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Review of "Dead Space" @ ModReactor

Reviews · Author krisko92 · November 3, 2008 · 1905 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

What should I (Tenebrus-sensei) say about this game...the storyboard is very standart for every third person survival-horror shooter. Lost in space, spaceship full with nasty aliens waiting to kill you. Here is our review at МodReactor: Review on ModReactor

Alienware Introduces New M17 CrossFire X M17 Gaming Laptop

Hardware · Author krisko92 · November 3, 2008 · 2001 reads · ★★★★☆ (6 votes)

High-end laptop maker Alienware is now offering a new M17 laptop model that is not to be mistaken with the mighty M17x from the same company. Like most of its siblings, the new M17 is highly customizable. Starting at $1399, this 17-incher is the very first CrossFire X-enabled notebook, that can be outfitted with a…

Shuttle Updates X27 Barebone with Dual-Core Atom 330

Hardware · Author krisko92 · November 3, 2008 · 1944 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

Barebone and nettop specialist Shuttle, has introduced a new version of the X27 nettop barebone, featuring dual-core Intel Atom 330 processor, running at 1.60 GHz. The X27D measures 250 (L) x 185 (W) x 70 (H) mm, and houses an Intel 945GC-based ITX motherboard featuring Intel GMA 950 graphics.The motherboard feautures…

Gingle Announces Tri-channel DDR3 Memory for Intel X58 Platform

Hardware · Author krisko92 · November 3, 2008 · 1719 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

Gingle, a relatively new entry to the DRAM market, has announced its first set of tri-channel DDR3 memory kits for the upcoming Intel X58 platform. There are two kits available with sizes of 3x 1GB and 3x 2GB. The memory can operate at 1600 MHz, with DRAM timings of 8-8-8-24, at 1.65V or 1800 MHz with the same timings…

HD4870 512MB - MSI R4870 and R4870 OC review

Video Cards · Author Dimitar Dinchev a.k.a. Veseliq · November 3, 2008 · 15141 reads · ★★★★★ (9 votes)

The last two years were extremely rough for AMD. The company began trailing a lot behind Intel with their brilliant Core 2 processor, and if that wasn't enough, upon acquiring ATI, things didn't work out with video cards either. When at the end of 2006 NVIDIA came with its G80 core and the DirectX 10 videocards based…

ZOTAC Expands Mini-ITX Lineup, Introduces New nForce 630i-ITX WiFi Mini-ITX Mainboard

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 31, 2008 · 3570 reads · ★★★★☆ (2 votes)

ZOTAC International, a leading manufacturer of NVIDIA-based graphics cards and motherboards, today unleashes its latest mini-ITX form factor motherboard -- the ZOTAC nForce 630i-ITX WiFi – a new high-performance platform that occupies minimal space. The new ZOTAC nForce 630i-ITX WiFi combines the power of NVIDIA…

ECS X58B-A Motherboard Pictured

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 31, 2008 · 1956 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

Here's ECS with its X58 motherboard. Over the past month or two, motherboard manufacturers have been taking the opportunity of flashing their offering based on Intel's newest chipset, supporting the upcoming Core i7 Processors. Product launch dates for the processors itself had been see-sawing, with early estimates…

XFX Releases Low-Profile GeForce 9500 GT

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 31, 2008 · 2140 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

GeForce 9500 GT makes for a decent graphics accelerator for HD entertainment, productivity and light-gaming. XFX has released a graphics card (model: PV-T95G-YALG) based on the said GPU, using a half-height PCB that makes it low-profile, and compatible with small form-factor PCs.The card uses the GeForce 9500 GT…

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 1GB GDDR3 Scores

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 29, 2008 · 2575 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

After last week's brief introduction of the first dual RV770 Radeon HD4850 spotted in the wild, we've now managed to find some benchmark scores for you thanks to the guys over at VR-Zone. Apparently they have the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 card in their lab and have decided to pair it with an Core i7/X58 platform…

Review of Gelid Solutions Silent 12 fans @ ModReactor

Reviews · Author krisko92 · October 28, 2008 · 1964 reads · ★★★★☆ (4 votes)

