Archive for March, 2011

March 29th 2011

Is AMD Bulldozer faster than Intel Core i7 and Sandy Bridge?

This is the question of the year, is AMD Bulldozer faster than Intel Core i7? Or you could be asking, is Bulldozer faster than Sandy Bridge. Based on the some of the early indications and some rumoured leaks, I could give some very early insight of what to be expected from AMD next generation CPU architecture. Continue Reading »

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March 27th 2011

How to optimize and speed up to make Android phone run faster

The usual misconception for people these days is; Android is slow, it runs sluggishly especially on browsing through the menu. Well, no thanks to anti-Android a.k.a Job’s followers.  That statement is true for the first generation of Android phones like the HTC Magic/Sapphire, and some of the budget Android phones. Android doesn’t use graphics hardware acceleration to render the menu and animations like how iPhone iOS did. And the older version of Android doesn’t handle memory efficiently. The newer version of Android, 2.2 Froyo and 2.3 Gingerbread solved most of the problems as far as user experience goes. However, there are still ways to make your Android phones; HTC Evo/Desire/Droids/Nexus and Galaxy S run faster. Here’s how. Continue Reading »

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March 25th 2011

Will Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 get an official Android 2.3 Gingerbread update? Answer – yes

That’s a shocking news. It sends wave of disbelief among tech enthusiast, especially among the sub-group of Android people. Some history about this Xperia X10. It was released back in mid of 2010. Locally, it was selling at RM2,999 when launched. It comes with Android 1.6 Donut and a 4inch LCD screen without multitouch support. These are the main reasons it couldn’t sell well. Thats why just after roughly 9months, you are seeing this Xperia X10 selling at RM1,400. Dropping 50% of price in just 9months is horrendous for gadgets. Continue Reading »

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March 9th 2011

What is the minimum graphic hardware requirement to run Crysis 2

What “” price is the minimum graphic hardware requirement to run Crysis 2? This is the question every avid PC gamers are looking for an answer. Can my ancient ____( fill in the blanks with the card you own :-) ) able to run this next generation graphic engine from Crytek? The very first installation of Crysis was released back in the end of year 2007. The graphic is superbly beautiful, but it comes at a cost that it requires very powerful graphic hardware which current generation of graphic processing unit at that time could only run at miserable Buy “”, Buy “”, Buy “” Without Prescription frames per second at max settings. And console users can’t even get a chance to taste the game as Crytek released solely for PC only. Well, fret not. Crytek have learned their very own mistakes. Crysis 2 will be available to all three major platforms Playstation 3, Xbox360 and PC. On top of that, the graphic is tweaked and optimized to a level that it surpasses the first installment of Crysis’ level of graphics detail. More questions were popped in PC gamer’s mind when the screenshot of the new Cryengine 3 graphics were released which revealed more jaw dropping level of effect. Can it run on my ancient graphic hardware? Read on. Continue Reading »

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