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Thursday, August 27th, 2009 – running time 40:32
Are Shure's SRH840 Headphones as good as their Earphones? Jason Cross has graphics card reccomendations from under $100 to price is no object. Free Backup Software, Discover music with CitySounds.fm, Stop World of Warcraft Obssessions At The Router.

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Welcome to Tekzilla... hands on reviews of the latest tech, and how to make the most out of the gear you already own! Veronica Belmont and Patrick Norton are your hosts.

Back up your systm RIGHT NOW, by imaging it. (Last week we talked about my epic hard drive fail... and I promised we'd start talking about strategies for backing up.) It's as simple as making a boot disk and tracking down an extra hard drive.

Free tools we prefer for making a bit for bit copy of your drive are Easeus Disk Copy for Windows and Carbon Copy Cloner for OS X. (SuperDuper! is another solid option for OS X.)

Open source options for the PC include FOG and Clonezilla. If you want the comfort of paid for tools, check out Norton Ghost and Acronis True Image Home 2009.

We spent a whole episode of Systm showing off the process of imaging your drive,Cheap and Easy Hard Drive Upgrade, it's a great way to move the contents of your current hard drive onto a bigger drive!

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Free Software! This week's Freebie Download Pick is GFI Backup, Home Edition, a great tool that makes it easy to backup your data, photos, music and other critical bits with a 'wizard' based interface. Just select Backup, Restore, Sync or My Tasks and walk through the steps. You can backup folders or have GFI Backup search your drive for file types used by media, productivity and financial applications.. You can schedule regular backups, direct them to a local drive, CD or DVD disc, a network drive or, if you're skilled, an FTP server. Best of all, it's free!

Nvidia and ATI offer about a billion GPU options... if you're looking for a new video card, you'll love our interview with Jason Cross, where he picks the best cards from under $100 to money is no object, and answers your questions about what card to buy for a Home Theater PC and more. (Hint: most late model cards offer HDMI with audio passthru and full HDCP support!)

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This week's "Website We Just Can't Get Enough Of" is CitySounds.fm! It helps you see what people are listening to in cities all over the world. It's just in it's infancy, but CitySounds.fm is promising in a few different ways. For one, the design is really cool. The most popular cities are listed in order, and popularity is determined by how frequently a city's link is tweeted. (The music itself comes from SoundCloud, a music-file distribution site for artists, labels and other music professionals.) To listen, click on the name of the city you're interested in, and a dropdown of recent tracks appears. Clicking to a cities page, you can see the top genres, shuffle the top tracks, and see what Twitter users have posted about the city. Techno seems to be the predominant genre on the site so far, but I'm sure as more users start adding content the genres will broaden. Check it out!

Shure recently released a line of headphones, and Veronica's pretty excited for them since she's such a big fan of their in-ear buds, like the SE530's (which are her precious babies). The headphones are under their pro-audio line, and they're marketing them towards musicians, DJs, or anyone else in need of good monitoring headphones that aren't going to break the bank. How good do the $200 : Shure SRH840's Professinoal Monitoring Headphones sound? Watch the show to find out!

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Somebody in your house spending too much time on WoW? James is looking to block World of Warcraft on his router so his (WoW obsessed) friend can't play when he comes over. (Who wants somebody sitting in a corner playing WoW for 18 hours straight?) Veronica's got the details on the critical port you need to close to block WoW, and we discuss how to do it... and whether or not it's time for an intervention.

What's the maximum tranfer rate for USB 2.0? Can you double your bandwidth? Carl has 12 USB devices connected to his laptop, and another six he wants to connect when he gets another hub or card for the desktop he's moving to. That's a lot of USB devices, Carl, no wonder you're looking to improve performance!

Data Backup Strategies

Back up your systm RIGHT NOW, by imaging it. (Last week we talked about my epic hard drive fail... and I promised we'd start talking about strategies for backing up.) It's as simple as making a boot disk and tracking down an extra hard drive.

Free tools we prefer for making a bit for bit copy of your drive are Easeus Disk Copy for Windows and Carbon Copy Cloner for OS X. (SuperDuper! is another solid option for OS X.)

Open source options for the PC include FOG and Clonezilla. If you want the comfort of paid for tools, check out Norton Ghost and Acronis True Image Home 2009.

We spent a whole episode of Systm showing off the process of imaging your drive,Cheap and Easy Hard Drive Upgrade, it's a great way to move the contents of your current hard drive onto a bigger drive!

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Freebie Download Pick: GFI Backup Home Edition

Free Software! This week's Freebie Download Pick is GFI Backup, Home Edition, a great tool that makes it easy to backup your data, photos, music and other critical bits with a 'wizard' based interface. Just select Backup, Restore, Sync or My Tasks and walk through the steps. You can backup folders or have GFI Backup search your drive for file types used by media, productivity and financial applications.. You can schedule regular backups, direct them to a local drive, CD or DVD disc, a network drive or, if you're skilled, an FTP server. Best of all, it's free!

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Video Card FAQ

Nvidia and ATI offer about a billion GPU options... if you're looking for a new video card, you'll love our interview with Jason Cross, where he picks the best cards from under $100 to money is no object, and answers your questions about what card to buy for a Home Theater PC and more. (Hint: most late model cards offer HDMI with audio passthru and full HDCP support!)

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Website We Just Can't Get Enough Of: CitySounds.fm

This week's "Website We Just Can't Get Enough Of" is CitySounds.fm! It helps you see what people are listening to in cities all over the world. It's just in it's infancy, but CitySounds.fm is promising in a few different ways. For one, the design is really cool. The most popular cities are listed in order, and popularity is determined by how frequently a city's link is tweeted. (The music itself comes from SoundCloud, a music-file distribution site for artists, labels and other music professionals.) To listen, click on the name of the city you're interested in, and a dropdown of recent tracks appears. Clicking to a cities page, you can see the top genres, shuffle the top tracks, and see what Twitter users have posted about the city. Techno seems to be the predominant genre on the site so far, but I'm sure as more users start adding content the genres will broaden. Check it out!

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Shure SE530 Headphone Review

Shure recently released a line of headphones, and Veronica's pretty excited for them since she's such a big fan of their in-ear buds, like the SE530's (which are her precious babies). The headphones are under their pro-audio line, and they're marketing them towards musicians, DJs, or anyone else in need of good monitoring headphones that aren't going to break the bank. How good do the $200 : Shure SRH840's Professinoal Monitoring Headphones sound? Watch the show to find out!

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Prevent a WOW addict from getting online!

Somebody in your house spending too much time on WoW? James is looking to block World of Warcraft on his router so his (WoW obsessed) friend can't play when he comes over. (Who wants somebody sitting in a corner playing WoW for 18 hours straight?) Veronica's got the details on the critical port you need to close to block WoW, and we discuss how to do it... and whether or not it's time for an intervention.

