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Netgear's MoCA kit
IT ISN'T LIKELY you have heard about MoCA, but it's the Multimedia over Coax technology that allows you to use Ethernet over your home's cable TV network. Netgear has the first MoCA kit from Netgear.
Inside HW tested the XFX Radeon HD 4870 XXX 512MB graphics card. XFX is fairly new to the ATI camp, so it's always interesting to see how well they're fairing.
PC Perspective is looking into the long-term performance degradation that SSDs are subjected to as they become increasingly fragmented. Give it a good long read if you're an SSD junkie.
CPU cooling is going big, real big. Thermaltake's Bigtyp 14Pro CPU cooler is one of those massive solutions that'll be hard to fit in your case. It does a tremendous job though.
Overclockers Online is spreading the Gelid GC-1 thermal paste over their test-bed CPU. The paste seems to hit the spot and keep the heat flowing better than another famous thermal compound.
TechARP published its GTX 295 overclocking guide on the very last day of January and we seem to have missed it. No worries, here it is now.
CSX seems to be making the review rounds everywhere, even in penguin land. Phoronix gives a look at the CSX's 3x1GB DDR3-1600 kit.
Techgage tested the Phenom II X4 810 and X3 720 BE processors. The budget processors seem to do well on overclocking, the 720BE in particular.
Dell's 22-inch S2209W might lack an HDMI connector, but its $200 price and DVI with HDCP infection are definitely worth taking a look at. Bit Tech has one.
If you're an iPlod fan, there's a nice little Altec-Lansing Octiv Air M812 at Thrusted Reviews. The Air is a 2-piece kit with a transmitter dock and the speaker unit itself.
Xbit Labs and PC Games Hardware are both looking at developments in the Catalyst front. The 9.2 drivers are delivering some decent improvements across several games.
The Hardware Canucks have an exclusive review of the Corsair Dominator GT 3x2GB PC3-15000 CL7 memory. Top notch stuff if you're willing to pony up $479.
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Oh, wow, Ethernet over Coax? Hmmmm.... oh, I remember! GM tried forcing this on the industrial world back in the 1980s with their abortive MAP (Manufacturing Automation Protocol) effort. It was expensive, mostly because of the RF to baseband conversions needed at EACH node. And the need for a expensivehead end node. Too much, even for sophisticated industrial automation engineers. Doubt if NetGear has been able to make it more palatable, even for residential use.
For the reviewer: try Cat 5e or Cat 6 cable, not to hard to run, even in existing walls (if you own), or surface mount (if you rent), AND you get full bandwidth!
In the dark ages of computing, this was called 10Base2. Slow, quirky and unreliable. Begs the question, what idiots come up with these ideas? Marketing people?
Hmmm.... Ethernet over Coax?
Yeah been there back in the 90's. Brings back memories of trying to trace a break in a cable or a missing terminator (ahh the joys of being a junior tech bod in a college where the students were bent on breaking things).
I can in a way see the point of it though, especially if you have terestrial TV going to every room in your house. I just wish they released this BEFORE I cabled the house up with CAT5.
Rob
Verizon already used a hybrid MoCA system to deliver Guide updates, and VOD feature for FiOS TV.
Ethernet over coax, yes, but not the same technology as 10base2(thinnet) or 10base5(thicknet). both of these used baseband signaling (same as 10baseT). MoCA uses tech which is very similar to that of 10Broad36. There is no termanating of cable segments to maintain 50ohm runs. Fios uses it for their dvr to any anyroom technology. The funny part is Comcast, Timewarner, and Cox is part of the MoCA group that paid for it's develoment, but dont use it.