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We are back up and
running once more and our thanks to all
that have
contributed in
one way or the other in getting the new site
into place.
Since we closed down the 3D Professor
dot Com website and started afresh with
this new site, we did ask our viewers to
mail requesting the old review they
wanted to see. Many, many
requests have come forth for us to show
the old reviews online what we have
completed in the past on the Quadro's
and FireGL to name but a few.
Therefore to appease our faithful
following within the High-End community
have chosen a few of the most popular
reviews completed here and uploaded them
onto the site over on the
"OLD
REVIEWS" page so that you all may
draw direct comparisons when the new
Quadro's, FireGL cards ETC when they finally
arrive |
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23rd
July 2008 |
the
fastest 2 1/2" Mobile Disc about?
Read on and see for yourself. |
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WD®
SHIPPING 2.5-INCH, 10,000 RPM ENTERPRISE
SATA HARD DRIVES
The
World’s Fastest Enterprise SATA Hard
Drive, WD VelociRaptor™,
Now Available for Low-power,
High-performance Blade Server
Applications
WD®
(NYSE: WDC) announced today that it is
now shipping its WD VelociRaptor™
10,000 RPM enterprise SATA hard drives
in an enterprise-class 2.5-inch form
factor for blade servers and 1U and 2U
rack servers. The newest WD VelociRaptor
hard drive is built for
business-critical applications with
enterprise-class mechanics and packs up
to 300 GB of capacity into the
enterprise small form factor bays, while
consuming 35 percent less power than the
previous-generation WD Raptor®
drive.
More
information can be found here on our
Press
Release page, or over on
Western Digital Web site here.
Question on the lips of many readers -
what's happening here and when the
review being posted. Watch these
spaces very soon for something
extra-ordinary to arrive. |
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7th
July 2008 |
Two
months have passed and many e-mails have
been flooding in asking what has
happening here. As we stated
within our current introduction
"In
some instances there are very good
reasons for delays in reviews as we do
work behind the scenes that is never
published".
This has been so recently. We will
ask of you all to be very patient, but
what is around the corner is extremely
good.
Though in keeping with the current vogue
scenario's of
"GREEN", today see's an
article which will have many wondering
how much can be saved from a simple cost
effective piece of software and
carefully chosen components.
Can the tools within Diskeeper make life
simpler and save you money?
For the complete
article then please click here and have
your calculator at the ready. |
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2nd May
2008 |
Its
only been a few days since we posted our
first phase of this wicked fast piece of
equipment. How fast really
is fast,
then look over here and find out for
yourself. Have we finished
yet you ask? Time will tell.
For the complete update on part 2 of our
review please click here. |
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29th
April 2008 |
After a
few painful days of waiting, Part 1 of
our session of VelociRaptor drive
reviews has surfaced. It most
certainly has been worth the wait as
there is much to see with so many mind
boggling results. If you
think that today is fast, then hold your
horses, we are just at the starters
gate.
For more information on our detailed
review please click here. |
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21st April 2008 |
It sometimes takes a bit
of time to prefect and enhance one of
the worlds fastest hard drives currently
about. Western Digital has once more
achieved this with today’s preview of
the updated New Raptor and all it has to
offer.
For more information on this sneak
preview, please click here |
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31st
March 2008 |
Today
sees the exclusive look at what has been
going around for the last few months.
Project Red Thunder AKA the ATI FireGL
V7700. How fast is fast?
Prepare to be blown away.
For more detailed
information on this exclusive review
please click here and find out for
yourself. |
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25th March 2008 |
2
Months ago we completed a very
comprehensive paper covering AMD's 6000+
CPU and Western Digitals 1TB discs.
The Green PC had finally made the news
in a shocking manner taking many readers
by surprise.
After much pressure from the community,
what of Intel and what can it show?
Could the savings be as good, or better?
With the gauntlet well thrown down by
you the readers of the community we took
to task the request given.
The results, these have been astounding
and we have to leave each individual to
draw their own conclusions from the
evidence that is presented.
More
information then click on the URL and
find out for yourself. |
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18th March 2008 |
Today has seen a flurry of releases from
the Memory Makers Corsair and Crucial.