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Maxed Out USB 2.0 Bandwidth?

What's the maximum tranfer rate for USB 2.0? Can you double your bandwidth? Carl has 12 USB devices connected to his laptop, and another six he wants to connect when he gets another hub or card for the desktop he's moving to. That's a lot of USB devices, Carl, no wonder you're looking to improve performance!

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Highlights

world of warcraft: 32:44, 34:09
hard drive: 0:05, 2:01, 2:34, 3:57, 9:08, 36:14
open source: 6:46, 22:38
cutting edge: 21:34

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" But that kind of goes without saying there still people fail to do it from time to time and we also talked about worst case scenario threats -- actually happens to your house. And all of your backups for example and may be backing up off site would be the best kind of solution for that --"

" I mean and you can do that is online services that can do that critics have really good one you. -- but yet it or swapping hard drives with somebody you know mailing hard drive your -- derivatives but look. What are the quickest easiest strategies is to simply image the drive society Mac or PC or time it is when you have a freshly built machine on -- apps are installed it's perfect. -- all the apps all of you drivers all the settings figure we'd want. If you create an image of that drive you can quickly easily replicated on the like 800 systems are rolling out the corporate office. Or just get a new hard drive up and running quickly your notebook or desktop work you're doing the windows things you find yourself having bit -- where your machine for no reason. Sorts a slowdown overtime is deals get past things get strange. You can quickly zap these fresh partition on -- basically first copy the fresh image you're at your operating system in your application to get things running again."

" Now for -- it may not know any better assist the kind of thing we can do where you say something happened your laptop you're trying to save all the data could drive but the laptop itself on salvageable strategy then take that disk image and put it onto a different laptop -- everything have to be completely at the same."

" Well one of the issues we run into with operating system requires specific drivers can configure itself and then there's also the issue of me you've got essence. Note to you what windows you call Microsoft -- stole the operating system. Security in there. It's so if if you have a lot of cases if I take a hard drive planned to go heart -- edit PC eight and put in the PCB if PCP. Is all -- exact components it should run fine. If PCB is like a different graphics cards are different chipset the hard drive operates its gonna start booting and it's gonna freak out -- panic and -- they can make two separate images one of all your applications and everything and one of carrier files adjustments that -- my favorite thing you used to have the operating system the applications on one partition on the drive and basically all my data on the second part. And that way like I can blow up first partition and you know because like they're crossing the we're seeing a windows occasion rebuild the system every six months of my image I don't have to reusable whistle where -- basically uses apt image on from external hard drive. And if the date as a separate partition that makes it nice clean place to back your data."

" For a fantastic that sounds like -- pretty easy thing to do and it's gonna save a lot of trouble tell -- best of all it's free. Yeah you can say the most basic version these programs are super free. This copy actually will be the first we'll talk when it works great for windows carbon copy caller is our favorite free tool ridiculous ten machines. Carbon copy corner actually offers a lot of features for OS-X that you have to pay money for get on the windows software it really simply basically create the the you take -- so cloudy creative boot disk. You run the boot disk to identify the partition within a by the driving with a copy to. You hit a button copies invading your pretty much. Excellent unless you're setting up for you want this specific file that specific -- not that filers setting up incremental backups but that's. Something for you discover when you're running so --"

" I think I'm gonna go carbon copy cleaner over time machine these days because I. Have been historically using time machine and it's really not -- trust time machine I don't trust the -- she's the past and it didn't help me and I -- it not help other people hate I hate that. It's it's pretty much just a piece of stuff that's a piece stuff. And that it's a piece of stuff and so I think I'm gonna you know go back -- carbon copy cleaners from making backup and it just goes."

" Does incremental backups and the consider -- separate partitions he had happy either partition your happy -- to be happy to. I'm just tiny laptop move coming just start from scratch with -- cooling like aluminum once it's built out of joy and hope of -- yes."

" Of the thirteen inch MacBook pro who gets smaller Karen my MacBook pro with me everywhere have been sent cut out little bit with a list."

" A couple of pounds meeting but there's like there's gonna -- trying to use the fifteen inch you know lunch tray on an air on the airplane awards it's six using like this I was actually out with -- my notebook I get a thirteen 66 within 68 screen it's actually on the trade front of beset and break by. Screen it was awesome next magazines that -- Will be needed to make it. So which -- about other PC options that are all open source your dog clone Tekzilla. If you want off the shelf tools -- got Norton's ghost of Acronis true image product treatment has some really great but the back up tools for windows along with this copy OS-X users can check out the trial where -- previews and super awesome -- super duper."

" I've heard good things that's -- it's an awesome program yeah and it's got like the coolest -- members -- about a carbon copy cleaner is why all difficult to say pretty clever. -- This is true."

" It took up video card video card video card what's hot what's not with video card new -- Jason cross right now what we got your attention."

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" All in this week's freebie download pick for a free program we find useful. Interesting this week yet fight back up -- Back up your hard drive -- that we take very seriously. That the drive with him music and buying can be a real piece. You buy back at home if you make it easier you wizardry theatre anything you want anybody could be back up and think in a flash. Just like back up restore -- might have -- walking. Backup folders or even if you buy back -- search for common file type by media productivity by what -- happen. Right back up to a local drive see what he is a network drive -- yours -- he's here. You -- back a politician it's just about everything you want it back at utilities including regulars get them back. That need to bring you back up software download you buy back up."

" Closed the holidays Nvidia eighty -- probably rated release a new crop video cards on the market it sounds like a perfect time to get Jason cross back. Our resident GPU expert on -- showed it was the look at what to expect an answer couple your questions Jason. Well the show man how you could ask first we traditionally regularly for extremetech.com. Yes Ziff Davis pulled the plug on netware killer. It's a layer instead of just nobody east or hit okay and far what the important part is where can people find your work these days oh."

