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EVGA Upgrades 790i SLI FTW with Digital PWM

Hardware · Author krisko92 · October 2, 2008 · 1662 reads · ★★★☆☆ (2 votes)

EVGA is one of the elite NVIDIA partners that sells NVIDIA-designed motherboards based on the nForce chipsets, apart from being a leading graphics card vendor. EVGA for one, added innovation to the NVIDIA designs with its own level of enhancements, such as improved capacitors, more number of CPU power phases than…

Albatron Released 780G Mini-ITX Board

Press Releases · Author sineoc · October 2, 2008 · 2727 reads · ★★★☆☆ (2 votes)

Albatron has announced the KI780G Mini-ITX mainboard featuring the AMD 780G chipse. This Mini-ITX board supports AM2+ socket, 4-core/3-core AMD Phenom™ processorsa PCIe X16 slot, 128MB side-port DDR2” memory, 8-channel audio and up to 10 USB 2.0 channels. Source: VR-Zone

HIS Readies Radeon HD 4850 Fan

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

HIS is counted amongst the leading ATI add in board partners. They already have a vast lineup of products based on the Radeon HD 4800. Like every other board partner, HIS sells reference design design cards, as well as, its own IceQ4 series Radeon HD 4850 cards. HIS decided to make a simplistic design, this time…

Evercool Buffalo review @ ModReactor

Reviews · Author sineoc · October 1, 2008 · 1904 reads · ★★★★☆ (2 votes)

In ModReactors latest article we take a look at Evercool Buffalo. The review will be translated in English in few days and will be available for our international readers on this link HERE

Evercool Buffalo - CPU cooler review

Coolers · Author Stuyo · October 1, 2008 · 24643 reads · ★★★★★ (9 votes)

In the following review we're going to take a look at the new cooler from our old friends Evercool - Buffalo. It's a cooler with 2 heatpipes and a 100mm vent on the side. Let's find out what we're getting for the minimal sum that we have to part with to get this "Bull". Evercool as we've said in the past are…

Four New HD4600 Series Cards From Palit

Hardware · Author krisko92 · September 30, 2008 · 4322 reads · ★★★★☆ (5 votes)

Palit Microsystems, leading graphics card manufacturer, today unveils a series of new Radeon™ 4600 series graphics cards. The new Radeon™ 4670 GPU and Radeon™ 4650 GPU are not only designed for redefining the HD gaming experience but also designed for breaking-through efficiency. For the Radeon HD 4600 series, Palit…

MSI Silently Introduces its Custom-design 9800 GTX+ OC

Hardware · Author krisko92 · September 30, 2008 · 1909 reads · ★★★☆☆ (2 votes)

There has been an influx of non-reference graphics cards based on the GeForce 9800 GTX+ graphics processor, over the last few weeks. MSI made its addition, with the N9800GTX PLUS-T2D512-OC. Like every other manufacturer making news for releasing such products, MSI designed its own PCB. The cooler chosen has featured…

Radeon HD 4830 Gaming Performance vs GeForce 9800 GT

Hardware · Author krisko92 · September 29, 2008 · 3905 reads · ★★★★☆ (5 votes)

AMD has prepared a slide on the Radeon HD 4830 performance vs the GeForce 9800 GT with 6 games benchmarks. No words on the system configuration or drivers used for these tests. AMD is banking heavily on this card to outperform and to outsell the GeForce 9800 GT at the same price point. In another slide, it stated that…

Transcend Launches new SSDs

Hardware · Author krisko92 · September 29, 2008 · 1779 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

The market for solid-state drives is growing steadily. Transcend put in its newest offerings, 2.5 inch SSDs with double the read/write speeds over its predecessors. The company equipped these drives with new controllers that add to its performance and energy efficiency. The drives come in capacities of up to 64 GB, in…

Dell Silently Intros the 23-inch 16:9 S2309W Widescreen LCD Monitor

Hardware · Author krisko92 · September 29, 2008 · 2016 reads · ★★★★☆ (7 votes)

Dell has silently launched one more slave up its LCD monitor line-up, the 23-inch Dell S2309W. Base specs of this 23-incher reveal a 1920x1080 wide resolution, making it Dell's second 16:9 full HD display after S2409W. Response time is measured to be 5ms, brightness is 300 cd/m2, and contrast ratio is 1,000:1. The…