MSI and the other card makers on their
new graphics cards.
The most interesting of all these
announcements has been the from the SPEC
organisation on a significant new
benchmark about to be released for the
professional workstation.
This is not just
incorporating workloads from the popular
SPECviewperf benchmark for 3D graphics,
as well as CPU workloads in areas such
as rendering, financial modelling,
computational fluid dynamics, scientific
computing, and video encoding.
Workloads will have the common
attributes of scalability, open source,
and portability across all major
workstation computing platforms.
One point we did note about this
important announcement from SPEC.
The lacking in support from both APPLE &
LEVONA within such a critical Benchmark
which will have major significant impact
within the corporate market place.
For more news on these exciting new
releases click here and see our
Press
Release page for more in depth
information. |
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10th March 08 |
Western Digital
are currently running a competition up
online with the chance to win
My
Book TM Home Edition TM.
For the golden opportunity to win one of
these excellent pieces of equipment
click on the picture below and follow
the instructions. |
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7th
March 08 |
Its
been very quiet here recently with
reviews and stuff. However as our
opening statement reads "much goes on in
the background" and boy its been
interesting. In the forth coming
weeks we will have plenty to show, but
for now you need to be patient with us
whilst the work completes.
In the interim, pop over to our
Press
Release page as some new and
interesting products have just been
released by
AKASA.
More to follow soon on these new
exciting products. |
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29th Jan 08 |
Exclusive and New - Western Digitals 1TB
Green Powered Hard Disc
Controversy, now becomes our middle
name. Today we pit Western
Digitals 1TB Hard Disc up against the
Seagate
Barracuda 7200.11
1TB Hard Disc which has double the
buffer Cache over Western Digital.
Though, speed in this area is not always
the case. Western Digitals
Claims of the Green Drive reduces energy
consumption by up to an
average drive power savings of 4-5
watts over competitors’. Is
this the case here, read on with our
exclusive to see just how accurate
Western Digitals claims really are.
For our complete review please click
here then make sure your calculator is
ready to see how much you can actually
save |
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8th
Jan 08 |
AMD's FireGL V8600 - The Red Dominator.
In our previous review of the FireGL
V8650 we stipulated; this
is going to be as controversial as it
gets. What does the FireGL
V8600 bring to the fore, can it be as
good as its big brother? Read our
exclusive and see what surprises todays
review brings.
For our short but
controversial
review please click here |
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Diskeeper Corporation Releases Vista
Compatible Undelete Software
Undelete® 5 securely recovers deleted
files and provides a data protection
safety net for future deletions, as well
as automatic file version protection for
Microsoft Office files on desktops,
laptops and network file servers. Unlike
the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS),
Undelete® works in real-time and
captures every file version, which makes
it an indispensable tool in professional
environments.
For more information please see our
Press
Release Page |
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11th Dec 07 |
2 Major announcements today that can be
found over on our
Press
Releases page.
Firstly; MSI
release their all
new 8800GTS overclocked version.
Next a major new
benchmark from SPEC
releases power-performance benchmark for
servers.
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10th Dec 07 |
New and Exclusive
- AMD
FireGL V8650 Professional Graphics Card
v NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 - The Clash of
the Titans
At the ultra High End position this is
were really the serious players come
into force and items of this calibre
have to be spot on, first go. With 2GB
of DDR 4 onboard memory the FireGL V8650
has entered the playing field with one
almighty bang. Did the NVIDIA
Quadro FX 5600 survive the onslaught
from this monster? Have the
AMD FireGL Team achieved its goal of
complete domination top to bottom of the
Professional Graphics Workstation Market
place? Who holds that
studded golden crown
For our complete review on the top of
the range Ultra High End Professional
Graphics cards, please click here to
find out all the answers. |
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14th Nov 07 |
HEAD to HEAD - AMD FIREGL V3600 v NVIDIA
Quadro FX 570 Review. Which
Card faired best? Have AMD's
FireGL Team maintained its glorious
march towards retaining its crown?
Or, have NVIDIA just managed to sneak in
through the back door and steal the
chocolate from the cake?