" a freelance all over the place I'm doing some stuff from -- and he's the dunes and stuff for PC world online on there and tech blog -- some. News but it's certainly orbit -- commerce suffer I have a site Jason cross dot -- that I don't do anything with relieved there's a blog there they never update and actually -- the flight. Ten here today Ayers they insisted what you -- linking your articles there we can tell these people there I should do that. And I just. The story they can read magazine. What should we start looking at a question of -- basically you know it's. To know what's new what's out there it's been a loss we talked about graphics cards. Everything gets out now has been out for a while the prices have tumbled and and sort changes will form that's a good thing will do we can we expect any major releases between -- the in the year yeah although -- what we know all of ATI's direct X eleven cards are coming -- of you know not like pretty soon like well December 20 ninth but it. People within a year but sooner rather than later. And we know we don't know what we're pretty sure that India is -- excellent cards are not. It might make you by the union in mind and they're gonna be behind the idea. -- if you're thinking about like spending 500 dollars or 250 dollars -- 150 dollars -- graphics card you might -- you clip -- or is it -- You know if you don't desperately need -- right now I'd wait to -- because you know the with the HU meter architectural chains like this they also get more efficient and you know faster at the same price. Ranges and of course you get all the -- excellent this stuff. Which is you know if you had Vista or witness it and do it -- things. Selective the first rule of graphics card is the longer you wait the more it for the money absolutely but I can't wait forever. Because that you'll just never read it over and even now so if you have to buy something now what's what is the top -- money is no object ultimate performance brown the highest single -- you can put your system is. Nvidia's dual GPU card geforce ticks to 95. Which is to of their -- 200 GPUs on one card that I guess a wild card. Cities like 7000 watts of power -- uses a lot of -- its -- uses you know. But you know that's the money's no -- dare ask how how how much money's no object birds and you know I haven't looked it up. Really recently but I it's it's like 415. Year you know it's it's good to it's not we're back in the days and it's 600 bucks you know that that's gone it's Canada US alliance that we have a caller you can have really two of those in your system and have on -- Yeah a lot diminishing returns after cue cards three cards is not much three GPUs are out but wouldn't it. That's in two fours really not much that's give it -- over. You know unless you just wanna build the fastest system and had all the money world. And some people don't people didn't. For those of us or a bit more of the budget that's -- toward sixty bucks us 250 bucks you want either the radeon. HD 49 B. Or the geforce GT XT -- side. Does of the best those of both beam between 200 -- fifty depending on the brand and stuff. And and he kind of trade off performance means different things about the super what's the sweet spot for yet to begin at 250 bucks us. Radeon HD -- said he which. You to -- more than cost on what that get the one gigabyte forties and he's now four one -- Yes. And and they geforce GTX 216. Court T sixteen which is a mouthful but it. They had the original T sixty and then they need a new version with more cores on the GPU activated. Keep that version both of those will be lessened -- safety and very. How about for like I just need -- basic card under a hundred bucks he beat up 3-D the operating system files. Well you can actually do a lot with -- hundred bucks now. Eight BI released the 47 cent which is forty nanometer card. -- Recently -- under a hundred bucks but there previous -- to 4050 which is faster. Dropped in price. To be about 99 bucks or so so you can get a pretty -- for 99 bucks. And now run everything that's out there today really pretty well connect let's cross fire here 40s50s -- add a second forty effectively this one. It would go by actual three dvd yet it would yeah I mean. 140 if you play everything that's out there and let you need crazy high resolutions -- to -- all. So. You know that'll that'll do it -- just you know except crisis. That it all the other games just on I can't fortress. That we get a question here from Allen and harbor Michigan. He's -- build a home theater PC what's recommendation for graphics cards each species he support HDMI output and it's quiet as possible basically just what's he immediately backed doesn't care about yet did back can be a lot of there's a lot of cards that -- that. Recommendation. And it's really hard to pick one winner really what you wanna look for a home -- card. Is you wanna get something relatively low end and an inexpensive because behind card she's a lot a lot stated the fans spins up and honest you want. You know you want low power support weak power supply that's gonna have. You know right now lot of heat not what I was passive coolers and graphics passive cooling you can get it ward there's a lot of cards like there's there's versions of 4615. And stuff like that out there. To have. A big giant fan on -- instead of the original single slot qualities to have they have the big. Tucson cooler and they're made for that sort of thing. We'll look for that we'll that they have -- HDMI output and you wanna make sure it's one of the newer generation of cards. Because the new generation cards do better audio pass through -- all the stuff you wanna make sure it's a 4000 series cards from -- or when and he. 9000 series or that GTX 215 years something like that it. Couldn't it would stick to violators of underdog graphics card like okay it's easy entry for acceleration and realized that you have to jury rate your audio connection -- exactly and and and they've been putting -- my ports on the back of graphics card for a long time but only the newest models really have all the audio pastors. Stuff that you really want an intense so you're not gonna get things like. When your PC and I'll put it seven not want on there expressive but he'll get all that he -- Versions of stuff out there so for the card it's dead in the series that are definitely and have support for the eighties you pass -- these four here's the 4000 series stuff for me TI and dean GTX to what Amber's theories from from the media -- the latest models. I had that. And plus -- have to worry about -- don't worry about it's. How powerful graphics card it is fraternity stuff because they had separate video decoding blocks that. Handle all the even the lowest demo in this 79 dollar cards. -- Which is kind of amazing to get have one more question absolutely okay so. We've got hand was is that what they had -- set -- system for physics eating a second or third GP you'd -- eight yet 4800 years or 4050. I have to crossbar tumor heart's content the salt -- crossfire -- we'll 24050 crossfire of the second part busting performance and Austin physics. Our special drivers -- how can it be happy to answer the answer is unfortunately you just can't do it. He can't do -- physics acceleration thing is completely and in media. Solution only and he bought his acts and may need he physics acceleration stuff go only on their cards hand they're not it's. Part and parcel with their things so. You need a geforce card do physics and you can do we just one card and it'll do the physics and the graphics or you can if you have two cards and you put a vote in there and did a slight thing. If there's no Phisix it'll run don't both run the graphics and if there is physics acceleration in game one will do that physics and you do the graphics and years. Find does all that stuff automatically. -- have any kind of equivalent to physics. No they don't you care about physics and if physics is like that you had covered one point because like cameras that's what about physical about physics but it seemed like there have not been mini games where it really makes a big difference -- go. It's a it's a good thing you brought it up because the new battening game are gonna asylum. As cool physics support has some meat -- doesn't needs to put some cloth and things Long Island and dynamic. Fallen instantly that it looks really cool. And indeed is gonna be running a deal where. Many models of their graphics card if you buy a card they'll India download code to download the game for. -- be really cool yep so that's that's a nice little perk. And you know. The physics on their makes it look a little better it's a little better looking -- versions. It's true for the physics is that even on the the inexpensive Nvidia card just for -- any card after I think eight. Thousand series 8800 series Canada and I think it's maybe not only 8400. Or some minor piece where the -- Any all the modern ones support the physics stuff and of course you want a little bit of a beef here card if it's gonna run physics. And thing. You're asking -- do we care you know. There's a couple games out there were looks a lot better than you out of arc of asylum it might be a good time yeah -- physics it's maybe all this stuff is going and it being more cross compatible as we start seeing -- C files -- immediately reported that we know havoc. Makes the other physics middleware that's very very popular out there. They've been doing some work to import that open CEO so it'll run on. Any graphics and graphics card you know eventually but that's all really early stuff like that -- trade shows it's not you know and Nelson. So in -- in general terms you like the idea of physics it can it utilized in game these things and it became pretty year it is not he's sort of decision it's what this things that I think is if you've got any new video card. Dan this is a nice -- this is a nice extra thing but not the kind of thing that I would say that's gonna make me have to go by Nvidia card I'd. I'd still make a decision although it's obvious -- if you're looking for a free copy of Markham asylum -- really for you graphics card might till you towards it obedience and of the -- yet that's our free games is a great bonus especially if it's a really hot game and especially if it's something like this where they announce the gonna do this. Just before the game comes out -- out. This week. So that after you bought it yet exactly. Which happens all. Jason cross."

