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Point of View GeForce GTX 280 Assassins Creed Edition @ techPowerUp

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 18, 2008 · 1944 reads

Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Point of View GeForce GTX 280 Assassins Creed Edition. Briefly: "NVIDIA's new GTX 280 graphics cards have just been released. Point of View's GeForce GTX 280 is an implementation of the NVIDIA reference design. The GTX 280 offers amazing performance improvements and…

Zotac GeForce GTX 280 Amp! Edition @ techPowerUp

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 18, 2008 · 1882 reads

Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Zotac GeForce GTX 280 Amp! Edition. Briefly: "Today NVIDIA launches their new GTX 280 graphics cards. Zotac as one of the NVIDIA premier partners has engineered a factory overclocked version of the GTX 280 which offers additional performance. Overall the Zotac GTX 280…

Palit GeForce 9800 GTX 512 MB @ techPowerUp

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 18, 2008 · 2221 reads

Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Palit GeForce 9800 GTX 512 MB. Briefly: "Palit's GeForce 9800 GTX follows the specifications of the NVIDIA reference design to the letter. Even then it is one of the fastest cards out there that you can buy, constantly delivering excellent FPS in games. Our sample…

Yuin OK2 Earphones @ techPowerUp

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 18, 2008 · 1998 reads

Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Yuin OK2 Earphones. Briefly: "Yuin OK2 is the name of the second best earphone from the Chinese brand Yuin. Unlike their bigger brother these earphones are easy to drive, and are also optimized for use with a normal modern DAP. The OK2s can function both as normal…

Low budget 45 nm - Intel E7200 overclocking report

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 18, 2008 · 2139 reads

Our friends at Madshrimps posted Low budget 45 nm - Intel E7200 overclocking report. Briefly: "The release of the Intel Core 2 Duo E8x00 series caused a lot of overclocking records to be broken. Now we have a light version of those processors, Intel Core 2 Duo E7xx series. We took the E7200 for an оverclocking spin.…

Sunbeamtech Acrylic HTPC-style ATX Case Review @ Madshrimps

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 18, 2008 · 2418 reads

Our friends at Madshrimps posted a review of the Sunbeamtech Acrylic HTPC-style ATX Case. Briefly: "The Sunbeamtech Acrylic, HTPC-style case is excellent for display and demonstration purposes. In this in-depth review we'll find out if this case is up to the task of keeping our system cool under stress while looking…

Exclusive screenshots of AMD RV770 in hand

Hardware · Author krisko92 · June 17, 2008 · 1730 reads · ★★★★☆ (2 votes)

The collegues from TweakTown handed a couple screenies of a system running AMD's upcoming Radeon 4850 graphics card. The system comprises a Phenom 9950 processor at 2.6GHz along with 8GBs of RAM, and as you can see from the clickable screenshots below, a Vantage run was executed which gives a breakdown of performance…

MSI unveils the MSI N280GTX-T2D1G-OC graphics card.

Press Releases · Author krisko92 · June 17, 2008 · 2053 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

MSI unveils the MSI N280GTX-T2D1G-OC graphics card. The card is based on the NVIDIA 280GTX multi-core GPU with 240 processor cores and 1GB graphics memory. The graphic cards is standard overclocked and has a memory clock of 650Mhz and a core clock of 2300Mhz. Beyond gaming, the MSI N280GTX series seamlessly shifts…

BFG Launches Overclocked GeForce GTX 280/260 Cards

Hardware · Author krisko92 · June 17, 2008 · 1859 reads

BFG Technologies, the leading North American and European supplier of advanced NVIDIA-based 3D graphics cards, power supplies and other PC enthusiast products, announced today the BFG GeForce GTX 280 OC and the BFG GeForce GTX 260 OC graphics cards. With 240 processing cores and 1GB of frame buffer memory, the BFG…

Coolermaster Silent Pro M500, M600 and M700 Power supply Review @ Rbmods

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 17, 2008 · 3712 reads

Our friends at Rbmods posted a preview of the Coolermaster Silent Pro M500, M600 and M700 Power supply. Briefly: "Today the NDA lift for these three different PSU types. The M series PSU have the following main features, one 12V rail, flat modular cables and silence ofcourse. If this PSU can perform well I think we…

