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Albatron has launched two new graphics cards using the PCI interface. That's right, PCI, not PCI Express or even AGP, but PCI. PCI8600GT-256X sports a GeForce 8600GT GPU, while PCI8500GT-256X and the PCI8400GS-256 are built on the GeForce 8500GT and 8400GS GPU's. All cards are low-profile to emphasize the multiple…
PowerColor has gone all the way with its coming Radeon HD 4850 graphics card. One of the few but often heard complaints is the fairly small memory buffer. You get rather far with 512MB, but when you crank up the resolution it gets rather easy to fill that buffer. Since GDDR3 is plentiful, PowerColor decided to…
OCZ Technology Group today announced the latest addition to the award-winning OCZ NVIDIA SLI certified series, the world’s first 4GB PC2-8000 SLI-Ready DDR2 modules. Optimized specifically for the nForce platforms, this series features an ideal combination of reduced latencies and high density to support the ultimate…
A picture of the ATI RV730-based Radeon HD 4650 floated at ChipHell. This picture was edited to protect source. A colour picture of the cooler was already revealed earlier. The Radeon HD 4650 will succeed the HD 3600 series and will come in a variety of memory configurations, covered HERE . It will support up to 1 GB…
Avalon Technology Group (ATG), specialists in biometric data protection, announced the ATG 8GB USB Biometric 256 AES Speedster. This USB flash-drive features two close to fool-proof levels of data security. First, it's the fingerprint sensor that allows access only to one person with the right print. Second, the data…
ASUS today introduces the new generation of Eee PC. The new models include revolutionary features that are designed to enhance efficiency and connectivity. With up to 7.8 hours of battery life, Eee PC users can enjoy portability while work, learn and play on-the-go.The all new Eee PC 901 and 1000 are equipped with…
Palit Microsystems, leading graphics card manufacturer, today announces Palit GeForce® 9800 GTX+. Armed with NVIDIA PhysX® and NVIDIA CUDA® technology the GeForce® 9800 GTX+ is ready to enable a total new class of physical gaming interaction!The Palit GeForce® 9800 GTX+ features a core speed of 738MHz, a 1836MHz…
OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, today announced the all-new DDR3 SODIMM modules as its next generation notebook memory to support the impending Intel Centrino 2 mobile platform. These latest memory offerings for notebooks help reduce power…
Chinese website Zol.com.cn reports that in China, stocks of the GeForce 9800 GT card can be purchased from a local production company, a product which hasn't even been announced yet. The 9800 GT differs from 8800 GT in having a 55nm fabbed core that should allow higher parameters, though iroically being identical to…
Things are not really as expected over at NVIDIA. The tide has turned and the people have taken the Radeon HD 4800 series to their hearts. Somehow just having the fastest card around didn't pan out. NVIDIA is firm in its belief though and from we've heard it has another card that will dethrone Radeon HD 4870X2 when it…
With the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2, codenamed R700, inching towards an August launch, ChipHell released fresh pictures of the R700, these are product images of the card in the form in which it will be sold, all built to order.Visually, the R700 can be regarded as a black colored R680 (HD 3870 X2). While early shots of the…
OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, today announced the expansion of its Intel® Extreme Memory modules lineup, the latest memory solution that implements a high-performance specification optimized and predefined for the Intel X38 and X48 chipsets.…
NVIDIA is preparing an addition to its GeForce 9 series, the GeForce 9500, slated for a July 29, 2008 launch. This product is positioned at an entry-mid range level, consists of two variants, the GeForce 9500 GDDR3, and a DDR2 model. Early tests prove this graphics processor (GPU) to be close to three times faster…
Scythe has now introduced Kama Panel 2 - a new 5.25-inch multi-functional controller for PCs. Available in black (SCKMPN-2000-BK) and white (SCKMPN-2000-SL) the Kama Panel 2 measures 148 x 42 x 90mm (WxHxD) and features an integrated memory card reader, six fan controlling knobs (4 of them are detachable), two USB 2.0…
If anyone out there is missing the original Eee PC design which had a dinky 7" panel flanked by two black plastic borders, you may be happy to hear ASUS is planning to recreate the look with two new models, the Eee PC 904 and 905.Both models will combine the larger 10" chassis currently available in the Eee PC 1000 (…