" Ladies and gentlemen he is our resident expert on the computer graphics GPUs all the good seven gonna be talking to us well in the future and indeed hopefully you're cutbacks."

" Yes jurors should we expect to be ready rhapsody the magazines or commute is at all secret under -- a little bit secret and perhaps I'm gonna be doing -- magazine needs to -- you for Macs and PC that's coming on the line to -- uncomfortable. But -- you know it's I got. A stack of laptops certain things. Not enough literally nothing really like cutting edge like you're gonna go oh my god that's a future thing that nobody heard act and I do any of that stuff and -- I was like it. It it goes the standard across dot org is generally. Eight devoid way if we split devoid of new content what about Twitter account do Twitter between. Act increasing cross 00 because Jason cross taken so do Jason cross -- heroes my Twitter and now. Between Israel and between about the new stuff that's the idea who I tweet about all kinds of up. Right there by that -- policies. To Jason thanks so much for being on the show thank you sir."

" You get more questions about components people emailed to you Jason back next to a case of extreme -- ambiguities -- couple weeks talk with them see you happiness. Right now though coming up next sure they can headphones they've made microphones for a thousand years every ear buds a couple of years ago. Now they've got headphones they'd look like Sony's but these down the whole lot better Rocketboom -- about that in just a moment. But first let's think one of our sponsors didn't."

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" Totally so that. Sure recently that its new line of headphones and that's a pretty subtle about them since I'm such a big fan of their inner bugs. Like the SE 530s return my precious precious babies the headphones are under their pro audio line in their marketed towards musicians DJ -- or anyone else in need of good monitoring headphones that that are going to break the bank under three different headphones as our -- to forty before authorities in -- here. -- It isn't a little more time with -- and up from what I've been using them so far this week I mean they sound really great."

" Right it -- horrifying pictures history was primarily in microphones but does it still transducer. They go from you know. Audio hitting the transducer out -- electricity they cannot hear but a few years ago this phenomenal job and doing -- is a really neat thing for that."

" Yeah this is the first line of cancer actually have monitoring headphones and other a little bit unwieldy. They're quite large as you can see but if you if you're used to using headphones for monitoring repeating. And they're pretty standard they're not exactly the most think they have track."

" Gather a lot of people go like those facilities and if you put your head down don't know what they're just as ugly as."

" They sound. And easy. I found really really good -- there there about 200 dollars and -- them pretty inline with other headphones of -- style. Maybe a little bit on the lower well they're they're close that folder over the years -- immoral but with Hannity is a really good sound stage in -- Yeah they're very this lot of space when you when you listen to her presentation brief presentation. It's not like something you would get -- with your -- like is I mean you can't really get that same sense of depth of field. In in your sound stage. Is -- audio buzzwords."

" It tells her I -- buzzword bingo you know but the okay what we talk about some other things forty home. Milpitas which actually surprised because I drove them against like my buyers which I live in -- These hats on kick to them even being played off an iPod or iPhone there's very little assistance in them so. That little tiny bit of power -- to your iPod does it a lot farther towards just. Driving a whole bunch of audio."

" They have really nice -- response to -- mean they just sound really deep end and penalty when you listen to the and that's about where big is that is accurate editing and how to really described yeah they just sound very warm it sounds really good when you have your head they're comfortable for me at this small and it worked for you but I felt that. That it then needs some work ahead for you Patrick comfortable had been well it Kelly what -- got the your votes there that -- so -- that the cops -- that it that was pressing on the very top of my skull. Maybe it's a big thing now. -- to have the that Sony and DRV 700 separate one that those from my favorite pat -- like like 120 bucks now. They're enemies it was fifty and bought them. Well you in -- V sixes which would like ten years before that. It's still running my sense is we're actually stolen off my desk at CNET roughly three years ago I haven't purchased a new pair of monitoring and since that. Would you spend 200 dollars I listen to -- for home use I mean I am planning on setting -- the better podcasting studio com. And I always use these headphones or use Monday I bought that creative Logitech. It's how money gaming headsets for use that because it is close -- here a little bit better. For a long long term that the division knew that giant fatality -- and microphones sticking out early here is me I'm fine I'm. It's pretty funny. Another thing about these is that you're -- are replaceable. So suddenly happens that they wear him down you can just you know pull a lot of executable -- method. -- So that's nice -- instead of wearing them and I'm listening to and you've paired you can always get replace well. -- the Pacific -- With those Edison unit with the cable those kind of really is -- it's got a cable lock here. Actually swapping cables -- yeah. He can pull it out oxidant please me twisted the of the cable comes in it comes with and a quarter inch adapter as most monitoring function anyway. I have like six liner in the house now this could probably melted down and -- jewelry from myself at some point on it comes with a three meter long cable. Nice strategy. Doesn't come with an extension cable you need three meter. Long and it's about it's just undercounted the cable."

" Yeah I don't really paid ten what if the music's good it really notice how much they anyway."

" It isn't your head down I mean if you're walking around with these are -- Hitler and be good news. Yeah. -- and I -- a strong. But give us that. -- so I you listen today's for a little bit stay with you think their really get ice."

" I -- it beat it against by after he -- seventies. I don't have the 250 all like the super cool guy he sent them these I've got the basic. Seventy -- once again like if I if I plug them back to back in there was a lot more volume coming out at this it disabling setting because I assume because these pieces solo. Because in theory right the buyers are more sensitive their rated higher. I was shocked like really get they have a low and -- a great help. They -- wonderful sound stage really clear nice high -- especially of the locals like an old Marlee tracks and stuff like that they're really clean they can just a little bit like almost everything."

" Metropolis rock group from other shorts I've listened to tip to sound a little bit space cleaner hearings -- these years. Lot of help prevent velvety comments aren't of the activity these days they velvety chocolate as they look like on. It's audio -- become who are not obvious and is canceling that they are. You know sounds ridiculous canceling because these actions -- we years in your kitchen and apparently I think things. Honestly competitively and am I talking."

" Nobody would be even perfect if you gave out."

" Yeah I think it totally comfortable they're not the best lookers if you're into like skull candy or something like that they're probably won't be could replace creep in is why I can't walking around town I've loved school kidneys."

" that you agree Dave I think there -- look awful. I'm also. Target them."

