http://hwspirit.com Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:34:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Asus G51J 3D is actually the first gaming laptop that is intended for stereoscopic 3D gaming using the 3D Vision active shutter glasses, although you can still play in 2D mode at 120Hz without any problems if you wish to. Asus did very well in designing a very nice and ... http://hwspirit.com/asus-republic-of-gamers-g51j-3d-vision-gaming-laptop-review/ The general idea behind the new NVIDIA Optimus technology for notebook is that it chooses the best graphics processor for running a given application and automatically routes the workload to either an NVIDIA discrete GPU or Intel integrated graphics – delivering great performance while also providing great battery life. This ... http://hwspirit.com/the-nvidia-optimus-technology-looks-very-promising/ Nvidia EcoBook is a DIY Project, based on the Pegatron Cape 7 mini PC using Intel Atom CPU and Nvidia ION chipset with the goal to turn one of these multimedia systems into a book and put it along other books on the shelf. The result is a good-looking and ... http://hwspirit.com/nvidia-ecobook-is-a-diy-nvidia-ion-based-pc-project/ Buying a product with an unknown Chinese brand can sometimes bring you an unwanted surprise and not to mention some additional headaches or even serious problems. A fresh example I had was with such product was an ExpressCard reader for Compact Flash cards that I picked up because of the ... http://hwspirit.com/chinese-quality-control-can-sometimes-be-a-serious-problem/ If you are interested in the new 24-inch Full HD gaming display from Acer that is also 3D Vision compatible (120Hz panel) than you should check watch the unboxing video of the Acer Aspire GD245HQ above and then visit the full review at the 3D Vision Blog where it was ... http://hwspirit.com/acer-aspire-gd245hq-120hz-3d-vision-ready-monitor-review/ ATI/AMD sometimes is making some good moves, but they often seem to be done in half, for example the latest one - producing a limited edition of 6500 plastic figures of Agent Ruby Revenge. Good idea to make the fans happy, or at least at first sight, but then again ... http://hwspirit.com/ati-agent-ruby-revenge-figure-extracts-its-revenge-but-on-who/ How can you not be disappointed with your brand new Razer Lycosa gaming keyboard that you've bought just a few days ago (3 to be exact) for all around daily usage, including gaming of course and it starts to look like that in no time. The buttons that have non-slip ... http://hwspirit.com/razer-lycosa-gaming-keyboard-is-a-true-disappointment/ CoreCodec CoreAVC 2.0 for Windows is a complete solution for playing high quality and high definition H.264 encoded videos on your Windows based computer. CoreAVC comes (in part) from the creators of the Matroska MKV Container (.mkv) and fully supports GPU hardware acceleration with NVIDIA CUDA Technology, and also works ... http://hwspirit.com/corecodec-coreavc-2-0-for-windows-is-available/ Shame on James Cameron for not releasing a stereoscopic 3D version of the trailer for Avatar, but just trying to convince us to go watch the movie in 3D by just showing us some "flat" teasers and trailers with scenes from the movie. Luckily now there is at least a ... http://hwspirit.com/stereoscopic-3d-trailer-for-the-movie-avatar-720p-hd/ Acer Aspire G245HQ is a 24-inch gaming display that is going to be available in January/February on the market for everyone willing to get a 120Hz Full HD monitor. This is actually going to be the first Full HD display with a 120 hertz panel that will be also compatible ... http://hwspirit.com/the-acer-aspire-g245hq-24-inch-gaming-display/