Bulgarian modding community - hardware reviews and the latest news
Our friends at TPU! posted a review of the Zotac GeForce 9800 GTX. Briefly: “Today NVIDIA launches their new GeForce 9800 GTX cards. Like many products in the GeForce 8 Series they are based on the G92 graphics processor. This is also the reason why there are no real technological innovations on this $299 card.” Read…
Our friends at Rbmods posted a review of the Logitech MX5500 Revolution Cordless Desktop. Briefly: “When it comes to computer upgrades, nothing provides a more visceral impact than a new keyboard and mouse. These essential input devices have come along way since the early days, yet still companies are finding…
Our friends at Virtual-Hideout posted a review of the Crucial Ballistix 2x1GB PC3-12800 Dual Channel memory kit. Briefly: “Crucial has been all over the market as of late with new capacity Flash Cards, USB drives, Solid State Drives, and especially Performance DRAM. I've been thoroughly testing and experimenting with…
OrigenAE are pleased to announce the release of its versatile touch panel controller. The T12 is a 12.1" touch panel screen connected via VGA, power, IR and USB all through a single cable allowing for clutter free installation. It's unique design allows it to be used with any PC so you don't have to change or upgrade…
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 NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB PCI Express 2.0 graphics card. "The BFG GeForce 9800 GTX features 128 screaming fast stream processors…
Lets see which mods were selected this month by our colleagues from Bit-Tech HERE . Source: http://www.bit-tech.net
VR-Zone has learned that there will be two high end parts from Nvidia to replace the current GeForce 9800 GX2 and 9800 GTX in Q3. These two parts are GeForce 9900 GTX and GeForce 9900 GT based on the new GT200 architecture. Nvidia has positioned GeForce 9900 GTX to replace 9800 GX2 and this gave a clue that a single…
Our colleagues at RBmods posted a review of the Asus 3850 TOP videocard. Briefly: "We have earlier looked at the 8800GT, 8800GTX and even a 3870X2 card from Asus and today we have another card from them on the test bench. We are going to look at the 3850 TOP which is a overclocked version of their 3850 card that is a…
Our Colleagues at TPU! posted a review of the Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme 8800 Cooler. Briefly: "Arctic Cooling Accelero Xtreme is the name of their newest graphics card cooler for GeForce 8800 cards. The Xtreme is also available in a version that supports ATI HD 2900 cards. The cooler uses 107 aluminum fins with…
Building on the apparent success of the Big Typhoon 120 VX (CL-P0310), Thermaltake has announced a new high-end CPU cooler dubbed Big Typhoon VP. The product combines a copper base, six 6mm heatpipes and a big block consisting of 142 aluminum fins, with not one but two 120mm fans, one perpendicular to the base and one…
SAPPHIRE Technology, industry leader in alternative cooling solutions for PC graphics, has just launched a new ULTIMATE Edition of the top of the range HD 3870 - topping it's previous claim for the fastest passive cooled graphics card in the World by delivering even more performance. The SAPPHIRE HD 3870 ULTIMATE…
Rockstar Games has uploaded what is the be the final trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV before the game’s release on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 at the end of next month. Titled Good Lord, What Are You Doing? AKA Everyone’s a Rat, you can stream the trailer from RockStar’s websites or download the 70MB HD trailer HERE .…
BFG Technologies announced today the BFG NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT OC2 512MB PCI Express 2.0 graphics card for a suggested retail price of $249.99 USD. "The BFG NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT OC2 512MB graphics card offers the same powerfully immersive entertainment experience as standard models, but is OC2 overclocked to…
Our colleagues from TPU! had an interesting interview with Alex 'Unwinder', the creator of RivaTuner. In short: "The program for video settings RivaTuner has changed a lot through the years, just like its creator. TPU talk with 'Unwinder' about the software development and its role in activating the soft mod…
Our colleagues from Virtual-Hideout had published a review of a gamer's/НТРС bgears b-Envi case. In short: "When i first looked at the b-Envi I thought the buttons on the front panel are either hidden or moved to the side of the case. Man, was I surprised when I checked the user's manual, only to find out that the…
