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Journey Inward with ZEROtherm and Unleash the Creativity Within

Comments: 0July 4th, 2008 by Kristofer

Creative Cooler Challenge Encourages Community to Design Next Generation Coolers With $5000 in Cash and Prizes!

July 1st , Daejeon, Korea: In an effort to empower the budding creative minds within the enthusiast community, ZEROtherm is taking an unprecedented measure to help aide the development of THE next generation CPU and VGA coolers.  Sponsoring the first ever “Creative Cooler Challenge”, ZEROtherm is determined to tap into the unharnessed dreams of the hardware tweaker and help those dreams become a reality.

ZEROtherm understands that hidden inside the mind of the enthusiast there lays the raw untapped desire to create the next monumental advancement in performance enhancing hardware.  A need to push hardware beyond its limits resonates at the core of the hardcore!  Amidst the countless mathematical equations processed while attempting to reverse engineer various software and hardware constraints in the pursuit of tweaking ones PC, there erupts  a singular passion and solution to break the performance barrier… a thermal solution!  The time has come to unleash the creativity within and take a shot at making your mark as a driving contributor to the overclocking community!

http://www.zerotherm.net/eng/support/board_view.asp?pdb=newnevent&id=170

http://art.zerotherm.net

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akasa Omega case – PRESS RELEASE –

Comments: 0July 4th, 2008 by Kristofer

London—July 2008—Akasa announced today they are shipping the new OMEGA – professional PC case designed for pro-gaming systems and high performance work stations.

Omega’s distinctive design was created by Akasa’s Hong Kong based industrial design team. This case has been developed from our award winning chassis’s, Mirage and Eclipse.

Akasa is targeting the case at the gaming market and also those who want top performance with thermal efficiency and require low noise levels from the chassis.  Omega is also optimised for watercooling

The Omega case has a solid aluminium front panel with full height mesh ventilation,  a side panel mesh window with option for 2 x 12cm fans for extreme VGA cooling, a top panel mesh window provides a watercooling facility for bay fitting radiators and fixings for 2 x 12cm fans.

A total of six 12cm fans can be installed

The HD I/O side mounted ports include e-SATA and mobo connected IEEE 1394 for full connectivity.

Omega is high engineered for those who need a solid aluminiun case where all panels are thumb screw removable, great for PC enthusiasts who want easy all round access including the slide out stainless steel motherboard tray

Mirage was described as “the coolest case ever” Omega just got cooler.

Product code: AK-BKCSE-05

Posted in Press Releases

Is GameFly Right For You? @ OCModShop

Comments: 0July 4th, 2008 by Kristofer

Receiving movies in the mail has rapidly gained popularity over the last few years. Once seemingly impossible, movie fans now make a list of movies they want to see and get them in the mail once those movies become available. It seems so long ago that I trekked to the store and dealt with rain checks, annoying cashiers, and an endless supply of problem customers. Now, this convenience is available for gamers. The question is: Is Gamefly worth the cost and the wait time for the average gamer?

Selecting and receiving games you want to play without leaving the comfort of your own home has long been every gamers wet dream. What? they say, I dont have to put down my pint of Cherry Garcia to make a trip to the local gaming or video rental store? Yes, we now can continue eating our ice cream while opening todays mail and pop in our newly arrived, highly anticipated, shiny gaming title.

Review URL ::
http://www.ocmodshop.com/ocmodshop.aspx?a=1212

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ATI 48xx Architecture @ InsideHW

Comments: 0July 4th, 2008 by Kristofer

…”At the end of June, in Spain, we were introduced to a new series
of 48xx graphics cards from ATI. We saw then only RV770PRO (4850) but at
this moment 4870 (RV770XT) is also available. Even though our sources from
AMD didn’t unveil why 4870 wasn’t shown on launching, we assume that some
problems with quantities of available GDDR5 memory occurred. Considering
that 4850 uses GDDR3 memory, it is no surprise that many retailers had them
on stock. ATI 4870 will be sold, in beginning, exclusively with GDDR5 memory
(this is the first graphics card that uses this memory) but AMD leaves a
possibility that some innovative partner might launch later version that
uses GDDR3 memory.”…

If you are interested to read some more, we present you link:

http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Graphics-cards/ATI-48xx-Architecture.html

Title:
ATI 48xx Architecture @ InsideHW

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Sapphire HD 4850 @ InsideHW

Comments: 0July 4th, 2008 by Kristofer

InsideHW.com has posted review graphics card Sapphire HD 4850. You can
read a clip from review:

…”It’s rare occasion to have on test, on the same month, new
generation products from two big rivals (nVIDIA and ATI). This is really
good news because ATI had some serious delays with R600 and that is one of
reasons why it was so indifferently received on market. ATI realized that
now must roll up its sleeves to catch up nVIDIA, because at that point
seemed that nVIDIA unreachably moved away.”…

If you are interested to read some more, we present you link:
http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Graphics-cards/Sapphire-HD-4850.html

Title:
Sapphire HD 4850 @ InsideHW

Posted in Product Reviews

I4U: PNY GTX 260 Video Card Review

Comments: 0July 4th, 2008 by Kristofer

I4U NEWS published a review of the PNY GTX 260 Video Card.

Quote from the review:
“Today we are checking out the PNY GTX 260 video card. The GTX 260 is the lower performing of the pair of GTX 200 series GPUs recently announced. The GTX 260 is about $100 cheaper than its GTX 280 brother.

In the end the performance of the PNY GTX 260 was good. The price for the card is a bit high at $449.99 when compared to new offerings from AMD. The card performs well and I suspect over time the price will come down and make it more attractive.”

Full Review:
http://www.i4u.com/full-review-450.html

Homepage Link:
http://www.i4u.com

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