A few years ago I benched marked the amd 7970 Ghz GPU with the oclhashcat-plus software. so here is an updated results.
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Showing posts with label Review. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Sunday, May 24, 2015
Hashcat cracking Nvidia GTX 970 vs AMD R9 290x benchmarks
For those of you looking to get a new graphics card. Here is an idea what you can do with some high end but not over priced hardware. Two cards that come home mind are the nvidia gtx 970 graphics card and the r9 290x. So there is a cracking breakdown so that you know what card to get if you like raw cracking power house.
Saturday, July 6, 2013
Overclocking the Galaxy S3 CM10.1 and benchmark
Overclocking Your Galaxy S3 D2ATT is fun. Things can go wrong when your upgrading though if you follow the steps and have some know how you can get more performance out of your device at little risk.
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Network security auditing - Subterfuge
For a long time there has been problems with security flaws in consumer grade routers for middle man attacks.
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Benchmarking Pyrit and oclHashcat-plus
Recently set up Hashcat to do a little benchmarking with it on my single GPU machine. This has Ubuntu 13.04 and is running a HD 7970 Ghz GPU.
Monday, May 27, 2013
Commission Junction vs Amazon Affiliates.
I have been doing Commission Junction for a while now and have also been doing Amazon Affiliates for a while. Both handle fairly well. Though I recently dropped my Commission Junction affiliation.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Theming our Android OS
When Theming your android device there are somethings that I like doing. For one I like seeing the background and don't like the look of having large widgets on my home screen.
I personally don't like the Stock UI that comes with my Samsung Galaxy SIII. So I have removed it and went with a Custom Rom called Cyanogenmod I prefer their custom book logo and their system icons then that of samsungs.
You can find Cyanogenmod located here.
http://www.cyanogenmod.org/
Though I am not fond of the default Launcher. So I use the NOVA Launcher. When Using the nova launcher it lets me change the way my home screen looks. I do not like having the google search on the home screen. I use the menu button to bring up the google now to search. It also gives a lot of other controls.
The next thing is using the nova launcher to change the icons. I prefer round icons than the default ones that come with android. The Rain apps look like the screen shoot bellow.
For the background I use a Anime hd wallpaper app to get the background. They have loads of different anime pictures.
The Clock you can customize the color to meet what your background is. The clock app that I am using is BobClockD3.
Let me know what you think. there are many other things out there that can be used out there to help you theme. Though these things generally depend on what rom your using and the launcher.
Happy theming,
-Local Tech Repair Admin
I personally don't like the Stock UI that comes with my Samsung Galaxy SIII. So I have removed it and went with a Custom Rom called Cyanogenmod I prefer their custom book logo and their system icons then that of samsungs.
You can find Cyanogenmod located here.
http://www.cyanogenmod.org/
Though I am not fond of the default Launcher. So I use the NOVA Launcher. When Using the nova launcher it lets me change the way my home screen looks. I do not like having the google search on the home screen. I use the menu button to bring up the google now to search. It also gives a lot of other controls.
The next thing is using the nova launcher to change the icons. I prefer round icons than the default ones that come with android. The Rain apps look like the screen shoot bellow.
For the background I use a Anime hd wallpaper app to get the background. They have loads of different anime pictures.
The Clock you can customize the color to meet what your background is. The clock app that I am using is BobClockD3.
Happy theming,
-Local Tech Repair Admin
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Pyrit benchmark on new computer build
As I recently build a new desktop as you can find the specs of here. Though now we can see some of the benchmarks with this computer build.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Android NodeBeat Review
I recently got NodeBeat for android. I was not really expecting much for a simple music program that or something a non music person could use. Though I must say I enjoy it.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Why Amazon Prime over Netflix
I know a lot of people that have netflix and they are fairly happy with it. Though recently Netflix has been having a hard time keeping their prices down and also keeping their content base up.
Amazon on the other had has over the recent year has been adding many more videos and content to their instant video library. Just today they added MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, TV Land, and VH1 to their already CBS, Fox, Disney-ABC, PBS, NBC, Sony, and Warner Bros. Granted they still have less content than netflix does but amazon offers more in other areas to make up for that.
Price:
Netflix costs currently 7.99 a month to keep their service. This means a total of $96 a year. to be able to stream their content on your xbox, ps3, and pc and to some tvs and your mobile phone.
Amazon cost $89 a year or in my case $39 a year because i upgraded from a student account. but either way it still is less than netflix.
Content:
Netflix has more content currently than amazon does in ways of tv shows and movies. Though they don't have the most current items. And they have been showing struggling to keep some content on their site with out paying a huge amount to content creators for it. Which is always the struggle for businesses.