Mushkin today announced the immediate availability of two new DDR2 kits, whose Frost Byte heatspreaders have been painted in "Arctic White" and "Charcoal Gray". The modules are available now in two different 4GB (2x2GB) kits: XP2-6400 800MHz (model number: 99658Ow/g) with CL4-4-4-12 latencies, and EM2-6400 800MHz…
SPARKLE today introduced the Calibre P960 Graphics Card with exclusive adjustable Dual Fly Cooling System. The cooling fans of the Dual Fly Cooling System can be adjusted aslant, so not only MOS circuit on the PCB can be cooled efficiently, the whole cooling efficiency can be raised too. By Introducing the Calibre…
ATI’s recently launched HD 3870 X2 graphics card was mostly well received, and according to Chinese site HKEPC, the company may now try the same tactic with the HD 3850. The site reports that the HD 3850 X2 should go on sale during mid-2008 with a price tag of between $299 and $379 - which would put it right in the…
Nvidia plans to add another member to the GeForce 9 series soon with their G96 (D9M) card for the mainstream market. This G96 card is meant to replace the current GeForce 8500 GT card so most likely the official marketing name will be GeForce 9500 GT. Final specs are 550MHz core clock, 512MB (32MX16) GDDR2 memories…
Official NVIDIA partner EVGA has released a new e-GeForce 8800GT 1024MB G92-powered card part of the AKIMBO line-up. The AKIMBO cards feature a dual-slot cooling system that resembles the stock 8800 GTS 512MB cooler. The new 1GB GeForce 8800 GT model has 112 Stream Processors set to 1500MHz, a GPU clocked at 600MHz…
Todd Howard of Bethesda Softworks claims that the current build of Fallout 3 has over 200 endings and that that is not an exaggeration. Speaking on an OXM podcast (around the 35 minute point), Howard let slip a few details on the highly anticipated sequel to the seminal Fallout series that Bethesda recently acquired.…
Our colleagues from TPU! had published a review of the Fanatec Porsche 911 Turbo steering wheel. In short: "Porsche 911 Turbo is a precise replica of the actual thing an comes with hand saw leather and wireless connection for better racing pleasure. The pedals and the gear stick complete the set. The gear stick comes…
According to MSI, these motherboards are the best performance gaming solution on AM2+ platform. The members of this family are MSI K9N2 Diamond, MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum and the MSI K9N2 Zilent. The MSI K9N2 series is based on the nForce 780a and 750a chipset. The MSI K9N2 series supports AMD socket AM2 and AM2+, phenom…
Our colleagues from Rbmods had published a review of the Ultra m998 case. In short: "Most ATX nowadays come with somewhat standard bundle and share similar design. It's rare to find a case offering unique functions. Ultra, that make a wide range of computer components, had designed a new case, Ultra m998, which offers…
Here's what happens when two GPUs aren't enough. The latest ASUS EAH3850 Trinity works with three mobile RV670 chips in CrossFireX and is cooled by a combination of aluminum heatsinks, copper heatpipes and an enclosed water cooling system. The three 55nm GPUs all have their dedicated memory and make use of a 256-bit…
Our colleagues from TPU! had published a review of the hard drive docking station Thermaltake BlacX. In short: "For those of you constantly swapping hardware, Thermaltake present the BlacX hard drive docking station. The USB 2.0 device is a variation of a external hard drive case, that allows users to plug in ordinary…
Our colleagues from Virtual-Hideout had published a review of the NAS server Thecus N299. In short: "If I was reviewing N299 without any prejudice and he didn't have any speed issues, I would have rated it very high. The only place where it would really lose any points is the front page quality. The of functions is…
These are the first close-up spy shots of Intel's next gen notebook Eco PC. Specs can be found in one of the pictures. Source: techPowerUp!
Our colleagues from techPowerUP! had published a review of the new Cooler Master Cosmos S case. In short: "Cooler Master Cosmos S is the "Sport" variant of the original Cosmos case. Cooler Master had used different aspects of the Stacker series and had incorporated them in their original Cosmos case. The door is gone…
Our colleagues from RBMods had published a review of the external hard drive case Raidsonic Icy Box IB-3218StU-B. In short: "Today we look at SATA case thjat fits two disks and uses USB, which makes it compatible with almost all computers on the market. This product comes from Raidsonic, with which we have some…