Will games really use all 4 cores?
I have seen many debates about this issue in a number of forums in the past year. I was interested which side of the argument was correct and started doing some research to find the answer. I decided to run a test myself with three popular games that are installed on my computer and see [...]
Guide: Replacing a laptop LCD
We all know the dreadful cracked display on a laptop, but there’s an easy solution to fix a broken or cracked LCD.
This guide is done on an Acer Aspire 5100 laptop. I’ve replaced a few LCD’s and they all may be slightly different in the disassembly which may make it easier or harder, though the process [...]
Tech Layoffs
It seems like the new year has brought much bad news for tech companies. I’ve constantly been reading press releases and news stories about job cuts and layoffs happening left and right in the technology world. People that thought technology was recession-proof have now been proven very wrong. According to Layoff Tracker (8/27/08 – 1/17/09), [...]
Microsoft Songsmith
When I first watched that video, I laughed. It was a fairly funny comedy act poking fun at Microsofts quirkiness. I showed it to a friend and then out of curiosity, followed the link at the end of the video because it looked legit. http://research.microsoft.com/songsmith
Windows 7 Public Beta
This past weekend, Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer announced the release of the Windows 7 Public Beta. While there was originally a 2.5 million download limit, the enthusiasm shown by users has inspired Microsoft to lift that limit. According to Brandon LeBlanc, all users will have access to the public beta until January 24th. So head [...]
Fallout 3 Named CF Game of the Year
The polls have closed and it’s official folks, the members of ComputerForum.com have named Fallout 3 game of the year 2008.
It received 28 votes. In second place was Grand Theft Auto 4 with 13 votes closely followed by Left 4 Dead which garnered 12.
Fallout 3 is an action role-playing-game released by Bethesda (makers of Oblivion) [...]
LG Flatron M2294 Review
The television market has always been one that’s been subject to rapid changes; 5 years ago you could get a plasma that needed an external input box, 2 years ago you could get a HD plasma or LCD that could run up to 1080p but was the size of Belgium and now the manufacturers are going miniature again with ‘HD’.
Latest Forum News – 11th January 2009
1. The site was down for a short while today while I upgraded the forum to the latest vbulletin version 3.8.0. If anybody notices any errors, be sure to let me know.
2. mep916 was appointed as a Super Moderator today. Nobody likes spam on the forum, so having an extra person on hand who can [...]
Favourite movies of 2008
Well, there was no poll, but I did a rough count of the movies that computerforum.com members voted as their favourite for 2008 and the results were as follows:
1. The Dark Knight, with 23 votes, no surprise here.
2. Iron Man, with 9 votes, my last minute vote bumped it into second spot.
3. Wall-E with 8 [...]