" Not exactly your style but as -- said these are 200 dollars and are available now pretty much anywhere you can buy quality headphones now listening here and pretty much do -- under. Were what's the starting price it just came. It gives a few months you'll probably be able to find them -- Maybe by Christmas on top of it but not to and I mean there these are really -- for professional musicians --"

" But two recent books from flyers yeah you know I would so those those are as good and the arguments and could do what might have --"

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" Head -- everything has an issue he definitely has some kind of addiction problem -- the game. I know nothing about that at all but there's still hold that your job and haven't done that."

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" It -- Scott Patrick. Anyway it's really need to have a little chat and how it's affecting his life and the people close to him on the definitely sounds like he's totally addicted as I said the answer your question yes you can't block well from working at your house. Almost at least bring over his own laptop and right you probably just password protect your own computer. And keep them off of there were just delete laugh out anyway. On the -- wanna block is 3724. They're other ports with associated with World of Warcraft but those are mostly used for. Like downloading the patches and stuff from their policies for a torrenting ports it probably wanna block is that just 3724 should be sufficient. So we've talked about getting into your routers settings before but does a beautiful ways it can go about this beauty can block. The you can block the port that a 3724 that we mentioned or you can block and Mac address of his laptop. Hollywood appreciate that much because he might -- lines or some other kind of reason. Via U we've we've switch on the tomato writer before the WT yeah there's good news my iris forget what they call sign -- Nat boxes. --"

" That's the Ito like three of them -- that they are I have it energy at only the ones before version five it was given that. This basically bought an airport should put a halt to his Alley at your house at least in which case he's going start to crack on the -- report Internet cafe here however else has access. It's nothing is you know."

" And I think he spent time at -- yeah it was spent time with a so that's that's. I haven't done that and now you're you'll go to when it -- right probably it's probably parents won't play anymore to those whose friend's house uses for those of us."

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" Now for -- it may not know any better assist the kind of thing we can do where you say something happened your laptop you're trying to save all the data could drive but the laptop itself on salvageable strategy then take that disk image and put it onto a different laptop -- everything have to be completely at the same."

" Well one of the issues we run into with operating system requires specific drivers can configure itself and then there's also the issue of me you've got essence. Note to you what windows you call Microsoft -- stole the operating system. Security in there. It's so if if you have a lot of cases if I take a hard drive planned to go heart -- edit PC eight and put in the PCB if PCP. Is all -- exact components it should run fine. If PCB is like a different graphics cards are different chipset the hard drive operates its gonna start booting and it's gonna freak out -- panic and -- they can make two separate images one of all your applications and everything and one of carrier files adjustments that -- my favorite thing you used to have the operating system the applications on one partition on the drive and basically all my data on the second part. And that way like I can blow up first partition and you know because like they're crossing the we're seeing a windows occasion rebuild the system every six months of my image I don't have to reusable whistle where -- basically uses apt image on from external hard drive. And if the date as a separate partition that makes it nice clean place to back your data."

" For a fantastic that sounds like -- pretty easy thing to do and it's gonna save a lot of trouble tell -- best of all it's free. Yeah you can say the most basic version these programs are super free. This copy actually will be the first we'll talk when it works great for windows carbon copy caller is our favorite free tool ridiculous ten machines. Carbon copy corner actually offers a lot of features for OS-X that you have to pay money for get on the windows software it really simply basically create the the you take -- so cloudy creative boot disk. You run the boot disk to identify the partition within a by the driving with a copy to. You hit a button copies invading your pretty much. Excellent unless you're setting up for you want this specific file that specific -- not that filers setting up incremental backups but that's. Something for you discover when you're running so --"

" I think I'm gonna go carbon copy cleaner over time machine these days because I. Have been historically using time machine and it's really not -- trust time machine I don't trust the -- she's the past and it didn't help me and I -- it not help other people hate I hate that. It's it's pretty much just a piece of stuff that's a piece stuff. And that it's a piece of stuff and so I think I'm gonna you know go back -- carbon copy cleaners from making backup and it just goes."

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" A couple of pounds meeting but there's like there's gonna -- trying to use the fifteen inch you know lunch tray on an air on the airplane awards it's six using like this I was actually out with -- my notebook I get a thirteen 66 within 68 screen it's actually on the trade front of beset and break by. Screen it was awesome next magazines that -- Will be needed to make it. So which -- about other PC options that are all open source your dog clone Tekzilla. If you want off the shelf tools -- got Norton's ghost of Acronis true image product treatment has some really great but the back up tools for windows along with this copy OS-X users can check out the trial where -- previews and super awesome -- super duper."

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" Closed the holidays Nvidia eighty -- probably rated release a new crop video cards on the market it sounds like a perfect time to get Jason cross back. Our resident GPU expert on -- showed it was the look at what to expect an answer couple your questions Jason. Well the show man how you could ask first we traditionally regularly for extremetech.com. Yes Ziff Davis pulled the plug on netware killer. It's a layer instead of just nobody east or hit okay and far what the important part is where can people find your work these days oh."

