http://news.tigerdirect.com Computer and Electronic News, Reviews and Great Deals Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/12/14/how-fast-is-your-system-learn-how-to-benchmark-your-rig/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-fast-is-your-system-learn-how-to-benchmark-your-rig http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/12/14/how-fast-is-your-system-learn-how-to-benchmark-your-rig/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:23:02 +0000 Logan http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/12/14/how-fast-is-your-system-learn-how-to-benchmark-your-rig/ Overclocking is now a mainstream term in the computer world. Every gamer either has an overclocked system or wants and overclocked system.
There are two reasons that benchmarking is important. You want to know the speed and you need to test the stability. Below are the programs that I use to benchmark every part of my system. ]]> http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/12/14/how-fast-is-your-system-learn-how-to-benchmark-your-rig/feed/ 0 http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/10/30/the-8800-gt-is-here/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-8800-gt-is-here http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/10/30/the-8800-gt-is-here/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:50:07 +0000 Logan http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/10/30/the-8800-gt-is-here/ http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/10/30/the-8800-gt-is-here/feed/ 7 http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/10/30/tiger-inbox-logan-answers-more-of-your-questions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tiger-inbox-logan-answers-more-of-your-questions http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/10/30/tiger-inbox-logan-answers-more-of-your-questions/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:00:38 +0000 Logan http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/10/30/tiger-inbox-logan-answers-more-of-your-questions/ Got a nagging tech question you can't seem to google your way to an answer? TigerTV Host Logan has got an answer for you - all you gotta do is ask! Today, Logan answers some great questions from you - our viewers! Today's edition discusses the Bigfoot Killer K1 Network Card (Thanks Nick); Memory and CAS Latency (Thanks again Nick); XFX 8800 Video Card Differences and Overlocking (thanks Andre); a little about InTune and RivaTuner video overcloking and tuning applications; Direct X 10 Graphics Cards in Notebooks (thanks Kellie); MSI GeForce 6800 Ultra (thanks Marcus in Norway!); and the Sparkle 8800 GTX Video Card (thanks CJO).]]> http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/10/30/tiger-inbox-logan-answers-more-of-your-questions/feed/ 13 http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/10/16/xfx-8800-gts-fatal1ty-perhaps-the-fastest-graphics-card-ever-for-under-350/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=xfx-8800-gts-fatal1ty-perhaps-the-fastest-graphics-card-ever-for-under-350 http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/10/16/xfx-8800-gts-fatal1ty-perhaps-the-fastest-graphics-card-ever-for-under-350/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:18:21 +0000 Logan http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/10/16/xfx-8800-gts-fatal1ty-perhaps-the-fastest-graphics-card-ever-for-under-350/ http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/10/16/xfx-8800-gts-fatal1ty-perhaps-the-fastest-graphics-card-ever-for-under-350/feed/ 2 http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/10/15/the-unreal-tournament-3-demo-is-here/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-unreal-tournament-3-demo-is-here http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/10/15/the-unreal-tournament-3-demo-is-here/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:44:18 +0000 Logan http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/10/15/the-unreal-tournament-3-demo-is-here/ http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/10/15/the-unreal-tournament-3-demo-is-here/feed/ 0 http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/10/02/itunes-sounds-mud-compared-to-foobar-2000/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=itunes-sounds-mud-compared-to-foobar-2000 http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/10/02/itunes-sounds-mud-compared-to-foobar-2000/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:58:29 +0000 Logan http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/10/02/itunes-sounds-mud-compared-to-foobar-2000/ Allow me to introduce Foobar 2000. It is still in beta but it is extremely usable and it offers the best audio playback I have heard on a PC. The equalizer is infinitely better and the sound quality is amazing. I downloaded it then cranked up some In Flames. "Oh my God!" The wife came running around the corner to ask if everything was alright. "Yes it's alright. This sounds amazing!" ]]> http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/10/02/itunes-sounds-mud-compared-to-foobar-2000/feed/ 2 http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/09/26/physics-a-huge-step-toward-realism-with-the-ageia-physix-processor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=physics-a-huge-step-toward-realism-with-the-ageia-physix-processor http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/09/26/physics-a-huge-step-toward-realism-with-the-ageia-physix-processor/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:22:01 +0000 Logan http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/09/26/physics-a-huge-step-toward-realism-with-the-ageia-physix-processor/ http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/09/26/physics-a-huge-step-toward-realism-with-the-ageia-physix-processor/feed/ 2 http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/09/19/intel-wreaks-havok/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=intel-wreaks-havok http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/09/19/intel-wreaks-havok/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:30:54 +0000 Logan http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/09/19/intel-wreaks-havok/ http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/09/19/intel-wreaks-havok/feed/ 0 http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/09/13/ati-loves-penguins/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ati-loves-penguins http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/09/13/ati-loves-penguins/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:43:22 +0000 Logan http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/09/13/ati-loves-penguins/ http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/09/13/ati-loves-penguins/feed/ 2 http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/09/06/more-on-directx-10-for-vista-not-xp/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-on-directx-10-for-vista-not-xp http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/09/06/more-on-directx-10-for-vista-not-xp/#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:10:01 +0000 Logan http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/09/06/more-on-directx-10-for-vista-not-xp/ http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/09/06/more-on-directx-10-for-vista-not-xp/feed/ 2 http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/08/21/amd-athlon-x2-6400-black-edition-teaser/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amd-athlon-x2-6400-black-edition-teaser http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/08/21/amd-athlon-x2-6400-black-edition-teaser/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:19:27 +0000 Logan http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/08/21/amd-athlon-x2-6400-black-edition-teaser/ It's a beast. Here are the specs:

• AMD X2 (Dual Core) 6400+ @ 3.2 GHz
• 2 MB L2 Cache (1 MB per core)
• 28 KB of L2 cache (64k per core)
• Maximum temperature: 55 - 63 degrees C
• HyperTransport speed is up to 2 GHz
• Socket AM2
• Unlocked Multiplier

It's fast. That could have been the end of the article but I'll give you a little more.]]> http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/08/21/amd-athlon-x2-6400-black-edition-teaser/feed/ 8 http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/08/17/what-you-need-to-build-a-great-budget-system-using-the-machspeed-msnv-939/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-you-need-to-build-a-great-budget-system-using-the-machspeed-msnv-939 http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/08/17/what-you-need-to-build-a-great-budget-system-using-the-machspeed-msnv-939/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:24:10 +0000 Logan http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/08/17/what-you-need-to-build-a-great-budget-system-using-the-machspeed-msnv-939/ So, you want to build a fast system and you don't want to break the bank. Well, the here's a great way to put together a budget system centered around the MachSpeed MSNV-939. I know a lot of you enthusiasts out there are going to scream about the AM2 being newer than the 939, but the truth is this: There is no better value than a Socket 939 CPU from AMD. There are also a lot of us that have a closet full of parts... Get them organized then use the list below to fill in the blanks as you put together your system! ]]> http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/08/17/what-you-need-to-build-a-great-budget-system-using-the-machspeed-msnv-939/feed/ 0 http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/08/17/directx-10-on-windows-xp/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=directx-10-on-windows-xp http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/08/17/directx-10-on-windows-xp/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:06:49 +0000 Logan http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/08/17/directx-10-on-windows-xp/ If gamers don't want Vista then why is Microsoft shoving it down their throats? DirectX 10 is amazing. The games are becoming so photo-realistic that it is ridiculous. Microsoft showed us this beautiful footage and before we wiped the drool from our chins, they inform us that in order to enjoy these games we would have to buy Windows Vista. We are wounded. Are we just an after thought for Microsoft? Do they only care about the XBOX?]]> http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/08/17/directx-10-on-windows-xp/feed/ 15 http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/08/17/holy-moley-amd-athlon-64-x2-6400-black-edition-is-amd-the-king-of-dual-core/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=holy-moley-amd-athlon-64-x2-6400-black-edition-is-amd-the-king-of-dual-core http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/08/17/holy-moley-amd-athlon-64-x2-6400-black-edition-is-amd-the-king-of-dual-core/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:42:30 +0000 Logan http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/08/17/holy-moley-amd-athlon-64-x2-6400-black-edition-is-amd-the-king-of-dual-core/ I got my hands on an AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400 Black Edition... You'd better be here on Monday when I post a video on this beast... You're not gonna believe how fast this thing is! There might be a new king in the dual core arena.]]> http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/08/17/holy-moley-amd-athlon-64-x2-6400-black-edition-is-amd-the-king-of-dual-core/feed/ 2 http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/07/29/msi-p6n-sli-platinum-perhaps-the-most-stable-nforce-motherboard/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=msi-p6n-sli-platinum-perhaps-the-most-stable-nforce-motherboard http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/07/29/msi-p6n-sli-platinum-perhaps-the-most-stable-nforce-motherboard/#comments Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:25:02 +0000 Logan http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/07/29/msi-p6n-sli-platinum-perhaps-the-most-stable-nforce-motherboard/ The P6N SLI Platinum seems to be a mix of my two favorites. It has an external ESATA port like the ASUS Striker and it has some great tweaking features similar to the EVGA 680i SLI. It also sacrifices some speed in the graphics department to gain stability.]]> http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/07/29/msi-p6n-sli-platinum-perhaps-the-most-stable-nforce-motherboard/feed/ 2 http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/04/19/why-you-want-directx-10/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-you-want-directx-10 http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/04/19/why-you-want-directx-10/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:32:36 +0000 Logan http://www.tigerdirectnews.com/2007/04/19/why-you-want-directx-10/ http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/04/19/why-you-want-directx-10/feed/ 2 http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/04/19/logans-free-software-rundown/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=logans-free-software-rundown http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/04/19/logans-free-software-rundown/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:26:22 +0000 Logan http://www.tigerdirectnews.com/2007/04/19/logans-free-software-rundown/ http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/04/19/logans-free-software-rundown/feed/ 0 http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/04/16/and-the-award-for-coolest-box-art-on-an-nforce-motherboard-goes-to/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=and-the-award-for-coolest-box-art-on-an-nforce-motherboard-goes-to http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/04/16/and-the-award-for-coolest-box-art-on-an-nforce-motherboard-goes-to/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:37:06 +0000 Logan http://www.tigerdirectnews.com/2007/04/16/and-the-award-for-coolest-box-art-on-an-nforce-motherboard-goes-to/ http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/04/16/and-the-award-for-coolest-box-art-on-an-nforce-motherboard-goes-to/feed/ 0 http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/04/07/motherboard-mayhem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=motherboard-mayhem http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/04/07/motherboard-mayhem/#comments Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:44:22 +0000 Logan http://www.tigerdirectnews.com/2007/04/07/motherboard-mayhem/ http://news.tigerdirect.com/2007/04/07/motherboard-mayhem/feed/ 1