ASUS P5E3 Premium WiFi X48 Mobo Review

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Tweaktown published a review of the ASUS P5E3 Premium WiFi X48 Motherboard.

Quote from the review: "Intel originally planned for the X38 chipset to be the big kahuna for the Core 2 platform, but unfortunately its extremely poor overclocking, heat generation and lack of support for the 1600MHz FSB made Intel go back and bring up a new chipset. X48 however is not actually a new chipset, rather a hand picked X38 silicon that works at higher FSB clock speeds along with a lower voltage draw than that of the X38. But this also means it carries a premium with it, thus Intel decided to give it X48 naming. Read more

Posted on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus P5E3 Premium and Maximus Extreme Review

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Hothardware published a review of the Asus P5E3 Premium and Maximus Extreme motherboards.

Quote from the review: "We evaluate the features, overclockability, and performance of two of Asus’ premiere motherboards for the Intel platform, the X48-based P5E3 Premium and the X38-based Maximus Extreme. These two motherboards are family members of two different series of products by Asus – R.O.G. and Ai Lifestyle – and as such they each offer a different mix of features and integrated peripherals. Read more

Posted on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Shure SE310 Review

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Our review partner Digital Trends published a review of the Shure SE310 earphones.

Quote from the review: "Featuring Hi-Definition MicroSpeakers plus Tuned BassPorts, the Shure SE310 delivers extended range audio for optimal high frequencies and enhanced low-end performance. The Shure SE310 also provides enhanced bass. Read more

Posted on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus P5E3 Deluxe Motherboard has embedded Linux

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With the new Asus P5E3 Deluxe Motherboard Asus is delivering a Mobo with embedded Linux.

The Asus P5E3 Deluxe is based on Intel's new X38 chipset and the embedded Linux feature is called Asus Express Gate. Asus Express Gate is powered by DeviceVM SplashTop Linux desktop.

Without installing an operating system you can instantly surf the web with a Firefox web browser or make VOIP phone calls with the new Asus P5E3 Deluxe Motherboard. Read more

Posted on Sun, 7 Oct 2007 03:33:37 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Cryostasis: The Sleep of Reason Hands on at E3

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I came across a booth at E3 from 1C Company, which is a company I am not familiar with. Turns out that 1C is one of the biggest publishers of games in Europe and they were showing off one hot looking PC title called Cryostasis: The Sleep of Reason and I was able to spend some hands on time with the game.

Cryostasis is a PC DirectX 10 title originally voiced and with Russian text. In fact, the E3 demo version was in Russian, which made it hard for me to change the controls to my liking. The rep on hand assured me that when the game launches here in the U.S. in Q4 of this year it would have English menus.

The setting for Cryostasis is a derelict Russian icebreaker that was caught in an ice trap long ago. Your character is a Russian meteorologist caught inside the ship who must find out what happened to the ship and its crew. Read more

Posted on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

EA's Mercenaries 2 from E3

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EA had another cool game showing in their E3 booth that I was unable to get hands on that looked great called Mercenaries 2. The level that was being showed off at E3 put the player in a combat helicopter and the graphics looked fantastic.

I like open world games where you can go where you want, when you want and that is what Mercs 2 is. You can buy, steal or blow up everything you see in the game from cars and vehicles to the buildings your enemies are hold up in.

You can drive sports cars, fly in helicopters, and roll in a tank. Basically, you do what you want with over 130 vehicles to choose. You can also recruit other mercs to build your own private military company. Read more

Posted on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Hellgate London from E3

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Another one of the hotly anticipated DirectX 10 PC gaming titles everyone is waiting for is EA’s Hellgate: London. Unfortunately, I didn’t get hands on with this particular game, the PR guy showing it off bogarted the keyboard for the entire time I was around.

This was the first time I saw the graphics and game play in person and both looked great. The thing that impressed me the most about Hellgate: London was that while the game is called an RPG, you could also call it a shooter as well. I say that because you can play several classes of characters from those that use blades, with game play much like that of Oblivion which I always thought of as a first person slasher. Read more

Posted on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:25:14 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

E3 Hands on with Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles on Wii

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At last weeks E3, I was able to spend some time playing the new Wii version of Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles . Ever since the original Nintendo console launched way back in the day with Duck Hunt as one of the coolest games the light gun has been a big part of console gaming for me.

The gun has been missing from the next gen consoles, but Capcom is bringing back the light gun for Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles on the Wii. We can call it a light gun anyway, but in reality, it’s simply a plastic holder that you place your Wii remote into along with a nunchuck.

Then what you have is a light gun with some movement controls, I say some movement controls because on the version I played at E3 most of the movement was scripted and the nunchuck was used to shake the zombies off if you were unable to drop them with the gun before they got close to you. Read more

Posted on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:54:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Crysis Hands On at E3

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Another of the cool games on display at E3 this year was Crysis from Crytek. Crysis is a FPS title with graphics that will leave PC gamers with the hardware to run the DirectX 10 version of the game at full tilt drooling.

Crysis has already garnered lots of attention and is one of the most anticipated game titles due out this year. No specific release date was offered when I asked when we could buy it. However, it would be very surprising if the game didn’t show up for Christmas. Read more

Posted on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

I4U Top Stories include PS3 Price-cut, PS3 Deal, Wii Fit and E3

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This week the new E3 videogame trade-show took place in LA. There have been tons of game announcements across all platforms that will be in stores this Holiday season. On the hardware side the new Sony PSP is worth mentioning. My highlight from E3 is though the Wii Fit system.