" a freelance all over the place I'm doing some stuff from -- and he's the dunes and stuff for PC world online on there and tech blog -- some. News but it's certainly orbit -- commerce suffer I have a site Jason cross dot -- that I don't do anything with relieved there's a blog there they never update and actually -- the flight. Ten here today Ayers they insisted what you -- linking your articles there we can tell these people there I should do that. And I just. The story they can read magazine. What should we start looking at a question of -- basically you know it's. To know what's new what's out there it's been a loss we talked about graphics cards. Everything gets out now has been out for a while the prices have tumbled and and sort changes will form that's a good thing will do we can we expect any major releases between -- the in the year yeah although -- what we know all of ATI's direct X eleven cards are coming -- of you know not like pretty soon like well December 20 ninth but it. People within a year but sooner rather than later. And we know we don't know what we're pretty sure that India is -- excellent cards are not. It might make you by the union in mind and they're gonna be behind the idea. -- if you're thinking about like spending 500 dollars or 250 dollars -- 150 dollars -- graphics card you might -- you clip -- or is it -- You know if you don't desperately need -- right now I'd wait to -- because you know the with the HU meter architectural chains like this they also get more efficient and you know faster at the same price. Ranges and of course you get all the -- excellent this stuff. Which is you know if you had Vista or witness it and do it -- things. Selective the first rule of graphics card is the longer you wait the more it for the money absolutely but I can't wait forever. Because that you'll just never read it over and even now so if you have to buy something now what's what is the top -- money is no object ultimate performance brown the highest single -- you can put your system is. Nvidia's dual GPU card geforce ticks to 95. Which is to of their -- 200 GPUs on one card that I guess a wild card. Cities like 7000 watts of power -- uses a lot of -- its -- uses you know. But you know that's the money's no -- dare ask how how how much money's no object birds and you know I haven't looked it up. Really recently but I it's it's like 415. Year you know it's it's good to it's not we're back in the days and it's 600 bucks you know that that's gone it's Canada US alliance that we have a caller you can have really two of those in your system and have on -- Yeah a lot diminishing returns after cue cards three cards is not much three GPUs are out but wouldn't it. That's in two fours really not much that's give it -- over. You know unless you just wanna build the fastest system and had all the money world. And some people don't people didn't. For those of us or a bit more of the budget that's -- toward sixty bucks us 250 bucks you want either the radeon. HD 49 B. Or the geforce GT XT -- side. Does of the best those of both beam between 200 -- fifty depending on the brand and stuff. And and he kind of trade off performance means different things about the super what's the sweet spot for yet to begin at 250 bucks us. Radeon HD -- said he which. You to -- more than cost on what that get the one gigabyte forties and he's now four one -- Yes. And and they geforce GTX 216. Court T sixteen which is a mouthful but it. They had the original T sixty and then they need a new version with more cores on the GPU activated. Keep that version both of those will be lessened -- safety and very. How about for like I just need -- basic card under a hundred bucks he beat up 3-D the operating system files. Well you can actually do a lot with -- hundred bucks now. Eight BI released the 47 cent which is forty nanometer card. -- Recently -- under a hundred bucks but there previous -- to 4050 which is faster. Dropped in price. To be about 99 bucks or so so you can get a pretty -- for 99 bucks. And now run everything that's out there today really pretty well connect let's cross fire here 40s50s -- add a second forty effectively this one. It would go by actual three dvd yet it would yeah I mean. 140 if you play everything that's out there and let you need crazy high resolutions -- to -- all. So. You know that'll that'll do it -- just you know except crisis. That it all the other games just on I can't fortress. That we get a question here from Allen and harbor Michigan. He's -- build a home theater PC what's recommendation for graphics cards each species he support HDMI output and it's quiet as possible basically just what's he immediately backed doesn't care about yet did back can be a lot of there's a lot of cards that -- that. Recommendation. And it's really hard to pick one winner really what you wanna look for a home -- card. Is you wanna get something relatively low end and an inexpensive because behind card she's a lot a lot stated the fans spins up and honest you want. You know you want low power support weak power supply that's gonna have. You know right now lot of heat not what I was passive coolers and graphics passive cooling you can get it ward there's a lot of cards like there's there's versions of 4615. And stuff like that out there. To have. A big giant fan on -- instead of the original single slot qualities to have they have the big. Tucson cooler and they're made for that sort of thing. We'll look for that we'll that they have -- HDMI output and you wanna make sure it's one of the newer generation of cards. Because the new generation cards do better audio pass through -- all the stuff you wanna make sure it's a 4000 series cards from -- or when and he. 9000 series or that GTX 215 years something like that it. Couldn't it would stick to violators of underdog graphics card like okay it's easy entry for acceleration and realized that you have to jury rate your audio connection -- exactly and and and they've been putting -- my ports on the back of graphics card for a long time but only the newest models really have all the audio pastors. Stuff that you really want an intense so you're not gonna get things like. When your PC and I'll put it seven not want on there expressive but he'll get all that he -- Versions of stuff out there so for the card it's dead in the series that are definitely and have support for the eighties you pass -- these four here's the 4000 series stuff for me TI and dean GTX to what Amber's theories from from the media -- the latest models. I had that. And plus -- have to worry about -- don't worry about it's. How powerful graphics card it is fraternity stuff because they had separate video decoding blocks that. Handle all the even the lowest demo in this 79 dollar cards. -- Which is kind of amazing to get have one more question absolutely okay so. We've got hand was is that what they had -- set -- system for physics eating a second or third GP you'd -- eight yet 4800 years or 4050. I have to crossbar tumor heart's content the salt -- crossfire -- we'll 24050 crossfire of the second part busting performance and Austin physics. Our special drivers -- how can it be happy to answer the answer is unfortunately you just can't do it. He can't do -- physics acceleration thing is completely and in media. Solution only and he bought his acts and may need he physics acceleration stuff go only on their cards hand they're not it's. Part and parcel with their things so. You need a geforce card do physics and you can do we just one card and it'll do the physics and the graphics or you can if you have two cards and you put a vote in there and did a slight thing. If there's no Phisix it'll run don't both run the graphics and if there is physics acceleration in game one will do that physics and you do the graphics and years. Find does all that stuff automatically. -- have any kind of equivalent to physics. No they don't you care about physics and if physics is like that you had covered one point because like cameras that's what about physical about physics but it seemed like there have not been mini games where it really makes a big difference -- go. It's a it's a good thing you brought it up because the new battening game are gonna asylum. As cool physics support has some meat -- doesn't needs to put some cloth and things Long Island and dynamic. Fallen instantly that it looks really cool. And indeed is gonna be running a deal where. Many models of their graphics card if you buy a card they'll India download code to download the game for. -- be really cool yep so that's that's a nice little perk. And you know. The physics on their makes it look a little better it's a little better looking -- versions. It's true for the physics is that even on the the inexpensive Nvidia card just for -- any card after I think eight. Thousand series 8800 series Canada and I think it's maybe not only 8400. Or some minor piece where the -- Any all the modern ones support the physics stuff and of course you want a little bit of a beef here card if it's gonna run physics. And thing. You're asking -- do we care you know. There's a couple games out there were looks a lot better than you out of arc of asylum it might be a good time yeah -- physics it's maybe all this stuff is going and it being more cross compatible as we start seeing -- C files -- immediately reported that we know havoc. Makes the other physics middleware that's very very popular out there. They've been doing some work to import that open CEO so it'll run on. Any graphics and graphics card you know eventually but that's all really early stuff like that -- trade shows it's not you know and Nelson. So in -- in general terms you like the idea of physics it can it utilized in game these things and it became pretty year it is not he's sort of decision it's what this things that I think is if you've got any new video card. Dan this is a nice -- this is a nice extra thing but not the kind of thing that I would say that's gonna make me have to go by Nvidia card I'd. I'd still make a decision although it's obvious -- if you're looking for a free copy of Markham asylum -- really for you graphics card might till you towards it obedience and of the -- yet that's our free games is a great bonus especially if it's a really hot game and especially if it's something like this where they announce the gonna do this. Just before the game comes out -- out. This week. So that after you bought it yet exactly. Which happens all. Jason cross."

" Ladies and gentlemen he is our resident expert on the computer graphics GPUs all the good seven gonna be talking to us well in the future and indeed hopefully you're cutbacks."

" Yes jurors should we expect to be ready rhapsody the magazines or commute is at all secret under -- a little bit secret and perhaps I'm gonna be doing -- magazine needs to -- you for Macs and PC that's coming on the line to -- uncomfortable. But -- you know it's I got. A stack of laptops certain things. Not enough literally nothing really like cutting edge like you're gonna go oh my god that's a future thing that nobody heard act and I do any of that stuff and -- I was like it. It it goes the standard across dot org is generally. Eight devoid way if we split devoid of new content what about Twitter account do Twitter between. Act increasing cross 00 because Jason cross taken so do Jason cross -- heroes my Twitter and now. Between Israel and between about the new stuff that's the idea who I tweet about all kinds of up. Right there by that -- policies. To Jason thanks so much for being on the show thank you sir."

