI chips. Via ATI Tool beside alternating of operating frequencies of the chip and memory on graphic card, it is possible to test overclocked card using Artifact Tester which will help you to see if settled frequencies are too high, and if they are, on 3D model the artifact will appear i.e. „cracking“ of polygon and textures.