A little more than a week. This is the time our friend HaSLeS needed to put his mind and do the review. And the fans themselfs - Silent 12 of Gelid Solutions turned out to be a very good product. Here is our review at ModReactor: Review on ModReactor

Review of "PURE"- Complete Madness @ ModReactor

Reviews · Author krisko92 · October 28, 2008 · 1714 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

Its autumn. The mountains are already cold and covered with snow. There's only one place where is sunny,muddy and dirty and its full with crazy people. People on the tracks with their ATV's ready to do some crazy trick. This is the world of PURE and we at ModReactor are going to enter it. Review on ModReactor

Zotac Introduces GeForce 9800 GTX+ with 1GB of GDDR3 Memory

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 28, 2008 · 2123 reads · ★★★★☆ (2 votes)

ZOTAC International, a leading manufacture of NVIDIA-based motherboards and graphics cards, today expands its GeForce 9800 series line up with the new ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GTX+ 1GB. The ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GTX+ 1GB pairs the powerful NVIDIA GeForce 9800GTX+ graphics processor with 1GB of high-speed GDDR3 graphics memory…

VIA Demos First VIA Nano Processor Board at ESC Boston 2008

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 28, 2008 · 2023 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

VIA Technologies, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and embedded platform solutions, today announced it will be demonstrating the first VIA Nano processor-based Mini-ITX board this week at the Embedded Systems Conference, Boston, MA in booth 914.The VIA VB8001 board is a full featured…

ASUS Launches Limited Edition Gold-Aureate Axe Square CPU Cooler

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 28, 2008 · 888 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

ASUS, producer of top-notch thermal products, has today released the latest flagship model in the ASUS AMAzing series—the Axe Square. Decorated with a dazzling gold-aureate color that complements the uniquely axe-shaped design, this high performance cooler exudes the ultimate in aesthetic appeal; and comes in a…

Gelid Solutions Silent 12 fans review

Coolers · Author HaSLeS · October 28, 2008 · 14764 reads · ★★★★☆ (4 votes)

A little mote than a week. That's how much time i needed to test the fans and gather my thoughts in order to write this review. And the Gelid Solutions Silent 12 fan themselves (the name being derivative from the Latin „gelidus” meaning cold, ice cold) turned out to be extraordinary product that, to be honest, i liked…

MSI Wind U100 subnotebook review

Mobile Devices · Author Stuyo · October 27, 2008 · 18035 reads · ★★★★☆ (5 votes)

Through this year we witnessed the return of a certain new class of devices – the small fully functional mobile computers or in other words the “subnotebooks”. We got to play around quite seriously with one representative of the class in question - namely the MSI Wind. Well now, impressed as we are let's see how much…

Radeon HD 4830 Has 640SP

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 27, 2008 · 1952 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

Seems like Radeon HD 4830 will have 640 stream processors instead of the 480 as we learned previously. It comes with 256-bit memory interface with 512MB GDDR3 memories. Since AIB partners are free to design their own cards therefore we should be seeing different card solutions with different clocks and memory…

G.Skill Announces New 64GB and 128GB 2.5-inch Solid State Drives

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 27, 2008 · 1951 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

G.Skill International, a world leader in high quality, extreme performance memory, today unveils affordable ultra-performance SATA II 2.5" Solid State Drives (SSDs) with 64GB and 128GB capacities. With NAND MLC flash storage medium, G.SKILL SATA II 2.5" Solid State Drives (SSDs) provide cost effective, ultra reliable…

Intel Preps Overclocking Application for its Core i7 Processors

Software · Author TsvetanVR · October 27, 2008 · 127 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

During IDF Taipei earlier last week Intel demonstrated its DCC (Desktop Control Center) overclock software for the forthcoming Intel Core i7 processors. The DCC is a easy to work with software that will allow overclocking in Windows environment and help novice overclockers and experts. The Desktop Control Center can…

Sapphire Radeon HD4850X2 2GB GDDR3 Pictured

Hardware · Author TsvetanVR · October 27, 2008 · 2048 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 graphics card, which was formally announced way back in August and is still unavailable, was spotted today over at pchacc.cn leading us to believe that it will finally hit the market for real. The card below is build by ATI\'s major partner Sapphire and features custom dual-slot cooling system,…