Amazon has been able to make deals with content creators to be able to offer there content to their prime members but also be able to rent or sell digital copies of their content. This is what the content creators have been wanting to get netflix to do for a long time. Amazon has made it so that you don't have to go to more than one place to be able to get your entertainment. you can if you want only stream free items but when your wanting to stream a new movie that just came out. then you can rent it from amazon also.
On top of what amazon offers for their amazon prime instant watch they also give you more content for your money in other ways. They offer you their amazon kindle library. This lets you rent books for free from their library. Books like the girl with the dragon tattoo etc. These books are main stream books not just old ones that you don't care about. This is a major plus if your also a book reader along with a video watcher. that or your wife like readings books and you like watching movies. Either way this is a great addition that puts it for me above netflix.
And as always if you do buy other items from amazon the prime gives you 2 day shipping for free so you can get your items you bought sooner.
All in all I personally think amazon is doing a great job in its way of marketing and getting new content for their instant watch. I wouldn't be surprised if here in another year they pass netflix in the content they provide for free making them the big content provider.
This is a link to their most popular free prime instant watch content.
Prime Instant Watch
If you think Amazon prime is a great deal let me know. If you know of a better service also post a comment.
-Local Tech Repair Admin
Amazon on the other had has over the recent year has been adding many more videos and content to their instant video library. Just today they added MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, TV Land, and VH1 to their already CBS, Fox, Disney-ABC, PBS, NBC, Sony, and Warner Bros. Granted they still have less content than netflix does but amazon offers more in other areas to make up for that.
Price:
Netflix costs currently 7.99 a month to keep their service. This means a total of $96 a year. to be able to stream their content on your xbox, ps3, and pc and to some tvs and your mobile phone.
Amazon cost $89 a year or in my case $39 a year because i upgraded from a student account. but either way it still is less than netflix.
Content:
Netflix has more content currently than amazon does in ways of tv shows and movies. Though they don't have the most current items. And they have been showing struggling to keep some content on their site with out paying a huge amount to content creators for it. Which is always the struggle for businesses.
Amazon has been able to make deals with content creators to be able to offer there content to their prime members but also be able to rent or sell digital copies of their content. This is what the content creators have been wanting to get netflix to do for a long time. Amazon has made it so that you don't have to go to more than one place to be able to get your entertainment. you can if you want only stream free items but when your wanting to stream a new movie that just came out. then you can rent it from amazon also.
On top of what amazon offers for their amazon prime instant watch they also give you more content for your money in other ways. They offer you their amazon kindle library. This lets you rent books for free from their library. Books like the girl with the dragon tattoo etc. These books are main stream books not just old ones that you don't care about. This is a major plus if your also a book reader along with a video watcher. that or your wife like readings books and you like watching movies. Either way this is a great addition that puts it for me above netflix.
And as always if you do buy other items from amazon the prime gives you 2 day shipping for free so you can get your items you bought sooner.
All in all I personally think amazon is doing a great job in its way of marketing and getting new content for their instant watch. I wouldn't be surprised if here in another year they pass netflix in the content they provide for free making them the big content provider.
This is a link to their most popular free prime instant watch content.
Prime Instant Watch
If you think Amazon prime is a great deal let me know. If you know of a better service also post a comment.
-Local Tech Repair Admin
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
My Garmin Nuvi 1450LTM
Don't think I have ever talked about my garmin before. I personally like the garmin gps because they are nice and at least mine gives me lots of information that helps me in finances and while driving.
As stated in the title I have a Garmin Nuvi 1450LTM. This GPS device comes with lifetime maps, traffic, and lane change.
Features:
Does not have:
I have been using my Garmin for 6 months so far. This helps me a lot sense i can put my destination in and then put other destinations what I need to do before I finally stop and the Garmin will pick the best route for it. not only that I can search for stores, food, etc on the route that I am taking already. The Garmin also has lets me know the current speed of the roads and how fast I am going. which is nice sense I don't always pay attention to speed signs.
When traveling to the city I don't always know my way around which is nice sense the Garmin lets me know what lanes I need to be in for an exit or for turning. Though this feature does not think ahead which is sad. For instance I wish that if a lane has 2 turn lanes and I need to turn right shortly after the light I wish it tells me that I need to be in the right of the 2 turn lanes. This though has not been implemented yet or it may not ever be implemented.
The traffic reports are nice though the city I am in don't really use them that much. But I have ran into cases where I have the Garmin avoid bad traffic which helped me get up for the holiday with out sitting on the high way in stopped traffic it calculated that it would be faster to take some side streets than stay on the high way. Which was very nice. Which brings me to that it calculates when I will get to my destination which is very nice for appointments I can let clients know almost exactly when I will be at their place.