Asus GTX260 and GTX280 Videocard Preview @ Rbmods

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 17, 2008 · 2030 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

Our friends at Rbmods posted a preview of the Asus GTX260 and GTX280 Videocard. Briefly: "Today the the new videocards from Nvidia went public and we had a sneak peak at them earlier last week. This is just a preview to show you the looks and hopefully we can arrange a review within a few weeks for you. Quote from…

QNAP TS-409 Pro Turbostation @ techPowerUp

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 17, 2008 · 1934 reads

Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the QNAP TS-409 Pro Turbostation. Briefly: "QNAP already added nearly every thinkable feature to their NAS firmwares. To make a new series innovation had to be found elsewhere. QNAP decided to double the capacity in their TS-409 Pro and add features to utilize this space.…

Silverstone Temjin TJ07B @ techPowerUp

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 17, 2008 · 2777 reads

Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Silverstone Temjin TJ07B. Briefly: "The Silverstone TJ07 has been on the market for quite some time, but still impresses every time you lay eyes on it. This is the reason you will see the case at every show, always filled with the latest and greatest in hardware. That…

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and GeForce GTX 280 Announced

Press Releases · Author sineoc · June 16, 2008 · 2412 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

NVIDIA, the leader in visual computing technologies, today introduced its new family of GeForce GTX 200 graphics processors (GPUs) — which includes the GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce GTX 260 GPUs — taking graphics beyond gaming and gaming beyond anything that’s ever been possible before on a consumer computing platform.…

OCZ Sleek & Compact Diesel Flash Drive

Hardware · Author krisko92 · June 14, 2008 · 3260 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, today announced the all-new Diesel USB 2.0 Flash drive that made waves at Computex earlier this month. OCZ’s latest offering harnesses a sleek and compact design coupled with high capacities you wouldn’t expect…

AMD Intros ATI Radeon HD 3870 for Mac

Hardware · Author krisko92 · June 13, 2008 · 1912 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

AMD today announced the new ATI Radeon HD 3870 for Mac & PC Edition, delivering the power to go beyond high-definition visual computing for work and play. Optimized exclusively for Apple Mac Pro systems, the ATI Radeon HD 3870 Mac & PC edition can help drive productivity with built-in 256-bit 512MB GDDR4 frame buffer…

CoolIT Systems Develops Liquid Cooling for Intel's Skull Trail Motherboard

Cooling · Author krisko92 · June 13, 2008 · 2352 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

CoolIT Systems announces its new “ST” line of liquid cooling solutions designed specifically to work with Intel’s D5400XS motherboard (formerly codenamed Skull Trail). The lineup consists of the Boreas MTEC Chassis ST and PURE ST both of which provide maintenance-free, aggressive cooling power to both CPUs and…

EVGA planning 10 GeForce GTX cards

Hardware · Author krisko92 · June 13, 2008 · 1491 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

GeForce GTX will launch in two flavors, GeForce GTX 260 and the flagship GeForce GTX 280. NVIDIA partners will of course have a whole bunch of different cards ready at launch, all offering various unique features. Although, we seriously doubt that anyone is going to launch as many as EVGA. According to Donanimhaber,…

Zotac Unleashes Water-Cooled GeForce 9800 GTX Graphics Card

Hardware · Author krisko92 · June 13, 2008 · 1632 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

ZOTAC International, an award-winning NVIDIA AIC, today unleashes its liquid-cooled, near-silent single GPU graphics card – the ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GTX ZONE Edition. The new ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GTX ZONE Edition is the staple of quiet computing, delivering the power of NVIDIA GeForce 9 series graphics power with…

Computex 2008: Girls @ techPowerUp

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 13, 2008 · 1693 reads

Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the girls from Computex 2008 :). Briefly: "This year's Computex was full of pretty asian booth babes fighting for your attention. Just like on previous tradeshows we set a day apart to chase down all the sweet girls for you. In total we have over 150 pictures with full-res…

