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MSI Officially Launch Their Radeon HD4800 Series

Hardware · Author krisko92 · June 25, 2008 · 1643 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

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…

Coolink releases Chillaramic thermal compound

Press Releases · Author krisko92 · June 25, 2008 · 2208 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

Coolink today released its new Chillaramic thermal compound. Thanks to ceramic nano particles, Chillaramic achieves outstanding thermal transfer while not being electrically conductive.Chillaramic is easy to apply, easy to clean off and comes in big 10g tubes that will last you through more than 30 applications…

Leadtek PX9800 GTX GeForce 9800 GTX @ Techpowerup

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 25, 2008 · 2131 reads

Our friends at Techpowerup posted a review of the Leadtek PX9800 GTX GeForce 9800 GTX. Briefly: "After AMD's successful launch of the HD 4850 Series, NVIDIA decided to drop the price point of the GeForce 9800 GTX to only $199. At this price the card becomes a very affordable product that offers all the performance you…

Winchip DDR2 667 MHz 16 GB Quad Kit @ Techpowerup

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 25, 2008 · 2386 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

Our friends at Techpowerup posted a review of the Winchip DDR2 667 MHz 16 GB Quad Kit. Briefly: "There are not many manufacturers offering such massive kits, but Winchip has made some waves before with unique offerings. Their 667 MHz 4x 4 GB kit runs at CL5. Such a large capacity kit is intended for very specific…

MSI P7N SLI Platinum (750i) Motherboard Review @ Madshrimps

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 25, 2008 · 2019 reads

Our friends at Madshrimps posted a review of the MSI P7N SLI Platinum (750i) Motherboard. Briefly: "In this review we take a look at an affordable NVIDIA 750i based motherboard from MSI. It allows you to build an SLI gaming system powered by an Intel S775 CPU. Is this product good enough for the enthusiast? We compare…

Brando 2.5 & 3.5inch SATA HDD Dock with USB Hub Review @ Madshrimps

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 25, 2008 · 2166 reads

Our friends at Madshrimps posted a review of the Brando 2.5 & 3.5inch SATA HDD Dock with USB Hub. Briefly: "Brando SATA HDD Dock allows you to hotplug any 3.5 or 2.5inch SATA drive in a nifty external device. No more screwing around to get that external hard-drive installed. Just push it into the HDD Dock and start…

Western Digital planning 74Gb and 150GB VelociRaptors?

Hardware · Author krisko92 · June 24, 2008 · 1812 reads

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…

G.Skill Intros New 4GB and 8GB DDR2 PI-8800 Memory Kits

Hardware · Author krisko92 · June 23, 2008 · 1917 reads

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…

ASUS Launches World's First ATI Radeon HD 4850 with 1GB Onboard Memory

Hardware · Author krisko92 · June 23, 2008 · 1854 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

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 Gets Ready with GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB GDDR3

Hardware · Author krisko92 · June 23, 2008 · 1629 reads · ★★★★☆ (4 votes)

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…

Scythe announces Kaze Jyu Slim 100mm case fan

Cooling · Author krisko92 · June 23, 2008 · 2361 reads · ★★★☆☆ (4 votes)

Scythe has announced a new case fan series called Kaze Jyu. Kaze Jyu can also be found on the CPU cooler Shuriken and was originally designed to reduce the size of the CPU cooler. The fan measures a mere 100x100x12mm, which means it's about half as thick as your ordinary 120mm fan. It comes with a mounting a kit for…

Asetek launches GTX 200 series water block

Cooling · Author krisko92 · June 23, 2008 · 2005 reads

Asetek has announced a new water block for the GeForce GTX 200 series. The block is of course meant to be used with the Asetek LCLC (Low Cost Liquid Cooling) system. LCLC can be found inside many OEM systems from system builders, including Acer and HP, and is constantly updated to support the very latest hardware.…

Phenom 9850 Black Edition hits 3.7GHz on water

Hardware · Author krisko92 · June 23, 2008 · 1706 reads

In the absence of its real enthusiast processor series, better known as FX, AMD has launched a couple of Black Editions of its regular Phenom and Athlon 64 X2 processors. The latest is Phenom 9850 Black Edition which, like all Black Editions, has en unlocked multiplier. Phenom 9850BE was launched when AMD decided to…

ATI Hotfix for Radeon HD 4850/4870 Video Cards Released

Software · Author krisko92 · June 22, 2008 · 3044 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

ATI today issued a hotfix for all owners of the new Radeon HD 4800 series cards. This patch applies to both Radeon HD 4850 and Radeon HD 4870 and improves overall performance and stability. Also note that this hotfix includes the Display Driver and Catalyst Control Center. DOWNLOAD Source: techpowerUp!