" You get more questions about components people emailed to you Jason back next to a case of extreme -- ambiguities -- couple weeks talk with them see you happiness. Right now though coming up next sure they can headphones they've made microphones for a thousand years every ear buds a couple of years ago. Now they've got headphones they'd look like Sony's but these down the whole lot better Rocketboom -- about that in just a moment. But first let's think one of our sponsors didn't."

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" Totally so that. Sure recently that its new line of headphones and that's a pretty subtle about them since I'm such a big fan of their inner bugs. Like the SE 530s return my precious precious babies the headphones are under their pro audio line in their marketed towards musicians DJ -- or anyone else in need of good monitoring headphones that that are going to break the bank under three different headphones as our -- to forty before authorities in -- here. -- It isn't a little more time with -- and up from what I've been using them so far this week I mean they sound really great."

" Right it -- horrifying pictures history was primarily in microphones but does it still transducer. They go from you know. Audio hitting the transducer out -- electricity they cannot hear but a few years ago this phenomenal job and doing -- is a really neat thing for that."

" Yeah this is the first line of cancer actually have monitoring headphones and other a little bit unwieldy. They're quite large as you can see but if you if you're used to using headphones for monitoring repeating. And they're pretty standard they're not exactly the most think they have track."

" Gather a lot of people go like those facilities and if you put your head down don't know what they're just as ugly as."

" They sound. And easy. I found really really good -- there there about 200 dollars and -- them pretty inline with other headphones of -- style. Maybe a little bit on the lower well they're they're close that folder over the years -- immoral but with Hannity is a really good sound stage in -- Yeah they're very this lot of space when you when you listen to her presentation brief presentation. It's not like something you would get -- with your -- like is I mean you can't really get that same sense of depth of field. In in your sound stage. Is -- audio buzzwords."

" It tells her I -- buzzword bingo you know but the okay what we talk about some other things forty home. Milpitas which actually surprised because I drove them against like my buyers which I live in -- These hats on kick to them even being played off an iPod or iPhone there's very little assistance in them so. That little tiny bit of power -- to your iPod does it a lot farther towards just. Driving a whole bunch of audio."

" They have really nice -- response to -- mean they just sound really deep end and penalty when you listen to the and that's about where big is that is accurate editing and how to really described yeah they just sound very warm it sounds really good when you have your head they're comfortable for me at this small and it worked for you but I felt that. That it then needs some work ahead for you Patrick comfortable had been well it Kelly what -- got the your votes there that -- so -- that the cops -- that it that was pressing on the very top of my skull. Maybe it's a big thing now. -- to have the that Sony and DRV 700 separate one that those from my favorite pat -- like like 120 bucks now. They're enemies it was fifty and bought them. Well you in -- V sixes which would like ten years before that. It's still running my sense is we're actually stolen off my desk at CNET roughly three years ago I haven't purchased a new pair of monitoring and since that. Would you spend 200 dollars I listen to -- for home use I mean I am planning on setting -- the better podcasting studio com. And I always use these headphones or use Monday I bought that creative Logitech. It's how money gaming headsets for use that because it is close -- here a little bit better. For a long long term that the division knew that giant fatality -- and microphones sticking out early here is me I'm fine I'm. It's pretty funny. Another thing about these is that you're -- are replaceable. So suddenly happens that they wear him down you can just you know pull a lot of executable -- method. -- So that's nice -- instead of wearing them and I'm listening to and you've paired you can always get replace well. -- the Pacific -- With those Edison unit with the cable those kind of really is -- it's got a cable lock here. Actually swapping cables -- yeah. He can pull it out oxidant please me twisted the of the cable comes in it comes with and a quarter inch adapter as most monitoring function anyway. I have like six liner in the house now this could probably melted down and -- jewelry from myself at some point on it comes with a three meter long cable. Nice strategy. Doesn't come with an extension cable you need three meter. Long and it's about it's just undercounted the cable."

" Yeah I don't really paid ten what if the music's good it really notice how much they anyway."

" It isn't your head down I mean if you're walking around with these are -- Hitler and be good news. Yeah. -- and I -- a strong. But give us that. -- so I you listen today's for a little bit stay with you think their really get ice."

" I -- it beat it against by after he -- seventies. I don't have the 250 all like the super cool guy he sent them these I've got the basic. Seventy -- once again like if I if I plug them back to back in there was a lot more volume coming out at this it disabling setting because I assume because these pieces solo. Because in theory right the buyers are more sensitive their rated higher. I was shocked like really get they have a low and -- a great help. They -- wonderful sound stage really clear nice high -- especially of the locals like an old Marlee tracks and stuff like that they're really clean they can just a little bit like almost everything."

" Metropolis rock group from other shorts I've listened to tip to sound a little bit space cleaner hearings -- these years. Lot of help prevent velvety comments aren't of the activity these days they velvety chocolate as they look like on. It's audio -- become who are not obvious and is canceling that they are. You know sounds ridiculous canceling because these actions -- we years in your kitchen and apparently I think things. Honestly competitively and am I talking."

" Nobody would be even perfect if you gave out."

" Yeah I think it totally comfortable they're not the best lookers if you're into like skull candy or something like that they're probably won't be could replace creep in is why I can't walking around town I've loved school kidneys."

" that you agree Dave I think there -- look awful. I'm also. Target them."

" Not exactly your style but as -- said these are 200 dollars and are available now pretty much anywhere you can buy quality headphones now listening here and pretty much do -- under. Were what's the starting price it just came. It gives a few months you'll probably be able to find them -- Maybe by Christmas on top of it but not to and I mean there these are really -- for professional musicians --"

" But two recent books from flyers yeah you know I would so those those are as good and the arguments and could do what might have --"

" that you could days you could. --"

" On the inside coming up next we're gonna teach you haven't yet your own headphones uzis I actually do your your questions but first let's take."

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" Give me welcome James who writes it my obsessive compulsive friend -- plays dangerous about the World of Warcraft. He's twenty year old the totally give up and his girlfriend jobs family and friends just reached levels CD. For almost two years have been trying to find ways to block him from playing it. About kicking them out lately have been kicking up. There eco deeply regret it he Howard's story is certain ways I can block -- World of Warcraft from routers to like Britain's they'll come over jeans. Hillary is and want to come over to be kept him from playing on the market that final on the planet I just. I -- like okay I'm the -- recovering alcoholic and it is time to cut this guy off I don't me."

" Head -- everything has an issue he definitely has some kind of addiction problem -- the game. I know nothing about that at all but there's still hold that your job and haven't done that."

