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by Frostbyte
Fri Sep 30, 2011 12:18 pm
Forum: Legit Reviews Review Forum
Topic: Griffin HELO TC iOS-Controlled RC Helicopter Review
Replies: 8
Views: 4693

Re: Griffin HELO TC iOS-Controlled RC Helicopter Review

What's the point of using a phone to control this if it doesn't have a camera or anything on board? You can get the exact same helicopter with a separate controller (with analog joysticks) for less than 20 USD. Paying over twice as much to get to control it with a phone seems quite pointless. The $...
by Frostbyte
Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:25 am
Forum: Legit Reviews Review Forum
Topic: Griffin HELO TC iOS-Controlled RC Helicopter Review
Replies: 8
Views: 4693

Re: Griffin HELO TC iOS-Controlled RC Helicopter Review

What's the point of using a phone to control this if it doesn't have a camera or anything on board? You can get the exact same helicopter with a separate controller (with analog joysticks) for less than 20 USD. Paying over twice as much to get to control it with a phone seems quite pointless.
by Frostbyte
Mon May 31, 2010 11:51 am
Forum: Legit Reviews Review Forum
Topic: EVGA and Galaxy GeForce GTX 465 SLI Video Card Review
Replies: 7
Views: 5451

Re: EVGA and Galaxy GeForce GTX 465 SLI Video Card Review

XstollieX: Thanks, looks like the idle power use difference is a bit lower than with the 470 (~50W vs ~75W). Still a bit high though.
by Frostbyte
Mon May 31, 2010 4:27 am
Forum: Legit Reviews Review Forum
Topic: EVGA and Galaxy GeForce GTX 465 SLI Video Card Review
Replies: 7
Views: 5451

Re: EVGA and Galaxy GeForce GTX 465 SLI Video Card Review

I guess the idle power consumption numbers are with a single monitor attached? Is it as bad as the 470 and 480 with two attached?
by Frostbyte
Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:29 pm
Forum: Legit Reviews Review Forum
Topic: NVIDIA Solves Multi-Monitor Temp Issue on GeForce GTX 480
Replies: 16
Views: 10189

Re: NVIDIA Solves Multi-Monitor Temp Issue on GeForce GTX 480

Nice to have a temperature fix, but what about the actual problem? Why does the card need to use so much more power just because there are two monitors connected? Increasing the fan speed is more a hack than a fix, it wont fix the power use and will increase noise. Instead of your computer cooking i...