Radeon HD 4850 Single & Crossfire Quick Test

Hardware · Author krisko92 · June 22, 2008 · 1743 reads · ★★★☆☆ (2 votes)

The collegues from Vr-ZOne received a ASUS EAH4850 TOP card which is factory overclocked to 680MHz core and 1050MHz memory and we ran it on a QX9770 3.2GHz and P45 DDR2 system. They got hold of another card from Sapphire so they crossfired it and got a nice scaling on the GPU score; 6702 to 11159. Seems like HD 4850…

Zepto 15.4" Centrino 2 Notebooks

Hardware · Author krisko92 · June 22, 2008 · 1638 reads · ★★★☆☆ (2 votes)

The collegues from VR-ZOne had gotten a pictures of the Zepto 15.4" Centrino 2 Notebooks: Source: VR-ZONE

WD Launches New RE3 SATA Enterprise Hard Drives

Hardware · Author krisko92 · June 22, 2008 · 1559 reads

Addressing the growing enterprise market for highly reliable high-capacity storage, WD today announced it is now shipping the new WD RE3 SATA hard drives, the company's latest generation of "RE" family drives. As data centers become larger and more complex, WD's third-generation high capacity enterprise SATA hard…

NVIDIA Optimizes Notebook PCs With New Lineup of GPUs

Press Releases · Author krisko92 · June 22, 2008 · 2320 reads

As the global demand for better visual experiences makes its way into the notebook market, NVIDIA Corporation continues to address that demand with the introduction of a new line-up of notebook GPUs, the NVIDIA® GeForce® 9M Series of graphics processors, and a new graphics innovation, NVIDIA Hybrid SLI® technology.…

Dreamhack Summer 2008 Article @ Rbmods

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 22, 2008 · 1924 reads

Our friends at Rbmods posted Dreamhack Summer 2008 Article. Briefly: "Dreamhack is the biggest LAN Party in the world with up to 10000 computers. The summer version that we are going to talk about today is not as big as the winter one. There was plenty to look at though as we went down there the first day of the LAN…

Silenx Ixtrema ICX-HA2 CPU Cooler Review @ Rbmods

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 22, 2008 · 1839 reads

Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of the Silenx Ixtrema ICX-HA2 CPU Cooler. Briefly: "We’ve seen a number of fan manufacturers branch out into the CPU cooler business, with mixed success. CPU coolers are a lot different than fans, but if a company pays attention to quality, they typically do well. Acousticpc.com,…

Boogie Bug Black Pearl MicroATX Case Review @ Madshrimps

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 22, 2008 · 2256 reads

Our friends at Madshrimps posted a review of the Boogie Bug Black Pearl MicroATX Case. Briefly: "Boogie Bug products are innovative and affordable, the Black Pearl is a semi-compact MicroATX case which resembles the Shuttle series of compact cube cases, but with more customization options and enough room to fit a…

Arctic Cooling Silentium T2 ECO 80 ATX Case Review @ Madshrimps

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 22, 2008 · 2609 reads

Our friends at Madshrimps posted a review of the Arctic Cooling Silentium T2 ECO 80 ATX Case. Briefly: "Arctic Cooling, well known for their low noise CPU and VGA coolers, has developed their own Silentium ATX case series some time ago. We take a look at the latest incarnation, the T2 ECO 80 which comes with a high…

Yuin OK3 Earphones @ techPowerUp

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 22, 2008 · 2378 reads

Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Yuin OK3 Earphones. Briefly: "Yuin OK3 is the budget version of the new OK-series earphones coming from Yuin. The OK3s have the same design as its two bigger brothers and feature the exact same exterior design. This little Yuin is made for the more budget minded…

Xigmatek Achilles CPU Cooler @ techPowerUp

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 22, 2008 · 2096 reads

Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Xigmatek Achilles CPU Cooler. Briefly: "The Xigmatek Achilles S1284 heatsink has many improvements over the famous HDT-S1283 cooler. There are now four U-shaped heatpipes, and they are nickel-plated. The fan design is new and unique as well, with its white LEDs that…

PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512 MB @ techPowerUp

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 22, 2008 · 1783 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the PowerColor Radeon HD 4850 512 MB. Briefly: "AMD has moved the launch date of the HD 4850 forward, launching it today. The cards are positioned in the $200 range and offer several new features and performance improvements. According to our benchmark results AMD has…

A-DATA 32GB Speedy Compact Flash @ techPowerUp

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 22, 2008 · 152 reads

Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the A-DATA 32GB скоростен Compact Flash. Briefly: "A-DATA is one of the few companies, which offer 32 GB Compact Flash cards. We take a look at the unit and also give it a go as a hard drive, as it certainly has the size for such a scenario." Read the full review HERE .…

MSI R4850 Radeon HD 4850 512 MB @ techPowerUp

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 22, 2008 · 3240 reads

Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the MSI R4850 Radeon HD 4850 512 MB. Briefly: "After some confusion, AMD has lifted the NDA for their brand-new Radeon HD 4850 Series today. The RV770 on these boards comes with 800 shaders and boasts 956 million transistors. Together with a new AA architecture the card…

NVIDIA Gently Intros GeForce 9800 GTX+

Hardware · Author krisko92 · June 20, 2008 · 1710 reads · ★★★☆☆ (4 votes)

AMD today took a major point for the red team by positioning its brand new ATI Radeon HD 4850 cards between NVIDIA's GeForce 9 series and GTX 200 series cards. The all new HD 4850 cards beat NVIDIA's GeForce 9800 GTX while also maintaining the very reasonable MSRP of $199. Currently NVIDIA has no card that can compete…

EVGA's Hydro Copper 16 Waterblock for 260/280

Cooling · Author krisko92 · June 18, 2008 · 2021 reads · ★★★☆☆ (3 votes)

If you've got your heart set on picking up one of NVIDIA's new GTX 260 or 280 graphics cards and you're mighty serious about your cooling, you may like to take note of what eVGA has designed specifically for these cards in the way of its new Hydro Copper 16 waterblock.You can get the complete rundown on the Hydro…