Gainward, the world’s highest quality graphics company, first time officially announced Latest products of ATI chipsets – Gainward HD4870 and Gainward HD4850 graphics cards to the market. From performance point of view, the new ATI® RADEON® HD4870 (RV770 XT) graphics chip is designed with 512MB high speed DDR5 memory…
AMD, Austin have managed a benchmark score of X12515 in the 3DMark Vantage benchmark using two Radeon HD4870 X2 cards in CrossfireX, a feat that takes three GeForce GTX 280 cards in 3-way SLI to achieve. The R700 boards were clocked at 778 MHz core, while the GDDR5 memory was clocked at 980 MHz QDR (effectively 3.92…
AMD seems to have regained the consumers' support after the launch of the Radeon HD 4850 and 4870. The cards are performing well, especially in scenarios with antialiasing and anisotropic filtering, and even though they cost half ($199, $319) as much as NVIDIA's new high-end beasts ($399, $649) they are not far behind…
Diamond Multimedia (www.diamondmm.com), a leading manufacturer of PC graphics cards, sound cards and communications products, launched today along with boutique system builder Smoothcreations, and Water cooling mavens, Danger Den the ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 XOC Black Edition graphics card. This card offers exquisite…
Akasa adds its entry to the range of heavy-duty power-supplies with its PowerXtreme 1200W (model: AK-P120FG-BK). This 150x160x86 mm PSU features six independent +12V rails and a rated efficiency of 80 per cent. Apart from the usual plethora of connectors PSUs of this range are expected to have, it features two 8-pin…
Topower has topped its lineup with the new PowerBird Series of Power Supplies this week. There are 900 and 1100W models available thus far, both of which are modularized in design and boast an 80Plus rating with a maximum efficiency level of 87%. A total of six independent +12v rails are used to ensure rock solid…
Palit Microsystems, leading graphics card manufacturer, today excitingly announces the much anticipated Radeon™ HD 4800 series products, Palit Radeon™ HD 4870 and HD 4850, which deliver a cinematic gaming experience with unprecedented performance while intuitively conserving energy at idle.Palit Radeon™ 4870 is…
OCZ Technology Group today announced the availability of its PC2-5400 SODIMM series in new 3GB optimized kits, allowing consumers to purchase upgrade RAM in the densities that fit their specific system needs. This addition to the DDR2 memory line offers consumers another option to incorporate high-quality hardware to…
BIOSTAR Microtech Int'l Corp., a professional manufacturer of motherboards announces that a well-known overclocker nicknamed Youngpro broke FSB world record with FSB 725MHz using TPower I45 Motherboard. Youngpro, who is based in Australia, first reached 685MHz, but then trumped his own record by using LN2 and broke…
MSI, a leading manufacturer of computer products, proudly unveils its latest R4800 series graphics cards for the game ethnic groups. MSI R4870-T2D512 and R4850-T2D512 support the DirectX® 10.1 framework of Windows® Vista™ Service Pack 1 and both have the 800 stream processor, which achieves the unprecedented levels…
An eagle-eyed user spotted that Western Digital has two more VelociRaptors listed at its support page , beside the recently launched 300GB model (WD3000GLFS). The two models look like single platter models, where the 150GB model (WD1500GLFS) would use both sides of the platter, while one side of the platter would be…
Force3D officially announced their latest HD 4850 and HD 4870 graphics card, bringing the power of visual computing to the next level. Source: VR-ZONE
Double-data-rate two synchronous dynamic random access memory or as we also know it as DDR2 RAM is still very widespread today, and memory manufacturer G.Skill is looking to keep demand up by introducing a new set of DDR2 PI-8800 kits available in 4GB or 8GB of capacity. The G.Skill PI memory series are especially…
Catering to users who require top notch graphics cards, ASUS, world-leading producer of quality graphic solutions revealed today the world’s first 1GB onboard memory version of the latest ATI Radeon HD 4850 GPU with the ASUS EAH4850/HTDI/1G. The unparalleled large onboard memory size is specially designed for…
Inno3D recently unveiled it's first card based on the new 55nm G92 based core from NVIDIA. The announcement of Inno3D GeForce 9800 GTX+ comes earlier than the scheduled mid-July launch date, but benchmarks of the plus cards are already starting to appear everywhere, so it's not a big deal. The card features the usual…