Another interesting thing is that the GPS will calculate the gas cost of going to your destination. This feature I like the most. I put in my vehicle profile and then it calculates information. So when I am at the gas filling up I put how much I paid per gallon and how many gallons it filled up. This calculates with how many miles I drove sense I last filled up and lets me know my average MPG. Not only that but it keeps a records for me. This allows me to see how economical I have been driving. This is calculated by something Garmin calls the ecoRoute which records my speed, braking, and acceleration. Taking all these into account they calculate an overall score. Which you can display on the screen when you drive.
Though all that is nice when it comes to just neat information. But what the Garmin does above and beyond that is that the files they use to store that information are csv files that are comma field terminated. Meaning for those that don't know what that is. you can put this information into a spreadsheet and do your own calculations. calculate how many miles you went see where you went on your computer in an easy format. This is a lot nicer than looking on it on the garmin.
for instance the mileage report shows some things like: date, time, gps start, gps destination, start address, destination address, miles driven, avg. mpg, cost of gas, carbin footprint, and more ecoroute info.
This information is good for many different reasons. One would be calculating for instance where you drive the most and how much that costs. If you run a business you can calculate maybe moving your location to where you drive the most to save money. For parents this shows you if your children really went to the locations that they said they did. sense it records when ever the gps turns on and off. so you can see where they started and where then went when they have your car.
Not only does it give you reports (3 types). but they keep an archive of GPX files for you. so that you can help in places like http://www.openstreetmap.org/ helping creating a better map of the world.
The garmin has a where am I function what will give you a GPS reading of where you are also giving you elevation, the nearest address, nearest intersection, gas station, hospital, and police station. Though this function is nice if you take pictures. You can take this device with you and record where each picture was taken. This is assuming that your camera does not have a GPS installed. Which mine does not.
Over all I am extremely happy with my GPS. It is a lot nicer than a map because when am driving and my wife fell asleep coming back from the beach I don't need to worry about getting lost because I can't read the map.
let me know about your gps or if you have questions
-Local Tech Repair Admin
As stated in the title I have a Garmin Nuvi 1450LTM. This GPS device comes with lifetime maps, traffic, and lane change.
Features:
- Traffic alerts
- Map updates
- Points of interests
- touch screen
- 5inch screen
- Lain Change
- micro sd card slot
Does not have:
- Bluetooth
- internal storage small
I have been using my Garmin for 6 months so far. This helps me a lot sense i can put my destination in and then put other destinations what I need to do before I finally stop and the Garmin will pick the best route for it. not only that I can search for stores, food, etc on the route that I am taking already. The Garmin also has lets me know the current speed of the roads and how fast I am going. which is nice sense I don't always pay attention to speed signs.
When traveling to the city I don't always know my way around which is nice sense the Garmin lets me know what lanes I need to be in for an exit or for turning. Though this feature does not think ahead which is sad. For instance I wish that if a lane has 2 turn lanes and I need to turn right shortly after the light I wish it tells me that I need to be in the right of the 2 turn lanes. This though has not been implemented yet or it may not ever be implemented.
The traffic reports are nice though the city I am in don't really use them that much. But I have ran into cases where I have the Garmin avoid bad traffic which helped me get up for the holiday with out sitting on the high way in stopped traffic it calculated that it would be faster to take some side streets than stay on the high way. Which was very nice. Which brings me to that it calculates when I will get to my destination which is very nice for appointments I can let clients know almost exactly when I will be at their place.
Another interesting thing is that the GPS will calculate the gas cost of going to your destination. This feature I like the most. I put in my vehicle profile and then it calculates information. So when I am at the gas filling up I put how much I paid per gallon and how many gallons it filled up. This calculates with how many miles I drove sense I last filled up and lets me know my average MPG. Not only that but it keeps a records for me. This allows me to see how economical I have been driving. This is calculated by something Garmin calls the ecoRoute which records my speed, braking, and acceleration. Taking all these into account they calculate an overall score. Which you can display on the screen when you drive.
Though all that is nice when it comes to just neat information. But what the Garmin does above and beyond that is that the files they use to store that information are csv files that are comma field terminated. Meaning for those that don't know what that is. you can put this information into a spreadsheet and do your own calculations. calculate how many miles you went see where you went on your computer in an easy format. This is a lot nicer than looking on it on the garmin.
for instance the mileage report shows some things like: date, time, gps start, gps destination, start address, destination address, miles driven, avg. mpg, cost of gas, carbin footprint, and more ecoroute info.
