PC Matic Blog https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/video/ Tech Tips and Tricks Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:33:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Video: The Browser You Loved to Hate https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/video-the-browser-you-love-to-hate/ https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/video-the-browser-you-love-to-hate/#respond Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:32:14 +0000 https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/?p=29304

Microsoft's latest attempt to win back those users who lost all faith in Internet Explorer.

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Microsoft’s attempt to win back those users who lost all faith in Internet Explorer. Could IE9 really be that good?

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Let's say that you have a PC, but you don't have a monitor, keyboard or mouse plugged into it. However, you do have a notebook computer sitting there with Windows on it, as well. You could use that notebook to run the PC with a KVM switch!

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Learn even more in this blog post.

About Chris:

Chris Pirillo is the founder of the tech blogging network, Lockergnome and previously served as host of TechTV’s Call for Help show. Chris’s insightful and entertaining how to videos will now be featured in the PC Pitstop newsletters and highlighted at techtalk.pcpitstop.com and pcpitstop.com.

You can follow Chris on Twitter and subscribe to his Youtube video channel here

]]> https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/vidoe-what-do-you-use-for-a-kvm-switch/feed/ 0 Top Graphics Hardware from PC Pitstop 3D Video Tests https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/top-ranking-graphics-hardware-from-pc-pitstop-3d-video-tests/ https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/top-ranking-graphics-hardware-from-pc-pitstop-3d-video-tests/#respond Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:35:52 +0000 https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/?p=2936

What graphics cards were surfacing as the top 3D video perforrmers based on the test results captured during the first month since its roll out? ]]> PC Pitstop Bump map test

In late August 2008, PC Pitstop added a battery of 3D video tests to its free on line OverDrive scan. (Click to see the PC Pitstop 3D video test roll out announcement). The Overdrive 3D video tests consists of a suite of tests covering 6 areas of performance: Transform, Lighting, Multi Texturing, Blending, Vertex Shader and Bump Mapping. OverDrive consolidates the results into a single 3D performance score.

We thought it would be interesting to see what graphics cards were surfacing as the top 3D video performers based on the test results captured during the first month since its roll out.

On the desktop side, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 scored highest with an approximately 15% advantage over the second place ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series graphics controller. NVIDIA and ATI alternated for the top 4 average scores, at which point it became all NVIDIA to finish out the remaining 6 spots in the top 10 results.

Portables came in with an NVIDIA sweep for the top ten average scores. The NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX edged out second place NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS by less than a 2% average test score margin.

PC Pitstop 3D Video Test Results – Top 10 Desktop System Graphics Hardware

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PC Pitstop 3D Video Test Results – Top 10 Portable System Graphics Hardware

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]]> https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/top-ranking-graphics-hardware-from-pc-pitstop-3d-video-tests/feed/ 0 PC Pitstop Tachometers Music Video Contest Winner https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/pc-pitstop-tachometers-music-video-contest-winner/ https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/pc-pitstop-tachometers-music-video-contest-winner/#respond Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:40:57 +0000 https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/?p=326

The Tachometers have set Vista headaches of the day to music, now our fans have set our music to video. Congratulations to David A from Ontario Canada - the winner of the PC Pitstop Tachometers Music Video Contest.

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]]> https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/pc-pitstop-tachometers-music-video-contest-winner/feed/ 0 Vista Migration: 4 Months Later https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/vista-migration-4-months-later/ https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/vista-migration-4-months-later/#respond Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:19:40 +0000 http://70.86.87.84/?p=88 Has 4 months of Vista made Rob, a believer or does he still long for XP?
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]]> https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/vista-migration-4-months-later/feed/ 0 PC Pitstop ‘I Pimped My PC’ Video Contest Winner https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/pc-pitstop-i-pimped-my-pc-video-contest-winner/ https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/pc-pitstop-i-pimped-my-pc-video-contest-winner/#respond Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:59:08 +0000 https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/?p=312 Congratulations to Revivalist from Fresno, CA. He is the winner of the PC Pitstop 'I Pimped My PC' Video Contest.

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]]> https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/pc-pitstop-i-pimped-my-pc-video-contest-winner/feed/ 0 PC vs. Mac: Apples to Apples Showdown https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/pc-vs-mac-apples-to-apples-showdown/ https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/pc-vs-mac-apples-to-apples-showdown/#respond Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:13:27 +0000 http://70.86.87.84/?p=86 Rob takes an ‘Apples to Apples’ look at the PC vs. Mac debate and crowns a heavyweight champion of the computing world.

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  • Rob's 'Bloatware' Interview with national public radio show Future Tense.
  • Historical Bloatware Trends.
    • ]]>     PC Pitstop separates the ‘bloatware’ hype from reality. Which PC manufacturer is the King of Bloat? PC Pitstop examines 8 brand new computers and documents the winners and losers.

    • Rob’s ‘Bloatware’ Interview with national public radio show Future Tense.
    • Historical Bloatware Trends.


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    ]]>     https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/is-your-pc-feeling-a-little-bloated/feed/ 0     A Battle for Hard Drive Freedom – Part II https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/a-battle-for-hard-drive-freedom-part-ii/ https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/a-battle-for-hard-drive-freedom-part-ii/#respond Mon, 21 May 2007 16:54:09 +0000 http://70.86.87.84/?p=90 Acronis Disk Director Suite. ]]> Which of the major PC manufacturers is staking the largest claim to hard drive space on new computers?In our latest video, the PC Pitstop Research Team investigates hidden partitions on 30 brand new PCs. We found the best way to recover these hidden partitions is to use Acronis Disk Director Suite.

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    ]]>     https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/a-battle-for-hard-drive-freedom-part-ii/feed/ 0     A Battle for Hard Drive Freedom https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/a-battle-for-hard-drive-freedom/ https://www.pcmatic.com/blog/a-battle-for-hard-drive-freedom/#respond Wed, 09 May 2007 16:14:58 +0000 http://70.86.87.84/?p=89 research has shown that many PC vendors are making a practice of creating a separate partition on a system's primary hard drive in which to store the systems' original restoration information. Rob's new video documents his crusade to reclaim his hard drive space on his new PC. Thanks to Acronis Disk Director Suite he was able to accomplish his goal. ]]> PC Pitstop research has shown that many PC vendors are making a practice of creating a separate partition on a system’s primary hard drive in which to store the systems’ original restoration information. Rob’s new video documents his crusade to reclaim his hard drive space on his new PC. Thanks to Acronis Disk Director Suite
    he was able to accomplish his goal.

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