Toshiba Starts Sampling 256GB Solid State Drives

Hardware · Author krisko92 · September 29, 2008 · 1489 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

After announcing its quarter terabyte 1.8-inch mobile hard drives yesterday, Toshiba is now pleased to inform that it has begun sampling 256-gigabyte (GB) SSDs and new small-sized Flash Modules for netbook computers and ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs). Working samples of both SSDs are available now, but mass production is…

OCZ Technology Introduces HydroFlow CPU Waterblock

Press Releases · Author sineoc · September 28, 2008 · 2520 reads · ★★★★★ (4 votes)

OCZ Technology Group, Inc. a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and computer components, today unveiled the “HydroFlow” HF-MK1 Waterblock for superior CPU watercooling. Designed with the highest possible exchange rate between the block and coolant, the HydroFlow can be…

Noctua Releases New CPU Coolers for Intel Xeon and AMD Opteron

Press Releases · Author sineoc · September 28, 2008 · 2133 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

Noctua today released four new CPU coolers for Intel Xeon and AMD Opteron processors. Optimized for use in dual socket systems, the new DX (Dual Xeon) and DO (Dual Opteron) versions of Noctua's highly successful NH-U12 and NH-U9 series introduce the premium quality quiet cooling performance that has become synonymous…

Zotac 9800 GTX+ Accelero Twin Turbo Model Spotted

Hardware · Author sineoc · September 28, 2008 · 1530 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

Here's the third GeForce 9800 GTX+ non-reference model in the works. Zotac has prepared a graphics card based on the GeForce 9800 GTX+ GPU with its own PCB design. As for cooling, they've employed the expertise of Arctic Cooling, with an Accelero Twin Turbo cooler for the GPU. Zotac may have worked on aspects related…

Cooler Master Hyper Z600 Review

Reviews · Author Dimitar Dinchev a.k.a. Veseliq · September 26, 2008 · 2151 reads · ★★★★★ (7 votes)

In ModReactors latest article we take a look at Cooler Master Hyper Z600. The review will be translated in English in few days and will be available for our international readers on this link HERE .

Cooler Master Hyper Z600 Review

Coolers · Author Dimitar Dinchev a.k.a. Veseliq · September 26, 2008 · 26200 reads · ★★★★☆ (9 votes)

When you're looking for a silent cooler for your high-end PC or you want to overclock your CPU to it's maximum sooner or later you'll find yourself buying an expensive water based cooling system or a huge heat pipe cooler. In these days coolers like these are becoming easier to find. Some brands are a bit more…

QPAD|CT and QPAD|CT Grin L.E. gaming mouse pads review

Reviews · Author Dimitar Dinchev a.k.a. Veseliq · September 26, 2008 · 1007 reads · ★★★★★ (6 votes)

We got our hands on few more products labeled as "gaming". This time its QPAD|CT - hybrid mouse pads that we are about to put on testing. The review will be published in English in matter of days, so check it out on this link soon .

QPAD CT and QPAD CT Grin L.E. mouse pads review

Peripherals · Author Stuyo · September 25, 2008 · 15419 reads · ★★★★☆ (6 votes)

Here at ModReactor we got ourselves yet another pair of pads that has „gaming” in their description. This time we received products from the QPAD|CT series – hybrid mouse pads. Now let's see how do they fare compared to similar products we reviewed before. QPAD are well known manufacturer and surely their name more…

MSI P45 Platinum review and P45 to P35 comparison

Motherboards & CPUs · Author Dimitar Dinchev a.k.a. Veseliq · September 24, 2008 · 25737 reads · ★★★★★ (11 votes)

Through the last year Intel P35 became famous for its capabilities and vast overclock potential. So when in the middle of June the first motherboards with its heir - P45 became available, hardware enthusiasts all over the globe were eager to find out how is it performing. well, now with us we have an MSI P45 Platinum,…

Patriot Releases 4GB DDR3 PC3-16000 Viper Kit

Hardware · Author krisko92 · September 23, 2008 · 1848 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

Patriot Memory, a global provider of premium quality memory module and flash memory solutions, today unveiled their 4GB DDR3 2000MHz low latency Viper series memory kit. The newest addition to Patriot's Viper series, the 2000MHz kit boasts both high-density and high-frequency, enhancing overclocking capabilities for…

