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Cyrus P.

Cyrus P.

Joined on 01/17/08

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Died in less than two weeks

EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: Performance was what I expected.

Cons: It died after about 12 days of use during a 3D video game. It shutdown my computer completely when it happened. I thought it was the 6 week old 700w power supply so I bough a new 1000w which didnt change anything. My PC wouldn't power on until I unplugged the 6 pin power cables from the GTX 560Ti. Scary. Im back to my GTX 275 for now which is working fine.

Overall Review: Card returned to newegg. I own a few other EVGA cards and this is the first time I have had a failure with this brand. Perhaps this was just a little bad luck. I have a great case with lots of air flow so it didn't die because of lack of cooling.

fan noise

Palit NE5X570SF10DA GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) Sonic 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
Palit NE5X570SF10DA GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) Sonic 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: The card performs great.

Cons: After about 20 days the fans started producing a very annoying sound when the RPM's increase during 3D gaming. The sound reminds me of a cicada/cricket in the distance.

Overall Review: hardware returned

misleading specs

Asante Voyager-1 1280 x 1024 MAX Resolution RJ45 Wireless 1.3 MP CMOS Day/ Night IP Security Camera
Asante Voyager-1 1280 x 1024 MAX Resolution RJ45 Wireless 1.3 MP CMOS Day/ Night IP Security Camera

Pros: Camera works using IE and their software.

Cons: This camera claims it supports HTTP and RTSP streaming. This is correct if you are using their software and ONLY their software. Try this with any other software and you will run into a brick wall when you try to find the URL.

Overall Review: I contacted Asante support leaving a voicemail since no one was available to take my call. It took them two days to get back with me. They knew about the problem and said they were escalating the ticket to someone who may be able to give me the secret URL they wont post in their manual. It's been almost 3 weeks and I never heard back from them. The camera was returned after the first week I didn't hear back from them.