ASUS unleashes ROG Rampage II Extreme

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 26, 2008 · 2027 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

ASUS has launched what it claims to be the highest performing motherboard so far. ASUS ROG Rampage II Extreme uses the Intel X58 chipset and as we previously revealed, ASUS hasn't held back at any point with this board. It offers a lot of unique features like TweakIT and ASUS ProbeIT, while the number of power phases…

EVGA working on Intel X58 motherboard

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 26, 2008 · 1750 reads · ★★★★☆ (2 votes)

As may know, NVIDIA doesn't have a chipset ready for the launch of Nehalem. This has forced companies that use NVIDIA chipsets exclusively, like EVGA, to rethink and instead turn to Intel and its X58 chipset. This comes with at least one obvious advantage for faithful EVGA customers; you now get CrossFire support as…

Foxconn Quantum Force 'Blood Rage' X58 preview

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 26, 2008 · 1940 reads · ★★★★☆ (3 votes)

Foxconn is working on getting a bigger portion of the enthusiast motherboard market and especially before the coming launch of Intel's coming Core i7 where the new Intel X58 chipset will become the first platform. Over at VR-Zone they've published both pictures and specifications of Foxconn Quantum Force 'Blood Rage'…

HIS Radeon HD 4830 Pictured

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 23, 2008 · 1764 reads · ★★★★☆ (4 votes)

HIS is ready with its newest graphics card, based on the upcoming Radeon HD 4830 graphics processor, and what do you know? It looks identical to the HD 4850 Fan the company released earlier. This can be attributed to the fact that the RV770 LE GPU uses the same pin-layout as the HD 4850, and uses the same memory…

Review of A-Data Vitesta Extreme Edition DDR2 800MHz @ ModReactor

Reviews · Author krisko92 · October 22, 2008 · 1720 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

RAM memory is one of the three factors that influences the performance of the gaming machine. A-DATA is one of the biggest manufacturers of memory worldwide and they have a special series of products dedicated to the gamers and hardware enthusiasts.One of their products has been sent to the ModReactor lab for testing…

Leadtek Announces WinFast GTX 260 EXTREME+

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 21, 2008 · 1849 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

Rising to the expectations of international gamers, Leadtek Research Inc., a global front runner in extreme visual graphics technology development, announces the upgrade of its graphics card, WinFast GTX 260 EXTREME+. Based on the NVIDIA GTX 260 chipsets, the enthusiastic graphics card has been upgraded to 216 stream…

PowerColor Adds to the Radeon HD 4830 Range

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 21, 2008 · 1829 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

PowerColor will be making its addition to the range of graphics cards based on AMD's newest GPU, the Radeon HD 4830. The PowerColor card features a custom-design for cooler and the PCB. The GPU is cooled by a circular cooler with radial fins. The memory is provided with a heatspreader.The card is likely to use…

ECS Ready with MCP7A-S based Motherboard

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 21, 2008 · 1649 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), is ready with an ATX motherboard based on the NVIDIA nForce 730i (MCP7A-S) chipset, the ECS GF9300T-A Black Series. The motherboard gets its Black Series tag from the range of boards ECS makes, which offer great value for their features, performance and board design.The GF9300T-A…

MSI Eclipse series for upcoming Intel Platform

Press Releases · Author krisko92 · October 21, 2008 · 1999 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

MSI Eclipse is designed with in mind to overshadow all other mainboards. The MSI Eclipse mainboard is based on the upcoming new Intel chipset and supports the new Intel Nehalem architecture CPU. The new colour scheme of the MSI Eclipse is similar to the colours visible during an eclipse. This mainboard is equipped…

MSI Radeon HD 4830 Spotted, Benchmarked

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 21, 2008 · 2112 reads · ★★★★★ (4 votes)

On October 23rd, AMD would release its answer to the GeForce 9800 GT, the Radeon HD 4830 graphics processor. The company has succeded in giving the 9800 GTX/GTX+ some serious competition in the form of the HD 4850 and HD 4850 1GB, and looks to take the attack across all segments. MSI is ready with its HD 4830 512 MB…