Sony cut the price on the Sony PS3 early this week. Amazon has a special deal for the PS3 worth checking out. On Friday Sony announced the Sony PS3 Starter Pack for Europe.

More top stories on I4U NEWS from last week below: Read more

Posted on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Photo Gallery from E3 2007 Barker Hangar

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Today I spent lots of time at the Barker Hangar checking out the software on display and generally having a good time. I took lots of photos of the venue, and as you can see E3 this year is much, much smaller than it was before. Check out the gallery for the shots from Baker Hangar. Read more

Posted on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:17:07 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

E3 Eidos Demos: Age of Conan and Kane & Lynch

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A few minutes ago I sat through demos from Eidos showing of two of their new game titles, one was Age of Conan and the other game title was Kane & Lynch. Lots of game play for the PC DirectX 9 version was shown off for Age of Conan, and the game looked fantastic in DirectX 9 form.

There was not a demo available for the DirectX 10 PC version of the game (due out on October 30), but the graphics on the DirectX 9 PC version are promised to be identical to the graphics that show up on gaming consoles for the title. The game is massive and has 185 square miles of various terrain types for you to explore alone or in a group. The developers say that they have tweaked the game with enough play options that those with a large group available can have large party adventures and a lone player with only a few hours can play and progress in single payer mode. Read more

Posted on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:41:25 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

E3 Barker Hangar houses small Game Display

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I went to Barker Hangar today to check out the games on display and I was shocked at how small the display is. The hanger is not nearly as large as I had envisioned and there weren’t that many press types there. The small amount of geeks that were there makes me wonder about the turn out for the show this year.

I had a chance to check out Crysis, though I didn’t get to play the game myself. Man does it look good, it’s everything I liked about Far Cry when it first launched, but turned up several notches. The graphics were great and the game play was very nice as well. I also played some of Namco’s new Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation on Xbox 360 and had some serious fun. The graphics were good and I really liked the game play. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:50:32 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Sony E3 2007 Press Conference Impressions

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I just returned form checking out the Sony press conference here at E3. They naturally talked about the new slimmer PSP, which we have already covered here today. The PSP really didn’t look smaller to me from where I was sitting a few rows back. However, the new PSP is promised to be 30% lighter.

What I was surprised to hear not mentioned when speaking of the new PSP was a brighter screen and longer battery life, which have been rumored to be two of the selling points of the new PSP.

The biggest announcements were certainly on the gaming front with a large portion so the talks again centering around the Playstation Home that we have talked about before. Thee are tons of games and lots of PS3 exclusives making their way to the console in the coming months and after the press conference we had a chance to get touchy feely with all of the games Sony talked up at the event. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:48:26 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Nintendo announces Wii Fit at E3

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Nintendo takes Wii Sports to the next level with Wii Fit.

Wii Fit is a sensor mat called the Wii Balance Board combined with exercise software. The Wii Fit mat measures your movements and senses if you are doing the exercises right. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:04:24 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Watch the Nintendo E3 2007 Show Live Now

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Nintendo is holding their press event at the E3 2007 right now. You can watch the event live on Game Spot right now.

The quality of the video feed is very decent. If you rather want to watch the Nintendo press event through Justin's eyes wach the Justin.TV feed on Gizmodo (quality is not that great). Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:23:50 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

E3 Media & Business Summit, E3 or E3 Expo?

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Today the E3 Media & Business Summit 2007 opens in LA. This is the new down-sized (and fun reduced) E3 video game trade-show.

Some press-releases I read even call it still the Electronic and Entertainment Expo. Most media outlets dropped the Media & Business Summit part and just call it E3. We will do the same thing from now on and just refer to it as E3 2007. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:18:30 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sega introduces Game Line-up for E3 2007

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SEGA announced its line-up for the E3 2007 show in LA. The video game maker will debut 13 titles developed for the Wii system from Nintendo, the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system.

Highlights of new SEGA games include: Bleach for Wii, The Club and The Golden Compass.
Details about all new SEGA game announcements at the E3 can be found below. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

EA announces Game Line-up for E3 2007

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Electronic Arts announces a long list of new video games the company will show at the E3 2007 in LA, that start officially today.

"In the next six months, EA will launch the most exciting line up of games in our 25 year history," said EA Games Label President Frank Gibeau. "We're publishing brand new games like Boogie, Skate and Army of Two, introducing Rock Band and The Simpsons and delivering innovations in blockbuster franchises like Medal of Honor and Need for Speed."

See the full list of EA games with details below. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:30:38 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

E3: MS introduces Pink and Blue Xbox 360 Controllers

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If Microsoft would not have the hyper successful Halo franchise on their hands, they would not have any highlights to announce at the E3 as it seems. Ok, they did announce a ton of Xbox 360 games for this holiday season, which should make lots of gamers happy.

Besides the Xbox 360 Messenger Kit, which was already announced in April, Microsoft introduced a pink and a dark blue Wireless Xbox 360 controller. Why would we need a pink and a blue controller? Of course these are for babies - blue for boys and pink for girls. You cannot start early enough playing video games. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft E3 Press Brief

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I just returned from the kick off event from Microsoft for E3 2007 and they had some pretty cool games to show off including footage from Halo 3 and more. Microsoft also announced that all the games save one that they showed tonight will be available this year in time for the holidays.

As you might expect, Xbox 360 is getting most of the love, but Games for Windows also has some very interesting titles coming including a Piñata Island game and the Gears of War for PC. Microsoft showed off some Gears of War for PC footage and it looked fantastic. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:03:08 CDT | by Shane McGlaun