Raidsonic IB-390StUSD-B HDD Docking Station Review @ Rbmods

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 13, 2008 · 3755 reads

Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of the Raidsonic IB-390StUSD-B HDD Docking Station. Briefly: "With the need of more harddrive space we need more space to store them. The latest HDD docking station makes it easy for you to swap drives and take them with you wherever you might need them. It also looks good and is…

Spire HandyBook 2.5" External HDD Case Review @ Madshrimps

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 12, 2008 · 1994 reads

Our friends at Madshrimps posted a review of the Spire HandyBook 2.5" External HDD Case. Briefly: "With laptops getting smaller and smaller and Solid State Disk gaining popularity, disk sizes are getting smaller. This is once again making small external hard disk more popular nowadays. Today we'll be testing a stylish…

Audioengine Audiophile AE2 and AE5 PC Speakers Review @ Madshrimps

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 12, 2008 · 2920 reads

Our friends at Madshrimps posted a review of the Audioengine Audiophile AE2 and AE5 PC Speakers. Briefly: "Today we introduce the first in a series of Audiophile articles/reviews. It's fitting we begin with the company Audioengine, their AE2 and AE5 powered speakers represent relatively a recent development in the…

Sapphire HD3870 X2 Atomic Watercooled @ techPowerUp

Affiliates · Author Stuyo · June 12, 2008 · 1773 reads

Our friends at techPowerUp posted a review of the Sapphire HD3870 X2 Atomic Watercooled. Briefly: "Sapphire HD 3870 X2 Atomic Edition comes with pre-filled, pre-sealed and maintenance free watercooling. This allows Sapphire to ship the card with higher clocks, making the card the fastest HD 3870 X2 on the market…

Computex 2008: Spire

Hardware · Author krisko92 · June 11, 2008 · 2748 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

Spire is showing off a few new cases at the show. The first we have seen in form of a prototype, which was not on public display at CeBIT. It has now been announced. The "Emerald" as it is called, features a metal look and a small "roll" at the top of the case, which holds the front I/O on one side and power/reset on…

Toshiba Expands 1.8-inch HDD Line with New 160GB 5400 rpm SATA HDDs

Hardware · Author krisko92 · June 11, 2008 · 1601 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

Toshiba's Storage Device Division (SDD) launched today the industry's highest-capacity 160GB Serial ATA (1.5Gb/s) 1.8-inch HDDs. The new 5400 rpm hard drives come in single-platter 80GB (MK8017GAS) and dual-platter 160GB (MK1617GSG) models, delivering market-leading capacity, high-performance and compact size for…

ASUS ROG Maximus II Formula Intel P45 released

Hardware · Author krisko92 · June 11, 2008 · 1759 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

Catering to gamers who want to enjoy the ultimate in gaming experiences, ASUS, world leader in motherboard production, has released the new ASUS ROG Maximus II Formula series motherboard. Equipped with an Intel P45 chipset and supporting DDRII memory, this cutting-edge piece of hardware provides exceptional gaming…

Computex 2008: HIS USB Graphic card & HDMI equipped Radeon HD2400

Hardware · Author krisko92 · June 11, 2008 · 1664 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

HIS is showing off a few new products at the show. The first is a USB to DVI graphics adapter. This unit uses the DisplayLink technology to enable output from a USB connector to a DVI monitor. The units are connected to a notebook. The second item is a Radon HD2400 low-profile graphic card with built-in HDMI support.…

Tuniq TX-2 thermal compound review

Reviews · Author Stuyo · June 11, 2008 · 1956 reads · ★★★★★ (1 votes)

The thermal compound, as insignificant component as it may seem, has in fact very significant impact in high performance configurations. Every respectful overclocker seeks the best mix there is. Today we test one such grease – the Tuniq TX-2, which impressed us very much. Why we say we are impressed, read on to find…

MSI Socket 775 Micro-ATX motherboards review

Reviews · Author Stuyo · June 11, 2008 · 1787 reads · ★★★★★ (2 votes)

Micro-ATX is particularly interesting form factor. Its basic features are small dimensions, it is a common motherboard with all the necessarys tuff and as for the price - in most cases it is lower thant the price of its full ATX brothers. Today we test two such motherboards, bearing the MSI brand, one based on Intel…