TSSDR Affiliate Reviews for October 19, 2014

Communication has changed so much in the past 20 years. As much as we have gained from the advancement of technology, we may  also have lost a lot.  When was the last time you took 48 hours and only communicated in person or on the phone.  Take a weekend and give it a try. I think you will find a new sense of yourself; learn something about those you communicate with and find a new appreciation for this wonderful world of electronic living.

HIGHLIGHT REVIEW

GRAPHICS CARDS – MAKING THE STEP UP FROM INTEGRATED GRAPHICS

A few months back we posted an article outlining what a graphics card is, in layman’s terms. We went one step further and demonstrated the overall graphics processing power of a single graphics card, then went beyond that by installing another graphics card in two card SLI configuration, with Zotac’s GeForce GTX 680 AMP! Edition. But really, why do you need to have a graphics card in the first place? What is wrong with using integrated graphics, or  using the graphics that come with my motherboard? That brings us to today’s topic and comparison. Today we are going to provide you with benchmark testing of a previous solid state drive testing system, which only utilizes integrated graphics. In our analysis we will take these results and compare it to that of our single and dual graphics card SLI configuration we provided to you previous with Zotac.

SSDS

• OCZ ARC 100 240GB SSD Review @ HiTech Legion

CHASSIS

• Phanteks Enthoo Pro Case @ Technic3d
• NZXT S340 Mid Tower Case Review @ ThinkComputers
• The Thermaltake Urban T81 Full Tower Enclosure Reviewed @ Futurelooks

COOLERS

• Fall 2014 Cooler Roundup (Noctua, NZXT, Thermaltake) @ BCCHardware

GRAPHICS

• Palit GTX980 Super Jetstream OC Review @ Kitguru
• NVIDIA GTX 970 SLI Performance Review @ Hardware Canucks
• AMD Radeon R9 285 Tonga Performance On Linux @ Phoronix

MISCELLANEOUS

• Maingear Pulse 15 Review: Slim, 3K Display Gaming Laptop @ Techspot
• MSI GS70 Stealth Pro (GTX 970M) Review @ HardwareHeaven
• Android On Intel x86 Tablet Performance Explored @ HotHardware

MOTHERBOARDS

• ASRock X99 Extreme4 Review @ Vortez
• ASUS X99-A Review @ Ocaholic