Gigabyte Intros GeForce GTX 260 OC with 216 Shaders

Hardware · Author krisko92 · September 23, 2008 · 2377 reads · ★★★★★ (3 votes)

GIGABYTE UNITED INC., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, today launched their next generation graphic accelerators, the GIGABYTE GV-N26OC-896H-B, equipped with NVIDIA's latest GeForce GTX 260 OC graphics processor. Delivering a 5-10% performance boost over the previous GeForce GTX 260, the…

Core i7 965 XE Unboxed, Stock Cooler and Processor Exposed

Hardware · Author krisko92 · September 23, 2008 · 2238 reads · ★★★☆☆ (1 votes)

Intel would be rolling out an elite fleet of desktop processors based on the new Nehalem architecture soon. The first derivative, the Bloomfield core, is supposed to be the architecture's flagship for the desktop PC market. And for it, Core i7 Extreme 965 is supposed to be the leading processor. Priced at US $999, the…

ZOTAC Launches GeForce 9600GT and GeForce 9800GT Synergy Edition

Hardware · Author krisko92 · September 22, 2008 · 2242 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

ZOTAC International, a leading manufacturer of NVIDIA-based graphics cards, today unleashes its new GeForce Synergy Edition graphics card lineup. The new ZOTAC GeForce Synergy Editions deliver the phenomenal gaming experience of NVIDIA's GeForce 9 graphics processors to budget-minded gamers and enthusiasts. Two new…

ASUS P6T Deluxe X58 Motherboard Coming Soon

Hardware · Author krisko92 · September 22, 2008 · 2275 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

XFastest.com posted today a ton of ASUS P6T Deluxe motherboard press event shots and detailed product pictures. All the valuable information about the motherboard can be seen in the pictures. Only four pics will be posted here, the rest of them can be viewed at our collegues at VR-ZONE . Source: techPowerUp!

ASUS Packs 1 GB Memory onto GeForce 9400 GT

Hardware · Author krisko92 · September 15, 2008 · 2246 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

ASUS prepared a new entry-level video card based on the GeForce 9400 GT with 1 GB memory. The EN9400GT/HTP/1G card from ASUS comes equipped with 1 GB of DDR2 memory. The card is based on the entry-level GeForce 9400 GT graphics core. The core is clocked at 550 MHz with 800 MHz for the memory and 1375 MHz for the…

Zotac Ready with GeForce GTX 260 (216 SP) Amp²!

Hardware · Author krisko92 · September 15, 2008 · 2093 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

NVIDIA is preparing the launch of a revised GeForce GTX 260 graphics processor that has 216 shader units. Early performance evaluations show that the card is NVIDIA's sharp retaliation to the Radeon HD 4870 GPU, and it manages to outperform it comprehensively (covered here). Zotac is ready with a factory overclocked…

GeForce GTX 260 with 216 Stream Processors Pictured, Benchmarked

Hardware · Author krisko92 · September 14, 2008 · 2957 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

NVIDIA is dressing up a new version of the GeForce GTX 260 GPU as reported earlier, with a revision that carries 216 shader units (against 192 for the original GTX 260). Chinese website Bear Eyes has pictured the new GPU. Other than the increased shader count, that should provide a significant boost to the shader…

MSI Non-Reference R4850-T2D512 Quad Pipe Card

Hardware · Author krisko92 · September 13, 2008 · 1942 reads · ★★★★☆ (2 votes)

MSI today unveils non-reference R4850-T2D512 graphics card with Quad Pipe thermal design. In order to allow the -T2D 512 Quad Pipe graphics card to provide better stability and overclocking performance at full speed, MSI R&D team added a large heatsink in the graphics memory and power module to enhance the cooling…

Gainward Launch Feature-rich Radeon HD 4670

Hardware · Author krisko92 · September 13, 2008 · 2017 reads · ★★★★★ (6 votes)

Gainward has launched a custom design Radeon HD 4670 graphics card featuring the latest GPU from ATI. The card spans across two slots. While cooling might attribute to that, the other reason is that Gainward has provided every kind of display connector that's standard today. The card has a dual-link DVI, an analog…