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		<title>The HIS iClear Card Solves Your Noisy Video Card Problems (I&#8217;m Confused)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Fallon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the HIS iClear Card you ask? Here is what the product page has to say:



&#8220;the latest solution to video card noise reduction. It has an excellent implement of state-of-the-art design and technology and give you a better gaming experience by reducing the distortion and noise generated from graphic card. It reduces the noise [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://gizmodo.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/06/his-iclear.jpg" class="left" style="display:block;"/>What is the HIS iClear Card you ask? Here is what the product page has to say:</p>
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<p>&#8220;the latest solution to video card noise reduction. It has an excellent implement of state-of-the-art design and technology and give you a better gaming experience by reducing the distortion and noise generated from graphic card. It reduces the noise distortion generated from high-end graphic card (from both Radeon and GeForce) or TV tuner card, which provide up to 10% increase performance on Signal-to-Noise Ratio&#8221;</p>
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<p>So to sum things up, it seems that the iClear doesn&#8217;t do a damn thing. As far as anyone can tell, it is simply a slab of plastic that plugs into PCIe x1 socket.</p>
<p>However, according to a review by Alexey Samsonov the device did have a positive effect on signal-to-noise-ratios at certain frequencies when utilised with a low-quality analogue TV tuner card and a video card configuration. But even if that is accurate, it is hardly worth spending around US$80 on (athough Newegg has been bundling them free with certain video cards apparently). Still, if you do decide to experiment with it, I highly recommend picking up Boing Boing Gadgets&#8217; <a href="http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/06/24/boing-boing-gadgets.html">X-Maple</a> pixel-flutter reduction block for PCIe as a companion. [<a href="http://www.hisdigital.com/html/product_ov.php?id=340">HIS iClear</a> via <a href="http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/06/24/the-nothing-card/">HTSAP</a> via <a href="http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/06/24/his-iclear-noise-red.html">Boing Boing Gadgets</a> and <a href="http://www.digit-life.com/articles3/monitor/his-iclear.html">iClear Review</a>]</p>
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