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Guru3D Behind the scenes - the servers 2008

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/30/2008 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Earlier this week we again drove to the datacenter to install our newest server "Corleone", a new front-end server that is soon going to be used for our rapidly growing forums. We'll show you the specs and some insider info on that server later on. but first let's have a look at where we are hosted, the racks, the gear and the network we are broadcasting over.
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Tagged as: Behind, scenes, servers

CeBIT 2008 - Part 3

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/09/2008 02:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Part 3 of Guru3D.com visit to the CeBIT 2008 IT exhibit.
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CeBIT 2008 - Part 2

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/08/2008 02:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Part 2 of Guru3D.com visit to the CeBIT 2008 IT exhibit.
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RivaTuner 2.0 fan speed & Overclock Guide

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 08/05/2007 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

A lot of people tend to ask on how to set fan speeds or overclock their graphic cards. This guide will hopefully help you understand how to use the features that Rivatuner provides.

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Tagged as: Overclock, RivaTuner

Graphics Glossary

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/30/2007 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Commonly used graphics terminology explained
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Tagged as: Glossary, Graphics

Guru3D behind the scenes - the servers

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 02/07/2007 02:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

A small behind the secenes view of Guru3D.com's servers, the datacenter. A fun read to understand what is needed to power the Guru3D.com website.
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Tagged as: behind, scenes, servers

Definitive Multi-GPU World Tour - Part 9

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/30/2006 06:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

The Definitive Multi-GPU World Tour continues and it's finally our turn at the plate. Our task is testing and benchmarking a set of games not commonly used in most hardware reviews, but we also take the time to check out texture filtering quality differences between ATI and NVIDIA hardware.
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Tagged as: Definitive, Multi-GPU

Interview with Neal Robison from ATI

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/27/2006 06:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Neal Robison is the person being interviewed today, he's ATIs global Director for Developer Relations and despite his very busy schedule we have managed to get Neal to agree to Q&A session. We talk a little about the HDR & AA, gaming in general, consoles and as we are both in this industry .. the future of gaming.

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Tagged as: Interview, Robison

A Funky Tweaking Diary

Posted by: Shripad on: 09/19/2005 06:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

An overclockers diary of one of our staff members.
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Tagged as: Tweaking

Wintasks 5 Pro review

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/14/2004 08:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Based on years of research, the award-winning WinTasks is now one of the most popular tools in the war against malicious software and the perfect complement to your firewall and anti-virus software. Whether you are new to Windows, a business professional, or a systems administrator, you can rely on WinTasks to quickly improve your computer's security and speed.
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Tagged as: Wintasks, review

ForceWare 71.20 Performance Comparison

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/13/2004 08:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

in this article we compare the newer ForceWare 71.20 driver towards older builds with the help of software like Doom3, 3DMark05, Half-life 2, Splinter Cell, Halo and many more.
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Tagged as: Comparison, ForceWare, Performance

ForceWare series 6 Driver Performance Comparison

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/21/2004 06:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

It's been a while since we've handled a an extensive overview of the performance of ForceWare drivers and I had some time to kill last weekend and thus decided to a little ForceWare performance comparison..
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Tagged as: Comparison, Driver, ForceWare, Performance, series

Interview with Creative labs Europe

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/20/2004 06:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

An in-depth interview with Creative Labs Europe regarding them pulling out of the graphics cards arena.
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Tagged as: Creative, Europe, Interview

Highend CPU's vs High End Graphics cards

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 06/29/2004 06:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

So you think a Pentium 4 2.8 Gigahertz with 1 Gigabyte DDR400 is sufficient for the hottest graphics cards ? Think again. Our recent reviews where showing a lot of CPU limitation on cards like Radeon x800 Pro and XT, GeForce 6800 GT and Ultra.So let;'s do some tests on the latest gem from AMD, the Athlon 64 3800+ and do a CPU scaling article.
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Tagged as: CPU's, Graphics, Highend

3DMark 03 Contest

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 11/14/2003 08:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Ever since it's release earlier this year 3DMark 03 has been one of the most popular downloads here on Guru3D.com, last week I was checking some statistics and noticed that we are getting close to 1 million downloads of this product. Yes, you read that right, 1.000.0000 x 180 MB has been served through our servers. I figured it would be a nice gesture to design a little contest to celebrate this event and contacted FutureMark, within a few emails I was able to get you guys some excellent stuff for a nice giveaway. Today we are starting a contest to commemorate the this event and will give away eleven prices.
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AquaMark 3 - Preview

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 09/12/2003 06:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

In the past we have used AquaMark 2.3 in our benchmark suite and although still a reputable application Massive figured it was time for the next best thing. This is AquaMark 3, a benchmark that will utilize some of the finest DirectX 9 capabilities like Pixel and Vertex Shaders 2.0
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Inside NVIDIA HQ

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 09/07/2003 09:21 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

This is a pictorial tour of NVIDIA's HQ in Santa Clara which we visited in May 2003. We'll show you the buildings and more interestign the server-park.
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Tagged as: Inside, NVIDIA