For our complete
review on this interesting of most
bitterly fought playing fields, please
click here |
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Diskeeper 2008 Assures Considerable
Return of Investment
Diskeeper Corporation Europe published
today that its brand new
software Diskeeper® 2008 will provide
every enterprise with a considerable
return of investment.
More information on this Press
Statement,
please
click here |
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24th
Oct 07 |
Today we
see the Exclusive Launch of the new
Diskeeper 2008 defragmenting tool for
hard discs.
This
most certainly has been one of the
biggest reviews that we have undertaken
for quite some time here. We
still have much more to cover in this
product yet, though the initial findings
we have uncovered have been
extraordinary with results taking many
by surprise.
For our complete review on the
new
Diskeeper 2008 please click here |
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30th Sept 07 |
SPEC calls for 2008 Benchmark Workshop
papers
WARRENTON, Va., September 27, 2007 –
The Standard Performance Evaluation
Corp. (SPEC) has issued a call for
papers on performance evaluation
subjects for the SPEC 2008 Benchmark
Workshop, a free event to be held
Sunday, January 27, 2008 at the Westin
San Francisco Airport Hotel.
Extended abstracts of four to six pages
are due on Monday, November 26.
Notification of acceptance will take
place on December 17, and full papers
(10-12 pages, double-column IEEE format)
will be due on January 21, 2008. Papers
can be submitted to the workshop program
committee at
specworkshop@spec.org. José Nelson
Amaral of the University of Alberta will
serve as program chair for the workshop.
The SPEC 2008 Benchmark Workshop will
bring together developers and users of
performance evaluation software.
Presentations will center on currently
available benchmark suites; use of
benchmarks in industry, academia and
government; and benchmarking
methodologies. An award in memory of
Kaivalya Dixit, SPEC’s co-founder and
long-time president, will be given to
the person making the best contribution
to the workshop.
Those attending the workshop are also
invited to participate in selected
sessions during SPEC’s annual meeting,
January 28 to February 1, 2007.
More information please visit the
SPEC
website |
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20th Sept 07 |
World Exclusive -
AKASA REVO HEATSINK FAN
A complete change in tempo from
the fast lane of the professional
graphic cards. Today we look
at Akasa's new exciting Heatsink Fan the
REVO -
a totally new class of CPU cooler
powered by thermodynamic ‘bubble-pump’
technology.
How to keep an AMD 6000+ cool most of
the time under 30C without the aid of
liquid cooling and not have your ears
bashed to bits with the noise. The
you will be most interested in this new
exciting piece of equipment, actually to
miss out on this review by any end user
who is not using the equipment then
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For our complete review on the new
AKASA REVO please click here |
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10th Sept
2007 |
World Exclusive -
AMD FireGL V7600 High End Workstation
Professional Graphics Card.
Hot on the heels from last weeks
exclusive, today we bring you all
another first that most certainly will
shake up the Professional Graphic cards
industry and for the next few weeks have
many of you in awe. We
showed you last week what the AMD FireGL
V5600 could do and it completely
surprised you, today is no different!
Only this time round we pitched head to
head with the new AMD FireGL V7600
against NVIDIA's Quadro FX 4600.
How did it fair?
Mirror, Mirror on
the Wall - Who's the Fastest of Them
All!
For our complete review on the new
AMD FireGL V7600 please click here |
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6th Sept 07 |
Akasa
launch noiseless CPU cooler powered by
Thermodynamic Technology
London—September 2007—Akasa
announced today the launch of Revo, a
totally new class of CPU cooler powered
by thermodynamic ‘bubble-pump’
technology. Revo promises noiseless
cooling and high thermal performance.
Bubble-pumps are liquid and gas, and are
highly efficient at transferring heat
(they have no moving parts).
“We saw the potential in this new
technology right away”, says Adrian
Young, Marketing Director of
Akasa
“It’s quieter than heatpipe coolers,
cooler than conventional heatsinks, and
easier to fit—and safer—than
watercoolers. This technology could
revolutionise CPU cooling”
For more information and a sneaky peek
picture can be found on our
press
release page
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