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Our year long investigation through 2017 reveals difficulty and complexity obtaining support from the manufacturers of mission critical devices using the faulty Intel chip.
2013 has been one of the busiest years for PC gaming /enthusiast computing on record. We have seen quarterly announcements, promotions and initiatives from AMD and NVIDIA, competition has never been more fierce. Today, the latest iteration of AMD's game bundle program goes into effect where you can finally choose your games, embodying the message and meaning behind the program name, Never Settle.
The program has been praised and controversial at the same time, with a major issue being devalued and duplicate game titles. This update goes some way to improving the situation for keen gamers who keep their game libraries up to date. It does not satisfy everyone though.
We review AMD-ATI game bundle history over the past decade and discuss what AMD could have done differently with Never Settle Forever.
Updated 11-September: The first update to Never Settle Forever has been announced being Deep Silver's Saints Row 4 and Australian specific avalibility.
Australians pay one and a half times on average up to twice as much as the USA for identical Windows Anytime Upgrade either as a digitally distributed or boxed product. Both distribution methods offer an identical product as all Windows Anytime Upgrade consists of is an upgrade key which will ‘unlock’ the users currently installed version of Windows 7 to the next higher version as purchased.
Changing the Windows Region from AUS to USA will change the price that is displayed.
Pricing is not the half of it – old stock generate errors that Microsoft are aware of but will be unanticipated to the consumer and Windows 8 offers a much more affordable upgrade path. Users who need to stick with Windows 7 are disadvantaged.
Intel announced today their ‘Performance Tuning Protection Plan’ that would offer a limited, one time warranty replacement for selected Unlocked/Extreme class CPUs that are damaged during overclocking if the owner pays an additional fee of $20 to $35. For enthusiasts or ultra-gamers that tweak and play with their system settings this might seem like a gift from above however there is more to this programme than Intel reaching out to help enthusiasts…
This replacement programme may be partly driven by business and technical pursuits rather than pure good will towards overclockers. The company already affords that to those users through its product design, hardware and software. We explain why in this editorial.
Are you are finding that your inkjet printer ink is being used up quicker than you like? There is valid explanation for this. The ink is going down the drain, literarily.
Part 1 of our article series showed how a modern printer can fail due to excess ink wastage from heavy or non optimal use.
In Part 2 of our article series we compare our earlier example to a similar printer of specification and age that been has operated more efficiently and highlight the differences between these cases and the overall designs of these examples of moderns printers.