HotHardware and TechVi Video Podcast No. 8

by Marco Chiappetta — Friday, February 12, 2010, 04:19 PM EDT

We're back to talk about some HotHardware with our friends over at TechVi, including a new player in the SSD market, affordable GPUs from ATI, NVIDIA Optimus technology that allows users to switch between integrated and discrete graphics on the fly and more.

Show Notes:
0:24 — OCZ Vertex 2 Pro
3:46 — ATI Radeon HD 5570
3:26 — ATI Radeon HD 5450
4:18 — NVIDIA Optimus Mobile Technology Preview
7:00 — Intel details: Upcoming mobile and six-core processors
8:16 — Showing The Love: HH and Cyberpower PC Sweepstakes

Tags: Nvidia, Intel, ATI, Processors, NVIDIA Optimus, OCZ Vertex 2 Pro

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com