This information is good for many different reasons. One would be calculating for instance where you drive the most and how much that costs. If you run a business you can calculate maybe moving your location to where you drive the most to save money. For parents this shows you if your children really went to the locations that they said they did. sense it records when ever the gps turns on and off. so you can see where they started and where then went when they have your car.
Not only does it give you reports (3 types). but they keep an archive of GPX files for you. so that you can help in places like http://www.openstreetmap.org/ helping creating a better map of the world.
The garmin has a where am I function what will give you a GPS reading of where you are also giving you elevation, the nearest address, nearest intersection, gas station, hospital, and police station. Though this function is nice if you take pictures. You can take this device with you and record where each picture was taken. This is assuming that your camera does not have a GPS installed. Which mine does not.
Over all I am extremely happy with my GPS. It is a lot nicer than a map because when am driving and my wife fell asleep coming back from the beach I don't need to worry about getting lost because I can't read the map.
let me know about your gps or if you have questions
-Local Tech Repair Admin
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Archos 70 internet tablet - Review
I have been using the Archos 70 for some time now and this is my first Archos device and it is my first android device that I have owned. it is a cheaper version when we got it of the different android tablets and we where able to get it with a small hard drive in it of 250 GB. This is nice as i rather have a hard drive really in my device even though it may take up more power than a SSD.
currently it is only on android 2.2.1 with their own customization that Archos does on it.
Archos does not come with the market pre-installed on it so you will have to go out and find a installer for the Google market if you like that market. The Archos is able to install the amazon app market which is my favorite app market sense it is clean and it is easy to find things. They also have a very nice app a day offers which are normally very good deals with apps that I love to use.
Here are a few of the specs:
Processor: 1 GHz Intel Pentium 4
Number of Processors: 1
RAM: 4 GB
RAM Type: SDRAM
Hard Drive: 250 GB
it has a standard head phone jack
a mini HDMI port
micro USB port
all in all the touch screen is fairly reactive to what you do. though when you get quite a bit of apps running during start up it can have a problem with a little lag. It does crash. But it does not do it all the time some times if it gets over loaded in things it is trying to do it will crash the system. which trys to boot back up right after. It is not the most stable of everything but it does work and the crashes are not common.
Pros:
The size of the tablet is very nice and small enough to fit in my back pocket when I walk.
it is faster than most phones that I have used that are android based.
The memory size is great making you not need move to SD apps or worry about uninstalling apps to save space.
It can playback 720p movies that you have on it and output it to your tv via the mini hdmi port.
All in all this is a tablet that is very nice for the price of it. It is able to play most apps and games except for some more intensive HD games some can't be played on it. There is a rooting community out there for archos and even for the archos 70 because they are generally good hard ware for the price.
If you have used it I love to hear what your experience has been so please leave a comment. Also, leave a comment if you have more questions about it. I will be posting some App reviews that are compatible with the archos 70
Thanks,
Local Tech Repair Admin
currently it is only on android 2.2.1 with their own customization that Archos does on it.
Archos does not come with the market pre-installed on it so you will have to go out and find a installer for the Google market if you like that market. The Archos is able to install the amazon app market which is my favorite app market sense it is clean and it is easy to find things. They also have a very nice app a day offers which are normally very good deals with apps that I love to use.
Here are a few of the specs:
Processor: 1 GHz Intel Pentium 4
Number of Processors: 1
RAM: 4 GB
RAM Type: SDRAM
Hard Drive: 250 GB
it has a standard head phone jack
a mini HDMI port
micro USB port
all in all the touch screen is fairly reactive to what you do. though when you get quite a bit of apps running during start up it can have a problem with a little lag. It does crash. But it does not do it all the time some times if it gets over loaded in things it is trying to do it will crash the system. which trys to boot back up right after. It is not the most stable of everything but it does work and the crashes are not common.
Pros:
The size of the tablet is very nice and small enough to fit in my back pocket when I walk.
it is faster than most phones that I have used that are android based.
The memory size is great making you not need move to SD apps or worry about uninstalling apps to save space.
It can playback 720p movies that you have on it and output it to your tv via the mini hdmi port.
All in all this is a tablet that is very nice for the price of it. It is able to play most apps and games except for some more intensive HD games some can't be played on it. There is a rooting community out there for archos and even for the archos 70 because they are generally good hard ware for the price.
If you have used it I love to hear what your experience has been so please leave a comment. Also, leave a comment if you have more questions about it. I will be posting some App reviews that are compatible with the archos 70
Thanks,
Local Tech Repair Admin
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