" It's an -- you you actually do you see the sunlight you have other activities you have -- and parties and here you. The things with the audience that aren't as it's gathering or whatever that is came from its card games he's begin with --"

" It -- Scott Patrick. Anyway it's really need to have a little chat and how it's affecting his life and the people close to him on the definitely sounds like he's totally addicted as I said the answer your question yes you can't block well from working at your house. Almost at least bring over his own laptop and right you probably just password protect your own computer. And keep them off of there were just delete laugh out anyway. On the -- wanna block is 3724. They're other ports with associated with World of Warcraft but those are mostly used for. Like downloading the patches and stuff from their policies for a torrenting ports it probably wanna block is that just 3724 should be sufficient. So we've talked about getting into your routers settings before but does a beautiful ways it can go about this beauty can block. The you can block the port that a 3724 that we mentioned or you can block and Mac address of his laptop. Hollywood appreciate that much because he might -- lines or some other kind of reason. Via U we've we've switch on the tomato writer before the WT yeah there's good news my iris forget what they call sign -- Nat boxes. --"

" That's the Ito like three of them -- that they are I have it energy at only the ones before version five it was given that. This basically bought an airport should put a halt to his Alley at your house at least in which case he's going start to crack on the -- report Internet cafe here however else has access. It's nothing is you know."

" And I think he spent time at -- yeah it was spent time with a so that's that's. I haven't done that and now you're you'll go to when it -- right probably it's probably parents won't play anymore to those whose friend's house uses for those of us."

" Yeah we are infinitely and and at this but the street coming along on your body felt that ports next time. Our next email from Carl Carl writes many USB devices connected to the top twelve connected and six need to connect gonna get another harper cart. Using a desktop I was wondering if the US -- 480 megabytes per second is the maximum transfer rate for one USB PCI card slot. Or is -- the maximum transfer rate for the entire motherboard."

" So if we can put those Macs before read meters per second per USB -- controllers could give multiple controls and by the board should be able to afford more and within that most cheap USB two point dopey Jack are a signal controllers again aren't gonna map that -- second. The more devices that hand off that card either directly or through hop that's gonna eat -- of that total for an 80% total. If you wanna dedicate one USB two point -- high speeds up like an external hard drive or maybe that. Gyrate your T 32 gigabyte -- use your camera accurately depict with -- USB 2.0 card. It -- that you would be equally important among the border typically control by up here USB controller chips ethernet 248 megabit per second sort of -- running parallel vote you know example there's USB plugs on the back of your your your. Motherboard around all the other sockets on the back of the one controller that there's the on the motherboard US BP is that you attach to the front of the case that this. You're able. -- Are -- that just think things that we need now that you know that I have two separate ones and about the border with time certainly load you up earlier. Did not read. -- her quickly if -- contact bill harvest up for you you can catch more Veronica Belmont."

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Episode 103 - Block WoW, Video Card Picks, Free Hard Drive Backup, Double USB Bandwidth! [Discussion]

Are Shure's SRH840 Headphones as good as their Earphones? Jason Cross has graphics card reccomendations from under $100 to price is no object. Free Backup Software, Discover music with CitySounds.fm, Stop World of Warcraft Obssessions At The Router...

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Fee
3 months ago
Great episode, I really enjoyed the GPU talk!
ghelyar
3 months ago
The guy who abuses USB was asking about PCI controllers. Here is an example of one.

The correct answer is Yes, all PCI controllers share bandwidth on the PCI bus. There isn't even that much for 1 card anyway. However, each PCI-E has its own bandwidth to the motherboard and even an x1 slot on PCI-E 1.1 probably has more bandwidth than a normal 32bit PCI slot.



On a related note, USB 3 controllers may offer much more bandwidth for an obviously heavy user but only for USB 3 devices. It has the USB 1 and 2 pins but also some additional ones. I don't know if the controllers are out yet but I have never seen any device at all that uses it anyway.
mrflawless
3 months ago
good episode i was just looking up on some back up options too :)
ryanhayn
3 months ago
good job reviewing more high(er) end headphones...it's obvious Patrick wants to get more people exposed to better audio quality, which is never a bad thing. Did you guys review the Sony MDR-V6 in a previous episode? If not, you should. It's the perfect headphone for us high audio quality music addicts with almost empty bank accounts.
davmoo
3 months ago
Fantastic show! I hope Jason takes Pat's advice and uses his web site to point us to his current work. And have him on the show more often :)

Veronica, did you also try the other two pairs of Shures with the lower price tags, or did they just send you the expensive pair? And I can't quite put my finger on exactly what it is, but in this episode you look like you could be the older sister of my teenage next door neighbor...the resemblance is downright spooky.
nav13eh
3 months ago

Carbon Copy

iv've been wating for this, but diskcopy cannot zap the partition back like carbon copy. is there a windows version for that? Great show!
Ajzzz
3 months ago
Great episode, loved the reviews of gpus and headphones. Patrick and Veronica were in a humourous mood. I'd like whatever they're taking.
nferno
3 months ago
I recently built me an ultimate bang-for-your-buck computing machine and at first I considered getting an ATI HD4850 GPU, which was recommended as the sub $100-card on this episode.

Instead, I ended up getting the more recent HD4770 (more specifically, the XFX ATI Radeon HD4770). While Jason said the 4850 was better than the 4770, it's really only marginally better than the 4770; in some benchmarks the 4770 even beats the 4850, so you could say their performance is pretty much equivalent. The reason I preferred the 4770 is because it's produced at the smaller 40nm process, which has a couple of significant advantages attached to it: less power consumption (especially under full load), therefore a little cooler and therefore quiter.

Just wanted to mention this in case you were considering a sub-$100 card; I definitely recommend getting the 4770; I'm very happy with mine :)
ghelyar
3 months ago
In reply to nav13eh:
iv've been wating for this, but diskcopy cannot zap the partition back like carbon copy. is there a windows version for that? Great show!


You can always just burn a Linux live CD such as Ubuntu or possibly gparted and run "dd". Partitions are partitions so dd can back up the raw partitions even if it doesn't understand the filesystem being used inside that partition. This requires some knowledge of how to use the command line but anyone who has ever used the terminal in OS X should have no problem with it. It generally looks something like this:

[code]dd if=/dev/sdc2 of=out.img[/code]
Where sdc2 is the Linux name for the 2nd (2) partition of the 3rd (c) sata/scsi/sas disk (sd). This example also assumes you have mounted the drive that you want to save the image to and that your current directory is the folder you want to save the image to.
if means input file and of means output file. To restore an image, just switch the two around (so the input file is the .img file and the output file is the drive partition)

You can add more layers of complication such as gzip compressing the image on the fly but compressing an entire image would be incredibly slow (useful for backing up an image to a smaller drive though). It's already going to take a long time to take an image of a hard drive in the first place.
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